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Roland Melanson

#1 · Goalie · Montréal Canadiens

Born Jun 28, 1960 in Moncton, New Brunswick, CAN · 5'10", 185 lb · Catches left · Drafted 59th overall in 1979 by NYI (round 3)

Trophy case

×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1982-83, 1981-82, 1980-81
William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 1982-83

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 1991-92. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andre Racicot MTL · 9 GP, 0.895 Frank Pietrangelo HFD · 10 GP, 0.888 Greg Millen DET · 10 GP, 0.896 Matt Delguidice BOS · 10 GP, 0.883 Norm Foster EDM · 10 GP, 0.891

Career

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

0102030401980-81: 11 games1180-811981-82: 36 games3681-821982-83: 44 games4482-831983-84: 37 games3783-841984-85: 28 games2884-851985-86: 28 games2885-861986-87: 46 games4686-871987-88: 47 games4787-881988-89: 4 games488-891990-91: 1 games190-911991-92: 9 games991-92

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
1980-81 NYI 11 304 272 32 0.895
1981-82 NYI 36 1100 986 114 0.896
1982-83 NYI 44 1201 1092 109 0.909
1983-84 NYI 37 1128 1018 110 0.902
1984-85 NYI 8 257 222 35 0.864
1984-85 MNS 20 586 508 78 0.867
1985-86 MNS 6 175 151 24 0.863
1985-86 LAK 22 646 559 87 0.865
1986-87 LAK 46 1417 1249 168 0.881
1987-88 LAK 47 1397 1202 195 0.860
1988-89 LAK 4 109 90 19 0.826
1990-91 NJD 1 7 5 2 0.714
1991-92 MTL 9 195 173 22 0.887
11 seasons Career 291 8522 7527 995 0.883

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
1980-81 NYI 3 52 46 6 0.885
1981-82 NYI 3 29 24 5 0.828
1982-83 NYI 5 112 102 10 0.911
1983-84 NYI 6 32 27 5 0.844
1986-87 LAK 5 153 129 24 0.843
1987-88 LAK 1 50 41 9 0.820
6 seasons Playoffs 23 428 369 59 0.862

1991-92 season totals

GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save % Goals against per game
9 195 173 22 0.887 2.44

Game log

Date Opponent Result Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Dec 19, 1991 @ CHI L 4-6 9 5 4 0.556 23:17
Dec 5, 1991 @ NYI W 5-4 (OT) 32 28 4 0.875 62:52
Nov 30, 1991 @ HFD L 2-3 25 22 3 0.880 58:55
Nov 21, 1991 @ QUE L 2-5 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Nov 11, 1991 vs WSH L 2-4 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Nov 1, 1991 @ BUF W 5-1 18 17 1 0.944 59:57
Oct 24, 1991 @ QUE W 5-0 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 19, 1991 @ PHI W 1-0 22 22 0 1.000 60:00
Oct 16, 1991 vs BUF W 5-1 18 17 1 0.944 46:37