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Montréal Canadiens, 1987-88

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Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Best record in the Prince of Wales Conference Won the Adams Division Made the playoffs

1987-88 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
2 80 45-22-13 103 0.644 298 238 +60 26-8-6 19-14-7

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Division Semifinals Hartford Whalers Won 4-2
Division Finals Boston Bruins Lost 1-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Bobby Smith C 78 27 66 93 13 78 198 0
Mats Naslund L 78 24 59 83 17 14 167 0
Stephane Richer R 72 50 28 78 12 72 263 0
Chris Chelios D 71 20 41 61 14 172 199 0
Claude Lemieux R 78 31 30 61 16 137 241 0
Mike Mcphee L 77 23 20 43 19 53 151 0
Larry Robinson D 53 6 34 40 26 30 96 0
Shayne Corson L 71 12 27 39 22 152 90 0
Guy Carbonneau C 80 17 21 38 14 61 109 0
Brian Skrudland C 79 12 24 36 14 112 96 0
Ryan Walter C 61 13 23 36 12 39 93 0
Petr Svoboda D 69 7 22 29 46 149 138 0
Kjell Dahlin C 48 13 12 25 5 6 51 0
Bob Gainey L 78 11 11 22 8 14 101 0
Sergio Momesso L 53 7 14 21 9 101 72 0
Craig Ludwig D 74 4 10 14 17 69 82 0
Rick Green D 59 2 11 13 21 33 44 0
Chris Nilan R 50 7 5 12 -2 209 68 0
Gilles Thibaudeau C 17 5 6 11 6 0 25 0
Mike Lalor D 66 1 10 11 4 113 41 0
John Kordic R 60 2 6 8 0 159 17 0
Larry Trader D 30 2 4 6 2 19 18 0
Jose Charbonneau R 16 0 2 2 1 6 22 0
Serge Boisvert R 5 1 1 2 0 2 5 0
Gaston Gingras D 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0
Perry Ganchar R 1 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0
Scott Sandelin D 10 0 1 1 0 2 5 0
Mathieu Schneider D 4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Patrick Roy 45 2312903 1248 1123 125 2.90 0.900
Brian Hayward 39 2210402 1031 924 107 2.86 0.896
Vincent Riendeau 1 00000 22 17 5 8.24 0.773

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 3, 1988 @ BUF T 4-4 (OT) 29 40
Apr 2, 1988 vs BUF W 9-4 38 33
Mar 31, 1988 @ BOS W 3-1 30 28
Mar 27, 1988 @ HFD L 2-4 24 33
Mar 25, 1988 @ PIT L 2-5 34 25
Mar 23, 1988 vs QUE W 4-1 33 27
Mar 21, 1988 vs CGY T 3-3 (OT) 31 28
Mar 19, 1988 vs CHI W 3-0 40 18
Mar 16, 1988 @ WIN W 4-1 24 25
Mar 14, 1988 @ MNS T 2-2 (OT) 31 26
Mar 12, 1988 vs HFD W 5-0 34 17
Mar 9, 1988 @ EDM W 4-1 32 22
Mar 5, 1988 @ LAK W 7-6 (OT) 39 35
Mar 3, 1988 @ STL W 4-2 40 25
Feb 29, 1988 @ QUE W 2-1 25 40
Feb 27, 1988 vs WIN W 6-0 36 23
Feb 24, 1988 vs VAN W 5-4 30 25
Feb 23, 1988 @ QUE W 3-1 25 26
Feb 20, 1988 vs QUE W 5-3 24 34
Feb 17, 1988 vs BOS W 3-2 30 30
Feb 15, 1988 @ NYR L 1-3 23 31
Feb 13, 1988 vs HFD L 1-4 33 29
Feb 11, 1988 @ NJD L 2-4 31 31
Feb 6, 1988 vs DET L 4-5 38 21
Feb 4, 1988 @ BOS L 3-7 22 41
Feb 3, 1988 @ HFD W 5-2 29 27
Feb 1, 1988 vs HFD W 5-4 27 33
Jan 30, 1988 @ NYI W 6-2 29 34
Jan 29, 1988 @ WSH L 3-4 25 30
Jan 27, 1988 @ BUF W 4-1 38 25
Jan 24, 1988 @ QUE W 5-3 22 31
Jan 23, 1988 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 46 30
Jan 21, 1988 vs STL L 1-4 23 21
Jan 18, 1988 vs EDM W 6-4 30 36
Jan 16, 1988 vs NYR W 4-3 25 20
Jan 14, 1988 @ BOS L 2-3 31 32
Jan 13, 1988 vs BOS W 5-4 35 30
Jan 9, 1988 vs PHI T 3-3 (OT) 36 35
Jan 6, 1988 vs BUF L 5-6 35 26
Jan 2, 1988 @ LAK L 2-5 24 18
Dec 29, 1987 @ VAN W 4-1 25 26
Dec 28, 1987 @ CGY L 3-9 32 37
Dec 26, 1987 @ TOR W 4-2 39 30
Dec 23, 1987 vs WSH T 2-2 (OT) 42 20
Dec 19, 1987 vs BUF L 1-2 39 28
Dec 18, 1987 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 41 25
Dec 16, 1987 vs QUE W 5-4 25 27
Dec 12, 1987 vs DET W 5-3 25 44
Dec 9, 1987 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 33 32
Dec 8, 1987 @ NYI W 3-2 28 28
Dec 5, 1987 vs LAK W 6-4 33 30
Dec 2, 1987 vs VAN T 3-3 (OT) 31 32
Nov 30, 1987 vs BOS W 6-4 25 31
Nov 28, 1987 @ WIN W 7-3 34 25
Nov 27, 1987 @ MNS L 2-4 32 31
Nov 25, 1987 @ HFD W 6-5 36 33
Nov 23, 1987 @ QUE L 3-4 (OT) 25 47
Nov 21, 1987 vs NJD W 2-1 30 21
Nov 18, 1987 vs NYI W 5-2 35 30
Nov 16, 1987 vs HFD T 3-3 (OT) 30 30
Nov 14, 1987 vs CHI W 3-0 24 33
Nov 12, 1987 @ BOS L 2-3 17 32
Nov 11, 1987 @ HFD T 0-0 (OT) 24 23
Nov 9, 1987 vs TOR W 3-1 35 26
Nov 7, 1987 vs PHI W 5-4 28 22
Nov 4, 1987 @ CHI T 4-4 (OT) 43 33
Nov 2, 1987 vs STL W 6-4 26 27
Oct 31, 1987 vs BOS T 3-3 (OT) 27 32
Oct 30, 1987 @ DET W 5-4 30 25
Oct 28, 1987 vs EDM W 3-1 23 24
Oct 26, 1987 vs CGY L 3-5 30 28
Oct 24, 1987 @ WSH W 3-2 23 27
Oct 23, 1987 @ BUF L 3-5 17 45
Oct 21, 1987 @ TOR W 10-3 32 26
Oct 19, 1987 vs MNS W 5-1 26 32
Oct 17, 1987 vs PIT W 3-2 27 18
Oct 16, 1987 @ NJD L 3-4 23 22
Oct 12, 1987 vs QUE L 2-5 22 26
Oct 10, 1987 vs BUF W 6-3 25 26
Oct 8, 1987 @ PHI T 2-2 (OT) 24 27