1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season explained

Team:	Montreal Canadiens
League:	NHL
Season:	1984–85
Year:	1984
Conferencerank:	3rd
Divisionrank:	1st
Record:	41–27–12
Goalsfor:	309
Goalsagainst:	262
Altcaptain:	None
Goalsleader:	Bobby Smith (40)
Assistsleader:	Mats Naslund (42)
Pointsleader:	Mats Naslund (79)
Plusminusleader:	Larry Robinson (+33)
Pimleader:	Chris Nilan (358)
Winsleader:	Steve Penney (26)
Gaaleader:	Steve Penney (3.08)
Divisionwin:	Yes

The 1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 76th season of play.

Offseason

• July 1984: Patrick Roy signed his first NHL contract with the Montreal Canadiens. There was a clause that if he played in at least 40 games, he would receive a $5,000 bonus.^[1]

Regular season

After scoring only two goals in 19 games and unhappy with the amount of ice time he was receiving, Guy Lafleur decided to retire.

• October 24, 1984: Patrick Roy was sent down to the Granby Bisons without having played a regular season game.^[2]
• February 23, 1985: At the beginning of the third period, Patrick Roy made his NHL debut. Roy replaced Doug Soetaert and earned the first win of his career in a 6–4 win over the Winnipeg Jets.^[3] It was his only game this season but he would play 1275 more games until 2003.

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	Oct 11, 1984	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	0–1–0
2	W	Oct 13, 1984	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins	1–1–0
3	W	Oct 15, 1984	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers	2–1–0
4	T	Oct 18, 1984	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings	2–1–1
5	W	Oct 20, 1984	4–2	Minnesota North Stars	3–1–1
6	W	Oct 23, 1984	3–1	@ Quebec Nordiques	4–1–1
7	W	Oct 25, 1984	3–2	Buffalo Sabres	5–1–1
8	L	Oct 27, 1984	5–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	5–2–1
9	W	Oct 29, 1984	4–2	Quebec Nordiques	6–2–1
10	W	Nov 1, 1984	6–5 OT	New York Islanders	7–2–1
11	W	Nov 3, 1984	3–1	Boston Bruins	8–2–1
12	L	Nov 6, 1984	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings	8–3–1
13	T	Nov 10, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames	8–3–2
14	W	Nov 12, 1984	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks	9–3–2
15	W	Nov 14, 1984	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers	10–3–2
16	W	Nov 17, 1984	5–0	New Jersey Devils	11–3–2
17	L	Nov 19, 1984	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	11–4–2
18	W	Nov 22, 1984	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks	12–4–2
19	W	Nov 24, 1984	6–4	Detroit Red Wings	13–4–2
20	L	Nov 25, 1984	4–7	@ Boston Bruins	13–5–2
21	T	Nov 28, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings	13–5–3
22	T	Nov 30, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	13–5–4
23	W	Dec 1, 1984	3–2	Buffalo Sabres	14–5–4
24	W	Dec 3, 1984	9–3	Hartford Whalers	15–5–4
25	L	Dec 5, 1984	3–5	@ Hartford Whalers	15–6–4
26	W	Dec 6, 1984	3–1	@ Boston Bruins	16–6–4
27	W	Dec 8, 1984	9–7	Los Angeles Kings	17–6–4
28	L	Dec 13, 1984	4–5	Vancouver Canucks	17–7–4
29	L	Dec 15, 1984	3–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	17–8–4
30	W	Dec 16, 1984	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers	18–8–4
31	L	Dec 18, 1984	4–6	Boston Bruins	18–9–4
32	T	Dec 20, 1984	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals	18–9–5
33	W	Dec 22, 1984	10–5	Hartford Whalers	19–9–5
34	T	Dec 23, 1984	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers	19–9–6
35	W	Dec 27, 1984	5–3	@ Quebec Nordiques	20–9–6
36	W	Dec 29, 1984	7–3	New York Rangers	21–9–6
37	T	Dec 31, 1984	4–4 OT	Quebec Nordiques	21–9–7
38	L	Jan 2, 1985	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	21–10–7
39	T	Jan 3, 1985	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues	21–10–8
40	L	Jan 5, 1985	4–5	@ New Jersey Devils	21–11–8
41	L	Jan 8, 1985	1–3	@ New York Islanders	21–12–8
42	L	Jan 10, 1985	2–5	Edmonton Oilers	21–13–8
43	T	Jan 12, 1985	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres	21–13–9
44	W	Jan 15, 1985	2–1	@ Quebec Nordiques	22–13–9
45	W	Jan 17, 1985	5–4	Hartford Whalers	23–13–9
46	T	Jan 19, 1985	4–4 OT	New Jersey Devils	23–13–10
47	L	Jan 21, 1985	1–3	@ Boston Bruins	23–14–10
48	W	Jan 22, 1985	8–5	@ Hartford Whalers	24–14–10
49	L	Jan 24, 1985	3–4	Quebec Nordiques	24–15–10
50	W	Jan 26, 1985	3–2	New York Rangers	25–15–10
51	L	Jan 30, 1985	4–5 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks	25–16–10
52	W	Feb 2, 1985	5–1	@ Los Angeles Kings	26–16–10
53	L	Feb 5, 1985	2–4	Calgary Flames	26–17–10
54	W	Feb 7, 1985	5–4	@ Quebec Nordiques	27–17–10
55	L	Feb 9, 1985	2–6	Toronto Maple Leafs	27–18–10
56	L	Feb 10, 1985	2–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	27–19–10
57	W	Feb 15, 1985	4–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres	28–19–10
58	L	Feb 16, 1985	3–4	Buffalo Sabres	28–20–10
59	W	Feb 19, 1985	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues	29–20–10
60	L	Feb 20, 1985	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks	29–21–10
61	W	Feb 23, 1985	6–4	Winnipeg Jets	30–21–10
62	W	Feb 24, 1985	4–3 OT	New York Islanders	31–21–10
63	W	Feb 27, 1985	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers	32–21–10
64	L	Mar 1, 1985	4–6	@ Calgary Flames	32–22–10
65	L	Mar 4, 1985	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars	32–23–10
66	W	Mar 6, 1985	4–2	@ Winnipeg Jets	33–23–10
67	W	Mar 9, 1985	4–3	Hartford Whalers	34–23–10
68	T	Mar 10, 1985	5–5 OT	@ Hartford Whalers	34–23–11
69	L	Mar 14, 1985	1–4	Winnipeg Jets	34–24–11
70	L	Mar 16, 1985	2–4	Minnesota North Stars	34–25–11
71	W	Mar 21, 1985	3–2	Washington Capitals	35–25–11
72	L	Mar 22, 1985	1–3	@ Washington Capitals	35–26–11
73	L	Mar 24, 1985	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers	35–27–11
74	W	Mar 26, 1985	5–3	Boston Bruins	36–27–11
75	W	Mar 28, 1985	5–1	St. Louis Blues	37–27–11
76	W	Mar 30, 1985	7–3	@ Boston Bruins	38–27–11
77	W	Mar 31, 1985	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	39–27–11
78	W	Apr 4, 1985	7–1	Quebec Nordiques	40–27–11
79	T	Apr 6, 1985	4–4 OT	Boston Bruins	40–27–12
80	W	Apr 7, 1985	5–4	@ Buffalo Sabres	41–27–12

Playoffs

Adams Division Finals

The Quebec Nordiques and Montreal Canadiens battled in a seven-game series. Bitter rivals from the province of Quebec, the Nords shocked the Habs in 1982, only to see a fourth-place Montreal club upset Quebec the year before. In the deciding Game 7 at the Montreal Forum, Peter Stastny scored the game and series winning goal, giving Quebec an improbable 3–2 overtime win and berth in the Wales Conference Finals.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	80	42	37	79	14	19	9	2	8
	RW	75	31	35	66	120	21	14	0	6
	D	74	9	55	64	87	11	2	1	0
	C	79	23	34	57	43	28	0	4	2
	C	67	18	39	57	21	15	2	0	2
	C	65	16	40	56	59	-9	8	0	1
	D	76	14	33	47	44	33	6	0	3
	D	75	10	35	45	30	-3	6	1	3
	LW	70	17	22	39	120	1	0	0	2
	C/LW	72	19	19	38	59	-18	11	0	0
	RW	77	21	16	37	358	3	1	0	2
	RW	72	21	12	33	123	-13	6	0	3
	LW	79	19	13	32	40	13	0	3	3
	D	73	4	27	31	65	16	0	0	1
	C	53	8	16	24	35	-1	3	0	1
	C	51	12	11	23	20	9	4	1	2
	C	42	10	12	22	14	3	1	0	2
	D	72	5	14	19	90	5	1	0	0
	D	77	1	18	19	30	-11	1	0	0
	C	10	1	6	7	2	3	0	0	0
	RW	19	2	3	5	10	-3	0	0	0
	RW	14	2	2	4	0	-3	0	0	0
	C	16	0	4	4	6	3	0	0	0
	LW	10	2	0	2	9	2	1	0	0
	D	18	1	1	2	33	1	0	0	0
	LW	3	1	0	1	7	-1	1	0	0
	RW	1	0	1	1	7	1	0	0	0
	D	5	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
	G	54	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
	C	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
	RW	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	28	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3252	54	26	18	8	167	3.08	1
	1606	28	14	9	4	91	3.40	0
	20	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Team:	4878	80	41	27	12	258	3.17	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
	LW	12	7	4	11	6	3	0	2
	C	12	5	6	11	30	3	0	1
	D	12	3	8	11	8	1	0	0
	D	9	2	8	10	17	2	0	0
	C/LW	12	2	7	9	13	0	0	0
	RW	12	3	5	8	2	1	0	0
	RW	12	2	6	8	30	1	0	0
	C	12	4	3	7	8	0	1	1
	C	8	2	4	6	4	1	0	0
	D	12	0	6	6	6	0	0	0
	LW	12	4	1	5	32	0	0	0
	LW	11	2	2	4	19	0	0	0
	LW	12	1	3	4	13	0	0	0
	C	5	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
	RW	12	2	1	3	81	1	0	1
	D	12	0	3	3	14	0	0	0
	RW	11	0	3	3	13	0	0	0
	C	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	1
	D	7	1	1	2	12	0	0	0
	D	12	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
	733	12	6	6	40	3.27	1
	20	1	0	0	1	3.00	0
Team:	753	12	6	6	41	3.27	1

^[4]

Awards and records

• Chris Chelios, runner-up, Calder Memorial Trophy^[5]
• Chris Chelios, NHL All-Rookie Team
• Steve Penney, NHL All-Rookie Team

Draft picks

NHL Draft

See also: 1984 NHL Entry Draft.

Round		Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	5	Petr Svoboda		CHZ Litvínov (Czechoslovakia)
1	8	Shayne Corson		Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
2	29	Stephane Richer		Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
3	51	Patrick Roy		Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
3	54	Graeme Bonar		Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4	65	Lee Brodeur		Grafton High School (North Dakota)
5	95	Gerald Johansson		Swift Current Broncos (SJHL)
6	116	Jim Nesich		Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)
7	137	Scott MacTavish		Fredericton High School (New Brunswick)
8	158	Brad McCaughey		Ann Arbor High School
9	179	Eric Demers		Shawinigan Cataractes
10	199	Ron Annear		United States International University (NCAA)
11	220	Dave Tanner		Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
12	240	Troy Crosby		Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)

See also

• 1984–85 NHL season

References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

1. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.482, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, .
2. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.130, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, .
3. Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.135, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, .
4. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-28 . 1984-85 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
5. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, .