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That’s a taller task than this is meant to do. Below is an interactive graphic from our friends at Qlik accounting for every one of those Canadiens goals scored, the goals that won championships and launched dynasties. You can even look at some congregations of the 19,223 they allowed. You can see who had the most goals in the decade of the 1930s. You can see how many even-strength goals Steve Shutt scored. You can look at the distribution of Lafleur’s goal scoring across the 14 seasons he spent in Montreal. You can see how many goals were scored on both sides of the fence in the Montreal-Boston feud. Immerse yourself in the names.

Below that, we’ve attempted to highlight 10 of the most dramatic or meaningful goals in Canadiens history (with a bonus selection). Better fans of the team might have other favourites, but here’s an appreciation from outside of the culture that gave birth to the team that defines the NHL.

Maurice Richard | March 18, 1945 vs. Boston Bruins

With only six teams in the NHL, there were only 50 games in the regular season back in the 1940s. So the length of the schedule added the significance to the idea of scoring 50 goals in one campaign.

Montreal had already locked up first place and had an 11-point lead in the standings on second-place Detroit on the final night of the season. Despite being down 2-1 late the third period, getting that 50th goal for Richard was the objective that kept the Canadiens pushing forward. With 2:15 left in the game at the Boston Garden, on a pass from linemate Elmer Lach, Richard tied the game. Bolstered by the achievement, his linemates, Toe Blake and Lach, scored in the final two minutes to win 4-2.