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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 1987-88. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Glen Hanlon DET · 47 GP, 0.891 Kelly Hrudey NYI · 47 GP, 0.896 Greg Millen STL · 48 GP, 0.880 Rejean Lemelin BOS · 49 GP, 0.889 Alain Chevrier NJD · 45 GP, 0.867

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

1987-88 season totals

GP Starts WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
47 42 1720702 1397 1202 195 4.37 0.860

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 3, 1988 @ EDM T 5-5 (OT) T 34 29 5 0.853 65:00
Mar 30, 1988 vs CGY W 9-7 W 28 21 7 0.750 60:00
Mar 23, 1988 vs NYI L 2-6 L 31 25 6 0.806 60:00
Mar 19, 1988 vs DET W 7-4 W 29 25 4 0.862 60:00
Mar 18, 1988 @ VAN L 3-5 L 30 26 4 0.867 60:00
Mar 16, 1988 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) T 36 33 3 0.917 65:00
Mar 13, 1988 vs STL W 7-6 W 39 33 6 0.846 60:00
Mar 10, 1988 @ BOS T 3-3 (OT) T 34 31 3 0.912 64:27
Mar 5, 1988 vs MTL L 6-7 (OT) L 39 32 7 0.821 61:51
Mar 1, 1988 @ EDM L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 58:37
Feb 24, 1988 vs WSH W 4-3 W 34 31 3 0.912 60:00
Feb 20, 1988 vs TOR W 3-0 W, SO 21 21 0 1.000 60:00
Feb 17, 1988 @ MNS W 5-4 W 41 37 4 0.902 60:00
Feb 15, 1988 vs DET L 1-6 22 19 3 0.864 48:14
Feb 13, 1988 vs PIT L 5-7 L 31 24 7 0.774 60:00
Feb 7, 1988 vs CGY L 2-5 L 22 17 5 0.773 60:00
Feb 6, 1988 vs EDM W 7-2 W 37 35 2 0.946 60:00
Feb 2, 1988 @ VAN L 2-5 L 36 32 4 0.889 60:00
Jan 30, 1988 vs MNS W 5-0 W, SO 39 39 0 1.000 60:00
Jan 22, 1988 @ WIN L 3-5 L 31 26 5 0.839 59:17
Jan 21, 1988 @ CGY W 5-4 (OT) W 36 32 4 0.889 60:42
Jan 19, 1988 vs NYR W 6-3 W 10 10 0 1.000 23:21
Jan 16, 1988 vs HFD L 3-4 L 34 30 4 0.882 60:00
Jan 10, 1988 @ CHI L 2-5 L 28 23 5 0.821 60:00
Jan 4, 1988 @ NJD W 6-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Dec 28, 1987 vs WIN L 2-5 L 32 27 5 0.844 60:00
Dec 26, 1987 vs VAN W 3-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Dec 20, 1987 @ CGY W 6-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Dec 6, 1987 @ WSH L 3-10 L 26 16 10 0.615 60:00
Dec 1, 1987 vs WIN L 6-7 (OT) 12 7 5 0.583 28:29
Nov 29, 1987 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) T 27 25 2 0.926 65:00
Nov 28, 1987 vs CGY L 4-8 5 5 0 1.000 09:02
Nov 21, 1987 @ TOR T 6-6 (OT) T 44 38 6 0.864 65:00
Nov 19, 1987 @ PHI L 5-7 L 43 36 7 0.837 60:00
Nov 14, 1987 vs QUE W 8-7 W 14 11 3 0.786 30:33
Nov 13, 1987 @ CGY L 7-10 L 36 26 10 0.722 60:00
Nov 10, 1987 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) T 26 22 4 0.846 65:00
Nov 7, 1987 vs NYR W 5-4 W 32 28 4 0.875 60:00
Nov 1, 1987 @ PHI L 1-4 L 28 24 4 0.857 60:00
Oct 30, 1987 @ BUF L 1-5 L 30 25 5 0.833 60:00
Oct 27, 1987 @ PIT T 4-4 (OT) T 31 27 4 0.871 65:00
Oct 25, 1987 @ WIN W 2-1 W 30 29 1 0.967 60:00
Oct 23, 1987 @ WIN L 3-4 L 47 43 4 0.915 60:00
Oct 18, 1987 vs VAN L 2-4 L 23 19 4 0.826 60:00
Oct 11, 1987 vs EDM L 2-9 L 24 17 7 0.708 40:00
Oct 10, 1987 vs STL W 4-2 W 22 20 2 0.909 60:00
Oct 8, 1987 vs NYI L 1-4 L 24 20 4 0.833 60:00