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1988-89 Montréal Canadiens Roster

32 players used · 58-18-4 record

The Montréal Canadiens used 32 players in the 1988-89 season, with a 58-18-4 record. Mats Naslund led the team with 84 points (33 goals, 51 assists) in 77 games. Patrick Roy played the most games in goal (48).

Points leader
84 PTS
33 G · 51 A in 77 games
Goals leader
33 G
14 on the power play
Assists leader
58 A
73 points overall
Goalie wins leader
37 W
2.35 GAA · 0.000 SV%
29
Skaters
20 forwards · 9 defence
3
Goalies
Patrick Roy started most
315
Goals scored
in 80 games
25.4
Average age
19 to 37 years
5
Birth countries
Part of the season
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 CC Chris Chelios 🇺🇸 D 27 80 🔥 3 15 58 73 0.91 8 206 0 0 185
2 PS Petr Svoboda 🇨🇿 D 23 71 🧊 1 8 37 45 0.63 4 131 0 0 147
3 LR Larry Robinson 🇨🇦 D 37 74 🧊 1 4 26 30 0.41 0 79 0 0 22
4 CL Craig Ludwig 🇺🇸 D 28 74 🔥 1 3 13 16 0.22 0 83 0 0 73
5 RG Rick Green 🇨🇦 D 33 72 🧊 1 1 14 15 0.21 0 42 0 0 25
6 ED Eric Desjardins 🇨🇦 D 19 36 🧊 3 2 12 14 0.39 1 39 0 0 26
7 ML Mike Lalor 🇺🇸 D 26 12 🧊 1 1 4 5 0.42 0 12 0 0 15
8 JL Jyrki Lumme 🇫🇮 D 22 21 🧊 13 1 3 4 0.19 1 18 0 0 10
9 DD Donald Dufresne 🇨🇦 D 21 13 🧊 10 0 1 1 0.08 0 5 0 0 43
Team totals · 9 skaters 80 35 168 203 2.54 14 615 0 0 546
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 3 goalies · sorted by name
# 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 BH Brian Hayward 🇨🇦 G 28 36 23 2.81 0.000 0 101 58:05
2 PR Patrick Roy 🇨🇦 G 23 48 37 2.35 0.000 0 113 57:09
3 RE Randy Exelby 🇨🇦 G 23 1 0 0.00 0.000 0 0 2:55
🌍 Where the roster was born 5 countries · against the whole NHL in 1988-89

78% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 73% 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
78%
+2 607 (73%) Smith, Richer, Carbonneau, Lemieux +21
United States 4
12%
-3 95 (11%) Chelios, Ludwig, Lalor, Martinson
Czechia 1
3%
+1 45 (5%) Svoboda
Finland 1
3%
even 4 (0%) Lumme
Sweden 1
3%
even 84 (10%) Naslund
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1988-89 Montréal Canadiens roster questions

Who led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 1988-89?

Mats Naslund led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 1988-89 with 84 points — 33 goals and 51 assists in 77 games. Next came Bobby Smith (83) and Chris Chelios (73).

Who scored the most goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 1988-89?

Mats Naslund scored 33 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 1988-89, 14 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Montréal Canadiens use in 1988-89?

The Montréal Canadiens dressed 32 players in 1988-89: 29 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 315 goals.

Who was the Montréal Canadiens starting goalie in 1988-89?

Patrick Roy played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in 1988-89: 48 games, 37 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.35 goals against average. Brian Hayward was the backup, in 36 games.

How old was the 1988-89 Montréal Canadiens roster?

The average age was 25.4 years. Eric Desjardins was the youngest at 19, and Larry Robinson the oldest at 37.

Where were the 1988-89 Montréal Canadiens players born?

The Montréal Canadiens used 32 players in 1988-89 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 25 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 1 in Czechia. The other 2 came from Finland and Sweden. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 78% on this roster.