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1971-72 Montreal Canadiens

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46-16-16 (108 points), Finished 3rd in NHL East Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 307 goals, Allowed 205 goals, SRS: 1.21 (3rd of 14)
Coached by Scotty Bowman (46-16-16)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-2) to New York Rangers

1971-72 Statistics / Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Montreal Canadiens 78 46 16 16 108 .692 307 205 1.21 6.56 72 266 27.07 41 245 83.27 14 4
League Average 78 32 32 13 78 .500 239 239 0.00 6.13 52 269 19.38 52 269 80.62 8 8

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Frank Mahovlich LW 6-0 205 34 76 43 53 96 1.26 39 0.51 149 54 70 17 42 36 25 14 4 4 261 3.43 16.5
2 Yvan Cournoyer RW 5-7 178 28 73 47 36 83 1.14 35 0.48 128 51 54 0 23 15 29 18 0 5 208 2.85 22.6
3 Jacques Lemaire C 5-10 180 26 77 32 49 81 1.05 32 0.42 129 42 52 2 37 26 24 8 0 7 266 3.45 12.0
4 Pete Mahovlich C 6-5 210 25 75 35 32 67 0.89 28 0.37 107 31 80 20 16 103 24 7 4 6 207 2.76 16.9
5 Guy Lafleur RW 6-0 185 20 73 29 35 64 0.88 26 0.36 99 27 45 0 27 48 24 5 0 5 187 2.56 15.5
6 J.C. Tremblay D 5-11 170 33 76 6 51 57 0.75 20 0.26 167 51 91 27 52 24 3 3 0 2 130 1.71 4.6
7 Marc Tardif LW 6-0 195 22 75 31 22 53 0.71 23 0.30 83 27 43 2 15 81 22 9 0 4 203 2.71 15.3
8 Guy Lapointe D 6-0 205 23 69 11 38 49 0.71 18 0.26 123 38 78 8 15 58 7 4 0 4 227 3.29 4.8
9 Henri Richard C 5-7 160 35 75 12 32 44 0.59 17 0.22 66 6 51 1 10 48 12 0 0 1 175 2.33 6.9
10 Claude Larose RW 6-0 180 29 77 20 18 38 0.49 16 0.21 56 4 55 12 9 64 16 1 3 4 169 2.19 11.8
11 Rejean Houle W 5-11 170 22 77 11 17 28 0.36 11 0.14 49 5 38 3 9 21 10 1 0 1 145 1.88 7.6
12 Jacques Laperriere D 6-2 180 30 73 3 25 28 0.38 10 0.13 116 9 104 33 36 50 1 2 0 0 97 1.33 3.1
13 Jimmy Roberts D/RW 5-10 185 31 51 7 15 22 0.43 8 0.17 40 2 46 11 3 53 4 0 3 1 69 1.35 10.1
14 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 25 55 7 10 17 0.31 7 0.12 25 0 25 4 4 19 7 0 0 2 67 1.22 10.4
15 Terry Harper D 6-1 200 32 52 2 12 14 0.27 5 0.10 53 0 54 10 9 35 2 0 0 0 39 0.75 5.1
16 Serge Savard D 6-3 210 26 23 1 8 9 0.39 3 0.14 43 6 21 5 21 16 1 0 0 0 45 1.96 2.2
17 Pierre Bouchard D 6-2 205 23 60 3 5 8 0.13 3 0.05 39 0 30 1 10 39 3 0 0 0 42 0.70 7.1
18 Phil Roberto RW 6-1 190 23 27 3 2 5 0.19 2 0.08 10 0 9 2 3 22 3 0 0 0 35 1.30 8.6
19 Chuck Arnason RW 5-10 183 20 17 3 0 3 0.18 2 0.09 7 1 7 0 -1 4 3 0 0 0 12 0.71 25.0
20 Chuck Lefley LW 6-2 185 22 16 0 2 2 0.13 1 0.04 3 0 4 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.44 0.0
21 Bob Murdoch D 6-0 200 25 11 1 1 2 0.18 1 0.08 15 0 10 3 8 8 1 0 0 0 16 1.45 6.3
22 Dale Hoganson D 5-10 190 22 21 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 11 0 7 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 11 0.52 0.0
23 Rey Comeau C 5-8 190 23 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.50 0.0
24 Germain Gagnon LW 6-0 175 29 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.75 0.0
Team Total 78 307 467 774 9.92 307 3.94 307 72 205 41 71 780 221 72 14 46 2623 33.63 11.7

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Ken Dryden G 6-4 205 24 64 3800 39 8 15 93 .750 8 142 2.24 0 3 3 4
2 Phil Myre G 6-1 185 23 9 528 4 5 0 8 .444 0 32 3.64 0 0 0 4
3 Denis DeJordy G 5-9 185 33 7 332 3 2 1 7 .583 0 25 4.52 0 1 1 0
4 Rogie Vachon G 5-7 170 26 1 20 0 1 0 0 .000 0 4 12.00 0 0 0 0
Team Total 78 4680 46 16 16 8 203 2.60

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Marc Tardif LW 6-0 195 22 6 2 3 5 0.83 9 2 0 0 1
2 Guy Lafleur RW 6-0 185 20 6 1 4 5 0.83 2 1 0 0 0
3 Frank Mahovlich LW 6-0 205 34 6 3 2 5 0.83 2 2 1 0 0
4 Jacques Lemaire C 5-10 180 26 6 2 1 3 0.50 2 2 0 0 0
5 Yvan Cournoyer RW 5-7 178 28 6 2 1 3 0.50 2 2 0 0 0
6 Henri Richard C 5-7 160 35 6 0 3 3 0.50 4 0 0 0 0
7 Claude Larose RW 6-0 180 29 6 2 1 3 0.50 23 2 0 0 0
8 Pete Mahovlich C 6-5 210 25 6 0 2 2 0.33 12 0 0 0 0
9 J.C. Tremblay D 5-11 170 33 6 0 2 2 0.33 0 0 0 0 0
10 Terry Harper D 6-1 200 32 5 1 1 2 0.40 6 1 0 0 0
11 Jimmy Roberts D/RW 5-10 185 31 6 1 0 1 0.17 0 1 0 0 1
12 Guy Lapointe D 6-0 205 23 6 0 1 1 0.17 0 0 0 0 0
13 Bob Murdoch D 6-0 200 25 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
14 Larry Pleau C 6-1 190 25 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
15 Rejean Houle W 5-11 170 22 6 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
16 Jacques Laperriere D 6-2 180 30 4 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0
17 Serge Savard D 6-3 210 26 6 0 0 0 0.00 10 0 0 0 0
18 Pierre Bouchard D 6-2 205 23 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 6 14 21 35 5.83 76 13 1 0 2

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT PTS PTS% SO GA GAA SOG SV SV% G A PTS PIM
1 Ken Dryden G 6-4 205 24 6 360 2 4 4 .333 0 17 2.83 0 0 0 0
Team Total 78 360 2 4 0 17 2.83