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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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

John Davidson NYR · 10 GP, 0.832 Marco Baron BOS · 10 GP, 0.883 Rob Holland PIT · 10 GP, 0.850 Wayne Thomas NYR · 10 GP, 0.868 Doug Keans LAK · 9 GP, 0.837

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 WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1980-81 NYI 11 81100 304 272 32 3.10 0.895
1981-82 NYI 36 227600 1100 986 114 3.24 0.896
1982-83 NYI 44 2412501 1201 1092 109 2.66 0.909
1983-84 NYI 37 2011200 1128 1018 110 3.27 0.902
1984-85 NYI 8 33000 257 222 35 4.94 0.864
1984-85 MNS 20 510300 586 508 78 4.11 0.867
1985-86 MNS 6 21200 175 151 24 4.43 0.863
1985-86 LAK 22 416100 646 559 87 4.22 0.865
1986-87 LAK 46 1821601 1417 1249 168 3.70 0.881
1987-88 LAK 47 1720702 1397 1202 195 4.37 0.860
1988-89 LAK 4 11000 109 90 19 6.42 0.826
1990-91 NJD 1 00000 7 5 2 6.00 0.714
1991-92 MTL 9 53002 195 173 22 2.68 0.887
11 seasons Career 291 1291063306 8522 7527 995 3.64 0.883

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
1980-81 NYI 3 1000 52 46 6 3.90 0.885
1981-82 NYI 3 0100 29 24 5 4.77 0.828
1982-83 NYI 5 2200 112 102 10 2.55 0.911
1983-84 NYI 6 0100 32 27 5 3.56 0.844
1986-87 LAK 5 1400 153 129 24 5.58 0.843
1987-88 LAK 1 0100 50 41 9 9.00 0.820
6 seasons Playoffs 23 4900 428 369 59 4.47 0.862

1980-81 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
11 11 81100 304 272 32 3.10 0.895

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 1981 vs WSH W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Mar 31, 1981 @ MTL L 1-3 L 29 26 3 0.897 60:00
Mar 29, 1981 @ WSH W 5-4 W 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Mar 22, 1981 @ CHI W 6-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Mar 20, 1981 @ CLR W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Mar 11, 1981 @ WIN W 6-3 14 12 2 0.857 20:00
Nov 12, 1980 @ TOR W 4-2 W 39 37 2 0.949 60:00
Nov 11, 1980 vs MNS T 6-6 T 25 19 6 0.760 60:00
Nov 8, 1980 vs CHI W 7-3 W 30 27 3 0.900 60:00
Nov 6, 1980 @ BOS W 4-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Nov 4, 1980 vs DET W 6-4 W 33 29 4 0.879 60:00