1988-89 Montreal Canadiens Team Gamelog

Record: 53-18-9 (115 points), Finished 1st in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Pat Burns (53-18-9)

Goals For: 315 (5th of 21), Goals Against: 218 (1st of 21)
SRS: 1.16 (2nd of 21), SOS: -0.06 (16th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-2) to Calgary Flames
Won Conference Finals (4-2) over Philadelphia Flyers
Won Division Finals (4-1) over Boston Bruins
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-0) over Hartford Whalers

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +500

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1988-10-06	@	Buffalo Sabres	2	3	L		21	8	0		0	24	16	0		1
2	1988-10-08		Minnesota North Stars	4	3	W		35	47	3		0	30	24	1		0
3	1988-10-12		Quebec Nordiques	5	6	L		32	38	1		0	23	45	2		0
4	1988-10-14	@	New Jersey Devils	7	3	W		30	21	2		0	32	23	1		0
5	1988-10-15	@	New York Islanders	1	2	L		37	25	1		0	29	14	0		0
6	1988-10-17		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	6	L		32	21	0		0	24	23	0		0
7	1988-10-19		Hartford Whalers	5	4	W		40	36	2		0	23	40	0		0
8	1988-10-21	@	Buffalo Sabres	3	5	L		42	14	3		0	18	20	2		0
9	1988-10-22		Buffalo Sabres	4	3	W		26	54	3		0	18	57	0		1
10	1988-10-25	@	Boston Bruins	1	1	T	OT	24	12	1		0	33	11	0		0
11	1988-10-26	@	Detroit Red Wings	2	4	L		22	10	0		0	25	8	0		0
12	1988-10-29		Pittsburgh Penguins	4	5	L		37	6	1		0	23	12	2		0
13	1988-11-01	@	Hartford Whalers	5	3	W		25	17	0		0	32	17	1		1
14	1988-11-02		Los Angeles Kings	5	3	W		27	21	1		1	21	10	1		1
15	1988-11-05		Winnipeg Jets	7	2	W		38	6	0		0	25	8	1		0
16	1988-11-07		St. Louis Blues	3	3	T	OT	33	10	0		0	22	12	1		0
17	1988-11-09	@	Chicago Blackhawks	6	6	T	OT	29	26	2		0	31	22	4		0
18	1988-11-11	@	Vancouver Canucks	3	1	W		25	8	0		0	29	4	1		0
19	1988-11-13	@	Winnipeg Jets	3	7	L		37	16	2		0	24	20	3		0
20	1988-11-16		New York Islanders	5	4	W	OT	26	8	1		0	28	6	2		1
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
21	1988-11-17	@	Boston Bruins	5	2	W		31	44	1		0	19	54	1		0
22	1988-11-19		Chicago Blackhawks	5	3	W		32	19	2		0	34	10	2		0
23	1988-11-21	@	New York Rangers	4	2	W		25	25	2		0	31	10	0		0
24	1988-11-23		Boston Bruins	2	0	W		25	18	0		0	21	18	0		0
25	1988-11-24	@	Quebec Nordiques	3	5	L		32	18	1		0	22	24	2		0
26	1988-11-26		Edmonton Oilers	7	5	W		29	17	2		0	32	19	1		0
27	1988-11-30	@	Hartford Whalers	6	3	W		30	12	2		1	27	14	1		0
28	1988-12-01	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	2	T	OT	27	30	0		0	23	29	0		0
29	1988-12-03		Buffalo Sabres	3	2	W	OT	39	30	2		0	22	40	1		1
30	1988-12-05		Detroit Red Wings	7	2	W		37	16	2		0	28	22	1		0
31	1988-12-07	@	Minnesota North Stars	2	2	T	OT	38	6	0		0	24	8	0		0
32	1988-12-08	@	St. Louis Blues	5	1	W		23	2	1		0	40	4	0		0
33	1988-12-10		Washington Capitals	0	0	T	OT	30	15	0		0	19	17	0		0
34	1988-12-12		Boston Bruins	3	1	W		41	23	1		0	14	14	0		0
35	1988-12-15	@	Quebec Nordiques	4	6	L		23	25	0		0	35	27	0		0
36	1988-12-17		New York Rangers	6	3	W		33	15	2		0	28	11	1		0
37	1988-12-19		Hartford Whalers	2	1	W		29	8	0		0	23	15	1		0
38	1988-12-21		Quebec Nordiques	6	4	W		32	30	2		0	30	28	2		0
39	1988-12-22	@	Boston Bruins	4	2	W		31	10	2		0	26	12	0		0
40	1988-12-27	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	2	W		38	26	0		0	34	18	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
41	1988-12-29	@	Calgary Flames	4	3	W		29	10	2		0	35	12	1		0
42	1988-12-31	@	Edmonton Oilers	4	2	W		25	19	1		0	21	17	0		0
43	1989-01-01	@	Vancouver Canucks	4	0	W		33	31	3		0	39	33	0		0
44	1989-01-07		Boston Bruins	3	1	W		20	67	2		0	28	69	0		0
45	1989-01-09	@	Detroit Red Wings	2	3	L		23	6	2		0	22	10	0		0
46	1989-01-11		New Jersey Devils	1	0	W		24	8	0		0	25	12	0		0
47	1989-01-12	@	Boston Bruins	5	3	W		34	57	0		0	26	67	1		1
48	1989-01-14	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	3	W		28	2	2		0	29	6	0		0
49	1989-01-18		Hartford Whalers	3	1	W		26	32	0		0	23	52	0		0
50	1989-01-19	@	Hartford Whalers	4	6	L		27	28	0		0	34	10	2		0
51	1989-01-21		Toronto Maple Leafs	4	3	W		35	28	0		1	23	31	1		0
52	1989-01-23		Calgary Flames	1	3	L		28	13	0		0	30	19	1		0
53	1989-01-27	@	Buffalo Sabres	2	4	L		38	23	1		0	20	12	1		0
54	1989-01-28		Buffalo Sabres	2	1	W		32	6	1		0	21	16	0		0
55	1989-01-31	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	1	W		34	12	1		0	39	8	0		0
56	1989-02-02	@	Quebec Nordiques	6	1	W		32	10	0		0	28	12	0		0
57	1989-02-04		New York Rangers	7	5	W		45	2	1		0	24	6	0		0
58	1989-02-11		New Jersey Devils	5	4	W		35	18	0		0	30	20	1		1
59	1989-02-13		Quebec Nordiques	2	3	L		33	14	2		0	20	20	1		1
60	1989-02-16	@	Philadelphia Flyers	7	4	W		32	20	0		0	28	20	2		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
61	1989-02-18	@	St. Louis Blues	4	2	W		23	11	1		0	33	17	0		1
62	1989-02-19	@	Chicago Blackhawks	4	4	T	OT	35	44	1		1	35	28	2		0
63	1989-02-22		Winnipeg Jets	6	3	W		34	20	0		1	28	24	0		0
64	1989-02-25		Buffalo Sabres	6	1	W		31	6	0		0	22	8	0		0
65	1989-02-26		Vancouver Canucks	5	2	W		39	6	0		0	22	17	1		1
66	1989-03-01	@	Edmonton Oilers	0	3	L		23	8	0		0	23	14	1		1
67	1989-03-02	@	Calgary Flames	3	2	W		29	12	2		0	27	43	1		1
68	1989-03-04	@	Hartford Whalers	6	1	W		39	16	2		0	23	29	1		0
69	1989-03-08		Washington Capitals	3	2	W		35	6	1		0	34	6	0		0
70	1989-03-09	@	Quebec Nordiques	5	2	W		27	8	1		0	37	6	0		0
71	1989-03-11		Hartford Whalers	5	3	W		25	36	0		0	30	8	1		0
72	1989-03-13		New York Islanders	3	5	L		26	13	0		0	22	11	0		0
73	1989-03-15		Los Angeles Kings	5	2	W		33	17	1		0	26	19	0		0
74	1989-03-17	@	Washington Capitals	1	4	L		21	17	0		0	26	34	0		0
75	1989-03-18	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	7	2	W		23	18	3		0	30	16	0		0
76	1989-03-22		Quebec Nordiques	8	0	W		39	15	3		1	16	32	0		0
77	1989-03-25		Minnesota North Stars	1	1	T	OT	36	8	0		0	19	8	1		0
78	1989-03-27		Boston Bruins	5	2	W		33	31	1		0	28	35	1		0
79	1989-03-30	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	2	W		29	42	1		0	20	38	2		0
80	1989-04-01		Philadelphia Flyers	2	2	T	OT	32	4	0		0	31	6	1		0

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1989-04-05		Hartford Whalers	6	2	W		33	29	2		1	27	33	0		0
2	1989-04-06		Hartford Whalers	3	2	W		17	44	1		0	29	36	0		0
3	1989-04-08	@	Hartford Whalers	5	4	W	OT	28	20	0		0	27	20	1		1
4	1989-04-09	@	Hartford Whalers	4	3	W	OT	40	32	1		0	46	22	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
5	1989-04-17		Boston Bruins	3	2	W		15	8	0		0	28	2	0		0
6	1989-04-19		Boston Bruins	3	2	W	OT	41	6	1		0	29	9	0		0
7	1989-04-21	@	Boston Bruins	5	4	W		28	16	0		0	26	14	1		0
8	1989-04-23	@	Boston Bruins	2	3	L		16	10	0		0	27	15	0		0
9	1989-04-25		Boston Bruins	3	2	W		27	16	0		0	24	12	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
10	1989-05-01		Philadelphia Flyers	1	3	L		25	22	1		0	26	22	0		2
11	1989-05-03		Philadelphia Flyers	3	0	W		39	12	2		0	24	20	0		0
12	1989-05-05	@	Philadelphia Flyers	5	1	W		26	16	1		0	26	20	0		0
13	1989-05-07	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	0	W		32	15	1		1	17	21	0		0
14	1989-05-09		Philadelphia Flyers	1	2	L	OT	28	12	0		0	23	16	0		0
15	1989-05-11	@	Philadelphia Flyers	4	2	W		26	34	2		0	17	34	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
16	1989-05-14	@	Calgary Flames	2	3	L		31	22	1		0	35	10	1		0
17	1989-05-17	@	Calgary Flames	4	2	W		23	26	2		0	32	20	1		0
18	1989-05-19		Calgary Flames	4	3	W	2OT	35	34	0		0	37	40	1		0
19	1989-05-21		Calgary Flames	2	4	L		19	36	0		0	35	36	2		0
20	1989-05-23	@	Calgary Flames	2	3	L		28	14	1		0	28	12	1		0
21	1989-05-25		Calgary Flames	2	4	L		22	32	0		0	19	24	1		0

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