Montreal Canadiens Goalie Starts 2018-19
2018-19 · 44-30-8 · 96 pts · 4th Atlantic
Who started in goal for the Montreal Canadiens in 2018-19: 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 64 of 82 Canadiens games (78%). Antti Niemi had 17 starts. Season: Workhorse.
Workhorse The No. 1 started at least 75% of games.
G1StarterCarey Price- Starts
- 64/82
- Share
- 78%
- Last 10
- 9
35-24-6 · .918 SV% · 2 relief · last start Apr 4
G2BackupAntti Niemi- Starts
- 17/82
- Share
- 21%
- Last 10
- 0
8-6-2 · .887 SV% · last start Mar 7
Every team: NHL goalie starts by team, 2018-19
Every Canadiens game by starting goalie
- G1 Carey Price
- G2 Antti Niemi
- G3 Charlie Lindgren
- G4 Michael McNiven
Filled: started · half: relief · dot: dressed, did not play · blank: not dressed · ▲ second game of a back-to-back
G1Price
G2Niemi
G3Lindgren
G4McNiven
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Montreal Canadiens goalie patterns
- Back-to-backs: 14 second games, started by Carey Price 9, Antti Niemi 5.
- Home and road: Carey Price started 34 of 41 home games and 30 of 41 road games.
- Pulled starters: a reliever came in 2 times (2% of games).
Game log
Every game: starter, saves and result (82 games)
| # | Date | Opp | Starter | Saves | Result | Relief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | Apr 6 | vs TOR | G3 Charlie Lindgren | 44/49 | W | – |
| 81 | Apr 4 | @ WSH | G1 Carey Price | 29/31 | L | – |
| 80 | Apr 2 | vs TBL | G1 Carey Price | 22/24 | W | – |
| 79 | Mar 30 | @ WPG | G1 Carey Price | 23/24 | W | – |
| 78 | Mar 28 | @ CBJ | G1 Carey Price | 24/29 | L | – |
| 77 | Mar 26 | vs FLA | G1 Carey Price | 33/34 | W | – |
| 76 | Mar 24 ▲ | @ CAR | G1 Carey Price | 38/40 | OTL | – |
| 75 | Mar 23 | vs BUF | G1 Carey Price | 23/27 | W | – |
| 74 | Mar 21 | vs NYI | G1 Carey Price | 28/28 | W | – |
| 73 | Mar 19 | @ PHI | G1 Carey Price | 32/33 | W | – |
| 72 | Mar 16 | vs CHI | G1 Carey Price | 22/24 | L | – |
| 71 | Mar 14 | @ NYI | G1 Carey Price | 36/38 | L | – |
| 70 | Mar 12 | vs DET | G1 Carey Price | 20/21 | W | – |
| 69 | Mar 8 ▲ | @ ANA | G1 Carey Price | 21/29 | L | – |
| 68 | Mar 7 | @ SJS | G2 Antti Niemi | 20/24 | L | – |
| 67 | Mar 5 | @ LAK | G1 Carey Price | 26/27 | W | – |
| 66 | Mar 2 ▲ | vs PIT | G1 Carey Price | 20/24 | L | – |
| 65 | Mar 1 | @ NYR | G1 Carey Price | 28/30 | W | – |
| 64 | Feb 26 ▲ | @ DET | G1 Carey Price | 28/29 | W | – |
| 63 | Feb 25 | @ NJD | G1 Carey Price | 20/22 | L | – |
| 62 | Feb 23 | @ TOR | G1 Carey Price | 31/35 | L | – |
| 61 | Feb 21 | vs PHI | G1 Carey Price | 29/30 | W | – |
| 60 | Feb 19 | vs CBJ | G1 Carey Price | 31/33 | W | – |
| 59 | Feb 17 ▲ | @ FLA | G2 Antti Niemi | 6/9 | L | Carey Price |
| 58 | Feb 16 | @ TBL | G1 Carey Price | 34/37 | L | – |
| 57 | Feb 14 | @ NSH | G1 Carey Price | 35/38 | L | – |
| 56 | Feb 9 | vs TOR | G1 Carey Price | 28/32 | OTL | – |
| 55 | Feb 7 | vs WPG | G1 Carey Price | 32/34 | W | – |
| 54 | Feb 5 | vs ANA | G1 Carey Price | 24/25 | W | – |
| 53 | Feb 3 ▲ | vs EDM | G1 Carey Price | 21/24 | W | – |
| 52 | Feb 2 | vs NJD | G2 Antti Niemi | 24/27 | OTL | – |
| 51 | Jan 23 | vs ARI | G1 Carey Price | 30/31 | W | – |
| 50 | Jan 19 ▲ | vs PHI | G2 Antti Niemi | 19/23 | L | – |
| 49 | Jan 18 | @ CBJ | G1 Carey Price | 34/35 | W | – |
| 48 | Jan 15 ▲ | vs FLA | G2 Antti Niemi | 52/53 | W | – |
| 47 | Jan 14 | @ BOS | G1 Carey Price | 41/43 | W | – |
| 46 | Jan 12 | vs COL | G1 Carey Price | 28/28 | W | – |
| 45 | Jan 10 | @ STL | G1 Carey Price | 26/30 | L | – |
| 44 | Jan 8 ▲ | @ DET | G2 Antti Niemi | 30/32 | W | – |
| 43 | Jan 7 | vs MIN | G1 Carey Price | 24/25 | L | – |
| 42 | Jan 5 | vs NSH | G1 Carey Price | 28/31 | L | – |
| 41 | Jan 3 | vs VAN | G1 Carey Price | 33/33 | W | – |
| 40 | Dec 31 | @ DAL | G2 Antti Niemi | 45/47 | W | – |
| 39 | Dec 29 ▲ | @ TBL | G2 Antti Niemi | 26/32 | L | – |
| 38 | Dec 28 | @ FLA | G2 Antti Niemi | 23/26 | W | – |
| 37 | Dec 22 | @ VGK | G1 Carey Price | 23/26 | W | – |
| 36 | Dec 20 ▲ | @ ARI | G1 Carey Price | 36/37 | W | – |
| 35 | Dec 19 | @ COL | G1 Carey Price | 24/26 | L | – |
| 34 | Dec 17 | vs BOS | G1 Carey Price | 31/35 | L | – |
| 33 | Dec 15 | vs OTT | G1 Carey Price | 16/18 | W | – |
| 32 | Dec 13 | vs CAR | G1 Carey Price | 27/31 | W | – |
| 31 | Dec 11 | @ MIN | G2 Antti Niemi | 16/23 | L | Carey Price |
| 30 | Dec 9 | @ CHI | G1 Carey Price | 37/39 | W | – |
| 29 | Dec 6 | @ OTT | G1 Carey Price | 19/21 | W | – |
| 28 | Dec 4 | vs OTT | G1 Carey Price | 28/30 | W | – |
| 27 | Dec 2 ▲ | vs SJS | G1 Carey Price | 26/29 | L | – |
| 26 | Dec 1 | vs NYR | G1 Carey Price | 20/22 | W | – |
| 25 | Nov 27 | vs CAR | G1 Carey Price | 20/22 | L | – |
| 24 | Nov 24 ▲ | vs BOS | G1 Carey Price | 32/35 | L | – |
| 23 | Nov 23 | @ BUF | G2 Antti Niemi | 37/40 | OTL | – |
| 22 | Nov 21 | @ NJD | G1 Carey Price | 23/28 | L | – |
| 21 | Nov 19 | vs WSH | G1 Carey Price | 29/34 | OTL | – |
| 20 | Nov 17 | @ VAN | G1 Carey Price | 36/38 | W | – |
| 19 | Nov 15 | @ CGY | G1 Carey Price | 43/45 | W | – |
| 18 | Nov 13 | @ EDM | G2 Antti Niemi | 37/43 | L | – |
| 17 | Nov 10 | vs VGK | G2 Antti Niemi | 34/38 | W | – |
| 16 | Nov 8 | vs BUF | G1 Carey Price | 25/31 | OTL | – |
| 15 | Nov 6 ▲ | @ NYR | G1 Carey Price | 27/32 | L | – |
| 14 | Nov 5 | @ NYI | G2 Antti Niemi | 21/24 | W | – |
| 13 | Nov 3 | vs TBL | G1 Carey Price | 32/36 | L | – |
| 12 | Nov 1 | vs WSH | G1 Carey Price | 27/31 | W | – |
| 11 | Oct 30 | vs DAL | G1 Carey Price | 18/21 | L | – |
| 10 | Oct 27 | @ BOS | G1 Carey Price | 33/33 | W | – |
| 9 | Oct 25 | @ BUF | G2 Antti Niemi | 38/42 | L | – |
| 8 | Oct 23 | vs CGY | G1 Carey Price | 21/23 | W | – |
| 7 | Oct 20 | @ OTT | G1 Carey Price | 30/34 | OTL | – |
| 6 | Oct 17 | vs STL | G1 Carey Price | 23/25 | W | – |
| 5 | Oct 15 | vs DET | G2 Antti Niemi | 25/28 | W | – |
| 4 | Oct 13 | vs PIT | G2 Antti Niemi | 25/28 | W | – |
| 3 | Oct 11 | vs LAK | G1 Carey Price | 26/29 | L | – |
| 2 | Oct 6 | @ PIT | G1 Carey Price | 21/22 | W | – |
| 1 | Oct 3 | @ TOR | G1 Carey Price | 23/26 | OTL | – |
Goalie data stories
How the game changed, told through the numbers.
- The Schedule Got Kinder. The Second Night Didn’t. In the Original Six era about a third of NHL games were a team’s second night in a row, and one goalie played both.
- Hainsworth’s 22 Was Mostly Arithmetic George Hainsworth’s 22 shutouts in 1928-29 have stood for almost a century.
- A Shootout Shooter Needs More Than 200 Tries Before Skill Outweighs Luck. The Most Anyone Has Taken Is 135. T.J.
- The Last Goalie Who Played Every Night A rule ended the every-night goalie in the mid-1960s, and the 1990s brought him back.
Montreal Canadiens goalie starts FAQ
Who was the Montreal Canadiens starting goalie in 2018-19?
Carey Price made the most starts: 64 of 82 (78%), going 35-24-6.
How often did the Montreal Canadiens backup goalie start in 2018-19?
Antti Niemi had 17 starts (21% of games).
Who started the second game of Montreal Canadiens back-to-backs in 2018-19?
Carey Price started 9 of 14 second games; the other goalies started 5.