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2008-09 Montréal Canadiens Roster

34 players used · 41-30-11 record

The Montréal Canadiens used 34 players in the 2008-09 season, with a 41-30-11 record. Alex Kovalev led the team with 65 points (26 goals, 39 assists) in 78 games. Carey Price played the most games in goal (52).

Points leader
65 PTS
Alex Kovalev
26 G · 39 A in 78 games
Goals leader
26 G
Alex Kovalev
11 on the power play
Assists leader
52 A
Andrei Markov
64 points overall
Goalie wins leader
23 W
Carey Price
2.75 GAA · 0.905 SV%
31
Skaters
20 forwards · 11 defence
3
Goalies
Carey Price started most
242
Goals scored
in 82 games
27.9
Average age
20 to 39 years
8
Birth countries
18 born in Canada
24:37
Most ice time
Andrei Markov
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Part of the season
Regular season Playoffs
Position
All skaters31 Forwards20 Defence11
🏒 Skaters 31 players · sorted by points
# Player ⇅ GP ⇅ Streak G ⇅ A ⇅ PTS ▼ P/GP ⇅ PPG ⇅ SOG ⇅ HIT ⇅ BLK ⇅ PIM ⇅ TOI ⇅
1 AK Alex Kovalev 🇷🇺 RW 36 78 🧊 1 26 39 65 0.83 11 209 56 20 74 19:25
2 AM Andrei Markov 🇷🇺 D 30 78 🧊 1 12 52 64 0.82 7 165 61 111 36 24:37
3 SK Saku Koivu 🇫🇮 C 34 65 🧊 1 16 34 50 0.77 5 123 43 21 44 17:03
4 AK Andrei Kostitsyn 🇧🇾 LW 24 74 🧊 1 23 18 41 0.55 6 169 124 23 50 15:35
5 AT Alex Tanguay 🇨🇦 LW 29 50 🧊 3 16 25 41 0.82 5 76 47 13 34 16:05
6 TP Tomas Plekanec 🇨🇿 C 26 80 🧊 8 20 19 39 0.49 6 202 53 38 54 17:15
7 RL Robert Lang 🇨🇿 C 38 50 🔥 3 18 21 39 0.78 8 101 17 24 36 16:52
8 RH Roman Hamrlik 🇨🇿 D 34 81 🔥 2 6 27 33 0.41 0 143 104 195 62 21:54
9 ML Maxim Lapierre 🇨🇦 C 24 79 🧊 4 15 13 28 0.35 1 165 130 52 76 14:47
10 GL Guillaume Latendresse 🇨🇦 LW 21 56 🔥 1 14 12 26 0.46 1 117 140 12 45 13:36
11 CH Chris Higgins 🇺🇸 LW 25 57 🧊 2 12 11 23 0.40 2 151 79 39 22 16:59
12 SK Sergei Kostitsyn 🇧🇾 LW 22 56 🧊 7 8 15 23 0.41 5 74 49 21 64 14:08
13 JG Josh Gorges 🇨🇦 D 24 81 🧊 4 4 19 23 0.28 2 63 94 161 37 20:07
14 TK Tom Kostopoulos 🇨🇦 RW 30 78 🧊 8 8 14 22 0.28 0 121 167 42 106 14:08
15 MD Matt D'Agostini 🇨🇦 RW 22 53 🧊 1 12 9 21 0.40 3 116 48 26 16 13:24
16 PB Patrice Brisebois 🇨🇦 D 38 62 🧊 1 5 13 18 0.29 4 68 45 69 19 15:54
17 MS Mathieu Schneider 🇺🇸 D 39 23 🧊 1 5 12 17 0.74 5 46 14 42 14 20:56
18 MD Mathieu Dandenault 🇨🇦 RW 33 41 🧊 1 4 8 12 0.29 0 46 42 29 17 11:45
19 MP Max Pacioretty 🇺🇸 LW 20 34 🧊 4 3 8 11 0.32 1 57 44 19 27 12:37
20 MK Mike Komisarek 🇺🇸 D 27 66 🔥 1 2 9 11 0.17 0 56 191 207 121 20:37
21 SB Steve Begin 🇨🇦 LW 30 42 🧊 9 6 4 10 0.24 0 65 119 26 27 10:51
22 FB Francis Bouillon 🇺🇸 D 33 54 🧊 2 5 4 9 0.17 0 51 122 55 53 16:29
23 RO Ryan O'Byrne 🇨🇦 D 24 37 🧊 3 0 5 5 0.14 0 14 77 41 58 15:05
24 GM Glen Metropolit 🇨🇦 C 34 21 🧊 2 2 1 3 0.14 0 19 12 11 13 11:37
25 KC Kyle Chipchura 🇨🇦 C 23 13 🧊 1 0 3 3 0.23 0 5 8 3 5 10:18
26 GL Georges Laraque 🇨🇦 RW 32 33 🧊 20 0 2 2 0.06 0 15 42 5 61 7:38
27 YW Yannick Weber 🇨🇭 D 20 3 🧊 1 0 1 1 0.33 0 6 4 1 2 15:05
28 GS Gregory Stewart 🇨🇦 LW 22 20 🧊 19 0 1 1 0.05 0 16 38 5 32 8:36
29 BM Ben Maxwell 🇨🇦 C 21 7 🧊 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 1 2 9:55
30 AH Alex Henry 🇨🇦 D 29 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2 1 10 6:34
31 DJ Doug Janik 🇺🇸 D 29 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 3 2 13:53
Team totals · 31 skaters 82 242 399 641 7.82 72 2461 1974 1316 1219
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 saves
# Goalie ⇅ GP ⇅ W ⇅ GAA ⇅ SV% ⇅ SV ▼ GA ⇅ TOI
1 CP Carey Price 🇨🇦 G 21 52 23 2.75 0.905 1370 143 —
2 JH Jaroslav Halak 🇸🇰 G 23 34 18 2.71 0.915 985 92 —
3 MD Marc Denis 🇨🇦 G 31 1 0 1.00 0.857 6 1 —
🌍 Where the roster was born 8 countries · against the whole NHL in 2008-09

53% of this roster was born in Canada, against 52% across the league. The team leans on Belarus: 6% of its players, against 0% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 34% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 18
53%
+1 215 (34%) Tanguay, Lapierre, Latendresse, Gorges +14
United States 6
18%
-4 71 (11%) Higgins, Schneider, Pacioretty, Komisarek +2
Czechia 3
9%
+3 111 (17%) Plekanec, Lang, Hamrlik
Belarus 2
6%
+6 64 (10%) Kostitsyn, Kostitsyn
Russia 2
6%
+3 129 (20%) Kovalev, Markov
Switzerland 1
3%
+2 1 (0%) Weber
Finland 1
3%
-1 50 (8%) Koivu
Slovakia 1
3%
+1 0 Halak
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

2008-09 Montréal Canadiens roster questions

Who led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 2008-09?

Alex Kovalev led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 2008-09 with 65 points — 26 goals and 39 assists in 78 games. Next came Andrei Markov (64) and Saku Koivu (50).

Who scored the most goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 2008-09?

Alex Kovalev scored 26 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 2008-09, 11 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Montréal Canadiens use in 2008-09?

The Montréal Canadiens dressed 34 players in 2008-09: 31 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 242 goals.

Who was the Montréal Canadiens starting goalie in 2008-09?

Carey Price played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in 2008-09: 52 games, 23 wins, a 0.905 save percentage and a 2.75 goals against average. Jaroslav Halak was the backup, in 34 games.

Who played the most minutes for the Montréal Canadiens in 2008-09?

Andrei Markov averaged 24:37 of ice time per game for the Montréal Canadiens in 2008-09, the most on the roster.

How old was the 2008-09 Montréal Canadiens roster?

The average age was 27.9 years. Max Pacioretty was the youngest at 20, and Mathieu Schneider the oldest at 39.

Where were the 2008-09 Montréal Canadiens players born?

The Montréal Canadiens used 34 players in 2008-09 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 18 in Canada, 6 in the United States and 3 in Czechia. The other 7 came from Belarus, Russia, Switzerland, Finland and Slovakia. League-wide that season, 52% of players were born in Canada, against 53% on this roster.

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