The 1922–23 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's sixth season in the NHL and 14th overall. The Canadiens finished second in the league and reached the NHL finals, losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Ottawa Senators. It also marked the debut of Aurèle Joliat, who would spend the next sixteen years with the club.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

| 1 || December 16 || Montreal || 2–7 || Toronto || 0–1–0 || 0

| 2 || December 20 || Hamilton || 3–7 || Montreal || 1–1–0 || 2

| 3 || December 23 || Ottawa || 3–0 || Montreal || 1–2–0 || 2

| 4 || December 27 || Montreal || 2–2 || Ottawa || 1–2–1 || 3

| 5 || December 30 || Toronto || 2–8 || Montreal || 2–2–1 || 5

| 6 || January 3 || Montreal || 4–1 || Hamilton || 3–2–1 || 7

| 7 || January 6 || Hamilton || 3–2 || Montreal || 3–3–1 || 7

| 8 || January 10 || Montreal || 2–6 || Ottawa || 3–4–1 || 7

| 9 || January 13 || Montreal || 2–2 || Toronto || 3–4–2 || 8

| 10 || January 17 || Ottawa || 1–2 || Montreal || 4–4–2 || 10

| 11 || January 20 || Toronto || 1–3 || Montreal || 5–4–2 || 12

| 12 || January 24 || Montreal || 5–1 || Hamilton || 6–4–2 || 14

| 13 || January 27 || Montreal || 2–4 || Toronto || 6–5–2 || 14

| 14 || January 31 || Hamilton || 4–5 || Montreal || 7–5–2 || 16

| 15 || February 3 || Ottawa || 1–4 || Montreal || 8–5–2 || 18

| 16 || February 7 || Montreal || 0–3 || Ottawa || 8–6–2 || 18

| 17 || February 10 || Toronto || 3–5 || Montreal || 9–6–2 || 20

| 18 || February 14 || Montreal || 2–4 || Hamilton || 9–7–2 || 20

| 19 || February 17 || Montreal || 0–2 || Ottawa || 9–8–2 || 20

| 20 || February 21 || Hamilton || 3–5 || Montreal || 10–8–2 || 22

| 21 || February 24 || Montreal || 3–4 || Toronto || 10–9–2 || 22

| 22 || February 28 || Toronto || 0–3 || Montreal || 11–9–2 || 24

| 23 || March 3 || Ottawa || 0–1 || Montreal || 12–9–2 || 26

| 24 || March 5 || Montreal || 4–1 || Hamilton || 13–9–2 || 28

Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

    Regular season   Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM Billy Boucher 24 23 4 27 55 2 1 0 1 2 Odie Cleghorn 24 19 6 25 18 2 0 0 0 2 Aurel Joliat 24 12 9 21 37 2 1 0 1 11 Sprague Cleghorn 24 9 8 17 34 1 0 0 0 7 Billy Coutu 24 5 2 7 37 1 0 0 0 22 Louis Berlinquette 24 2 4 6 4 2 0 2 2 0 Didier Pitre 22 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 Joe Malone 20 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Edmond Bouchard 2 0 0 0 4 – – – – – Billy Bell 19 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average     Regular season   Playoffs Player GP Min W L T GA SO GAA GP Min W L GA SO GAAGeorges Vezina 24 1488 13 9 2 61 2 2.46 2 120 1 1 3 0 1.50

Playoffs They went against Ottawa for the championship and lost 3 goals to 2, or 2–3. References