2017–18 Montréal Canadiens
Eastern Conference · Atlantic Division · 29-40-13, 71 pts
The 2017–18 Montréal Canadiens went 29-40-13 (71 points) in the Atlantic Division. Brendan Gallagher led the team with 54 points (31 G, 23 A). Carey Price had 16 wins in goal.
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Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | TOI/GP | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Gallagher | R | 82 | 31 | 23 | 54 | -13 | 34 | 8 | 278 | 11.2 | 16:09 | 90 | 41 |
| Alex Galchenyuk | L | 82 | 19 | 32 | 51 | -31 | 22 | 9 | 213 | 8.9 | 16:14 | 33 | 37 |
| Jonathan Drouin | L | 77 | 13 | 33 | 46 | -28 | 30 | 4 | 164 | 7.9 | 17:36 | 55 | 27 |
| Jeff Petry | D | 82 | 12 | 30 | 42 | -30 | 28 | 6 | 178 | 6.7 | 23:30 | 167 | 138 |
| Max Pacioretty | L | 64 | 17 | 20 | 37 | -16 | 30 | 6 | 212 | 8.0 | 19:01 | 118 | 27 |
| Paul Byron | C | 82 | 20 | 15 | 35 | -4 | 23 | 2 | 115 | 17.4 | 16:08 | 137 | 55 |
| Charles Hudon | L | 72 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -12 | 38 | 3 | 179 | 5.6 | 14:02 | 126 | 38 |
| Phillip Danault | C | 52 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 94 | 8.5 | 16:35 | 59 | 38 |
| Tomas Plekanec | C | 60 | 6 | 18 | 24 | +3 | 39 | 0 | 125 | 4.8 | 16:18 | 38 | 37 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | L | 66 | 12 | 9 | 21 | -11 | 20 | 3 | 164 | 7.3 | 16:29 | 71 | 23 |
| Andrew Shaw | R | 51 | 10 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 53 | 5 | 94 | 10.6 | 15:49 | 80 | 26 |
| Daniel Carr | L | 38 | 6 | 10 | 16 | +2 | 8 | 2 | 52 | 11.5 | 12:08 | 30 | 16 |
| Shea Weber | D | 26 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 14 | 2 | 75 | 8.0 | 25:21 | 66 | 59 |
| Jordie Benn | D | 77 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -2 | 34 | 0 | 106 | 3.8 | 18:58 | 90 | 153 |
| Nicolas Deslauriers | L | 58 | 10 | 4 | 14 | +7 | 55 | 0 | 77 | 13.0 | 11:36 | 238 | 30 |
| Karl Alzner | D | 82 | 1 | 11 | 12 | -7 | 40 | 0 | 84 | 1.2 | 20:05 | 141 | 144 |
| Jacob de la Rose | L | 55 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 29 | 0 | 53 | 7.5 | 11:51 | 127 | 36 |
| Byron Froese | C | 48 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 | 11:35 | 54 | 42 |
| Joe Morrow | D | 38 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -11 | 26 | 1 | 58 | 8.6 | 17:47 | 63 | 50 |
| Mike Reilly | D | 19 | 0 | 8 | 8 | +1 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 | 20:12 | 17 | 19 |
| Victor Mete | D | 49 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +5 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0.0 | 15:35 | 1 | 71 |
| Logan Shaw | R | 30 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 | 12:25 | 65 | 23 |
| Nikita Scherbak | R | 26 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 10.3 | 13:23 | 18 | 15 |
| David Schlemko | D | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 | 18:04 | 33 | 72 |
| Jakub Jerabek | D | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | 17:21 | 28 | 38 |
| Noah Juulsen | D | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 | 19:25 | 58 | 34 |
| Kerby Rychel | L | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | 11:02 | 13 | 2 |
| Brett Lernout | D | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | 16:44 | 56 | 18 |
| Michael McCarron | C | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | 8:46 | 61 | 14 |
| Brandon Davidson | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | 14:56 | 28 | 17 |
| Torrey Mitchell | C | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 9:18 | 6 | 6 |
| Ales Hemsky | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 9:55 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Streit | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 14:13 | 2 | 0 |
| Rinat Valiev | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 11:49 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Price | 49 | 48 | 16 | 26 | 7 | 1487 | .900 | 3.11 | 1 |
| Antti Niemi | 19 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 592 | .929 | 2.46 | 1 |
| Charlie Lindgren | 14 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 457 | .908 | 3.03 | 2 |
| Al Montoya | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 102 | .863 | 3.77 | 0 |
| Zach Fucale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | @ BUF | W 3–2 | Final/SO |
| Oct 7 | @ WSH | L 1–6 | Final |
| Oct 8 | @ NYR | L 0–2 | Final |
| Oct 10 | vs CHI | L 1–3 | Final |
| Oct 14 | vs TOR | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Oct 17 | @ SJS | L 2–5 | Final |
| Oct 18 | @ LAK | L 1–5 | Final |
| Oct 20 | @ ANA | L 2–6 | Final |
| Oct 24 | vs FLA | W 5–1 | Final |
| Oct 26 | vs LAK | L 0–4 | Final |
| Oct 28 | vs NYR | W 5–4 | Final |
| Oct 30 | @ OTT | W 8–3 | Final |
| Nov 2 | @ MIN | L 3–6 | Final |
| Nov 4 | @ WPG | W 5–4 | Final/OT |
| Nov 5 | @ CHI | W 2–0 | Final |
| Nov 7 | vs VGK | W 3–2 | Final |
| Nov 9 | vs MIN | L 0–3 | Final |
| Nov 11 | vs BUF | W 2–1 | Final/OT |
| Nov 14 | vs CBJ | L 1–2 | Final/OT |
| Nov 16 | vs ARI | L 4–5 | Final |
| Nov 18 | vs TOR | L 0–6 | Final |
| Nov 21 | @ DAL | L 1–3 | Final |
| Nov 22 | @ NSH | L 2–3 | Final/SO |
| Nov 25 | vs BUF | W 3–0 | Final |
| Nov 27 | vs CBJ | W 3–1 | Final |
| Nov 29 | vs OTT | W 2–1 | Final |
| Nov 30 | @ DET | W 6–3 | Final |
| Dec 2 | vs DET | W 10–1 | Final |
| Dec 5 | vs STL | L 3–4 | Final |
| Dec 7 | vs CGY | L 2–3 | Final/OT |
| Dec 9 | vs EDM | L 2–6 | Final |
| Dec 14 | vs NJD | W 2–1 | Final/OT |
| Dec 16 | @ OTT | L 0–3 | Final |
| Dec 19 | @ VAN | W 7–5 | Final |
| Dec 22 | @ CGY | W 3–2 | Final |
| Dec 23 | @ EDM | L 1–4 | Final |
| Dec 27 | @ CAR | L 1–3 | Final |
| Dec 28 | @ TBL | L 1–3 | Final |
| Dec 30 | @ FLA | L 0–2 | Final |
| Jan 2 | vs SJS | L 1–4 | Final |
| Jan 4 | vs TBL | W 2–1 | Final/SO |
| Jan 7 | vs VAN | W 5–2 | Final |
| Jan 13 | vs BOS | L 3–4 | Final/SO |
| Jan 15 | vs NYI | L 4–5 | Final/OT |
| Jan 17 | @ BOS | L 1–4 | Final |
| Jan 19 | @ WSH | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 20 | vs BOS | L 1–4 | Final |
| Jan 23 | vs COL | W 4–2 | Final |
| Jan 25 | vs CAR | L 5–6 | Final |
| Jan 30 | @ STL | L 1–3 | Final |
| Feb 1 | @ CAR | L 0–2 | Final |
| Feb 3 | vs ANA | W 5–2 | Final |
| Feb 4 | vs OTT | W 4–1 | Final |
| Feb 8 | @ PHI | L 3–5 | Final |
| Feb 10 | vs NSH | L 2–3 | Final/SO |
| Feb 14 | @ COL | L 0–2 | Final |
| Feb 15 | @ ARI | L 2–5 | Final |
| Feb 17 | @ VGK | L 3–6 | Final |
| Feb 20 | @ PHI | L 2–3 | Final/OT |
| Feb 22 | vs NYR | W 3–1 | Final |
| Feb 24 | vs TBL | L 3–4 | Final/SO |
| Feb 26 | vs PHI | L 0–1 | Final/SO |
| Feb 28 | vs NYI | W 3–1 | Final |
| Mar 2 | @ NYI | W 6–3 | Final |
| Mar 3 | @ BOS | L 1–2 | Final/OT |
| Mar 6 | @ NJD | L 4–6 | Final |
| Mar 8 | @ FLA | L 0–5 | Final |
| Mar 10 | @ TBL | L 2–3 | Final/SO |
| Mar 12 | @ CBJ | L 2–5 | Final |
| Mar 13 | vs DAL | W 4–2 | Final |
| Mar 15 | vs PIT | L 3–5 | Final |
| Mar 17 | @ TOR | L 0–4 | Final |
| Mar 19 | vs FLA | L 0–2 | Final |
| Mar 21 | @ PIT | L 3–5 | Final |
| Mar 23 | @ BUF | W 3–0 | Final |
| Mar 24 | vs WSH | L 4–6 | Final |
| Mar 26 | vs DET | W 4–2 | Final |
| Mar 31 | @ PIT | L 2–5 | Final |
| Apr 1 | vs NJD | L 1–2 | Final |
| Apr 3 | vs WPG | L 4–5 | Final/OT |
| Apr 5 | @ DET | W 4–3 | Final |
| Apr 7 | @ TOR | L 2–4 | Final |