1982–83 Montreal Canadiens season

1982–83 Montreal Canadiens
Division	2nd Adams
Conference	3rd Wales
1982–83 record	42-24-14
Goals for	350
Goals against	286
Team information
General Manager	Irving Grundman
Coach	Bob Berry
Captain	Bob Gainey
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Mark Napier (40)
Assists	Guy Lafleur; Larry Robinson (49)
Points	Guy Lafleur (76)
Penalties in minutes	Chris Nilan (213)
Plus/minus	Mats Naslund (+34)
Wins	Rick Wamsley (27)
Goals against average	Richard Sevigny (3.44)

The 1982–83 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 74th season. The season involved being eliminated in the Adams Division semi-finals vs the Buffalo Sabres 3 games to 0.

Regular season

Final standings

Adams Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	80	50	20	10	327	228	110
Montreal Canadiens	80	42	24	14	350	286	98
Buffalo Sabres	80	38	29	13	318	285	89
Quebec Nordiques	80	34	34	12	343	336	80
Hartford Whalers	80	19	54	7	261	403	45

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1982	2–1	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	1–0–0
2	W	October 7, 1982	5–1	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	2–0–0
3	L	October 9, 1982	7–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	2–1–0
4	W	October 11, 1982	4–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	3–1–0
5	W	October 14, 1982	5–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	4–1–0
6	W	October 16, 1982	8–2	New York Rangers (1982–83)	5–1–0
7	T	October 20, 1982	3–3	@ Washington Capitals (1982–83)	5–1–1
8	W	October 21, 1982	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	6–1–1
9	W	October 23, 1982	9–5	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	7–1–1
10	T	October 26, 1982	7–7	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	7–1–2
11	T	October 30, 1982	4–4	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	7–1–3
12	L	October 31, 1982	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	7–2–3
13	W	November 2, 1982	5–4	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	8–2–3
14	W	November 4, 1982	8–3	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	9–2–3
15	W	November 6, 1982	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	10–2–3
16	W	November 9, 1982	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	11–2–3
17	L	November 10, 1982	3–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	11–3–3
18	L	November 13, 1982	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	11–4–3
19	W	November 16, 1982	7–1	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	12–4–3
20	W	November 18, 1982	7–4	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	13–4–3
21	W	November 20, 1982	6–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	14–4–3
22	T	November 23, 1982	1–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	14–4–4
23	W	November 24, 1982	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	15–4–4
24	T	November 27, 1982	5–5	Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	15–4–5
25	W	November 29, 1982	9–4	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	16–4–5
26	T	December 1, 1982	2–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	16–4–6
27	L	December 4, 1982	4–6	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	16–5–6
28	W	December 6, 1982	11–2	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	17–5–6
29	L	December 8, 1982	4–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	17–6–6
30	L	December 9, 1982	5–8	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	17–7–6
31	W	December 11, 1982	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	18–7–6
32	W	December 15, 1982	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	19–7–6
33	W	December 18, 1982	5–4	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	20–7–6
34	L	December 19, 1982	2–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	20–8–6
35	L	December 23, 1982	3–6	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	20–9–6
36	T	December 26, 1982	4–4	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	20–9–7
37	T	December 28, 1982	4–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	20–9–8
38	L	December 29, 1982	5–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	20–10–8
39	W	January 2, 1983	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	21–10–8
40	L	January 4, 1983	1–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	21–11–8
41	W	January 6, 1983	11–3	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	22–11–8
42	L	January 8, 1983	1–2	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	22–12–8
43	W	January 11, 1983	8–4	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	23–12–8
44	L	January 13, 1983	2–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	23–13–8
45	W	January 15, 1983	8–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	24–13–8
46	W	January 18, 1983	7–2	Calgary Flames (1982–83)	25–13–8
47	T	January 20, 1983	4–4	New York Islanders (1982–83)	25–13–9
48	W	January 22, 1983	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	26–13–9
49	L	January 26, 1983	3–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	26–14–9
50	W	January 27, 1983	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1982–83)	27–14–9
51	T	January 29, 1983	3–3	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	27–14–10
52	W	February 1, 1983	7–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1982–83)	28–14–10
53	L	February 3, 1983	3–7	@ Calgary Flames (1982–83)	28–15–10
54	L	February 4, 1983	3–7	@ Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	28–16–10
55	W	February 6, 1983	2–0	@ Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	29–16–10
56	W	February 10, 1983	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1982–83)	30–16–10
57	L	February 12, 1983	2–3	New York Rangers (1982–83)	30–17–10
58	W	February 14, 1983	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1982–83)	31–17–10
59	L	February 17, 1983	1–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	31–18–10
60	L	February 19, 1983	0–5	@ New York Islanders (1982–83)	31–19–10
61	W	February 22, 1983	6–1	Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	32–19–10
62	W	February 24, 1983	6–3	@ Quebec Nordiques (1982–83)	33–19–10
63	W	February 26, 1983	4–1	Washington Capitals (1982–83)	34–19–10
64	T	February 27, 1983	4–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1982–83)	34–19–11
65	T	March 1, 1983	3–3	New York Islanders (1982–83)	34–19–12
66	W	March 5, 1983	6–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	35–19–12
67	L	March 6, 1983	4–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1982–83)	35–20–12
68	T	March 8, 1983	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1982–83)	35–20–13
69	W	March 10, 1983	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	36–20–13
70	L	March 12, 1983	3–7	New Jersey Devils (1982–83)	36–21–13
71	W	March 15, 1983	5–1	Hartford Whalers (1982–83)	37–21–13
72	L	March 17, 1983	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1982–83)	37–22–13
73	L	March 19, 1983	4–6	Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	37–23–13
74	W	March 20, 1983	7–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1982–83)	38–23–13
75	W	March 22, 1983	6–5	Los Angeles Kings (1982–83)	39–23–13
76	W	March 24, 1983	5–3	Minnesota North Stars (1982–83)	40–23–13
77	W	March 26, 1983	6–5	St. Louis Blues (1982–83)	41–23–13
78	L	March 30, 1983	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1982–83)	41–24–13
79	W	April 2, 1983	2–1	Boston Bruins (1982–83)	42–24–13
80	T	April 3, 1983	4–4	@ Boston Bruins (1982–83)	42–24–14

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Guy Lafleur	RW	68	27	49	76	12	6	9	0	1
Ryan Walter	C/LW	80	29	46	75	40	15	8	1	4
Mats Naslund	LW	74	26	45	71	10	34	1	0	6
Mark Napier	RW	73	40	27	67	6	20	3	0	6
Mario Tremblay	RW	80	30	37	67	87	29	7	0	4
Pierre Mondou	C	76	29	37	66	31	32	8	1	3
Larry Robinson	D	71	14	49	63	33	33	6	0	1
Steve Shutt	LW	78	35	22	57	26	8	8	0	0
Doug Wickenheiser	C	78	25	30	55	49	22	5	0	3
Keith Acton	C	78	24	26	50	63	-6	1	0	3
Guy Carbonneau	C	77	18	29	47	68	18	0	5	2
Robert Picard	D	64	7	31	38	60	31	1	0	1
Gilbert Delorme	D	78	12	21	33	89	27	3	0	2
Bob Gainey	LW	80	12	18	30	43	7	0	1	3
Rick Green	D	66	2	24	26	58	23	1	0	0
Craig Ludwig	D	80	0	25	25	59	4	0	0	0
Mark Hunter	RW	31	8	8	16	73	5	1	0	2
Chris Nilan	RW	66	6	8	14	213	-10	0	0	0
Gaston Gingras	D	22	1	8	9	8	10	1	0	1
Rejean Houle	W	16	2	3	5	8	4	1	0	0
Bill Root	D	46	2	3	5	24	5	0	0	0
Ric Nattress	D	40	1	3	4	19	8	0	0	0
Dan Daoust	C	4	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Richard Sevigny	G	38	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Rick Wamsley	G	46	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Mark Holden	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yvan Joly	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Bill Kitchen	D	8	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Dwight Schofield	D	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Rick Wamsley	2583	46	27	12	5	151	3.51	0
Richard Sevigny	2130	38	15	11	8	122	3.44	1
Mark Holden	87	2	0	1	1	6	4.14	0
Team:	4800	80	42	24	14	279	3.49	1

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG
Guy Lafleur	RW	3	0	2	2	2	0
Mats Naslund	LW	3	1	0	1	0	1
Steve Shutt	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0
Pierre Mondou	C	3	0	1	1	2	0
Mario Tremblay	RW	3	0	1	1	7	0
Keith Acton	C	3	0	0	0	0	0
Guy Carbonneau	C	3	0	0	0	2	0
Gilbert Delorme	D	3	0	0	0	2	0
Bob Gainey	LW	3	0	0	0	4	0
Rick Green	D	3	0	0	0	2	0
Rejean Houle	W	1	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Ludwig	D	3	0	0	0	2	0
Mark Napier	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ric Nattress	D	3	0	0	0	10	0
John Newberry	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Nilan	RW	3	0	0	0	5	0
Robert Picard	D	3	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Robinson	D	3	0	0	0	2	0
Richard Sevigny	G	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Walter	C/LW	3	0	0	0	11	0
Rick Wamsley	G	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA
Richard Sevigny	28	1	0	0	0.00
Rick Wamsley	152	3	3	7	2.76
Team:	180	3	3	7	2.33

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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;

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	19	Alain Heroux	Canada	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
2	31	Jocelyn Gauvreau	Canada	Granby Bisons (QMJHL)
2	32	Kent Carlson	United States	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
2	33	David Maley	United States	Edina High School (USHS-MN)
2	40	Scott Sandelin	United States	Hibbing High School (USHS-MN)
3	61	Scott Harlow	United States	East Bridgewater High School (USHS-MA)
4	69	John DeVoe	United States	Edina High School (USHS-MN)
5	103	Kevin Houle	United States	Acton-Boxborough High School (USHS-MA)
6	117	Ernie Vargas	United States	Coon Rapids High School (USHS-MN)
6	124	Mike Dark	Canada	Sarnia Legionnaires (WOJHL)
7	145	Hannu Jarvenpaa	Finland	Oulu (Finland)
8	150	Steve Smith	United States	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
8	166	Tom Kolioupoulos	United States	Fraser High School (USHS-MI)
9	187	Brian Williams	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
10	208	Bob Emery	United States	Matignon High School (USHS-MA)
11	229	Darren Acheson	Canada	Fort Saskatchewan Traders (AJHL)
12	250	Bill Brauer	United States	Edina High School (USHS-MN)

References

↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1982–83 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "1982-83 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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[nhl-gd-standings-1] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.

[2] "1982–83 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

[3] "1982-83 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

1982–83 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Draft picks

See also

References