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Montréal Canadiens, 1971-72

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East Division Made the playoffs

1971-72 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
3 78 46-16-16 108 0.692 307 205 +102 29-3-7 17-13-9

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Quarterfinals New York Rangers Lost 2-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Frank Mahovlich L 77 43 53 96 42 36 261 0
Yvan Cournoyer R 74 47 36 83 24 15 208 0
Jacques Lemaire C 77 32 49 81 37 26 266 0
Peter Mahovlich C 75 35 32 67 15 103 207 0
Guy Lafleur R 73 29 35 64 27 48 187 0
J.C. Tremblay D 76 6 51 57 53 24 130 0
Marc Tardif L 75 31 22 53 15 81 203 0
Guy Lapointe D 70 11 38 49 13 58 227 0
Henri Richard C 78 12 32 44 10 48 175 0
Claude Larose R 78 20 18 38 9 64 169 0
Jacques Laperriere D 73 3 25 28 34 50 97 0
Rejean Houle L 78 11 17 28 8 21 145 0
Jimmy Roberts R 51 7 15 22 3 49 69 0
Lawrence Pleau C 63 7 10 17 3 14 67 0
Terry Harper D 52 2 12 14 10 35 39 0
Serge Savard D 23 1 8 9 21 16 45 0
Pierre Bouchard D 69 3 5 8 11 39 42 0
Phil Roberto R 27 3 2 5 3 22 35 0
Chuck Arnason R 18 3 0 3 -1 4 12 0
Bob Murdoch D 13 1 1 2 8 8 16 0
Chuck Lefley R 26 0 2 2 -1 0 7 0
Dale Hoganson D 36 0 0 0 5 2 11 0
Germain Gagnon L 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Rey Comeau C 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Ken Dryden 64 3981508 2030 1888 142 2.24 0.930
Phil Myre 9 45000 276 244 32 3.65 0.884
Denis DeJordy 7 32100 179 154 25 4.52 0.860
Rogie Vachon 1 01000 17 13 4 12.00 0.765

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 2, 1972 @ NYR W 6-5 21 46
Apr 1, 1972 vs BOS W 6-2 36 23
Mar 29, 1972 @ CHI T 5-5 40 18
Mar 26, 1972 @ BOS L 4-5 40 39
Mar 25, 1972 vs NYR T 3-3 36 40
Mar 22, 1972 vs TOR T 3-3 28 36
Mar 19, 1972 @ DET L 6-7 43 36
Mar 18, 1972 vs MNS W 4-3 27 35
Mar 15, 1972 @ TOR W 5-2 40 43
Mar 13, 1972 vs PHI W 2-1 33 29
Mar 11, 1972 vs CHI T 1-1 23 30
Mar 9, 1972 @ STL W 5-1 28 46
Mar 8, 1972 @ PIT W 5-4 34 38
Mar 5, 1972 @ PHI W 4-0 38 26
Mar 4, 1972 vs VAN W 5-0 32 37
Mar 1, 1972 vs BUF W 4-1 34 32
Feb 27, 1972 vs PIT W 5-3 40 27
Feb 26, 1972 vs DET W 8-1 34 28
Feb 24, 1972 @ MNS W 4-2 44 32
Feb 22, 1972 vs NYR L 3-7 26 36
Feb 20, 1972 @ BUF W 4-0 32 32
Feb 19, 1972 vs PHI W 3-1 43 24
Feb 16, 1972 vs CGS T 1-1 34 32
Feb 13, 1972 @ BOS T 2-2 18 41
Feb 12, 1972 vs LAK W 6-5 48 33
Feb 10, 1972 vs CHI W 7-1 30 40
Feb 6, 1972 @ VAN W 4-2 32 28
Feb 4, 1972 @ CGS T 2-2 45 27
Feb 3, 1972 @ LAK T 1-1 30 33
Feb 1, 1972 @ STL W 3-1 36 29
Jan 29, 1972 vs STL W 4-0 37 37
Jan 27, 1972 vs MNS L 5-6 41 39
Jan 23, 1972 @ PIT T 3-3 31 37
Jan 22, 1972 vs BOS L 5-8 28 37
Jan 19, 1972 vs TOR W 1-0 27 32
Jan 16, 1972 @ BUF L 2-4 30 27
Jan 15, 1972 vs BUF W 6-2 39 38
Jan 13, 1972 vs PIT W 7-1 50 23
Jan 11, 1972 @ STL L 3-7 28 36
Jan 9, 1972 @ CHI L 2-5 27 24
Jan 8, 1972 vs LAK W 10-2 38 26
Jan 5, 1972 vs VAN W 6-4 40 40
Jan 2, 1972 @ DET L 4-6 43 34
Jan 1, 1972 @ TOR L 2-5 30 31
Dec 29, 1971 vs CGS W 3-2 32 33
Dec 26, 1971 @ NYR L 1-5 27 46
Dec 25, 1971 @ PIT L 2-4 42 28
Dec 22, 1971 vs TOR W 4-2 34 38
Dec 19, 1971 @ CGS T 3-3 29 26
Dec 17, 1971 @ VAN W 6-2 33 37
Dec 15, 1971 @ LAK W 3-1 36 35
Dec 12, 1971 @ PHI L 1-4 31 32
Dec 11, 1971 vs MNS W 4-3 36 16
Dec 8, 1971 vs DET W 4-2 26 30
Dec 4, 1971 vs VAN W 7-0 43 27
Dec 1, 1971 vs LAK W 5-3 50 17
Nov 28, 1971 @ DET L 2-4 20 26
Nov 27, 1971 vs PIT W 3-1 38 17
Nov 24, 1971 @ CHI T 3-3 22 24
Nov 20, 1971 vs PHI T 2-2 31 30
Nov 18, 1971 vs STL T 2-2 36 26
Nov 16, 1971 vs CGS W 7-2 39 18
Nov 14, 1971 @ BUF T 2-2 34 33
Nov 13, 1971 @ MNS W 5-1 32 42
Nov 10, 1971 @ TOR W 5-2 34 37
Nov 7, 1971 @ BOS W 3-2 19 34
Nov 6, 1971 vs CHI W 2-1 21 29
Nov 3, 1971 vs STL W 5-1 42 35
Oct 31, 1971 @ PHI L 3-5 31 31
Oct 30, 1971 vs DET W 3-0 27 38
Oct 27, 1971 vs BOS W 5-2 42 30
Oct 23, 1971 @ LAK W 3-1 25 33
Oct 22, 1971 @ VAN W 6-0 31 28
Oct 20, 1971 @ CGS W 4-2 29 24
Oct 17, 1971 @ NYR L 4-8 29 50
Oct 16, 1971 vs BUF W 9-3 54 19
Oct 14, 1971 @ MNS T 1-1 33 40
Oct 9, 1971 vs NYR T 4-4 20 38