1995-96 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-32-10 - 90 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-2
Coach: Jacques Demers (0-4)
Coach: Jacques Laperriere (0-1)
Coach: Mario Tremblay (40-27-10)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1995-96 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 40-32-10 - 90 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-2
Coach: Jacques Demers (0-4)
Coach: Jacques Laperriere (0-1)
Coach: Mario Tremblay (40-27-10)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1995-96 Montreal Canadiens Results
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1995-96 season with a record of 40 wins and 32 losses and 10 ties for 90 points, finishing third in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Canadiens scored 265 goals and conceded 248. Pierre Turgeon and Vincent Damphousse netted 38 goals for Montreal each, and Pierre Turgeon accounted for 58 assists. Jocelyn Thibault earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.83 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jacques Demers, Jacques Laperriere and Mario Tremblay coached the team. The 1995-96 Montreal Canadiens lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 80 | 38 | 58 | 96 | 44 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 297 | 12.8 |
| Vincent Damphousse | C | 80 | 38 | 56 | 94 | 158 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 15.0 |
| Mark Recchi | R | 82 | 28 | 50 | 78 | 69 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 191 | 14.7 |
| Martin Rucinsky | L | 56 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 54 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 142 | 17.6 |
| Saku Koivu | C | 82 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 40 | -7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 136 | 14.7 |
| Valeri Bure | R | 77 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 143 | 15.4 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 69 | 9 | 27 | 36 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 7.1 |
| Andrei Kovalenko | R | 51 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 85 | 20.0 |
| Brian Savage | L | 75 | 25 | 8 | 33 | 28 | -8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 150 | 16.7 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | D | 61 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 79 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 4.1 |
| Turner Stevenson | R | 80 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 167 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 8.9 |
| Lyle Odelein | D | 79 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 230 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 4.1 |
| Stephane Quintal | D | 68 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 117 | -4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 104 | 1.9 |
| Benoit Brunet | L | 26 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | -4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 14.6 |
| Peter Popovic | D | 76 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 69 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 3.4 |
| Oleg Petrov | R | 36 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 9.1 |
| Marc Bureau | C | 65 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 46 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 7.0 |
| Chris Murray | R | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 163 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Mike Keane | R | 18 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| David Wilkie | D | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2.6 |
| Craig Rivet | D | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Donald Brashear | L | 67 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 223 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Marko Kiprusoff | D | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 |
| Yves Racine | D | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Scott Fraser | R | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| Craig Ferguson | C | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Francois Groleau | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pat Jablonski | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.J. Daigneault | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Sebastien Bordeleau | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yves Sarault | L | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Jose Theodore | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darcy Tucker | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Craig Conroy | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Labrecque | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Roy | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Dirk | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Lamb | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1564 | 265 | 433 | 698 | 1813 | 29 | 77 | 147 | 15 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 2363 | 11.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | 40 | 2334 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 110 | 2.83 | 1258 | 1148 | .913 |
| Patrick Roy | 22 | 1260 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 2.95 | 667 | 605 | .907 |
| Pat Jablonski | 23 | 1264 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 2.94 | 676 | 614 | .908 |
| Jose Theodore | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.67 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
| Patrick Labrecque | 2 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.29 | 47 | 40 | .851 |
| Totals | 88 | 4965 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 242 | 2.92 | 2892 | 2650 | .916 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| Vincent Damphousse | C | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 15.4 | |
| Mark Recchi | R | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 | |
| Saku Koivu | C | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 23.1 | |
| Valeri Bure | R | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Andrei Kovalenko | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Savage | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Turner Stevenson | R | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Lyle Odelein | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Stephane Quintal | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Benoit Brunet | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Peter Popovic | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Oleg Petrov | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Marc Bureau | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Chris Murray | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| David Wilkie | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Donald Brashear | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Pat Jablonski | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 115 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 166 | 10.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | 6 | 311 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.47 | 188 | 170 | .904 |
| Pat Jablonski | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.22 | 17 | 16 | .941 |
| Totals | 7 | 360 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.17 | 224 | 205 | .915 |
