1987-88 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

Record: 45-22-13 (103 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jean Perron (45-22-13)

Goals For: 298 (9th of 21), Goals Against: 238 (1st of 21)
SRS: 0.71 (3rd of 21), SOS: -0.04 (15th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-1) to Boston Bruins
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-2) over Hartford Whalers

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +800

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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	80	45	22	13	103	.644	298	238	0.71	-0.04	3.73	2.98	63	397	15.87	64	395	83.80	7	17	2397	12.4	2302	.897		5
League Average	80	35	35	9	80	.500	297	297					89	437	20.29	89	437	79.71	13	13	2435	12.2	2435	.878		3

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
12	Serge Boisvert	ca CA	RW	28	5-9	172	R/-	4	June 1, 1959
21	Guy Carbonneau	ca CA	C	27	5-11	186	R/-	6	March 18, 1960
22	José Charbonneau	ca CA	RW	21	6-0	195	R/-	R	November 21, 1966
24	Chris Chelios	us US	D	26	6-0	191	R/-	4	January 25, 1962
27	Shayne Corson	ca CA	C	21	6-1	202	L/-	2	August 13, 1966
20	Kjell Dahlin	se SE	RW	24	6-0	175	L/-	2	February 2, 1963
42	Steven Fletcher	ca CA	LW/D	25	6-2	180	L/-	R	March 31, 1962
23	Bob Gainey (C)	ca CA	LW	34	6-2	200	L/-	14	December 13, 1953
12	Perry Ganchar	ca CA	RW	24	5-9	180	R/-	2	October 28, 1963
29	Gaston Gingras	ca CA	D	28	6-1	200	L/-	8	February 13, 1959
5	Rick Green	ca CA	D	31	6-3	220	L/-	11	February 20, 1956
1	Brian Hayward	ca CA	G	27	5-10	180	-/L	5	June 25, 1960
31	John Kordic	ca CA	RW	22	6-2	210	R/-	2	March 22, 1965
38	Mike Lalor	us US	D	24	6-0	200	L/-	2	March 8, 1963
32	Claude Lemieux	ca CA	RW	22	6-1	215	R/-	4	July 16, 1965
17	Craig Ludwig	us US	D	26	6-3	220	L/-	5	March 15, 1961
35	Mike McPhee	ca CA	LW	27	6-1	203	L/-	4	July 14, 1960
36	Sergio Momesso	ca CA	LW	22	6-3	215	L/-	3	September 4, 1965
26	Mats Näslund	se SE	LW	28	5-7	160	L/-	5	October 31, 1959
30	Chris Nilan	us US	RW	29	6-0	205	R/-	8	February 9, 1958
44	Stéphane Richer	ca CA	RW	21	6-2	215	R/-	3	June 7, 1966
40	Vincent Riendeau	ca CA	G	21	5-10	185	-/L	R	April 20, 1966
19	Larry Robinson	ca CA	D	36	6-4	225	L/-	15	June 2, 1951
33	Patrick Roy	ca CA	G	22	6-2	185	-/L	3	October 5, 1965
3	Scott Sandelin	us US	D	23	6-0	200	R/-	1	August 8, 1964
18	Mathieu Schneider	us US	D	18	5-11	192	L/-	R	June 12, 1969
39	Brian Skrudland	ca CA	C	24	6-0	195	L/-	2	July 31, 1963
15	Bobby Smith	ca CA	C	29	6-4	210	L/-	9	February 12, 1958
25	Petr Svoboda	cs CS	D	21	6-1	198	L/-	3	February 14, 1966
29	Gilles Thibaudeau	ca CA	C	24	5-10	165	L/-	1	March 4, 1963
28	Larry Trader	ca CA	D	24	6-1	180	L/-	3	July 7, 1963
11	Ryan Walter	ca CA	LW	29	6-0	200	L/-	9	April 23, 1958

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	Bobby Smith	29	C	78	27	66	93	13	78	19	8	0	4	41	25	0	198	13.6			5.9	1.4	7.2
2	Mats Näslund	28	LW	78	24	59	83	17	14	20	4	0	2	36	23	0	167	14.4			4.9	1.5	6.4
3	Stéphane Richer	21	RW	72	50	28	78	12	72	34	16	0	11	15	13	0	263	19.0			6.7	1.3	7.9
4	Claude Lemieux	22	RW	78	31	30	61	16	137	25	6	0	3	24	6	0	241	12.9			3.8	1.4	5.3
5	Chris Chelios*	26	D	71	20	41	61	14	172	9	10	1	5	26	14	1	199	10.1			4.5	4.6	9.0
6	Mike McPhee	27	LW	77	23	20	43	19	53	21	0	2	4	18	1	1	151	15.2			1.9	1.5	3.4
7	Larry Robinson*	36	D	53	6	34	40	26	30	4	2	0	1	22	12	0	96	6.3			2.3	4.3	6.5
8	Shayne Corson	21	C	71	12	27	39	22	152	10	2	0	2	25	2	0	90	13.3			1.1	1.5	2.6
9	Guy Carbonneau*	27	C	80	17	21	38	14	61	14	0	3	1	19	0	2	109	15.6			1.0	1.4	2.4
10	Ryan Walter	29	LW	61	13	23	36	12	39	7	6	0	3	19	4	0	93	14.0			1.3	1.1	2.4
11	Brian Skrudland	24	C	79	12	24	36	14	112	11	0	1	3	23	0	1	96	12.5			0.5	1.4	1.9
12	Petr Svoboda	21	D	69	7	22	29	46	149	5	2	0	1	17	5	0	138	5.1			1.2	6.2	7.4
13	Kjell Dahlin	24	RW	48	13	12	25	5	6	11	2	0	2	9	3	0	51	25.5			1.0	0.8	1.7
14	Bob Gainey*	34	LW	78	11	11	22	8	14	11	0	0	1	11	0	0	101	10.9			-0.5	1.2	0.7
15	Sergio Momesso	22	LW	53	7	14	21	9	101	6	1	0	0	14	0	0	72	9.7			0.0	0.9	1.0
16	Craig Ludwig	26	D	74	4	10	14	17	69	4	0	0	0	9	0	1	82	4.9			-0.2	4.9	4.6
17	Rick Green	31	D	59	2	11	13	21	33	1	1	0	0	10	1	0	44	4.5			-0.1	4.3	4.2
18	Chris Nilan	29	RW	50	7	5	12	-2	209	7	0	0	1	5	0	0	68	10.3			-0.5	0.6	0.1
19	Gilles Thibaudeau	24	C	17	5	6	11	6	0	3	2	0	1	5	1	0	25	20.0			0.5	0.4	0.9
20	Mike Lalor	24	D	66	1	10	11	4	113	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	41	2.4			-0.5	3.7	3.2
21	John Kordic	22	RW	60	2	6	8	0	159	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	17	11.8			-1.6	0.8	-0.8
22	Larry Trader	24	D	30	2	4	6	2	19	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	18	11.1			0.0	1.7	1.7
23	Serge Boisvert	28	RW	5	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	20.0			0.0	0.1	0.1
24	José Charbonneau	21	RW	16	0	2	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	0.0			-0.5	0.2	-0.2
25	Brian Hayward	27	G	39	0	2	2		24	0	0	0	0				0		2246	57:35	0.0	0.0	6.9
26	Patrick Roy*	22	G	45	0	2	2		14	0	0	0	0				0		2583	57:23	0.0	0.0	8.7
27	Perry Ganchar	24	RW	1	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0			0.1	0.0	0.1
28	Gaston Gingras	28	D	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.2	0.2
29	Scott Sandelin	23	D	8	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0.0			-0.1	0.4	0.3
30	Vincent Riendeau	21	G	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0				0		36	36:25	0.0	0.0	-0.1
31	Mathieu Schneider	18	D	4	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.1	0.2	0.1
	Team Total			80	298	493	791	295	1844	228	63	7	45	371	112	6	2397	12.4			32.5	47.9	95.9

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	Patrick Roy*	22	45		23	12	9	125	1248	1123	.900	2.90	3	2583				83	25.0	2.39	8.7
2	Brian Hayward	27	39		22	10	4	107	1032	925	.896	2.86	2	2246				86	17.0	2.35	6.9
3	Vincent Riendeau	21	1		0	0	0	5	22	17	.773	8.24	0	36						6.59	-0.1
	Team Total				45	22	13	237	2302	2065	.897	2.92	5	4865				86	39.6	2.40	15.5