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).
| # | 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 | Mats Naslund 🇸🇪 LW 29 | 77 | 🧊 1 | 33 | 51 | 84 | 1.09 | 14 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 2 | Bobby Smith 🇨🇦 C 31 | 80 | 🧊 2 | 32 | 51 | 83 | 1.04 | 6 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 69 | — |
| 3 | Stephane Richer 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 68 | 🔥 1 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 0.88 | 11 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 61 | — |
| 4 | Guy Carbonneau 🇨🇦 C 29 | 79 | 🔥 3 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 0.71 | 1 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — |
| 5 | Claude Lemieux 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 69 | 🧊 2 | 29 | 22 | 51 | 0.74 | 7 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 136 | — |
| 6 | Shayne Corson 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 0.62 | 10 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 193 | — |
| 7 | Mike Mcphee 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 73 | 🧊 2 | 19 | 22 | 41 | 0.56 | 1 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 74 | — |
| 8 | Brian Skrudland 🇨🇦 C 25 | 71 | 🧊 4 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 0.58 | 1 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 84 | — |
| 9 | Russ Courtnall 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 64 | 🔥 2 | 22 | 17 | 39 | 0.61 | 7 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 15 | — |
| 10 | Mike Keane 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 69 | 🧊 2 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 0.51 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 69 | — |
| 11 | Ryan Walter 🇨🇦 C 30 | 78 | 🧊 2 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 0.40 | 1 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 48 | — |
| 12 | Brent Gilchrist 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 49 | 🔥 3 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 0.49 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 13 | Bob Gainey 🇨🇦 LW 35 | 49 | 🧊 1 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0.35 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 14 | Gilles Thibaudeau 🇨🇦 C 26 | 32 | 🧊 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0.38 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 15 | Jose Charbonneau 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 9 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 16 | Steve Martinson 🇺🇸 LW 31 | 30 | 🧊 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 87 | — |
| 17 | Jocelyn Lemieux 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Benoit Brunet 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 2 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Stephan Lebeau 🇨🇦 C 21 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 20 | John Kordic 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| Team totals · 20 skaters | 80 | 280 | 352 | 632 | 7.90 | 66 | 1853 | 0 | 0 | 971 |
| # | 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 | Patrick Roy 🇨🇦 G 23 | 48 | 37 | 2.35 | 0.000 | 0 | 113 | 57:09 | |
| 2 | Brian Hayward 🇨🇦 G 28 | 36 | 23 | 2.81 | 0.000 | 0 | 101 | 58:05 | |
| 3 | Randy Exelby 🇨🇦 G 23 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 2:55 |
78% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 73% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 25 |
|
+2 | 607 (73%) | Smith, Richer, Carbonneau, Lemieux +21 |
| United States | 4 |
|
-3 | 95 (11%) | Chelios, Ludwig, Lalor, Martinson |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+1 | 45 (5%) | Svoboda |
| Finland | 1 |
|
even | 4 (0%) | Lumme |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
even | 84 (10%) | Naslund |
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).
Mats Naslund scored 33 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 1988-89, 14 of them on the power play.
The Montréal Canadiens dressed 32 players in 1988-89: 29 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 315 goals.
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.
The average age was 25.4 years. Eric Desjardins was the youngest at 19, and Larry Robinson the oldest at 37.
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.