1981–82 Montreal Canadiens season

1981–82 Montreal Canadiens
Adams Division champions
Division1st Adams
Conference2nd Wales
1981–82 record46–17–17
Home record25–6–9
Road record21–11–8
Goals for360
Goals against223
Team information
General managerIrving Grundman
CoachBob Berry
CaptainBob Gainey
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaMontreal Forum
Average attendance16,587
Team leaders
GoalsMark Napier (40)
AssistsGuy Lafleur (57)
PointsKeith Acton (88)
Penalty minutesChris Nilan (204)
Plus/minusBrian Engblom (+76)
WinsRick Wamsley (23)
Goals against averageDenis Herron (2.64)

The 1981–82 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 73rd season. The club finished with over 100 points in the regular season, and were third overall in the NHL standings.[1] The season involved being eliminated in the Adams Division semi-final versus the Quebec Nordiques 3 games to 2.

Offseason

Montreal along with Hartford were moved to the Adams Division which was a more geographical grouping of teams, including Boston, Buffalo and Quebec. Before the 1981 NHL entry draft, general manager Irving Grundman announced that Bob Berry would be the new head coach of the Canadiens.

Bob Gainey is named captain, following Serge Savard's signing with the Winnipeg Jets.

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
  GP W L T GF GA PIM PTS
80 46 17 17 360 223 1463 109
Boston Bruins 80 43 27 10 323 285 1266 96
Buffalo Sabres 80 39 26 15 307 273 1425 93
Quebec Nordiques 80 33 31 16 356 345 1757 82
Hartford Whalers 80 21 41 18 264 351 1493 60

[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Adams Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference


Schedule and results

1981–82 regular season[4]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 8, 1981 5–5 Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 0–0–1
2 W October 10, 1981 9–0 Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 1–0–1
3 W October 15, 1981 7–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 2–0–1
4 W October 17, 1981 10–4 Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 3–0–1
5 T October 18, 1981 3–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 3–0–2
6 T October 21, 1981 3–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 3–0–3
7 W October 24, 1981 7–0 Boston Bruins (1981–82) 4–0–3
8 W October 25, 1981 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1981–82) 5–0–3
9 W October 27, 1981 11–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 6–0–3
10 T October 29, 1981 5–5 @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 6–0–4
11 L October 31, 1981 1–2 New York Islanders (1981–82) 6–1–4
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
12 L November 2, 1981 4–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 6–2–4
13 W November 5, 1981 4–3 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 7–2–4
14 W November 7, 1981 4–2 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 8–2–4
15 L November 10, 1981 2–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 8–3–4
16 W November 11, 1981 9–0 @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 9–3–4
17 W November 14, 1981 4–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 10–3–4
18 T November 19, 1981 1–1 Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 10–3–5
19 W November 21, 1981 9–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 11–3–5
20 T November 24, 1981 2–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 11–3–6
21 L November 25, 1981 1–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 11–4–6
22 L November 27, 1981 2–5 @ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 11–5–6
23 W November 29, 1981 6–3 Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 12–5–6
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
24 T December 1, 1981 3–3 Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 12–5–7
25 L December 3, 1981 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 12–6–7
26 L December 5, 1981 4–7 Calgary Flames (1981–82) 12–7–7
27 T December 9, 1981 6–6 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 12–7–8
28 T December 11, 1981 5–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 12–7–9
29 W December 12, 1981 6–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 13–7–9
30 W December 14, 1981 6–3 Washington Capitals (1981–82) 14–7–9
31 W December 16, 1981 6–1 @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 15–7–9
32 W December 17, 1981 5–1 @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 16–7–9
33 W December 19, 1981 5–2 Boston Bruins (1981–82) 17–7–9
34 L December 22, 1981 2–5 @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 17–8–9
35 W December 27, 1981 6–3 Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 18–8–9
36 W December 29, 1981 5–4 @ New York Islanders (1981–82) 19–8–9
37 W December 30, 1981 6–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 20–8–9
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
38 L January 2, 1982 5–6 New York Rangers (1981–82) 20–9–9
39 L January 3, 1982 2–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 20–10–9
40 W January 5, 1982 3–1 Boston Bruins (1981–82) 21–10–9
41 T January 9, 1982 3–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 21–10–10
42 T January 10, 1982 4–4 @ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 21–10–11
43 W January 12, 1982 2–1 Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 22–10–11
44 L January 16, 1982 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 22–11–11
45 T January 19, 1982 2–2 Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 22–11–12
46 W January 21, 1982 4–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82) 23–11–12
47 W January 23, 1982 6–2 Calgary Flames (1981–82) 24–11–12
48 W January 26, 1982 8–3 @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 25–11–12
49 W January 28, 1982 6–3 @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 26–11–12
50 W January 30, 1982 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (1981–82) 27–11–12
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
51 W February 2, 1982 5–3 @ Calgary Flames (1981–82) 28–11–12
52 W February 3, 1982 6–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 29–11–12
53 W February 6, 1982 5–3 @ Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 30–11–12
54 W February 7, 1982 7–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82) 31–11–12
55 W February 11, 1982 4–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82) 32–11–12
56 W February 13, 1982 7–3 Winnipeg Jets (1981–82) 33–11–12
57 T February 16, 1982 3–3 Colorado Rockies (1981–82) 33–11–13
58 W February 18, 1982 5–3 St. Louis Blues (1981–82) 34–11–13
59 T February 20, 1982 2–2 Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 34–11–14
60 W February 21, 1982 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1981–82) 35–11–14
61 L February 23, 1982 3–4 @ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 35–12–14
62 T February 25, 1982 4–4 Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 35–12–15
63 T February 27, 1982 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 35–12–16
64 W February 28, 1982 5–0 @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 36–12–16
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
65 T March 2, 1982 3–3 Edmonton Oilers (1981–82) 36–12–17
66 W March 6, 1982 6–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82) 37–12–17
67 W March 7, 1982 5–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 38–12–17
68 W March 9, 1982 4–2 Boston Bruins (1981–82) 39–12–17
69 W March 11, 1982 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82) 40–12–17
70 W March 13, 1982 5–0 Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 41–12–17
71 W March 14, 1982 5–2 @ Boston Bruins (1981–82) 42–12–17
72 L March 18, 1982 2–4 Vancouver Canucks (1981–82) 42–13–17
73 W March 20, 1982 5–1 Minnesota North Stars (1981–82) 43–13–17
74 L March 21, 1982 4–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 43–14–17
75 L March 25, 1982 1–3 @ New York Islanders (1981–82) 43–15–17
76 W March 27, 1982 4–2 Quebec Nordiques (1981–82) 44–15–17
77 W March 30, 1982 6–4 Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 45–15–17
78 W March 31, 1982 5–1 @ Hartford Whalers (1981–82) 46–15–17
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
79 L April 3, 1982 4–5 Buffalo Sabres (1981–82) 46–16–17
80 L April 4, 1982 1–3 @ Washington Capitals (1981–82) 46–17–17

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

The Canadiens were seeded 3rd overall in the playoffs, while their opponents, the Quebec Nordiques were seeded 10th overall. The clubs were 27 points apart in the league standings.[5] The fifth and final game of the series went into overtime. Twenty-two seconds into overtime, Nordiques' Dale Hunter scored against Canadiens goalie Rick Wamsley to clinch the series.[6]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Keith Acton C 78 36 52 88 88 48 10 0 5
Guy Lafleur RW 66 27 57 84 24 33 9 0 3
Mark Napier RW 80 40 41 81 14 49 9 0 5
Mario Tremblay RW 80 33 40 73 66 24 7 0 4
Pierre Mondou C 73 35 33 68 57 18 8 2 4
Larry Robinson D 71 12 47 59 41 57 5 1 0
Steve Shutt LW 57 31 24 55 40 24 5 0 3
Doug Jarvis C 80 20 28 48 20 34 1 0 4
Bob Gainey LW 79 21 24 45 24 37 1 3 1
Rejean Houle W 51 11 32 43 34 18 2 1 1
Rod Langway D 66 5 34 39 116 66 1 0 1
Doug Wickenheiser C 56 12 23 35 43 18 1 0 3
Doug Risebrough C 59 15 18 33 116 23 2 2 2
Brian Engblom D 76 4 29 33 76 78 1 0 0
Mark Hunter RW 71 18 11 29 143 10 0 0 5
Robert Picard D 62 2 26 28 106 17 2 0 0
Gaston Gingras D 34 6 18 24 28 10 3 0 3
Craig Laughlin RW 36 12 11 23 33 10 2 0 1
Pierre Larouche C 22 9 12 21 0 -3 3 0 0
Guy Lapointe D 47 1 19 20 72 -3 0 0 0
Chris Nilan RW 49 7 4 11 204 6 0 0 1
Gilbert Delorme D 60 3 8 11 55 19 0 0 0
Rick Wamsley G 38 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Jeff Brubaker LW 3 0 1 1 32 1 0 0 0
Denis Herron G 27 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Mark Holden G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Kitchen D 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Dave Orleski LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Sevigny G 19 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Rick Wamsley 2206 38 23 7 7 101 2.75 2
Denis Herron 1547 27 12 6 8 68 2.64 3
Richard Sevigny 1027 19 11 4 2 53 3.10 0
Mark Holden 20 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Team: 4800 80 46 17 17 222 2.78 5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Pierre Mondou C 5 2 5 7 8 1 1 0
Mario Tremblay RW 5 4 1 5 24 0 0 1
Mark Napier RW 5 3 2 5 0 1 1 1
Keith Acton C 5 0 4 4 16 0 0 0
Rejean Houle W 5 0 4 4 6 0 0 0
Guy Lafleur RW 5 2 1 3 4 2 0 0
Doug Risebrough C 5 2 1 3 11 0 0 0
Rod Langway D 5 0 3 3 18 0 0 0
Chris Nilan RW 5 1 1 2 22 0 0 0
Robert Picard D 5 1 1 2 7 0 0 0
Brian Engblom D 5 0 2 2 14 0 0 0
Doug Jarvis C 5 1 0 1 4 0 1 0
Bob Gainey LW 5 0 1 1 8 0 0 0
Gaston Gingras D 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Kitchen D 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Craig Laughlin RW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Larry Robinson D 5 0 1 1 8 0 0 0
Jeff Brubaker LW 2 0 0 0 27 0 0 0
Mark Hunter RW 5 0 0 0 20 0 0 0
Rick Wamsley G 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Rick Wamsley 300 5 2 3 11 2.20 0
Team: 300 5 2 3 11 2.20 0

[7]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Main article: 1981 NHL entry draft
Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 7 Mark Hunter  Canada Brantford Alexanders (OMJHL)
1 18 Gilbert Delorme  Canada Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
1 19 Jan Ingman  Sweden Färjestad BK (Sweden)
2 32 Lars Eriksson  Sweden Brynäs IF (Sweden)
2 40 Chris Chelios  United States Moose Jaw Canucks (SJHL)
3 46 Dieter Hegen  West Germany EVS Kaufbeuren (West Germany)
4 82 Kjell Dahlin  Sweden Timra IK (Sweden)
5 88 Steve Rooney  United States Canton High School (USHS-MA)
6 124 Tom Anastos  United States Paddock Pool Saints (GLJHL)
7 145 Tom Kurvers  United States University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)
8 166 Paul Gess  United States Bloomington Jefferson High School (USHS-MN)
9 187 Scott Ferguson  United States Edina West High School (USHS-MN)
10 208 Dan Burrows  Canada Belleville Bulls (OPJHL)

See also

References

  1. ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.243, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1981-82 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  5. ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.243, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
  6. ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.244, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
  7. ^ "1981-82 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
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