Playoff Game 28
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 2
Saturday, April 11, 1959
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens reached the halfway mark of their dedicated objective – a fourth consecutive Stanley Cup – here Saturday night, when they repulsed the obstinate Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1.
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Playoff Game 27
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 3
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 1
Thursday, April 9, 1959
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The Montréal Canadiens, in earnest pursuit of their fourth successive Stanley Cup, surged for two goals in the third period here tonight to defeat the fiery Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 in the first game of the best of seven final.
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Playoff Game 26
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 5
Saturday, April 21, 1951
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Toronto’s hockey Leafs out-Ripleyed the believe-it-or-not script writers to carry the final scene of one of the most dramatic playoff productions in the history of Canadian sport at the Gardens Saturday night.
In unbelievable fashion, the Leafs powered from behind to tie the score with 32 seconds left and their goalie on the bench in favour of a sixth attacker. Then they went on to sweep a great Montréal team from the arena, 3-2, in the fifth consecutive sudden death overtime heart buster. Thus, the Stanley Cup returned to Toronto for the fourth time in five years, the Leafs taking the history making “sudden death series” four games to one.
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Playoff Game 25
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 4
Thursday, April 19, 1951
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Major league hockey’s record smashing Stanley Cup final series needed another brief but dramatic session of sudden death overtime to declare a winner here tonight.
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Playoff Game 24
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1 (OT)
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 3
Tuesday, April 17, 1951
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Captain “Teeder” Kennedy figuratively scooped the puck from his own net into the webbing of the enemy to turn almost certain defeat into a stunning 2-1 victory for the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Montréal Canadiens here tonight.
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Playoff Game 23
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 2 (OT)
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 2
Saturday, April 14, 1951
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Hockey lightning in the human form of “Rocket” Richard struck at a playoff goalie for the third time in the 1951 Stanley Cup series at the Gardens Saturday night. And the deluge of cheers in far-off Montréal, heralding a 3-2 sudden death extra time victory for the Canadiens over the Toronto Maple Leafs, must have been thunderous.
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Playoff Game 22
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 1
Wednesday, April 11, 1951
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Sid Smith, the Toronto-born hockey player with an unrehearsed flair for the dramatic, pulled all the Hollywood stops as he poked home the payoff goal for his Maple Leafs against the Montréal Canadiens last night.
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Playoff Game 21
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 6
Saturday, April 19, 1947
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
A modern hockey miracle was written into the record books as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montréal Canadiens 2-1 at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night.
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Playoff Game 20
Canadiens 3, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 5
Thursday, April 17, 1947
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The overconfidence bug once again enveloped the youthful Toronto Maple Leafs here tonight, with disastrous results. The Torontonians, only 60 playing minutes away from the Stanley Cup when they started the game, succumbed weakly to a 3-1 defeat from the hands of the Montréal Canadiens.
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Playoff Game 19
Maple Leafs 2, Canadiens 1 (OT)
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 4
Tuesday, April 15, 1947
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Veteran team captain Syl Apps and his husky linemate, newcomer Harry Watson, proved a sensational winning combination which spelled doom to the Montréal Canadiens. The up and coming Toronto Maple Leafs downed the defending world champions 2-1 in a thrilling overtime exhibition of playoff hockey at Maple Leaf Gardens.
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Playoff Game 18
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 3
Saturday, April 12, 1947
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Running up an early lead and then hanging on with fine defensive hockey, the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Montréal Canadiens 4-2 at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night.
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Playoff Game 17
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 0
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 2
Thursday, April 10, 1947
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The unpredictable Toronto Maple Leafs chose the hottest night of the young spring season to unleash a torrid comeback attack and blast the Montréal Canadiens 4-0, before a record breaking crowd of 12,915 sweltering fans here tonight.
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Playoff Game 16
Canadiens 6, Maple Leafs 0
Stanley Cup Finals, Game 1
Tuesday, April 8, 1947
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Commanding play in every period, the Montréal Canadiens served impressive notice that they are still worthy defending world champions, as they smothered the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-0 before 12,320 fans here tonight.
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Playoff Game 15
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 6
Saturday, March 31, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
The Toronto Maple Leafs hauled themselves into another Stanley Cup championship series by conquering the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 at Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday night in the sixth game of their see-saw playoff set.
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Playoff Game 14
Canadiens 10, Maple Leafs 3
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 5
Thursday, March 29, 1945
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach rolled the Montréal Canadiens back into the Stanley Cup playoff hunt before a crowd of 12,333 customers here tonight. The score, which should be whispered, was 10 to 3.
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Playoff Game 13
Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 (OT)
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 4
Tuesday, March 27, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Gus Bodnar’s overtime goal – it defeated the Canadiens 4-3 – put the challengers up three games to one over the champions, sent a capacity crowd noisily off into the night.
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Playoff Game 12
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 3
Saturday, March 24, 1945
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
That first goal continues to be the solar plexus punch of Stanley Cup playoff hockey. Dick Irvin’s Montréal Canadiens proved it Saturday night at Maple Leaf Gardens, by riding to a decisive 4-1 win over the Leafs after Bill Durnan had provided his mates with just the spark they needed by beating off a sustained Toronto ganging attack early in the first period.
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Playoff Game 11
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 2
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 2
Thursday, March 22, 1945
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
The old champion shook tousled locks, heaved a sigh, looked at the troubled faces of his handlers, and sank dismayedly into his corner, beaten but unafraid.
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Playoff Game 10
Maple Leafs 1, Canadiens 0
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 1
Tuesday, March 20, 1945
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Ted Kennedy swung the most potent early spring golf shot of the 1945 season as the Toronto Leafs stepped into a one game lead in the Stanley Cup playoff series against the Montréal Canadiens here tonight.
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Playoff Game 09
Canadiens 11, Maple Leafs 0
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 5
Thursday, March 30, 1944
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Dick Irvin and his Montréal Canadiens finally got to freewheeling in the 1943-44 Stanley Cup playoff competition. They rolled their way into the final round of the National Hockey League’s trophy classic tonight by swamping the Toronto Maple Leafs 11-0 before a roaring crowd at the Montréal Forum.
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Playoff Game 08
Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 4
Tuesday, March 28, 1944
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Hap Day’s solid phalanx of “Little Davids” gave a dramatic demonstration of embarrassing Dick Irvin’s “Goliaths” for the better part of two periods at Maple Leaf Gardens last night. But at the finish, they had neither stones nor the strength to lay low the mighty giant.
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Playoff Game 07
Canadiens 2, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 3
Saturday, March 25, 1944
Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
Still short on a scoring punch but long on spirit, the Toronto Leafs are one game down to the Montréal Canadiens in a Stanley Cup playoff series that has already produced some of the wildest incidents in a couple decades of postseason competition.
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Playoff Game 06
Canadiens 5, Maple Leafs 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 2
Thursday, March 23, 1944
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Maurice Richard, a hockey will-o-the-wisp who has been haunting the Toronto Maple Leafs all winter, stepped out at the Forum here Thursday night with a five goal charge to give the Canadiens a 5-1 decision in the second game of the latest of Stanley Cup playoff panics.
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Playoff Game 05
Maple Leafs 3, Canadiens 1
Stanley Cup Semifinals, Game 1
Tuesday, March 21, 1944
Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Hap Day and his Toronto Maple Leafs swung wide the widest playoff gates in modern Stanley Cup playoff history here Tuesday night by defeating the Montréal Canadiens 3 to 1.
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Playoff Game 04
Canadiens 2, St. Pats 0
NHL Championship, Game 2
Friday, March 13, 1925
Arena Gardens, Toronto, Ontario
In the most disappointing game of the professional season, the clever Canadiens of Montréal toyed with the St. Patricks here last night, defeated them by 2 to 0, and won the round and the right to play in the finals, if there are any, by 5 to 2.
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Two Solitudes 