Game 357
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, March 8, 1956
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Two goals by Maurice Richard, his 37th and 38th of the season, gave the prosperous Montréal Canadiens a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs here tonight.
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Game 356
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, February 29, 1956
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Rudy Migay, more renowned as a defensive specialist, scored two goals and narrowly missed a third last night as the Maple Leafs delighted a capacity Gardens crowd of 14,343 by defeating the Montréal Canadiens 4-1.
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Game 355
Canadiens 8, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, February 16, 1956
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The return of Harry Lumley to his goaltending duties failed to inspire the Toronto Maple Leafs here tonight, as the Montréal Canadiens walloped them 8-1 in a National Hockey League game.
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Game 354
Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, February 8, 1956
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Ed Chadwick played the leading role in a hometown-boy-makes-good offering on the icy stage at Maple Leaf Gardens last night.
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Game 353
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, January 19, 1956
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Jean Béliveau, breaking out of a scoring drought, shot the Montréal Canadiens into a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on a two goal splurge tonight.
The win, the second in as many nights over the fourth place Leafs, lifted the Canadiens into a 10 point margin atop the National Hockey League.
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Game 352
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, January 18, 1956
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Montréal Canadiens, supposedly in the throes of a grievous slump, looked surprisingly vigorous in the Gardens last night, as they turned on the power in the third period to defeat the Maple Leafs 3-2.
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Game 351
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 2
Thursday, December 29, 1955
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Despite the fact that he was overshadowed by the brilliant performance of his younger brother Henri, Maurice Richard scored the 500th goal of his NHL career here tonight, as the Montréal Canadiens downed the Maple Leafs 5-2.
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Game 350
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 0
Wednesday, December 28, 1955
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Outdazzling the majestic opposition, the uninhibited Maple Leafs threw the Montréal Canadiens for a 2-0 loss in a National Hockey League sizzler here last night.
The victory marked the season’s second shutout for a splendid Harry Lumley in the nets, and lifted the Leafs into a fourth place tie with the idle Chicago Black Hawks.
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Game 349
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Thursday, December 8, 1955
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Richard frères, the best shooting combination since the James boys (Gerry excepted), united in the third period here tonight to give the Montréal Canadiens a 3-1 win over the Maple Leafs in a turbulent NHL game.
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Game 348
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Saturday, December 3, 1955
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Glamorizing hard labour as the surest success story, the Montréal Canadiens swept the Maple Leafs into a 3-1 National Hockey League defeat Saturday night.
But for Harry Lumley in the Toronto cage, the humiliation could have been far greater.
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Game 347
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2
Wednesday, November 16, 1955
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Maurice Richard’s ninth goal of the season, at the three quarter mark of the third period, gave the Montréal Canadiens a 3-2 win over the Maple Leafs in a rather insipid NHL game at the Gardens last night.
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Game 346
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 3
Thursday, November 3, 1955
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
A goal by Ron Stewart with eight seconds of playing time remaining gave the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-3 tie with the league leading Montréal Canadiens in a National Hockey League game here tonight.
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Game 345
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Wednesday, October 26, 1955
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The diminutive Dickie Duff dug the Maple Leafs out of the National Hockey League cellar last night, scoring both goals in a 2-1 squeeze over the Montréal Canadiens.
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Game 344
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 0
Thursday, October 6, 1955
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Jacques Plante, the nomadic goalie of the Montréal Canadiens, picked up the first shutout of the season here tonight, as the Habs blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-0 in the opening game of the National Hockey League schedule.
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Two Solitudes 