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1973–74 Montreal Canadiens season

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The 1973–74 Montreal Canadiens season was the 65th season in team history. The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the New York Rangers.

Division2nd East
1973–74 record45–24–9
Home record24–12–3
Road record21–12–6
Quick facts Montreal Canadiens, Division ...
1973–74 Montreal Canadiens
Division2nd East
1973–74 record45–24–9
Home record24–12–3
Road record21–12–6
Goals for293
Goals against240
Team information
General managerSam Pollock
CoachScotty Bowman
CaptainHenri Richard
Alternate captainsYvan Cournoyer
Frank Mahovlich
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsYvan Cournoyer (40)
AssistsFrank Mahovlich (49)
PointsFrank Mahovlich (80)
Penalty minutesPete Mahovlich (122)
WinsWayne Thomas (23)
Goals against averageWayne Thomas (2.76)
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Off-season

Ken Dryden shocked the hockey world as he sat out the entire 1973–74 season. He had won a Vezina Trophy and helped lead Canada past Russia in the dramatic Hockey Summit of 1972. Despite his bargaining power, most players in Dryden's position would have simply accepted what the Canadiens were giving him. Dryden bolted training camp, while general manager Sam Pollock fumed.[1]

Regular season

Wayne Thomas replaced Dryden as the starting goaltender and appeared in 42 games.[2] Frank Mahovlich led the team in scoring with 80 points, while Yvan Cournoyer led the team in goals with 40.

Final standings

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East Division[3]
GP W L T GF GA DIFF Pts
1Boston Bruins7852179349221+128113
2Montreal Canadiens7845249293240+5399
3New York Rangers78402414300251+4994
4Toronto Maple Leafs78352716274230+4486
5Buffalo Sabres78323412242250−876
6Detroit Red Wings78293910255319−6468
7Vancouver Canucks78244311224296−7259
8New York Islanders78194118182247−6556
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Record vs. opponents

Vs. East Division

More information NHL records, Team ...
1973–74 NHL records[4]
Team BOS BUF DET MTL NYI NYR TOR VAN Total
Boston —4–14–1–14–24–14–14–24–0–128–8–2
Buffalo 1–4—5–10–3–23–0–22–2–12–3–12–415–17–6
Detroit 1–4–11–5—2–34–12–3–12–2–12–314–21–3
Montreal 2–43–0–23–2—4–1–14–22–34–0–122–12–4
N.Y. Islanders 1–40–3–21–41–4–1—1–40–4–22–1–36–24–8
N.Y. Rangers 1–42–2–13–2–12–44–1—1–2–24–1–117–16–5
Toronto 2–43–2–12–2–13–24–0–22–1–2—0–4–116–15–7
Vancouver 0–4–14–23–20–4–11–2–31–4–14–0–1—13–18–7
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Vs. West Division

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1973–74 NHL records
Team ATL CAL CHI LAK MIN PHI PIT STL Total
Boston 2–34–10–2–33–1–13–0–23–1–15–04–124–9–7
Buffalo 1–3–13–22–0–34–13–1–10–52–32–2–117–17–6
Detroit 1–3–14–10–4–13–1–12–1–20–52–2–13–1–115–18–7
Montreal 2–33–1–12–2–13–1–14–12–2–14–0–13–223–12–5
N.Y. Islanders 3–1–12–1–21–2–21–3–13–1–10–51–2–22–2–113–17–10
N.Y. Rangers 2–1–25–01–3–12–1–24–0–12–1–24–13–1–123–8–9
Toronto 4–0–14–0–11–3–12–1–23–1–10–4–13–1–12–2–119–12–9
Vancouver 2–34–10–4–12–30–4–11–3–11–41–3–111–25–4
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Playoffs

The Canadiens qualified for the playoffs in second place, setting up a match-up with the third-place New York Rangers. The Rangers defeated the Canadiens twice at the Forum to win the series four games to two. Rookie goaltender Michel Larocque played all six games for the Canadiens.

Schedule and results

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1973–74 regular season[5]
October
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
1WOctober 10, 19735–2@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)1–0–0
2WOctober 13, 19734–3Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)2–0–0
3LOctober 17, 19733–5Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)2–1–0
4LOctober 20, 19732–4Atlanta Flames (1973–74)2–2–0
5WOctober 21, 19733–2@ New York Rangers (1973–74)3–2–0
6WOctober 24, 19733–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)4–2–0
7WOctober 25, 19734–0@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)5–2–0
8WOctober 27, 19734–2Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)6–2–0
9TOctober 31, 19731–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)6–2–1
November
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
10WNovember 3, 19736–2California Golden Seals (1973–74)7–2–1
11TNovember 4, 19731–1@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)7–2–2
12WNovember 7, 19734–1@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)8–2–2
13LNovember 8, 19731–2@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)8–3–2
14LNovember 10, 19730–5St. Louis Blues (1973–74)8–4–2
15LNovember 14, 19733–4Boston Bruins (1973–74)8–5–2
16WNovember 17, 19738–5Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)9–5–2
17LNovember 18, 19734–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)9–6–2
18WNovember 21, 19734–3@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)10–6–2
19WNovember 24, 19735–2@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)11–6–2
20WNovember 25, 19736–4@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)12–6–2
21WNovember 28, 19735–3Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)13–6–2
December
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
22LDecember 1, 19730–5Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)13–7–2
23WDecember 2, 19733–1@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)14–7–2
24WDecember 6, 19734–2@ New York Islanders (1973–74)15–7–2
25WDecember 8, 19733–1New York Islanders (1973–74)16–7–2
26TDecember 11, 19732–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)16–7–3
27TDecember 14, 19732–2@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)16–7–4
28WDecember 15, 19736–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)17–7–4
29WDecember 18, 19734–1California Golden Seals (1973–74)18–7–4
30TDecember 20, 19732–2@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)18–7–5
31WDecember 22, 19737–1Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)19–7–5
32TDecember 23, 19731–1@ New York Islanders (1973–74)19–7–6
33LDecember 26, 19732–9@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)19–8–6
34WDecember 29, 19737–1New York Rangers (1973–74)20–8–6
January
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
35LJanuary 2, 19744–8@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)20–9–6
36WJanuary 5, 19745–3Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)21–9–6
37WJanuary 7, 19742–1Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)22–9–6
38WJanuary 10, 19748–3New York Islanders (1973–74)23–9–6
39WJanuary 12, 19747–3@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)24–9–6
40LJanuary 15, 19741–2Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)24–10–6
41WJanuary 17, 19746–1Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)25–10–6
42LJanuary 19, 19740–8Boston Bruins (1973–74)25–11–6
43WJanuary 20, 19743–2@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)26–11–6
44WJanuary 23, 19744–3Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)27–11–6
45WJanuary 24, 19744–1@ Buffalo Sabres (1973–74)28–11–6
46WJanuary 26, 19744–1Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)29–11–6
February
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
47LFebruary 1, 19743–5@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)29–12–6
48WFebruary 3, 19744–1@ Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)30–12–6
49WFebruary 5, 19743–2@ St. Louis Blues (1973–74)31–12–6
50LFebruary 6, 19743–4@ Minnesota North Stars (1973–74)31–13–6
51WFebruary 9, 19747–2New York Rangers (1973–74)32–13–6
52LFebruary 10, 19741–3@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)32–14–6
53LFebruary 13, 19742–3Atlanta Flames (1973–74)32–15–6
54WFebruary 15, 19749–4Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)33–15–6
55TFebruary 17, 19742–2Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)33–15–7
56LFebruary 19, 19743–5@ New York Islanders (1973–74)33–16–7
57WFebruary 21, 19745–2Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)34–16–7
58TFebruary 23, 19744–4Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)34–16–8
59WFebruary 24, 19743–2St. Louis Blues (1973–74)35–16–8
60WFebruary 26, 19746–5@ Atlanta Flames (1973–74)36–16–8
61WFebruary 28, 19747–1Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)37–16–8
March
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
62LMarch 2, 19743–4California Golden Seals (1973–74)37–17–8
63LMarch 3, 19740–6@ Philadelphia Flyers (1973–74)37–18–8
64LMarch 6, 19742–9@ New York Rangers (1973–74)37–19–8
65WMarch 9, 19744–2New York Rangers (1973–74)38–19–8
66WMarch 10, 19745–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1973–74)39–19–8
67TMarch 13, 19743–3@ Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)39–19–9
68LMarch 16, 19741–3Chicago Black Hawks (1973–74)39–20–9
69WMarch 17, 19744–2New York Islanders (1973–74)40–20–9
70LMarch 20, 19746–7Detroit Red Wings (1973–74)40–21–9
71WMarch 23, 19747–3St. Louis Blues (1973–74)41–21–9
72LMarch 24, 19743–6@ Boston Bruins (1973–74)41–22–9
73WMarch 26, 19744–3@ Vancouver Canucks (1973–74)42–22–9
74WMarch 29, 19744–3@ California Golden Seals (1973–74)43–22–9
75WMarch 30, 19745–2@ Los Angeles Kings (1973–74)44–22–9
April
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecord
76LApril 3, 19743–5Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–74)44–23–9
77WApril 6, 19746–2Boston Bruins (1973–74)45–23–9
78LApril 7, 19744–6@ New York Rangers (1973–74)45–24–9

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

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Playoffs

  • 4/10/1974 New York Rangers 1–4
  • 4/11/1974 New York Rangers 4–1
  • 4/13/1974 at New York Rangers 4–2
  • 4/14/1974 at New York Rangers 4–6
  • 4/16/1974 New York Rangers 2–3
  • 4/18/1974 at New York Rangers 2–5

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Awards and records

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Frank MahovlichLW713149804716823
Yvan CournoyerRW6740337318161009
Pete MahovlichC7836377312242747
Jacques LemaireC662938671041007
Guy LafleurRW732135562910312
Henri RichardC75193655287103
Chuck LefleyLW74233154349122
Guy LapointeD711340536312512
Steve ShuttLW701520351719301
Murray WilsonLW72171431264004
Larry RobinsonD78620266632001
Claude LaroseRW39177245211101
Jim RobertsD/RW67816243927012
Serge SavardD67414184920101
Yvon LambertLW6061016425000
Pierre BouchardD6011415258000
Jacques LaperriereD42210121415010
Dave GardnerC311101124000
Bob GaineyLW66371034−9000
John Van BoxmeerD2014518−3100
Michel LarocqueG2702200000
Wayne ThomasG4202260000
Rick WilsonD2102268000
Glenn GoldupRW60000−1000
Michel PlasseG1500000000
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Goaltending

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Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Wayne Thomas241042231251112.761
Michel Larocque1431271582692.890
Michel Plasse83915742574.080
Team:468078452492373.041
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Playoffs

Scoring

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Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Steve ShuttLW65389100
Yvan CournoyerRW65272002
Henri RichardC62242000
Jacques LemaireC60442000
Pete MahovlichC62134100
Frank MahovlichLW61230000
Serge SavardD61124000
Pierre BouchardD60224000
Guy LapointeD60224000
Michel LarocqueG60220000
Claude LaroseRW502211000
Murray WilsonLW51012000
Guy LafleurRW60114000
Chuck LefleyLW60110000
Larry RobinsonD601126000
Bob GaineyLW60006000
Yvon LambertLW50007000
Jim RobertsD/RW60004000
John Van BoxmeerD10000000
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Goaltending

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Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Michel Larocque364624182.970
Team:364624182.970
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Note:
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Pos = Position;GP = Games played; Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved;SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

See also: 1973 NHL amateur draft
More information Round, # ...
Round # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team (league)
18Bob GaineyLeft wing CanadaPeterborough Petes (OHA)
217Glenn GoldupRight wing CanadaToronto Marlboros (OHA)
222Peter MarrinCentre CanadaToronto Marlboros (OHA)
232Ron AndruffCentre CanadaFlin Flon Bombers (WCHL)
337Ed HumphreysGoaltender CanadaSaskatoon Blades (WCHL)
456Alan HangslebenDefence United StatesUniversity of North Dakota (NCAA)
464Richard LatulippeCentre CanadaQuebec Remparts (QMJHL)
580Gerard GibbonsDefence CanadaSt. Mary's University (CIAU)
696Denis PatryRight wing CanadaDrummondville Rangers (QMJHL)
7112Michel BelisleCentre CanadaMontreal Junior Canadiens (QMJHL)
8128Mario DesjardinsLeft wing CanadaSherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
9143Bob WrightRight wing CanadaPembroke Lumber Kings (CJAHL)
10158Alain LabrecqueCentre CanadaTrois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
11166Gord HallidayRight wing CanadaUniversity of Pennsylvania (NCAA)
12167Cap RaederGoaltender United StatesUniversity of New Hampshire (NCAA)
13168Louis ChiassonCentre CanadaTrois-Rivières Draveurs (QMJHL)
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