1997 NHL Eastern Conference Quarter-Finals
New Jersey Devils defeat Montreal Canadiens 4-1

Montreal Canadiens
W-L: 31-36-15, .470
SRS: -0.34 (21st of 26)
Goals: 249 (9th of 26)
Goals Against: 276 (23rd of 26)
New Jersey Devils
W-L: 45-23-14, .634
SRS: 0.57 (5th of 26)
Goals: 231 (16th of 26)
Goals Against: 182 (1st of 26)
Game 1, April 17
Montreal Canadiens 2
New Jersey Devils 5  
Game 2, April 19
Montreal Canadiens 1
New Jersey Devils 4  
Game 3, April 22
New Jersey Devils 6
Montreal Canadiens 4  
Game 4, April 24
New Jersey Devils 3
Montreal Canadiens 4 3OT
Game 5, April 26
Montreal Canadiens 0
New Jersey Devils 4  

Montreal Canadiens Skaters Series Stats

Montreal Canadiens Skaters Series Stats Table
Scoring Goals Assists Ice Time
No. Player Pos Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% SHFT TOI ATOI
8Mark RecchiRW2854262240001822.2
17Benoît BrunetLW284134440010812.5
11Saku KoivuC22513411010001010.0
30Turner StevensonRW245112121000520.0
49Brian SavageLW255112101000616.7
43Patrice BriseboisD2631123241001333.3
24Scott ThorntonLW265101121000119.1
27-29Shayne CorsonLW305101-540010812.5
5Stéphane QuintalD285011-16000060.0
52Craig RivetD225011-214000060.0
18Valeri BureRW225011-42000070.0
34Peter PopovicD283000-32000010.0
37Dave MansonD3050006170000100.0
44Stéphane RicherRW305000-30000090.0
38Vladimir MalakhovD285000-360000120.0
26Martin RučinskýLW255000-540000100.0
25Vincent DamphousseC/LW295000-52000070.0
35Jassen CullimoreD242000-1200000
42Darcy TuckerRW21400000000040.0
3-27David WilkieD22200002000010.0
Team Total111425-1310590211427.7

Montreal Canadiens Goalies Series Stats

Montreal Canadiens Goalies Series Stats Table
Goalie Stats Ice Time
No. Player Pos Age GP DEC GA SA SV SV% SO PIM TOI ATOI
60José ThéodoreG2021-1-07108101.93500167:3783:49
41Jocelyn ThibaultG2230-3-01310188.87100179:0159:40
Team Total1-4-020209189.90400346:3869:20
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New Jersey Devils Skaters Series Stats

New Jersey Devils Skaters Series Stats Table
Scoring Goals Assists Ice Time
No. Player Pos Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% SHFT TOI ATOI
15John MacLeanRW3253582002111717.6
29Shawn ChambersD305156-1401001010.0
25Valeri ZelepukinLW284325322101837.5
16Bobby HolíkC2652352211001612.5
22-26Patrik EliášLW2052240411001315.4
24Lyle OdeleinD285224-1711001414.3
27Scott NiedermayerD235134300100137.7
93Doug GilmourC335044040000120.0
14Brian RolstonC2353030610202611.5
12Bill GuerinRW263213-3011011020.0
19Bobby CarpenterC335123221000520.0
4Scott StevensD325033000000120.0
2Dave EllettD325022-10000070.0
28Kevin DeanD271101101001333.3
21Randy McKayRW30501120000060.0
20Jay PandolfoLW225011-10000090.0
32Steve ThomasLW335011-360000130.0
3Ken DaneykoD325000320000020.0
10Denis PedersonC/RW215000-22000040.0
17Petr SýkoraRW202000120000100.0
Team Total213758761993421010.0

New Jersey Devils Goalies Series Stats

New Jersey Devils Goalies Series Stats Table
Goalie Stats Ice Time
No. Player Pos Age GP DEC GA SA SV SV% SO PIM TOI ATOI
30Martin BrodeurG2454-1-011142131.92310346:4169:20
Team Total4-1-011142131.92310346:4169:20

1996-97 Regular Season Stats

Tuesday, Oct 15, 1996
Montreal Canadiens 2
New Jersey Devils 3  
Saturday, Dec 14, 1996
Montreal Canadiens 3
New Jersey Devils 3 OT
Saturday, Feb 1, 1997
New Jersey Devils 4
Montreal Canadiens 4 OT
Saturday, Feb 15, 1997
New Jersey Devils 4
Montreal Canadiens 1  

MTL Scoring Regular Season

MTL Scoring Regular Season Table
Scoring Goals Assists Ice Time Point Shares
Rk Player Age Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1Vincent Damphousse29C82275481-682187233714324411.16.80.67.4
2Mark Recchi*28RW82344680-158257233213120216.87.30.88.1
3Brian Savage25LW81233760-143918502307021910.54.50.44.9
4Saku Koivu22C50173956738125032612113512.64.80.85.5
5Martin Ručinský25LW7028275516219633189017216.34.90.85.7
6Stéphane Richer30RW6322244603220202204012617.53.80.74.5
7Valeri Bure22RW641421354610402138013110.72.00.82.8
8Vladimir Malakhov28D65102030343550110911775.62.42.65.0
9Benoît Brunet28LW39101323614820211116315.91.50.62.1
10Stéphane Quintal28D7171522110061009511395.01.32.73.9
11Turner Stevenson24RW6581321-1497710012107610.50.10.20.3
12Shayne Corson30LW4761521-58042021311966.30.70.31.0
13Scott Thornton26C73101020-1912881119101109.1-0.10.10.0
14Darcy Tucker21C7371320-5110610312106211.3-0.30.60.2
15Marc Bureau30C43691541641128015610.70.30.60.9
16David Wilkie22D616915-9633300720659.20.71.62.3
17Patrice Brisebois26D4921315-7242001850722.80.61.31.9
18Peter Popovic28D781131493210001201821.2-0.23.53.3
19Sébastien Bordeleau21C282911-322000702277.40.10.20.3
20Pierre Turgeon*27C911011421000640224.50.80.21.0
21Jassen Cullimore24D492684421011330523.80.02.12.0
22Chris Murray22RW56426-811440002003212.5-1.30.3-0.9
23Murray Baron29D60156-161071000311521.9-0.51.10.5
24Craig Rivet22D350447540000400240.0-0.31.81.4
25Dave Manson30D9112-1231000010224.50.10.30.4
26Éric Houde20C1302212000020010.0-0.30.2-0.1
27Rory Fitzpatrick22D6011-26000010050.00.00.10.1
28Donald Brashear25LW10000-238000000060.0-0.40.0-0.4
29Brad Brown21D8000-12200000000-0.20.20.1
30François Groleau24D500004000000030.0-0.10.20.1
31Pat Jablonski29G17000000000075444:200.00.01.6
32David Ling22RW20000000000000-0.10.0-0.1
33Terry Ryan20LW30000000000000-0.10.0-0.1
34Pierre Sévigny25LW1300005000000010.0-0.50.1-0.4
35José Théodore20G16000000000082151:180.00.02.3
36Jocelyn Thibault22G610000000000339755:420.00.010.8
37Tomáš Vokoun20G100000000002020:000.00.0-0.2
Team Total82249431680-62144518653103131510214247410.138.225.678.3

MTL Goalies Regular Season

MTL Goalies Regular Season Table
Goalie Stats
Rk Player Age GP GS W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN QS QS% RBS GA%- GSAA
1Jocelyn Thibault226122241116418151651.9102.9013397958.9
2José Théodore201656253508455.8963.870821110-4.6
3Pat Jablonski291746250438388.8863.980754120-8.3
4Tomáš Vokoun20100041410.71412.00020
Team Total31361527127752504.9023.2614992103-6.6

NJD Scoring Regular Season

NJD Scoring Regular Season Table
Scoring Goals Assists Ice Time Point Shares
Rk Player Age Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1Bobby Holík26C82233962245418506318019212.04.72.16.7
2Dave Andreychuk*33LW82273461384822412295023311.65.02.57.5
3John MacLean32RW80292554114924506223025411.44.61.66.2
4Bill Guerin26RW82291847-29522709144017716.43.91.15.0
5Brian Rolston23LW811827456201422320702377.62.71.44.1
6Valeri Zelepukin28LW71142438-103611302213011112.62.10.72.8
7Scott Niedermayer*23D8153035-4642303151501593.12.14.86.9
8Steve Thomas33RW5715193494614102172012412.12.31.23.5
9Denis Pederson21C701220327629303191010611.31.41.32.6
10Randy McKay30RW77918271510990021620929.80.31.72.0
11Scott Stevens*32D79519242670500113601663.01.16.87.9
12Steve Sullivan22C3381422914620211306312.71.50.82.3
13Doug Gilmour*33C2071522722520012304017.51.90.52.5
14Shawn Chambers30D73417211719310011511143.50.95.86.6
15Bobby Carpenter33LW624151961430101500765.3-0.31.10.9
16Lyle Odelein28D7931316161102102940933.20.26.16.3
17Jay Pandolfo22LW466814-166001800619.80.10.60.7
18Ken Daneyko32D7727924702000601633.2-0.56.56.0
19Dave Ellett32D20257261101050229.10.41.41.8
20Kevin Dean27D28246262000310219.50.21.92.1
21Patrik Eliáš20RW17235-422000300238.70.00.10.1
22Sergei Brylin23C29224-13202000200345.9-0.60.0-0.6
23Martin Brodeur*24G670440800000383857:170.00.012.4
24Reid Simpson27LW270440600000400170.0-0.70.4-0.3
25Jason Smith23D57123-8381000200482.1-0.83.02.3
26Petr Sýkora20C19123-841000110263.8-0.40.0-0.4
27Peter Zezel31C18033440000300130.0-0.40.40.0
28Mike Peluso31RW200220680000200140.0-0.60.3-0.3
29Pascal Rhéaume23C2101101000000520.00.10.10.2
30Neal Broten37C3011-10000000130.00.00.00.0
31Mike Dunham24G260000200000101338:570.00.02.5
32Krzysztof Oliwa23LW1000-15000000000.00.0-0.1
33Ricard Persson27D100000000000020.00.00.10.0
34Jeff Reese30G3000000000013946:150.00.0-0.3
35Vadim Sharifijanov21RW200000000000040.0-0.10.00.0
Team Total8223139462517211311874044530978325938.931.154.199.8

NJD Goalies Regular Season

NJD Goalies Regular Season Table
Goalie Stats
Rk Player Age GP GS W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN QS QS% RBS GA%- GSAA
1Martin Brodeur*246737141312016331513.9271.881038387735.6
2Mike Dunham242687143456413.9062.5521013990.5
3Jeff Reese303020136552.8005.620139
Team Total45231417621541978.9182.121249908629.2