1959–60 NHL season

The 1959–60 NHL season had 6 teams. The Montréal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup Final. The Montréal Canadiens finished with the best regular-season record. Bronco Horvath led the league with 80 points and Bronco Horvath led in goals with 39.

Stanley Cup Final winner: MTL Montréal Canadiens

N/A Conference

N/A

Team	GP	W	L	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
MTL Montréal Canadiens	70	40	18	92	.657	40	40	255	178	+77	23-4-0	17-14-0	L1
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	70	35	26	79	.564	35	35	199	195	+4	20-9-0	15-17-0	W3
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	70	28	29	69	.493	28	28	191	180	+11	18-11-0	10-18-0	T1
DET Detroit Red Wings	70	26	29	67	.479	26	26	186	197	-11	18-14-0	8-15-0	L1
BOS Boston Bruins	70	28	34	64	.457	28	28	220	241	-21	21-11-0	7-23-0	T1
NYR New York Rangers	70	17	38	49	.350	17	17	187	247	-60	10-15-0	7-23-0	W1

Leaders

Points

1	Bronco Horvath	80
2	Bobby Hull	78
3	Jean Beliveau	74
4	Gordie Howe	73
5	Henri Richard	73

Goals

1	Bronco Horvath	39
2	Bobby Hull	38
3	Jean Beliveau	34
4	Dean Prentice	32
5	Henri Richard	30

Assists

1	Don McKenney	49
2	Andy Bathgate	47
3	Gordie Howe	45
4	Henri Richard	43
5	Dickie Moore	42

Plus/minus

1	Doug Harvey	+37
2	Al Langlois	+32
3	Marcel Bonin	+28
4	Dickie Moore	+27
5	Bobby Hull	+24

Power-play goals

1	Bronco Horvath	20
2	Jean Beliveau	12
3	Dickie Moore	10
4	Andy Hebenton	8
5	Vic Stasiuk	7

Shots on goal

1	Gordie Howe	354
2	Bobby Hull	316
3	Jean Beliveau	285
4	Andy Bathgate	269
5	Bernie Geoffrion	267

Hits

1	Carl Brewer	0
2	Gordie Howe	0
3	Bobby Hull	0
4	Stan Mikita	0
5	Al Arbour	0

Blocked shots

1	Carl Brewer	0
2	Gordie Howe	0
3	Bobby Hull	0
4	Stan Mikita	0
5	Al Arbour	0

Goalie wins

1	Jacques Plante	40
2	Johnny Bower	34
3	Glenn Hall	27
4	Terry Sawchuk	24
5	Harry Lumley	16

Save %

1	Johnny Bower	.919
2	Glenn Hall	.918
3	Jacques Plante	.915
4	Terry Sawchuk	.909
5	Don Simmons	.900

Goals-against avg

1	Jacques Plante	2.54
2	Glenn Hall	2.57
3	Terry Sawchuk	2.66
4	Johnny Bower	2.69
5	Don Simmons	3.26

Shutouts

1	Glenn Hall	6
2	Johnny Bower	5
3	Terry Sawchuk	5
4	Jacques Plante	3
5	Don Simmons	2

Rate stats need 21+ games (skaters) or 18+ (goalies).

Team stats

Team	GP	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	SOG/GP	SA/GP
BOS Boston Bruins	70	220	241	3.14	3.44	29.33	33.10
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	69	186	178	2.70	2.58	30.32	31.14
DET Detroit Red Wings	70	186	197	2.66	2.81	33.24	28.86
MTL Montréal Canadiens	70	255	178	3.64	2.54	35.57	29.76
NYR New York Rangers	69	185	242	2.68	3.51	30.48	33.62
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	70	199	195	2.84	2.79	30.66	33.17