1982–83 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1982–83 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 74th season. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Buffalo Sabres 3 games to 0.
==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 	W 	October 6, 1982 	2–1 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 7, 1982 	5–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 9, 1982 	7–8 	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 11, 1982 	4–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	October 14, 1982 	5–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	4–1–0
6 	W 	October 16, 1982 	8–2 	New York Rangers (1982–83) 	5–1–0
7 	T 	October 20, 1982 	3–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	5–1–1
8 	W 	October 21, 1982 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	6–1–1
9 	W 	October 23, 1982 	9–5 	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	7–1–1
10 	T 	October 26, 1982 	7–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	7–1–2
11 	T 	October 30, 1982 	4–4 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	7–1–3
12 	L 	October 31, 1982 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	7–2–3
13 	W 	November 2, 1982 	5–4 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	8–2–3
14 	W 	November 4, 1982 	8–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	9–2–3
15 	W 	November 6, 1982 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	10–2–3
16 	W 	November 9, 1982 	3–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	11–2–3
17 	L 	November 10, 1982 	3–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	11–3–3
18 	L 	November 13, 1982 	1–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	11–4–3
19 	W 	November 16, 1982 	7–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	12–4–3
20 	W 	November 18, 1982 	7–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	13–4–3
21 	W 	November 20, 1982 	6–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	14–4–3
22 	T 	November 23, 1982 	1–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	14–4–4
23 	W 	November 24, 1982 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	15–4–4
24 	T 	November 27, 1982 	5–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	15–4–5
25 	W 	November 29, 1982 	9–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	16–4–5
26 	T 	December 1, 1982 	2–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	16–4–6
27 	L 	December 4, 1982 	4–6 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	16–5–6
28 	W 	December 6, 1982 	11–2 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	17–5–6
29 	L 	December 8, 1982 	4–7 	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	17–6–6
30 	L 	December 9, 1982 	5–8 	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	17–7–6
31 	W 	December 11, 1982 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	18–7–6
32 	W 	December 15, 1982 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	19–7–6
33 	W 	December 18, 1982 	5–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	20–7–6
34 	L 	December 19, 1982 	2–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	20–8–6
35 	L 	December 23, 1982 	3–6 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	20–9–6
36 	T 	December 26, 1982 	4–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	20–9–7
37 	T 	December 28, 1982 	4–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	20–9–8
38 	L 	December 29, 1982 	5–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	20–10–8
39 	W 	January 2, 1983 	5–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	21–10–8
40 	L 	January 4, 1983 	1–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	21–11–8
41 	W 	January 6, 1983 	11–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	22–11–8
42 	L 	January 8, 1983 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	22–12–8
43 	W 	January 11, 1983 	8–4 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	23–12–8
44 	L 	January 13, 1983 	2–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	23–13–8
45 	W 	January 15, 1983 	8–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	24–13–8
46 	W 	January 18, 1983 	7–2 	Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	25–13–8
47 	T 	January 20, 1983 	4–4 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	25–13–9
48 	W 	January 22, 1983 	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	26–13–9
49 	L 	January 26, 1983 	3–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	26–14–9
50 	W 	January 27, 1983 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers (1982–83) 	27–14–9
51 	T 	January 29, 1983 	3–3 	Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	27–14–10
52 	W 	February 1, 1983 	7–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) 	28–14–10
53 	L 	February 3, 1983 	3–7 	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83) 	28–15–10
54 	L 	February 4, 1983 	3–7 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	28–16–10
55 	W 	February 6, 1983 	2–0 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	29–16–10
56 	W 	February 10, 1983 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) 	30–16–10
57 	L 	February 12, 1983 	2–3 	New York Rangers (1982–83) 	30–17–10
58 	W 	February 14, 1983 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) 	31–17–10
59 	L 	February 17, 1983 	1–4 	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	31–18–10
60 	L 	February 19, 1983 	0–5 	@ New York Islanders (1982–83) 	31–19–10
61 	W 	February 22, 1983 	6–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	32–19–10
62 	W 	February 24, 1983 	6–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) 	33–19–10
63 	W 	February 26, 1983 	4–1 	Washington Capitals (1982–83) 	34–19–10
64 	T 	February 27, 1983 	4–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) 	34–19–11
65 	T 	March 1, 1983 	3–3 	New York Islanders (1982–83) 	34–19–12
66 	W 	March 5, 1983 	6–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	35–19–12
67 	L 	March 6, 1983 	4–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) 	35–20–12
68 	T 	March 8, 1983 	3–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) 	35–20–13
69 	W 	March 10, 1983 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	36–20–13
70 	L 	March 12, 1983 	3–7 	New Jersey Devils (1982–83) 	36–21–13
71 	W 	March 15, 1983 	5–1 	Hartford Whalers (1982–83) 	37–21–13
72 	L 	March 17, 1983 	4–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) 	37–22–13
73 	L 	March 19, 1983 	4–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	37–23–13
74 	W 	March 20, 1983 	7–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) 	38–23–13
75 	W 	March 22, 1983 	6–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) 	39–23–13
76 	W 	March 24, 1983 	5–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) 	40–23–13
77 	W 	March 26, 1983 	6–5 	St. Louis Blues (1982–83) 	41–23–13
78 	L 	March 30, 1983 	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) 	41–24–13
79 	W 	April 2, 1983 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	42–24–13
80 	T 	April 3, 1983 	4–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83) 	42–24–14
==Playoffs==
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	68	27	49	76 	12 	6 	9 	0 	1
 	C/LW	80	29	46	75 	40 	15 	8 	1 	4
 	LW 	74	26	45	71 	10 	34 	1 	0 	6
 	RW 	73	40	27	67 	6 	20 	3 	0 	6
 	RW 	80	30	37	67 	87 	29 	7 	0 	4
 	C 	76	29	37	66 	31 	32 	8 	1 	3
 	D 	71	14	49	63 	33 	33 	6 	0 	1
 	LW 	78	35	22	57 	26 	8 	8 	0 	0
 	C 	78	25	30	55 	49 	22 	5 	0 	3
 	C 	78	24	26	50 	63 	-6 	1 	0 	3
 	C 	77	18	29	47 	68 	18 	0 	5 	2
 	D 	64	7 	31	38 	60 	31 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	78	12	21	33 	89 	27 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	80	12	18	30 	43 	7 	0 	1 	3
 	D 	66	2 	24	26 	58 	23 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	80	0 	25	25 	59 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	31	8 	8 	16 	73 	5 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	66	6 	8 	14 	213	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	22	1 	8 	9 	8 	10 	1 	0 	1
 	W 	16	2 	3 	5 	8 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	46	2 	3 	5 	24 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	40	1 	3 	4 	19 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	38	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	46	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	7 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2583	46	27	12	5 	151	3.51	0
 	2130	38	15	11	8 	122	3.44	1
 	87 	2 	0 	1 	1 	6 	4.14	0
Team: 	4800	80	42	24	14	279	3.49	1
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	3 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	0	1 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	1	1 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	3 	0	0	0 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	28 	1 	0	0	0 	0.00	0
 	152	3 	0	3	7 	2.76	0
Team: 	180	3 	0	3	7 	2.33	0
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==
Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1982–83 NHL season
==References==
Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
Category:1982 in hockey
Category:1983 in hockey