1993–94 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1993–94 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 85th season of play. The defending Stanley Cup champions could not repeat, being eliminated in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals by the Boston Bruins four games to three. It was the last time at the Forum that the playoffs were played. In addition, it was the first time in 11 years that the Canadiens did not advance past the first round of the playoffs.^[1]

1993–94 Montreal Canadiens
Division	3rd Northeast
Conference	5th Eastern
1993–94 record	41–29–14
Home record	26–12–4
Road record	15–17–10
Goals for	283
Goals against	248
Team information
General manager	Serge Savard
Coach	Jacques Demers
Captain	Guy Carbonneau
Alternate captains	J. J. Daigneault Kirk Muller
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Vincent Damphousse (40)
Assists	Vincent Damphousse (51)
Points	Vincent Damphousse (91)
Penalty minutes	Lyle Odelein (276)
Plus/minus	John LeClair (+17)
Wins	Patrick Roy (35)
Goals against average	Patrick Roy (2.50)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Off-season

• In the off-season, Patrick Roy signed a new four-year, $16 million contract.^[2]

NHL Draft

Regular season

For the season, Roy had 35 wins, 17 losses and 11 ties. Without him in net, the Canadiens had 6 wins, 12 losses and 3 ties.^[3] The Canadiens ended the season on a sour note. They had 3 wins and 9 losses in their last 12 games, including a 9–0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.^[4] Vincent Damphousse finished the season with 40 goals, the last time a Canadiens player achieved the feat as of 2022.

Season standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Pittsburgh Penguins	84	44	27	13	299	285	101
2	4	Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	289	252	97
3	5	Montreal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	283	248	96
4	6	Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	282	218	95
5	11	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	277	292	76
6	13	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	227	288	63
7	14	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	201	397	37

^[5]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference^[6]

R		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p-New York Rangers *	84	52	24	8	299	231	112
2	x-Pittsburgh Penguins *	84	44	27	13	299	285	101
3	New Jersey Devils	84	47	25	12	306	220	106
4	Boston Bruins	84	42	29	13	289	252	97
5	Montreal Canadiens	84	41	29	14	283	248	96
6	Buffalo Sabres	84	43	32	9	282	218	95
7	Washington Capitals	84	39	35	10	277	263	88
8	New York Islanders	84	36	36	12	282	264	84
9	Florida Panthers	84	33	34	17	233	233	83
10	Philadelphia Flyers	84	35	39	10	294	314	80
11	Quebec Nordiques	84	34	42	8	277	292	76
12	Tampa Bay Lightning	84	30	43	11	224	251	71
13	Hartford Whalers	84	27	48	9	227	288	63
14	Ottawa Senators	84	14	61	9	201	397	37

Final standings

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy (and division); * – Division leader

Neutral Site Games

Date	Score	City	Arena	Attendance
November 18, 1993	New York Islanders 5, Montreal Canadiens 1	Hamilton, ON	Copps Coliseum	17,008
January 5, 1994	Montreal Canadiens 2, Quebec Nordiques 0	Phoenix, Arizona	America West Arena	11,393

Schedule and results

#	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	Oct 6, 1993	4–3	Hartford Whalers	1–0–0
2	L	Oct 7, 1993	1–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	1–1–0
3	W	Oct 9, 1993	7–4	Buffalo Sabres	2–1–0
4	T	Oct 11, 1993	1–1	@ Boston Bruins	2–1–1
5	L	Oct 13, 1993	3–4	@ Hartford Whalers	2–2–1
6	L	Oct 16, 1993	2–5	Quebec Nordiques	2–3–1
7	W	Oct 18, 1993	4–2	@ Quebec Nordiques	3–3–1
8	W	Oct 20, 1993	5–2	Dallas Stars	4–3–1
9	W	Oct 23, 1993	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	5–3–1
10	W	Oct 26, 1993	2–0	@ New Jersey Devils	6–3–1
11	T	Oct 28, 1993	3–3	@ New York Rangers	6–3–2
12	W	Oct 30, 1993	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	7–3–2
13	W	Nov 3, 1993	1–0	Tampa Bay Lightning	8–3–2
14	L	Nov 6, 1993	3–4	Calgary Flames	8–4–2
15	L	Nov 10, 1993	1–3	Florida Panthers	8–5–2
16	L	Nov 13, 1993	2–3 OT	Ottawa Senators	8–6–2
17	W	Nov 15, 1993	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators	9–6–2
18	W	Nov 17, 1993	3–1	Edmonton Oilers	10–6–2
19	L	Nov 18, 1993	1–5	New York Islanders	10–7–2
20	T	Nov 20, 1993	2–2	Pittsburgh Penguins	10–7–3
21	L	Nov 23, 1993	4–5	@ New York Rangers	10–8–3
22	L	Nov 24, 1993	2–9	@ Philadelphia Flyers	10–9–3
23	W	Nov 27, 1993	4–0	Los Angeles Kings	11–9–3
24	L	Dec 1, 1993	3–6	Ottawa Senators	11–10–3
25	T	Dec 3, 1993	2–2	@ Washington Capitals	11–10–4
26	W	Dec 4, 1993	8–1	@ Boston Bruins	12–10–4
27	W	Dec 6, 1993	4–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks	13–10–4
28	L	Dec 8, 1993	2–4	New Jersey Devils	13–11–4
29	L	Dec 11, 1993	3–5	Washington Capitals	13–12–4
30	T	Dec 14, 1993	1–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	13–12–5
31	T	Dec 15, 1993	3–3	@ Florida Panthers	13–12–6
32	W	Dec 18, 1993	8–1	Detroit Red Wings	14–12–6
33	L	Dec 22, 1993	3–5	New York Islanders	14–13–6
34	L	Dec 23, 1993	0–5	@ Buffalo Sabres	14–14–6
35	W	Dec 27, 1993	5–2	@ St. Louis Blues	15–14–6
36	L	Dec 29, 1993	3–6	@ Edmonton Oilers	15–15–6
37	W	Dec 31, 1993	5–2	@ Calgary Flames	16–15–6
38	W	Jan 2, 1994	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks	17–15–6
39	T	Jan 4, 1994	2–2	@ San Jose Sharks	17–15–7
40	W	Jan 5, 1994	4–0	@ Quebec Nordiques	18–15–7
41	W	Jan 8, 1994	3–2	New York Rangers	19–15–7
42	W	Jan 10, 1994	4–2	Winnipeg Jets	20–15–7
43	W	Jan 12, 1994	3–2	New Jersey Devils	21–15–7
44	L	Jan 14, 1994	2–5	@ New York Islanders	21–16–7
45	L	Jan 15, 1994	2–5	Florida Panthers	21–17–7
46	W	Jan 17, 1994	3–1	Washington Capitals	22–17–7
47	T	Jan 19, 1994	3–3	Boston Bruins	22–17–8
48	L	Jan 24, 1994	3–8	@ Florida Panthers	22–18–8
49	W	Jan 26, 1994	3–0	@ Hartford Whalers	23–18–8
50	L	Jan 29, 1994	2–3	Buffalo Sabres	23–19–8
51	W	Jan 30, 1994	5–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	24–19–8
52	W	Feb 2, 1994	9–2	Hartford Whalers	25–19–8
53	W	Feb 4, 1994	4–0	@ Washington Capitals	26–19–8
54	W	Feb 5, 1994	4–3	@ Ottawa Senators	27–19–8
55	W	Feb 7, 1994	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	28–19–8
56	W	Feb 9, 1994	4–3 OT	New York Rangers	29–19–8
57	L	Feb 11, 1994	1–5	@ Buffalo Sabres	29–20–8
58	W	Feb 12, 1994	5–2	Quebec Nordiques	30–20–8
59	L	Feb 17, 1994	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	30–21–8
60	W	Feb 19, 1994	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	31–21–8
61	L	Feb 21, 1994	7–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers	31–22–8
62	W	Feb 23, 1994	3–1	San Jose Sharks	32–22–8
63	W	Feb 26, 1994	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	33–22–8
64	T	Feb 28, 1994	3–3	@ Los Angeles Kings	33–22–9
65	W	Mar 2, 1994	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	34–22–9
66	T	Mar 6, 1994	2–2	@ Dallas Stars	34–22–10
67	W	Mar 9, 1994	7–2	St. Louis Blues	35–22–10
68	T	Mar 10, 1994	4–4	@ Quebec Nordiques	35–22–11
69	T	Mar 12, 1994	4–4	Philadelphia Flyers	35–22–12
70	W	Mar 14, 1994	5–4	Boston Bruins	36–22–12
71	W	Mar 16, 1994	5–3	Chicago Blackhawks	37–22–12
72	W	Mar 19, 1994	5–2	Quebec Nordiques	38–22–12
73	L	Mar 23, 1994	1–3	@ Winnipeg Jets	38–23–12
74	T	Mar 24, 1994	5–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks	38–23–13
75	L	Mar 26, 1994	3–6	@ Boston Bruins	38–24–13
76	W	Mar 28, 1994	3–2	Ottawa Senators	39–24–13
77	L	Mar 29, 1994	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils	39–25–13
78	L	Apr 1, 1994	2–5	@ New York Islanders	39–26–13
79	T	Apr 2, 1994	3–3	New York Islanders	39–26–14
80	L	Apr 6, 1994	1–3	Tampa Bay Lightning	39–27–14
81	L	Apr 8, 1994	0–1	@ Buffalo Sabres	39–28–14
82	W	Apr 9, 1994	9–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	40–28–14
83	W	Apr 11, 1994	3–1	@ Hartford Whalers	41–28–14
84	L	Apr 13, 1994	0–9	@ Detroit Red Wings	41–29–14

Playoffs

Round 1: (4) Boston Bruins vs. (5) Montreal Canadiens

April 16	Montreal Canadiens		2–3		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Brian Bellows (1) – 06:55		First period			14:51 – pp – Mariusz Czerkawski (1)
Mike Keane (1) – 06:19		Second period			18:52 – pp – Adam Oates (1) 19:43 – pp – Ted Donato (1)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 25 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats			Jon Casey 24 saves / 26 shots

April 18	Montreal Canadiens		3–2		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Kirk Muller (1) – pp – 04:42		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			15:42 – Don Sweeney (1) 19:18 – pp – Glen Wesley (1)
Paul DiPietro (1) – pp – 00:18 Kirk Muller (2) – 04:32		Third period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 40 saves / 42 shots		Goalie stats			Jon Casey 21 saves / 24 shots

April 21	Boston Bruins		6–3		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Bryan Smolinski (1) – pp – 08:46 Fred Knipscheer (1) – 14:46 Dave Reid (1) – sh – 18:12		First period			No scoring
Brent Hughes (1) – 09:57 Glen Murray (1) – 16:31		Second period			02:25 – Benoit Brunet (1) 11:50 – Mike Keane (2) 11:56 – Gilbert Dionne (1)
Dave Reid (2) – 18:57		Third period			No scoring
Vincent Riendeau 24 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			Ron Tugnutt 20 saves / 25 shots

April 23	Boston Bruins		2–5		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Adam Oates (2) – 13:41		First period			05:40 – pp – Kirk Muller (3) 10:54 – pp – Kirk Muller (4) 11:34 – pp – Paul DiPietro (2)
Ted Donato (2) – 02:54		Second period			19:14 – Guy Carbonneau (1)
No scoring		Third period			03:33 – Ed Ronan (1)
Vincent Riendeau 10 saves / 15 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 39 saves / 41 shots

April 25	Montreal Canadiens		2–1	OT	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
John LeClair (1) – 14:49		Third period			02:12 – Jozef Stumpel (1)
Kirk Muller (5) – 17:18		First overtime period			No scoring
Patrick Roy 60 saves / 61 shots		Goalie stats			Jon Casey 34 saves / 36 shots

April 27	Boston Bruins		3–2		Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Bryan Smolinski (2) – pp – 03:00		First period			No scoring
Steve Heinze (1) – 09:36		Second period			17:50 – pp – John LeClair (2)
Al Iafrate (1) – 07:21		Third period			02:57 – Kirk Muller (6)
Jon Casey 20 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Patrick Roy 22 saves / 25 shots

April 29	Montreal Canadiens		3–5		Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			03:43 – Glen Murray (2) 11:47 – Ted Donato (3)
Vincent Damphousse (1) – 05:44		Second period			01:23 – pp – Adam Oates (3) 04:22 – Fred Knipscheer (2)
Kevin Haller (1) – 13:12 Mike Keane (3) – 14:43		Third period			05:03 – Ray Bourque (1)
Patrick Roy 26 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats			Jon Casey 26 saves / 29 shots

Boston won series 4–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Vincent Damphousse	C	84	40	51	91	75	0	13	0	10
Brian Bellows	LW	77	33	38	71	36	9	13	0	2
Kirk Muller	LW	76	23	34	57	96	-1	9	2	3
Mathieu Schneider	D	75	20	32	52	62	15	11	0	4
Mike Keane	RW	80	16	30	46	119	6	6	2	2
Gilbert Dionne	LW	74	19	26	45	31	-9	3	0	5
John LeClair	LW	74	19	24	43	32	17	1	0	1
Lyle Odelein	D	79	11	29	40	276	8	6	0	2
Guy Carbonneau	C	79	14	24	38	48	16	0	0	1
Eric Desjardins	D	84	12	23	35	97	-1	6	1	3
Paul DiPietro	C	70	13	20	33	37	-2	2	0	0
Benoit Brunet	LW	71	10	20	30	20	14	0	3	1
Oleg Petrov	RW	55	12	15	27	2	7	1	0	1
Patrice Brisebois	D	53	2	21	23	63	5	1	0	0
Stephan Lebeau	C	34	9	7	16	8	1	4	0	2
Gary Leeman	RW	31	4	11	15	17	5	0	0	0
Ed Ronan	RW	61	6	8	14	42	3	0	0	1
J. J. Daigneault	D	68	2	12	14	73	16	0	0	1
Peter Popovic	D	47	2	12	14	26	10	1	0	0
Kevin Haller	D	68	4	9	13	118	3	0	0	1
Ron Wilson	C	48	2	10	12	12	-2	0	0	0
Pierre Sevigny	LW	43	4	5	9	42	6	1	0	1
Donald Brashear	LW	14	2	2	4	34	0	0	0	0
Bryan Fogarty	D	13	1	2	3	10	-4	0	0	0
Christian Proulx	D	7	1	2	3	20	0	0	0	0
Mario Roberge	LW	28	1	2	3	55	-2	0	0	0
Brian Savage	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Ferguson	C	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Rob Ramage	D	6	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Patrick Roy	G	68	0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0
Frederic Chabot	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Fleming	LW	5	0	0	0	25	-4	0	0	0
Les Kuntar	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Andre Racicot	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turner Stevenson	RW	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Ron Tugnutt	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lindsay Vallis	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Patrick Roy	3867	68	35	17	11	161	2.50	7	1956	1795	.918
Les Kuntar	302	6	2	2	0	16	3.18	0	130	114	.877
Andre Racicot	500	11	2	6	2	37	4.44	0	246	209	.850
Ron Tugnutt	378	8	2	3	1	24	3.81	0	172	148	.860
Frederic Chabot	60	1	0	1	0	5	5.00	0	24	19	.792
Team:	5107	84	41	29	14	243	2.85	7	2528	2285	.904

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Kirk Muller	LW	7	6	2	8	4	3	0	2
Paul DiPietro	C	7	2	4	6	2	2	0	1
Benoit Brunet	LW	7	1	4	5	16	0	0	0
Mike Keane	RW	6	3	1	4	4	0	0	0
Guy Carbonneau	C	7	1	3	4	4	0	0	0
Patrice Brisebois	D	7	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
John LeClair	LW	7	2	1	3	8	1	0	0
Brian Bellows	LW	6	1	2	3	2	0	0	0
Vincent Damphousse	C	7	1	2	3	8	0	0	0
Gilbert Dionne	LW	5	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
Kevin Haller	D	7	1	1	2	19	0	0	0
Eric Desjardins	D	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	0
Brian Savage	LW	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Turner Stevenson	RW	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Ed Ronan	RW	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
J. J. Daigneault	D	7	0	1	1	12	0	0	0
Peter Popovic	D	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Pierre Sevigny	LW	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Donald Brashear	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Leeman	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lyle Odelein	D	7	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
Oleg Petrov	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Roy	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mathieu Schneider	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Tugnutt	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Wilson	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Patrick Roy	375	6	3	3	16	2.56	0	228	212	.930
Ron Tugnutt	59	1	0	1	5	5.08	0	25	20	.800
Team:	434	7	3	4	21	2.90	0	253	232	.917

^[7]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

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;

Awards and records

Transactions

February 20, 1994

To Montreal Canadiens Ron Tugnutt

To Anaheim Ducks Stephan Lebeau[8]

Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft held at the Quebec Coliseum in Quebec City, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
1	21	Saku Koivu	Centre	Finland	TPS (Finland)
2	47	Rory Fitzpatrick	Defence	United States	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3	73	Sebastien Bordeleau	Centre	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
4	85	Adam Wiesel	Defence	United States	Springfield Olympics (NEJHL)
4	99	Jean-Francois Houle	Left wing	Canada	Northwood Prep. (USHS-NY)
5	113	Jeff Lank	Defence	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
5	125	Dion Darling	Defence	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
6	151	Darcy Tucker	Right wing	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
7	177	David Ruhly	Left wing	United States	Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN)
8	203	Alan Letang	Defence	Canada	Newmarket Royals (OHL)
9	229	Alexandre Duchesne	Left wing	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
10	255	Brian Larochelle	Goaltender	United States	Phillips Exeter Academy (USHS-NH)
11	281	Russell Guzior	Centre	United States	Culver Military Academy (USHS-IN)

Farm teams

See also

• 1993–94 NHL season

References

• Canadiens on Hockey Database
• Canadiens on NHL Reference

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