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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 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Andy Moog EDM · 46 GP, 0.881 Bob Sauve CHI · 46 GP, 0.894 Kelly Hrudey NYI · 46 GP, 0.881 Patrick Roy MTL · 46 GP, 0.891 Tom Barrasso BUF · 46 GP, 0.873

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

1986-87 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
46 46 1821601 1417 1249 168 3.70 0.881

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 4, 1987 vs EDM L 3-7 L 19 12 7 0.632 60:00
Apr 1, 1987 vs VAN L 3-8 L 22 18 4 0.818 20:00
Mar 30, 1987 vs CGY W 5-4 W 38 34 4 0.895 60:00
Mar 26, 1987 @ BUF W 5-3 W 41 38 3 0.927 60:00
Mar 25, 1987 @ DET W 6-1 W 18 17 1 0.944 59:54
Mar 21, 1987 @ BOS L 6-8 L 36 29 7 0.806 59:34
Mar 19, 1987 @ PHI W 5-2 W 29 27 2 0.931 60:00
Mar 17, 1987 @ WSH W 5-4 W 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Mar 14, 1987 vs QUE L 3-6 L 23 17 6 0.739 60:00
Mar 11, 1987 vs BUF L 2-3 L 43 40 3 0.930 59:31
Mar 8, 1987 vs VAN W 5-2 W 26 24 2 0.923 60:00
Mar 5, 1987 @ CGY L 2-7 L 42 35 7 0.833 60:00
Mar 3, 1987 vs MNS T 4-4 (OT) T 29 25 4 0.862 65:00
Mar 1, 1987 @ CHI L 1-6 L 40 34 6 0.850 60:00
Feb 26, 1987 vs WIN L 3-4 L 31 27 4 0.871 58:56
Feb 21, 1987 vs PHI L 2-4 L 35 31 4 0.886 60:00
Feb 18, 1987 vs WSH W 7-4 W 40 36 4 0.900 60:00
Feb 16, 1987 vs TOR T 1-1 (OT) T 35 34 1 0.971 65:00
Feb 14, 1987 vs HFD W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Feb 8, 1987 @ WIN L 1-3 L 20 17 3 0.850 60:00
Feb 6, 1987 @ WIN L 1-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Jan 31, 1987 @ MTL L 3-5 L 33 28 5 0.848 60:00
Jan 23, 1987 vs MNS L 3-6 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:44
Jan 21, 1987 vs PIT W 10-5 W 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Jan 19, 1987 vs NYR T 2-2 (OT) T 37 35 2 0.946 65:00
Jan 17, 1987 @ STL T 4-4 (OT) T 34 30 4 0.882 65:00
Jan 16, 1987 @ STL W 5-3 W 15 12 3 0.800 60:00
Jan 14, 1987 vs VAN W 4-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 8, 1987 @ CGY L 4-5 L 37 32 5 0.865 59:22
Jan 7, 1987 @ EDM W 6-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 60:00
Jan 2, 1987 @ VAN T 3-3 (OT) T 23 20 3 0.870 65:00
Dec 30, 1986 vs PHI W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Dec 27, 1986 vs BOS W 2-1 (OT) W 27 26 1 0.963 64:20
Dec 22, 1986 @ CGY W 5-3 W 39 36 3 0.923 60:00
Dec 10, 1986 @ NYR L 4-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 59:15
Nov 26, 1986 vs VAN L 3-5 L 38 33 5 0.868 58:50
Nov 25, 1986 @ VAN L 5-11 15 11 4 0.733 35:31
Nov 23, 1986 @ WIN L 2-3 L 32 29 3 0.906 59:20
Nov 21, 1986 @ WIN W 4-1 W 23 22 1 0.957 60:00
Nov 19, 1986 @ CHI T 4-4 (OT) T 38 34 4 0.895 65:00
Nov 18, 1986 @ WSH W 6-5 W 23 18 5 0.783 60:00
Nov 15, 1986 vs CGY W 4-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Oct 27, 1986 @ MTL L 5-6 L 23 17 6 0.739 59:25
Oct 23, 1986 @ NJD L 3-5 L 37 33 4 0.892 59:43
Oct 18, 1986 vs BOS L 1-4 L 33 29 4 0.879 60:00
Oct 14, 1986 @ PIT L 3-4 (OT) L 35 31 4 0.886 63:40