1971–72 Montreal Canadiens season

1971–72 Montreal Canadiens
Division3rd East
1971–72 record46–16–16
Goals for307
Goals against205
Team information
General managerSam Pollock
CoachScotty Bowman
CaptainHenri Richard
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsYvan Cournoyer (47)
AssistsFrank Mahovlich (53)
PointsFrank Mahovlich (96)
Penalty minutesPete Mahovlich (103)
Plus/minusJ. C. Tremblay (+52)
WinsKen Dryden (39)
Goals against averageKen Dryden (2.24)

The 1971–72 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 63rd season of play. The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs but were eliminated in the first round.

Regular season

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Final standings

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East Division[1]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1 Boston Bruins 78 54 13 11 330 204 +126 119
2 New York Rangers 78 48 17 13 317 192 +125 109
3 Montreal Canadiens 78 46 16 16 307 205 +102 108
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 78 33 31 14 209 208 +1 80
5 Detroit Red Wings 78 33 35 10 261 262 −1 76
6 Buffalo Sabres 78 16 43 19 203 289 −86 51
7 Vancouver Canucks 78 20 50 8 203 297 −94 48


Record vs. opponents

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Schedule and results

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Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 9, 1971 4–4 New York Rangers (1971–72) 0–0–1
2 T October 14, 1971 1–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 0–0–2
3 W October 16, 1971 9–3 Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 1–0–2
4 L October 17, 1971 4–8 @ New York Rangers (1971–72) 1–1–2
5 W October 20, 1971 4–2 @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) 2–1–2
6 W October 22, 1971 6–0 @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 3–1–2
7 W October 23, 1971 3–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 4–1–2
8 W October 27, 1971 5–2 Boston Bruins (1971–72) 5–1–2
9 W October 30, 1971 3–0 Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 6–1–2
10 L October 31, 1971 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 6–2–2
11 W November 3, 1971 5–1 St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 7–2–2
12 W November 6, 1971 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 8–2–2
13 W November 7, 1971 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 9–2–2
14 W November 10, 1971 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 10–2–2
15 W November 13, 1971 5–1 @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 11–2–2
16 T November 14, 1971 2–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 11–2–3
17 W November 16, 1971 7–2 California Golden Seals (1971–72) 12–2–3
18 T November 18, 1971 2–2 St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 12–2–4
19 T November 20, 1971 2–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 12–2–5
20 T November 24, 1971 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 12–2–6
21 W November 27, 1971 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 13–2–6
22 L November 28, 1971 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 13–3–6
23 W December 1, 1971 5–3 Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 14–3–6
24 W December 4, 1971 7–0 Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 15–3–6
25 W December 8, 1971 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 16–3–6
26 W December 11, 1971 4–3 Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 17–3–6
27 L December 12, 1971 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 17–4–6
28 W December 15, 1971 3–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 18–4–6
29 W December 17, 1971 6–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 19–4–6
30 T December 19, 1971 3–3 @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) 19–4–7
31 W December 22, 1971 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 20–4–7
32 L December 25, 1971 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 20–5–7
33 L December 26, 1971 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1971–72) 20–6–7
34 W December 29, 1971 3–2 California Golden Seals (1971–72) 21–6–7
35 L January 1, 1972 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 21–7–7
36 L January 2, 1972 4–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 21–8–7
37 W January 5, 1972 6–4 Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 22–8–7
38 W January 8, 1972 10–2 Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 23–8–7
39 L January 9, 1972 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 23–9–7
40 L January 11, 1972 3–7 @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 23–10–7
41 W January 13, 1972 7–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 24–10–7
42 W January 15, 1972 6–2 Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 25–10–7
43 L January 16, 1972 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 25–11–7
44 W January 19, 1972 1–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 26–11–7
45 L January 22, 1972 5–8 Boston Bruins (1971–72) 26–12–7
46 T January 23, 1972 3–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 26–12–8
47 L January 27, 1972 5–6 Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 26–13–8
48 W January 29, 1972 4–0 St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 27–13–8
49 W February 1, 1972 3–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 28–13–8
50 T February 3, 1972 1–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 28–13–9
51 T February 4, 1972 2–2 @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) 28–13–10
52 W February 6, 1972 4–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 29–13–10
53 W February 10, 1972 7–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 30–13–10
54 W February 12, 1972 6–5 Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) 31–13–10
55 T February 13, 1972 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 31–13–11
56 T February 16, 1972 1–1 California Golden Seals (1971–72) 31–13–12
57 W February 19, 1972 3–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 32–13–12
58 W February 20, 1972 4–0 @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 33–13–12
59 L February 22, 1972 3–7 New York Rangers (1971–72) 33–14–12
60 W February 24, 1972 4–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 34–14–12
61 W February 26, 1972 8–1 Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 35–14–12
62 W February 27, 1972 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 36–14–12
63 W March 1, 1972 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) 37–14–12
64 W March 4, 1972 5–0 Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) 38–14–12
65 W March 5, 1972 4–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 39–14–12
66 W March 8, 1972 5–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) 40–14–12
67 W March 9, 1972 5–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) 41–14–12
68 T March 11, 1972 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 41–14–13
69 W March 13, 1972 2–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) 42–14–13
70 W March 15, 1972 5–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 43–14–13
71 W March 18, 1972 4–3 Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) 44–14–13
72 L March 19, 1972 6–7 @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) 44–15–13
73 T March 22, 1972 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) 44–15–14
74 T March 25, 1972 3–3 New York Rangers (1971–72) 44–15–15
75 L March 26, 1972 4–5 @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) 44–16–15
76 T March 29, 1972 5–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) 44–16–16
77 W April 1, 1972 6–2 Boston Bruins (1971–72) 45–16–16
78 W April 2, 1972 6–5 @ New York Rangers (1971–72) 46–16–16

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Playoffs

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After winning the Stanley Cup the previous season, the Canadiens could not repeat. The Canadiens lost to the New York Rangers in the first round, losing four games to two.

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring

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Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Frank Mahovlich 76 43 53 96 36 42 14 4 4
Yvan Cournoyer 73 47 36 83 15 23 18 0 5
Jacques Lemaire 77 32 49 81 26 37 8 0 7
Pete Mahovlich 75 35 32 67 103 16 7 4 6
Guy Lafleur 73 29 35 64 48 27 5 0 5
J. C. Tremblay 76 6 51 57 24 52 3 0 2
Marc Tardif 75 31 22 53 81 15 9 0 4
Guy Lapointe 69 11 38 49 58 15 4 0 4
Henri Richard 75 12 32 44 48 10 0 0 1
Claude Larose 77 20 18 38 64 9 1 3 4
Réjean Houle 77 11 17 28 21 9 1 0 1
Jacques Laperrière 73 3 25 28 50 36 2 0 0
Jim Roberts 51 7 15 22 53 3 0 3 1
Larry Pleau 55 7 10 17 19 4 0 0 2
Terry Harper 52 2 12 14 35 9 0 0 0
Serge Savard 23 1 8 9 16 21 0 0 0
Pierre Bouchard 60 3 5 8 39 10 0 0 0
Phil Roberto 27 3 2 5 22 3 0 0 0
Chuck Arnason 17 3 0 3 4 −1 0 0 0
Ken Dryden 64 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0
Bob Murdoch 11 1 1 2 8 8 0 0 0
Chuck Lefley 16 0 2 2 0 −1 0 0 0
Denis DeJordy 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rey Comeau 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germain Gagnon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Hoganson 21 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0
Phil Myre 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Rogie Vachon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

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Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Ken Dryden 3800 64 39 8 15 142 2.24 8
Phil Myre 528 9 4 5 0 32 3.64 0
Denis DeJordy 332 7 3 2 1 25 4.52 0
Rogie Vachon 20 1 0 1 0 4 12.00 0
Team: 4680 78 46 16 16 203 2.60 8

Playoffs

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Scoring

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Player GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Frank Mahovlich 6 3 2 5 2 1 0 0
Marc Tardif 6 2 3 5 9 0 0 1
Guy Lafleur 6 1 4 5 2 0 0 0
Yvan Cournoyer 6 2 1 3 2 0 0 0
Claude Larose 6 2 1 3 23 0 0 0
Jacques Lemaire 6 2 1 3 2 0 0 0
Henri Richard 6 0 3 3 4 0 0 0
Terry Harper 5 1 1 2 6 0 0 0
Pete Mahovlich 6 0 2 2 12 0 0 0
J. C. Tremblay 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Jim Roberts 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Guy Lapointe 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Pierre Bouchard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Dryden 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Réjean Houle 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jacques Laperrière 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Murdoch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Pleau 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Serge Savard 6 0 0 0 10 0 0 0

Goaltending

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Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Ken Dryden 360 6 2 4 17 2.83 0
Team: 360 6 2 4 17 2.83 0

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Awards and records

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Transactions

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May 22, 1971 To California Golden Seals
Bobby Sheehan 		To Montreal Canadiens
cash
August 31, 1971 To California Golden Seals
Marshall Johnston 		To Montreal Canadiens
cash
October, 1971 To California Golden Seals
cash 		To Montreal Canadiens
Jocelyn Hardy
October, 1971 To California Golden Seals
cash 		To Montreal Canadiens
Mike Laughton
October, 1971 To California Golden Seals
Lyle Carter
John French 		To Montreal Canadiens
Randy Rota
October 6, 1971 To California Golden Seals
Ray Martyniuk 		To Montreal Canadiens
Tony Featherstone

Draft picks

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Montreal's draft picks at the 1971 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 1 Guy Lafleur  Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
1 7 Chuck Arnason  Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
1 11 Murray Wilson  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA)
2 20 Larry Robinson  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA)
2 24 Michel DeGuise  Canada Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)
2 25 Terry French  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA)
3 31 Jim Cahoon  Canada University of North Dakota (WCHA)
4 45 Ed Sidebottom  Canada Estevan Bruins (WCHL)
4 53 Greg Hubick  Canada University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
5 67 Mike Busniuk  Canada University of Denver (WCHA)
6 81 Ross Butler  Canada Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)
7 95 Peter Sullivan  Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA)

See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ "1971–1972 Division Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". National Hockey League.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1971–72 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
  4. ^ "1971-72 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 27, 2009.

References

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