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Bob Gainey

#23 · Left wing · Montréal Canadiens · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Dec 13, 1953 in Peterborough, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 8th overall in 1973 by MTL (round 1)

Trophy case

×5 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1985-86, 1978-79, 1977-78, 1976-77, 1975-76
×4 Frank J. Selke Trophy Top Defensive Forward 1980-81, 1979-80, 1978-79, 1977-78
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1978-79

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Paul Gillis QUE · 43 P in 80 GP Scott Arniel WIN · 43 P in 80 GP Richard Kromm NYI · 43 P in 77 GP Doug Sulliman NJD · 43 P in 73 GP Peter McNab NJD · 43 P in 71 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401973-74: 10 points1073-741974-75: 37 points371975-76: 28 points2875-761976-77: 33 points331977-78: 31 points3177-781978-79: 38 points381979-80: 33 points3379-801980-81: 47 points471981-82: 45 points4581-821982-83: 30 points301983-84: 39 points3983-841984-85: 32 points321985-86: 43 points4385-861986-87: 16 points161987-88: 22 points2287-881988-89: 17 points17

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 MTL 70 3 7 10 -9 34 55 0 0.14
1974-75 MTL 80 17 20 37 25 49 132 0 0.46
1975-76 MTL 78 15 13 28 20 57 155 0 0.36
1976-77 MTL 80 14 19 33 31 41 143 0 0.41
1977-78 MTL 66 15 16 31 11 57 140 0 0.47
1978-79 MTL 79 20 18 38 12 44 153 0 0.48
1979-80 MTL 64 14 19 33 -1 32 153 0 0.52
1980-81 MTL 78 23 24 47 13 36 181 0 0.60
1981-82 MTL 79 21 24 45 36 24 172 0 0.57
1982-83 MTL 80 12 18 30 6 43 149 0 0.38
1983-84 MTL 77 17 22 39 11 41 125 0 0.51
1984-85 MTL 79 19 13 32 14 40 164 0 0.41
1985-86 MTL 80 20 23 43 11 20 133 0 0.54
1986-87 MTL 47 8 8 16 0 19 73 0 0.34
1987-88 MTL 78 11 11 22 8 14 101 0 0.28
1988-89 MTL 49 10 7 17 13 34 65 0 0.35
16 seasons Career 1164 239 262 501 201 585 2094 0 0.43

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 MTL 6 0 0 0 -1 6 5 0 0.00
1974-75 MTL 11 2 4 6 7 4 21 0 0.55
1975-76 MTL 13 1 3 4 4 20 34 0 0.31
1976-77 MTL 14 4 1 5 2 25 28 0 0.36
1977-78 MTL 15 2 7 9 4 14 45 0 0.60
1978-79 MTL 16 6 10 16 4 10 38 0 1.00
1979-80 MTL 10 1 1 2 2 4 23 0 0.20
1980-81 MTL 3 0 0 0 -5 2 9 0 0.00
1981-82 MTL 5 0 1 1 -1 8 10 0 0.20
1982-83 MTL 3 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 0.00
1983-84 MTL 15 1 5 6 6 9 10 0 0.40
1984-85 MTL 12 1 3 4 -7 13 15 0 0.33
1985-86 MTL 20 5 5 10 3 12 36 0 0.50
1986-87 MTL 17 1 3 4 -7 6 26 0 0.24
1987-88 MTL 6 0 1 1 -4 6 5 0 0.17
1988-89 MTL 16 1 4 5 0 8 14 0 0.31
16 seasons Playoffs 182 25 48 73 5 151 321 0 0.40

1985-86 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 20 23 43 11 20 133 0 0.54 15.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1986 vs BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1986 @ BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1986 vs DET W 6-3 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1986 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1986 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1986 @ HFD L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1986 @ STL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1986 @ WIN L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1986 vs QUE L 6-8 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1986 vs CGY L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1986 @ BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1986 vs VAN W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1986 vs HFD L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1986 vs BOS W 8-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1986 vs STL L 4-7 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1986 @ NYI L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1986 @ LAK W 6-4 2 1 3 1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1986 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1986 @ EDM L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1986 vs HFD W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1986 vs WSH T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1986 vs LAK L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1986 vs PHI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1986 @ NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1986 vs MNS L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1986 @ DET W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1986 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1986 @ QUE L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1986 vs BOS W 2-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1986 vs QUE W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1986 vs BUF W 4-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1986 vs TOR W 3-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1986 @ MNS W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1986 @ CHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1986 @ QUE L 2-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1986 vs NYI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1986 @ BUF L 4-5 (OT) 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1986 vs WIN W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1986 vs EDM L 3-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1986 @ NYR L 4-6 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1986 vs BOS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1986 vs STL W 9-2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1986 @ CGY W 6-5 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1986 @ WIN W 7-3 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1986 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1985 vs NJD W 8-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1985 @ NJD W 7-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1985 vs BUF W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1985 @ QUE L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1985 vs QUE W 3-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1985 vs HFD T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1985 vs CHI W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1985 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1985 @ HFD W 3-1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1985 @ TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1985 @ BOS L 6-8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1985 vs VAN W 7-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1985 vs DET W 10-1 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1985 @ BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1985 @ WSH L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1985 vs CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1985 vs EDM L 4-5 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1985 vs BOS W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1985 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1985 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1985 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1985 @ LAK W 6-0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1985 @ MNS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1985 @ HFD W 8-3 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1985 vs PIT T 4-4 (OT) 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1985 vs PHI L 4-5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1985 @ QUE L 4-6 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1985 vs HFD W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1985 @ BUF W 5-4 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1985 vs QUE L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1985 @ HFD L 6-11 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1985 vs BUF L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1985 @ BOS L 2-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1985 vs CHI W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1985 @ PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00