Category Archives: Stat of The Day

Stat of the Day #7

Michael Ryder playoff points per game with Canadiens: .381 21 GP 3 G 5 A 8 PTS Michael Ryder playoff points per game with Bruins: .724 29 GP 11 G 10 A 21 PTS Differential: +.343

Hnidy Ain’t No Zdeno

The Canadiens didn’t win because Zdeno Chara didn’t play, but it certainly didn’t hurt. Tim Thomas’s inability to handle rebounds certainly didn’t hurt either: The Bruins defense, particularly Johnny Boychuk and Andrew Ference, did not do a whole lot to offset the loss of Chara. Boychuk’s terrible cross ice pass led to the first Canadiens [...]

Breaking it Down – B’s vs Habs – PT. 4 Special Teams

Habs VS Bruins Part 4 Special Teams Special Teams MONTREAL PP Efficiency:19.7% Rank: 7th PK Efficiency: 84.4% Rank: 7th Shorthanded Goals: 5 Rank: 22nd SH Goals leader: Brian Gionta – 2 G PP Goals Leader: P.K. Subban – 9 G PP Points Leader: Mike Cammalleri – 21 PTS PP Time on Ice Leader: James Wisniewski [...]

Breaking it Down – PT. 3 Goaltending

Habs VS Bruins – Part 3 Goaltending Goals Against MONTREAL Goals against per game: 2.51 Rank: 8th Goals against total: 206 Rank: 8th Goals against 5on5: 135 Rank: 7th BOSTON Goals against per game: 2.30 Rank: 2nd Goals against total: 189 Rank: 2nd Goals against 5on5: 126 Rank: 2nd (STARTING) GOALTENDING MONTREAL Carey Price 72 [...]

Breaking it Down – PT. 2 The Defense

Habs vs Bruins – Part 2 The Defense Shots Against MONTREAL Blocked shots: 1272 Rank: 6th Shots against per game: 31.0 Rank: 18th Notable Stat: Roman Hamrlik led the Habs with 192 blocked shots. This ranked him 4th in the league. Only four players in the league had 190 or more blocked shots this season. [...]

Breaking it Down – PT. 1 The Offense

Habs VS Bruins – Part 1 The Offense Montreal record on the road: 20W-21L (20-19-2) Rank: 19th Boston record at home: 22W-19L (22-13-6) Rank: 14th Boston Record in last 10 Games: 6-3-1 Montreal Record in last 10 Games: 5-4-1 Montreal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins: 3-2-1 Boston Bruins vs Montreal Canadiens: 2-3-1 INJURIES MONTREAL Andrei Markov [...]

Stat of the Day #6

Montreal Canadiens Draft Picks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft: 1st round pick 3rd round pick 4th round pick (from Anaheim in exchange for Kyle Chipchura) 5th round pick 6th round pick 7th round pick Montreal originally had two 2nd round picks. One was their regular pick. That pick was traded to the Florida Panthers [...]

Stat of the Day #5

Brett Festerling, we hardly knew ye Statistics (with their new teams) of Habs traded during the 2010-2011 season: Brett Festerling* Atlanta 1 GP 0 G 0 A 0 Pts -2 +/- Ben Maxwell Atlanta 5 GP 1G 1 A 2 Pts 0 +/- Ryan O’Byrne Colorado 56 GP 0 G 9 A 9 Pts -4 [...]

Stat of the Day #4

The 1984 NHL Entry Draft saw the Habs draft only four players who went on to play in the NHL. The Habs had a total of 14 picks in the draft. The Habs used their first four picks on Petr Svoboda (5th overall), Shayne Corson (8th), and Granby Bisons teammates Stephane Richer (29th) and Patrick [...]

Habs Stat of the Day #2

Andrei Kostitsyn’s Points Per Game in 2008-09: .55 Andrei Kostitsyn’s Points Per Game in 2009-10: .56 Andrei Kostitsyn’s Points Per Game in 2010-11: .57 Statistics from Hockey-reference.com