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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 1982-83. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Doug Soetaert WIN · 44 GP, 0.869 Gary Laskoski LAK · 46 GP, 0.857 Rick Wamsley MTL · 46 GP, 0.878 Gilles Meloche MNS · 47 GP, 0.886 Billy Smith NYI · 41 GP, 0.906

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

1982-83 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
44 41 2412501 1201 1092 109 2.66 0.909

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1983 vs PIT W 6-3 W 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Mar 27, 1983 @ PIT W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Mar 19, 1983 vs PHI W 9-2 W 42 40 2 0.952 60:00
Mar 16, 1983 @ NYR L 1-2 L 29 27 2 0.931 59:39
Mar 8, 1983 @ STL L 0-6 L 33 27 6 0.818 60:00
Mar 3, 1983 vs TOR W 5-1 W 21 20 1 0.952 60:00
Feb 27, 1983 @ PHI L 0-2 L 28 26 2 0.929 59:21
Feb 23, 1983 @ CHI T 4-4 T 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Feb 19, 1983 vs MTL W 5-0 W, SO 30 30 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 15, 1983 @ QUE L 1-4 L 25 21 4 0.840 60:00
Feb 12, 1983 vs HFD L 2-4 0 0 0 0.000 00:19
Feb 10, 1983 vs WSH W 8-3 W 18 15 3 0.833 60:00
Feb 3, 1983 @ NJD W 7-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Jan 30, 1983 @ EDM W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Jan 27, 1983 @ LAK W 6-4 W 37 33 4 0.892 60:00
Jan 20, 1983 @ MTL T 4-4 T 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Jan 15, 1983 vs LAK W 5-2 W 40 38 2 0.950 60:00
Jan 13, 1983 @ NJD W 5-2 W 27 25 2 0.926 60:00
Jan 11, 1983 vs WIN W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Jan 8, 1983 vs QUE W 6-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Jan 4, 1983 vs BUF W 5-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 1, 1983 @ PIT L 1-2 L 35 33 2 0.943 59:32
Dec 26, 1982 @ HFD W 3-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Dec 21, 1982 @ QUE T 3-3 10 7 3 0.700 15:00
Dec 18, 1982 vs PHI T 4-4 T 31 27 4 0.871 60:00
Dec 17, 1982 @ NYR W 5-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 60:00
Dec 11, 1982 vs NJD W 7-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 60:00
Dec 7, 1982 vs TOR W 6-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 3, 1982 @ WIN L 2-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Nov 27, 1982 vs NYR L 0-3 L 19 16 3 0.842 40:00
Nov 25, 1982 @ BOS T 1-1 T 32 31 1 0.969 60:00
Nov 23, 1982 vs MNS T 8-8 T 21 18 3 0.857 34:27
Nov 21, 1982 @ NYR L 3-7 13 11 2 0.846 28:48
Nov 18, 1982 vs BOS L 1-3 L 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Nov 13, 1982 @ WSH L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Nov 9, 1982 vs STL W 4-1 W 20 19 1 0.950 60:00
Nov 6, 1982 vs PHI L 3-6 L 37 32 5 0.865 59:49
Nov 2, 1982 vs PIT L 1-3 L 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Oct 28, 1982 @ NJD W 4-2 W 28 26 2 0.929 60:00
Oct 24, 1982 @ CHI L 2-4 L 28 25 3 0.893 59:28
Oct 21, 1982 vs WSH W 6-3 W 25 22 3 0.880 60:00
Oct 16, 1982 vs LAK W 4-1 W 28 27 1 0.964 60:00
Oct 11, 1982 @ NYR W 4-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Oct 7, 1982 @ CGY W 5-4 W 40 36 4 0.900 60:00