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).
| # | 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 | Keith Acton 🇨🇦 C 23 | 78 | 🔥 4 | 36 | 52 | 88 | 1.13 | 10 | 218 | 0 | 0 | 88 | — |
| 2 | Guy Lafleur 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 66 | 🧊 1 | 27 | 57 | 84 | 1.27 | 9 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 3 | Mark Napier 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 1.01 | 9 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 4 | Mario Tremblay 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 0.91 | 7 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 66 | — |
| 5 | Pierre Mondou 🇨🇦 C 26 | 73 | 🧊 1 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 0.93 | 8 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 57 | — |
| 6 | Steve Shutt 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 57 | 🔥 2 | 31 | 24 | 55 | 0.96 | 5 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 7 | Doug Jarvis 🇨🇦 C 27 | 80 | 🧊 4 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 0.60 | 1 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 8 | Bob Gainey 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 79 | 🧊 3 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 0.57 | 1 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 9 | Rejean Houle 🇨🇦 LW 32 | 51 | 🧊 1 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 0.84 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 10 | Doug Wickenheiser 🇨🇦 C 21 | 56 | 🧊 2 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 0.62 | 1 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 11 | Doug Risebrough 🇨🇦 C 28 | 59 | 🧊 3 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 0.56 | 2 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 116 | — |
| 12 | Mark Hunter 🇨🇦 RW 19 | 71 | 🧊 4 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 0.41 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 143 | — |
| 13 | Craig Laughlin 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 36 | 🧊 4 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 0.64 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 14 | Pierre Larouche 🇨🇦 C 26 | 22 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0.95 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Chris Nilan 🇺🇸 RW 24 | 49 | 🧊 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.22 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 204 | — |
| 16 | Jeff Brubaker 🇺🇸 LW 24 | 3 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| Team totals · 16 skaters | 80 | 327 | 411 | 738 | 9.22 | 60 | 1915 | 0 | 0 | 938 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | 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 | Mark Holden 🇺🇸 G 24 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 20:00 | |
| 2 | Denis Herron 🇨🇦 G 29 | 27 | 19 | 2.52 | 0.000 | 0 | 68 | 57:12 | |
| 3 | Rick Wamsley 🇨🇦 G 22 | 38 | 26 | 2.66 | 0.000 | 0 | 101 | 58:00 | |
| 4 | Richard Sevigny 🇨🇦 G 24 | 19 | 12 | 2.79 | 0.000 | 0 | 53 | 53:58 |
86% of this roster was born in Canada, against 81% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 95% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 25 |
|
+5 | 901 (95%) | Acton, Lafleur, Napier, Tremblay +21 |
| United States | 3 |
|
even | 12 (1%) | Nilan, Brubaker, Holden |
| Taiwan | 1 |
|
+3 | 39 (4%) | Langway |
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).
Mark Napier scored 40 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 1981-82, 9 of them on the power play.
The Montréal Canadiens dressed 29 players in 1981-82: 25 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 360 goals.
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.
The average age was 25.3 years. Mark Hunter was the youngest at 19, and Guy Lapointe the oldest at 34.
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.