Montreal Canadiens Goalie Starts 2017-18

2017-18 · 29-40-13 · 71 pts · 6th Atlantic

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Who started in goal for the Montreal Canadiens in 2017-18: every game colour-coded by starting goalie, with each goalie's share of starts and how it moved through the season. G1 made the most starts.

Carey Price started 48 of 82 Canadiens games (59%). Antti Niemi had 17 starts and 2 relief appearances. Season: 1A/1B split.

1A/1B split The No. 1 started under 60% of games.

G1Starter
Carey Price
Starts
48/82
Share
59%
Last 10
6
16-26-7 · .900 SV% · 1 relief · last start Apr 7
G2Backup
Antti Niemi
Starts
17/82
Share
21%
Last 10
4
7-5-4 · .929 SV% · 2 relief · last start Apr 5
G3Third goalie
Charlie Lindgren
Starts
14/82
Share
17%
Last 10
0
4-8-2 · .908 SV% · last start Mar 17

Every team: NHL goalie starts by team, 2017-18

Every Canadiens game by starting goalie

G1 Carey Price
G2 Antti Niemi
G3 Charlie Lindgren
G4 Al Montoya
G5 Zach Fucale

Filled: started · half: relief · dot: dressed, did not play · blank: not dressed · ▲ second game of a back-to-back

G1Price

G2Niemi

G3Lindgren

G4Montoya

G5Fucale

Game

Montreal Canadiens goalie patterns

Back-to-backs: 14 second games, started by Carey Price 8, Antti Niemi 4, Al Montoya 1, Charlie Lindgren 1.
Home and road: Carey Price started 27 of 41 home games and 21 of 41 road games.
Pulled starters: a reliever came in 4 times (5% of games).

Game log

Every game: starter, saves and result (82 games)

Starting goalie in every game
#	Date	Opp	Starter	Saves	Result	Relief
82	Apr 7	@ TOR	G1 Carey Price	26/30	L	–
81	Apr 5	@ DET	G2 Antti Niemi	23/26	W	–
80	Apr 3	vs WPG	G1 Carey Price	27/32	OTL	–
79	Apr 1 ▲	vs NJD	G1 Carey Price	30/32	L	–
78	Mar 31	@ PIT	G2 Antti Niemi	28/33	L	–
77	Mar 26	vs DET	G1 Carey Price	26/28	W	–
76	Mar 24 ▲	vs WSH	G1 Carey Price	24/30	L	–
75	Mar 23	@ BUF	G2 Antti Niemi	35/35	W	–
74	Mar 21	@ PIT	G1 Carey Price	34/39	L	–
73	Mar 19	vs FLA	G2 Antti Niemi	38/40	L	–
72	Mar 17	@ TOR	G3 Charlie Lindgren	45/49	L	–
71	Mar 15	vs PIT	G2 Antti Niemi	34/38	L	–
70	Mar 13 ▲	vs DAL	G2 Antti Niemi	36/38	W	–
69	Mar 12	@ CBJ	G3 Charlie Lindgren	20/25	L	–
68	Mar 10	@ TBL	G2 Antti Niemi	32/34	OTL	–
67	Mar 8	@ FLA	G3 Charlie Lindgren	27/32	L	–
66	Mar 6	@ NJD	G3 Charlie Lindgren	27/33	L	–
65	Mar 3 ▲	@ BOS	G2 Antti Niemi	48/50	OTL	–
64	Mar 2	@ NYI	G3 Charlie Lindgren	32/35	W	–
63	Feb 28	vs NYI	G2 Antti Niemi	27/28	W	–
62	Feb 26	vs PHI	G3 Charlie Lindgren	33/33	OTL	–
61	Feb 24	vs TBL	G2 Antti Niemi	36/39	OTL	–
60	Feb 22	vs NYR	G2 Antti Niemi	31/32	W	–
59	Feb 20	@ PHI	G1 Carey Price	30/33	OTL	–
58	Feb 17	@ VGK	G2 Antti Niemi	3/6	L	Carey Price
57	Feb 15 ▲	@ ARI	G1 Carey Price	16/21	L	–
56	Feb 14	@ COL	G2 Antti Niemi	23/25	L	–
55	Feb 10	vs NSH	G1 Carey Price	30/32	OTL	–
54	Feb 8	@ PHI	G1 Carey Price	23/27	L	–
53	Feb 4 ▲	vs OTT	G1 Carey Price	25/26	W	–
52	Feb 3	vs ANA	G2 Antti Niemi	43/45	W	–
51	Feb 1	@ CAR	G1 Carey Price	28/30	L	–
50	Jan 30	@ STL	G1 Carey Price	28/30	L	–
49	Jan 25	vs CAR	G1 Carey Price	23/29	L	–
48	Jan 23	vs COL	G1 Carey Price	20/22	W	–
47	Jan 20 ▲	vs BOS	G1 Carey Price	27/30	L	–
46	Jan 19	@ WSH	G2 Antti Niemi	24/26	W	–
45	Jan 17	@ BOS	G1 Carey Price	28/31	L	–
44	Jan 15	vs NYI	G1 Carey Price	19/24	OTL	–
43	Jan 13	vs BOS	G1 Carey Price	29/32	OTL	–
42	Jan 7	vs VAN	G1 Carey Price	34/36	W	–
41	Jan 4	vs TBL	G1 Carey Price	44/45	W	–
40	Jan 2	vs SJS	G1 Carey Price	29/33	L	–
39	Dec 30	@ FLA	G1 Carey Price	31/33	L	–
38	Dec 28 ▲	@ TBL	G1 Carey Price	31/34	L	–
37	Dec 27	@ CAR	G1 Carey Price	33/35	L	–
36	Dec 23 ▲	@ EDM	G2 Antti Niemi	31/34	L	–
35	Dec 22	@ CGY	G1 Carey Price	21/23	W	–
34	Dec 19	@ VAN	G1 Carey Price	34/39	W	–
33	Dec 16	@ OTT	G1 Carey Price	35/37	L	–
32	Dec 14	vs NJD	G1 Carey Price	31/32	W	–
31	Dec 9	vs EDM	G1 Carey Price	10/14	L	Antti Niemi
30	Dec 7	vs CGY	G1 Carey Price	34/37	OTL	–
29	Dec 5	vs STL	G1 Carey Price	26/30	L	–
28	Dec 2	vs DET	G1 Carey Price	22/23	W	–
27	Nov 30 ▲	@ DET	G1 Carey Price	28/31	W	–
26	Nov 29	vs OTT	G1 Carey Price	27/28	W	–
25	Nov 27	vs CBJ	G1 Carey Price	37/38	W	–
24	Nov 25	vs BUF	G1 Carey Price	36/36	W	–
23	Nov 22 ▲	@ NSH	G2 Antti Niemi	31/33	OTL	–
22	Nov 21	@ DAL	G3 Charlie Lindgren	26/28	L	–
21	Nov 18	vs TOR	G3 Charlie Lindgren	22/27	L	Antti Niemi
20	Nov 16	vs ARI	G3 Charlie Lindgren	27/32	L	–
19	Nov 14	vs CBJ	G3 Charlie Lindgren	23/25	OTL	–
18	Nov 11	vs BUF	G3 Charlie Lindgren	34/35	W	–
17	Nov 9	vs MIN	G3 Charlie Lindgren	32/34	L	–
16	Nov 7	vs VGK	G3 Charlie Lindgren	29/31	W	–
15	Nov 5 ▲	@ CHI	G3 Charlie Lindgren	38/38	W	–
14	Nov 4	@ WPG	G4 Al Montoya	19/23	W	–
13	Nov 2	@ MIN	G1 Carey Price	21/26	L	–
12	Oct 30	@ OTT	G4 Al Montoya	25/28	W	–
11	Oct 28	vs NYR	G1 Carey Price	22/26	W	–
10	Oct 26	vs LAK	G1 Carey Price	24/28	L	–
9	Oct 24	vs FLA	G1 Carey Price	26/27	W	–
8	Oct 20	@ ANA	G1 Carey Price	39/45	L	–
7	Oct 18 ▲	@ LAK	G4 Al Montoya	37/42	L	–
6	Oct 17	@ SJS	G1 Carey Price	30/34	L	–
5	Oct 14	vs TOR	G1 Carey Price	18/22	OTL	–
4	Oct 10	vs CHI	G1 Carey Price	22/25	L	–
3	Oct 8 ▲	@ NYR	G1 Carey Price	23/25	L	–
2	Oct 7	@ WSH	G1 Carey Price	10/14	L	Al Montoya
1	Oct 5	@ BUF	G1 Carey Price	43/45	W	–

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Montreal Canadiens goalie starts FAQ

Who was the Montreal Canadiens starting goalie in 2017-18?

Carey Price made the most starts: 48 of 82 (59%), going 16-26-7.

How often did the Montreal Canadiens backup goalie start in 2017-18?

Antti Niemi had 17 starts (21% of games) plus 2 relief appearances.

Who started the second game of Montreal Canadiens back-to-backs in 2017-18?

Carey Price started 8 of 14 second games; the other goalies started 6.