# 1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season

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.

## 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. 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. 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 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 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 |
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. Adams Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
BOS
BUF
HFD
MTL
QUE
Total
Boston
—3–4–14–43–4–12–4–212–16–4
Buffalo
4–3–1—5–0–32–4–23–4–114–11–7
Hartford
4–40–5–3—2–5−13−59–19–4
Montreal
4–3–14–2–25–2−1—6–1–119–8–5
Quebec
4–2–24–3–15–31–6–1—14–14–4
Vs. Patrick Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
NJD
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WSH
Total
Boston
3−02−11−0–21−22−11−210−6−2
Buffalo
3−01−21−1−11−1–12−0–12−110−5−3
Hartford
3−01–1–11–0–20–2–12–12−19−5−4
Montreal
1−1–12−12–0–12−12−11−1–110−5−3
Quebec
1–1−13−02–11−1−13−01−211−5−2
Vs. Campbell Conference
Vs. Norris Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
CHI
DET
MIN
STL
TOR
Total
Boston
0–33–03–01–0–22–19–4–2
Buffalo
3−01−1−13−01−22−110−4−1
Hartford
2–12−11−22–12–19–6–0
Montreal
1−21−1–11–22–0–10−35–8–2
Quebec
3–01–23–02–11–0–210–3–2
Vs. Smythe Division
1984–85 NHL records
Team
CGY
EDM
LAK
VAN
WIN
Total
Boston
0−31−21−0–22−11−25−8−2
Buffalo
3−00–2–10−2−10−2–11−24−8−3
Hartford
0−31–20–2–11–21–23–11–1
Montreal
0–2−12−12−0–11–22−17−6−2
Quebec
1−1–10−32−12−11−26−8−1 :

## Schedule and results

| # | R | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |

## 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 |
    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

* Chris Chelios, runner-up, Calder Memorial Trophy
* Chris Chelios, NHL All-Rookie Team
* Steve Penney, NHL All-Rookie Team

## Draft picks
### NHL 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) |