1983–84 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1983–84 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 75th season of play. The Canadiens finished 4th in the Adams Division and lost in the Prince of Wales Conference Finals to the New York Islanders 4 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 6, 1983 	4–7 	New York Islanders (1983–84) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 8, 1983 	3–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 10, 1983 	6–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 13, 1983 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	1–3–0
5 	W 	October 15, 1983 	5–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	2–3–0
6 	W 	October 19, 1983 	12–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	3–3–0
7 	W 	October 20, 1983 	5–4 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	4–3–0
8 	L 	October 22, 1983 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	4–4–0
9 	L 	October 25, 1983 	3–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84) 	4–5–0
10 	L 	October 29, 1983 	1–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	4–6–0
11 	L 	October 30, 1983 	4–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	4–7–0
12 	W 	November 1, 1983 	6–2 	Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	5–7–0
13 	W 	November 3, 1983 	3–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	6–7–0
14 	L 	November 5, 1983 	4–10 	Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	6–8–0
15 	W 	November 9, 1983 	3–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	7–8–0
16 	L 	November 12, 1983 	4–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	7–9–0
17 	L 	November 13, 1983 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	7–10–0
18 	W 	November 15, 1983 	5–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	8–10–0
19 	W 	November 17, 1983 	4–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	9–10–0
20 	T 	November 19, 1983 	5–5 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	9–10–1
21 	W 	November 22, 1983 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	10–10–1
22 	W 	November 23, 1983 	4–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	11–10–1
23 	L 	November 26, 1983 	2–5 	Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	11–11–1
24 	L 	November 29, 1983 	2–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	11–12–1
25 	L 	December 1, 1983 	3–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	11–13–1
26 	W 	December 3, 1983 	4–2 	Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	12–13–1
27 	L 	December 4, 1983 	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	12–14–1
28 	W 	December 6, 1983 	4–1 	Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	13–14–1
29 	L 	December 8, 1983 	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	13–15–1
30 	L 	December 10, 1983 	0–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	13–16–1
31 	T 	December 11, 1983 	3–3 OT 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	13–16–2
32 	W 	December 15, 1983 	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	14–16–2
33 	W 	December 17, 1983 	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	15–16–2
34 	W 	December 20, 1983 	6–0 	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	16–16–2
35 	L 	December 22, 1983 	1–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	16–17–2
36 	W 	December 26, 1983 	2–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	17–17–2
37 	L 	December 27, 1983 	4–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	17–18–2
38 	W 	December 31, 1983 	4–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	18–18–2
39 	L 	January 3, 1984 	5–9 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	18–19–2
40 	W 	January 5, 1984 	5–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	19–19–2
41 	W 	January 7, 1984 	5–0 	St. Louis Blues (1983–84) 	20–19–2
42 	L 	January 8, 1984 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	20–20–2
43 	W 	January 11, 1984 	6–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	21–20–2
44 	L 	January 12, 1984 	3–7 	@ New York Islanders (1983–84) 	21–21–2
45 	L 	January 14, 1984 	1–3 	New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	21–22–2
46 	L 	January 17, 1984 	4–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	21–23–2
47 	W 	January 19, 1984 	3–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	22–23–2
48 	L 	January 21, 1984 	2–3 	Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	22–24–2
49 	T 	January 24, 1984 	7–7 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	22–24–3
50 	W 	January 26, 1984 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	23–24–3
51 	W 	January 28, 1984 	5–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84) 	24–24–3
52 	W 	January 29, 1984 	7–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	25–24–3
53 	T 	February 2, 1984 	2–2 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84) 	25–24–4
54 	L 	February 3, 1984 	1–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84) 	25–25–4
55 	T 	February 5, 1984 	2–2 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	25–25–5
56 	W 	February 7, 1984 	5–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84) 	26–25–5
57 	L 	February 9, 1984 	6–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84) 	26–26–5
58 	L 	February 11, 1984 	3–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	26–27–5
59 	W 	February 13, 1984 	5–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	27–27–5
60 	W 	February 14, 1984 	5–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	28–27–5
61 	L 	February 18, 1984 	3–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84) 	28–28–5
62 	L 	February 21, 1984 	2–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	28–29–5
63 	L 	February 23, 1984 	3–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84) 	28–30–5
64 	W 	February 25, 1984 	7–4 	New York Rangers (1983–84) 	29–30–5
65 	W 	March 1, 1984 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84) 	30–30–5
66 	W 	March 3, 1984 	3–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84) 	31–30–5
67 	L 	March 4, 1984 	1–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	31–31–5
68 	L 	March 6, 1984 	3–8 	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	31–32–5
69 	W 	March 8, 1984 	3–2 	Hartford Whalers (1983–84) 	32–32–5
70 	L 	March 10, 1984 	2–4 	Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	32–33–5
71 	L 	March 12, 1984 	6–7 OT 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	32–34–5
72 	W 	March 15, 1984 	3–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84) 	33–34–5
73 	W 	March 17, 1984 	6–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84) 	34–34–5
74 	W 	March 19, 1984 	2–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84) 	35–34–5
75 	L 	March 21, 1984 	2–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84) 	35–35–5
76 	L 	March 24, 1984 	2–5 	Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	35–36–5
77 	L 	March 25, 1984 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (1983–84) 	35–37–5
78 	L 	March 27, 1984 	0–7 	@ New York Islanders (1983–84) 	35–38–5
79 	L 	March 29, 1984 	2–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84) 	35–39–5
80 	L 	March 31, 1984 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84) 	35–40–5
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 3, Boston Bruins 0===
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Quebec Nordiques 2===
===New York Islanders 4, Montreal Canadiens 2===
As fourth place finishers, the Canadiens drew the division winner Boston Bruins as their first round opponent. The Canadiens upset the Bruins, sweeping the series in three straight games. The Canadiens then faced off against the Quebec Nordiques in a "Battle of Quebec". The Canadiens defeated the Nordiques four games to two to advance against the New York Islanders, the defending Stanley Cup champion. The Islanders would eliminate the Canadiens in six games.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	30	40	70 	19 	-14	6 	0 	6
 	LW 	77	29	35	64 	4 	5 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	70	26	37	63 	62 	-7 	6 	1 	3
 	C 	78	24	30	54 	75 	5 	3 	7 	2
 	C/LW	73	20	29	49 	83 	-11	7 	1 	4
 	C 	56	18	25	43 	13 	-2 	4 	1 	2
 	D 	74	9 	34	43 	39 	4 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	77	17	22	39 	41 	10 	0 	0 	3
 	RW 	67	14	25	39 	112	2 	3 	0 	3
 	C 	52	15	22	37 	8 	9 	3 	1 	1
 	LW 	63	14	23	37 	29 	-18	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	76	16	10	26 	338	-4 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	80	7 	18	25 	52 	-10	0 	0 	1
 	D 	72	4 	13	17 	45 	26 	1 	1 	0
 	C 	30	7 	7 	14 	10 	-9 	5 	0 	0
 	C 	40	6 	7 	13 	59 	-12	2 	0 	1
 	D 	79	1 	12	13 	92 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	34	0 	12	12 	15 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	22	6 	4 	10 	42 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	27	5 	5 	10 	6 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	9 	3 	7 	10 	4 	-5 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	65	3 	7 	10 	73 	-15	0 	0 	2
 	D 	27	2 	7 	9 	8 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	5 	2 	7 	41 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	3 	2 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	26	1 	4 	5 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	42	0 	3 	3 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1 	1 	2 	12 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	2 	2 	12 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	2 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	1 	1 	7 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	12 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	12 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	0 	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2333	42	19	17	3	144	3.70	2
 	2203	40	16	18	2	124	3.38	1
 	52 	1 	0 	1 	0	4 	4.62	0
 	240 	4 	0 	4 	0	19 	4.75	0
Team: 	4828	80	35	40	5	291	3.62	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	15	6	8	14 	4 	3 	1 	3
 	D 	15	1	9	10 	17 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	7	2	9 	8 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	14	6	3	9 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	15	6	3	9 	31 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	15	2	7	9 	8 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	15	4	3	7 	12 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	15	1	5	6 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	1	4	5 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	15	0	5	5 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	2	1	3 	69 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	15	2	1	3 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	15	1	2	3 	33 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1	2	3 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	0	3	3 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0	3	3 	23 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0	2	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	1	0	1 	31 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	1	0	1 	81 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	871	15	9	6	32	2.20	3
 	32 	1 	0	0	0 	0.00	0
Team: 	903	15	9	6	32	2.13	3
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Canadiens did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Gallery==
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==See Also==
* 1983–84 NHL season
==References==
* Canadiens on Hockey Database
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Montreal Canadiens season, 1983–84
Montreal Canadiens season, 1983–84