1968-69 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

Record: 46-19-11 (103 points), Finished 1st in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Claude Ruel (46-19-11)

1968-69 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 271 (3rd of 12), Goals Against: 202 (3rd of 12)
SRS: 0.91 (2nd of 12), SOS: -0.00 (7th of 12)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Final (4-0) over St. Louis Blues
Won Semi-Finals (4-2) over Boston Bruins
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) over New York Rangers

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Montreal Canadiens	76	46	19	11	103	.678	271	202	0.91	0.00	3.57	2.66	43	243	17.70	40	233	82.83	2	4	2728	9.9	2251	.910		9
League Average	76	32	32	13	76	.500	227	227					46	263	17.43	46	263	82.57	6	6	2443	9.3	2443	.907		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
6	Ralph Backstrom	ca CA	C	31	5-10	165	L/-	12	September 18, 1937
4	Jean Béliveau (C)	ca CA	C	37	6-3	205	L/-	17	August 31, 1931
20-23	Bob Berry	ca CA	LW	25	6-0	185	L/-	R	November 29, 1943
23	Christian Bordeleau	ca CA	C	21	5-8	172	L/-	R	September 23, 1947
23	Alain Caron	ca CA	RW	30	5-9	182	R/-	1	April 27, 1938
12	Yvan Cournoyer	ca CA	RW	25	5-7	178	L/-	5	November 22, 1943
11-26	Jude Drouin	ca CA	C	20	5-10	160	R/-	R	October 28, 1948
8	Dick Duff	ca CA	LW	32	5-9	166	L/-	14	February 18, 1936
1-29-30	Tony Esposito	ca CA	G	25	5-11	185	-/R	R	April 23, 1943
22	John Ferguson	ca CA	LW	30	5-11	190	L/-	5	September 5, 1938
21	Howie Glover	ca CA	RW	33	5-11	180	R/-	4	February 14, 1935
20-21	Lucien Grenier	ca CA	RW	22	5-10	163	L/-	R	November 3, 1946
19	Terry Harper	ca CA	D	29	6-1	200	R/-	6	January 27, 1940
10	Ted Harris	ca CA	D	32	6-2	183	L/-	5	July 18, 1936
17	Larry Hillman	ca CA	D	31	6-0	185	L/-	14	February 5, 1937
2	Jacques Laperrière	ca CA	D	27	6-2	190	L/-	6	November 22, 1941
17	Guy Lapointe	ca CA	D	20	6-0	205	L/-	R	March 18, 1948
25	Jacques Lemaire	ca CA	LW	23	5-10	180	L/-	1	September 7, 1945
11	Garry Monahan	ca CA	LW	22	6-0	199	L/-	1	October 20, 1946
14	Claude Provost	ca CA	RW	35	5-9	168	R/-	13	September 17, 1933
24	Mickey Redmond	ca CA	RW	21	5-11	185	R/-	1	December 27, 1947
16	Henri Richard	ca CA	C	32	5-7	160	R/-	13	February 29, 1936
15	Bobby Rousseau	ca CA	RW	28	5-10	178	R/-	8	July 26, 1940
18	Serge Savard	ca CA	D	23	6-3	210	L/-	2	January 22, 1946
5	Gilles Tremblay	ca CA	LW	30	5-10	170	L/-	8	December 17, 1938
3	J.C. Tremblay	ca CA	D	30	5-11	170	L/-	9	January 22, 1939
30	Rogie Vachon	ca CA	G	23	5-7	170	-/L	2	September 8, 1945
29	Ernie Wakely	ca CA	G	28	5-11	160	-/L	1	November 27, 1940
1	Gump Worsley	ca CA	G	39	5-7	180	-/L	15	May 14, 1929

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Yvan Cournoyer*	25	RW	76	43	44	87	18	31	29	14	0	8	30	14	0	245	17.6			8.6	1.3	10.0
2	Jean Béliveau*	37	C	69	33	49	82	15	55	26	7	0	5	36	13	0	235	14.0			7.6	1.2	8.7
3	Bobby Rousseau	28	RW	76	30	40	70	28	59	27	3	0	8	29	11	0	278	10.8			5.8	1.7	7.5
4	Jacques Lemaire*	23	LW	75	29	34	63	29	29	24	5	0	4	25	9	0	330	8.8			5.1	1.7	6.9
5	John Ferguson	30	LW	71	29	23	52	31	185	27	2	0	7	20	3	0	185	15.7			4.3	1.7	6.0
6	Henri Richard*	32	C	64	15	37	52	24	47	13	2	0	0	35	2	0	210	7.1			3.3	1.4	4.7
7	Ralph Backstrom	31	C	72	13	28	41	20	16	11	2	0	3	27	1	0	180	7.2			1.7	1.4	3.1
8	Dick Duff*	32	LW	68	19	21	40	-14	24	14	5	0	2	16	5	0	138	13.8			2.4	0.2	2.6
9	J.C. Tremblay	30	D	75	7	32	39	30	18	5	2	0	1	23	9	0	139	5.0			2.8	5.6	8.4
10	Serge Savard*	23	D	74	8	23	31	35	73	8	0	0	2	22	1	0	98	8.2			2.2	5.9	8.1
11	Jacques Laperrière*	27	D	69	5	26	31	36	45	5	0	0	1	19	7	0	166	3.0			2.0	5.7	7.7
12	Claude Provost	35	RW	73	13	15	28	13	18	12	0	1	5	14	0	1	184	7.1			0.5	1.1	1.6
13	Gilles Tremblay	30	LW	44	10	15	25	16	2	10	0	0	0	15	0	0	95	10.5			1.2	1.0	2.2
14	Ted Harris	32	D	76	7	18	25	24	102	6	0	1	0	18	0	0	82	8.5			1.5	5.3	6.7
15	Mickey Redmond	21	RW	65	9	15	24	16	12	8	1	0	0	14	1	0	118	7.6			0.1	1.2	1.3
16	Larry Hillman	31	D	25	0	5	5	-3	17	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	14	0.0			0.0	1.0	1.0
17	Christian Bordeleau	21	C	13	1	3	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	7.1			-0.1	0.1	0.0
18	Terry Harper	29	D	21	0	3	3	6	37	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14	0.0			-0.1	1.4	1.3
19	Jude Drouin	20	C	9	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0.0			-0.3	0.2	-0.2
20	Bob Berry	25	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
21	Alain Caron	30	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
22	Tony Esposito*	25	G	13	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		742	57:04	0.0	0.0	2.3
23	Howie Glover	33	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
24	Guy Lapointe*	20	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
25	Garry Monahan	22	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
26	Rogie Vachon*	23	G	36	0	0	0	0	2				0	0			0		2049	56:55	0.0	0.0	5.9
27	Ernie Wakely	28	G	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		60	60:00	0.0	0.0	0.1
28	Gump Worsley*	39	G	30	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		1702	56:44	0.0	0.0	6.6
	Team Total			76	271	432	703	326	778	226	43	2	46	355	76	1	2728	9.9			48.1	39.3	102.2

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Rogie Vachon*	23	36		22	9	3	98	1001	903	.902	2.87	2	2049				107	-6.2	2.93	5.9
2	Gump Worsley*	39	30		19	5	4	64	802	738	.920	2.26	5	1702				87	9.6	2.29	6.6
3	Tony Esposito*	25	13		5	4	4	34	419	385	.919	2.75	2	742				88	4.4	2.83	2.3
4	Ernie Wakely	28	1		0	1	0	4	27	23	.852	4.00	0	60						4.00	0.1
	Team Total				46	19	11	200	2249	2049	.911	2.64	9	4553				97	6.3	2.69	14.8