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1996-97 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

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31-36-15 (77 points), Finished 4th in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 249 goals, Allowed 276 goals, SRS: -0.34 (21st of 26)
Coached by Mario Tremblay (31-36-15)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus New Jersey Devils

1996-97 Montreal Canadiens:

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Montreal Canadiens 82 31 36 15 77 .470 249 276 -0.34 6.40 53 337 15.73 71 347 79.54 10 11
League Average 82 35 35 11 82 .500 239 239 0.00 5.83 55 336 16.27 55 336 83.73 10 10

Player Statistics

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Scoring Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Vincent Damphousse C 6-1 200 29 82 27 54 81 -6 82 18 7 2 3 244 11.1 101 30 102 25
2 Mark Recchi RW 5-10 195 28 82 34 46 80 -1 58 25 7 2 3 202 16.8 112 34 103 24
3 Brian Savage LW 6-1 200 25 81 23 37 60 -14 39 18 5 0 2 219 10.5 80 20 74 0
4 Saku Koivu C 5-10 182 22 50 17 39 56 7 38 12 5 0 3 135 12.6 68 21 51 11
5 Martin Rucinsky LW 6-1 205 25 70 28 27 55 1 62 19 6 3 3 172 16.3 74 22 69 18
6 Stephane Richer RW 6-2 215 30 63 22 24 46 0 32 20 2 0 2 126 17.5 63 15 52 4
7 Valeri Bure RW 5-10 185 22 64 14 21 35 4 6 10 4 0 2 131 10.7 46 16 27 1
8 Vladimir Malakhov D 6-4 230 28 65 10 20 30 3 43 5 5 0 1 177 5.6 81 29 71 22
9 Benoit Brunet LW 6-0 203 28 39 10 13 23 6 14 8 2 0 2 63 15.9 36 5 36 11
10 Stephane Quintal D 6-3 231 28 71 7 15 22 1 100 6 1 0 0 139 5.0 80 7 109 37
11 Turner Stevenson RW 6-3 220 24 65 8 13 21 -14 97 7 1 0 0 76 10.5 29 2 41 0
12 Shayne Corson LW 6-1 202 30 47 6 15 21 -5 80 4 2 0 2 96 6.3 42 13 46 12
13 Scott Thornton LW 6-3 220 26 73 10 10 20 -19 128 8 1 1 1 110 9.1 27 3 54 11
14 Darcy Tucker RW 5-10 178 21 73 7 13 20 -5 110 6 1 0 3 62 11.3 31 4 32 0
15 Marc Bureau C 6-1 203 30 43 6 9 15 4 16 4 1 1 2 56 10.7 20 1 28 13
16 David Wilkie D 6-3 215 22 61 6 9 15 -9 63 3 3 0 0 65 9.2 46 9 49 3
17 Patrice Brisebois D 6-2 197 26 49 2 13 15 -7 24 2 0 0 1 72 2.8 49 13 58 15
18 Peter Popovic D 6-6 243 28 78 1 13 14 9 32 1 0 0 0 82 1.2 71 2 87 27
19 Sebastien Bordeleau C 5-11 185 21 28 2 9 11 -3 2 2 0 0 0 27 7.4 13 0 23 7
20 Pierre Turgeon C 6-1 199 27 9 1 10 11 4 2 1 0 0 0 22 4.5 19 9 6 0
21 Jassen Cullimore D 6-5 235 24 49 2 6 8 4 42 1 0 1 1 52 3.8 41 5 47 15
22 Chris Murray RW 6-2 213 22 56 4 2 6 -8 114 4 0 0 0 32 12.5 8 0 16 0
23 Murray Baron D 6-3 215 29 60 1 5 6 -16 107 1 0 0 0 52 1.9 44 1 78 19
24 Craig Rivet D 6-2 210 22 35 0 4 4 7 54 0 0 0 0 24 0.0 27 0 23 3
25 Dave Manson D 6-2 200 30 9 1 1 2 -1 23 1 0 0 0 22 4.5 9 2 8 0
26 Eric Houde C 5-11 191 20 13 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 2 0 1 0
27 Rory Fitzpatrick D 6-2 208 22 6 0 1 1 -2 6 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 4 0 6 0
28 Donald Brashear LW 6-3 234 25 10 0 0 0 -2 38 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 0 0 2 0
29 Brad Brown D 6-4 220 21 8 0 0 0 -1 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
30 Francois Groleau D 6-0 197 24 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 3 0 3 0
31 Pat Jablonski G 6-0 180 29 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 David Ling RW 5-10 204 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Terry Ryan LW 6-1 202 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Pierre Sevigny LW 6-0 195 25 13 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 0 1 0
35 Jose Theodore G 5-11 182 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 Jocelyn Thibault G 5-11 169 22 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Tomas Vokoun G 6-0 195 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 82 249 431 680 -62 1445 186 53 10 31 2474 10.1 1229 263 1306 278

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Jocelyn Thibault G 5-11 169 22 61 3397 22 24 11 164 2.90 1815 1651 .910 1
2 Jose Theodore G 5-11 182 20 16 821 5 6 2 53 3.87 508 455 .896 0
3 Pat Jablonski G 6-0 180 29 17 754 4 6 2 50 3.98 438 388 .886 0
4 Tomas Vokoun G 6-0 195 20 1 20 0 0 0 4 12.00 14 10 .714 0
Team Total 82 4992 31 36 15 271 3.26 2775 2504 .902 1

Scoring Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Mark Recchi RW 5-10 195 28 5 4 2 6 2 2 4 0 0 0 18 22.2
2 Benoit Brunet LW 6-0 203 28 4 1 3 4 4 4 0 0 1 0 8 12.5
3 Saku Koivu C 5-10 182 22 5 1 3 4 1 10 1 0 0 0 10 10.0
4 Patrice Brisebois D 6-2 197 26 3 1 1 2 3 24 1 0 0 1 3 33.3
5 Brian Savage LW 6-1 200 25 5 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 16.7
6 Turner Stevenson RW 6-3 220 24 5 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 5 20.0
7 Shayne Corson LW 6-1 202 30 5 1 0 1 -5 4 0 0 1 0 8 12.5
8 Scott Thornton LW 6-3 220 26 5 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 11 9.1
9 Valeri Bure RW 5-10 185 22 5 0 1 1 -4 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
10 Stephane Quintal D 6-3 231 28 5 0 1 1 -1 6 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
11 Craig Rivet D 6-2 210 22 5 0 1 1 -2 14 0 0 0 0 6 0.0
12 Jassen Cullimore D 6-5 235 24 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0
13 Vincent Damphousse C 6-1 200 29 5 0 0 0 -5 2 0 0 0 0 7 0.0
14 Vladimir Malakhov D 6-4 230 28 5 0 0 0 -3 6 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
15 Dave Manson D 6-2 200 30 5 0 0 0 6 17 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
16 Peter Popovic D 6-6 243 28 3 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
17 Stephane Richer RW 6-2 215 30 5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.0
18 Martin Rucinsky LW 6-1 205 25 5 0 0 0 -5 4 0 0 0 0 10 0.0
19 Jose Theodore G 5-11 182 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Jocelyn Thibault G 5-11 169 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Darcy Tucker RW 5-10 178 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0
22 David Wilkie D 6-3 215 22 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Team Total 5 11 14 25 -13 105 9 0 2 1 142 7.7

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Jose Theodore G 5-11 182 20 2 168 1 1 7 2.50 108 101 .935 0
2 Jocelyn Thibault G 5-11 169 22 3 179 0 3 13 4.36 101 88 .871 0
Team Total 5 347 1 4 20 3.46 209 189 .904 0