| TEAM |
GP
Games played - Number of games the team has played
|
W
Wins - Games the team has won, either in regulation or in overtime
|
L
Losses - Games the team has lost in regulation
|
T
Ties - Games that have ended in a tie
|
PTS
Points - Team points, calculated from W, L, T, OTL and SOL; used to determine standings
|
GF
Goals for - Number of goals the team has scored
|
GA
Goals against - Number of goals scored against the team
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec Nordiques | 48 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 65 | 185 | 134 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 48 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 61 | 181 | 158 |
| Boston Bruins | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 57 | 150 | 127 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 48 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 51 | 130 | 119 |
| Hartford Whalers | 48 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 43 | 127 | 141 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 43 | 125 | 148 |
| Ottawa Senators | 48 | 9 | 34 | 5 | 23 | 117 | 174 |
| # | SKATERS |
GP
Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice
|
G
Goals - Number of goals the player has scored
|
A
Assists - Number of goals the player has assisted in
|
PTS
Points - Scoring points, calculated as the sum of G and A
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Mark Recchi | 39 | 14 | 29 | 43 |
| 25 | Vincent Damphousse | 48 | 10 | 30 | 40 |
| 17 | Benoit Brunet | 45 | 7 | 18 | 25 |
| 77 | Pierre Turgeon | 15 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 12 | Mike Keane | 48 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| # | #1 GOALIE |
GP
Games played - Number of games the player has set foot on the ice
|
RECORD
Record - Goalie record (W-L-T)
|
SO
Shutouts - Number of games where the goaltender has not allowed a goal
|
GAA
Goals against average - Mean goals-per-game scored on the goaltender
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Patrick Roy | 43 | 17-20-6 | 1 | 2.97 |
| DATE | AWAY | HOME |
|---|
THE REGULAR SEASON
In August, after 12 seasons with the Canadiens, team captain Guy Carbonneau is traded to the St. Louis Blues in return for Jim Montgomery and Kirk Muller takes the reins from Carbonneau as captain.
In September, the league’s owners and players cannot come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, prompting the owners to declare a 15-day lockout. It will be three more months before the season finally gets underway.
The Habs play their first game of the season on January 21. The team digs itself into a big hole by winning only seven times in its first 20 games.
General manager Serge Savard wastes no time in making substantial changes to the team’s lineup. On February 9, he trades Eric Desjardins, Gilbert Dionne and John LeClair to the Philadelphia Flyers in return for right winger Mark Recchi.
In April, after little improvement in the team’s play, Savard deals away the team’s captain for the second time in less than nine months. Muller is traded to the New York Islanders along with Mathieu Schneider and Craig Darby in exchange for Pierre Turgeon and Vladimir Malakhov. Mike Keane inherits the captaincy.
Turgeon’s arrival is a boost for the team, whose play improves in April. It comes too late, though, as the Canadiens wrap up the shortened schedule with 18 wins, 23 losses and seven ties to finish 11th overall in the Eastern Conference.
For the first time in 25 years, the Habs miss the playoffs. Over the course of the 48-game season, no less than 39 players don the team’s legendary red, white and blue uniform.
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