1971-72 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 46-16-16 - 108 points
in the NHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Scotty Bowman (46-16-16)
1971-72 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 46-16-16 - 108 points
in the NHL's East Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Scotty Bowman (46-16-16)
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 in the NHL's East Division.
The team netted 307 goals and yielded 205. Yvan Cournoyer scored 47 goals for the team, while Marc Tardif, Jacques Lemaire, Pete Mahovlich and Frank Mahovlich 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 in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Mahovlich | L | 76 | 43 | 53 | 96 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 261 | 16.5 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | R | 73 | 47 | 36 | 83 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 208 | 22.6 |
| Jacques Lemaire | C | 77 | 32 | 49 | 81 | 26 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 266 | 12.0 |
| Pete Mahovlich | C | 75 | 35 | 32 | 67 | 103 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 207 | 16.9 |
| Guy Lafleur | R | 73 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 48 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 187 | 15.5 |
| J.C. Tremblay | D | 76 | 6 | 51 | 57 | 24 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 4.6 |
| Marc Tardif | L | 75 | 31 | 22 | 53 | 81 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 203 | 15.3 |
| Guy Lapointe | D | 69 | 11 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 227 | 4.8 |
| Henri Richard | C | 75 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 175 | 6.9 |
| Claude Larose | R | 77 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 169 | 11.8 |
| Rejean Houle | L | 77 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 145 | 7.6 |
| Jacques Laperriere | D | 73 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 50 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 3.1 |
| Jimmy Roberts | D | 51 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 10.1 |
| Larry Pleau | C | 55 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 10.4 |
| Terry Harper | D | 52 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 5.1 |
| Serge Savard | D | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 2.2 |
| Pierre Bouchard | D | 60 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 |
| Phil Roberto | R | 27 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Chuck Arnason | R | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.0 |
| Ken Dryden | G | 64 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Murdoch | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Chuck Lefley | C | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Denis DeJordy | G | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Germain Gagnon | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dale Hoganson | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Rogie Vachon | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Myre | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rey Comeau | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1396 | 307 | 467 | 774 | 783 | 352 | 72 | 14 | 46 | 16 | 2623 | 11.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Myre | 9 | 528 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.64 | |||
| Ken Dryden | 64 | 3800 | 39 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 142 | 2.24 | |||
| Denis DeJordy | 7 | 332 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.52 | |||
| Rogie Vachon | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.00 | |||
| Totals | 81 | 4680 | 46 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 203 | 2.60 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Mahovlich | L | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yvan Cournoyer | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Lemaire | C | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Mahovlich | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Lafleur | R | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J.C. Tremblay | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Tardif | L | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Guy Lapointe | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henri Richard | C | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Larose | R | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rejean Houle | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Laperriere | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Roberts | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pleau | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Harper | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Serge Savard | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Bouchard | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Dryden | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Murdoch | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 99 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Dryden | 6 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.83 | 209 | 192 | .919 |
| Totals | 6 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.83 | 209 | 192 | .919 |
