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1981-82 Montréal Canadiens Roster

29 players used · 54-26-0 record

The Montréal Canadiens used 29 players in the 1981-82 season, with a 54-26-0 record. Keith Acton led the team with 88 points (36 goals, 52 assists) in 78 games. Rick Wamsley played the most games in goal (38).

Points leader
88 PTS
36 G · 52 A in 78 games
Goals leader
40 G
9 on the power play
Assists leader
57 A
84 points overall
Goalie wins leader
26 W
2.66 GAA · 0.000 SV%
25
Skaters
16 forwards · 9 defence
4
Goalies
Rick Wamsley started most
360
Goals scored
in 80 games
25.3
Average age
19 to 34 years
3
Birth countries
Position
🏒 Defence 9 players · sorted by points
# Player — sort by name GP — sort by games played Streak G — sort by goals A — sort by assists PTS — sort by points P/GP — sort by points per game PPG — sort by power-play goals SOG — sort by shots on goal HIT — sort by hits BLK — sort by blocked shots PIM — sort by penalty minutes TOI — sort by average ice time
1 LR Larry Robinson 🇨🇦 D 30 71 🧊 3 12 47 59 0.83 5 141 0 0 41
2 RL Rod Langway 🇹🇼 D 24 66 🔥 1 5 34 39 0.59 1 139 0 0 116
3 BE Brian Engblom 🇨🇦 D 27 76 🧊 1 4 29 33 0.43 1 109 0 0 76
4 RP Robert Picard 🇨🇦 D 24 62 🧊 3 2 26 28 0.45 2 132 0 0 106
5 GG Gaston Gingras 🇨🇦 D 23 34 🔥 1 6 18 24 0.71 3 89 0 0 28
6 GL Guy Lapointe 🇨🇦 D 34 47 🧊 1 1 19 20 0.43 0 97 0 0 72
7 GD Gilbert Delorme 🇨🇦 D 19 60 🧊 4 3 8 11 0.18 0 80 0 0 55
8 DO David Orleski 🇨🇦 D 22 1 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
9 BK Bill Kitchen 🇨🇦 D 22 1 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 7
Team totals · 9 skaters 80 33 181 214 2.67 12 787 0 0 501
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 4 goalies · sorted by goals against
# Goalie — sort by name GP — sort by games played W — sort by wins GAA — sort by goals against average SV% — sort by save percentage SV — sort by saves GA — sort by goals against TOI
1 RW Rick Wamsley 🇨🇦 G 22 38 26 2.66 0.000 0 101 58:00
2 DH Denis Herron 🇨🇦 G 29 27 19 2.52 0.000 0 68 57:12
3 RS Richard Sevigny 🇨🇦 G 24 19 12 2.79 0.000 0 53 53:58
4 MH Mark Holden 🇺🇸 G 24 1 1 0.00 0.000 0 0 20:00
🌍 Where the roster was born 3 countries · against the whole NHL in 1981-82

86% of this roster was born in Canada, against 81% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 95% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 25
86%
+5 901 (95%) Acton, Lafleur, Napier, Tremblay +21
United States 3
10%
even 12 (1%) Nilan, Brubaker, Holden
Taiwan 1
3%
+3 39 (4%) Langway
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1981-82 Montréal Canadiens roster questions

Who led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 1981-82?

Keith Acton led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 1981-82 with 88 points — 36 goals and 52 assists in 78 games. Next came Guy Lafleur (84) and Mark Napier (81).

Who scored the most goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 1981-82?

Mark Napier scored 40 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 1981-82, 9 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Montréal Canadiens use in 1981-82?

The Montréal Canadiens dressed 29 players in 1981-82: 25 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 360 goals.

Who was the Montréal Canadiens starting goalie in 1981-82?

Rick Wamsley played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in 1981-82: 38 games, 26 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.66 goals against average. Denis Herron was the backup, in 27 games.

How old was the 1981-82 Montréal Canadiens roster?

The average age was 25.3 years. Mark Hunter was the youngest at 19, and Guy Lapointe the oldest at 34.

Where were the 1981-82 Montréal Canadiens players born?

The Montréal Canadiens used 29 players in 1981-82 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 25 in Canada, 3 in the United States and 1 in Taiwan. League-wide that season, 81% of players were born in Canada, against 86% on this roster.