The Montréal Canadiens used 25 players in the 2008-09 playoffs, with a 0-4-0 record. Alex Kovalev led the team with 3 points (2 goals, 1 assists) in 4 games. Carey Price played the most games in goal (4).
| # | 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 | Alex Kovalev 🇷🇺 RW 36 | 4 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19:53 |
| 2 | Saku Koivu 🇫🇮 C 34 | 4 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.75 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17:45 |
| 3 | Chris Higgins 🇺🇸 LW 25 | 4 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 4 | Yannick Weber 🇨🇭 D 20 | 3 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:36 |
| 5 | Glen Metropolit 🇨🇦 C 34 | 4 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 6 | Andrei Kostitsyn 🇧🇾 LW 24 | 4 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 14:14 |
| 7 | Tom Kostopoulos 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 4 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 14:01 |
| 8 | Alex Tanguay 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 2 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 9 | Josh Gorges 🇨🇦 D 24 | 4 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 23:45 |
| 10 | Tomas Plekanec 🇨🇿 C 26 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13:35 |
| 11 | Georges Laraque 🇨🇦 RW 32 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 10:57 |
| 12 | Mathieu Dandenault 🇨🇦 RW 33 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 21:04 |
| 13 | Matt D'Agostini 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 14 | Maxim Lapierre 🇨🇦 C 24 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 14:55 |
| 15 | Guillaume Latendresse 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 11:44 |
| 16 | Mike Komisarek 🇺🇸 D 27 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 19:00 |
| 17 | Mathieu Schneider 🇺🇸 D 39 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18:58 |
| 18 | Roman Hamrlik 🇨🇿 D 34 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 25:18 |
| 19 | Patrice Brisebois 🇨🇦 D 38 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 20 | Sergei Kostitsyn 🇧🇾 LW 22 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 21 | Francis Bouillon 🇺🇸 D 33 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:46 |
| 22 | Gregory Stewart 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8:30 |
| 23 | Ryan O'Byrne 🇨🇦 D 24 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13:04 |
| Team totals · 23 skaters | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 111 | 115 | 59 | 101 |
| # | 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 | Carey Price 🇨🇦 G 21 | 4 | 0 | 3.75 | 0.878 | 108 | 15 | — | |
| 2 | Jaroslav Halak 🇸🇰 G 23 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | — |
52% of this roster was born in Canada, against 51% across the league. The team leans on Belarus: 8% of its players, against 1% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 31% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 13 |
|
+1 | 5 (31%) | Metropolit, Kostopoulos, Tanguay, Gorges +9 |
| United States | 4 |
|
-6 | 2 (12%) | Higgins, Komisarek, Schneider, Bouillon |
| Belarus | 2 |
|
+7 | 1 (6%) | Kostitsyn, Kostitsyn |
| Czechia | 2 |
|
+4 | 0 | Plekanec, Hamrlik |
| Switzerland | 1 |
|
+3 | 2 (12%) | Weber |
| Finland | 1 |
|
even | 3 (19%) | Koivu |
| Russia | 1 |
|
even | 3 (19%) | Kovalev |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+2 | 0 | Halak |
Alex Kovalev led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in the 2008-09 playoffs with 3 points — 2 goals and 1 assists in 4 games. Next came Saku Koivu (3) and Chris Higgins (2).
Chris Higgins scored 2 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in the 2008-09 playoffs, 0 of them on the power play.
The Montréal Canadiens dressed 25 players in the 2008-09 playoffs: 23 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 6 goals.
Carey Price played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in the 2008-09 playoffs: 4 games, 0 wins, a 0.878 save percentage and a 3.75 goals against average. Jaroslav Halak was the backup, in 1 games.
Roman Hamrlik averaged 25:18 of ice time per game for the Montréal Canadiens in the 2008-09 playoffs, the most on the roster.
The average age was 27.9 years. Yannick Weber was the youngest at 20, and Mathieu Schneider the oldest at 39.
The Montréal Canadiens used 25 players in the 2008-09 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 13 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Belarus. The other 6 came from Czechia, Switzerland, Finland, Russia and Slovakia. League-wide that season, 51% of players were born in Canada, against 52% on this roster.