1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season

1984–85 Montreal Canadiens
Adams Division Champions
Division 1st Adams
Conference 3rd Wales
1984–85 record 41–27–12
Goals for 309
Goals against 262
Team information
General Manager Serge Savard
Coach Jacques Lemaire
Captain Bob Gainey
Alternate captains None
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Bobby Smith (40)
Assists Mats Naslund (42)
Points Mats Naslund (79)
Penalties in minutes Chris Nilan (358)
Plus/minus Larry Robinson (+33)
Wins Steve Penney (26)
Goals against average Steve Penney (3.08)
<1983–84 1985–86>

The 1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 76th season of play.

Offseason

Regular season

After scoring only two goals in 19 games and unhappy with the amount of ice time he was receiving, Guy Lafleur decided to retire.

Final standings

Adams Division
  GP W L T GF GA PIM PTS
Montreal Canadiens 80 41 27 12 309 262 1464 94
Quebec Nordiques 80 41 30 9 323 275 1643 91
Buffalo Sabres 80 38 28 14 290 237 1221 90
Boston Bruins 80 36 34 10 303 287 1825 82
Hartford Whalers 80 30 41 9 268 318 1606 69

[4]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

# R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOct 11, 19843–4 @ Buffalo Sabres0–1–0
2WOct 13, 19844–3 Pittsburgh Penguins1–1–0
3WOct 15, 19845–2 Philadelphia Flyers2–1–0
4TOct 18, 19843–3 OT Los Angeles Kings2–1–1
5WOct 20, 19844–2 Minnesota North Stars3–1–1
6WOct 23, 19843–1 @ Quebec Nordiques4–1–1
7WOct 25, 19843–2 Buffalo Sabres5–1–1
8LOct 27, 19845–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins5–2–1
9WOct 29, 19844–2 Quebec Nordiques6–2–1
10WNov 1, 19846–5 OT New York Islanders7–2–1
11WNov 3, 19843–1 Boston Bruins8–2–1
12LNov 6, 19842–4 @ Detroit Red Wings8–3–1
13TNov 10, 19843–3 OT @ Calgary Flames8–3–2
14WNov 12, 19845–3 @ Vancouver Canucks9–3–2
15WNov 14, 19844–2 @ Edmonton Oilers10–3–2
16WNov 17, 19845–0 New Jersey Devils11–3–2
17LNov 19, 19844–6 Toronto Maple Leafs11–4–2
18WNov 22, 19843–2 Chicago Black Hawks12–4–2
19WNov 24, 19846–4 Detroit Red Wings13–4–2
20LNov 25, 19844–7 @ Boston Bruins13–5–2
21TNov 28, 19843–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings13–5–3
22TNov 30, 19842–2 OT @ Buffalo Sabres13–5–4
23WDec 1, 19843–2 Buffalo Sabres14–5–4
24WDec 3, 19849–3 Hartford Whalers15–5–4
25LDec 5, 19843–5 @ Hartford Whalers15–6–4
26WDec 6, 19843–1 @ Boston Bruins16–6–4
27WDec 8, 19849–7 Los Angeles Kings17–6–4
28LDec 13, 19844–5 Vancouver Canucks17–7–4
29LDec 15, 19843–4 OT @ Hartford Whalers17–8–4
30WDec 16, 19843–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers18–8–4
31LDec 18, 19844–6 Boston Bruins18–9–4
32TDec 20, 19842–2 OT Washington Capitals18–9–5
33WDec 22, 198410–5 Hartford Whalers19–9–5
34TDec 23, 19843–3 OT @ New York Rangers19–9–6
35WDec 27, 19845–3 @ Quebec Nordiques20–9–6
36WDec 29, 19847–3 New York Rangers21–9–6
37TDec 31, 19844–4 OT Quebec Nordiques21–9–7
38LJan 2, 19852–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks21–10–7
39TJan 3, 19852–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues21–10–8
40LJan 5, 19854–5 @ New Jersey Devils21–11–8
41LJan 8, 19851–3 @ New York Islanders21–12–8
42LJan 10, 19852–5 Edmonton Oilers21–13–8
43TJan 12, 19851–1 OT Buffalo Sabres21–13–9
44WJan 15, 19852–1 @ Quebec Nordiques22–13–9
45WJan 17, 19855–4 Hartford Whalers23–13–9
46TJan 19, 19854–4 OT New Jersey Devils23–13–10
47LJan 21, 19851–3 @ Boston Bruins23–14–10
48WJan 22, 19858–5 @ Hartford Whalers24–14–10
49LJan 24, 19853–4 Quebec Nordiques24–15–10
50WJan 26, 19853–2 New York Rangers25–15–10
51LJan 30, 19854–5 OT @ Vancouver Canucks25–16–10
52WFeb 2, 19855–1 @ Los Angeles Kings26–16–10
53LFeb 5, 19852–4 Calgary Flames26–17–10
54WFeb 7, 19855–4 @ Quebec Nordiques27–17–10
55LFeb 9, 19852–6 Toronto Maple Leafs27–18–10
56LFeb 10, 19852–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs27–19–10
57WFeb 15, 19854–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres28–19–10
58LFeb 16, 19853–4 Buffalo Sabres28–20–10
59WFeb 19, 19855–2 @ St. Louis Blues29–20–10
60LFeb 20, 19852–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks29–21–10
61WFeb 23, 19856–4 Winnipeg Jets30–21–10
62WFeb 24, 19854–3 OT New York Islanders31–21–10
63WFeb 27, 19854–1 @ Edmonton Oilers32–21–10
64LMar 1, 19854–6 @ Calgary Flames32–22–10
65LMar 4, 19853–4 @ Minnesota North Stars32–23–10
66WMar 6, 19854–2 @ Winnipeg Jets33–23–10
67WMar 9, 19854–3 Hartford Whalers34–23–10
68TMar 10, 19855–5 OT @ Hartford Whalers34–23–11
69LMar 14, 19851–4 Winnipeg Jets34–24–11
70LMar 16, 19852–4 Minnesota North Stars34–25–11
71WMar 21, 19853–2 Washington Capitals35–25–11
72LMar 22, 19851–3 @ Washington Capitals35–26–11
73LMar 24, 19853–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers35–27–11
74WMar 26, 19855–3 Boston Bruins36–27–11
75WMar 28, 19855–1 St. Louis Blues37–27–11
76WMar 30, 19857–3 @ Boston Bruins38–27–11
77WMar 31, 19854–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins39–27–11
78WApr 4, 19857–1 Quebec Nordiques40–27–11
79TApr 6, 19854–4 OT Boston Bruins40–27–12
80WApr 7, 19855–4 @ Buffalo Sabres41–27–12

Playoffs

The Quebec Nordiques and Montreal Canadiens battled in a seven-game series. Bitter rivals from the province of Quebec, the Nords shocked the Habs in 1982, only to see a fourth-place Montreal club upset Quebec the year before. In the deciding Game 7 at the Montreal Forum, Peter Stastny scored the game and series winning goal, giving Quebec an improbable 3–2 overtime win and berth in the Wales Conference Finals.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund LW 80 42 37 79 1419928
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay RW 75 31 35 66 120211406
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios D 74 9 55 64 8711210
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau C 79 23 34 57 4328042
Mondou, PierrePierre Mondou C 67 18 39 57 2115202
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith C 65 16 40 56 59-9801
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson D 76 14 33 47 4433603
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers D 75 10 35 45 30-3613
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee LW 70 17 22 39 1201002
Walter, RyanRyan Walter C/LW 72 19 19 38 59-181100
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan RW 77 21 16 37 3583102
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter RW 72 21 12 33 123-13603
Gainey, BobBob Gainey LW 79 19 13 32 4013033
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda D 73 4 27 31 6516001
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte C 53 8 16 24 35-1301
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois C 51 12 11 23 209412
Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart C 42 10 12 22 143102
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig D 72 5 14 19 905100
Green, RickRick Green D 77 1 18 19 30-11100
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot C 10 1 6 7 23000
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur RW 19 2 3 5 10-3000
Boisvert, SergeSerge Boisvert RW 14 2 2 4 0-3000
Newberry, JohnJohn Newberry C 16 0 4 4 63000
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt LW 10 2 0 2 92100
Carlson, KentKent Carlson D 18 1 1 2 331000
Rooney, SteveSteve Rooney LW 3 1 0 1 7-1100
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux RW 1 0 1 1 71000
Nattress, RicRic Nattress D 5 0 1 1 2-2000
Penney, SteveSteve Penney G 54 0 1 1 100000
Rundqvist, ThomasThomas Rundqvist C 2 0 1 1 01000
Teal, JeffJeff Teal RW 6 0 1 1 00000
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy G 1 0 0 0 00000
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert G 28 0 0 0 40000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Penney, SteveSteve Penney 3252 54 26 18 8 167 3.08 1
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert 1606 28 14 9 4 91 3.40 0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy 20 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Team: 4878 80 41 27 12 258 3.17 1

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund LW 12 7 4 11 6302
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith C 12 5 6 11 30301
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson D 12 3 8 11 8100
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios D 9 2 8 10 17200
Walter, RyanRyan Walter C/LW 12 2 7 9 13000
Boisvert, SergeSerge Boisvert RW 12 3 5 8 2100
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay RW 12 2 6 8 30100
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau C 12 4 3 7 8011
DeBlois, LucienLucien DeBlois C 8 2 4 6 4100
Kurvers, TomTom Kurvers D 12 0 6 6 6000
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee LW 12 4 1 5 32000
Rooney, SteveSteve Rooney LW 11 2 2 4 19000
Gainey, BobBob Gainey LW 12 1 3 4 13000
Mondou, PierrePierre Mondou C 5 2 1 3 2000
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan RW 12 2 1 3 81101
Green, RickRick Green D 12 0 3 3 14000
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter RW 11 0 3 3 13000
Flockhart, RonRon Flockhart C 2 1 1 2 2001
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda D 7 1 1 2 12000
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig D 12 0 2 2 6000
Nattress, RicRic Nattress D 2 0 0 0 2000
Penney, SteveSteve Penney G 12 0 0 0 0000
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert G 1 0 0 0 0000
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte C 5 0 0 0 0000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Penney, SteveSteve Penney 733 12 6 6 40 3.27 1
Soetaert, DougDoug Soetaert 20 1 0 0 1 3.00 0
Team: 753 12 6 6 41 3.27 1

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Draft picks

NHL Draft

= NHL All-Star = Hall of Famer
Round Pick Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 5. Petr Svoboda (D) Czechoslovakia CHZ Litvínov (Czechoslovakia)
1 8.Shayne Corson CanadaBrantford Alexanders (OHL)
229. Stephane Richer (RW)  Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
351. Patrick Roy (G)  Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL)

See also

References

  1. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.482, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2.
  2. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.130, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2.
  3. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.135 , by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2.
  4. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  5. "1984-85 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  6. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
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