He has the most goals in Montreal Canadiens History in the Playoffs
Which player has the most goals scored in the playoffs in Montreal Canadiens history? Beliveau? Schutt? LaFleur? No, nada and nope!
How about Cournoyer? Moore? Geoffrion? They are in the top ten also, but none of these guys either!
The player who has the most goals in the post-season for the Montreal Canadiens in their playoff history played in 133 games, had 44 Assists, had 126 points and 188 PIM.
Have you guessed yet?
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| 1 | Maurice Richard | 82 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Jean Béliveau | 79 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Yvan Cournoyer | 64 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Jacques Lemaire | 61 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Guy Lafleur | 57 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Bernard Geoffrion | 56 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Steve Shutt | 50 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Henri Richard | 49 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Dickie Moore | 38 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Bobby Smith | 38 |
As you can see its none other than the Rocket! Maurice Richard not only leads the Habs in lifetime regular season goals but also in Playoffs lifetime goals!
Below are his numbers in the playoffs;
| YEARS |
GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943-44 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 10 |
| 1944-45 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 1945-46 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 1946-47 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 44 |
| 1948-49 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 1949-50 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1950-51 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 13 |
| 1951-52 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 1952-53 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 1953-54 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 1955-56 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 24 |
| 1956-57 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| 1957-58 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 10 |
| 1958-59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1959-60 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| TOTALS |
133 | 82 | 44 | 126 | 188 |
