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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

NHL/WHA Standard

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

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM SOG G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/-
1980-81 19 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 76 0.37 0.62 0.99 0.37 0.36 0.62 2.09 21 36 57 21 102 20 64 9 27
1981-82 20 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 80 0.40 1.09 1.49 0.52 0.00 1.03 2.89 23 64 87 30 149 57 95 3 0
1982-83 21 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 78 0.45 1.10 1.55 0.55 0.33 1.27 2.73 28 70 98 34 153 61 67 1 26
1983-84 22 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 75 0.49 0.76 1.25 0.48 -0.17 0.95 2.80 29 45 74 28 121 53 83 2 -13
1984-85 23 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 79 0.48 0.85 1.33 0.49 0.20 0.71 3.37 30 53 83 31 133 47 70 0 16
1985-86 24 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 80 0.59 0.86 1.45 0.56 0.09 1.39 3.49 37 54 91 35 149 47 103 8 7
1986-87 25 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 70 0.57 0.71 1.29 0.50 0.21 1.54 3.39 34 42 76 30 116 38 68 5 15
1987-88 26 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 0.55 1.09 1.64 0.60 0.05 1.19 3.38 37 73 110 40 158 77 112 35 4
1988-89 27 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 58 0.40 1.02 1.41 0.50 -0.09 1.90 3.14 19 49 68 24 106 52 87 28 -5
1989-90 28 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 60 0.45 0.88 1.33 0.48 0.13 0.93 3.02 23 44 67 25 97 39 64 14 8
1990-91 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 0.40 0.44 0.84 0.34 -0.01 0.74 2.67 25 27 52 21 76 29 51 3 -1
1991-92 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL 77 0.36 0.55 0.91 0.35 0.08 0.95 2.26 25 37 62 24 92 40 51 5 6
1992-93 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL 63 0.25 0.54 0.79 0.28 0.02 1.43 1.57 13 27 40 14 63 19 55 12 1
1993-94 32 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 74 0.24 0.38 0.62 0.24 -0.01 1.43 2.45 16 25 41 16 69 21 71 22 -1
1994-95 33 2 Teams NHL 43 0.23 0.35 0.58 0.23 -0.07 0.42 1.91 17 26 43 16 31 11 29 6 -3
1994-95 33 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 31 0.19 0.35 0.55 0.21 -0.19 0.32 1.81 10 19 29 11 18 6 22 4 -6
1994-95 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 12 0.33 0.33 0.67 0.27 0.25 0.67 2.17 7 7 14 6 13 5 7 2 3
1995-96 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 69 0.19 0.51 0.70 0.24 0.29 1.48 1.59 12 34 46 16 65 15 30 0 20
1996-97 35 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 64 0.14 0.28 0.42 0.15 -0.16 0.94 1.28 9 19 28 10 40 15 37 2 -10
Career 17 Seasons NHL 1196 0.40 0.72 1.12 0.41 0.08 1.12 2.63 398 725 1123 415 1720 641 1137 155 97

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1980-81 19 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981-82 20 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 15 11 7 18 52 6 5 0 2
1982-83 21 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 13 8 9 17 22 5 3 0 1
1983-84 22 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 5 1 3 4 3 9 1 0 0 0 8 12.5
1984-85 23 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 15 9 20 29 4 20 6 3 0 0 49 18.4
1985-86 24 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3 4 1 5 -1 6 2 2 0 0 16 25.0
1986-87 25 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 4 1 0 1 -3 12 1 0 0 0 8 12.5
1987-88 26 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 5 4 3 7 3 17 3 0 1 1 13 30.8
1988-89 27 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 16 8 11 19 8 10 5 2 1 1 68 11.8
1989-90 28 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 20 7 15 22 0 41 3 4 0 1 69 10.1
1990-91 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 13 2 11 13 -1 35 1 1 0 0 33 6.1
1991-92 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL 11 3 9 12 1 8 2 1 0 0 33 9.1
1992-93 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 14 0 5 5 -3 4 0 0 0 0 15 0.0
1994-95 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 16 7 11 18 12 10 4 3 0 0 39 17.9
1995-96 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 10 1 2 3 0 8 1 0 0 0 12 8.3
1996-97 35 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6 0 2 2 -3 2 0 0 0 0 14 0.0
Career 16 Seasons 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 +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1977-78 16 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 72 37 79 116 22
1978-79 17 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 70 46 112 158 88
1979-80 18 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 72 63 118 181 93
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 214 146 309 455 203

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1978-79 17 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 11 5 6 11 46
1979-80 18 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 10 7 16 23 8
Career 2 Seasons QMJHL 21 12 22 34 54

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

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)

Games Played

1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 Career NHL 1196 (85)

Goals

1985-86 NHL 47 (9)
Career NHL 473 (49)

Adjusted Goals

1985-86 NHL 37 (7)
Career NHL 398 (80)

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 (22)

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 (40)

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

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 (27)

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 (52)

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 (19)

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)

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 (54)

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)

Total Goals On-Ice For

1982-83 NHL 153 (8)
1987-88 NHL 158 (6)
Career NHL 1720 (47)

Power Play Goals On-Ice For

1982-83 NHL 61 (5)
1987-88 NHL 77 (6)
Career NHL 641 (49)

Even Strength Goals

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

Power Play Goals

Career NHL 127 (69)

Short-Handed Goals

1987-88 NHL 7 (3)
1988-89 NHL 5 (6)
Career NHL 20 (60)

Game-Winning Goals

1985-86 NHL 8 (4)
1986-87 NHL 7 (6)
Career NHL 56 (72)

Shots on Goal

1985-86 NHL 279 (10)
1987-88 NHL 270 (7)
Career NHL 3143 (60)
      

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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