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Denis Savard

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-10    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: February 4, 1961 in Pointe Gatineau, Quebec

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2000

Drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

Coaching Record

18 18 18 9

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 9:45AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #27. Gilbert Perreault… #28. Bobby Clarke… #29. DENIS SAVARD… #30. Alex Ovechkin… #31. Howie Morenz… 

NHL Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 19 CBH NHL 76 28 47 75 28 27 47 24 4 0 3 159 17.6
1981-82 20 CBH NHL 80 32 87 119 41 0 82 24 8 0 4 231 13.9
1982-83 21 CBH NHL 78 35 86 121 43 26 99 22 13 0 4 213 16.4
1983-84 22 CBH NHL 75 37 57 94 36 -13 71 25 12 0 5 210 17.6
1984-85 23 CBH NHL 79 38 67 105 39 16 56 31 7 0 1 266 14.3
1985-86 24 CBH NHL 80 47 69 116 45 7 111 32 14 1 8 279 16.8
1986-87 25 CHI NHL 70 40 50 90 35 15 108 33 7 0 7 237 16.9
1987-88 26 CHI NHL 80 44 87 131 48 4 95 23 14 7 6 270 16.3
1988-89 27 CHI NHL 58 23 59 82 29 -5 110 11 7 5 1 182 12.6
1989-90 28 CHI NHL 60 27 53 80 29 8 56 15 10 2 4 181 14.9
1990-91 29 MTL NHL 70 28 31 59 24 -1 52 19 7 2 0 187 15.0
1991-92 30 MTL NHL 77 28 42 70 27 6 73 15 12 1 5 174 16.1
1992-93 31 MTL NHL 63 16 34 50 18 1 90 11 4 1 2 99 16.2
1993-94 32 TBL NHL 74 18 28 46 18 -1 106 15 2 1 2 181 9.9
1994-95 33 TOT NHL 43 10 15 25 10 -3 18 8 2 0 1 82 12.2
1994-95 33 TBL NHL 31 6 11 17 6 -6 10 5 1 0 1 56 10.7
1994-95 33 CHI NHL 12 4 4 8 3 3 8 3 1 0 0 26 15.4
1995-96 34 CHI NHL 69 13 35 48 16 20 102 11 2 0 1 110 11.8
1996-97 35 CHI NHL 64 9 18 27 10 -10 60 7 2 0 2 82 11.0
Career NHL 1196 473 865 1338 495 97 1336 326 127 20 56 3143 15.0

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1980-81 19 CBH NHL 76 0.37 0.62 0.99 0.37 0.62 2.09 21 36 57 21 102 20 64 9 27 4.2 1.7 5.8
1981-82 20 CBH NHL 80 0.40 1.09 1.49 0.52 1.03 2.89 23 64 87 30 149 57 95 3 0 7.0 1.0 7.9
1982-83 21 CBH NHL 78 0.45 1.10 1.55 0.55 1.27 2.73 28 70 98 34 153 61 67 1 26 8.0 1.5 9.6
1983-84 22 CBH NHL 75 0.49 0.76 1.25 0.48 0.95 2.80 29 45 74 28 121 53 83 2 -13 6.2 0.8 6.9
1984-85 23 CBH NHL 79 0.48 0.85 1.33 0.49 0.71 3.37 30 53 83 31 133 47 70 0 16 6.9 1.3 8.2
1985-86 24 CBH NHL 80 0.59 0.86 1.45 0.56 1.39 3.49 37 54 91 35 149 47 103 8 7 8.2 1.0 9.2
1986-87 25 CHI NHL 70 0.57 0.71 1.29 0.50 1.54 3.39 34 42 76 30 116 38 68 5 15 6.8 1.1 7.9
1987-88 26 CHI NHL 80 0.55 1.09 1.64 0.60 1.19 3.38 37 73 110 40 158 77 112 35 4 9.8 1.2 11.0
1988-89 27 CHI NHL 58 0.40 1.02 1.41 0.50 1.90 3.14 19 49 68 24 106 52 87 28 -5 5.6 0.5 6.1
1989-90 28 CHI NHL 60 0.45 0.88 1.33 0.48 0.93 3.02 23 44 67 25 97 39 64 14 8 5.6 0.9 6.5
1990-91 29 MTL NHL 70 0.40 0.44 0.84 0.34 0.74 2.67 25 27 52 21 76 29 51 3 -1 4.3 0.9 5.2
1991-92 30 MTL NHL 77 0.36 0.55 0.91 0.35 0.95 2.26 25 37 62 24 92 40 51 5 6 4.8 1.3 6.1
1992-93 31 MTL NHL 63 0.25 0.54 0.79 0.28 1.43 1.57 13 27 40 14 63 19 55 12 1 2.5 0.7 3.2
1993-94 32 TBL NHL 74 0.24 0.38 0.62 0.24 1.43 2.45 16 25 41 16 69 21 71 22 -1 2.7 1.3 3.9
1994-95 33 TOT NHL 43 0.23 0.35 0.58 0.23 0.42 1.91 17 26 43 16 31 11 29 6 -3 1.6 0.6 2.2
1994-95 33 TBL NHL 31 0.19 0.35 0.55 0.21 0.32 1.81 10 19 29 11 18 6 22 4 -6 1.0 0.3 1.3
1994-95 33 CHI NHL 12 0.33 0.33 0.67 0.27 0.67 2.17 7 7 14 6 13 5 7 2 3 0.6 0.3 0.9
1995-96 34 CHI NHL 69 0.19 0.51 0.70 0.24 1.48 1.59 12 34 46 16 65 15 30 0 20 2.5 1.4 3.9
1996-97 35 CHI NHL 64 0.14 0.28 0.42 0.15 0.94 1.28 9 19 28 10 40 15 37 2 -10 0.9 0.4 1.3
Career NHL 1196 0.40 0.72 1.12 0.41 1.12 2.63 398 725 1123 415 1720 641 1137 155 97 87.4 17.6 105.1

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 19 CBH NHL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981-82 20 CBH NHL 15 11 7 18 52 6 5 0 2
1982-83 21 CBH NHL 13 8 9 17 22 5 3 0 1
1983-84 22 CBH NHL 5 1 3 4 3 9 1 0 0 0 8 12.5
1984-85 23 CBH NHL 15 9 20 29 4 20 6 3 0 0 49 18.4
1985-86 24 CBH NHL 3 4 1 5 -1 6 2 2 0 0 16 25.0
1986-87 25 CHI NHL 4 1 0 1 -3 12 1 0 0 0 8 12.5
1987-88 26 CHI NHL 5 4 3 7 3 17 3 0 1 1 13 30.8
1988-89 27 CHI NHL 16 8 11 19 8 10 5 2 1 1 68 11.8
1989-90 28 CHI NHL 20 7 15 22 0 41 3 4 0 1 69 10.1
1990-91 29 MTL NHL 13 2 11 13 -1 35 1 1 0 0 33 6.1
1991-92 30 MTL NHL 11 3 9 12 1 8 2 1 0 0 33 9.1
1992-93 31 MTL NHL SC 14 0 5 5 -3 4 0 0 0 0 15 0.0
1994-95 33 CHI NHL 16 7 11 18 12 10 4 3 0 0 39 17.9
1995-96 34 CHI NHL 10 1 2 3 0 8 1 0 0 0 12 8.3
1996-97 35 CHI NHL 6 0 2 2 -3 2 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
Career NHL 1 169 66 109 175 20 256 40 24 2 6 377 12.5

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 16 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 72 37 79 116 24 32 5 0 4
1978-79 17 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 70 46 112 158 88 31 14 1 6
1979-80 18 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 72 63 118 181 93 51 11 1 7
1990-91 29 Montreal Canadiens Fr-Tour 4 3 3 6 4
Career 1 Season Fr-Tour 4 3 3 6 4
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 214 146 309 455 205 114 30 2 17

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1977-78 16 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 13 3 17 20 0 3 0 0 1
1978-79 17 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 11 5 6 11 46 4 1 0 0
1979-80 18 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 10 7 16 23 8 6 1 0 1
Career 3 Seasons QMJHL 34 15 39 54 54 13 2 0 2

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 17 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Denis Savard 11.0 9.6 9.2 8.2 7.9 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.2 3.9 3.9 3.2 2.2 1.3
Gilbert Perreault 94.3 10.7 9.9 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.0 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.3 4.4 4.2 3.7 1.3
Doug Gilmour 93.8 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 2.8
Ron Francis 92.8 10.5 9.8 8.6 8.2 7.7 7.5 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.0 4.6 3.5
Dave Andreychuk 92.6 11.4 9.5 8.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 3.1 2.7
Adam Oates 92.4 12.2 10.5 9.6 8.9 7.9 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.5 3.8 2.9 0.5
Dale Hawerchuk 92.4 11.1 10.0 9.1 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 5.8 5.5 5.4 3.2 1.4
Bernie Geoffrion 92.2 11.5 10.3 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.0 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.5 3.8 1.8 0.6
Frank Mahovlich 92.1 11.8 10.7 10.4 9.7 8.5 8.4 7.8 7.4 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 4.9 3.9 3.4 3.3 0.1
Joe Nieuwendyk 91.5 10.0 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.3 8.2 7.5 6.8 6.7 6.5 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.1 3.9 2.2 0.6
Tony Amonte 90.9 10.3 10.1 9.5 9.3 7.3 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.2 3.7 3.6 3.0 1.7
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Denis Savard 11.0 9.6 9.2 8.2 7.9 7.9 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.2 3.9 3.9 3.2 2.2 1.3
Gilbert Perreault 94.3 10.7 9.9 9.2 9.2 8.6 8.0 7.2 7.0 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.3 4.4 4.2 3.7 1.3
Doug Gilmour 92.7 11.0 10.4 9.0 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.4
Dale Hawerchuk 92.4 11.1 10.0 9.1 8.9 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 7.0 5.8 5.5 5.4 3.2 1.4
Bernie Geoffrion 92.2 11.5 10.3 8.5 8.1 7.8 7.0 6.7 6.3 5.9 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.5 3.8 1.8 0.6
Adam Oates 91.8 12.2 10.5 9.6 8.9 7.9 7.6 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.3 5.2 5.0 4.5 3.9 3.8 2.9 0.6 0.5
Tony Amonte 90.9 10.3 10.1 9.5 9.3 7.3 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.2 3.7 3.6 3.0 1.7
Dave Andreychuk 90.7 11.4 9.5 8.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.7 0.9
Michel Goulet 90.4 11.6 9.7 9.0 8.7 8.7 8.3 7.0 6.3 5.5 5.2 4.3 3.8 3.6 2.8 2.5
Bobby Clarke 90.3 11.7 11.2 10.3 9.4 9.1 8.3 8.1 6.4 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.4
Andy Bathgate 90.2 9.9 8.8 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.7 5.2 4.3 4.1 3.4 2.9 1.4 0.1 -0.6

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1982 NHL
1983 NHL
1984 NHL
1986 NHL
1988 NHL
1991 NHL
1996 NHL

Honors

1982-83 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1993 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)

Games Played

1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 Career NHL 1196 (92)

Goals

1985-86 NHL 47 (9)
Career NHL 473 (50)

Assists

1981-82 NHL 87 (3)
1982-83 NHL 86 (2)
1984-85 NHL 67 (7)
1985-86 NHL 69 (6)
1987-88 NHL 87 (3)
Career NHL 865 (23)

Points

1981-82 NHL 119 (6)
1982-83 NHL 121 (3)
1984-85 NHL 105 (7)
1985-86 NHL 116 (7)
1987-88 NHL 131 (3)
Career NHL 1338 (28)

Goals Created

1981-82 NHL 41.4 (9)
1982-83 NHL 42.8 (7)
1985-86 NHL 45.0 (6)
1987-88 NHL 47.7 (3)
Career NHL 495.2 (31)

Even Strength Goals

1985-86 NHL 32 (6)
1986-87 NHL 33 (5)
Career NHL 326 (34)

Power Play Goals

Career NHL 127 (75)

Short-Handed Goals

1987-88 NHL 7 (3)
1988-89 NHL 5 (6)
Career NHL 20 (61)

Game-Winning Goals

1985-86 NHL 8 (4)
1986-87 NHL 7 (6)
Career NHL 56 (81)

Shots

1985-86 NHL 279 (10)
1987-88 NHL 270 (7)
Career NHL 3143 (64)

Assists Per Game

1981-82 NHL 1.09 (3)
1982-83 NHL 1.10 (2)
1984-85 NHL 0.85 (9)
1985-86 NHL 0.86 (8)
1987-88 NHL 1.09 (4)
1988-89 NHL 1.02 (5)
1989-90 NHL 0.88 (8)
Career NHL 0.72 (19)

Points Per Game

1981-82 NHL 1.49 (7)
1982-83 NHL 1.55 (3)
1985-86 NHL 1.45 (8)
1986-87 NHL 1.29 (7)
1987-88 NHL 1.64 (3)
1988-89 NHL 1.41 (7)
1989-90 NHL 1.33 (8)
Career NHL 1.12 (20)

Goals Created Per Game

1982-83 NHL 0.55 (9)
1985-86 NHL 0.56 (9)
1987-88 NHL 0.60 (4)
Career NHL 0.41 (39)

Adjusted Goals

1985-86 NHL 37 (7)
Career NHL 398 (88)

Adjusted Assists

1981-82 NHL 64 (3)
1982-83 NHL 70 (2)
1984-85 NHL 53 (7)
1985-86 NHL 54 (6)
1987-88 NHL 73 (3)
Career NHL 725 (42)

Adjusted Points

1981-82 NHL 87 (6)
1982-83 NHL 98 (3)
1984-85 NHL 83 (8)
1985-86 NHL 91 (7)
1987-88 NHL 110 (3)
Career NHL 1123 (56)

Adjusted Goals Created

1981-82 NHL 30.0 (9)
1982-83 NHL 34.4 (7)
1985-86 NHL 34.9 (6)
1987-88 NHL 40.1 (3)
Career NHL 414.8 (57)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1982-83 NHL 153 (8)
1987-88 NHL 158 (6)
Career NHL 1720 (49)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1982-83 NHL 61 (5)
1987-88 NHL 77 (6)
Career NHL 641 (50)

Offensive Point Shares

1981-82 NHL 7.0 (9)
1982-83 NHL 8.0 (9)
1985-86 NHL 8.2 (6)
1987-88 NHL 9.8 (3)
Career NHL 87.4 (54)

Point Shares

1987-88 NHL 11.0 (6)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 29, 1990: Traded to Montreal by Chicago for Chris Chelios and Montreal's 2nd round choice (Michael Pomichter) in 1991 Entry Draft, June 29, 1990.

July 29, 1993: Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, July 29, 1993.

April 6, 1995: Traded to Chicago by Tampa Bay for Chicago's 6th round choice (Xavier Delisle) in 1996 Entry Draft, April 6, 1995.

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