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1970-71 Montreal Canadiens Schedule and Results

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42-23-13 (97 points), Finished 3rd in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Claude Ruel (11-8-4), Al MacNeil (31-15-9)

1970-71 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 291 (2nd of 14), Goals Against: 216 (6th of 14)
SRS: 0.99 (3rd of 14), SOS: 0.10 (1st of 14)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-3) versus Chicago Black Hawks
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) versus Minnesota North Stars
Won Quarter-Finals (4-3) versus Boston Bruins

1970-71 Montreal Canadiens:

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sun, Oct 11, 1970 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 2 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Tue, Oct 13, 1970 Detroit Red Wings W 4 3 2 0 0 W 2
3 Thu, Oct 15, 1970 @ Buffalo Sabres W 3 0 3 0 0 W 3
4 Sat, Oct 17, 1970 Chicago Black Hawks W 6 2 4 0 0 W 4
5 Sun, Oct 18, 1970 @ New York Rangers L 0 1 4 1 0 L 1
6 Wed, Oct 21, 1970 Minnesota North Stars L 1 3 4 2 0 L 2
7 Sat, Oct 24, 1970 Philadelphia Flyers W 3 1 5 2 0 W 1
8 Sun, Oct 25, 1970 @ Detroit Red Wings T 3 3 5 2 1 T 1
9 Wed, Oct 28, 1970 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 6 5 3 1 L 1
10 Sat, Oct 31, 1970 Vancouver Canucks W 6 3 6 3 1 W 1
11 Wed, Nov 4, 1970 @ Minnesota North Stars W 4 3 7 3 1 W 2
12 Sat, Nov 7, 1970 Buffalo Sabres W 11 2 8 3 1 W 3
13 Sun, Nov 8, 1970 @ Boston Bruins L 1 6 8 4 1 L 1
14 Wed, Nov 11, 1970 @ California Golden Seals L 0 2 8 5 1 L 2
15 Sat, Nov 14, 1970 @ St. Louis Blues T 1 1 8 5 2 T 1
16 Sun, Nov 15, 1970 @ Buffalo Sabres T 2 2 8 5 3 T 2
17 Tue, Nov 17, 1970 California Golden Seals W 5 1 9 5 3 W 1
18 Thu, Nov 19, 1970 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 1 10 5 3 W 2
19 Sat, Nov 21, 1970 New York Rangers L 4 5 10 6 3 L 1
20 Wed, Nov 25, 1970 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 3 5 10 7 3 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 28, 1970 Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 1 11 7 3 W 1
22 Sun, Nov 29, 1970 @ Detroit Red Wings L 3 5 11 8 3 L 1
23 Wed, Dec 2, 1970 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 11 8 4 T 1
24 Thu, Dec 3, 1970 St. Louis Blues W 6 3 12 8 4 W 1
25 Sat, Dec 5, 1970 Boston Bruins L 2 4 12 9 4 L 1
26 Wed, Dec 9, 1970 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 0 4 12 10 4 L 2
27 Thu, Dec 10, 1970 Minnesota North Stars W 6 1 13 10 4 W 1
28 Sat, Dec 12, 1970 Los Angeles Kings W 8 1 14 10 4 W 2
29 Wed, Dec 16, 1970 @ Minnesota North Stars T 1 1 14 10 5 T 1
30 Fri, Dec 18, 1970 @ Vancouver Canucks W 4 3 15 10 5 W 1
31 Sun, Dec 20, 1970 @ Los Angeles Kings L 2 7 15 11 5 L 1
32 Wed, Dec 23, 1970 @ St. Louis Blues T 2 2 15 11 6 T 1
33 Sat, Dec 26, 1970 Buffalo Sabres T 4 4 15 11 7 T 2
34 Sun, Dec 27, 1970 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 4 2 16 11 7 W 1
35 Wed, Dec 30, 1970 Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 16 11 8 T 1
36 Sat, Jan 2, 1971 California Golden Seals W 5 3 17 11 8 W 1
37 Sun, Jan 3, 1971 @ New York Rangers L 5 6 17 12 8 L 1
38 Wed, Jan 6, 1971 Vancouver Canucks W 7 3 18 12 8 W 1
39 Sat, Jan 9, 1971 Los Angeles Kings W 1 0 19 12 8 W 2
40 Sun, Jan 10, 1971 Philadelphia Flyers L 2 3 19 13 8 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 14, 1971 @ Minnesota North Stars T 3 3 19 13 9 T 1
42 Sat, Jan 16, 1971 Boston Bruins W 4 2 20 13 9 W 1
43 Sun, Jan 17, 1971 @ Buffalo Sabres T 4 4 20 13 10 T 1
44 Thu, Jan 21, 1971 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 5 5 20 13 11 T 2
45 Sat, Jan 23, 1971 Detroit Red Wings W 6 2 21 13 11 W 1
46 Sun, Jan 24, 1971 @ Boston Bruins L 2 4 21 14 11 L 1
47 Wed, Jan 27, 1971 St. Louis Blues W 4 2 22 14 11 W 1
48 Sat, Jan 30, 1971 Toronto Maple Leafs L 4 5 22 15 11 L 1
49 Sun, Jan 31, 1971 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 1 4 22 16 11 L 2
50 Tue, Feb 2, 1971 @ Vancouver Canucks W 5 2 23 16 11 W 1
51 Fri, Feb 5, 1971 @ California Golden Seals W 3 2 24 16 11 W 2
52 Sat, Feb 6, 1971 @ Los Angeles Kings L 3 6 24 17 11 L 1
53 Tue, Feb 9, 1971 Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 1 25 17 11 W 1
54 Thu, Feb 11, 1971 Minnesota North Stars W 6 2 26 17 11 W 2
55 Sat, Feb 13, 1971 California Golden Seals W 5 2 27 17 11 W 3
56 Wed, Feb 17, 1971 New York Rangers W 3 0 28 17 11 W 4
57 Sat, Feb 20, 1971 Chicago Black Hawks W 7 1 29 17 11 W 5
58 Mon, Feb 22, 1971 @ Vancouver Canucks T 3 3 29 17 12 T 1
59 Wed, Feb 24, 1971 @ California Golden Seals W 5 2 30 17 12 W 1
60 Thu, Feb 25, 1971 @ Los Angeles Kings W 5 3 31 17 12 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 27, 1971 St. Louis Blues W 3 2 32 17 12 W 3
62 Wed, Mar 3, 1971 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 0 4 32 18 12 L 1
63 Sat, Mar 6, 1971 Los Angeles Kings W 8 2 33 18 12 W 1
64 Sun, Mar 7, 1971 @ Detroit Red Wings W 4 1 34 18 12 W 2
65 Tue, Mar 9, 1971 Vancouver Canucks T 3 3 34 18 13 T 1
66 Wed, Mar 10, 1971 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 1 2 34 19 13 L 1
67 Sat, Mar 13, 1971 Chicago Black Hawks L 1 4 34 20 13 L 2
68 Sun, Mar 14, 1971 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 1 35 20 13 W 1
69 Tue, Mar 16, 1971 @ St. Louis Blues L 2 6 35 21 13 L 1
70 Thu, Mar 18, 1971 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 1 36 21 13 W 1
71 Sat, Mar 20, 1971 Buffalo Sabres W 5 2 37 21 13 W 2
72 Sun, Mar 21, 1971 @ New York Rangers W 6 2 38 21 13 W 3
73 Wed, Mar 24, 1971 Philadelphia Flyers W 5 3 39 21 13 W 4
74 Sat, Mar 27, 1971 Detroit Red Wings W 9 2 40 21 13 W 5
75 Sun, Mar 28, 1971 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 2 1 41 21 13 W 6
76 Wed, Mar 31, 1971 Boston Bruins L 3 6 41 22 13 L 1
77 Sat, Apr 3, 1971 New York Rangers W 7 2 42 22 13 W 1
78 Sun, Apr 4, 1971 @ Boston Bruins L 2 7 42 23 13 L 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 7, 1971 @ Boston Bruins L 1 3 0 1 0 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 8, 1971 @ Boston Bruins W 7 5 1 1 0 W 1
3 Sat, Apr 10, 1971 Boston Bruins W 3 1 2 1 0 W 2
4 Sun, Apr 11, 1971 Boston Bruins L 2 5 2 2 0 L 1
5 Tue, Apr 13, 1971 @ Boston Bruins L 3 7 2 3 0 L 2
6 Thu, Apr 15, 1971 Boston Bruins W 8 3 3 3 0 W 1
7 Sun, Apr 18, 1971 @ Boston Bruins W 4 2 4 3 0 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
8 Tue, Apr 20, 1971 Minnesota North Stars W 7 2 5 3 0 W 3
9 Thu, Apr 22, 1971 Minnesota North Stars L 3 6 5 4 0 L 1
10 Sat, Apr 24, 1971 @ Minnesota North Stars W 6 3 6 4 0 W 1
11 Sun, Apr 25, 1971 @ Minnesota North Stars L 2 5 6 5 0 L 1
12 Tue, Apr 27, 1971 Minnesota North Stars W 6 1 7 5 0 W 1
13 Thu, Apr 29, 1971 @ Minnesota North Stars W 3 2 8 5 0 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
14 Tue, May 4, 1971 @ Chicago Black Hawks L OT 1 2 8 6 0 L 1
15 Thu, May 6, 1971 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 3 5 8 7 0 L 2
16 Sun, May 9, 1971 Chicago Black Hawks W 4 2 9 7 0 W 1
17 Tue, May 11, 1971 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 2 10 7 0 W 2
18 Thu, May 13, 1971 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 0 2 10 8 0 L 1
19 Sun, May 16, 1971 Chicago Black Hawks W 4 3 11 8 0 W 1
20 Tue, May 18, 1971 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 3 2 12 8 0 W 2