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1971-72 Montreal Canadiens Schedule and Results

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Record: 46-16-16 (108 points), Finished 3rd in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Scotty Bowman (46-16-16)

Goals For: 307 (3rd of 14), Goals Against: 205 (5th of 14)
SRS: 1.21 (3rd of 14), SOS: -0.09 (12th of 14)

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

Regular Season

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 9, 1971 New York Rangers T 4 4 0 0 1 T 1
2 Thu, Oct 14, 1971 @ Minnesota North Stars T 1 1 0 0 2 T 2
3 Sat, Oct 16, 1971 Buffalo Sabres W 9 3 1 0 2 W 1
4 Sun, Oct 17, 1971 @ New York Rangers L 4 8 1 1 2 L 1
5 Wed, Oct 20, 1971 @ California Golden Seals W 4 2 2 1 2 W 1
6 Fri, Oct 22, 1971 @ Vancouver Canucks W 6 0 3 1 2 W 2
7 Sat, Oct 23, 1971 @ Los Angeles Kings W 3 1 4 1 2 W 3
8 Wed, Oct 27, 1971 Boston Bruins W 5 2 5 1 2 W 4
9 Sat, Oct 30, 1971 Detroit Red Wings W 3 0 6 1 2 W 5
10 Sun, Oct 31, 1971 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 3 5 6 2 2 L 1
11 Wed, Nov 3, 1971 St. Louis Blues W 5 1 7 2 2 W 1
12 Sat, Nov 6, 1971 Chicago Black Hawks W 2 1 8 2 2 W 2
13 Sun, Nov 7, 1971 @ Boston Bruins W 3 2 9 2 2 W 3
14 Wed, Nov 10, 1971 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 2 10 2 2 W 4
15 Sat, Nov 13, 1971 @ Minnesota North Stars W 5 1 11 2 2 W 5
16 Sun, Nov 14, 1971 @ Buffalo Sabres T 2 2 11 2 3 T 1
17 Tue, Nov 16, 1971 California Golden Seals W 7 2 12 2 3 W 1
18 Thu, Nov 18, 1971 St. Louis Blues T 2 2 12 2 4 T 1
19 Sat, Nov 20, 1971 Philadelphia Flyers T 2 2 12 2 5 T 2
20 Wed, Nov 24, 1971 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 3 3 12 2 6 T 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 27, 1971 Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 1 13 2 6 W 1
22 Sun, Nov 28, 1971 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 13 3 6 L 1
23 Wed, Dec 1, 1971 Los Angeles Kings W 5 3 14 3 6 W 1
24 Sat, Dec 4, 1971 Vancouver Canucks W 7 0 15 3 6 W 2
25 Wed, Dec 8, 1971 Detroit Red Wings W 4 2 16 3 6 W 3
26 Sat, Dec 11, 1971 Minnesota North Stars W 4 3 17 3 6 W 4
27 Sun, Dec 12, 1971 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 4 17 4 6 L 1
28 Wed, Dec 15, 1971 @ Los Angeles Kings W 3 1 18 4 6 W 1
29 Fri, Dec 17, 1971 @ Vancouver Canucks W 6 2 19 4 6 W 2
30 Sun, Dec 19, 1971 @ California Golden Seals T 3 3 19 4 7 T 1
31 Wed, Dec 22, 1971 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 2 20 4 7 W 1
32 Sat, Dec 25, 1971 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 2 4 20 5 7 L 1
33 Sun, Dec 26, 1971 @ New York Rangers L 1 5 20 6 7 L 2
34 Wed, Dec 29, 1971 California Golden Seals W 3 2 21 6 7 W 1
35 Sat, Jan 1, 1972 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 5 21 7 7 L 1
36 Sun, Jan 2, 1972 @ Detroit Red Wings L 4 6 21 8 7 L 2
37 Wed, Jan 5, 1972 Vancouver Canucks W 6 4 22 8 7 W 1
38 Sat, Jan 8, 1972 Los Angeles Kings W 10 2 23 8 7 W 2
39 Sun, Jan 9, 1972 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 2 5 23 9 7 L 1
40 Tue, Jan 11, 1972 @ St. Louis Blues L 3 7 23 10 7 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 13, 1972 Pittsburgh Penguins W 7 1 24 10 7 W 1
42 Sat, Jan 15, 1972 Buffalo Sabres W 6 2 25 10 7 W 2
43 Sun, Jan 16, 1972 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 4 25 11 7 L 1
44 Wed, Jan 19, 1972 Toronto Maple Leafs W 1 0 26 11 7 W 1
45 Sat, Jan 22, 1972 Boston Bruins L 5 8 26 12 7 L 1
46 Sun, Jan 23, 1972 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 26 12 8 T 1
47 Thu, Jan 27, 1972 Minnesota North Stars L 5 6 26 13 8 L 1
48 Sat, Jan 29, 1972 St. Louis Blues W 4 0 27 13 8 W 1
49 Tue, Feb 1, 1972 @ St. Louis Blues W 3 1 28 13 8 W 2
50 Thu, Feb 3, 1972 @ Los Angeles Kings T 1 1 28 13 9 T 1
51 Fri, Feb 4, 1972 @ California Golden Seals T 2 2 28 13 10 T 2
52 Sun, Feb 6, 1972 @ Vancouver Canucks W 4 2 29 13 10 W 1
53 Thu, Feb 10, 1972 Chicago Black Hawks W 7 1 30 13 10 W 2
54 Sat, Feb 12, 1972 Los Angeles Kings W 6 5 31 13 10 W 3
55 Sun, Feb 13, 1972 @ Boston Bruins T 2 2 31 13 11 T 1
56 Wed, Feb 16, 1972 California Golden Seals T 1 1 31 13 12 T 2
57 Sat, Feb 19, 1972 Philadelphia Flyers W 3 1 32 13 12 W 1
58 Sun, Feb 20, 1972 @ Buffalo Sabres W 4 0 33 13 12 W 2
59 Tue, Feb 22, 1972 New York Rangers L 3 7 33 14 12 L 1
60 Thu, Feb 24, 1972 @ Minnesota North Stars W 4 2 34 14 12 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 26, 1972 Detroit Red Wings W 8 1 35 14 12 W 2
62 Sun, Feb 27, 1972 Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 3 36 14 12 W 3
63 Wed, Mar 1, 1972 Buffalo Sabres W 4 1 37 14 12 W 4
64 Sat, Mar 4, 1972 Vancouver Canucks W 5 0 38 14 12 W 5
65 Sun, Mar 5, 1972 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 4 0 39 14 12 W 6
66 Wed, Mar 8, 1972 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 4 40 14 12 W 7
67 Thu, Mar 9, 1972 @ St. Louis Blues W 5 1 41 14 12 W 8
68 Sat, Mar 11, 1972 Chicago Black Hawks T 1 1 41 14 13 T 1
69 Mon, Mar 13, 1972 Philadelphia Flyers W 2 1 42 14 13 W 1
70 Wed, Mar 15, 1972 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 2 43 14 13 W 2
71 Sat, Mar 18, 1972 Minnesota North Stars W 4 3 44 14 13 W 3
72 Sun, Mar 19, 1972 @ Detroit Red Wings L 6 7 44 15 13 L 1
73 Wed, Mar 22, 1972 Toronto Maple Leafs T 3 3 44 15 14 T 1
74 Sat, Mar 25, 1972 New York Rangers T 3 3 44 15 15 T 2
75 Sun, Mar 26, 1972 @ Boston Bruins L 4 5 44 16 15 L 1
76 Wed, Mar 29, 1972 @ Chicago Black Hawks T 5 5 44 16 16 T 1
77 Sat, Apr 1, 1972 Boston Bruins W 6 2 45 16 16 W 1
78 Sun, Apr 2, 1972 @ New York Rangers W 6 5 46 16 16 W 2

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 5, 1972 @ New York Rangers L 2 3 0 1 0 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 6, 1972 @ New York Rangers L 2 5 0 2 0 L 2
3 Sat, Apr 8, 1972 New York Rangers W 2 1 1 2 0 W 1
4 Sun, Apr 9, 1972 New York Rangers L 4 6 1 3 0 L 1
5 Tue, Apr 11, 1972 @ New York Rangers W 2 1 2 3 0 W 1
6 Thu, Apr 13, 1972 New York Rangers L 2 3 2 4 0 L 1