1992 – 93 Montreal Canadiens season The 1992 – 93 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens ' 76th season in the NHL , 84th overall , and they were coming off of a disappointing second round playoff exit against the Boston Bruins during the 1991 – 92 season , the 3rd straight season the Bruins had defeated the Habs in the playoffs . Offseason . In the off - season , the Canadiens would replace head coach Pat Burns and hire former Quebec Nordiques , St . Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings head coach Jacques Demers to take his spot . The team also made some trades during the summer , acquiring Vincent Damphousse from the Edmonton Oilers , and Brian Bellows from the Minnesota North Stars . Regular season . The Canadiens would get off to a quick start , sitting on top of the Adams Division with a 16 – 5 – 3 record in their opening 24 games . The team would slump to a 8 – 9 – 2 record in their next 19 games , and fall behind their provincial rivals , the Quebec Nordiques , in the standings . Montreal would get hot , going 17 – 4 – 1 , to take a commanding lead in the division , but a late - season slump , as Montreal would have a record of 7 – 11 – 0 in their final 18 games , falling behind the Boston Bruins and Nordiques to finish third in the division with 102 points and a 48 – 30 – 6 record . Four Canadiens ( Brian Bellows , Vincent Damphousse , Stephan Lebeau and Kirk Muller ) reached the 30 - goal plateau . In his first season with the team , Vincent Damphousse led the club offensively , scoring 39 goals and earning a team high 97 points . Brian Bellows , also in his first season in Montreal , had a team high 40 goals , and finished with 88 points . Kirk Muller scored 37 goals and had 94 points , while Stephan Lebeau had a breakout season , earning 80 points . Eric Desjardins led the blueline with 13 goals and 45 points , while Mathieu Schneider also recorded 13 goals from the blueline , and finished with 44 points . In goal , Patrick Roy played the majority of the games , leading the club with 31 wins and a 3 . 20 GAA in 62 games , and earn two shutouts along the way . Andre Racicot backed up Roy , and won 17 of 26 games , while posting a 3 . 39 GAA , and a shutout . At the beginning of the 1992 - 93 NHL season , Upper Deck made Patrick Roy a spokesperson . Roy was an ideal choice as he was a hockey card collector , and his collection amounted to over 150 , 000 cards . An ad campaign was launched and it had an adverse effect on Patrick Roy ’ s season . Upper Deck had a slogan called “ Trade Roy ” , and it was posted on billboards throughout the city of Montreal . A Journal de Montreal poll , published on January 13 , 1993 , indicated that 57 % of fans favoured trading Patrick Roy . Before the trading deadline , Canadiens General Manager Serge Savard insisted that he would consider a trade for Roy . The Canadiens would end the season by winning only 8 of their last 19 games . Playoffs . In the playoffs , the Canadiens would open up against their Battle of Quebec rivals , the Quebec Nordiques . Quebec finished in second place in the division , two points ahead of Montreal . Quebec opened the series with two wins on home ice , sending the series back to Montreal . The Canadiens responded in the third game with a 2 – 1 overtime win , to cut the Nordiques series lead to 2 – 1 . Montreal followed that up with a solid 3 – 2 win in game four to even the series as it shifted back to Quebec City . Game five couldn ' t be settled in regulation time , as the Canadiens and Nordiques were tied 4 – 4 , and Montreal would stun the Nordiques home crowd with an overtime goal to win the game 5 – 4 , and take control of the series with a 3 – 2 lead , heading back to the Forum for the sixth game . Montreal then closed out the series at home , defeating the Nordiques 6 – 2 , and advance to the second round of the playoffs for the tenth straight season . Up next was the Buffalo Sabres , who had upset the division - winning Boston Bruins in the opening round . Montreal finished 16 points ahead of the Sabres during the regular season . The Canadiens , who ended their series with the Nordiques with four straight wins , continued their hot streak , defeating the Sabres by identical 4 – 3 scores in the opening two games , winning the second game in overtime . The series then moved to Buffalo , but Montreal recorded another 4 – 3 overtime victory , to take a commanding 3 – 0 series lead . The Habs would sweep Buffalo , with yet another 4 – 3 overtime win in game four , moving to the Conference final for the first time since 1989 . The Canadiens next opponent would be the surprising New York Islanders , who had just defeated the heavily favoured Pittsburgh Penguins to earn a spot in the Conference finals . The Islanders had 87 points in the regular season , which was 15 less than Montreal . The Canadiens stayed red hot , with a 4 – 1 victory in the first game , before winning 4 – 3 in double overtime to take a 2 – 0 series lead , and extend their winning streak to 10 games . Game three on Long Island would again head into overtime , with Montreal winning again , by a score of 2 – 1 , to win their eleventh straight playoff game , tying the NHL record which was set by the Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Blackhawks in the 1992 playoffs . The Islanders would hold off the Canadiens in the fourth game to avoid the sweep and end the Canadiens winning streak , however , Montreal would close out the series in the fifth game , and move to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in four years . Montreal ' s final opponent of the playoffs would be the Los Angeles Kings . The Kings , led by Wayne Gretzky , had defeated the Calgary Flames , Vancouver Canucks , and Toronto Maple Leafs to earn their first ever trip to the Stanley Cup Finals . Los Angeles finished the season with 88 points , 14 less than Montreal . The first game , held at the Forum , would belong to the Kings , as they stunned the Montreal crowd with a 4 – 1 victory . Montreal rebounded in game two , as a late penalty call on Marty McSorley for using an illegal stick gave the Canadiens a late powerplay , on which they scored on to tie the game up at 2 – 2 . The game would head into overtime , and Montreal once again prevailed , winning the game 3 – 2 to tie the series up . The series moved to Los Angeles for the third game , and Montreal continued their overtime magic , with a 4 – 3 OT victory to take a 2 – 1 series lead . The fourth game would again head into overtime , and again , the Canadiens won , their NHL record tenth consecutive overtime victory , to take a 3 – 1 series lead with the series headed back to Montreal for the fifth game . The Canadiens would have few problems with a tired Kings team in the 5th game , winning 4 – 1 , and earning their 24th Stanley Cup in team history . Patrick Roy would be named the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy . It would be their most recent Stanley Cup championship as of 2009 . Patrick Roy would win two more Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 and 2001 . Draft picks . Montreal ' s draft picks at the 1992 NHL Entry Draft