The Montreal Canadiens had their most power plays per game in a season in 2005-06, with 5.65 opportunities.

Interpreted as:

canadiens power plays per game in a regular season records

	TEAM	PPO/GP	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS	PTS%	SOW	SOL	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Canadiens	5.65	2005-06	82	42	31		9	93	.567	2	3	241	244	-3	19.2	81.1	30.12	9.8	30.57	.903
2	Canadiens	5.13	2000-01	82	28	40	8	6	70	.427			206	232	-26	16.2	82.2	26.20	9.6	28.01	.899
3	Canadiens	5.12	1992-93	84	48	30	6		102	.607			326	280	46	18.4	82.0	31.77	12.2	30.01	.889
4	Canadiens	4.96	1987-88	80	45	22	13		103	.644			298	238	60	15.9	83.8	29.96	12.4	28.78	.897
5	Canadiens	4.94	1995-96	82	40	32	10		90	.549			265	248	17	19.0	82.2	28.82	11.2	32.39	.907
6	Canadiens	4.76	1988-89	80	53	18	9		115	.719			315	218	97	21.0	82.2	30.85	12.8	26.54	.897
7	Canadiens	4.74	1991-92	80	41	28	11		93	.581			267	207	60	19.5	81.3	30.54	10.9	27.84	.907
8	Canadiens	4.62	1993-94	84	41	29	14		96	.571			283	248	35	20.1	82.6	31.20	10.8	30.15	.902
9	Canadiens	4.61	2006-07	82	42	34		6	90	.549	6	5	239	251	-12	22.8	83.5	29.59	9.9	32.74	.907
10	Canadiens	4.56	2008-09	82	41	30		11	93	.567	7	7	242	240	2	19.3	82.4	30.01	9.8	31.71	.908
11	Canadiens	4.56	2007-08	82	47	25		10	104	.634	5	6	257	216	41	24.1	82.5	29.06	10.8	31.57	.917
12	Canadiens	4.54	1997-98	82	37	32	13		87	.530			235	208	27	18.3	84.5	27.77	10.3	26.04	.903
13	Canadiens	4.46	1990-91	80	39	30	11		89	.556			273	249	24	18.5	80.9	29.81	11.4	28.95	.892
14	Canadiens	4.31	1985-86	80	40	33	7		87	.544			330	280	50	25.2	79.4	29.43	14.0	27.11	.871
15	Canadiens	4.25	1989-90	80	41	28	11		93	.581			288	234	54	15.9	80.7	31.10	11.6	28.75	.898
16	Canadiens	4.23	2012-13	48	29	14		5	63	.656	3	2	146	124	22	20.7	79.8	30.58	9.9	26.94	.904
17	Canadiens	4.20	1998-99	82	32	39	11		75	.457			184	209	-25	14.5	87.2	27.67	8.1	26.91	.905
18	Canadiens	4.11	1996-97	82	31	36	15		77	.470			249	276	-27	15.7	79.5	30.17	10.1	33.90	.901
19	Canadiens	4.01	1984-85	80	41	27	12		94	.588			309	262	47	24.0	79.2	30.20	12.8	24.65	.867
20	Canadiens	3.99	1986-87	80	41	29	10		92	.575			277	241	36	21.0	83.3	28.00	12.4	27.13	.889
21	Canadiens	3.94	1999-00	82	35	34	9	4	83	.506			196	194	2	16.7	86.8	26.04	9.2	27.61	.914
22	Canadiens	3.89	2003-04	82	41	30	7	4	93	.567			208	192	16	17.2	82.5	27.68	9.2	28.59	.918
23	Canadiens	3.84	2002-03	82	30	35	8	9	77	.470			206	234	-28	14.0	81.7	25.84	9.7	32.66	.913
24	Canadiens	3.74	1980-81	80	45	22	13		103	.644			332	232	100	24.1	81.7	33.86	12.3	26.44	.890
25	Canadiens	3.71	1981-82	80	46	17	17		109	.681			360	223	137	24.2	80.1	33.78	13.3	27.48	.899