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1997-98 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

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37-32-13 (87 points), Finished 4th in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 235 goals, Allowed 208 goals, SRS: 0.33 (7th of 26)
Coached by Alain Vigneault (37-32-13)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-0) versus Buffalo Sabres
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) versus Pittsburgh Penguins

1997-98 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 37 32 13 87 .530 235 208 0.33 5.40 68 372 18.28 62 401 84.54 13 8
League Average 82 35 35 13 82 .500 216 216 0.00 5.28 57 380 15.08 57 380 84.92 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 Mark Recchi RW 5-10 195 29 82 32 42 74 11 51 22 9 1 6 216 14.8 107 48 59 11
2 Vincent Damphousse C 6-1 200 30 76 18 41 59 14 58 15 2 1 5 164 11.0 87 27 59 13
3 Saku Koivu C 5-10 182 23 69 14 43 57 8 48 10 2 2 3 145 9.7 78 30 51 11
4 Shayne Corson LW 6-1 202 31 62 21 34 55 2 108 6 14 1 1 142 14.8 75 33 55 15
5 Martin Rucinsky LW 6-1 205 26 78 21 32 53 13 84 13 5 3 3 192 10.9 76 22 50 9
6 Vladimir Malakhov D 6-4 230 29 74 13 31 44 16 70 5 8 0 2 166 7.8 110 47 68 21
7 Brian Savage LW 6-1 200 26 64 26 17 43 11 36 18 8 0 7 152 17.1 60 16 33 0
8 Patrice Brisebois D 6-2 197 27 79 10 27 37 16 67 5 5 0 1 125 8.0 92 27 71 22
9 Dave Manson D 6-2 200 31 81 4 30 34 22 122 2 2 0 0 148 2.7 88 21 65 20
10 Benoit Brunet LW 6-0 203 29 68 12 20 32 11 61 9 1 2 2 87 13.8 51 13 41 14
11 Valeri Bure RW 5-10 185 23 50 7 22 29 -5 33 5 2 0 1 134 5.2 38 17 26 0
12 Marc Bureau C 6-1 203 31 74 13 6 19 0 12 13 0 0 2 82 15.9 27 0 48 21
13 Stephane Quintal D 6-3 231 29 71 6 10 16 13 97 6 0 0 0 88 6.8 61 2 68 22
14 Scott Thornton LW 6-3 220 27 67 6 9 15 0 158 5 1 0 1 51 11.8 24 3 25 4
15 Sebastien Bordeleau C 5-11 185 22 53 6 8 14 5 36 3 2 1 0 55 10.9 23 10 13 5
16 Jonas Hoglund LW 6-3 215 25 28 6 5 11 2 6 2 4 0 0 62 9.7 18 9 7 0
17 Patrick Poulin C 6-1 216 24 34 4 6 10 -1 8 3 0 1 1 39 10.3 19 2 26 8
18 Turner Stevenson RW 6-3 220 25 63 4 6 10 -8 110 3 1 0 0 43 9.3 13 1 20 0
19 Stephane Richer RW 6-2 215 31 14 5 4 9 1 5 3 2 0 0 24 20.8 13 6 6 0
20 Peter Popovic D 6-6 243 29 69 2 6 8 -6 38 2 0 0 0 40 5.0 37 0 63 20
21 Darcy Tucker RW 5-10 178 22 39 1 5 6 -6 57 1 0 0 0 19 5.3 9 1 21 7
22 Zarley Zalapski D 6-1 215 29 28 1 5 6 -1 22 0 0 1 0 27 3.7 15 2 21 7
23 Craig Rivet D 6-2 210 23 61 0 2 2 -3 93 0 0 0 0 26 0.0 21 0 32 8
24 Jocelyn Thibault G 5-11 169 23 47 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
25 Brett Clark D 6-0 195 21 41 1 0 1 -3 20 1 0 0 0 26 3.8 10 0 15 2
26 Eric Houde C 5-11 191 21 9 1 0 1 -3 0 1 0 0 1 4 25.0 1 0 4 0
27 David Wilkie D 6-3 215 23 5 1 0 1 -1 4 1 0 0 1 2 50.0 1 0 2 0
28 Igor Ulanov D 6-3 220 28 4 0 1 1 -2 12 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 1 0 5 2
29 Jassen Cullimore D 6-5 235 25 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0
30 Francois Groleau D 6-0 197 25 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 1 0 0 0
31 Matt Higgins C 6-2 190 20 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
32 David Ling RW 5-10 204 23 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 1 0
33 Andy Moog G 5-8 175 37 42 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Terry Ryan LW 6-1 202 21 4 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Mick Vukota RW 6-1 225 31 22 0 0 0 -4 76 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 0 0 4 0
Team Total 82 235 414 649 101 1531 154 68 13 37 2277 10.3 1158 338 960 242

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 23 47 2652 19 15 8 109 2.47 1109 1000 .902 2
2 Andy Moog G 5-8 175 37 42 2337 18 17 5 97 2.49 1024 927 .905 3
Team Total 82 4989 37 32 13 206 2.48 2133 1927 .903 5

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 29 10 4 8 12 2 6 4 0 0 2 22 18.2
2 Shayne Corson LW 6-1 202 31 10 3 6 9 3 26 2 1 0 1 33 9.1
3 Vincent Damphousse C 6-1 200 30 10 3 6 9 -4 22 2 1 0 0 42 7.1
4 Vladimir Malakhov D 6-4 230 29 9 3 4 7 -3 10 1 2 0 0 19 15.8
5 Turner Stevenson RW 6-3 220 25 10 3 4 7 1 12 3 0 0 0 21 14.3
6 Saku Koivu C 5-10 182 23 6 2 3 5 4 2 1 1 0 0 14 14.3
7 Igor Ulanov D 6-3 220 28 10 1 4 5 3 12 1 0 0 0 6 16.7
8 Martin Rucinsky LW 6-1 205 26 10 3 0 3 -2 4 2 1 0 0 35 8.6
9 Marc Bureau C 6-1 203 31 10 1 2 3 -1 6 1 0 0 0 16 6.3
10 Jonas Hoglund LW 6-3 215 25 10 2 0 2 -1 0 2 0 0 0 7 28.6
11 Peter Popovic D 6-6 243 29 10 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 33.3
12 Stephane Quintal D 6-3 231 29 9 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 12 0.0
13 Brian Savage LW 6-1 200 26 9 0 2 2 -2 6 0 0 0 0 24 0.0
14 Scott Thornton LW 6-3 220 27 9 0 2 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 13 0.0
15 Patrice Brisebois D 6-2 197 27 10 1 0 1 -5 0 1 0 0 0 26 3.8
16 Benoit Brunet LW 6-0 203 29 8 1 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 20.0
17 Dave Manson D 6-2 200 31 10 0 1 1 0 14 0 0 0 0 25 0.0
18 Jocelyn Thibault G 5-11 169 23 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Zarley Zalapski D 6-1 215 29 6 0 1 1 -3 4 0 0 0 0 0
20 Sebastien Bordeleau C 5-11 185 22 5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
21 Andy Moog G 5-8 175 37 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Patrick Poulin C 6-1 216 24 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
23 Craig Rivet D 6-2 210 23 5 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.0
24 Jose Theodore G 5-11 182 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Mick Vukota RW 6-1 225 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 10 28 47 75 -7 148 22 6 0 4 330 8.5

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 Andy Moog G 5-8 175 37 9 474 4 5 24 3.04 204 180 .882 1
2 Jose Theodore G 5-11 182 21 3 120 0 1 1 0.50 35 34 .971 0
3 Jocelyn Thibault G 5-11 169 23 2 43 0 0 4 5.58 16 12 .750 0
Team Total 10 637 4 6 29 2.73 255 226 .886 1