2012–13 Montreal Canadiens season

2012–13 Montreal Canadiens
Northeast Division Champions
Division 1st Northeast
Conference 2nd Eastern
2012–13 record 29–14–5
Home record 14–7–3
Road record 15–7–2
Goals for 149
Goals against 126
Team information
General Manager Marc Bergevin
Coach Michel Therrien
Captain Brian Gionta
Alternate captains Josh Gorges
Andrei Markov
Arena Bell Centre
Average attendance 21,273 (100%)[1]
(15 games)
Team leaders
Goals Michael Ryder (16)
Assists P. K. Subban (27)
Points Max Pacioretty (39)
Penalties in minutes Brandon Prust (110)
Plus/minus Alex Galchenyuk (+14)
Wins Carey Price (21)
Goals against average Peter Budaj (2.29)
<2011–12 2013–14>

The 2012–13 Montreal Canadiens season was the 104th season of play for the franchise that was founded on December 4, 1909. However, it will only be their 96th season in the National Hockey League. The regular season was reduced from its usual 82 games to 48 due to a lockout.

Off-season

After a disappointing 2011–12 season, the Canadiens started over in the front office. Marc Bergevin was named the new general manager on May 2, 2012.[2] Rick Dudley was then named as the assistant general manager.[3] The search then began for a new head coach and on June 5, Michel Therrien was named the new head coach. This will be Therrien's second stint as the Canadiens head coach (previously coached team from 2000 to 2003)[4] Scott Mellanby was hired as the director of player personnel[5] and Randy Cunneyworth and Randy Ladouceur were relieved of their assistant coaching duties.[6] Some other hockey operations changes included the hiring of Martin Lapointe as director of player development, Patrice Brisebois was hired as a player development coach and on June 15, Gerard Gallant, J. J. Daigneault and Clement Jodoin were added to Montreal's coaching staff as assistant coaches.

Montreal held the third overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft and selected Alex Galchenyuk from the Sarnia Sting.

Regular season

The Canadiens had the most power-play opportunities during the regular season, with 207. They also tied the Tampa Bay Lightning for the fewest shorthanded goals scored, with zero.[7]

Standings

Northeast Division[8]
GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 y – Montreal Canadiens 48 29 14 5 26 149 126 63
2 Boston Bruins 48 28 14 6 24 131 109 62
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 48 26 17 5 26 145 133 57
4 Ottawa Senators 48 25 17 6 21 116 104 56
5 Buffalo Sabres 48 21 21 6 14 125 143 48
Eastern Conference[8]
R Div GP W L OTL ROW GF GA Pts
1 z – Pittsburgh Penguins AT 48 36 12 0 33 165 119 72
2 y – Montreal Canadiens NE 48 29 14 5 26 149 126 63
3 y – Washington Capitals SE 48 27 18 3 24 149 130 57
4 Boston Bruins NE 48 28 14 6 24 131 109 62
5 Toronto Maple Leafs NE 48 26 17 5 26 145 133 57
6 New York Rangers AT 48 26 18 4 22 130 112 56
7 Ottawa Senators NE 48 25 17 6 21 116 104 56
8 New York Islanders AT 48 24 17 7 20 139 139 55
9 Winnipeg Jets SE 48 24 21 3 22 128 144 51
10 Philadelphia Flyers AT 48 23 22 3 22 133 141 49
11 New Jersey Devils AT 48 19 19 10 17 112 129 48
12 Buffalo Sabres NE 48 21 21 6 14 125 143 48
13 Carolina Hurricanes SE 48 19 25 4 18 128 160 42
14 Tampa Bay Lightning SE 48 18 26 4 17 148 150 40
15 Florida Panthers SE 48 15 27 6 12 112 171 36

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs, y – Won division, z – Won best record in conference


Revised regular season schedule

2012–13 Schedule 29–14–5 (Home: 10–4–3; Road: 12–3–2)[9]

Playoffs

2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Player statistics

Final stats[10]

Skaters

Regular Season
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Pacioretty, MaxMax Pacioretty 44 15 24 39 8 28
Subban, P. K.P. K. Subban 42 11 27 38 12 57
Plekanec, TomasTomas Plekanec 47 14 19 33 3 24
Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov 48 10 20 30 −9 14
Eller, LarsLars Eller 46 8 22 30 8 45
Desharnais, DavidDavid Desharnais 48 10 18 28 −2 26
Gallagher, BrendanBrendan Gallagher 44 15 13 28 10 33
Galchenyuk, AlexAlex Galchenyuk 48 9 18 27 14 20
Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta 48 14 12 26 3 8
Ryder, MichaelMichael Ryder† 27 10 11 21 −2 8
Prust, BrandonBrandon Prust 38 5 9 14 11 110
Diaz, RaphaelRaphael Diaz 23 1 13 14 4 6
Bourque, ReneRene Bourque 27 7 6 13 −1 32
Emelin, AlexeiAlexei Emelin 38 3 9 12 2 33
Bouillon, FrancisFrancis Bouillon 48 1 8 9 4 21
Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges 48 2 7 9 4 15
Moen, TravisTravis Moen 45 2 4 6 −4 32
Cole, ErikErik Cole‡ 19 3 3 6 1 10
Armstrong, ColbyColby Armstrong 37 2 3 5 1 12
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle 10 0 3 3 4 0
Drewiske, DavisDavis Drewiske† 9 1 2 3 0 0
Dumont, GabrielGabriel Dumont 10 1 2 3 1 13
Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern† 16 1 1 2 −3 2
Weber, YannickYannick Weber 6 0 2 2 −1 2
Tinordi, JarredJarred Tinordi 8 0 2 2 5 2
Beaulieu, NathanNathan Beaulieu 6 0 2 2 5 0
White, RyanRyan White 26 1 0 1 1 67
Blunden, MikeMike Blunden 5 0 0 0 −1 4
Pateryn, GregGreg Pateryn 3 0 0 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Plekanec, TomasTomas Plekanec 5 0 4 4 −5 2
Subban, P. K.P. K. Subban 5 2 2 4 −1 31
Bourque, ReneRene Bourque 5 2 1 3 −1 10
Galchenyuk, AlexAlex Galchenyuk 5 1 2 3 −4 0
Ryder, MichaelMichael Ryder 5 1 1 2 0 2
Gallagher, BrendanBrendan Gallagher 5 2 0 2 −7 5
Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta 2 0 1 1 −2 0
Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov 5 0 1 1 −1 0
Halpern, JeffJeff Halpern 3 0 1 1 1 0
Prust, BrandonBrandon Prust 4 0 1 1 −3 14
Desharnais, DavidDavid Desharnais 5 0 1 1 1 2
White, RyanRyan White 3 1 0 1 −1 23
Tinordi, JarredJarred Tinordi 5 0 1 1 −3 15
Bouillon, FrancisFrancis Bouillon 5 0 0 0 −3 17
Moen, TravisTravis Moen 5 0 0 0 −2 17
Armstrong, ColbyColby Armstrong 4 0 0 0 −1 15
Gorges, JoshJosh Gorges 5 0 0 0 −4 4
Blunden, MikeMike Blunden 1 0 0 0 0 10
Pacioretty, MaxMax Pacioretty 4 0 0 0 0 4
Eller, LarsLars Eller 1 0 0 0 0 0
Dumont, GabrielGabriel Dumont 3 0 0 0 0 12
Diaz, RaphaelRaphael Diaz 5 0 0 0 −4 0

Goaltenders
Regular Season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Price, CareyCarey Price 39 38 2249:01 21 13 4 97 2.59 1018 .905 3 0 0 0
Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj 13 10 656:29 8 1 1 25 2.29 273 .908 1 0 0 0
Totals 48 2905:30 29 14 5 122 2.52 1291 .905 4 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Price, CareyCarey Price 4 4 239:05 1 2 13 3.26 123 .894 0 0 0 0
Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj 2 1 62:32 0 2 7 6.67 31 .774 0 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canadiens. Stats reflect time with the Candadiens only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record


Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player Award Awarded
P. K. Subban[11] James Norris Memorial Trophy June 15, 2013

Transactions

The Canadiens have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:

Trades

Date Details
January 14, 2013[12] To Florida Panthers
Brendon Nash		 To Montreal Canadiens
Jason DeSantis
February 14, 2013[13] To Tampa Bay Lightning
Cedrick Desjardins		 To Montreal Canadiens
Dustin Tokarski
February 26, 2013[14] To Dallas Stars
Erik Cole		 To Montreal Canadiens
Michael Ryder
3rd round-pick in 2013
April 2, 2013[15] To Los Angeles Kings
5th round-pick in 2013		 To Montreal Canadiens
Davis Drewiske

Free agents acquired

Player Former team Contract terms
Brandon Prust[16] New York Rangers 4 years, $10 million
Cedrick Desjardins[17] Lake Erie Monsters 1 year, $600,000
Francis Bouillon[18] Nashville Predators 1 year, $1.5 million
Colby Armstrong[19] Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $1 million
Mike Condon[20] Princeton University 2 years, $1.36 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player New team Contract terms
Andreas Engqvist[21] Atlant Moscow Oblast undisclosed
Brad Staubitz[22] Anaheim Ducks 2 years, $1.275 million
Scott Gomez[23] San Jose Sharks 1 year, $700,000

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers
Jeff Halpern[24] New York Rangers March 23, 2013

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers
Aaron Palushaj[25] Colorado Avalanche February 5, 2013

Player signings

Player Date Contract terms
Steve Quailer[26] June 14, 2012 2 years, $1.3 million entry-level contract
Ryan White[27] June 26, 2012 1 year, $687,500
Petteri Nokelainen[28] June 29, 2012 1 year, $575,000
Brendon Nash[28] June 29, 2012 1 year, $575,000
Travis Moen[29] June 29, 2012 4 years, $7.2 million
Alexei Emelin[30] June 30, 2012 2 years, $4 million
Mike Blunden[31] July 1, 2012 1 year, $575,000
Carey Price[32] July 2, 2012 6 years, $39 million
Frederic St. Denis[33] July 5, 2012 1 year, $575,000
Lars Eller[34] July 6, 2012 2 years, $2.65 million
Aaron Palushaj[35] July 12, 2012 1 year, $600,000
Raphael Diaz[36] July 13, 2012 2 years, $2.45 million
Blake Geoffrion[37] July 16, 2012 1 year, $803,250
Alex Galchenyuk[38] July 23, 2012 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Max Pacioretty[39] August 13, 2012 6 years, $27 million contract extension
P. K. Subban[40] January 28, 2013 2 years, $5.75 million
David Desharnais[41] March 15, 2013 4 years, $14 million contract extension
Darren Dietz[42] March 17, 2013 3 years, $1.995 million entry-level contract
Francis Bouillon[43] March 20, 2013 1 year, $1.5 million contract extension
Danny Kristo[44] April 3, 2013 2 years, $1.75 million entry-level contract
Peter Budaj[45] April 10, 2013 2 years, $2.8 million contract extension
Magnus Nygren[46] May 21, 2013 2 years, $1.7175 million entry-level contract
Sebastian Collberg[47] May 21, 2013 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Tim Bozon[48] May 30, 2013 3 years, $2.0275 million entry-level contract
Davis Drewiske[49] June 13, 2013 2 years, $1.275 million contract extension
Mike Blunden[50] June 28, 2013 1 year, $550,000 contract extension

Draft picks

Montreal Canadiens' picks at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012.[51]

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 3 Alex Galchenyuk C  United States Sarnia Sting (OHL)
2 33 Sebastian Collberg RW  Sweden Frolunda HC (Sweden)
2 51[a] Dalton Thrower D  Canada Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
3 64 Tim Bozon LW  United States Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4 94 Brady Vail C  United States Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
5 122[b] Charles Hudon LW  Canada Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
6 154 Erik Nystrom LW  Sweden MODO Jr. (Swe-Jr.)
Draft Notes[52]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Marc Bergevin appointed General Manager". Canadiens.nhl.com. May 2, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
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  11. ↑ Simply the best
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  41. ↑ "Contract extension for David Desharnais". Canadiens.nhl.com. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
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  44. ↑ "Canadiens sign forward Danny Kristo to a two-year contract". Canadiens.nhl.com. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
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  46. ↑ "Canadiens sign defenseman Magnus Nygren to a two-year contract". Canadiens.nhl.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  47. ↑ "Canadiens sign forward Sebastian Collberg to a three-year contract". Canadiens.nhl.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  48. ↑ "Canadiens sign forward Tim Bozon to a three-year contract". Canadiens.nhl.com. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  49. ↑ "Canadiens sign defenseman Davis Drewiske to a two-year contract extension". Canadiens.nhl.com. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  50. ↑ "Canadiens sign forward Michael Blunden to a one-year contract extension". Canadiens.nhl.com. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
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