1958–59 Chicago Black Hawks season

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1958–59 Chicago Black Hawks
Division3rd NHL
1958–59 record28–29–13
Home record14–12–9
Road record14–17–4
Goals for197
Goals against208
Team information
General manager Tommy Ivan
Coach Rudy Pilous
Captain Ed Litzenberger
Alternate captains Ron Murphy
Pierre Pilote
Arena Chicago Stadium
Team leaders
Goals Ed Litzenberger (33)
Assists Ed Litzenberger (44)
Points Ed Litzenberger (77)
Penalty minutes Ted Lindsay (184)
Wins Glenn Hall (28)
Goals against average Glenn Hall (2.97)
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The 1958–59 Chicago Black Hawks season was the team's 33rd season in the NHL, and the club was coming off of a fifth-place finish in 1957–58, as they finished the year 24–39–7, earning 55 points, which was their highest point total since last making the playoffs in 1952–53.

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It was a quiet off-season for the Black Hawks, who made no major moves. The team named Ed Litzenberger the new team captain, as the spot was left vacant for the 1957–58 season.

Chicago would get off to a good start, going unbeaten in their first four games, before going on a six-game winless streak to drop them under .500. The Black Hawks would hover around the .500 mark all season long, and as a result, the team set a club record with 28 victories, and tied the club record by earning 69 points, as the Black Hawks qualified for the post-season for the first time since 1952–53. Chicago finished in third place, which was their highest finish in the standings since finishing third in the 1945–46 season.

Offensively, Chicago was led by Ed Litzenberger, who led the club with 33 goals and 77 points. His 77 points tied a club record originally set by Max Bentley in 1943–44. Tod Sloan finished with 27 goals and 62 points, while Ted Lindsay rebounded from a poor 1957–58 season by scoring 22 goals and 58 points, while leading the NHL with 181 penalty minutes. Bobby Hull had a solid season, scoring 18 goals and 50 points. On the blueline, Pierre Pilote led the way, scoring 7 goals and 37 points, while Moose Vasko chipped in with 6 goals and 10 assists for 16 points.

In goal, Glenn Hall had all the playing time for the second straight season, as he won a club record 28 games and posted a 2.97 GAA, along with a shutout.

Chicago would face the Montreal Canadiens in the best of seven NHL semi-final. The Canadiens finished the year on top of the NHL standings with 91 points, and had won the Stanley Cup three years in a row. The series opened at the Montreal Forum, and the Canadiens took control of the series, winning the opening two games by scores of 4–2 and 5–1 to take the 2–0 series lead. The series moved to Chicago Stadium for the next two games, and the Black Hawks responded, winning their first playoff games since 1953, as they defeated Montreal 4–2 and 3–2 to even the series up at two games a piece. The series returned to Montreal for the fifth game, and the heavily favored Canadiens put the Black Hawks on the brink of elimination with a 4–2 win to take a 3–2 series lead. Montreal ended the series in the sixth game in Chicago, hanging on for a 5–4 victory to win the series.

Season standings

National Hockey League [1]
GPWLTGFGADIFFPts
1 Montreal Canadiens 70391813258158+10091
2 Boston Bruins 7032299205215−1073
3 Chicago Black Hawks 70282913197208−1169
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 70273211189201−1265
5 New York Rangers 70263212201217−1664
6 Detroit Red Wings 7025378167218−5158

Record vs. opponents

1958–59 NHL Records [2]
TeamBOSCHIDETMTLNYRTOR
Boston —6–7–18–5–16–6–26–5–36–6–2
Chicago 7–6–1—6–7–11–8–57–4–37–4–3
Detroit 5–8–17–6–1—1–9–46–7–16–7–1
Montreal 6–6–28–1–59–1–4—8–5–18–5–1
New York 5–6–34–7–37–6–15–8–1—5–5–4
Toronto 6–6–24–7–37–6–15–8–15–5–4—

Game log

Regular season

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecordPts
1October 8 New York Rangers 1–1Chicago Black Hawks0–0–11
2October 11Chicago Black Hawks3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0–13
3October 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–5Chicago Black Hawks2–0–15
4October 16Chicago Black Hawks7–2 Detroit Red Wings 3–0–17
5October 18 Detroit Red Wings 3–1Chicago Black Hawks3–1–17
6October 19 Boston Bruins 4–1Chicago Black Hawks3–2–17
7October 23Chicago Black Hawks1–9 Montreal Canadiens 3–3–17
8October 25Chicago Black Hawks2–6 New York Rangers 3–4–17
9October 28 Montreal Canadiens 5–5Chicago Black Hawks3–4–28
10October 30Chicago Black Hawks2–5 Boston Bruins 3–5–28
11November 1Chicago Black Hawks4–2 Montreal Canadiens 4–5–210
12November 4 New York Rangers 2–4Chicago Black Hawks5–5–212
13November 8Chicago Black Hawks4–3 Detroit Red Wings 6–5–214
14November 11 Boston Bruins 8–4Chicago Black Hawks6–6–214
15November 15 Montreal Canadiens 3–1Chicago Black Hawks6–7–214
16November 16 Detroit Red Wings 2–3Chicago Black Hawks7–7–216
17November 19 Boston Bruins 2–3Chicago Black Hawks8–7–218
18November 22Chicago Black Hawks1–5 Montreal Canadiens 8–8–218
19November 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–3Chicago Black Hawks8–8–319
20November 27 Montreal Canadiens 2–1Chicago Black Hawks8–9–319
21November 29Chicago Black Hawks2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs 9–9–321
22November 30 New York Rangers 2–2Chicago Black Hawks9–9–422
23December 3Chicago Black Hawks2–4 New York Rangers 9–10–422
24December 6 Detroit Red Wings 4–3Chicago Black Hawks9–11–422
25December 7Chicago Black Hawks2–2 Detroit Red Wings 9–11–523
26December 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–2Chicago Black Hawks9–11–624
27December 13Chicago Black Hawks2–4 Boston Bruins 9–12–624
28December 14Chicago Black Hawks3–3 New York Rangers 9–12–725
29December 17 Boston Bruins 2–5Chicago Black Hawks10–12–727
30December 20Chicago Black Hawks1–4 Montreal Canadiens 10–13–727
31December 21 Detroit Red Wings 2–4Chicago Black Hawks11–13–729
32December 25Chicago Black Hawks2–4 Boston Bruins 11–14–729
33December 27Chicago Black Hawks2–2 Toronto Maple Leafs 11–14–830
34December 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 3–4Chicago Black Hawks12–14–832
35December 31Chicago Black Hawks4–2 Detroit Red Wings 13–14–834
36January 1 Montreal Canadiens 2–2Chicago Black Hawks13–14–935
37January 3Chicago Black Hawks2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs 14–14–937
38January 4 Boston Bruins 3–5Chicago Black Hawks15–14–939
39January 7Chicago Black Hawks4–0 New York Rangers 16–14–941
40January 8Chicago Black Hawks4–2 Boston Bruins 17–14–943
41January 10Chicago Black Hawks0–1 Montreal Canadiens 17–15–943
42January 11 New York Rangers 4–3Chicago Black Hawks17–16–943
43January 17 New York Rangers 1–7Chicago Black Hawks18–16–945
44January 18 Montreal Canadiens 1–1Chicago Black Hawks18–16–1046
45January 21 Detroit Red Wings 3–2Chicago Black Hawks18–17–1046
46January 24Chicago Black Hawks0–2 Detroit Red Wings 18–18–1046
47January 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–1Chicago Black Hawks18–19–1046
48January 28Chicago Black Hawks3–1 New York Rangers 19–19–1048
49January 31Chicago Black Hawks3–3 Montreal Canadiens 19–19–1149
50February 1 Montreal Canadiens 3–3Chicago Black Hawks19–19–1250
51February 5Chicago Black Hawks2–1 Boston Bruins 20–19–1252
52February 7Chicago Black Hawks6–3 New York Rangers 21–19–1254
53February 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–7Chicago Black Hawks22–19–1256
54February 12Chicago Black Hawks4–5 Boston Bruins 22–20–1256
55February 14Chicago Black Hawks1–5 Toronto Maple Leafs 22–21–1256
56February 15 Boston Bruins 3–3Chicago Black Hawks22–21–1357
57February 18 New York Rangers 2–4Chicago Black Hawks23–21–1359
58February 21Chicago Black Hawks2–5 Detroit Red Wings 23–22–1359
59February 22 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–5Chicago Black Hawks24–22–1361
60February 28 Boston Bruins 2–5Chicago Black Hawks25–22–1363
61March 1 Detroit Red Wings 1–3Chicago Black Hawks26–22–1365
62March 4Chicago Black Hawks2–5 Toronto Maple Leafs 26–23–1365
63March 7 New York Rangers 6–1Chicago Black Hawks26–24–1365
64March 8 Montreal Canadiens 2–1Chicago Black Hawks26–25–1365
65March 11Chicago Black Hawks5–3 New York Rangers 27–25–1367
66March 14Chicago Black Hawks4–8 Montreal Canadiens 27–26–1367
67March 15 Detroit Red Wings 4–1Chicago Black Hawks27–27–1367
68March 17Chicago Black Hawks0–2 Detroit Red Wings 27–28–1367
69March 21Chicago Black Hawks1–5 Toronto Maple Leafs 27–29–1367
70March 22Chicago Black Hawks4–1 Boston Bruins 28–29–1369

Montreal Canadiens 4, Chicago Black Hawks 2

#DateVisitorScoreHomeRecord
1March 24Chicago Black Hawks2–4 Montreal Canadiens 0–1
2March 26Chicago Black Hawks1–5 Montreal Canadiens 0–2
3March 28 Montreal Canadiens 2–4Chicago Black Hawks1–2
4March 31 Montreal Canadiens 1–3Chicago Black Hawks2–2
5April 2Chicago Black Hawks2–4 Montreal Canadiens 2–3
6April 4 Montreal Canadiens 5–4Chicago Black Hawks2–4

Season stats

Scoring leaders

PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
Ed Litzenberger 7033447737
Tod Sloan 5927356279
Ted Lindsay 70223658184
Bobby Hull 7018325050
Ron Murphy 5917304752

Goaltending

PlayerGPTOIWLTGASOGAA
Glenn Hall 70420028291320812.97

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders

PlayerGPGAPtsPIM
Ed Litzenberger 63588
Tod Sloan 63580
Ted Lindsay 624613
Eric Nesterenko 62248
Glen Skov 62134

Goaltending

PlayerGPTOIWLGASOGAA
Glenn Hall 6360242103.50

References

  1. ↑ "1958–1959 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ↑ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

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