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1983–84 Montreal Canadiens
Division	4th Adams
Conference	8th Prince of Wales
1983–84 record	35–40–5
Goals for	286
Goals against	295
Team information
General Manager	Serge Savard
Coach	Bob Berry Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Bob Gainey
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Guy Lafleur (30)
Assists	Guy Lafleur (40)
Points	Guy Lafleur (70)
Penalties in minutes	Chris Nilan (338)
Plus/minus	Bill Root (+26)
Wins	Rick Wamsley (19)
Goals against average	Richard Sevigny (3.38)

<1982–83	1984–85>

The 1983–84 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 75th season of play. The club placed fourth in its division to qualify for the playoffs. They were defeated in the Prince of Wales Conference finals, by the New York Islanders.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
- 1.2 Game log
2 Playoffs
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Regular season
- 3.2 Playoffs
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
6 Roster
7 Draft picks
8 Farm teams
9 See also
10 References

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	49	25	6	336	261	1606	104
Buffalo Sabres	80	48	25	7	315	257	1190	103
Quebec Nordiques	80	42	28	10	360	278	1600	94
Montreal Canadiens	80	35	40	5	286	295	1371	75
Hartford Whalers	80	28	42	10	288	320	1184	66

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Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 1983	4–7	New York Islanders (1983–84)	0–1–0
2	L	October 8, 1983	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	0–2–0
3	W	October 10, 1983	6–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	1–2–0
4	L	October 13, 1983	2–4	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	1–3–0
5	W	October 15, 1983	5–4	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	2–3–0
6	W	October 19, 1983	12–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	3–3–0
7	W	October 20, 1983	5–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	4–3–0
8	L	October 22, 1983	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	4–4–0
9	L	October 25, 1983	3–4	Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	4–5–0
10	L	October 29, 1983	1–3	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	4–6–0
11	L	October 30, 1983	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	4–7–0
12	W	November 1, 1983	6–2	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	5–7–0
13	W	November 3, 1983	3–2	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	6–7–0
14	L	November 5, 1983	4–10	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	6–8–0
15	W	November 9, 1983	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	7–8–0
16	L	November 12, 1983	4–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	7–9–0
17	L	November 13, 1983	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	7–10–0
18	W	November 15, 1983	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	8–10–0
19	W	November 17, 1983	4–2	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	9–10–0
20	T	November 19, 1983	5–5 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	9–10–1
21	W	November 22, 1983	4–2	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	10–10–1
22	W	November 23, 1983	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	11–10–1
23	L	November 26, 1983	2–5	Washington Capitals (1983–84)	11–11–1
24	L	November 29, 1983	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	11–12–1
25	L	December 1, 1983	3–6	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	11–13–1
26	W	December 3, 1983	4–2	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	12–13–1
27	L	December 4, 1983	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	12–14–1
28	W	December 6, 1983	4–1	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	13–14–1
29	L	December 8, 1983	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	13–15–1
30	L	December 10, 1983	0–2	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	13–16–1
31	T	December 11, 1983	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	13–16–2
32	W	December 15, 1983	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	14–16–2
33	W	December 17, 1983	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	15–16–2
34	W	December 20, 1983	6–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	16–16–2
35	L	December 22, 1983	1–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	16–17–2
36	W	December 26, 1983	2–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	17–17–2
37	L	December 27, 1983	4–7	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	17–18–2
38	W	December 31, 1983	4–2	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	18–18–2
39	L	January 3, 1984	5–9	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	18–19–2
40	W	January 5, 1984	5–1	Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	19–19–2
41	W	January 7, 1984	5–0	St. Louis Blues (1983–84)	20–19–2
42	L	January 8, 1984	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	20–20–2
43	W	January 11, 1984	6–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	21–20–2
44	L	January 12, 1984	3–7	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	21–21–2
45	L	January 14, 1984	1–3	New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	21–22–2
46	L	January 17, 1984	4–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	21–23–2
47	W	January 19, 1984	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	22–23–2
48	L	January 21, 1984	2–3	Calgary Flames (1983–84)	22–24–2
49	T	January 24, 1984	7–7 OT	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	22–24–3
50	W	January 26, 1984	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	23–24–3
51	W	January 28, 1984	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1983–84)	24–24–3
52	W	January 29, 1984	7–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	25–24–3
53	T	February 2, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1983–84)	25–24–4
54	L	February 3, 1984	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1983–84)	25–25–4
55	T	February 5, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	25–25–5
56	W	February 7, 1984	5–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1983–84)	26–25–5
57	L	February 9, 1984	6–7	Vancouver Canucks (1983–84)	26–26–5
58	L	February 11, 1984	3–4	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	26–27–5
59	W	February 13, 1984	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	27–27–5
60	W	February 14, 1984	5–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	28–27–5
61	L	February 18, 1984	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1983–84)	28–28–5
62	L	February 21, 1984	2–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	28–29–5
63	L	February 23, 1984	3–5	Winnipeg Jets (1983–84)	28–30–5
64	W	February 25, 1984	7–4	New York Rangers (1983–84)	29–30–5
65	W	March 1, 1984	3–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1983–84)	30–30–5
66	W	March 3, 1984	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (1983–84)	31–30–5
67	L	March 4, 1984	1–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	31–31–5
68	L	March 6, 1984	3–8	Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	31–32–5
69	W	March 8, 1984	3–2	Hartford Whalers (1983–84)	32–32–5
70	L	March 10, 1984	2–4	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	32–33–5
71	L	March 12, 1984	6–7 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1983–84)	32–34–5
72	W	March 15, 1984	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (1983–84)	33–34–5
73	W	March 17, 1984	6–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1983–84)	34–34–5
74	W	March 19, 1984	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1983–84)	35–34–5
75	L	March 21, 1984	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1983–84)	35–35–5
76	L	March 24, 1984	2–5	Boston Bruins (1983–84)	35–36–5
77	L	March 25, 1984	2–3	@ New York Rangers (1983–84)	35–37–5
78	L	March 27, 1984	0–7	@ New York Islanders (1983–84)	35–38–5
79	L	March 29, 1984	2–5	Quebec Nordiques (1983–84)	35–39–5
80	L	March 31, 1984	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1983–84)	35–40–5

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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. The Canadiens then faced off against the Quebec Nordiques in a "Battle of Quebec". The Canadiens defeated the Nordiques four games to two to advance against the New York Islanders, the defending Stanley Cup champion. The Islanders would eliminate the Canadiens in six games.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	RW	80	30	40	70	19	-14	6	0	6
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund	LW	77	29	35	64	4	5	3	0	1
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith	C	70	26	37	63	62	-7	6	1	3
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	78	24	30	54	75	5	3	7	2
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	73	20	29	49	83	-11	7	1	4
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	C	56	18	25	43	13	-2	4	1	2
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	74	9	34	43	39	4	4	0	1
Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	77	17	22	39	41	10	0	0	3
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay	RW	67	14	25	39	112	2	3	0	3
Mondou, PierrePierre Mondou	C	52	15	22	37	8	9	3	1	1
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt	LW	63	14	23	37	29	-18	4	0	2
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	RW	76	16	10	26	338	-4	4	0	1
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	80	7	18	25	52	-10	0	0	1
Root, BillBill Root	D	72	4	13	17	45	26	1	1	0
Turcotte, AlfieAlfie Turcotte	C	30	7	7	14	10	-9	5	0	0
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	40	6	7	13	59	-12	2	0	1
Hamel, JeanJean Hamel	D	79	1	12	13	92	7	0	0	0
Nattress, RicRic Nattress	D	34	0	12	12	15	-11	0	0	0
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	22	6	4	10	42	-2	1	0	0
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser	C	27	5	5	10	6	1	0	0	1
Acton, KeithKeith Acton	C	9	3	7	10	4	-5	2	0	0
Carlson, KentKent Carlson	D	65	3	7	10	73	-15	0	0	2
Delorme, GilbertGilbert Delorme	D	27	2	7	9	8	-4	0	0	0
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	14	5	2	7	41	4	0	0	0
Napier, MarkMark Napier	RW	5	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	1
Paslawski, GregGreg Paslawski	RW	26	1	4	5	4	-5	0	0	0
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	G	42	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
Lemieux, ClaudeClaude Lemieux	RW	8	1	1	2	12	-2	0	0	0
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	12	0	2	2	12	-5	0	0	0
Picard, RobertRobert Picard	D	7	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Green, RickRick Green	D	7	0	1	1	7	-5	0	0	0
Allison, DaveDave Allison	D	3	0	0	0	12	-2	0	0	0
Baron, NormandNormand Baron	LW	4	0	0	0	12	-2	0	0	0
Gauvreau, JocelynJocelyn Gauvreau	D	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Holden, MarkMark Holden	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kitchen, BillBill Kitchen	D	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Landon, LarryLarry Landon	RW	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Momesso, SergioSergio Momesso	LW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Newberry, JohnJohn Newberry	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Penney, SteveSteve Penney	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sevigny, RichardRichard Sevigny	G	40	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	2333	42	19	17	3	144	3.70	2
Sevigny, RichardRichard Sevigny	2203	40	16	18	2	124	3.38	1
Holden, MarkMark Holden	52	1	0	1	0	4	4.62	0
Penney, SteveSteve Penney	240	4	0	4	0	19	4.75	0
Team:	4828	80	35	40	5	291	3.62	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Naslund, MatsMats Naslund	LW	15	6	8	14	4	3	1	3
Chelios, ChrisChris Chelios	D	15	1	9	10	17	1	0	0
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt	LW	11	7	2	9	8	2	0	0
Mondou, PierrePierre Mondou	C	14	6	3	9	2	1	0	1
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay	RW	15	6	3	9	31	0	0	1
Smith, BobbyBobby Smith	C	15	2	7	9	8	1	0	1
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	15	4	3	7	12	0	0	1
Gainey, BobBob Gainey	LW	15	1	5	6	9	0	0	0
Chabot, JohnJohn Chabot	C	11	1	4	5	0	0	0	1
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson	D	15	0	5	5	22	0	0	0
Hunter, MarkMark Hunter	RW	14	2	1	3	69	0	0	0
Walter, RyanRyan Walter	C/LW	15	2	1	3	4	1	0	1
Green, RickRick Green	D	15	1	2	3	33	0	0	0
Turnbull, PerryPerry Turnbull	C	9	1	2	3	10	0	0	0
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur	RW	12	0	3	3	5	0	0	0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	15	0	3	3	23	0	0	0
Hamel, JeanJean Hamel	D	15	0	2	2	16	0	0	0
Penney, SteveSteve Penney	G	15	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
McPhee, MikeMike McPhee	LW	15	1	0	1	31	0	0	0
Nilan, ChrisChris Nilan	RW	15	1	0	1	81	0	0	0
Baron, NormandNormand Baron	LW	3	0	0	0	22	0	0	0
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Penney, SteveSteve Penney	871	15	9	6	32	2.20	3
Wamsley, RickRick Wamsley	32	1	0	0	0	0.00	0
Team:	903	15	9	6	32	2.13	3

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

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Transactions

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Roster

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Draft picks

For more details on this topic, see 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

Farm teams

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References

Canadiens on Hockey Database

^ "1983-84 National Hockey League [NHL"]. hockeydb.com. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/nhl19271984.html. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
^ "1983–84 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1984_games.html. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
^ "1983-84 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1984.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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Franchise

Franchise • History (Original Six • Centennial) • Players • Coaches • General managers • Seasons • Records • Draft picks • Award winners

Culture and lore

Youppi • The Punch Line • Richard Riot • 1938 European tour

Arenas

Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre • Bell Sports Complex (practice)

Affiliates

Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) • Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)

Television

SRC • RDS

Radio

English	The Team 990

French	CKAC Sports 730 AM

Rivalries

Boston Bruins • Quebec Nordiques • Toronto Maple Leafs

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Norris	Chicago • Detroit • Minnesota • St. Louis • Toronto

Smythe	Calgary • Edmonton • Los Angeles • Winnipeg • Vancouver

See also	1983 NHL Entry Draft • All-Star Game • 1984 Stanley Cup Finals • Transactions

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