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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 1984-85. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Doug Soetaert MTL · 28 GP, 0.853 Frank Caprice VAN · 28 GP, 0.850 Bob Sauve BUF · 27 GP, 0.855 Warren Skorodenski CHI · 27 GP, 0.903 Dan Bouchard QUE · 30 GP, 0.879

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

1984-85 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
28 25 813300 843 730 113 4.34 0.866

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Mar 26, 1985 @ DET L 1-5 L 35 30 5 0.857 60:00
Mar 20, 1985 @ WIN L 2-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 60:00
Mar 16, 1985 @ MTL W 4-2 W 38 36 2 0.947 60:00
Mar 10, 1985 @ CHI W 3-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 60:00
Mar 1, 1985 @ DET L 2-6 4 4 0 1.000 08:00
Feb 27, 1985 @ TOR L 1-6 L 27 21 6 0.778 60:00
Feb 16, 1985 @ STL L 4-6 L 32 26 6 0.813 60:00
Jan 29, 1985 @ NYI T 4-4 (OT) T 40 36 4 0.900 64:43
Jan 27, 1985 @ NYR L 2-3 L 27 24 3 0.889 59:28
Jan 26, 1985 vs DET T 4-4 (OT) T 31 27 4 0.871 65:00
Jan 23, 1985 vs PIT W 4-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Jan 21, 1985 @ CHI L 2-7 11 9 2 0.818 34:33
Jan 16, 1985 vs STL T 4-4 (OT) T 30 26 4 0.867 65:00
Jan 10, 1985 vs STL L 3-5 L 36 31 5 0.861 59:12
Jan 3, 1985 @ LAK W 8-3 W 32 29 3 0.906 60:00
Dec 10, 1984 vs DET L 3-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 59:00
Dec 7, 1984 @ EDM L 3-6 L 20 15 5 0.750 59:37
Dec 1, 1984 vs CGY L 4-8 L 38 30 8 0.789 60:00
Nov 27, 1984 @ NJD L 2-3 L 33 30 3 0.909 59:11
Nov 23, 1984 vs NJD W 5-4 (OT) W 29 25 4 0.862 63:35
Nov 9, 1984 @ NYR L 4-5 (OT) L 43 38 5 0.884 60:57
Nov 4, 1984 @ BOS L 2-6 L 38 32 6 0.842 60:00
Oct 30, 1984 vs NYR W 7-3 W 29 26 3 0.897 59:55
Oct 27, 1984 vs BOS L 3-8 11 8 3 0.727 32:25
Oct 23, 1984 vs VAN W 6-5 16 12 4 0.750 31:42
Oct 20, 1984 vs LAK W 8-3 W 44 41 3 0.932 60:00
Oct 16, 1984 vs NJD W 6-4 W 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Oct 12, 1984 @ NJD L 2-7 L 36 29 7 0.806 60:00