# 1993–94 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1993–94 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 85th season of play. The defending Stanley Cup champions could not repeat, being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals by the Boston Bruins four games to three. It was the last time at the Forum that the playoffs were played. In addition, it was the first time in eleven years that the Canadiens did not advance past the first round of the playoffs.

## Off-season

* In the off-season, Patrick Roy signed a new four-year, $16 million contract.

## Regular season

For the season, Roy had 35 wins, 17 losses and 11 ties. Without him in net, the Canadiens had 6 wins, 12 losses and 3 ties. The Canadiens ended the season on a sour note. They had 3 wins and 9 losses in their last 12 games, including a 9–0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Vincent Damphousse finished the season with 40 goals, the last time a Canadiens player achieved the feat as of 2024.

### Season standings

Northeast Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 84 | 44 | 27 | 13 | 299 | 285 | 101 |
| 2 | 4 | Boston Bruins | 84 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 289 | 252 | 97 |
| 3 | 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 84 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 283 | 248 | 96 |
| 4 | 6 | Buffalo Sabres | 84 | 43 | 32 | 9 | 282 | 218 | 95 |
| 5 | 11 | Quebec Nordiques | 84 | 34 | 42 | 8 | 277 | 292 | 76 |
| 6 | 13 | Hartford Whalers | 84 | 27 | 48 | 9 | 227 | 288 | 63 |
| 7 | 14 | Ottawa Senators | 84 | 14 | 61 | 9 | 201 | 397 | 37 |
Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
 Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
Eastern Conference :
| R | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p-New York Rangers * | 84 | 52 | 24 | 8 | 299 | 231 | 112 |
| 2 | x-Pittsburgh Penguins * | 84 | 44 | 27 | 13 | 299 | 285 | 101 |
| 3 | New Jersey Devils | 84 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 306 | 220 | 106 |
| 4 | Boston Bruins | 84 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 289 | 252 | 97 |
| 5 | Montreal Canadiens | 84 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 283 | 248 | 96 |
| 6 | Buffalo Sabres | 84 | 43 | 32 | 9 | 282 | 218 | 95 |
| 7 | Washington Capitals | 84 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 277 | 263 | 88 |
| 8 | New York Islanders | 84 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 282 | 264 | 84 |
| 9 | Florida Panthers | 84 | 33 | 34 | 17 | 233 | 233 | 83 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Flyers | 84 | 35 | 39 | 10 | 294 | 314 | 80 |
| 11 | Quebec Nordiques | 84 | 34 | 42 | 8 | 277 | 292 | 76 |
| 12 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 84 | 30 | 43 | 11 | 224 | 251 | 71 |
| 13 | Hartford Whalers | 84 | 27 | 48 | 9 | 227 | 288 | 63 |
| 14 | Ottawa Senators | 84 | 14 | 61 | 9 | 201 | 397 | 37 |
* Final standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division); * – Division leader

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1993–94 regular season :
October: 7–3–2 (home: 5–1–0; road: 2–2–2)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 6, 19934–3Hartford Whalers1–0–0Recap
2LOctober 7, 19931–2 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins1–1–0Recap
3WOctober 9, 19937–4Buffalo Sabres2–1–0Recap
4TOctober 11, 19931–1@ Boston Bruins2–1–1Recap
5LOctober 13, 19933–4@ Hartford Whalers2–2–1Recap
6LOctober 16, 19932–5Quebec Nordiques2–3–1Recap
7WOctober 18, 19934–2@ Quebec Nordiques3–3–1Recap
8WOctober 20, 19935–2Dallas Stars4–3–1Recap
9WOctober 23, 19934–1Mighty Ducks of Anaheim5–3–1Recap
10WOctober 26, 19932–0@ New Jersey Devils6–3–1Recap
11TOctober 28, 19933–3@ New York Rangers6–3–2Recap
12WOctober 30, 19935–2Toronto Maple Leafs7–3–2Recap :
November: 4–6–1 (home: 3–4–1; road: 1–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
13WNovember 3, 19931–0Tampa Bay Lightning8–3–2Recap
14LNovember 6, 19933–4Calgary Flames8–4–2Recap
15LNovember 10, 19931–3Florida Panthers8–5–2Recap
16LNovember 13, 19932–3 OTOttawa Senators8–6–2Recap
17WNovember 15, 19934–2@ Ottawa Senators9–6–2Recap
18WNovember 17, 19933–1Edmonton Oilers10–6–2Recap
19LNovember 18, 19931–5New York Islanders10–7–2Recap
20TNovember 20, 19932–2Pittsburgh Penguins10–7–3Recap
21LNovember 23, 19934–5@ New York Rangers10–8–3Recap
22LNovember 24, 19932–9@ Philadelphia Flyers10–9–3Recap
23WNovember 27, 19934–0Los Angeles Kings11–9–3Recap
Notes:
$^a$ Neutral site game played at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. :
December: 5–6–3 (home: 2–4–0; road: 3–2–3)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
24LDecember 1, 19933–6Ottawa Senators11–10–3Recap
25TDecember 3, 19932–2@ Washington Capitals11–10–4Recap
26WDecember 4, 19938–1@ Boston Bruins12–10–4Recap
27WDecember 6, 19934–3 OTVancouver Canucks13–10–4Recap
28LDecember 8, 19932–4New Jersey Devils13–11–4Recap
29LDecember 11, 19933–5Washington Capitals13–12–4Recap
30TDecember 14, 19931–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning13–12–5Recap
31TDecember 15, 19933–3@ Florida Panthers13–12–6Recap
32WDecember 18, 19938–1Detroit Red Wings14–12–6Recap
33LDecember 22, 19933–5New York Islanders14–13–6Recap
34LDecember 23, 19930–5@ Buffalo Sabres14–14–6Recap
35WDecember 27, 19935–2@ St. Louis Blues15–14–6Recap
36LDecember 29, 19933–6@ Edmonton Oilers15–15–6Recap
37WDecember 31, 19935–2@ Calgary Flames16–15–6Recap :
January: 8–4–2 (home: 5–2–1; road: 3–2–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
38WJanuary 2, 19943–2@ Vancouver Canucks17–15–6Recap
39TJanuary 4, 19942–2@ San Jose Sharks17–15–7Recap
40WJanuary 5, 19944–0@ Quebec Nordiques18–15–7Recap
41WJanuary 8, 19943–2New York Rangers19–15–7Recap
42WJanuary 10, 19944–2Winnipeg Jets20–15–7Recap
43WJanuary 12, 19943–2New Jersey Devils21–15–7Recap
44LJanuary 14, 19942–5@ New York Islanders21–16–7Recap
45LJanuary 15, 19942–5Florida Panthers21–17–7Recap
46WJanuary 17, 19943–1Washington Capitals22–17–7Recap
47TJanuary 19, 19943–3Boston Bruins22–17–8Recap
48LJanuary 24, 19943–8@ Florida Panthers22–18–8Recap
49WJanuary 26, 19943–0@ Hartford Whalers23–18–8Recap
50LJanuary 29, 19942–3Buffalo Sabres23–19–8Recap
51WJanuary 30, 19945–4 OTPhiladelphia Flyers24–19–8Recap
Notes:
$^b$ Neutral site game played at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. :
February: 9–3–1 (home: 5–0–0; road: 4–3–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
52WFebruary 2, 19949–2Hartford Whalers25–19–8Recap
53WFebruary 4, 19944–0@ Washington Capitals26–19–8Recap
54WFebruary 5, 19944–3@ Ottawa Senators27–19–8Recap
55WFebruary 7, 19944–1@ Pittsburgh Penguins28–19–8Recap
56WFebruary 9, 19944–3 OTNew York Rangers29–19–8Recap
57LFebruary 11, 19941–5@ Buffalo Sabres29–20–8Recap
58WFebruary 12, 19945–2Quebec Nordiques30–20–8Recap
59LFebruary 17, 19943–4@ Tampa Bay Lightning30–21–8Recap
60WFebruary 19, 19944–1Pittsburgh Penguins31–21–8Recap
61LFebruary 21, 19947–8@ Philadelphia Flyers31–22–8Recap
62WFebruary 23, 19943–1San Jose Sharks32–22–8Recap
63WFebruary 26, 19943–0@ Toronto Maple Leafs33–22–8Recap
64TFebruary 28, 19943–3@ Los Angeles Kings33–22–9Recap :
March: 6–3–4 (home: 5–0–1; road: 1–3–3)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
65WMarch 2, 19945–2@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim34–22–9Recap
66TMarch 6, 19942–2@ Dallas Stars34–22–10Recap
67WMarch 9, 19947–2St. Louis Blues35–22–10Recap
68TMarch 10, 19944–4@ Quebec Nordiques35–22–11Recap
69TMarch 12, 19944–4Philadelphia Flyers35–22–12Recap
70WMarch 14, 19945–4Boston Bruins36–22–12Recap
71WMarch 16, 19945–3Chicago Blackhawks37–22–12Recap
72WMarch 19, 19945–2Quebec Nordiques38–22–12Recap
73LMarch 23, 19941–3@ Winnipeg Jets38–23–12Recap
74TMarch 24, 19945–5@ Chicago Blackhawks38–23–13Recap
75LMarch 26, 19943–6@ Boston Bruins38–24–13Recap
76WMarch 28, 19943–2Ottawa Senators39–24–13Recap
77LMarch 29, 19942–5@ New Jersey Devils39–25–13Recap :
April: 2–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 1–3–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
78LApril 1, 19942–5@ New York Islanders39–26–13Recap
79TApril 2, 19943–3New York Islanders39–26–14Recap
80LApril 6, 19941–3Tampa Bay Lightning39–27–14Recap
81LApril 8, 19940–1@ Buffalo Sabres39–28–14Recap
82WApril 9, 19949–1Pittsburgh Penguins40–28–14Recap
83WApril 11, 19943–1@ Hartford Whalers41–28–14Recap
84LApril 13, 19940–9@ Detroit Red Wings41–29–14Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1994 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Boston Bruins – Bruins win 4–3
GameResultDateScoreOpponentSeriesRecap
1LApril 16, 19942–3@ Boston BruinsBruins lead 1–0Recap
2WApril 18, 19943–2@ Boston BruinsSeries tied 1–1Recap
3LApril 21, 19943–6Boston BruinsBruins lead 2–1Recap
4WApril 23, 19945–2Boston BruinsSeries tied 2–2Recap
5WApril 25, 19942–1 OT@ Boston BruinsCanadiens lead 3–2Recap
6LApril 27, 19942–3Boston BruinsSeries tied 3–3Recap
7LApril 29, 19943–5@ Boston BruinsBruins win 4–3Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Vincent Damphousse | C | 84 | 40 | 51 | 91 | 75 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| Brian Bellows | LW | 77 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 36 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| Kirk Muller | LW | 76 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 96 | -1 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| Mathieu Schneider | D | 75 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 62 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Keane | RW | 80 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 119 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Gilbert Dionne | LW | 74 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 31 | -9 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| John LeClair | LW | 74 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lyle Odelein | D | 79 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 276 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Carbonneau | C | 79 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 84 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 97 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Paul DiPietro | C | 70 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 37 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Benoit Brunet | LW | 71 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Oleg Petrov | RW | 55 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 53 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephan Lebeau | C | 34 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Gary Leeman | RW | 31 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Ronan | RW | 61 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. J. Daigneault | D | 68 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 73 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Popovic | D | 47 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Haller | D | 68 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Wilson | C | 48 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Sevigny | LW | 43 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Donald Brashear | LW | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Fogarty | D | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Proulx | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Roberge | LW | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 55 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Savage | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Ferguson | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Ramage | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Roy | G | 68 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederic Chabot | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Fleming | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Kuntar | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Racicot | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turner Stevenson | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Tugnutt | G | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsay Vallis | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Patrick Roy | 3867 | 68 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 161 | 2.50 | 7 | 1956 | 1795 | .918 |
| Les Kuntar | 302 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3.18 | 0 | 130 | 114 | .877 |
| Andre Racicot | 500 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 4.44 | 0 | 246 | 209 | .850 |
| Ron Tugnutt | 378 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 3.81 | 0 | 172 | 148 | .860 |
| Frederic Chabot | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 24 | 19 | .792 |
| Team: | 5107 | 84 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 243 | 2.85 | 7 | 2528 | 2285 | .904 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| Kirk Muller | LW | 7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul DiPietro | C | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Benoit Brunet | LW | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Keane | RW | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guy Carbonneau | C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John LeClair | LW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Bellows | LW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Damphousse | C | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gilbert Dionne | LW | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Haller | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Savage | LW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turner Stevenson | RW | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Ronan | RW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. J. Daigneault | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Popovic | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Sevigny | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donald Brashear | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Leeman | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyle Odelein | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oleg Petrov | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Roy | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Schneider | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Tugnutt | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Wilson | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| Patrick Roy | 375 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 2.56 | 0 | 228 | 212 | .930 |
| Ron Tugnutt | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.08 | 0 | 25 | 20 | .800 |
| Team: | 434 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 2.90 | 0 | 253 | 232 | .917 |
    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;

## Transactions

| February 20, 1994 | To Montreal Canadiens Ron Tugnutt | To Anaheim Ducks Stephan Lebeau |

## Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 1993 NHL entry draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team |
| 1 | 21 | Saku Koivu | Centre | Finland | TPS (Finland) |
| 2 | 47 | Rory Fitzpatrick | Defence | United States | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
| 3 | 73 | Sebastien Bordeleau | Centre | Canada | Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 85 | Adam Wiesel | Defence | United States | Springfield Olympics (NEJHL) |
| 4 | 99 | Jean-Francois Houle | Left wing | Canada | Northwood Prep. (USHS-NY) |
| 5 | 113 | Jeff Lank | Defence | Canada | Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
| 5 | 125 | Dion Darling | Defence | Canada | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
| 6 | 151 | Darcy Tucker | Right wing | Canada | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
| 7 | 177 | David Ruhly | Left wing | United States | Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN) |
| 8 | 203 | Alan Letang | Defence | Canada | Newmarket Royals (OHL) |
| 9 | 229 | Alexandre Duchesne | Left wing | Canada | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) |
| 10 | 255 | Brian Larochelle | Goaltender | United States | Phillips Exeter Academy (USHS-NH) |
| 11 | 281 | Russell Guzior | Centre | United States | Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN) |