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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 1985-86. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Mark Laforest DET · 28 GP, 0.845 Darren Jensen PHI · 29 GP, 0.883 Darren Eliot LAK · 27 GP, 0.848 Steve Weeks HFD · 27 GP, 0.863 Doug Keans BOS · 30 GP, 0.863

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

1985-86 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
28 26 617300 821 710 111 4.26 0.865

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 2, 1986 vs WIN T 4-4 (OT) T 30 26 4 0.867 64:07
Mar 31, 1986 vs WIN L 2-5 L 29 25 4 0.862 58:36
Mar 29, 1986 vs QUE L 3-5 L 28 24 4 0.857 58:22
Mar 28, 1986 @ VAN L 1-2 (OT) L 33 31 2 0.939 64:28
Mar 26, 1986 vs CGY W 7-3 W 27 24 3 0.889 60:00
Mar 23, 1986 @ BUF L 1-6 L 35 30 5 0.857 59:15
Mar 22, 1986 @ HFD L 3-6 L 29 24 5 0.828 59:10
Mar 20, 1986 @ BOS L 3-6 L 42 36 6 0.857 60:00
Mar 18, 1986 @ WSH W 5-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 17, 1986 @ TOR L 6-7 L 4 2 2 0.500 27:25
Mar 9, 1986 vs EDM L 3-7 L 35 28 7 0.800 60:00
Mar 5, 1986 @ EDM L 3-6 L 30 25 5 0.833 59:35
Mar 2, 1986 vs CGY L 1-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Mar 1, 1986 vs MTL L 4-6 L 15 12 3 0.800 19:16
Feb 27, 1986 vs CHI L 3-6 L 21 16 5 0.762 58:34
Feb 24, 1986 @ PIT L 5-6 (OT) L 43 37 6 0.860 63:54
Feb 22, 1986 @ NJD W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Feb 20, 1986 @ PHI L 3-5 L 41 37 4 0.902 59:16
Feb 17, 1986 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) W 37 35 2 0.946 64:36
Feb 15, 1986 vs WSH L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Jan 15, 1986 vs NYR L 3-4 20 19 1 0.950 40:00
Jan 8, 1986 @ PIT L 3-7 L 30 24 6 0.800 59:46
Nov 19, 1985 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 9 9 0 1.000 15:25
Nov 17, 1985 @ CHI T 5-5 (OT) T 31 26 5 0.839 65:00
Oct 26, 1985 @ TOR W 7-5 W 36 31 5 0.861 60:00
Oct 23, 1985 @ STL T 4-4 (OT) T 28 24 4 0.857 65:00
Oct 22, 1985 vs STL W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Oct 12, 1985 vs BUF L 2-6 L 39 33 6 0.846 60:00