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This is a list of '''franchise records for the [[Montreal Canadiens]]''' of the [[National Hockey League]].

==Team records==
===Single season===
{| class="wikitable"
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| Most points || 132 || [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]]
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| Most wins || 60 || 1976–77
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| Most losses || 49 || [[2021–22 NHL season|2021–22]]
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| Most ties || 23 || [[1962–63 NHL season|1962–63]]
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| Most overtime losses || 16 || [[2011–12 NHL season|2011–12]]
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| Most goals for || 387 || 1976–77
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| Most goals against || 319 || 2021–22
|-
| Fewest points<ref name="Min. 70 games">Minimum 70-game schedule</ref> || 55 || 2021–22
|-
| Fewest wins<ref name="Min. 70 games" /> || 22 || 2021–22
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| Fewest losses<ref name="Min. 70 games" /> || 8<ref name="NHL record">NHL record</ref> || 1976–77
|-
| Fewest ties<ref name="Min. 70 games" /> || 5 || [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]
|-
| Fewest goals for<ref name="Min. 70 games" /> || 155 || [[1952–53 NHL season|1952–53]]
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| Fewest goals against<ref name="Min. 70 games" /> || 131<ref name="NHL record" /> || [[1955–56 NHL season|1955–56]]
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| Most penalty minutes || 1,847 || [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
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| Most shutouts || 22<ref name="NHL record" /> || [[1928–29 NHL season|1928–29]]
|}

===Single game===
{| class="wikitable"
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|Most goals || 16<ref name="NHL record" /> || March 3, 1920
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|Most goals against || 11 || 6 times
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| Biggest comeback || 5 || vs [[New York Rangers]] (February 19, 2008; after trailing 0–5 halfway into the game, the Canadiens scored five goals in regulation time, and won 6–5 in a [[penalty shootout|shootout]] after [[overtime (ice hockey)|overtime]].)<ref>[http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2007020904 Game Recap] for the 0–5 comeback, at [http://www.nhl.com NHL.com]</ref>
|}

===Streaks===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" align="left" | Winning streaks
|-
| Overall || 12 || January 1, 1968 - February 3, 1968
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| Home || 13 || November 2, 1943 - January 8, 1944, January 30, 1977 - March 26, 1977
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| Away || 8 || December 18, 1977 - January 18, 1978, January 21, 1982 - February 21, 1982
|-
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" align="left" | Losing streaks
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| Overall || 12 || February 13, 1926 - March 13, 1926
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| Home || 7 || December 16, 1939 - January 18, 1940, October 28, 2000 - November 25, 2000
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| Away || 10 || January 16, 1926 - March 13, 1926
|-
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" align="left" | Undefeated streaks
|-
| Overall || 28 || December 18, 1977 - February 23, 1978 (23W, 5T)
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| Home || 34<ref name="NHL record" />|| November 1, 1976 - April 2, 1977 (28W, 6T)
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| Away || 23<ref name="NHL record" />|| November 27, 1974 - March 12, 1975 (14W, 9T)
|-
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" align="left" | Winless streaks
|-
| Overall || 12 || February 13, 1926 - March 13, 1926 (12L), November 28, 1935 - December 29, 1935 (8L, 4T)
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| Home || 15 || December 16, 1939 - March 7, 1940 (12L, 3T)
|-
| Away || 12 || November 26, 1933 - January 28, 1934 (8L, 4T), October 20, 1951 - December 13, 1951 (8L, 4T)
|}

==Individual records==
===Career===
{| class="wikitable"
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| Most seasons || 20 || [[Henri Richard]]
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| Most games || 1256 || Henri Richard
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| Most goals || 544 || [[Maurice Richard]]
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| Most assists || 728 || [[Guy Lafleur]]
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| Most points || 1246 || Guy Lafleur (518 G, 728 A)
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| Most penalty minutes || 2,248 || [[Chris Nilan]]
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| Most wins || 361 || [[Carey Price]]
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| Most shutouts || 75 || [[George Hainsworth]]
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| Most consecutive games played || 560 || [[Doug Jarvis]]
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| Most Stanley Cups || 17 || [[Jean Beliveau]] (10 as a player) (7 as an office executive)
|-
|}

===Season===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Most goals || 60 || [[Steve Shutt]] ([[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]]), [[Guy Lafleur]] ([[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]])
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| Most assists || 82 || [[Pete Mahovlich]] ([[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]])
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| Most points || 136 || Guy Lafleur (1976–77, 56 G, 80 A)
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| Most penalty minutes || 358 || [[Chris Nilan]] ([[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]])
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| Most points (defenceman) || 85 || [[Larry Robinson]] (1976–77, 19 G, 66 A)
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| Most points (rookie) || 71 || [[Mats Näslund|Mats Naslund]] ([[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]], 26 G, 45 A), [[Kjell Dahlin]] ([[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]], 32 G, 39 A)
|-
| Most shutouts || 22¹ || [[George Hainsworth]] ([[1928–29 NHL season|1928–29]])
|-
|}

===Single game===
{| class="wikitable"
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| Most goals || 6 || [[Newsy Lalonde]] (January 10, 1920)
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| Most assists || 6 || [[Elmer Lach]] (February 6, 1943)
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| Most points || 8 || [[Maurice Richard]] (December 28, 1944, 5 G, 3 A), [[Bert Olmstead]] (January 9, 1954, 4 G, 4 A)
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| Most saves (playoff game) || 60 || [[Patrick Roy]] (April 25, 1994)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=319678|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428210721/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=319678|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 28, 2010|title=Where does Halak's 53-saves effort rank among habs' greats? |work=TSN |date=2010-04-27}}</ref>
|-
|}

¹ NHL record<br>² Minimum 70-game schedule

==See also==
*[[List of Montreal Canadiens players]]
*[[List of NHL statistical leaders]]
*[[List of NHL players]]

==Notes and references==
<references />
* ''Source: [[NHL Official Guide & Record Book]]''

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