1982–83 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1982–83 1982 Wales 3rd Adams 2nd 42–24–14 25–6–9 17–18–5 350 286 Irving Grundman Bob Berry Bob Gainey None Montreal Forum Mark Napier (40) Guy Lafleur Larry Robinson (49) Guy Lafleur (76) Mats Naslund (+34) Chris Nilan (213) Rick Wamsley (27) Richard Sevigny (3.44) The 1982–83 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 74th season. The season involved being eliminated in the Adams Division semi-finals vs the Buffalo Sabres 3 games to 0. The Habs finished the regular season with a 42-24–14 record, but for the first time since 1974, they did not win their division. 2 Offseason July 2010 Regular season Final standings MON Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1982–83 regular season1982-83 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1983_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||W||October 6, 1982||2–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||October 7, 1982||5–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||2–0–0 |- |3||L||October 9, 1982||7–8 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||2–1–0 |- |4||W||October 11, 1982||4–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||3–1–0 |- |5||W||October 14, 1982||5–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1982–83) ||4–1–0 |- |6||W||October 16, 1982||8–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1982–83) ||5–1–0 |- |7||T||October 20, 1982||3–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1982–83) ||5–1–1 |- |8||W||October 21, 1982||2–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) ||6–1–1 |- |9||W||October 23, 1982||9–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||7–1–1 |- |10||T||October 26, 1982||7–7 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||7–1–2 |- |11||T||October 30, 1982||4–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||7–1–3 |- |12||L||October 31, 1982||1–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||7–2–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |13||W||November 2, 1982||5–4 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1982–83) ||8–2–3 |- |14||W||November 4, 1982||8–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||9–2–3 |- |15||W||November 6, 1982||4–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||10–2–3 |- |16||W||November 9, 1982||3–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||11–2–3 |- |17||L||November 10, 1982||3–6 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||11–3–3 |- |18||L||November 13, 1982||1–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) ||11–4–3 |- |19||W||November 16, 1982||7–1 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||12–4–3 |- |20||W||November 18, 1982||7–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||13–4–3 |- |21||W||November 20, 1982||6–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) ||14–4–3 |- |22||T||November 23, 1982||1–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||14–4–4 |- |23||W||November 24, 1982||4–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) ||15–4–4 |- |24||T||November 27, 1982||5–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) ||15–4–5 |- |25||W||November 29, 1982||9–4 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||16–4–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |26||T||December 1, 1982||2–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||16–4–6 |- |27||L||December 4, 1982||4–6 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||16–5–6 |- |28||W||December 6, 1982||11–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||17–5–6 |- |29||L||December 8, 1982||4–7 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||17–6–6 |- |30||L||December 9, 1982||5–8 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||17–7–6 |- |31||W||December 11, 1982||3–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||18–7–6 |- |32||W||December 15, 1982||3–2 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||19–7–6 |- |33||W||December 18, 1982||5–4 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||20–7–6 |- |34||L||December 19, 1982||2–5 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||20–8–6 |- |35||L||December 23, 1982||3–6 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||20–9–6 |- |36||T||December 26, 1982||4–4 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||20–9–7 |- |37||T||December 28, 1982||4–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||20–9–8 |- |38||L||December 29, 1982||5–6 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||20–10–8 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |39||W||January 2, 1983||5–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) ||21–10–8 |- |40||L||January 4, 1983||1–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||21–11–8 |- |41||W||January 6, 1983||11–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) ||22–11–8 |- |42||L||January 8, 1983||1–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||22–12–8 |- |43||W||January 11, 1983||8–4 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||23–12–8 |- |44||L||January 13, 1983||2–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||23–13–8 |- |45||W||January 15, 1983||8–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) ||24–13–8 |- |46||W||January 18, 1983||7–2 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||25–13–8 |- |47||T||January 20, 1983||4–4 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1982–83) ||25–13–9 |- |48||W||January 22, 1983||4–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||26–13–9 |- |49||L||January 26, 1983||3–7 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||26–14–9 |- |50||W||January 27, 1983||4–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1982–83) ||27–14–9 |- |51||T||January 29, 1983||3–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1982–83) ||27–14–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||W||February 1, 1983||7–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83) ||28–14–10 |- |53||L||February 3, 1983||3–7 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1982–83) ||28–15–10 |- |54||L||February 4, 1983||3–7 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||28–16–10 |- |55||W||February 6, 1983||2–0 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||29–16–10 |- |56||W||February 10, 1983||5–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1982–83) ||30–16–10 |- |57||L||February 12, 1983||2–3 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1982–83) ||30–17–10 |- |58||W||February 14, 1983||4–2 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1982–83) ||31–17–10 |- |59||L||February 17, 1983||1–4 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||31–18–10 |- |60||L||February 19, 1983||0–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1982–83) ||31–19–10 |- |61||W||February 22, 1983||6–1 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||32–19–10 |- |62||W||February 24, 1983||6–3 || align="left"| @ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83) ||33–19–10 |- |63||W||February 26, 1983||4–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1982–83) ||34–19–10 |- |64||T||February 27, 1983||4–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83) ||34–19–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |65||T||March 1, 1983||3–3 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1982–83) ||34–19–12 |- |66||W||March 5, 1983||6–5 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||35–19–12 |- |67||L||March 6, 1983||4–5 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83) ||35–20–12 |- |68||T||March 8, 1983||3–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83) ||35–20–13 |- |69||W||March 10, 1983||3–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||36–20–13 |- |70||L||March 12, 1983||3–7 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1982–83) ||36–21–13 |- |71||W||March 15, 1983||5–1 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1982–83) ||37–21–13 |- |72||L||March 17, 1983||4–6 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83) ||37–22–13 |- |73||L||March 19, 1983||4–6 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||37–23–13 |- |74||W||March 20, 1983||7–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83) ||38–23–13 |- |75||W||March 22, 1983||6–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1982–83) ||39–23–13 |- |76||W||March 24, 1983||5–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1982–83) ||40–23–13 |- |77||W||March 26, 1983||6–5 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1982–83) ||41–23–13 |- |78||L||March 30, 1983||2–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83) ||41–24–13 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |79||W||April 2, 1983||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||42–24–13 |- |80||T||April 3, 1983||4–4 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1982–83) ||42–24–14 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs July 2010 Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Guy Lafleur RW 68 27 49 76 126901 Ryan Walter C/LW 80 29 46 75 4015814 Mats Naslund Mats Näslund LW 74 26 45 71 1034106 Mark Napier Mark Napier (ice hockey) RW 73 40 27 67 620306 Mario Tremblay RW 80 30 37 67 8729704 Pierre Mondou C 76 29 37 66 3132813 Larry Robinson D 71 14 49 63 3333601 Steve Shutt LW 78 35 22 57 268800 Doug Wickenheiser C 78 25 30 55 4922503 Keith Acton C 78 24 26 50 63-6103 Guy Carbonneau C 77 18 29 47 6818052 Robert Picard D 64 7 31 38 6031101 Gilbert Delorme D 78 12 21 33 8927302 Bob Gainey LW 80 12 18 30 437013 Rick Green ice hockey D 66 2 24 26 5823100 Craig Ludwig D 80 0 25 25 594000 Mark Hunter Mark Hunter (ice hockey) RW 31 8 8 16 735102 Chris Nilan RW 66 6 8 14 213-10000 Gaston Gingras D 22 1 8 9 810101 Rejean Houle W 16 2 3 5 84100 Bill Root ice hockey D 46 2 3 5 245000 Ric Nattress D 40 1 3 4 198000 Dan Daoust C 4 0 1 1 4-2000 Richard Sevigny G 38 0 1 1 80000 Rick Wamsley G 46 0 1 1 40000 Mark Holden Mark Holden (ice hockey) G 2 0 0 0 00000 Yvan Joly RW 1 0 0 0 0-1000 Bill Kitchen Bill Kitchen (ice hockey) D 8 0 0 0 4-2000 Dwight Schofield D 2 0 0 0 71000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Rick Wamsley 2583 46 27 12 5 151 3.51 0 Richard Sevigny 2130 38 15 11 8 122 3.44 1 Mark Holden Mark Holden (ice hockey) 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 Guy Lafleur RW 3 0 2 2 2000 Mats Naslund LW 3 1 0 1 0100 Steve Shutt LW 3 1 0 1 0000 Pierre Mondou C 3 0 1 1 2000 Mario Tremblay RW 3 0 1 1 7000 Keith Acton C 3 0 0 0 0000 Guy Carbonneau C 3 0 0 0 2000 Gilbert Delorme D 3 0 0 0 2000 Bob Gainey LW 3 0 0 0 4000 Rick Green ice hockey D 3 0 0 0 2000 Rejean Houle W 1 0 0 0 0000 Craig Ludwig D 3 0 0 0 2000 Mark Napier Mark Napier (ice hockey) RW 3 0 0 0 0000 Ric Nattress D 3 0 0 0 10000 John Newberry John Newberry (ice hockey) C 2 0 0 0 0000 Chris Nilan RW 3 0 0 0 5000 Robert Picard D 3 0 0 0 0000 Larry Robinson D 3 0 0 0 2000 Richard Sevigny G 1 0 0 0 0000 Ryan Walter C/LW 3 0 0 0 11000 Rick Wamsley G 3 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Richard Sevigny 28 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Rick Wamsley 152 3 0 3 7 2.76 0 Team: 180 3 0 3 7 2.33 0 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1982-83 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1983.html Awards and records July 2010 Transactions July 2010 Draft picks 1982 NHL entry draft Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team119Alain HerouxCanadaChicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)231Jocelyn GauvreauCanadaGranby Bisons (QMJHL)232Kent CarlsonUnited StatesSt. Lawrence University (ECAC)233David MaleyUnited StatesEdina High School (USHS-MN)240Scott SandelinUnited StatesHibbing High School (USHS-MN)361Scott HarlowUnited StatesEast Bridgewater High School (USHS-MA)469John DeVoeUnited StatesEdina High School (USHS-MN)5103Kevin HouleUnited StatesActon-Boxborough High School (USHS-MA)6117Ernie VargasUnited StatesCoon Rapids High School (USHS-MN)6124Mike DarkCanadaSarnia Legionnaires (WOJHL)7145Hannu JarvenpaaOulu (Finland)8150Steve SmithUnited StatesSt. Lawrence University (ECAC)8166Tom KolioupoulosUnited StatesFraser High School (USHS-MI)9187Brian WilliamsUnited StatesSioux City Musketeers (USHL)10208Bob EmeryUnited StatesMatignon High School (USHS-MA)11229Darren AchesonCanadaFort Saskatchewan Traders (AJHL)12250Bill BrauerUnited StatesEdina High School (USHS-MN) See also 1982–83 NHL season References Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Canadiens season, 1982-83 Montreal Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Category:1982 in Montreal Category:1983 in Montreal