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1983–84 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
Team	Montreal Canadiens
League	NHL
Season	1983–84
year	1983
Conference	Wales
ConferenceRank	8th
Division	Adams
DivisionRank	4th
Record	35–40–5
HomeRecord	19–19–2
RoadRecord	16–21–3
GoalsFor	286
GoalsAgainst	295
GeneralManager	Serge Savard
Coach	Bob Berry
Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Bob Gainey
AltCaptain	None
Arena	Montreal Forum
GoalsLeader	Guy Lafleur (30)
AssistsLeader	Guy Lafleur (40)
PointsLeader	Guy Lafleur (70)
PlusMinusLeader	Bill Root (+26)
PIMLeader	Chris Nilan (338)
WinsLeader	Rick Wamsley (19)
GAALeader	Richard Sevigny (3.38)

Jacques Lemaire

The club placed fourth in its division, which was still good enough to qualify for the playoffs ahead of the last place Hartford Whalers. The Habs then stunned their heavily favoured rivals, the Boston Bruins with a 3–0 sweep in the opening round. With the upset, Montreal recorded their first playoff series victory since 1980. Then they defeated their provincial rivals, the Quebec Nordiques in the Adams final, in a series notorious for the two bench clearing brawls before the third period of game 6. The Canadiens were finally eliminated in the Prince of Wales Conference finals by the defending Stanley Cup champion New York Islanders in six games.

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- | 1 || October 6, 1983 || NY Islanders || 7–4 || Montreal || || Wamsley || Montreal Forum 16,685 || 0–1–0 || 0 || |- | 2 || October 8, 1983 || Philadelphia || 6–3 || Montreal || || || Montreal Forum || 0–2–0 || 0 || |- | 3 || October 10, 1983 || Montreal || 6–4 || Quebec || || || Quebec Coliseum || 1–2–0 || 2 || |- | 4 || October 13, 1983 || Montreal || 2–4 || Boston || || || Boston Garden || 1–3–0 || 2 || |- | 5 || October 15, 1983 || Vancouver || 4–5 || Montreal || || || Montreal Forum || 2–3–0 || 4 || |- | 6 || October 19, 1983 || Montreal || 12–2 || Winnipeg || || || Winnipeg Arena || 3–3–0 || 6 || |- | 7 || October 20, 1983 || Montreal || 5–4 || Minnesota || OT || || Met Center || 4–3–0 || 8 || |- | 8 || October 22, 1983 || Montreal || 3–5 || Toronto || || || Maple Leaf Gardens || 4–4–0 || 8 || |- | 9 || October 25, 1983 || Minnesota || 4–3 || Montreal || || || Montreal Forum || 4–5–0 || 8 || |- | 10 || October 29, 1983 || Edmonton || 3–1 || Montreal || || Sevigny || Montreal Forum 17,781 || 4–6–0 || 8 || |- | 11 || October 30, 1983 || Montreal || 4–5 || Buffalo || || || Buffalo Memorial Auditorium || 4–7–0 || 8 ||

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Playoffs

Main article: 1984 Stanley Cup playoffs

|- | 1 || April 4, 1984 || Montreal || 2–1 || Boston || || || Boston Garden || 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 5, 1984 || Montreal || 3–1 || Boston || || || Boston Garden || 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 7, 1984 || Boston || 0–5 || Montreal || || || Montreal Forum || 3–0 ||

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Playoffs

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 their first playoff series victory since 1980. The Canadiens then faced off against the Quebec Nordiques in a "Battle of Quebec" which culminated in the Good Friday Massacre. The Canadiens defeated the Nordiques four games to two to advance against the New York Islanders, the four-time defending Stanley Cup champions. The Islanders would eliminate the Canadiens in six games.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

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

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

Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 1983 NHL entry draft held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	17	Alfie Turcotte	United States	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	26	Claude Lemieux	Canada	Trois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
2	27	Sergio Momesso	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
2	35	Todd Francis	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
3	45	Daniel Letendre	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
4	78	John Kordic	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
5	98	Dan Wurst	United States	Edina High School (USHS-MN)
6	118	Arto Javanainen		Pori (Finland)
7	138	Vladislav Tretiak	USSR	Moscow CSKA (USSR)
8	158	Rob Bryden	Canada	Henry Carr Crusaders (MetJHL)
9	178	Grant McKay	Canada	University of Calgary (CIAU)
10	198	Thomas Rundqvist	Sweden	Karlstad (Sweden)
11	218	Jeff Perpich	United States	Hibbing High School (USHS-MN)
12	238	Jean-Guy Bergeron	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)

References

Canadiens on Hockey Database

References

"1983-84 Montreal Canadiens Schedule".
"1983-84 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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