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Montréal Canadiens, 1970-71

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East Division Stanley Cup champions Stanley Cup champions Made the playoffs

1970-71 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
4 78 42-23-13 97 0.622 291 216 +75 29-7-3 13-16-10

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Quarterfinals Boston Bruins Won 4-3
Semifinals Minnesota North Stars Won 4-2
Stanley Cup Final Chicago Blackhawks Won 4-3

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Jean Beliveau C 70 25 51 76 24 42 172 0
Yvan Cournoyer R 66 37 36 73 18 21 197 0
J.C. Tremblay D 78 11 52 63 16 23 122 0
Peter Mahovlich C 78 35 26 61 25 181 189 0
Jacques Lemaire C 78 28 28 56 -1 18 252 0
Henri Richard C 75 12 37 49 13 46 226 0
Marc Tardif L 76 19 30 49 25 133 144 0
Guy Lapointe D 78 15 29 44 27 107 228 0
Frank Mahovlich L 38 17 24 41 5 11 100 0
John Ferguson L 60 16 14 30 0 162 117 0
Mickey Redmond R 40 14 16 30 9 35 116 0
Claude Larose R 64 10 13 23 -8 90 120 0
Terry Harper D 78 1 21 22 34 116 61 0
Phil Roberto R 39 14 7 21 10 76 88 0
Rejean Houle L 74 10 9 19 7 28 87 0
Jacques Laperriere D 49 0 16 16 24 20 65 0
Leon Rochefort R 58 5 10 15 12 4 33 0
Serge Savard D 37 5 10 15 10 30 55 0
Bobby Sheehan C 31 6 5 11 4 2 33 0
Bill Collins R 40 6 2 8 0 39 57 0
Lawrence Pleau C 19 1 5 6 -8 8 24 0
Ralph Backstrom C 18 1 4 5 0 0 18 0
Guy Charron C 16 2 2 4 -2 2 13 0
Fran Huck C 6 1 2 3 3 0 8 0
Pierre Bouchard D 75 0 3 3 3 50 33 0
Bob Murdoch D 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 0
Chuck Lefley R 1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Rogie Vachon 47 2312902 1370 1252 118 2.65 0.914
Phil Myre 30 1311401 911 824 87 3.12 0.905
Ken Dryden 6 60000 211 202 9 1.65 0.957

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 4, 1971 @ BOS L 2-7 37 44
Apr 3, 1971 vs NYR W 7-2 35 43
Mar 31, 1971 vs BOS L 3-6 29 35
Mar 28, 1971 @ CHI W 2-1 25 36
Mar 27, 1971 vs DET W 9-2 37 38
Mar 24, 1971 vs PHI W 5-3 36 36
Mar 21, 1971 @ NYR W 6-2 30 49
Mar 20, 1971 vs BUF W 5-2 31 33
Mar 18, 1971 vs TOR W 4-1 44 26
Mar 16, 1971 @ STL L 2-6 23 44
Mar 14, 1971 @ PIT W 5-1 36 36
Mar 13, 1971 vs CHI L 1-4 19 27
Mar 10, 1971 @ TOR L 1-2 32 45
Mar 9, 1971 vs VAN T 3-3 36 33
Mar 7, 1971 @ DET W 4-1 30 29
Mar 6, 1971 vs LAK W 8-2 48 34
Mar 3, 1971 @ PIT L 0-4 33 37
Feb 27, 1971 vs STL W 3-2 18 29
Feb 25, 1971 @ LAK W 5-3 42 34
Feb 24, 1971 @ CGS W 5-2 45 22
Feb 22, 1971 @ VAN T 3-3 30 30
Feb 20, 1971 vs CHI W 7-1 27 28
Feb 17, 1971 vs NYR W 3-0 28 35
Feb 13, 1971 vs CGS W 5-2 39 24
Feb 11, 1971 vs MNS W 6-2 31 30
Feb 9, 1971 vs PIT W 4-1 26 33
Feb 6, 1971 @ LAK L 3-6 34 29
Feb 5, 1971 @ CGS W 3-2 26 29
Feb 2, 1971 @ VAN W 5-2 28 27
Jan 31, 1971 @ CHI L 1-4 28 38
Jan 30, 1971 vs TOR L 4-5 20 29
Jan 27, 1971 vs STL W 4-2 28 32
Jan 24, 1971 @ BOS L 2-4 36 40
Jan 23, 1971 vs DET W 6-2 33 31
Jan 21, 1971 @ PHI T 5-5 28 39
Jan 17, 1971 @ BUF T 4-4 34 32
Jan 16, 1971 vs BOS W 4-2 25 39
Jan 14, 1971 @ MNS T 3-3 27 39
Jan 10, 1971 vs PHI L 2-3 30 26
Jan 9, 1971 vs LAK W 1-0 34 24
Jan 6, 1971 vs VAN W 7-3 36 29
Jan 3, 1971 @ NYR L 5-6 33 41
Jan 2, 1971 vs CGS W 5-3 31 35
Dec 30, 1970 vs PIT T 3-3 27 35
Dec 27, 1970 @ PHI W 4-2 27 27
Dec 26, 1970 vs BUF T 4-4 25 28
Dec 23, 1970 @ STL T 2-2 26 33
Dec 20, 1970 @ LAK L 2-7 31 35
Dec 18, 1970 @ VAN W 4-3 38 29
Dec 16, 1970 @ MNS T 1-1 37 29
Dec 12, 1970 vs LAK W 8-1 35 34
Dec 10, 1970 vs MNS W 6-1 32 31
Dec 9, 1970 @ TOR L 0-4 33 32
Dec 5, 1970 vs BOS L 2-4 28 32
Dec 3, 1970 vs STL W 6-3 27 27
Dec 2, 1970 @ PIT T 3-3 25 36
Nov 29, 1970 @ DET L 3-5 37 32
Nov 28, 1970 vs PIT W 5-1 29 21
Nov 25, 1970 @ CHI L 3-5 32 29
Nov 21, 1970 vs NYR L 4-5 45 40
Nov 19, 1970 vs TOR W 5-1 32 36
Nov 17, 1970 vs CGS W 5-1 33 26
Nov 15, 1970 @ BUF T 2-2 31 15
Nov 14, 1970 @ STL T 1-1 37 33
Nov 11, 1970 @ CGS L 0-2 25 34
Nov 8, 1970 @ BOS L 1-6 30 48
Nov 7, 1970 vs BUF W 11-2 54 21
Nov 4, 1970 @ MNS W 4-3 34 42
Oct 31, 1970 vs VAN W 6-3 45 28
Oct 28, 1970 @ TOR L 2-6 35 32
Oct 25, 1970 @ DET T 3-3 32 26
Oct 24, 1970 vs PHI W 3-1 42 25
Oct 21, 1970 vs MNS L 1-3 47 29
Oct 18, 1970 @ NYR L 0-1 25 28
Oct 17, 1970 vs CHI W 6-2 41 28
Oct 15, 1970 @ BUF W 3-0 53 14
Oct 13, 1970 vs DET W 4-3 43 25
Oct 11, 1970 @ PHI W 2-1 30 25