1988-89 Montreal Canadiens Schedule and Results

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

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1989-04-05		Hartford Whalers	6	2	W		1	0	W 1
2	1989-04-06		Hartford Whalers	3	2	W		2	0	W 2
3	1989-04-08	@	Hartford Whalers	5	4	W	OT	3	0	W 3
4	1989-04-09	@	Hartford Whalers	4	3	W	OT	4	0	W 4
5	1989-04-17		Boston Bruins	3	2	W		5	0	W 5
6	1989-04-19		Boston Bruins	3	2	W	OT	6	0	W 6
7	1989-04-21	@	Boston Bruins	5	4	W		7	0	W 7
8	1989-04-23	@	Boston Bruins	2	3	L		7	1	L 1
9	1989-04-25		Boston Bruins	3	2	W		8	1	W 1
10	1989-05-01		Philadelphia Flyers	1	3	L		8	2	L 1
11	1989-05-03		Philadelphia Flyers	3	0	W		9	2	W 1
12	1989-05-05	@	Philadelphia Flyers	5	1	W		10	2	W 2
13	1989-05-07	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	0	W		11	2	W 3
14	1989-05-09		Philadelphia Flyers	1	2	L	OT	11	3	L 1
15	1989-05-11	@	Philadelphia Flyers	4	2	W		12	3	W 1
16	1989-05-14	@	Calgary Flames	2	3	L		12	4	L 1
17	1989-05-17	@	Calgary Flames	4	2	W		13	4	W 1
18	1989-05-19		Calgary Flames	4	3	W	2OT	14	4	W 2
19	1989-05-21		Calgary Flames	2	4	L		14	5	L 1
20	1989-05-23	@	Calgary Flames	2	3	L		14	6	L 2
21	1989-05-25		Calgary Flames	2	4	L		14	7	L 3

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