Chris Nilan has the most penalty minutes for the Canadiens in a game, with 39 minutes in the box against the Capitals on February 14, 1981.

most pim in one regular-season game by a montreal canadiens player

	NAME	PIM	DATE	TM		OPP	G	A	P	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Chris Nilan C. Nilan	39	2/14/1981	MTL	vs	WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
2	Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	35	12/6/2003	MTL	vs	CAR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	4	1	5	21:15
3	Doug Risebrough D. Risebrough	35	11/5/1981	MTL	vs	STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Gino Odjick G. Odjick	34	10/4/2001	MTL	@	OTT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4:44
5	Chris Nilan C. Nilan	34	12/15/1982	MTL	@	VAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	34	3/21/1981	MTL	vs	VAN	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Gilles Lupien G. Lupien	34	12/12/1977	MTL	@	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Joe Hall J. Hall	34	1/30/1919	MTL	@	SEN	0	0	0						0	0
9	Ryan Walter R. Walter	33	3/31/1984	MTL	@	BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Lyle Odelein L. Odelein	32	3/20/1991	MTL	@	BUF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
11	Bill Baker B. Baker	32	11/22/1980	MTL	vs	PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	John Ferguson J. Ferguson	32	11/15/1969	MTL	@	STL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Jacques Laperriere J. Laperriere	32	11/24/1963	MTL	@	CHI	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
14	Toe Blake T. Blake	32	3/1/1936	MTL	@	DET	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Chris Nilan C. Nilan	31	10/27/1986	MTL	vs	LAK	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	100.0
16	Joe Hall J. Hall	31	1/4/1919	MTL	vs	SEN	0	0	0						0	0
17	Mike Keane M. Keane	30	12/22/1993	MTL	vs	NYI	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
18	Claude Lemieux C. Lemieux	30	11/2/1986	MTL	@	VAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
19	Chris Nilan C. Nilan	30	3/16/1985	MTL	vs	MNS	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	30	3/12/1981	MTL	vs	STL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
21	Marc Tardif M. Tardif	29	12/9/1970	MTL	@	TOR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
22	Henri Richard H. Richard	29	12/1/1960	MTL	vs	TOR	2	1	3	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	40.0
23	Sprague Cleghorn S. Cleghorn	29	2/1/1922	MTL	@	SEN	0	0	0						0	0
24	Chris Nilan C. Nilan	28	4/12/1992	MTL	@	BUF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Brandon Prust B. Prust	27	11/28/2014	MTL	@	BUF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	7:10