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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 1981-82. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rick Wamsley MTL · 38 GP, 0.893 Rogie Vachon BOS · 38 GP, 0.859 Rejean Lemelin CGY · 34 GP, 0.873 Doug Soetaert WIN · 39 GP, 0.870 Vincent Tremblay TOR · 40 GP, 0.871

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

1981-82 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
36 36 227600 1100 986 114 3.24 0.896

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1982 vs PHI W 6-3 W 40 37 3 0.925 60:00
Mar 29, 1982 @ NYR W 7-3 W 23 20 3 0.870 60:00
Mar 27, 1982 vs HFD W 5-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Mar 23, 1982 vs WSH W 8-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Mar 20, 1982 vs STL T 3-3 T 36 33 3 0.917 59:52
Mar 13, 1982 @ LAK L 0-3 L 23 21 2 0.913 59:50
Mar 9, 1982 @ STL W 6-4 W 44 40 4 0.909 60:00
Mar 1, 1982 @ TOR W 9-5 W 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Feb 23, 1982 vs CHI W 5-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Feb 21, 1982 @ PIT L 3-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 59:24
Feb 18, 1982 @ PHI W 7-4 W 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Feb 14, 1982 @ HFD W 9-1 W 40 39 1 0.975 60:00
Feb 11, 1982 @ CHI W 8-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Feb 6, 1982 vs DET W 6-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Feb 2, 1982 vs WSH W 7-6 11 7 4 0.636 23:03
Jan 27, 1982 @ PIT W 6-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Jan 21, 1982 vs PIT W 6-1 W 24 23 1 0.958 60:00
Jan 17, 1982 @ WSH T 2-2 T 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 7, 1982 @ PHI W 5-4 W 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Jan 4, 1982 vs VAN W 4-1 W 34 33 1 0.971 60:00
Dec 30, 1981 @ NYR L 4-6 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Dec 22, 1981 vs WIN W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Dec 19, 1981 vs DET W 5-1 W 39 38 1 0.974 60:00
Dec 17, 1981 vs WSH W 4-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Dec 12, 1981 @ CGY T 3-3 T 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Dec 6, 1981 @ WIN L 2-5 L 23 19 4 0.826 59:33
Nov 28, 1981 @ BOS L 4-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Nov 26, 1981 vs STL W 9-2 W 32 30 2 0.938 60:00
Nov 17, 1981 @ QUE L 2-7 L 23 16 7 0.696 50:32
Nov 14, 1981 vs EDM T 5-5 T 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Nov 10, 1981 @ WIN W 5-3 W 37 34 3 0.919 60:00
Oct 29, 1981 @ HFD T 6-6 T 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Oct 24, 1981 vs WSH W 6-4 W 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Oct 20, 1981 vs LAK L 6-9 L 43 34 9 0.791 60:00
Oct 15, 1981 vs VAN W 4-1 W 41 40 1 0.976 60:00
Oct 10, 1981 @ CLR T 2-2 T 29 27 2 0.931 60:00