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1993โ€“94 Montreal Canadiens
Division3rd Northeast
Conference5th Eastern
1993โ€“94 record41โ€“29โ€“14
Home record26โ€“12โ€“4
Road record15โ€“17โ€“10
Goals for283
Goals against248
Team information
General manager Serge Savard
Coach Jacques Demers
Captain Guy Carbonneau
Alternate captains J. J. Daigneault
Kirk Muller
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Vincent Damphousse (40)
AssistsVincent Damphousse (51)
PointsVincent Damphousse (91)
Penalty minutes Lyle Odelein (276)
Plus/minus John LeClair (+17)
Wins Patrick Roy (35)
Goals against averagePatrick Roy (2.50)

The 1993โ€“94 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 85th season of play. The defending Stanley Cup champions could not repeat, being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals by the Boston Bruins four games to three. It was the last time at the Forum that the playoffs were played. In addition, it was the first time in 11 years that the Canadiens did not advance past the first round of the playoffs. [1]

Off-season

  • In the off-season, Patrick Roy signed a new four-year, $16 million contract. [2]

NHL Draft

Regular season

For the season, Roy had 35 wins, 17 losses and 11 ties. Without him in net, the Canadiens had 6 wins, 12 losses and 3 ties. [3] The Canadiens ended the season on a sour note. They had 3 wins and 9 losses in their last 12 games, including a 9โ€“0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. [4] Vincent Damphousse finished the season with 40 goals, the last time a Canadiens player achieved the feat as of 2022.

Season standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 84 44 27 13 299 285 101
2 4 Boston Bruins 84 42 29 13 289 252 97
3 5 Montreal Canadiens 84 41 29 14 283 248 96
4 6 Buffalo Sabres 84 43 32 9 282 218 95
5 11 Quebec Nordiques 84 34 42 8 277 292 76
6 13 Hartford Whalers 84 27 48 9 227 288 63
7 14 Ottawa Senators 84 14 61 9 201 397 37

[5]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Neutral Site Games

Date Score City Arena Attendance
November 18, 1993 New York Islanders 5, Montreal Canadiens 1 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum 17,008
January 5, 1994 Montreal Canadiens 2, Quebec Nordiques 0 Phoenix, Arizona America West Arena 11,393

Schedule and results

# R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W Oct 6, 1993 4โ€“3 Hartford Whalers 1โ€“0โ€“0
2 L Oct 7, 1993 1โ€“2 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1โ€“1โ€“0
3 W Oct 9, 1993 7โ€“4 Buffalo Sabres 2โ€“1โ€“0
4 T Oct 11, 1993 1โ€“1 @ Boston Bruins 2โ€“1โ€“1
5 L Oct 13, 1993 3โ€“4 @ Hartford Whalers 2โ€“2โ€“1
6 L Oct 16, 1993 2โ€“5 Quebec Nordiques 2โ€“3โ€“1
7 W Oct 18, 1993 4โ€“2 @ Quebec Nordiques 3โ€“3โ€“1
8 W Oct 20, 1993 5โ€“2 Dallas Stars 4โ€“3โ€“1
9 W Oct 23, 1993 4โ€“1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 5โ€“3โ€“1
10 W Oct 26, 1993 2โ€“0 @ New Jersey Devils 6โ€“3โ€“1
11 T Oct 28, 1993 3โ€“3 @ New York Rangers 6โ€“3โ€“2
12 W Oct 30, 1993 5โ€“2 Toronto Maple Leafs 7โ€“3โ€“2
13 W Nov 3, 1993 1โ€“0 Tampa Bay Lightning 8โ€“3โ€“2
14 L Nov 6, 1993 3โ€“4 Calgary Flames 8โ€“4โ€“2
15 L Nov 10, 1993 1โ€“3 Florida Panthers 8โ€“5โ€“2
16 L Nov 13, 1993 2โ€“3 OT Ottawa Senators 8โ€“6โ€“2
17 W Nov 15, 1993 4โ€“2 @ Ottawa Senators 9โ€“6โ€“2
18 W Nov 17, 1993 3โ€“1 Edmonton Oilers 10โ€“6โ€“2
19 L Nov 18, 1993 1โ€“5 New York Islanders 10โ€“7โ€“2
20 T Nov 20, 1993 2โ€“2 Pittsburgh Penguins 10โ€“7โ€“3
21 L Nov 23, 1993 4โ€“5 @ New York Rangers 10โ€“8โ€“3
22 L Nov 24, 1993 2โ€“9 @ Philadelphia Flyers 10โ€“9โ€“3
23 W Nov 27, 1993 4โ€“0 Los Angeles Kings 11โ€“9โ€“3
24 L Dec 1, 1993 3โ€“6 Ottawa Senators 11โ€“10โ€“3
25 T Dec 3, 1993 2โ€“2 @ Washington Capitals 11โ€“10โ€“4
26 W Dec 4, 1993 8โ€“1 @ Boston Bruins 12โ€“10โ€“4
27 W Dec 6, 1993 4โ€“3 OT Vancouver Canucks 13โ€“10โ€“4
28 L Dec 8, 1993 2โ€“4 New Jersey Devils 13โ€“11โ€“4
29 L Dec 11, 1993 3โ€“5 Washington Capitals 13โ€“12โ€“4
30 T Dec 14, 1993 1โ€“1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 13โ€“12โ€“5
31 T Dec 15, 1993 3โ€“3 @ Florida Panthers 13โ€“12โ€“6
32 W Dec 18, 1993 8โ€“1 Detroit Red Wings 14โ€“12โ€“6
33 L Dec 22, 1993 3โ€“5 New York Islanders 14โ€“13โ€“6
34 L Dec 23, 1993 0โ€“5 @ Buffalo Sabres 14โ€“14โ€“6
35 W Dec 27, 1993 5โ€“2 @ St. Louis Blues 15โ€“14โ€“6
36 L Dec 29, 1993 3โ€“6 @ Edmonton Oilers 15โ€“15โ€“6
37 W Dec 31, 1993 5โ€“2 @ Calgary Flames 16โ€“15โ€“6
38 W Jan 2, 1994 3โ€“2 @ Vancouver Canucks 17โ€“15โ€“6
39 T Jan 4, 1994 2โ€“2 @ San Jose Sharks 17โ€“15โ€“7
40 W Jan 5, 1994 4โ€“0 @ Quebec Nordiques 18โ€“15โ€“7
41 W Jan 8, 1994 3โ€“2 New York Rangers 19โ€“15โ€“7
42 W Jan 10, 1994 4โ€“2 Winnipeg Jets 20โ€“15โ€“7
43 W Jan 12, 1994 3โ€“2 New Jersey Devils 21โ€“15โ€“7
44 L Jan 14, 1994 2โ€“5 @ New York Islanders 21โ€“16โ€“7
45 L Jan 15, 1994 2โ€“5 Florida Panthers 21โ€“17โ€“7
46 W Jan 17, 1994 3โ€“1 Washington Capitals 22โ€“17โ€“7
47 T Jan 19, 1994 3โ€“3 Boston Bruins 22โ€“17โ€“8
48 L Jan 24, 1994 3โ€“8 @ Florida Panthers 22โ€“18โ€“8
49 W Jan 26, 1994 3โ€“0 @ Hartford Whalers 23โ€“18โ€“8
50 L Jan 29, 1994 2โ€“3 Buffalo Sabres 23โ€“19โ€“8
51 W Jan 30, 1994 5โ€“4 OT Philadelphia Flyers 24โ€“19โ€“8
52 W Feb 2, 1994 9โ€“2 Hartford Whalers 25โ€“19โ€“8
53 W Feb 4, 1994 4โ€“0 @ Washington Capitals 26โ€“19โ€“8
54 W Feb 5, 1994 4โ€“3 @ Ottawa Senators 27โ€“19โ€“8
55 W Feb 7, 1994 4โ€“1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 28โ€“19โ€“8
56 W Feb 9, 1994 4โ€“3 OT New York Rangers 29โ€“19โ€“8
57 L Feb 11, 1994 1โ€“5 @ Buffalo Sabres 29โ€“20โ€“8
58 W Feb 12, 1994 5โ€“2 Quebec Nordiques 30โ€“20โ€“8
59 L Feb 17, 1994 3โ€“4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 30โ€“21โ€“8
60 W Feb 19, 1994 4โ€“1 Pittsburgh Penguins 31โ€“21โ€“8
61 L Feb 21, 1994 7โ€“8 @ Philadelphia Flyers 31โ€“22โ€“8
62 W Feb 23, 1994 3โ€“1 San Jose Sharks 32โ€“22โ€“8
63 W Feb 26, 1994 3โ€“0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 33โ€“22โ€“8
64 T Feb 28, 1994 3โ€“3 @ Los Angeles Kings 33โ€“22โ€“9
65 W Mar 2, 1994 5โ€“2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 34โ€“22โ€“9
66 T Mar 6, 1994 2โ€“2 @ Dallas Stars 34โ€“22โ€“10
67 W Mar 9, 1994 7โ€“2 St. Louis Blues 35โ€“22โ€“10
68 T Mar 10, 1994 4โ€“4 @ Quebec Nordiques 35โ€“22โ€“11
69 T Mar 12, 1994 4โ€“4 Philadelphia Flyers 35โ€“22โ€“12
70 W Mar 14, 1994 5โ€“4 Boston Bruins 36โ€“22โ€“12
71 W Mar 16, 1994 5โ€“3 Chicago Blackhawks 37โ€“22โ€“12
72 W Mar 19, 1994 5โ€“2 Quebec Nordiques 38โ€“22โ€“12
73 L Mar 23, 1994 1โ€“3 @ Winnipeg Jets 38โ€“23โ€“12
74 T Mar 24, 1994 5โ€“5 @ Chicago Blackhawks 38โ€“23โ€“13
75 L Mar 26, 1994 3โ€“6 @ Boston Bruins 38โ€“24โ€“13
76 W Mar 28, 1994 3โ€“2 Ottawa Senators 39โ€“24โ€“13
77 L Mar 29, 1994 2โ€“5 @ New Jersey Devils 39โ€“25โ€“13
78 L Apr 1, 1994 2โ€“5 @ New York Islanders 39โ€“26โ€“13
79 T Apr 2, 1994 3โ€“3 New York Islanders 39โ€“26โ€“14
80 L Apr 6, 1994 1โ€“3 Tampa Bay Lightning 39โ€“27โ€“14
81 L Apr 8, 1994 0โ€“1 @ Buffalo Sabres 39โ€“28โ€“14
82 W Apr 9, 1994 9โ€“1 Pittsburgh Penguins 40โ€“28โ€“14
83 W Apr 11, 1994 3โ€“1 @ Hartford Whalers 41โ€“28โ€“14
84 L Apr 13, 1994 0โ€“9 @ Detroit Red Wings 41โ€“29โ€“14

Playoffs

Round 1: (4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Montreal Canadiens

April 16 Montreal Canadiens 2โ€“3 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Brian Bellows (1) โ€“ 06:55 First period 14:51 โ€“ pp โ€“ Mariusz Czerkawski (1)
Mike Keane (1) โ€“ 06:19 Second period 18:52 โ€“ pp โ€“ Adam Oates (1)
19:43 โ€“ pp โ€“ Ted Donato (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jon Casey 24 saves / 26 shots
April 18 Montreal Canadiens 3โ€“2 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Kirk Muller (1) โ€“ pp โ€“ 04:42 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 15:42 โ€“ Don Sweeney (1)
19:18 โ€“ pp โ€“ Glen Wesley (1)
Paul DiPietro (1) โ€“ pp โ€“ 00:18
Kirk Muller (2) โ€“ 04:32
Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 40 saves / 42 shots Goalie stats Jon Casey 21 saves / 24 shots
April 21 Boston Bruins 6โ€“3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Bryan Smolinski (1) โ€“ pp โ€“ 08:46
Fred Knipscheer (1) โ€“ 14:46
Dave Reid (1) โ€“ sh โ€“ 18:12
First period No scoring
Brent Hughes (1) โ€“ 09:57
Glen Murray (1) โ€“ 16:31
Second period 02:25 โ€“ Benoit Brunet (1)
11:50 โ€“ Mike Keane (2)
11:56 โ€“ Gilbert Dionne (1)
Dave Reid (2) โ€“ 18:57 Third period No scoring
Vincent Riendeau 24 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Ron Tugnutt 20 saves / 25 shots
April 23 Boston Bruins 2โ€“5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Adam Oates (2) โ€“ 13:41 First period 05:40 โ€“ pp โ€“ Kirk Muller (3)
10:54 โ€“ pp โ€“ Kirk Muller (4)
11:34 โ€“ pp โ€“ Paul DiPietro (2)
Ted Donato (2) โ€“ 02:54 Second period 19:14 โ€“ Guy Carbonneau (1)
No scoring Third period 03:33 โ€“ Ed Ronan (1)
Vincent Riendeau 10 saves / 15 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 39 saves / 41 shots
April 25 Montreal Canadiens 2โ€“1 OT Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
John LeClair (1) โ€“ 14:49 Third period 02:12 โ€“ Jozef Stumpel (1)
Kirk Muller (5) โ€“ 17:18 First overtime period No scoring
Patrick Roy 60 saves / 61 shots Goalie stats Jon Casey 34 saves / 36 shots
April 27 Boston Bruins 3โ€“2 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Bryan Smolinski (2) โ€“ pp โ€“ 03:00 First period No scoring
Steve Heinze (1) โ€“ 09:36 Second period 17:50 โ€“ pp โ€“ John LeClair (2)
Al Iafrate (1) โ€“ 07:21 Third period 02:57 โ€“ Kirk Muller (6)
Jon Casey 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 22 saves / 25 shots
April 29 Montreal Canadiens 3โ€“5 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 03:43 โ€“ Glen Murray (2)
11:47 โ€“ Ted Donato (3)
Vincent Damphousse (1) โ€“ 05:44 Second period 01:23 โ€“ pp โ€“ Adam Oates (3)
04:22 โ€“ Fred Knipscheer (2)
Kevin Haller (1) โ€“ 13:12
Mike Keane (3) โ€“ 14:43
Third period 05:03 โ€“ Ray Bourque (1)
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Jon Casey 26 saves / 29 shots
Boston won series 4โ€“3


Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Vincent Damphousse C 84 40 51 91 75 0 13 0 10
Brian Bellows LW 77 33 38 71 36 9 13 0 2
Kirk Muller LW 76 23 34 57 96 -1 9 2 3
Mathieu Schneider D 75 20 32 52 62 15 11 0 4
Mike Keane RW 80 16 30 46 119 6 6 2 2
Gilbert Dionne LW 74 19 26 45 31 -9 3 0 5
John LeClair LW 74 19 24 43 32 17 1 0 1
Lyle Odelein D 79 11 29 40 276 8 6 0 2
Guy Carbonneau C 79 14 24 38 48 16 0 0 1
Eric Desjardins D 84 12 23 35 97 -1 6 1 3
Paul DiPietro C 70 13 20 33 37 -2 2 0 0
Benoit Brunet LW 71 10 20 30 20 14 0 3 1
Oleg Petrov RW 55 12 15 27 2 7 1 0 1
Patrice Brisebois D 53 2 21 23 63 5 1 0 0
Stephan Lebeau C 34 9 7 16 8 1 4 0 2
Gary Leeman RW 31 4 11 15 17 5 0 0 0
Ed Ronan RW 61 6 8 14 42 3 0 0 1
J. J. Daigneault D 68 2 12 14 73 16 0 0 1
Peter Popovic D 47 2 12 14 26 10 1 0 0
Kevin Haller D 68 4 9 13 118 3 0 0 1
Ron Wilson C 48 2 10 12 12 -2 0 0 0
Pierre Sevigny LW 43 4 5 9 42 6 1 0 1
Donald Brashear LW 14 2 2 4 34 0 0 0 0
Bryan Fogarty D 13 1 2 3 10 -4 0 0 0
Christian Proulx D 7 1 2 3 20 0 0 0 0
Mario Roberge LW 28 1 2 3 55 -2 0 0 0
Brian Savage LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Ferguson C 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rob Ramage D 6 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Patrick Roy G 68 0 1 1 30 0 0 0 0
Frederic Chabot G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Fleming LW 5 0 0 0 25 -4 0 0 0
Les Kuntar G 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Andre Racicot G 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turner Stevenson RW 2 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Ron Tugnutt G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lindsay Vallis D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Patrick Roy 3867 68 35 17 11 161 2.50 7 1956 1795 .918
Les Kuntar 302 6 2 2 0 16 3.18 0 130 114 .877
Andre Racicot 500 11 2 6 2 37 4.44 0 246 209 .850
Ron Tugnutt 378 8 2 3 1 24 3.81 0 172 148 .860
Frederic Chabot 60 1 0 1 0 5 5.00 0 24 19 .792
Team: 5107 84 41 29 14 243 2.85 7 2528 2285 .904

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Kirk Muller LW 7 6 2 8 4 3 0 2
Paul DiPietro C 7 2 4 6 2 2 0 1
Benoit Brunet LW 7 1 4 5 16 0 0 0
Mike Keane RW 6 3 1 4 4 0 0 0
Guy Carbonneau C 7 1 3 4 4 0 0 0
Patrice Brisebois D 7 0 4 4 6 0 0 0
John LeClair LW 7 2 1 3 8 1 0 0
Brian Bellows LW 6 1 2 3 2 0 0 0
Vincent Damphousse C 7 1 2 3 8 0 0 0
Gilbert Dionne LW 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Kevin Haller D 7 1 1 2 19 0 0 0
Eric Desjardins D 7 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
Brian Savage LW 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Turner Stevenson RW 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Ed Ronan RW 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
J. J. Daigneault D 7 0 1 1 12 0 0 0
Peter Popovic D 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Pierre Sevigny LW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Donald Brashear LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Leeman RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lyle Odelein D 7 0 0 0 17 0 0 0
Oleg Petrov RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patrick Roy G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mathieu Schneider D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Tugnutt G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Wilson C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Patrick Roy 375 6 3 3 16 2.56 0 228 212 .930
Ron Tugnutt 59 1 0 1 5 5.08 0 25 20 .800
Team: 434 7 3 4 21 2.90 0 253 232 .917

[6]

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;

Awards and records

Transactions

February 20, 1994 To Montreal Canadiens
Ron Tugnutt
To Anaheim Ducks
Stephan Lebeau [7]

Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 21 Saku Koivu Centre   Finland TPS (Finland)
2 47 Rory Fitzpatrick Defence   United States Sudbury Wolves ( OHL)
3 73 Sebastien Bordeleau Centre   Canada Hull Olympiques ( QMJHL)
4 85 Adam Wiesel Defence   United States Springfield Olympics ( NEJHL)
4 99 Jean-Francois Houle Left wing   Canada Northwood Prep. (USHS-NY)
5 113 Jeff Lank Defence   Canada Prince Albert Raiders ( WHL)
5 125 Dion Darling Defence   Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6 151 Darcy Tucker Right wing   Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7 177 David Ruhly Left wing   United States Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN)
8 203 Alan Letang Defence   Canada Newmarket Royals (OHL)
9 229 Alexandre Duchesne Left wing   Canada Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
10 255 Brian Larochelle Goaltender   United States Phillips Exeter Academy (USHS-NH)
11 281 Russell Guzior Centre   United States Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.333, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN  978-0-470-15616-2
  2. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.317, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN  978-0-470-15616-2
  3. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.320, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN  978-0-470-15616-2
  4. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.321, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN  978-0-470-15616-2
  5. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN  978-1-894801-14-0.
  6. ^ "1993-94 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  7. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.320, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN  978-0-470-15616-2
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1993โ€“94 Montreal Canadiens
Division3rd Northeast
Conference5th Eastern
1993โ€“94 record41โ€“29โ€“14
Home record26โ€“12โ€“4
Road record15โ€“17โ€“10
Goals for283
Goals against248
Team information
General manager Serge Savard
Coach Jacques Demers
Captain Guy Carbonneau
Alternate captains J. J. Daigneault
Kirk Muller
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Vincent Damphousse (40)
AssistsVincent Damphousse (51)
PointsVincent Damphousse (91)
Penalty minutes Lyle Odelein (276)
Plus/minus John LeClair (+17)
Wins Patrick Roy (35)
Goals against averagePatrick Roy (2.50)

The 1993โ€“94 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 85th season of play. The defending Stanley Cup champions could not repeat, being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals by the Boston Bruins four games to three. It was the last time at the Forum that the playoffs were played. In addition, it was the first time in 11 years that the Canadiens did not advance past the first round of the playoffs. [1]

Off-season

  • In the off-season, Patrick Roy signed a new four-year, $16 million contract. [2]

NHL Draft

Regular season

For the season, Roy had 35 wins, 17 losses and 11 ties. Without him in net, the Canadiens had 6 wins, 12 losses and 3 ties. [3] The Canadiens ended the season on a sour note. They had 3 wins and 9 losses in their last 12 games, including a 9โ€“0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. [4] Vincent Damphousse finished the season with 40 goals, the last time a Canadiens player achieved the feat as of 2022.

Season standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 84 44 27 13 299 285 101
2 4 Boston Bruins 84 42 29 13 289 252 97
3 5 Montreal Canadiens 84 41 29 14 283 248 96
4 6 Buffalo Sabres 84 43 32 9 282 218 95
5 11 Quebec Nordiques 84 34 42 8 277 292 76
6 13 Hartford Whalers 84 27 48 9 227 288 63
7 14 Ottawa Senators 84 14 61 9 201 397 37

[5]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Neutral Site Games

Date Score City Arena Attendance
November 18, 1993 New York Islanders 5, Montreal Canadiens 1 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum 17,008
January 5, 1994 Montreal Canadiens 2, Quebec Nordiques 0 Phoenix, Arizona America West Arena 11,393

Schedule and results

# R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W Oct 6, 1993 4โ€“3 Hartford Whalers 1โ€“0โ€“0
2 L Oct 7, 1993 1โ€“2 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins 1โ€“1โ€“0
3 W Oct 9, 1993 7โ€“4 Buffalo Sabres 2โ€“1โ€“0
4 T Oct 11, 1993 1โ€“1 @ Boston Bruins 2โ€“1โ€“1
5 L Oct 13, 1993 3โ€“4 @ Hartford Whalers 2โ€“2โ€“1
6 L Oct 16, 1993 2โ€“5 Quebec Nordiques 2โ€“3โ€“1
7 W Oct 18, 1993 4โ€“2 @ Quebec Nordiques 3โ€“3โ€“1
8 W Oct 20, 1993 5โ€“2 Dallas Stars 4โ€“3โ€“1
9 W Oct 23, 1993 4โ€“1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 5โ€“3โ€“1
10 W Oct 26, 1993 2โ€“0 @ New Jersey Devils 6โ€“3โ€“1
11 T Oct 28, 1993 3โ€“3 @ New York Rangers 6โ€“3โ€“2
12 W Oct 30, 1993 5โ€“2 Toronto Maple Leafs 7โ€“3โ€“2
13 W Nov 3, 1993 1โ€“0 Tampa Bay Lightning 8โ€“3โ€“2
14 L Nov 6, 1993 3โ€“4 Calgary Flames 8โ€“4โ€“2
15 L Nov 10, 1993 1โ€“3 Florida Panthers 8โ€“5โ€“2
16 L Nov 13, 1993 2โ€“3 OT Ottawa Senators 8โ€“6โ€“2
17 W Nov 15, 1993 4โ€“2 @ Ottawa Senators 9โ€“6โ€“2
18 W Nov 17, 1993 3โ€“1 Edmonton Oilers 10โ€“6โ€“2
19 L Nov 18, 1993 1โ€“5 New York Islanders 10โ€“7โ€“2
20 T Nov 20, 1993 2โ€“2 Pittsburgh Penguins 10โ€“7โ€“3
21 L Nov 23, 1993 4โ€“5 @ New York Rangers 10โ€“8โ€“3
22 L Nov 24, 1993 2โ€“9 @ Philadelphia Flyers 10โ€“9โ€“3
23 W Nov 27, 1993 4โ€“0 Los Angeles Kings 11โ€“9โ€“3
24 L Dec 1, 1993 3โ€“6 Ottawa Senators 11โ€“10โ€“3
25 T Dec 3, 1993 2โ€“2 @ Washington Capitals 11โ€“10โ€“4
26 W Dec 4, 1993 8โ€“1 @ Boston Bruins 12โ€“10โ€“4
27 W Dec 6, 1993 4โ€“3 OT Vancouver Canucks 13โ€“10โ€“4
28 L Dec 8, 1993 2โ€“4 New Jersey Devils 13โ€“11โ€“4
29 L Dec 11, 1993 3โ€“5 Washington Capitals 13โ€“12โ€“4
30 T Dec 14, 1993 1โ€“1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 13โ€“12โ€“5
31 T Dec 15, 1993 3โ€“3 @ Florida Panthers 13โ€“12โ€“6
32 W Dec 18, 1993 8โ€“1 Detroit Red Wings 14โ€“12โ€“6
33 L Dec 22, 1993 3โ€“5 New York Islanders 14โ€“13โ€“6
34 L Dec 23, 1993 0โ€“5 @ Buffalo Sabres 14โ€“14โ€“6
35 W Dec 27, 1993 5โ€“2 @ St. Louis Blues 15โ€“14โ€“6
36 L Dec 29, 1993 3โ€“6 @ Edmonton Oilers 15โ€“15โ€“6
37 W Dec 31, 1993 5โ€“2 @ Calgary Flames 16โ€“15โ€“6
38 W Jan 2, 1994 3โ€“2 @ Vancouver Canucks 17โ€“15โ€“6
39 T Jan 4, 1994 2โ€“2 @ San Jose Sharks 17โ€“15โ€“7
40 W Jan 5, 1994 4โ€“0 @ Quebec Nordiques 18โ€“15โ€“7
41 W Jan 8, 1994 3โ€“2 New York Rangers 19โ€“15โ€“7
42 W Jan 10, 1994 4โ€“2 Winnipeg Jets 20โ€“15โ€“7
43 W Jan 12, 1994 3โ€“2 New Jersey Devils 21โ€“15โ€“7
44 L Jan 14, 1994 2โ€“5 @ New York Islanders 21โ€“16โ€“7
45 L Jan 15, 1994 2โ€“5 Florida Panthers 21โ€“17โ€“7
46 W Jan 17, 1994 3โ€“1 Washington Capitals 22โ€“17โ€“7
47 T Jan 19, 1994 3โ€“3 Boston Bruins 22โ€“17โ€“8
48 L Jan 24, 1994 3โ€“8 @ Florida Panthers 22โ€“18โ€“8
49 W Jan 26, 1994 3โ€“0 @ Hartford Whalers 23โ€“18โ€“8
50 L Jan 29, 1994 2โ€“3 Buffalo Sabres 23โ€“19โ€“8
51 W Jan 30, 1994 5โ€“4 OT Philadelphia Flyers 24โ€“19โ€“8
52 W Feb 2, 1994 9โ€“2 Hartford Whalers 25โ€“19โ€“8
53 W Feb 4, 1994 4โ€“0 @ Washington Capitals 26โ€“19โ€“8
54 W Feb 5, 1994 4โ€“3 @ Ottawa Senators 27โ€“19โ€“8
55 W Feb 7, 1994 4โ€“1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 28โ€“19โ€“8
56 W Feb 9, 1994 4โ€“3 OT New York Rangers 29โ€“19โ€“8
57 L Feb 11, 1994 1โ€“5 @ Buffalo Sabres 29โ€“20โ€“8
58 W Feb 12, 1994 5โ€“2 Quebec Nordiques 30โ€“20โ€“8
59 L Feb 17, 1994 3โ€“4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 30โ€“21โ€“8
60 W Feb 19, 1994 4โ€“1 Pittsburgh Penguins 31โ€“21โ€“8
61 L Feb 21, 1994 7โ€“8 @ Philadelphia Flyers 31โ€“22โ€“8
62 W Feb 23, 1994 3โ€“1 San Jose Sharks 32โ€“22โ€“8
63 W Feb 26, 1994 3โ€“0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 33โ€“22โ€“8
64 T Feb 28, 1994 3โ€“3 @ Los Angeles Kings 33โ€“22โ€“9
65 W Mar 2, 1994 5โ€“2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 34โ€“22โ€“9
66 T Mar 6, 1994 2โ€“2 @ Dallas Stars 34โ€“22โ€“10
67 W Mar 9, 1994 7โ€“2 St. Louis Blues 35โ€“22โ€“10
68 T Mar 10, 1994 4โ€“4 @ Quebec Nordiques 35โ€“22โ€“11
69 T Mar 12, 1994 4โ€“4 Philadelphia Flyers 35โ€“22โ€“12
70 W Mar 14, 1994 5โ€“4 Boston Bruins 36โ€“22โ€“12
71 W Mar 16, 1994 5โ€“3 Chicago Blackhawks 37โ€“22โ€“12
72 W Mar 19, 1994 5โ€“2 Quebec Nordiques 38โ€“22โ€“12
73 L Mar 23, 1994 1โ€“3 @ Winnipeg Jets 38โ€“23โ€“12
74 T Mar 24, 1994 5โ€“5 @ Chicago Blackhawks 38โ€“23โ€“13
75 L Mar 26, 1994 3โ€“6 @ Boston Bruins 38โ€“24โ€“13
76 W Mar 28, 1994 3โ€“2 Ottawa Senators 39โ€“24โ€“13
77 L Mar 29, 1994 2โ€“5 @ New Jersey Devils 39โ€“25โ€“13
78 L Apr 1, 1994 2โ€“5 @ New York Islanders 39โ€“26โ€“13
79 T Apr 2, 1994 3โ€“3 New York Islanders 39โ€“26โ€“14
80 L Apr 6, 1994 1โ€“3 Tampa Bay Lightning 39โ€“27โ€“14
81 L Apr 8, 1994 0โ€“1 @ Buffalo Sabres 39โ€“28โ€“14
82 W Apr 9, 1994 9โ€“1 Pittsburgh Penguins 40โ€“28โ€“14
83 W Apr 11, 1994 3โ€“1 @ Hartford Whalers 41โ€“28โ€“14
84 L Apr 13, 1994 0โ€“9 @ Detroit Red Wings 41โ€“29โ€“14

Playoffs

Round 1: (4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Montreal Canadiens

April 16 Montreal Canadiens 2โ€“3 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Brian Bellows (1) โ€“ 06:55 First period 14:51 โ€“ pp โ€“ Mariusz Czerkawski (1)
Mike Keane (1) โ€“ 06:19 Second period 18:52 โ€“ pp โ€“ Adam Oates (1)
19:43 โ€“ pp โ€“ Ted Donato (1)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jon Casey 24 saves / 26 shots
April 18 Montreal Canadiens 3โ€“2 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
Kirk Muller (1) โ€“ pp โ€“ 04:42 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 15:42 โ€“ Don Sweeney (1)
19:18 โ€“ pp โ€“ Glen Wesley (1)
Paul DiPietro (1) โ€“ pp โ€“ 00:18
Kirk Muller (2) โ€“ 04:32
Third period No scoring
Patrick Roy 40 saves / 42 shots Goalie stats Jon Casey 21 saves / 24 shots
April 21 Boston Bruins 6โ€“3 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Bryan Smolinski (1) โ€“ pp โ€“ 08:46
Fred Knipscheer (1) โ€“ 14:46
Dave Reid (1) โ€“ sh โ€“ 18:12
First period No scoring
Brent Hughes (1) โ€“ 09:57
Glen Murray (1) โ€“ 16:31
Second period 02:25 โ€“ Benoit Brunet (1)
11:50 โ€“ Mike Keane (2)
11:56 โ€“ Gilbert Dionne (1)
Dave Reid (2) โ€“ 18:57 Third period No scoring
Vincent Riendeau 24 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Ron Tugnutt 20 saves / 25 shots
April 23 Boston Bruins 2โ€“5 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Adam Oates (2) โ€“ 13:41 First period 05:40 โ€“ pp โ€“ Kirk Muller (3)
10:54 โ€“ pp โ€“ Kirk Muller (4)
11:34 โ€“ pp โ€“ Paul DiPietro (2)
Ted Donato (2) โ€“ 02:54 Second period 19:14 โ€“ Guy Carbonneau (1)
No scoring Third period 03:33 โ€“ Ed Ronan (1)
Vincent Riendeau 10 saves / 15 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 39 saves / 41 shots
April 25 Montreal Canadiens 2โ€“1 OT Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
John LeClair (1) โ€“ 14:49 Third period 02:12 โ€“ Jozef Stumpel (1)
Kirk Muller (5) โ€“ 17:18 First overtime period No scoring
Patrick Roy 60 saves / 61 shots Goalie stats Jon Casey 34 saves / 36 shots
April 27 Boston Bruins 3โ€“2 Montreal Canadiens Montreal Forum Recap  
Bryan Smolinski (2) โ€“ pp โ€“ 03:00 First period No scoring
Steve Heinze (1) โ€“ 09:36 Second period 17:50 โ€“ pp โ€“ John LeClair (2)
Al Iafrate (1) โ€“ 07:21 Third period 02:57 โ€“ Kirk Muller (6)
Jon Casey 20 saves / 22 shots Goalie stats Patrick Roy 22 saves / 25 shots
April 29 Montreal Canadiens 3โ€“5 Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap  
No scoring First period 03:43 โ€“ Glen Murray (2)
11:47 โ€“ Ted Donato (3)
Vincent Damphousse (1) โ€“ 05:44 Second period 01:23 โ€“ pp โ€“ Adam Oates (3)
04:22 โ€“ Fred Knipscheer (2)
Kevin Haller (1) โ€“ 13:12
Mike Keane (3) โ€“ 14:43
Third period 05:03 โ€“ Ray Bourque (1)
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 31 shots Goalie stats Jon Casey 26 saves / 29 shots
Boston won series 4โ€“3


Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Vincent Damphousse C 84 40 51 91 75 0 13 0 10
Brian Bellows LW 77 33 38 71 36 9 13 0 2
Kirk Muller LW 76 23 34 57 96 -1 9 2 3
Mathieu Schneider D 75 20 32 52 62 15 11 0 4
Mike Keane RW 80 16 30 46 119 6 6 2 2
Gilbert Dionne LW 74 19 26 45 31 -9 3 0 5
John LeClair LW 74 19 24 43 32 17 1 0 1
Lyle Odelein D 79 11 29 40 276 8 6 0 2
Guy Carbonneau C 79 14 24 38 48 16 0 0 1
Eric Desjardins D 84 12 23 35 97 -1 6 1 3
Paul DiPietro C 70 13 20 33 37 -2 2 0 0
Benoit Brunet LW 71 10 20 30 20 14 0 3 1
Oleg Petrov RW 55 12 15 27 2 7 1 0 1
Patrice Brisebois D 53 2 21 23 63 5 1 0 0
Stephan Lebeau C 34 9 7 16 8 1 4 0 2
Gary Leeman RW 31 4 11 15 17 5 0 0 0
Ed Ronan RW 61 6 8 14 42 3 0 0 1
J. J. Daigneault D 68 2 12 14 73 16 0 0 1
Peter Popovic D 47 2 12 14 26 10 1 0 0
Kevin Haller D 68 4 9 13 118 3 0 0 1
Ron Wilson C 48 2 10 12 12 -2 0 0 0
Pierre Sevigny LW 43 4 5 9 42 6 1 0 1
Donald Brashear LW 14 2 2 4 34 0 0 0 0
Bryan Fogarty D 13 1 2 3 10 -4 0 0 0
Christian Proulx D 7 1 2 3 20 0 0 0 0
Mario Roberge LW 28 1 2 3 55 -2 0 0 0
Brian Savage LW 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Ferguson C 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Rob Ramage D 6 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Patrick Roy G 68 0 1 1 30 0 0 0 0
Frederic Chabot G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gerry Fleming LW 5 0 0 0 25 -4 0 0 0
Les Kuntar G 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Andre Racicot G 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turner Stevenson RW 2 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Ron Tugnutt G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lindsay Vallis D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Patrick Roy 3867 68 35 17 11 161 2.50 7 1956 1795 .918
Les Kuntar 302 6 2 2 0 16 3.18 0 130 114 .877
Andre Racicot 500 11 2 6 2 37 4.44 0 246 209 .850
Ron Tugnutt 378 8 2 3 1 24 3.81 0 172 148 .860
Frederic Chabot 60 1 0 1 0 5 5.00 0 24 19 .792
Team: 5107 84 41 29 14 243 2.85 7 2528 2285 .904

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Kirk Muller LW 7 6 2 8 4 3 0 2
Paul DiPietro C 7 2 4 6 2 2 0 1
Benoit Brunet LW 7 1 4 5 16 0 0 0
Mike Keane RW 6 3 1 4 4 0 0 0
Guy Carbonneau C 7 1 3 4 4 0 0 0
Patrice Brisebois D 7 0 4 4 6 0 0 0
John LeClair LW 7 2 1 3 8 1 0 0
Brian Bellows LW 6 1 2 3 2 0 0 0
Vincent Damphousse C 7 1 2 3 8 0 0 0
Gilbert Dionne LW 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Kevin Haller D 7 1 1 2 19 0 0 0
Eric Desjardins D 7 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
Brian Savage LW 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Turner Stevenson RW 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Ed Ronan RW 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
J. J. Daigneault D 7 0 1 1 12 0 0 0
Peter Popovic D 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Pierre Sevigny LW 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Donald Brashear LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Leeman RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lyle Odelein D 7 0 0 0 17 0 0 0
Oleg Petrov RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patrick Roy G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mathieu Schneider D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Tugnutt G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Wilson C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Patrick Roy 375 6 3 3 16 2.56 0 228 212 .930
Ron Tugnutt 59 1 0 1 5 5.08 0 25 20 .800
Team: 434 7 3 4 21 2.90 0 253 232 .917

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

February 20, 1994 To Montreal Canadiens
Ron Tugnutt
To Anaheim Ducks
Stephan Lebeau [7]

Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 21 Saku Koivu Centre   Finland TPS (Finland)
2 47 Rory Fitzpatrick Defence   United States Sudbury Wolves ( OHL)
3 73 Sebastien Bordeleau Centre   Canada Hull Olympiques ( QMJHL)
4 85 Adam Wiesel Defence   United States Springfield Olympics ( NEJHL)
4 99 Jean-Francois Houle Left wing   Canada Northwood Prep. (USHS-NY)
5 113 Jeff Lank Defence   Canada Prince Albert Raiders ( WHL)
5 125 Dion Darling Defence   Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6 151 Darcy Tucker Right wing   Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7 177 David Ruhly Left wing   United States Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN)
8 203 Alan Letang Defence   Canada Newmarket Royals (OHL)
9 229 Alexandre Duchesne Left wing   Canada Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
10 255 Brian Larochelle Goaltender   United States Phillips Exeter Academy (USHS-NH)
11 281 Russell Guzior Centre   United States Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.333, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN  978-0-470-15616-2
  2. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.317, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN  978-0-470-15616-2
  3. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.320, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN  978-0-470-15616-2
  4. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.321, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN  978-0-470-15616-2
  5. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 154. ISBN  978-1-894801-14-0.
  6. ^ "1993-94 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  7. ^ Patrick Roy, winning, nothing else, p.320, by Michel Roy, translated by Charles Phillips, 2008, John Wiley & Sons, Mississauga, ON, ISBN  978-0-470-15616-2

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