1991–92 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1991–92 Montreal Canadiens season was the Canadiens' 83rd season. The Canadiens finished 1st in the Adams Division and lost in the Division Final to the Boston Bruins 4 games to 0. The sweep cost coach Pat Burns his job as he was let go after the season.
==Off-season==
The Canadiens changed their personnel in the off-season. Andrew Cassels, Tom Chorske, Stephane Richer and Ryan Walter were traded. The Canadiens picked up Kirk Muller and Roland Melanson.
==Regular Season==
The team started well, losing just three times in October. At New Year's, the team led the league overall standings with 54 points. In February, the Canadiens reacquired Chris Nilan three years after he left Montreal. In the last 17 games of his NHL career, the veteran enforcer adds 74 penalty minutes to raise his overall total with the Canadiens to 2,248 minutes, the most in team history. In March, the team traded Petr Svoboda to Buffalo in return for Kevin Haller.
March was dismal for the team, winning only four of 11 games. On April 1, the league's players went on a ten day strike. The regular season resumed and the Canadiens continued to struggle, slipping to fifth-place overall, but win the Adams Division. The team played well defensively, winning the Jennings Trophy, Patrick Roy winning the Vezina Trophy and Guy Carbonneau winning the Selke Trophy and finished +60 in plus/minus.
===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 	Oct 3, 1991 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	1–0–0
2 	L 	Oct 5, 1991 	1–2 OT 	New York Rangers 	1–1–0
3 	T 	Oct 8, 1991 	2–2 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers 	1–1–1
4 	W 	Oct 10, 1991 	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	2–1–1
5 	W 	Oct 12, 1991 	6–0 	@ Boston Bruins 	3–1–1
6 	L 	Oct 14, 1991 	3–4 	Hartford Whalers 	3–2–1
7 	W 	Oct 16, 1991 	5–1 	Buffalo Sabres 	4–2–1
8 	L 	Oct 18, 1991 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	4–3–1
9 	W 	Oct 19, 1991 	1–0 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	5–3–1
10 	W 	Oct 23, 1991 	3–2 OT 	Quebec Nordiques 	6–3–1
11 	W 	Oct 24, 1991 	5–0 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	7–3–1
12 	W 	Oct 26, 1991 	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	8–3–1
13 	W 	Oct 30, 1991 	6–1 	Winnipeg Jets 	9–3–1
14 	W 	Nov 1, 1991 	5–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	10–3–1
15 	W 	Nov 2, 1991 	5–0 	Buffalo Sabres 	11–3–1
16 	W 	Nov 4, 1991 	3–2 OT 	New Jersey Devils 	12–3–1
17 	W 	Nov 6, 1991 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers 	13–3–1
18 	L 	Nov 8, 1991 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils 	13–4–1
19 	W 	Nov 9, 1991 	4–2 	Chicago Blackhawks 	14–4–1
20 	L 	Nov 11, 1991 	2–4 	Washington Capitals 	14–5–1
21 	T 	Nov 14, 1991 	2–2 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers 	14–5–2
22 	L 	Nov 16, 1991 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers 	14–6–2
23 	W 	Nov 18, 1991 	1–0 	Edmonton Oilers 	15–6–2
24 	L 	Nov 21, 1991 	2–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	15–7–2
25 	W 	Nov 23, 1991 	5–3 	Quebec Nordiques 	16–7–2
26 	W 	Nov 25, 1991 	4–3 	Boston Bruins 	17–7–2
27 	L 	Nov 27, 1991 	1–3 	@ Washington Capitals 	17–8–2
28 	L 	Nov 29, 1991 	4–5 OT 	@ Boston Bruins 	17–9–2
29 	L 	Nov 30, 1991 	2–3 	@ Hartford Whalers 	17–10–2
30 	L 	Dec 4, 1991 	0–3 	Vancouver Canucks 	17–11–2
31 	W 	Dec 5, 1991 	5–4 OT 	@ New York Islanders 	18–11–2
32 	W 	Dec 7, 1991 	5–1 	Calgary Flames 	19–11–2
33 	W 	Dec 9, 1991 	4–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	20–11–2
34 	L 	Dec 12, 1991 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins 	20–12–2
35 	W 	Dec 14, 1991 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	21–12–2
36 	W 	Dec 16, 1991 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues 	22–12–2
37 	L 	Dec 19, 1991 	4–6 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	22–13–2
38 	W 	Dec 21, 1991 	3–2 OT 	Hartford Whalers 	23–13–2
39 	W 	Dec 22, 1991 	3–2 	Boston Bruins 	24–13–2
40 	W 	Dec 26, 1991 	4–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	25–13–2
41 	W 	Dec 29, 1991 	3–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	26–13–2
42 	L 	Dec 31, 1991 	2–3 OT 	@ Calgary Flames 	26–14–2
43 	W 	Jan 4, 1992 	1–0 OT 	@ San Jose Sharks 	27–14–2
44 	W 	Jan 8, 1992 	3–2 	Boston Bruins 	28–14–2
45 	W 	Jan 11, 1992 	3–2 	Hartford Whalers 	29–14–2
46 	T 	Jan 13, 1992 	2–2 OT 	Calgary Flames 	29–14–3
47 	L 	Jan 15, 1992 	2–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars	29–15–3
48 	T 	Jan 16, 1992 	6–6 OT 	@ St. Louis Blues 	29–15–4
49 	W 	Jan 23, 1992 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins 	30–15–4
50 	L 	Jan 25, 1992 	3–4 	Buffalo Sabres 	30–16–4
51 	W 	Jan 26, 1992 	3–1 	Hartford Whalers 	31–16–4
52 	L 	Jan 29, 1992 	3–4 	New Jersey Devils 	31–17–4
53 	L 	Jan 31, 1992 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	31–18–4
54 	W 	Feb 1, 1992 	4–3 OT 	Detroit Red Wings 	32–18–4
55 	L 	Feb 4, 1992 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	32–19–4
56 	L 	Feb 5, 1992 	1–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	32–20–4
57 	L 	Feb 8, 1992 	4–6 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	32–21–4
58 	W 	Feb 10, 1992 	8–3 	Vancouver Canucks 	33–21–4
59 	W 	Feb 12, 1992 	6–1 	San Jose Sharks 	34–21–4
60 	T 	Feb 15, 1992 	4–4 OT 	Quebec Nordiques 	34–21–5
61 	W 	Feb 17, 1992 	8–0 	Minnesota North Stars 	35–21–5
62 	T 	Feb 19, 1992 	2–2 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers 	35–21–6
63 	W 	Feb 22, 1992 	2–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	36–21–6
64 	T 	Feb 23, 1992 	3–3 OT 	Quebec Nordiques 	36–21–7
65 	W 	Feb 26, 1992 	4–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars	37–21–7
66 	T 	Feb 28, 1992 	3–3 OT 	@ San Jose Sharks 	37–21–8
67 	L 	Feb 29, 1992 	3–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	37–22–8
68 	W 	Mar 3, 1992 	4–3 	@ New York Islanders 	38–22–8
69 	W 	Mar 7, 1992 	8–2 	New York Islanders 	39–22–8
70 	W 	Mar 8, 1992 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings 	40–22–8
71 	L 	Mar 11, 1992 	4–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques 	40–23–8
72 	W 	Mar 14, 1992 	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings 	41–23–8
73 	L 	Mar 16, 1992 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers 	41–24–8
74 	L 	Mar 18, 1992 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers 	41–25–8
75 	T 	Mar 21, 1992 	3–3 OT 	St. Louis Blues 	41–25–9
76 	T 	Mar 25, 1992 	2–2 OT 	@ Winnipeg Jets 	41–25–10
77 	L 	Mar 27, 1992 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals 	41–26–10
78 	L 	Mar 28, 1992 	3–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	41–27–10
79 	L 	Apr 12, 1992 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	41–28–10
80 	T 	Apr 15, 1992 	4–4 OT 	Boston Bruins 	41–28–11
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 4, Hartford Whalers 3===
The Canadiens placed first in the division, and played the fourth-place Whalers in the first round. The Canadiens won the series 4–3 to advance to the second round.
===Boston Bruins 4, Montreal Canadiens 0===
In the second round, the Bruins defeated the Canadiens 4–0 to eliminate the Canadiens. Coach Pat Burns, who was increasingly criticized in the media, was let go after the season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	78	36	41	77 	86 	15 	15 	1 	7
 	C 	77	28	42	70 	73 	6 	12 	1 	5
 	C 	77	27	31	58 	14 	18 	13 	0 	5
 	LW 	64	17	36	53 	118	15 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	79	23	27	50 	57 	29 	2 	0 	3
 	RW 	67	11	30	41 	64 	16 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	72	18	21	39 	39 	2 	1 	1 	4
 	D 	77	6 	32	38 	50 	17 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	39	21	13	34 	10 	7 	7 	0 	2
 	D 	78	8 	24	32 	72 	10 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	78	16	15	31 	63 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	27	7 	14	21 	6 	6 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	58	5 	16	21 	94 	9 	1 	0 	3
 	LW 	56	9 	11	20 	39 	-4 	6 	0 	1
 	LW 	59	8 	11	19 	14 	5 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	79	4 	14	18 	36 	16 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	69	3 	14	17 	91 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	4 	6 	10 	14 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	33	4 	6 	10 	25 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	2 	8 	10 	20 	9 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	71	1 	7 	8 	212	15 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	42	3 	3 	6 	36 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	67	0 	5 	5 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	2 	2 	4 	17 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	1 	3 	4 	74 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	20	2 	1 	3 	62 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	46	1 	2 	3 	130	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	3 	3 	22 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3935	67	36	22	8 	155	2.36	5 	1806	1651	.914
 	492 	9 	5 	3 	0 	22 	2.68	2 	195 	173 	.887
 	436 	9 	0 	3 	3 	23 	3.17	0 	219 	196 	.895
Team: 	4863	80	41	28	11	200	2.47	7 	2220	2020	.910
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	11	3	9	12 	8 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	4	3	7 	31 	2 	1 	1
 	LW 	11	3	4	7 	10 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	10	2	5	7 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	3	3	6 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	11	2	4	6 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	11	2	4	6 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	4	5 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	1	3	4 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	3	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1	1	2 	16 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	1	1	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	1	1	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	1	1	2 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	11	1	1	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	1	1	2 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	1	1 	15 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	686	11	4	7	30	2.62	1 	312	282	.904
 	1 	1 	0	0	0 	0.00	0 	1 	1 	1.000
Team: 	687	11	4	7	30	2.62	1 	313	283	.904
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; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage 
==Awards and Records==
*Vezina Trophy & Jennings Trophy: Patrick Roy
*Selke Trophy: Guy Carbonneau
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	17 	Brent Bilodeau 	D 	American 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
2 	28 	Jim Campbell 	RW 	American 	N.Y. Northwood Prep (High school)
2 	43 	Craig Darby 	C 	American 	The Albany Academy (High school)
3 	61 	Yves Sarault 	LW 	Canadian 	St. Jean Lynx (QMJHL)
4 	73 	Vladimir Vujtek 	LW 	Czech 	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
4 	81 	Sylvain Lapointe	D 	Canadian 	Clarkson University (NCAA)
5 	100	Brad Layzell 	D 	Canadian 	R.P.I. (NCAA)
5 	105	Tony Prpic 	F 	American 	Culver Military Academy (Independent)
6 	127	Oleg Petrov 	RW 	Russian 	HC CSKA Moscow (Rus)
7 	149	Brady Kramer 	C 	American 	Haverford H.S. (High school)
8 	171	Brian Savage 	LW 	Canadian 	Miami University (Ohio) (NCAA)
9 	193	Scott Fraser 	RW 	Canadian 	Dartmouth College (NCAA)
10 	215	Greg MacEachern 	D 	Canadian 	Laval Titan (QMJHL)
11 	237	Paul Lepler 	D 	American 	Rochester Mustangs (USHL)
12 	259	Dale Hooper 	D 	American 	Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
* 1991–92 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
;Notes
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