1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season

1984–85 Montreal Canadiens
Adams Division champions
Division1st Adams
Conference3rd Wales
1984–85 record41–27–12
Home record24–10–6
Road record17–17–6
Goals for309
Goals against262
Team information
General managerSerge Savard
CoachJacques Lemaire
CaptainBob Gainey
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsBobby Smith (40)
AssistsMats Naslund (42)
PointsMats Naslund (79)
Penalty minutesChris Nilan (358)
Plus/minusLarry Robinson (+33)
WinsSteve Penney (26)
Goals against averageSteve Penney (3.08)

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

Offseason

In 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.

On October 24, 1984, Patrick Roy was sent down to the Granby Bisons without having played a regular season game.[2] On 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 1,275 more games until 2003.

Final standings

Adams Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
80 41 27 12 309 262 94
Quebec Nordiques 80 41 30 9 323 275 91
Buffalo Sabres 80 38 28 14 290 237 90
Boston Bruins 80 36 34 10 303 287 82
Hartford Whalers 80 30 41 9 268 318 69

[4]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

1984–85 regular season[6]
October
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 11, 1984 3–4 @ Buffalo Sabres 0–1–0
2 W October 13, 1984 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–1–0
3 W October 15, 1984 5–2 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1–0
4 T October 18, 1984 3–3 OT Los Angeles Kings 2–1–1
5 W October 20, 1984 4–2 Minnesota North Stars 3–1–1
6 W October 23, 1984 3–1 @ Quebec Nordiques 4–1–1
7 W October 25, 1984 3–2 Buffalo Sabres 5–1–1
8 L October 27, 1984 5–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2–1
9 W October 29, 1984 4–2 Quebec Nordiques 6–2–1
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
10 W November 1, 1984 6–5 OT New York Islanders 7–2–1
11 W November 3, 1984 3–1 Boston Bruins 8–2–1
12 L November 6, 1984 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings 8–3–1
13 T November 10, 1984 3–3 OT @ Calgary Flames 8–3–2
14 W November 12, 1984 5–3 @ Vancouver Canucks 9–3–2
15 W November 14, 1984 4–2 @ Edmonton Oilers 10–3–2
16 W November 17, 1984 5–0 New Jersey Devils 11–3–2
17 L November 19, 1984 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs 11–4–2
18 W November 22, 1984 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks 12–4–2
19 W November 24, 1984 6–4 Detroit Red Wings 13–4–2
20 L November 25, 1984 4–7 @ Boston Bruins 13–5–2
21 T November 28, 1984 3–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings 13–5–3
22 T November 30, 1984 2–2 OT @ Buffalo Sabres 13–5–4
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
23 W December 1, 1984 3–2 Buffalo Sabres 14–5–4
24 W December 3, 1984 9–3 Hartford Whalers 15–5–4
25 L December 5, 1984 3–5 @ Hartford Whalers 15–6–4
26 W December 6, 1984 3–1 @ Boston Bruins 16–6–4
27 W December 8, 1984 9–7 Los Angeles Kings 17–6–4
28 L December 13, 1984 4–5 Vancouver Canucks 17–7–4
29 L December 15, 1984 3–4 OT @ Hartford Whalers 17–8–4
30 W December 16, 1984 3–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers 18–8–4
31 L December 18, 1984 4–6 Boston Bruins 18–9–4
32 T December 20, 1984 2–2 OT Washington Capitals 18–9–5
33 W December 22, 1984 10–5 Hartford Whalers 19–9–5
34 T December 23, 1984 3–3 OT @ New York Rangers 19–9–6
35 W December 27, 1984 5–3 @ Quebec Nordiques 20–9–6
36 W December 29, 1984 7–3 New York Rangers 21–9–6
37 T December 31, 1984 4–4 OT Quebec Nordiques 21–9–7
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
38 L January 2, 1985 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks 21–10–7
39 T January 3, 1985 2–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues 21–10–8
40 L January 5, 1985 4–5 @ New Jersey Devils 21–11–8
41 L January 8, 1985 1–3 @ New York Islanders 21–12–8
42 L January 10, 1985 2–5 Edmonton Oilers 21–13–8
43 T January 12, 1985 1–1 OT Buffalo Sabres 21–13–9
44 W January 15, 1985 2–1 @ Quebec Nordiques 22–13–9
45 W January 17, 1985 5–4 Hartford Whalers 23–13–9
46 T January 19, 1985 4–4 OT New Jersey Devils 23–13–10
47 L January 21, 1985 1–3 @ Boston Bruins 23–14–10
48 W January 22, 1985 8–5 @ Hartford Whalers 24–14–10
49 L January 24, 1985 3–4 Quebec Nordiques 24–15–10
50 W January 26, 1985 3–2 New York Rangers 25–15–10
51 L January 30, 1985 4–5 OT @ Vancouver Canucks 25–16–10
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
52 W February 2, 1985 5–1 @ Los Angeles Kings 26–16–10
53 L February 5, 1985 2–4 Calgary Flames 26–17–10
54 W February 7, 1985 5–4 @ Quebec Nordiques 27–17–10
55 L February 9, 1985 2–6 Toronto Maple Leafs 27–18–10
56 L February 10, 1985 2–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs 27–19–10
57 W February 15, 1985 4–3 OT @ Buffalo Sabres 28–19–10
58 L February 16, 1985 3–4 Buffalo Sabres 28–20–10
59 W February 19, 1985 5–2 @ St. Louis Blues 29–20–10
60 L February 20, 1985 2–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks 29–21–10
61 W February 23, 1985 6–4 Winnipeg Jets 30–21–10
62 W February 24, 1985 4–3 OT New York Islanders 31–21–10
63 W February 27, 1985 4–1 @ Edmonton Oilers 32–21–10
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
64 L March 1, 1985 4–6 @ Calgary Flames 32–22–10
65 L March 4, 1985 3–4 @ Minnesota North Stars 32–23–10
66 W March 6, 1985 4–2 @ Winnipeg Jets 33–23–10
67 W March 9, 1985 4–3 Hartford Whalers 34–23–10
68 T March 10, 1985 5–5 OT @ Hartford Whalers 34–23–11
69 L March 14, 1985 1–4 Winnipeg Jets 34–24–11
70 L March 16, 1985 2–4 Minnesota North Stars 34–25–11
71 W March 21, 1985 3–2 Washington Capitals 35–25–11
72 L March 22, 1985 1–3 @ Washington Capitals 35–26–11
73 L March 24, 1985 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers 35–27–11
74 W March 26, 1985 5–3 Boston Bruins 36–27–11
75 W March 28, 1985 5–1 St. Louis Blues 37–27–11
76 W March 30, 1985 7–3 @ Boston Bruins 38–27–11
77 W March 31, 1985 4–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 39–27–11
April
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
78 W April 4, 1985 7–1 Quebec Nordiques 40–27–11
79 T April 6, 1985 4–4 OT Boston Bruins 40–27–12
80 W April 7, 1985 5–4 @ Buffalo Sabres 41–27–12

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

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
Mats Naslund LW 80 42 37 79 14 19 9 2 8
Mario Tremblay RW 75 31 35 66 120 21 14 0 6
Chris Chelios D 74 9 55 64 87 11 2 1 0
Guy Carbonneau C 79 23 34 57 43 28 0 4 2
Pierre Mondou C 67 18 39 57 21 15 2 0 2
Bobby Smith C 65 16 40 56 59 -9 8 0 1
Larry Robinson D 76 14 33 47 44 33 6 0 3
Tom Kurvers D 75 10 35 45 30 -3 6 1 3
Mike McPhee LW 70 17 22 39 120 1 0 0 2
Ryan Walter C/LW 72 19 19 38 59 -18 11 0 0
Chris Nilan RW 77 21 16 37 358 3 1 0 2
Mark Hunter RW 72 21 12 33 123 -13 6 0 3
Bob Gainey LW 79 19 13 32 40 13 0 3 3
Petr Svoboda D 73 4 27 31 65 16 0 0 1
Alfie Turcotte C 53 8 16 24 35 -1 3 0 1
Lucien DeBlois C 51 12 11 23 20 9 4 1 2
Ron Flockhart C 42 10 12 22 14 3 1 0 2
Craig Ludwig D 72 5 14 19 90 5 1 0 0
Rick Green D 77 1 18 19 30 -11 1 0 0
John Chabot C 10 1 6 7 2 3 0 0 0
Guy Lafleur RW 19 2 3 5 10 -3 0 0 0
Serge Boisvert RW 14 2 2 4 0 -3 0 0 0
John Newberry C 16 0 4 4 6 3 0 0 0
Steve Shutt LW 10 2 0 2 9 2 1 0 0
Kent Carlson D 18 1 1 2 33 1 0 0 0
Steve Rooney LW 3 1 0 1 7 -1 1 0 0
Claude Lemieux RW 1 0 1 1 7 1 0 0 0
Ric Nattress D 5 0 1 1 2 -2 0 0 0
Steve Penney G 54 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
Thomas Rundqvist C 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jeff Teal RW 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Stephane Richer RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patrick Roy G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Soetaert G 28 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Steve Penney 3252 54 26 18 8 167 3.08 1
Doug Soetaert 1606 28 14 9 4 91 3.40 0
Patrick Roy 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
Mats Naslund LW 12 7 4 11 6 3 0 2
Bobby Smith C 12 5 6 11 30 3 0 1
Larry Robinson D 12 3 8 11 8 1 0 0
Chris Chelios D 9 2 8 10 17 2 0 0
Ryan Walter C/LW 12 2 7 9 13 0 0 0
Serge Boisvert RW 12 3 5 8 2 1 0 0
Mario Tremblay RW 12 2 6 8 30 1 0 0
Guy Carbonneau C 12 4 3 7 8 0 1 1
Lucien DeBlois C 8 2 4 6 4 1 0 0
Tom Kurvers D 12 0 6 6 6 0 0 0
Mike McPhee LW 12 4 1 5 32 0 0 0
Steve Rooney LW 11 2 2 4 19 0 0 0
Bob Gainey LW 12 1 3 4 13 0 0 0
Pierre Mondou C 5 2 1 3 2 0 0 0
Chris Nilan RW 12 2 1 3 81 1 0 1
Rick Green D 12 0 3 3 14 0 0 0
Mark Hunter RW 11 0 3 3 13 0 0 0
Ron Flockhart C 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 1
Petr Svoboda D 7 1 1 2 12 0 0 0
Craig Ludwig D 12 0 2 2 6 0 0 0
Ric Nattress D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Steve Penney G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Soetaert G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alfie Turcotte C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

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

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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

NHL Draft

See also: 1984 NHL Entry Draft
Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 5 Petr Svoboda  Czechoslovakia CHZ Litvínov (Czechoslovakia)
1 8 Shayne Corson  Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
2 29 Stephane Richer  Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
3 51 Patrick Roy  Canada Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
3 54 Graeme Bonar  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4 65 Lee Brodeur  United States Grafton High School (North Dakota)
5 95 Gerald Johansson  Canada Swift Current Broncos (SJHL)
6 116 Jim Nesich  United States Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)
7 137 Scott MacTavish  Canada Fredericton High School (New Brunswick)
8 158 Brad McCaughey  United States Ann Arbor High School
9 179 Eric Demers  Canada Shawinigan Cataractes
10 199 Ron Annear  Canada United States International University (NCAA)
11 220 Dave Tanner  Canada Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
12 240 Troy Crosby  Canada Verdun Juniors (QMJHL)

See also

References

  1. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.482, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2.
  2. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.130, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2.
  3. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.135, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN 978-0-470-15616-2.
  4. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  5. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "1984-85 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
  7. ^ "1984-85 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  8. ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5.
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