1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1960–61 Montreal Canadiens season was the 52nd season in club history. The team placed first in the regular season to qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens were eliminated in semi-finals by the Chicago Black Hawks 4 games to 2.Record vs. opponents
Playoffs
Semi-finals
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| RW | 64 | 50 | 45 | 95 | 29 |
| C | 69 | 32 | 58 | 90 | 57 |
| LW | 57 | 35 | 34 | 69 | 62 |
| C | 70 | 24 | 44 | 68 | 91 |
| W | 65 | 16 | 35 | 51 | 45 |
| RW | 70 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 31 |
| D | 58 | 6 | 33 | 39 | 48 |
| C | 69 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 44 |
| LW | 70 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 8 |
| D | 70 | 5 | 26 | 31 | 143 |
| LW | 53 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 51 |
| LW | 45 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 4 |
| D | 70 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 54 |
| RW | 49 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| D | 61 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 56 |
| C | 62 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| LW | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| D | 60 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| D | 29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| RW | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C/LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| 2400 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 112 | 2.80 | 2 |
| 1800 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 74 | 2.47 | 4 |
| Team: | 4200 | 70 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 186 | 2.66 | 6 |
Playoffs
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| C | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| C | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| C | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| LW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| RW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| LW | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| RW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| LW | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| W | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| 412 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 2.33 | 0 |
| Team: | 412 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 2.33 | 0 |
Awards and records
Roster
