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1988-89 Montreal Canadiens

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53-18-9 (115 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 315 goals, Allowed 218 goals, SRS: 1.16 (2nd of 21)
Coached by Pat Burns (53-18-9)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) to Calgary Flames
Won Conference Finals (4-2) over Philadelphia Flyers
Won Division Finals (4-1) over Boston Bruins
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-0) over Hartford Whalers

1988-89 Statistics / Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 6, 1988 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 3 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sat, Oct 8, 1988 Minnesota North Stars W 4 3 1 1 0 W 1
3 Wed, Oct 12, 1988 Quebec Nordiques L 5 6 1 2 0 L 1
4 Fri, Oct 14, 1988 @ New Jersey Devils W 7 3 2 2 0 W 1
5 Sat, Oct 15, 1988 @ New York Islanders L 1 2 2 3 0 L 1
6 Mon, Oct 17, 1988 Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 6 2 4 0 L 2
7 Wed, Oct 19, 1988 Hartford Whalers W 5 4 3 4 0 W 1
8 Fri, Oct 21, 1988 @ Buffalo Sabres L 3 5 3 5 0 L 1
9 Sat, Oct 22, 1988 Buffalo Sabres W 4 3 4 5 0 W 1
10 Tue, Oct 25, 1988 @ Boston Bruins T OT 1 1 4 5 1 T 1
11 Wed, Oct 26, 1988 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 4 6 1 L 1
12 Sat, Oct 29, 1988 Pittsburgh Penguins L 4 5 4 7 1 L 2
13 Tue, Nov 1, 1988 @ Hartford Whalers W 5 3 5 7 1 W 1
14 Wed, Nov 2, 1988 Los Angeles Kings W 5 3 6 7 1 W 2
15 Sat, Nov 5, 1988 Winnipeg Jets W 7 2 7 7 1 W 3
16 Mon, Nov 7, 1988 St. Louis Blues T OT 3 3 7 7 2 T 1
17 Wed, Nov 9, 1988 @ Chicago Blackhawks T OT 6 6 7 7 3 T 2
18 Fri, Nov 11, 1988 @ Vancouver Canucks W 3 1 8 7 3 W 1
19 Sun, Nov 13, 1988 @ Winnipeg Jets L 3 7 8 8 3 L 1
20 Wed, Nov 16, 1988 New York Islanders W OT 5 4 9 8 3 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Thu, Nov 17, 1988 @ Boston Bruins W 5 2 10 8 3 W 2
22 Sat, Nov 19, 1988 Chicago Blackhawks W 5 3 11 8 3 W 3
23 Mon, Nov 21, 1988 @ New York Rangers W 4 2 12 8 3 W 4
24 Wed, Nov 23, 1988 Boston Bruins W 2 0 13 8 3 W 5
25 Thu, Nov 24, 1988 @ Quebec Nordiques L 3 5 13 9 3 L 1
26 Sat, Nov 26, 1988 Edmonton Oilers W 7 5 14 9 3 W 1
27 Wed, Nov 30, 1988 @ Hartford Whalers W 6 3 15 9 3 W 2
28 Thu, Dec 1, 1988 @ Philadelphia Flyers T OT 2 2 15 9 4 T 1
29 Sat, Dec 3, 1988 Buffalo Sabres W OT 3 2 16 9 4 W 1
30 Mon, Dec 5, 1988 Detroit Red Wings W 7 2 17 9 4 W 2
31 Wed, Dec 7, 1988 @ Minnesota North Stars T OT 2 2 17 9 5 T 1
32 Thu, Dec 8, 1988 @ St. Louis Blues W 5 1 18 9 5 W 1
33 Sat, Dec 10, 1988 Washington Capitals T OT 0 0 18 9 6 T 1
34 Mon, Dec 12, 1988 Boston Bruins W 3 1 19 9 6 W 1
35 Thu, Dec 15, 1988 @ Quebec Nordiques L 4 6 19 10 6 L 1
36 Sat, Dec 17, 1988 New York Rangers W 6 3 20 10 6 W 1
37 Mon, Dec 19, 1988 Hartford Whalers W 2 1 21 10 6 W 2
38 Wed, Dec 21, 1988 Quebec Nordiques W 6 4 22 10 6 W 3
39 Thu, Dec 22, 1988 @ Boston Bruins W 4 2 23 10 6 W 4
40 Tue, Dec 27, 1988 @ Los Angeles Kings W 3 2 24 10 6 W 5
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Thu, Dec 29, 1988 @ Calgary Flames W 4 3 25 10 6 W 6
42 Sat, Dec 31, 1988 @ Edmonton Oilers W 4 2 26 10 6 W 7
43 Sun, Jan 1, 1989 @ Vancouver Canucks W 4 0 27 10 6 W 8
44 Sat, Jan 7, 1989 Boston Bruins W 3 1 28 10 6 W 9
45 Mon, Jan 9, 1989 @ Detroit Red Wings L 2 3 28 11 6 L 1
46 Wed, Jan 11, 1989 New Jersey Devils W 1 0 29 11 6 W 1
47 Thu, Jan 12, 1989 @ Boston Bruins W 5 3 30 11 6 W 2
48 Sat, Jan 14, 1989 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 3 31 11 6 W 3
49 Wed, Jan 18, 1989 Hartford Whalers W 3 1 32 11 6 W 4
50 Thu, Jan 19, 1989 @ Hartford Whalers L 4 6 32 12 6 L 1
51 Sat, Jan 21, 1989 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 3 33 12 6 W 1
52 Mon, Jan 23, 1989 Calgary Flames L 1 3 33 13 6 L 1
53 Fri, Jan 27, 1989 @ Buffalo Sabres L 2 4 33 14 6 L 2
54 Sat, Jan 28, 1989 Buffalo Sabres W 2 1 34 14 6 W 1
55 Tue, Jan 31, 1989 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 1 35 14 6 W 2
56 Thu, Feb 2, 1989 @ Quebec Nordiques W 6 1 36 14 6 W 3
57 Sat, Feb 4, 1989 New York Rangers W 7 5 37 14 6 W 4
58 Sat, Feb 11, 1989 New Jersey Devils W 5 4 38 14 6 W 5
59 Mon, Feb 13, 1989 Quebec Nordiques L 2 3 38 15 6 L 1
60 Thu, Feb 16, 1989 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 7 4 39 15 6 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 18, 1989 @ St. Louis Blues W 4 2 40 15 6 W 2
62 Sun, Feb 19, 1989 @ Chicago Blackhawks T OT 4 4 40 15 7 T 1
63 Wed, Feb 22, 1989 Winnipeg Jets W 6 3 41 15 7 W 1
64 Sat, Feb 25, 1989 Buffalo Sabres W 6 1 42 15 7 W 2
65 Sun, Feb 26, 1989 Vancouver Canucks W 5 2 43 15 7 W 3
66 Wed, Mar 1, 1989 @ Edmonton Oilers L 0 3 43 16 7 L 1
67 Thu, Mar 2, 1989 @ Calgary Flames W 3 2 44 16 7 W 1
68 Sat, Mar 4, 1989 @ Hartford Whalers W 6 1 45 16 7 W 2
69 Wed, Mar 8, 1989 Washington Capitals W 3 2 46 16 7 W 3
70 Thu, Mar 9, 1989 @ Quebec Nordiques W 5 2 47 16 7 W 4
71 Sat, Mar 11, 1989 Hartford Whalers W 5 3 48 16 7 W 5
72 Mon, Mar 13, 1989 New York Islanders L 3 5 48 17 7 L 1
73 Wed, Mar 15, 1989 Los Angeles Kings W 5 2 49 17 7 W 1
74 Fri, Mar 17, 1989 @ Washington Capitals L 1 4 49 18 7 L 1
75 Sat, Mar 18, 1989 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 7 2 50 18 7 W 1
76 Wed, Mar 22, 1989 Quebec Nordiques W 8 0 51 18 7 W 2
77 Sat, Mar 25, 1989 Minnesota North Stars T OT 1 1 51 18 8 T 1
78 Mon, Mar 27, 1989 Boston Bruins W 5 2 52 18 8 W 1
79 Thu, Mar 30, 1989 @ Buffalo Sabres W 4 2 53 18 8 W 2
80 Sat, Apr 1, 1989 Philadelphia Flyers T OT 2 2 53 18 9 T 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 5, 1989 Hartford Whalers W 6 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 6, 1989 Hartford Whalers W 3 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sat, Apr 8, 1989 @ Hartford Whalers W OT 5 4 3 0 0 W 3
4 Sun, Apr 9, 1989 @ Hartford Whalers W OT 4 3 4 0 0 W 4
5 Mon, Apr 17, 1989 Boston Bruins W 3 2 5 0 0 W 5
6 Wed, Apr 19, 1989 Boston Bruins W OT 3 2 6 0 0 W 6
7 Fri, Apr 21, 1989 @ Boston Bruins W 5 4 7 0 0 W 7
8 Sun, Apr 23, 1989 @ Boston Bruins L 2 3 7 1 0 L 1
9 Tue, Apr 25, 1989 Boston Bruins W 3 2 8 1 0 W 1
10 Mon, May 1, 1989 Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 8 2 0 L 1
11 Wed, May 3, 1989 Philadelphia Flyers W 3 0 9 2 0 W 1
12 Fri, May 5, 1989 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 5 1 10 2 0 W 2
13 Sun, May 7, 1989 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 3 0 11 2 0 W 3
14 Tue, May 9, 1989 Philadelphia Flyers L OT 1 2 11 3 0 L 1
15 Thu, May 11, 1989 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 4 2 12 3 0 W 1
16 Sun, May 14, 1989 @ Calgary Flames L 2 3 12 4 0 L 1
17 Wed, May 17, 1989 @ Calgary Flames W 4 2 13 4 0 W 1
18 Fri, May 19, 1989 Calgary Flames W OT 4 3 14 4 0 W 2
19 Sun, May 21, 1989 Calgary Flames L 2 4 14 5 0 L 1
20 Tue, May 23, 1989 @ Calgary Flames L 2 3 14 6 0 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Thu, May 25, 1989 Calgary Flames L 2 4 14 7 0 L 3