1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1984–85 1984 Wales 3rd Adams 1st 41–27–12 24–10–6 17–17–6 309 262 Serge Savard Jacques Lemaire Bob Gainey None Montreal Forum Bobby Smith (40) Mats Naslund (42) Mats Naslund (79) Larry Robinson (+33) Chris Nilan (358) Steve Penney (26) Steve Penney (3.08) Yes The 1984–85 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 76th season of play. 2 Offseason In July 1984, Patrick Roy signed his first NHL contract with the Montreal Canadiens. There was a clause that if he played in at least 40 games, he would receive a $5,000 bonus.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.482, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, 978-0-470-15616-2. Regular season After scoring only two goals in 19 games and unhappy with the amount of ice time he was receiving, Guy Lafleur decided to retire. On October 24, 1984, Patrick Roy was sent down to the Granby Bisons without having played a regular season game.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.130, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, 978-0-470-15616-2. On February 23, 1985, at the beginning of the third period, Patrick Roy made his NHL debut. Roy replaced Doug Soetaert and earned the first win of his career in a 6–4 win over the Winnipeg Jets.Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.135, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, 978-0-470-15616-2. It was his only game this season but he would play 1,275 more games until 2003. Final standings MON Record vs. opponents MTL Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 5px solid; border-bottom:#192168 5px solid; 1984–85 regular season1984-85 Montreal Canadiens Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1985_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||L||October 11, 1984||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres||0–1–0 |- |2||W||October 13, 1984||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 15, 1984||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers||2–1–0 |- |4||T||October 18, 1984||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings||2–1–1 |- |5||W||October 20, 1984||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars||3–1–1 |- |6||W||October 23, 1984||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques||4–1–1 |- |7||W||October 25, 1984||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres||5–1–1 |- |8||L||October 27, 1984||5–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||5–2–1 |- |9||W||October 29, 1984||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques||6–2–1 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |10||W||November 1, 1984||6–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders||7–2–1 |- |11||W||November 3, 1984||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins||8–2–1 |- |12||L||November 6, 1984||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings||8–3–1 |- |13||T||November 10, 1984||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames||8–3–2 |- |14||W||November 12, 1984||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks||9–3–2 |- |15||W||November 14, 1984||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers||10–3–2 |- |16||W||November 17, 1984||5–0 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils||11–3–2 |- |17||L||November 19, 1984||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs||11–4–2 |- |18||W||November 22, 1984||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Black Hawks||12–4–2 |- |19||W||November 24, 1984||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings||13–4–2 |- |20||L||November 25, 1984||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins||13–5–2 |- |21||T||November 28, 1984||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings||13–5–3 |- |22||T||November 30, 1984||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres||13–5–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |23||W||December 1, 1984||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres||14–5–4 |- |24||W||December 3, 1984||9–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers||15–5–4 |- |25||L||December 5, 1984||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers||15–6–4 |- |26||W||December 6, 1984||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins||16–6–4 |- |27||W||December 8, 1984||9–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings||17–6–4 |- |28||L||December 13, 1984||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks||17–7–4 |- |29||L||December 15, 1984||3–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers||17–8–4 |- |30||W||December 16, 1984||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||18–8–4 |- |31||L||December 18, 1984||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins||18–9–4 |- |32||T||December 20, 1984||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals||18–9–5 |- |33||W||December 22, 1984||10–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers||19–9–5 |- |34||T||December 23, 1984||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers||19–9–6 |- |35||W||December 27, 1984||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques||20–9–6 |- |36||W||December 29, 1984||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers||21–9–6 |- |37||T||December 31, 1984||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques||21–9–7 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |38||L||January 2, 1985||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||21–10–7 |- |39||T||January 3, 1985||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues||21–10–8 |- |40||L||January 5, 1985||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils||21–11–8 |- |41||L||January 8, 1985||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders||21–12–8 |- |42||L||January 10, 1985||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers||21–13–8 |- |43||T||January 12, 1985||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres||21–13–9 |- |44||W||January 15, 1985||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques||22–13–9 |- |45||W||January 17, 1985||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers||23–13–9 |- |46||T||January 19, 1985||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils||23–13–10 |- |47||L||January 21, 1985||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins||23–14–10 |- |48||W||January 22, 1985||8–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers||24–14–10 |- |49||L||January 24, 1985||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques||24–15–10 |- |50||W||January 26, 1985||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers||25–15–10 |- |51||L||January 30, 1985||4–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks||25–16–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |52||W||February 2, 1985||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings||26–16–10 |- |53||L||February 5, 1985||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames||26–17–10 |- |54||W||February 7, 1985||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Quebec Nordiques||27–17–10 |- |55||L||February 9, 1985||2–6 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs||27–18–10 |- |56||L||February 10, 1985||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs||27–19–10 |- |57||W||February 15, 1985||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres||28–19–10 |- |58||L||February 16, 1985||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres||28–20–10 |- |59||W||February 19, 1985||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues||29–20–10 |- |60||L||February 20, 1985||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Black Hawks||29–21–10 |- |61||W||February 23, 1985||6–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets||30–21–10 |- |62||W||February 24, 1985||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders||31–21–10 |- |63||W||February 27, 1985||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers||32–21–10 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |64||L||March 1, 1985||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames||32–22–10 |- |65||L||March 4, 1985||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Minnesota North Stars||32–23–10 |- |66||W||March 6, 1985||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Winnipeg Jets||33–23–10 |- |67||W||March 9, 1985||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Hartford Whalers||34–23–10 |- |68||T||March 10, 1985||5–5 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Hartford Whalers||34–23–11 |- |69||L||March 14, 1985||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Winnipeg Jets||34–24–11 |- |70||L||March 16, 1985||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Minnesota North Stars||34–25–11 |- |71||W||March 21, 1985||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals||35–25–11 |- |72||L||March 22, 1985||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals||35–26–11 |- |73||L||March 24, 1985||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers||35–27–11 |- |74||W||March 26, 1985||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins||36–27–11 |- |75||W||March 28, 1985||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues||37–27–11 |- |76||W||March 30, 1985||7–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins||38–27–11 |- |77||W||March 31, 1985||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins||39–27–11 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#AF1E2D 2px solid; border-bottom:#192168 2px solid; April Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |78||W||April 4, 1985||7–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Quebec Nordiques||40–27–11 |- |79||T||April 6, 1985||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins||40–27–12 |- |80||W||April 7, 1985||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres||41–27–12 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs Adams Division Finals The Quebec Nordiques and Montreal Canadiens battled in a seven-game series. Bitter rivals from the province of Quebec, the Nords shocked the Habs in 1982, only to see a fourth-place Montreal club upset Quebec the year before. In the deciding Game 7 at the Montreal Forum, Peter Stastny scored the game and series winning goal, giving Quebec an improbable 3–2 overtime win and berth in the Wales Conference Finals. Player statistics Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Mats Naslund Mats Näslund LW 80 42 37 79 1419928 Mario Tremblay RW 75 31 35 66 120211406 Chris Chelios D 74 9 55 64 8711210 Guy Carbonneau C 79 23 34 57 4328042 Pierre Mondou C 67 18 39 57 2115202 Bobby Smith Bobby Smith (ice hockey) C 65 16 40 56 59-9801 Larry Robinson D 76 14 33 47 4433603 Tom Kurvers D 75 10 35 45 30-3613 Mike McPhee LW 70 17 22 39 1201002 Ryan Walter C/LW 72 19 19 38 59-181100 Chris Nilan RW 77 21 16 37 3583102 Mark Hunter Mark Hunter (ice hockey) RW 72 21 12 33 123-13603 Bob Gainey LW 79 19 13 32 4013033 Petr Svoboda D 73 4 27 31 6516001 Alfie Turcotte C 53 8 16 24 35-1301 Lucien DeBlois C 51 12 11 23 209412 Ron Flockhart Ron Flockhart (ice hockey) C 42 10 12 22 143102 Craig Ludwig D 72 5 14 19 905100 Rick Green ice hockey D 77 1 18 19 30-11100 John Chabot C 10 1 6 7 23000 Guy Lafleur RW 19 2 3 5 10-3000 Serge Boisvert RW 14 2 2 4 0-3000 John Newberry John Newberry (ice hockey) C 16 0 4 4 63000 Steve Shutt LW 10 2 0 2 92100 Kent Carlson D 18 1 1 2 331000 Steve Rooney LW 3 1 0 1 7-1100 Claude Lemieux RW 1 0 1 1 71000 Ric Nattress D 5 0 1 1 2-2000 Steve Penney Steve Penney (ice hockey) G 54 0 1 1 100000 Thomas Rundqvist C 2 0 1 1 01000 Jeff Teal RW 6 0 1 1 00000 Stephane Richer Stéphane Richer (ice hockey forward) RW 1 0 0 0 00000 Patrick Roy G 1 0 0 0 00000 Doug Soetaert G 28 0 0 0 40000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA SO Steve Penney Steve Penney (ice hockey) 3252 54 26 18 8 167 3.08 1 Doug Soetaert 1606 28 14 9 4 91 3.40 0 Patrick Roy 20 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Team: 4878 80 41 27 12 258 3.17 1 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG Mats Naslund Mats Näslund LW 12 7 4 11 6302 Bobby Smith Bobby Smith (ice hockey) C 12 5 6 11 30301 Larry Robinson D 12 3 8 11 8100 Chris Chelios D 9 2 8 10 17200 Ryan Walter C/LW 12 2 7 9 13000 Serge Boisvert RW 12 3 5 8 2100 Mario Tremblay RW 12 2 6 8 30100 Guy Carbonneau C 12 4 3 7 8011 Lucien DeBlois C 8 2 4 6 4100 Tom Kurvers D 12 0 6 6 6000 Mike McPhee LW 12 4 1 5 32000 Steve Rooney LW 11 2 2 4 19000 Bob Gainey LW 12 1 3 4 13000 Pierre Mondou C 5 2 1 3 2000 Chris Nilan RW 12 2 1 3 81101 Rick Green ice hockey D 12 0 3 3 14000 Mark Hunter Mark Hunter (ice hockey) RW 11 0 3 3 13000 Ron Flockhart Ron Flockhart (ice hockey) C 2 1 1 2 2001 Petr Svoboda D 7 1 1 2 12000 Craig Ludwig D 12 0 2 2 6000 Ric Nattress D 2 0 0 0 2000 Steve Penney Steve Penney (ice hockey) G 12 0 0 0 0000 Doug Soetaert G 1 0 0 0 0000 Alfie Turcotte C 5 0 0 0 0000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO Steve Penney Steve Penney (ice hockey) 733 12 6 6 40 3.27 1 Doug Soetaert 20 1 0 0 1 3.00 0 Team: 753 12 6 6 41 3.27 1 hockey-reference.com 2009-05-28 1984-85 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1985.html Awards and records Chris Chelios, runner-up, Calder Memorial TrophyNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 221, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, 0-920445-98-5. Chris Chelios, NHL All-Rookie Team Steve Penney, NHL All-Rookie Team Draft picks NHL draft 1984 NHL entry draft Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team15Petr SvobodaCHZ Litvínov (Czechoslovakia)18Shayne CorsonCanadaBrantford Alexanders (OHL)229Stephane RicherCanadaGranby Bisons (QMJHL)351Patrick RoyCanadaGranby Bisons (QMJHL)354Graeme BonarCanadaSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)465Lee BrodeurUnited StatesGrafton High School (North Dakota)595Gerald JohanssonCanadaSwift Current Broncos (SJHL)6116Jim NesichUnited StatesVerdun Juniors (QMJHL)7137Scott MacTavishCanadaFredericton High School (New Brunswick)8158Brad McCaugheyUnited StatesAnn Arbor High School9179Eric DemersCanadaShawinigan Cataractes10199Ron AnnearCanadaUnited States International University (NCAA)11220Dave TannerCanadaNotre Dame Hounds (SJHL)12240Troy CrosbyCanadaVerdun Juniors (QMJHL) See also 1984–85 NHL season References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons Montreal Canadiens Montreal Category:Adams Division champion seasons Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Category:1984 in Montreal Category:1985 in Montreal