1970-71 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

Record: 42-23-13 (97 points), Finished 3rd in NHL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: 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: 0.89 (4th of 14), SOS: -0.07 (11th of 14)

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

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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	78	42	23	13	97	.622	291	216	0.89	-0.07	3.73	2.77	71	286	24.83	49	319	84.64	8	6	2561	11.4	2494	.913		3
League Average	78	33	33	12	78	.500	244	244					54	285	18.83	54	285	81.17	8	8	2487	9.8	2487	.902		4

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	33	5-10	165	L/-	14	September 18, 1937
4	Jean Béliveau (C)	ca CA	C	39	6-3	205	L/-	19	August 31, 1931
26	Pierre Bouchard	ca CA	D	22	6-2	205	L/-	R	February 20, 1948
23	Guy Charron	ca CA	LW	22	5-10	170	L/-	1	January 24, 1949
10	Bill Collins	ca CA	RW	27	6-1	178	R/-	3	July 13, 1943
12	Yvan Cournoyer	ca CA	RW	27	5-7	178	L/-	7	November 22, 1943
29	Ken Dryden	ca CA	G	23	6-4	205	-/L	R	August 8, 1947
22	John Ferguson	ca CA	LW	32	5-11	190	L/-	7	September 5, 1938
19	Terry Harper	ca CA	D	31	6-1	200	R/-	8	January 27, 1940
14	Réjean Houle	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	170	L/-	1	October 25, 1949
6	Fran Huck	ca CA	C	25	5-7	165	L/-	1	December 4, 1945
2	Jacques Laperrière	ca CA	D	29	6-2	190	L/-	8	November 22, 1941
5	Guy Lapointe	ca CA	D	22	6-0	205	L/-	2	March 18, 1948
15	Claude Larose	ca CA	RW	28	6-0	180	R/-	8	March 2, 1942
6	Chuck Lefley	ca CA	LW	21	6-2	185	L/-	R	January 20, 1950
25	Jacques Lemaire	ca CA	LW	25	5-10	180	L/-	3	September 7, 1945
10-27	Frank Mahovlich	ca CA	LW	33	6-0	205	L/-	14	January 10, 1938
20	Pete Mahovlich	ca CA	C	24	6-5	210	L/-	5	October 10, 1946
23	Bob Murdoch	ca CA	D	24	6-0	200	R/-	R	November 20, 1946
30	Phil Myre	ca CA	G	22	6-1	185	-/L	1	November 1, 1948
8	Larry Pleau	us US	C	24	6-1	190	L/-	1	January 29, 1947
24	Mickey Redmond	ca CA	RW	23	5-11	185	R/-	3	December 27, 1947
16	Henri Richard	ca CA	C	34	5-7	160	R/-	15	February 29, 1936
17	Phil Roberto	ca CA	RW	22	6-1	190	R/-	1	January 1, 1949
21	Leon Rochefort	ca CA	RW	31	6-0	185	R/-	9	May 4, 1939
18	Serge Savard	ca CA	D	25	6-3	210	L/-	4	January 22, 1946
24	Bobby Sheehan	us US	C	22	5-7	155	L/-	1	January 11, 1949
11	Marc Tardif	ca CA	LW	21	6-0	195	L/-	1	June 12, 1949
3	J.C. Tremblay	ca CA	D	32	5-11	170	L/-	11	January 22, 1939
1	Rogie Vachon	ca CA	G	25	5-7	170	-/L	4	September 8, 1945

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	Jean Béliveau*	39	C	70	25	51	76	24	42	18	7	0	4	34	17	0	172	14.5			6.1	1.6	7.7
2	Yvan Cournoyer*	27	RW	65	37	36	73	18	21	19	18	0	5	20	16	0	197	18.8			7.2	1.4	8.5
3	J.C. Tremblay	32	D	76	11	52	63	16	23	6	5	0	4	23	29	0	122	9.0			5.1	4.6	9.7
4	Pete Mahovlich	24	C	78	35	26	61	25	181	20	12	3	5	17	9	0	189	18.5			5.3	1.7	7.1
5	Jacques Lemaire*	25	LW	78	28	28	56	-1	18	22	6	0	3	23	5	0	252	11.1			4.3	0.9	5.2
6	Marc Tardif	21	LW	76	19	30	49	25	133	15	4	0	2	21	9	0	144	13.2			2.9	1.7	4.6
7	Henri Richard*	34	C	75	12	37	49	13	46	11	1	0	1	33	4	0	226	5.3			2.3	1.3	3.6
8	Guy Lapointe*	22	D	78	15	29	44	27	107	10	5	0	1	20	9	0	228	6.6			3.8	5.4	9.1
9	Frank Mahovlich*	33	LW	38	17	24	41	5	11	12	4	1	2	16	8	0	100	17.0			3.6	0.6	4.2
10	John Ferguson	32	LW	60	16	14	30	0	162	13	3	0	4	12	2	0	117	13.7			1.6	0.7	2.3
11	Mickey Redmond	23	RW	40	14	16	30	9	35	12	2	0	1	10	6	0	116	12.1			2.2	0.8	2.9
12	Claude Larose	28	RW	64	10	13	23	-8	90	10	0	0	2	10	3	0	120	8.3			0.3	0.5	0.8
13	Terry Harper	31	D	78	1	21	22	34	116	1	0	0	0	20	0	1	61	1.6			0.5	5.8	6.3
14	Phil Roberto	22	RW	39	14	7	21	10	76	12	2	0	2	7	0	0	88	15.9			1.5	0.8	2.3
15	Réjean Houle	21	LW	66	10	9	19	7	28	9	1	0	1	7	2	0	87	11.5			-0.2	1.0	0.8
16	Jacques Laperrière*	29	D	49	0	16	16	24	20	0	0	0	0	11	3	2	65	0.0			0.5	3.8	4.3
17	Leon Rochefort	31	RW	57	5	10	15	12	4	2	0	3	1	9	0	1	33	15.2			-0.6	1.1	0.5
18	Serge Savard*	25	D	37	5	10	15	10	30	4	0	1	1	7	3	0	55	9.1			1.1	2.4	3.4
19	Bobby Sheehan	22	C	29	6	5	11	4	2	5	1	0	1	3	2	0	33	18.2			0.3	0.5	0.8
20	Bill Collins	27	RW	40	6	2	8	0	39	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	57	10.5			-0.4	0.5	0.0
21	Larry Pleau	24	C	19	1	5	6	-8	8	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	24	4.2			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
22	Ralph Backstrom	33	C	16	1	4	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	5.6			-0.1	0.2	0.1
23	Guy Charron	22	LW	15	2	2	4	-2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	15.4			-0.1	0.1	0.0
24	Fran Huck	25	C	5	1	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	12.5			0.1	0.2	0.3
25	Pierre Bouchard	22	D	51	0	3	3	3	50	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	33	0.0			-0.7	2.6	1.8
26	Bob Murdoch	24	D	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0.0			0.2	0.0	0.2
27	Phil Myre	22	G	30	0	1	1	0	17				0	1			0		1675	55:49	0.0	0.0	4.5
28	Ken Dryden*	23	G	6	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		327	54:29	0.0	0.0	1.6
29	Chuck Lefley	21	LW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
30	Rogie Vachon*	25	G	47	0	0	0	0	0				0	0			0		2675	56:54	0.0	0.0	9.1
	Team Total			78	291	455	746	249	1263	212	71	8	42	321	128	6	2561	11.4			46.5	40.0	101.7

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*	25	47		23	12	9	118	1370	1252	.914	2.65	2	2675				89	14.6	2.56	9.1
2	Phil Myre	22	30		13	11	4	87	911	824	.905	3.12	1	1675				99	1.1	3.05	4.5
3	Ken Dryden*	23	6		6	0	0	9	211	202	.957	1.65	0	327						1.65	1.6
	Team Total				42	23	13	214	2492	2278	.914	2.75	3	4677				89	27.1	2.67	15.3