1997-98 Montreal Canadiens

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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) to Buffalo Sabres
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Pittsburgh Penguins

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1997-98 Statistics ▪ Games

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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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	PTS/G	GC	GC/G	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	PIM	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SOG/G	SPCT
1	Mark Recchi	RW	5-10	195	29	82	32	42	74	0.90	28	0.34	107	48	59	11	11	51	22	9	1	6	216	2.63	14.8
2	Vincent Damphousse	C	6-1	200	30	76	18	41	59	0.78	21	0.27	87	27	59	13	14	58	15	2	1	5	164	2.16	11.0
3	Saku Koivu	C	5-10	187	23	69	14	43	57	0.83	19	0.28	78	30	51	11	8	48	10	2	2	3	145	2.10	9.7
4	Shayne Corson	LW	6-1	202	31	62	21	34	55	0.89	20	0.33	75	33	55	15	2	108	6	14	1	1	142	2.29	14.8
5	Martin Rucinsky	LW	6-1	205	26	78	21	32	53	0.68	20	0.25	76	22	50	9	13	84	13	5	3	3	192	2.46	10.9
6	Vladimir Malakhov	D	6-4	230	29	74	13	31	44	0.59	15	0.21	110	47	68	21	16	70	5	8	0	2	166	2.24	7.8
7	Brian Savage	LW	6-1	200	26	64	26	17	43	0.67	18	0.28	60	16	33	0	11	36	18	8	0	7	152	2.38	17.1
8	Patrice Brisebois	D	6-2	196	27	79	10	27	37	0.47	13	0.16	92	27	71	22	16	67	5	5	0	1	125	1.58	8.0
9	Dave Manson	D	6-2	200	31	81	4	30	34	0.42	11	0.13	88	21	65	20	22	122	2	2	0	0	148	1.83	2.7
10	Benoit Brunet	LW	6-0	203	29	68	12	20	32	0.47	12	0.17	51	13	41	14	11	61	9	1	2	2	87	1.28	13.8
11	Valeri Bure	RW	5-10	185	23	50	7	22	29	0.58	10	0.19	38	17	26	0	-5	33	5	2	0	1	134	2.68	5.2
12	Marc Bureau	C	6-1	203	31	74	13	6	19	0.26	8	0.11	27	0	48	21	0	12	13	0	0	2	82	1.11	15.9
13	Stephane Quintal	D	6-3	231	29	71	6	10	16	0.23	6	0.08	61	2	68	22	13	97	6	0	0	0	88	1.24	6.8
14	Scott Thornton	LW	6-3	220	27	67	6	9	15	0.22	6	0.08	24	3	25	4	0	158	5	1	0	1	51	0.76	11.8
15	Sebastien Bordeleau	C	5-11	185	22	53	6	8	14	0.26	5	0.10	23	10	13	5	5	36	3	2	1	0	55	1.04	10.9
16	Jonas Hoglund	LW	6-3	215	25	28	6	5	11	0.39	4	0.16	18	9	7	0	2	6	2	4	0	0	62	2.21	9.7
17	Patrick Poulin	C	6-1	216	24	34	4	6	10	0.29	4	0.11	19	2	26	8	-1	8	3	0	1	1	39	1.15	10.3
18	Turner Stevenson	RW	6-3	220	25	63	4	6	10	0.16	4	0.06	13	1	20	0	-8	110	3	1	0	0	43	0.68	9.3
19	Stephane Richer	RW	6-2	215	31	14	5	4	9	0.64	4	0.26	13	6	6	0	1	5	3	2	0	0	24	1.71	20.8
20	Peter Popovic	D	6-6	243	29	69	2	6	8	0.12	3	0.04	37	0	63	20	-6	38	2	0	0	0	40	0.58	5.0
21	Zarley Zalapski	D	6-1	215	29	28	1	5	6	0.21	2	0.07	15	2	21	7	-1	22	0	0	1	0	27	0.96	3.7
22	Darcy Tucker	RW	5-10	178	22	39	1	5	6	0.15	2	0.05	9	1	21	7	-6	57	1	0	0	0	19	0.49	5.3
23	Craig Rivet	D	6-2	210	23	61	0	2	2	0.03	1	0.01	21	0	32	8	-3	93	0	0	0	0	26	0.43	0.0
24	Brett Clark	D	6-0	195	21	41	1	0	1	0.02	1	0.01	10	0	15	2	-3	20	1	0	0	0	26	0.63	3.8
25	Igor Ulanov	D	6-3	220	28	4	0	1	1	0.25	0	0.07	1	0	5	2	-2	12	0	0	0	0	4	1.00	0.0
26	Eric Houde	C	5-11	191	21	9	1	0	1	0.11	1	0.06	1	0	4	0	-3	0	1	0	0	1	4	0.44	25.0
27	David Wilkie	D	6-3	215	23	5	1	0	1	0.20	1	0.10	1	0	2	0	-1	4	1	0	0	1	2	0.40	50.0
28	Mick Vukota	RW	6-1	225	31	22	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	4	0	-4	76	0	0	0	0	8	0.36	0.0
29	David Ling	RW	5-10	204	23	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.0
30	Francois Groleau	D	6-0	197	25	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3.00	0.0
31	Terry Ryan	LW	6-1	202	21	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
32	Jassen Cullimore	D	6-5	235	25	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	0.0
33	Matt Higgins	C	6-2	190	20	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.0
	Team Total					82	235	414	649	7.91	235	2.87	235	68	208	62	21	1531	154	68	13	37	2277	27.77	10.3

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	GP	MIN	W	L	T/OT	PTS	PTS%	SO	GA	GAA	SOG	SV	SV%	G	A	PTS	PIM
1	Jocelyn Thibault	G	5-11	169	23	47	2652	19	15	8	46	.548	2	109	2.47	1109	1000	.902	0	2	2	0
2	Andy Moog	G	5-8	175	37	42	2337	18	17	5	41	.513	3	97	2.49	1024	927	.905	0	0	0	4
	Team Total					82	4989	37	32	13			5	206	2.48	2133	1927	.903

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	PTS/G	+/-	PIM	ESG	PPG	GWG	SOG	SOG/G	SPCT
1	Mark Recchi	RW	5-10	195	29	10	4	8	12	1.20	2	6	4	0	2	22	2.20	18.2
2	Shayne Corson	LW	6-1	202	31	10	3	6	9	0.90	3	26	2	1	1	33	3.30	9.1
3	Vincent Damphousse	C	6-1	200	30	10	3	6	9	0.90	-4	22	2	1	0	42	4.20	7.1
4	Vladimir Malakhov	D	6-4	230	29	9	3	4	7	0.78	-3	10	1	2	0	19	2.11	15.8
5	Turner Stevenson	RW	6-3	220	25	10	3	4	7	0.70	1	12	3	0	0	21	2.10	14.3
6	Saku Koivu	C	5-10	187	23	6	2	3	5	0.83	4	2	1	1	0	14	2.33	14.3
7	Igor Ulanov	D	6-3	220	28	10	1	4	5	0.50	3	12	1	0	0	6	0.60	16.7
8	Marc Bureau	C	6-1	203	31	10	1	2	3	0.30	-1	6	1	0	0	16	1.60	6.3
9	Martin Rucinsky	LW	6-1	205	26	10	3	0	3	0.30	-2	4	2	1	0	35	3.50	8.6
10	Peter Popovic	D	6-6	243	29	10	1	1	2	0.20	2	2	1	0	0	3	0.30	33.3
11	Jonas Hoglund	LW	6-3	215	25	10	2	0	2	0.20	-1	0	2	0	0	7	0.70	28.6
12	Stephane Quintal	D	6-3	231	29	9	0	2	2	0.22	2	4	0	0	0	12	1.33	0.0
13	Brian Savage	LW	6-1	200	26	9	0	2	2	0.22	-2	6	0	0	0	24	2.67	0.0
14	Scott Thornton	LW	6-3	220	27	9	0	2	2	0.22	0	10	0	0	0	13	1.44	0.0
15	Zarley Zalapski	D	6-1	215	29	6	0	1	1	0.17	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0.00
16	Dave Manson	D	6-2	200	31	10	0	1	1	0.10	0	14	0	0	0	25	2.50	0.0
17	Benoit Brunet	LW	6-0	203	29	8	1	0	1	0.13	1	4	1	0	1	5	0.63	20.0
18	Patrice Brisebois	D	6-2	196	27	10	1	0	1	0.10	-5	0	1	0	0	26	2.60	3.8
19	Patrick Poulin	C	6-1	216	24	3	0	0	0	0.00	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	0.0
20	Mick Vukota	RW	6-1	225	31	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
21	Sebastien Bordeleau	C	5-11	185	22	5	0	0	0	0.00	-1	2	0	0	0	1	0.20	0.0
22	Craig Rivet	D	6-2	210	23	5	0	0	0	0.00	-2	2	0	0	0	5	1.00	0.0
	Team Total					10	28	47	75	7.50		148	22	6	4	330	33.00	8.5

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	GP	MIN	W	L	PTS	PTS%	SO	GA	GAA	SOG	SV	SV%	G	A	PTS	PIM
1	Andy Moog	G	5-8	175	37	9	474	4	5	8	.444	1	24	3.04	204	180	.882	0	0	0	0
2	Jose Theodore	G	5-11	182	21	3	120	0	1	0	.000	0	1	0.50	35	34	.971	0	0	0	0
3	Jocelyn Thibault	G	5-11	169	23	2	43	0	0	0		0	4	5.58	16	12	.750	0	1	1	0
	Team Total					82	637	4	6			1	29	2.73	255	226	.886

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