2008-09 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 41-30-4 (SO: 0-7) - 93 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Guy Carbonneau (35-24, 7 OTL)
Coach: Bob Gainey (6-6, 4 OTL)
2008-09 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 41-30-4 (SO: 0-7) - 93 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Guy Carbonneau (35-24, 7 OTL)
Coach: Bob Gainey (6-6, 4 OTL)
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 41 wins and 30 losses (and 4 overtime losses), with a 0-7 showing in shootouts for 93 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The team potted 249 goals and conceded 247. Alex Kovalev scored 26 goals for the team, while Andrei Markov contributed 52 assists. Carey Price earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Jaroslav Halak added 15 or more wins also. Carey Price recorded a 2.83 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Guy Carbonneau and Bob Gainey coached the team. The 2008-09 Montreal Canadiens lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Kovalev | R | 78 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 74 | -5 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 209 | 12.4 |
| Andrei Markov | D | 78 | 12 | 52 | 64 | 36 | -2 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 165 | 7.3 |
| Saku Koivu | C | 65 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 123 | 13.0 |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | L | 74 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 50 | -7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 169 | 13.6 |
| Alex Tanguay | L | 50 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 21.1 |
| Tomas Plekanec | C | 80 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 54 | -9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 202 | 9.9 |
| Robert Lang | C | 50 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 101 | 17.8 |
| Roman Hamrlik | D | 81 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 143 | 4.2 |
| Maxim Lapierre | C | 79 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 76 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 165 | 9.1 |
| Guillaume Latendresse | R | 56 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 12.0 |
| Chris Higgins | C | 57 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 22 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 151 | 7.9 |
| Sergei Kostitsyn | L | 56 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 64 | -3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 10.8 |
| Josh Gorges | D | 81 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 6.3 |
| Tom Kostopoulos | R | 78 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 106 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 121 | 6.6 |
| Matt D'Agostini | R | 53 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 16 | -17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 10.3 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 62 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 19 | -3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 7.4 |
| Mathieu Schneider | D | 23 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 14 | -2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 10.9 |
| Mathieu Dandenault | R | 41 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 8.7 |
| Max Pacioretty | L | 34 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5.3 |
| Mike Komisarek | D | 66 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 3.6 |
| Steve Begin | C | 42 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 27 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 9.2 |
| Francis Bouillon | D | 54 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 53 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 9.8 |
| Ryan O'Byrne | D | 37 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 58 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Glen Metropolit | C | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Kyle Chipchura | C | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Georges Laraque | R | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 61 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Yannick Weber | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Carey Price | G | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gregory Stewart | L | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Alex Henry | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Denis | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaroslav Halak | G | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Maxwell | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Doug Janik | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1645 | 242 | 400 | 642 | 1229 | -38 | 72 | 10 | 34 | 2461 | 9.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Price | 52 | 3036 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 143 | 2.83 | 1513 | 1370 | .905 |
| Jaroslav Halak | 34 | 1931 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 2.86 | 1077 | 985 | .915 |
| Marc Denis | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | 6 | .857 | |||
| Totals | 87 | 4987 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 236 | 2.84 | 2597 | 2361 | .909 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Kovalev | R | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Saku Koivu | C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Andrei Kostitsyn | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Alex Tanguay | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Tomas Plekanec | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Roman Hamrlik | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Maxim Lapierre | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Guillaume Latendresse | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Chris Higgins | C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Sergei Kostitsyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Josh Gorges | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Tom Kostopoulos | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Matt D'Agostini | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mathieu Schneider | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Mathieu Dandenault | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Mike Komisarek | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Francis Bouillon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan O'Byrne | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen Metropolit | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Georges Laraque | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Yannick Weber | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Carey Price | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gregory Stewart | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jaroslav Halak | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 77 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 101 | -37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 5.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Price | 4 | 219 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.11 | 138 | 123 | .891 |
| Jaroslav Halak | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 5 | 239 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3.77 | 143 | 128 | .895 |
