1982–83 Montreal Canadiens season explained

Team:	Montreal Canadiens
League:	NHL
Season:	1982–83
Year:	1982
Conferencerank:	3rd
Divisionrank:	2nd
Record:	42–24–14
Goalsfor:	350
Goalsagainst:	286
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsleader:	Mark Napier (40)
Assistsleader:	Guy Lafleur Larry Robinson (49)
Pointsleader:	Guy Lafleur (76)
Plusminusleader:	Mats Naslund (+34)
Pimleader:	Chris Nilan (213)
Winsleader:	Rick Wamsley (27)
Gaaleader:	Richard Sevigny (3.44)

The 1982–83 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 74th season. The season involved being eliminated in the Adams Division semi-finals vs the Buffalo Sabres 3 games to 0.

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1982	2–1	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	1–0–0
2	W	October 7, 1982	5–1	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	2–0–0
3	L	October 9, 1982	7–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	2–1–0
4	W	October 11, 1982	4–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	3–1–0
5	W	October 14, 1982	5–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	4–1–0
6	W	October 16, 1982	8–2	New York Rangers (1982–83)	5–1–0
7	T	October 20, 1982	3–3	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)	5–1–1
8	W	October 21, 1982	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	6–1–1
9	W	October 23, 1982	9–5	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	7–1–1
10	T	October 26, 1982	7–7	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	7–1–2
11	T	October 30, 1982	4–4	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	7–1–3
12	L	October 31, 1982	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	7–2–3
13	W	November 2, 1982	5–4	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	8–2–3
14	W	November 4, 1982	8–3	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	9–2–3
15	W	November 6, 1982	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	10–2–3
16	W	November 9, 1982	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	11–2–3
17	L	November 10, 1982	3–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	11–3–3
18	L	November 13, 1982	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	11–4–3
19	W	November 16, 1982	7–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	12–4–3
20	W	November 18, 1982	7–4	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	13–4–3
21	W	November 20, 1982	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	14–4–3
22	T	November 23, 1982	1–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	14–4–4
23	W	November 24, 1982	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	15–4–4
24	T	November 27, 1982	5–5	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	15–4–5
25	W	November 29, 1982	9–4	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	16–4–5
26	T	December 1, 1982	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	16–4–6
27	L	December 4, 1982	4–6	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	16–5–6
28	W	December 6, 1982	11–2	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	17–5–6
29	L	December 8, 1982	4–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	17–6–6
30	L	December 9, 1982	5–8	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	17–7–6
31	W	December 11, 1982	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	18–7–6
32	W	December 15, 1982	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	19–7–6
33	W	December 18, 1982	5–4	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	20–7–6
34	L	December 19, 1982	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	20–8–6
35	L	December 23, 1982	3–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	20–9–6
36	T	December 26, 1982	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	20–9–7
37	T	December 28, 1982	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	20–9–8
38	L	December 29, 1982	5–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	20–10–8
39	W	January 2, 1983	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	21–10–8
40	L	January 4, 1983	1–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	21–11–8
41	W	January 6, 1983	11–3	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	22–11–8
42	L	January 8, 1983	1–2	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	22–12–8
43	W	January 11, 1983	8–4	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	23–12–8
44	L	January 13, 1983	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	23–13–8
45	W	January 15, 1983	8–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	24–13–8
46	W	January 18, 1983	7–2	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	25–13–8
47	T	January 20, 1983	4–4	New York Islanders (1982–83)	25–13–9
48	W	January 22, 1983	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	26–13–9
49	L	January 26, 1983	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	26–14–9
50	W	January 27, 1983	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	27–14–9
51	T	January 29, 1983	3–3	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	27–14–10
52	W	February 1, 1983	7–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	28–14–10
53	L	February 3, 1983	3–7	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	28–15–10
54	L	February 4, 1983	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	28–16–10
55	W	February 6, 1983	2–0	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	29–16–10
56	W	February 10, 1983	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	30–16–10
57	L	February 12, 1983	2–3	New York Rangers (1982–83)	30–17–10
58	W	February 14, 1983	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	31–17–10
59	L	February 17, 1983	1–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	31–18–10
60	L	February 19, 1983	0–5	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	31–19–10
61	W	February 22, 1983	6–1	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	32–19–10
62	W	February 24, 1983	6–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	33–19–10
63	W	February 26, 1983	4–1	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	34–19–10
64	T	February 27, 1983	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	34–19–11
65	T	March 1, 1983	3–3	New York Islanders (1982–83)	34–19–12
66	W	March 5, 1983	6–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	35–19–12
67	L	March 6, 1983	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	35–20–12
68	T	March 8, 1983	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	35–20–13
69	W	March 10, 1983	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	36–20–13
70	L	March 12, 1983	3–7	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	36–21–13
71	W	March 15, 1983	5–1	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	37–21–13
72	L	March 17, 1983	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	37–22–13
73	L	March 19, 1983	4–6	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	37–23–13
74	W	March 20, 1983	7–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	38–23–13
75	W	March 22, 1983	6–5	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	39–23–13
76	W	March 24, 1983	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	40–23–13
77	W	March 26, 1983	6–5	St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	41–23–13
78	L	March 30, 1983	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	41–24–13
79	W	April 2, 1983	2–1	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	42–24–13
80	T	April 3, 1983	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	42–24–14

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	68	27	49	76	12	6	9	0	1
	C/LW	80	29	46	75	40	15	8	1	4
	LW	74	26	45	71	10	34	1	0	6
	RW	73	40	27	67	6	20	3	0	6
	RW	80	30	37	67	87	29	7	0	4
	C	76	29	37	66	31	32	8	1	3
	D	71	14	49	63	33	33	6	0	1
	LW	78	35	22	57	26	8	8	0	0
	C	78	25	30	55	49	22	5	0	3
	C	78	24	26	50	63	-6	1	0	3
	C	77	18	29	47	68	18	0	5	2
	D	64	7	31	38	60	31	1	0	1
	D	78	12	21	33	89	27	3	0	2
	LW	80	12	18	30	43	7	0	1	3
	D	66	2	24	26	58	23	1	0	0
	D	80	0	25	25	59	4	0	0	0
	RW	31	8	8	16	73	5	1	0	2
	RW	66	6	8	14	213	-10	0	0	0
	D	22	1	8	9	8	10	1	0	1
	W	16	2	3	5	8	4	1	0	0
	D	46	2	3	5	24	5	0	0	0
	D	40	1	3	4	19	8	0	0	0
	C	4	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
	G	38	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
	G	46	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
	D	8	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	2583	46	27	12	5	151	3.51	0
	2130	38	15	11	8	122	3.44	1
	87	2	0	1	1	6	4.14	0
Team:	4800	80	42	24	14	279	3.49	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	RW	3	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
	LW	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	LW	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	3	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C/LW	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	28	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
	152	3	0	3	7	2.76	0
Team:	180	3	0	3	7	2.33	0

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Draft picks

See main article: 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	19	Alain Heroux		Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
2	31	Jocelyn Gauvreau		Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
2	32	Kent Carlson		St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
2	33	David Maley		Edina High School (USHS-MN)
2	40	Scott Sandelin		Hibbing High School (USHS-MN)
3	61	Scott Harlow		East Bridgewater High School (USHS-MA)
4	69	John DeVoe		Edina High School (USHS-MN)
5	103	Kevin Houle		Acton-Boxborough High School (USHS-MA)
6	117	Ernie Vargas		Coon Rapids High School (USHS-MN)
6	124	Mike Dark		Sarnia Legionnaires (WOJHL)
7	145	Hannu Jarvenpaa		Oulu (Finland)
8	150	Steve Smith		St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
8	166	Tom Kolioupoulos		Fraser High School (USHS-MI)
9	187	Brian Williams		Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
10	208	Bob Emery		Matignon High School (USHS-MA)
11	229	Darren Acheson		Fort Saskatchewan Traders (AJHL)
12	250	Bill Brauer		Edina High School (USHS-MN)

See also

• 1982–83 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1982–83 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-06-04 .
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1982-83 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.