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1971-72 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
Team Record: 46-16-16 - 108 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's East Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Quarter-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-2
Coach: Scotty Bowman (46-16-16)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1971-72 Montreal Canadiens Results
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1971-72 season with a record of 46 wins and 16 losses and 16 ties for 108 points, finishing third in the NHL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Canadiens netted 307 goals and yielded 205. Yvan Cournoyer scored 47 goals for Montreal, while Marc Tardif, Frank Mahovlich, Pete Mahovlich and Jacques Lemaire each tallied 30 or more also. Frank Mahovlich accounted for 53 assists. Ken Dryden earned 39 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.24 goals against average, topping goalies with significant playing time.
Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1971-72 Montreal Canadiens lost in the NHL quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Mahovlich | L | 76 | 43 | 53 | 96 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 261 | 16.5 |
Yvan Cournoyer | R | 73 | 47 | 36 | 83 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 208 | 22.6 |
Jacques Lemaire | C | 77 | 32 | 49 | 81 | 26 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 266 | 12.0 |
Pete Mahovlich | C | 75 | 35 | 32 | 67 | 103 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 207 | 16.9 |
Guy Lafleur | R | 73 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 48 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 187 | 15.5 |
J.C. Tremblay | D | 76 | 6 | 51 | 57 | 24 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 4.6 |
Marc Tardif | L | 75 | 31 | 22 | 53 | 81 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 203 | 15.3 |
Guy Lapointe | D | 69 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 227 | 4.8 |
Henri Richard | C | 75 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 175 | 6.9 |
Claude Larose | R | 77 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 169 | 11.8 |
Rejean Houle | L | 77 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 7.6 |
Jacques Laperriere | D | 73 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 50 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 3.1 |
Jimmy Roberts | D | 51 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 10.1 |
Larry Pleau | C | 55 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 10.4 |
Terry Harper | D | 52 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 5.1 |
Serge Savard | D | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 2.2 |
Pierre Bouchard | D | 60 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 |
Phil Roberto | R | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
Chuck Arnason | R | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 |
Ken Dryden | G | 64 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Murdoch | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
Chuck Lefley | C | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
Denis DeJordy | G | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rogie Vachon | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Germain Gagnon | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Dale Hoganson | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
Phil Myre | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rey Comeau | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1318 | 307 | 467 | 774 | 771 | 352 | 72 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 46 | 16 | 2623 | 11.7 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Dryden | 64 | 3800 | 39 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 142 | 2.24 | 0 | ||
Phil Myre | 9 | 528 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.64 | 0 | ||
Denis DeJordy | 7 | 332 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.52 | 0 | ||
Rogie Vachon | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.00 | 0 | ||
Totals | 81 | 4680 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 203 | 2.60 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Mahovlich | L | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Yvan Cournoyer | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jacques Lemaire | C | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Mahovlich | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Guy Lafleur | R | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
J.C. Tremblay | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marc Tardif | L | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Guy Lapointe | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Henri Richard | C | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Claude Larose | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rejean Houle | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jacques Laperriere | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Roberts | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Larry Pleau | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Harper | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Serge Savard | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pierre Bouchard | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Dryden | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Murdoch | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 99 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |