1991–92 Montreal Canadiens season

	1991–92 Montreal Canadiens
Division	1st Adams
Conference	2nd Prince of Wales
1991–92 record	41–28–11
Home record	27–8–5
Road record	14–20–6
Goals for	267
Goals against	207
Team information
General manager	Serge Savard
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Guy Carbonneau
Alternate captains	Mike McPhee; Brian Skrudland
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Kirk Muller (36)
Assists	Denis Savard (42)
Points	Kirk Muller (77)
Penalty minutes	Lyle Odelein (212)
Plus/minus	Brent Gilchrist (+29)
Wins	Patrick Roy (36)
Goals against average	Patrick Roy (2.36)
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 83rd season. The season saw the Canadiens place first in the Adams Division and make it to the second round of the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins in the Adams Division final. The sweep cost coach Pat Burns his job as he was let go after the season.

Pre-season

The Canadiens changed their personnel in the off-season. Andrew Cassels, Tom Chorske, Stephane Richer and Ryan Walter were traded. The Canadiens picked up Kirk Muller and Roland Melanson.

Regular season

The team started well, losing just three times in October. At New Year's, the team led the league overall standings with 54 points. In February, the Canadiens reacquired Chris Nilan three years after he left Montreal. In the last 17 games of his NHL career, the veteran enforcer adds 74 penalty minutes to raise his overall total with the Canadiens to 2,248 minutes, the most in team history. In March, the team traded Petr Svoboda to Buffalo in return for Kevin Haller.

March was dismal for the team, winning only four of 11 games. On April 1, the league's players went on a ten day strike. The regular season resumed and the Canadiens continued to struggle, slipping to fifth-place overall, but win the Adams Division. The team played well defensively, winning the Jennings Trophy, Patrick Roy winning the Vezina Trophy and Guy Carbonneau winning the Selke Trophy and finished +60 in goals.

Final standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Canadiens	80	41	28	11	267	207	93
Boston Bruins	80	36	32	12	270	275	84
Buffalo Sabres	80	31	37	12	289	299	74
Hartford Whalers	80	26	41	13	247	283	65
Quebec Nordiques	80	20	48	12	255	318	52

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	Oct 3, 1991	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0–0
2	L	Oct 5, 1991	1–2 OT	New York Rangers	1–1–0
3	T	Oct 8, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	1–1–1
4	W	Oct 10, 1991	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–1–1
5	W	Oct 12, 1991	6–0	@ Boston Bruins	3–1–1
6	L	Oct 14, 1991	3–4	Hartford Whalers	3–2–1
7	W	Oct 16, 1991	5–1	Buffalo Sabres	4–2–1
8	L	Oct 18, 1991	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres	4–3–1
9	W	Oct 19, 1991	1–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers	5–3–1
10	W	Oct 23, 1991	3–2 OT	Quebec Nordiques	6–3–1
11	W	Oct 24, 1991	5–0	@ Quebec Nordiques	7–3–1
12	W	Oct 26, 1991	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	8–3–1
13	W	Oct 30, 1991	6–1	Winnipeg Jets	9–3–1
14	W	Nov 1, 1991	5–1	@ Buffalo Sabres	10–3–1
15	W	Nov 2, 1991	5–0	Buffalo Sabres	11–3–1
16	W	Nov 4, 1991	3–2 OT	New Jersey Devils	12–3–1
17	W	Nov 6, 1991	4–1	@ New York Rangers	13–3–1
18	L	Nov 8, 1991	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils	13–4–1
19	W	Nov 9, 1991	4–2	Chicago Blackhawks	14–4–1
20	L	Nov 11, 1991	2–4	Washington Capitals	14–5–1
21	T	Nov 14, 1991	2–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	14–5–2
22	L	Nov 16, 1991	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers	14–6–2
23	W	Nov 18, 1991	1–0	Edmonton Oilers	15–6–2
24	L	Nov 21, 1991	2–5	@ Quebec Nordiques	15–7–2
25	W	Nov 23, 1991	5–3	Quebec Nordiques	16–7–2
26	W	Nov 25, 1991	4–3	Boston Bruins	17–7–2
27	L	Nov 27, 1991	1–3	@ Washington Capitals	17–8–2
28	L	Nov 29, 1991	4–5 OT	@ Boston Bruins	17–9–2
29	L	Nov 30, 1991	2–3	@ Hartford Whalers	17–10–2
30	L	Dec 4, 1991	0–3	Vancouver Canucks	17–11–2
31	W	Dec 5, 1991	5–4 OT	@ New York Islanders	18–11–2
32	W	Dec 7, 1991	5–1	Calgary Flames	19–11–2
33	W	Dec 9, 1991	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	20–11–2
34	L	Dec 12, 1991	2–5	@ Boston Bruins	20–12–2
35	W	Dec 14, 1991	4–2	Buffalo Sabres	21–12–2
36	W	Dec 16, 1991	4–2	St. Louis Blues	22–12–2
37	L	Dec 19, 1991	4–6	@ Chicago Blackhawks	22–13–2
38	W	Dec 21, 1991	3–2 OT	Hartford Whalers	23–13–2
39	W	Dec 22, 1991	3–2	Boston Bruins	24–13–2
40	W	Dec 26, 1991	4–1	@ Quebec Nordiques	25–13–2
41	W	Dec 29, 1991	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers	26–13–2
42	L	Dec 31, 1991	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames	26–14–2
43	W	Jan 4, 1992	1–0 OT	@ San Jose Sharks	27–14–2
44	W	Jan 8, 1992	3–2	Boston Bruins	28–14–2
45	W	Jan 11, 1992	3–2	Hartford Whalers	29–14–2
46	T	Jan 13, 1992	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames	29–14–3
47	L	Jan 15, 1992	2–5	@ Minnesota North Stars	29–15–3
48	T	Jan 16, 1992	6–6 OT	@ St. Louis Blues	29–15–4
49	W	Jan 23, 1992	3–1	@ Boston Bruins	30–15–4
50	L	Jan 25, 1992	3–4	Buffalo Sabres	30–16–4
51	W	Jan 26, 1992	3–1	Hartford Whalers	31–16–4
52	L	Jan 29, 1992	3–4	New Jersey Devils	31–17–4
53	L	Jan 31, 1992	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres	31–18–4
54	W	Feb 1, 1992	4–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings	32–18–4
55	L	Feb 4, 1992	3–5	@ Vancouver Canucks	32–19–4
56	L	Feb 5, 1992	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers	32–20–4
57	L	Feb 8, 1992	4–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	32–21–4
58	W	Feb 10, 1992	8–3	Vancouver Canucks	33–21–4
59	W	Feb 12, 1992	6–1	San Jose Sharks	34–21–4
60	T	Feb 15, 1992	4–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques	34–21–5
61	W	Feb 17, 1992	8–0	Minnesota North Stars	35–21–5
62	T	Feb 19, 1992	2–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	35–21–6
63	W	Feb 22, 1992	2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	36–21–6
64	T	Feb 23, 1992	3–3 OT	Quebec Nordiques	36–21–7
65	W	Feb 26, 1992	4–1	@ Minnesota North Stars	37–21–7
66	T	Feb 28, 1992	3–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks	37–21–8
67	L	Feb 29, 1992	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings	37–22–8
68	W	Mar 3, 1992	4–3	@ New York Islanders	38–22–8
69	W	Mar 7, 1992	8–2	New York Islanders	39–22–8
70	W	Mar 8, 1992	4–1	Detroit Red Wings	40–22–8
71	L	Mar 11, 1992	4–5	@ Quebec Nordiques	40–23–8
72	W	Mar 14, 1992	5–2	Los Angeles Kings	41–23–8
73	L	Mar 16, 1992	1–4	@ New York Rangers	41–24–8
74	L	Mar 18, 1992	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers	41–25–8
75	T	Mar 21, 1992	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues	41–25–9
76	T	Mar 25, 1992	2–2 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets	41–25–10
77	L	Mar 27, 1992	3–4	@ Washington Capitals	41–26–10
78	L	Mar 28, 1992	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	41–27–10
79	L	Apr 12, 1992	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres	41–28–10
80	T	Apr 15, 1992	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins	41–28–11

Playoffs

The Canadiens placed first in the division, and played the fourth-place Whalers in the first round. The Canadiens won the series 4–3 to advance to the second round. In the second round, the Bruins defeated the Canadiens 4–0 to eliminate the Canadiens. Coach Pat Burns, who was increasingly criticized in the media, was let go after the season.^[1]

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	LW	78	36	41	77	86	15	15	1	7
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	77	28	42	70	73	6	12	1	5
Lebeau, StephanStephan Lebeau	C	77	27	31	58	14	18	13	0	5
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	64	17	36	53	118	15	3	0	2
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	79	23	27	50	57	29	2	0	3
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	67	11	30	41	64	16	2	0	2
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	72	18	21	39	39	2	1	1	4
Desjardins, EricEric Desjardins	D	77	6	32	38	50	17	4	0	2
Dionne, GilbertGilbert Dionne	LW	39	21	13	34	10	7	7	0	2
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	D	78	8	24	32	72	10	2	0	1
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	78	16	15	31	63	6	0	0	1
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	27	7	14	21	6	6	0	1	1
Svoboda, PetrPetr Svoboda	D	58	5	16	21	94	9	1	0	3
Turgeon, SylvainSylvain Turgeon	LW	56	9	11	20	39	-4	6	0	1
LeClair, JohnJohn LeClair	LW	59	8	11	19	14	5	3	0	0
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	D	79	4	14	18	36	16	2	0	0
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	D	69	3	14	17	91	9	0	0	0
Brunet, BenoitBenoit Brunet	LW	18	4	6	10	14	4	0	0	0
DiPietro, PaulPaul DiPietro	C	33	4	6	10	25	5	0	0	0
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois	D	26	2	8	10	20	9	0	0	1
Odelein, LyleLyle Odelein	D	71	1	7	8	212	15	0	0	0
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	42	3	3	6	36	-4	0	0	1
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	67	0	5	5	4	0	0	0	0
Haller, KevinKevin Haller	D	8	2	2	4	17	4	1	0	0
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	RW	17	1	3	4	74	-1	0	0	0
Roberge, MarioMario Roberge	LW	20	2	1	3	62	3	0	0	0
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	RW	46	1	2	3	130	3	0	0	0
Cote, AlainAlain Cote	D	13	0	3	3	22	7	0	0	0
Belanger, JesseJesse Belanger	C	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Dufresne, DonaldDonald Dufresne	D	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Racicot, AndreAndre Racicot	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ronan, EdEd Ronan	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vujtek, VladimirVladimir Vujtek	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	3935	67	36	22	8	155	2.36	5	1806	1651	.914
Melanson, RolandRoland Melanson	492	9	5	3	0	22	2.68	2	195	173	.887
Racicot, AndreAndre Racicot	436	9	0	3	3	23	3.17	0	219	196	.895
Team:	4863	80	41	28	11	200	2.47	7	2220	2020	.910

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Savard, DenisDenis Savard	C	11	3	9	12	8	1	0	0
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	LW	11	4	3	7	31	2	1	1
Dionne, GilbertGilbert Dionne	LW	11	3	4	7	10	1	0	1
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	10	2	5	7	15	0	0	0
Desjardins, EricEric Desjardins	D	11	3	3	6	4	1	0	0
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois	D	11	2	4	6	6	1	0	1
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist	LW	11	2	4	6	6	1	0	0
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	D	10	1	4	5	6	1	0	0
Lebeau, StephanStephan Lebeau	C	8	1	3	4	4	1	0	0
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	D	11	0	3	3	4	0	0	0
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	11	1	1	2	6	0	0	0
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	1
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	8	1	1	2	16	0	0	0
LeClair, JohnJohn LeClair	LW	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	0
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	11	1	1	2	20	0	0	0
Hill, SeanSean Hill	D	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
Turgeon, SylvainSylvain Turgeon	LW	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	RW	7	0	1	1	15	0	0	0
Ewen, ToddTodd Ewen	RW	3	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
Haller, KevinKevin Haller	D	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Odelein, LyleLyle Odelein	D	7	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
Racicot, AndreAndre Racicot	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	G	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Roy, PatrickPatrick Roy	686	11	4	7	30	2.62	1	312	282	.904
Racicot, AndreAndre Racicot	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	1	1.000
Team:	687	11	4	7	30	2.62	1	313	283	.904

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	17	Brent Bilodeau	D	American	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2	28	Jim Campbell	RW	American	N.Y. Northwood Prep (High school)
2	43	Craig Darby	C	American	The Albany Academy (High school)
3	61	Yves Sarault	LW	Canadian	St. Jean Lynx (QMJHL)
4	73	Vladimir Vujtek	LW	Czech	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
4	81	Sylvain Lapointe	D	Canadian	Clarkson University (NCAA)
5	100	Brad Layzell	D	Canadian	R.P.I. (NCAA)
5	105	Tony Prpic	F	American	Culver Military Academy (Independent)
6	127	Oleg Petrov	RW	Russian	HC CSKA Moscow (Rus)
7	149	Brady Kramer	C	American	Haverford H.S. (High school)
8	171	Brian Savage	LW	Canadian	Miami University (Ohio) (NCAA)
9	193	Scott Fraser	RW	Canadian	Dartmouth College (NCAA)
10	215	Greg MacEachern	D	Canadian	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
11	237	Paul Lepler	D	American	Rochester Mustangs (USHL)
12	259	Dale Hooper	D	American	Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)

Farm teams

References

Notes

↑ (2009) "The Eighty-third Season". The Hockey News (A Century of Montreal Canadiens).
↑ 1991-92 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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[1] (2009) "The Eighty-third Season". The Hockey News (A Century of Montreal Canadiens).

[2] 1991-92 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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1991–92 NHL season by team
Patrick	New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Washington
Adams	Boston • Buffalo • Hartford • Montreal • Quebec
Norris	Chicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto
Smythe	Calgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • San Jose • Winnipeg • Vancouver
See also	1991 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1992 Stanley Cup Finals

1991–92 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Pre-season

Regular season

Final standings

Game log

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

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