1971–72 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1971–72 1971 East 3rd 46–16–16 29–3–7 17–13–9 307 205 Sam Pollock Scotty Bowman Henri Richard Montreal Forum Yvan Cournoyer (47) Frank Mahovlich (53) Frank Mahovlich (96) Pete Mahovlich (103) J. C. Tremblay (+52) Ken Dryden (39) Ken Dryden (2.24) The 1971–72 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 63rd season of play. The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs but were eliminated in the first round. 2 Regular season Final standings MON Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1971–72 regular season1971-72 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1972_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 6, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; October Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||T||October 9, 1971||4–4 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||0–0–1 |- |2||T||October 14, 1971||1–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||0–0–2 |- |3||W||October 16, 1971||9–3 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||1–0–2 |- |4||L||October 17, 1971||4–8 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||1–1–2 |- |5||W||October 20, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||2–1–2 |- |6||W||October 22, 1971||6–0 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||3–1–2 |- |7||W||October 23, 1971||3–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||4–1–2 |- |8||W||October 27, 1971||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||5–1–2 |- |9||W||October 30, 1971||3–0 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||6–1–2 |- |10||L||October 31, 1971||3–5 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||6–2–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |11||W||November 3, 1971||5–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||7–2–2 |- |12||W||November 6, 1971||2–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||8–2–2 |- |13||W||November 7, 1971||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||9–2–2 |- |14||W||November 10, 1971||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||10–2–2 |- |15||W||November 13, 1971||5–1 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||11–2–2 |- |16||T||November 14, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||11–2–3 |- |17||W||November 16, 1971||7–2 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||12–2–3 |- |18||T||November 18, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||12–2–4 |- |19||T||November 20, 1971||2–2 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||12–2–5 |- |20||T||November 24, 1971||3–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||12–2–6 |- |21||W||November 27, 1971||3–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||13–2–6 |- |22||L||November 28, 1971||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||13–3–6 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||W||December 1, 1971||5–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||14–3–6 |- |24||W||December 4, 1971||7–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||15–3–6 |- |25||W||December 8, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||16–3–6 |- |26||W||December 11, 1971||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||17–3–6 |- |27||L||December 12, 1971||1–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||17–4–6 |- |28||W||December 15, 1971||3–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||18–4–6 |- |29||W||December 17, 1971||6–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||19–4–6 |- |30||T||December 19, 1971||3–3 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||19–4–7 |- |31||W||December 22, 1971||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||20–4–7 |- |32||L||December 25, 1971||2–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||20–5–7 |- |33||L||December 26, 1971||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||20–6–7 |- |34||W||December 29, 1971||3–2 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||21–6–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |35||L||January 1, 1972||2–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||21–7–7 |- |36||L||January 2, 1972||4–6 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||21–8–7 |- |37||W||January 5, 1972||6–4 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||22–8–7 |- |38||W||January 8, 1972||10–2 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||23–8–7 |- |39||L||January 9, 1972||2–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||23–9–7 |- |40||L||January 11, 1972||3–7 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||23–10–7 |- |41||W||January 13, 1972||7–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||24–10–7 |- |42||W||January 15, 1972||6–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||25–10–7 |- |43||L||January 16, 1972||2–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||25–11–7 |- |44||W||January 19, 1972||1–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||26–11–7 |- |45||L||January 22, 1972||5–8 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||26–12–7 |- |46||T||January 23, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||26–12–8 |- |47||L||January 27, 1972||5–6 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||26–13–8 |- |48||W||January 29, 1972||4–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||27–13–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |49||W||February 1, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||28–13–8 |- |50||T||February 3, 1972||1–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||28–13–9 |- |51||T||February 4, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| @ California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||28–13–10 |- |52||W||February 6, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||29–13–10 |- |53||W||February 10, 1972||7–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||30–13–10 |- |54||W||February 12, 1972||6–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1971–72) ||31–13–10 |- |55||T||February 13, 1972||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||31–13–11 |- |56||T||February 16, 1972||1–1 || align="left"| California Golden Seals (1971–72) ||31–13–12 |- |57||W||February 19, 1972||3–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||32–13–12 |- |58||W||February 20, 1972||4–0 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||33–13–12 |- |59||L||February 22, 1972||3–7 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||33–14–12 |- |60||W||February 24, 1972||4–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||34–14–12 |- |61||W||February 26, 1972||8–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||35–14–12 |- |62||W||February 27, 1972||5–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||36–14–12 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |63||W||March 1, 1972||4–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1971–72) ||37–14–12 |- |64||W||March 4, 1972||5–0 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1971–72) ||38–14–12 |- |65||W||March 5, 1972||4–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||39–14–12 |- |66||W||March 8, 1972||5–4 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) ||40–14–12 |- |67||W||March 9, 1972||5–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1971–72) ||41–14–12 |- |68||T||March 11, 1972||1–1 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||41–14–13 |- |69||W||March 13, 1972||2–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1971–72) ||42–14–13 |- |70||W||March 15, 1972||5–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||43–14–13 |- |71||W||March 18, 1972||4–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1971–72) ||44–14–13 |- |72||L||March 19, 1972||6–7 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1971–72) ||44–15–13 |- |73||T||March 22, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1971–72) ||44–15–14 |- |74||T||March 25, 1972||3–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1971–72) ||44–15–15 |- |75||L||March 26, 1972||4–5 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||44–16–15 |- |76||T||March 29, 1972||5–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1971–72) ||44–16–16 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |77||W||April 1, 1972||6–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1971–72) ||45–16–16 |- |78||W||April 2, 1972||6–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1971–72) ||46–16–16 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs After winning the Stanley Cup the previous season, the Canadiens could not repeat. The Canadiens lost to the New York Rangers in the first round, losing four games to two. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Frank Mahovlich 76 43 53 96 36421444 Yvan Cournoyer 73 47 36 83 15231805 Jacques Lemaire 77 32 49 81 2637807 Pete Mahovlich 75 35 32 67 10316746 Guy Lafleur 73 29 35 64 4827505 J. C. Tremblay 76 6 51 57 2452302 Marc Tardif 75 31 22 53 8115904 Guy Lapointe 69 11 38 49 5815404 Henri Richard 75 12 32 44 4810001 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) 77 20 18 38 649134 Réjean Houle Réjean Houle 77 11 17 28 219101 Jacques Laperrière Jacques Laperrière 73 3 25 28 5036200 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) 51 7 15 22 533031 Larry Pleau 55 7 10 17 194002 Terry Harper 52 2 12 14 359000 Serge Savard 23 1 8 9 1621000 Pierre Bouchard 60 3 5 8 3910000 Phil Roberto 27 3 2 5 223000 Chuck Arnason 17 3 0 3 4−1000 Ken Dryden 64 0 3 3 40000 Bob Murdoch Bob Murdoch (ice hockey, born 1946) 11 1 1 2 88000 Chuck Lefley 16 0 2 2 0−1000 Denis DeJordy 7 0 1 1 00000 Rey Comeau 4 0 0 0 00000 Germain Gagnon 4 0 0 0 00000 Dale Hoganson 21 0 0 0 25000 Phil Myre 9 0 0 0 40000 Rogie Vachon 1 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Ken Dryden 3800 64 39 8 15 142 2.24 8 Phil Myre 528 9 4 5 0 32 3.64 0 Denis DeJordy 332 7 3 2 1 25 4.52 0 Rogie Vachon 20 1 0 1 0 4 12.00 0 Team: 4680 78 46 16 16 203 2.60 8 Playoffs Scoring Player GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Frank Mahovlich 6 3 2 5 2100 Marc Tardif 6 2 3 5 9001 Guy Lafleur 6 1 4 5 2000 Yvan Cournoyer 6 2 1 3 2000 Claude Larose Claude Larose (ice hockey, born 1942) 6 2 1 3 23000 Jacques Lemaire 6 2 1 3 2000 Henri Richard 6 0 3 3 4000 Terry Harper 5 1 1 2 6000 Pete Mahovlich 6 0 2 2 12000 J. C. Tremblay 6 0 2 2 0000 Jim Roberts Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) 6 1 0 1 0001 Guy Lapointe 6 0 1 1 0000 Pierre Bouchard 1 0 0 0 0000 Ken Dryden 6 0 0 0 0000 Réjean Houle Réjean Houle 6 0 0 0 2000 Jacques Laperrière Jacques Laperrière 4 0 0 0 2000 Bob Murdoch Bob Murdoch (ice hockey, born 1946) 1 0 0 0 0000 Larry Pleau 4 0 0 0 0000 Serge Savard 6 0 0 0 10000 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LGAGAA SO Ken Dryden 360 6 2 4 17 2.83 0 Team: 360 6 2 4 17 2.83 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-27 1971-72 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1972.html Awards and records Calder Memorial Trophy: Ken Dryden Transactions May 22, 1971 To California Golden Seals Bobby Sheehan To Montreal Canadiens cash August 31, 1971 To California Golden Seals Marshall Johnston To Montreal Canadiens cash October, 1971 To California Golden Seals cash To Montreal Canadiens Jocelyn Hardy October, 1971 To California Golden Seals cash To Montreal Canadiens Mike Laughton October, 1971 To California Golden Seals Lyle CarterJohn French To Montreal Canadiens Randy Rota October 6, 1971 To California Golden Seals Ray Martyniuk To Montreal Canadiens Tony Featherstone Draft picks Montreal's draft picks at the 1971 NHL amateur draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)11 Guy Lafleur Canada Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)17 Chuck Arnason Canada Flin Flon Bombers (WCHL)111 Murray Wilson Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA)220 Larry Robinson Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHA)224 Michel DeGuise Canada Sorel Eperviers (QMJHL)225 Terry French Canada Ottawa 67's (OHA)331 Jim Cahoon Canada University of North Dakota (WCHA)445 Ed Sidebottom Canada Estevan Bruins (WCHL)453 Greg Hubick Canada University of Minnesota Duluth (WCHA)567 Mike Busniuk Canada University of Denver (WCHA)681 Ross Butler Canada Winnipeg Jets (WCHL)795 Peter Sullivan Canada Oshawa Generals (OHA) See also 1971–72 NHL season Citations References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Mon Mon Category:1971 in Montreal Category:1972 in Montreal Category:1971 in sports in Quebec Category:1972 in sports in Quebec