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42-31-9 (93 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 243 goals, Allowed 247 goals, SRS: -0.01 (17th of 30)
Coached by Claude Julien (19-16-6), Bob Gainey (23-15-3)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) versus Carolina Hurricanes
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| Team | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 93 | .567 | 243 | 247 | -0.01 | 5.98 | 89 | 463 | 19.22 | 91 | 481 | 81.08 | 10 | 6 |
| League Average | 82 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 91 | .557 | 253 | 253 | 0.00 | 6.17 | 85 | 480 | 17.68 | 85 | 480 | 82.32 | 11 | 11 |
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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 | Alex Kovalev | RW | 6-1 | 215 | 32 | 69 | 23 | 42 | 65 | -1 | 76 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 11.2 | 1344 | 19:28 | 87 | 48 | 46 | 6 |
| 2 | Saku Koivu | C | 5-10 | 182 | 31 | 72 | 17 | 45 | 62 | 1 | 70 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 138 | 12.3 | 1334 | 18:31 | 88 | 43 | 56 | 12 |
| 3 | Michael Ryder | RW | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | 81 | 30 | 25 | 55 | -5 | 40 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 243 | 12.3 | 1310 | 16:10 | 87 | 50 | 43 | 1 |
| 4 | Mike Ribeiro | C | 6-0 | 178 | 25 | 79 | 16 | 35 | 51 | -6 | 36 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 12.3 | 1310 | 16:35 | 76 | 39 | 44 | 1 |
| 5 | Andrei Markov | D | 6-0 | 209 | 27 | 67 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 13 | 74 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 11.4 | 1578 | 23:33 | 107 | 49 | 69 | 24 |
| 6 | Jan Bulis | C | 6-1 | 208 | 27 | 73 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 2 | 50 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 131 | 15.3 | 1141 | 15:37 | 54 | 12 | 51 | 11 |
| 7 | Sheldon Souray | D | 6-4 | 233 | 29 | 75 | 12 | 27 | 39 | -11 | 116 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 202 | 5.9 | 1669 | 22:15 | 89 | 43 | 93 | 36 |
| 8 | Christopher Higgins | C | 6-0 | 203 | 22 | 80 | 23 | 15 | 38 | -1 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 148 | 15.5 | 1153 | 14:25 | 49 | 14 | 52 | 16 |
| 9 | Craig Rivet | D | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | 82 | 7 | 27 | 34 | -5 | 109 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 5.7 | 1840 | 22:27 | 101 | 34 | 109 | 37 |
| 10 | Richard Zednik | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | 67 | 16 | 14 | 30 | -2 | 48 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 161 | 9.9 | 1057 | 15:46 | 60 | 22 | 41 | 1 |
| 11 | Tomas Plekanec | LW | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 9.1 | 888 | 13:15 | 37 | 9 | 39 | 15 |
| 12 | Steve Begin | C | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | 76 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 113 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 134 | 8.2 | 1087 | 14:19 | 40 | 4 | 79 | 52 |
| 13 | Francis Bouillon | D | 5-8 | 198 | 30 | 67 | 3 | 19 | 22 | -6 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 4.0 | 1392 | 20:47 | 53 | 15 | 76 | 32 |
| 14 | Radek Bonk | C | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | 61 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -3 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 7.9 | 925 | 15:10 | 34 | 11 | 58 | 32 |
| 15 | Mathieu Dandenault | D | 6-0 | 208 | 29 | 82 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 5.0 | 1528 | 18:38 | 58 | 7 | 70 | 27 |
| 16 | Alexander Perezhogin | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | 67 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 8.3 | 679 | 10:08 | 32 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| 17 | Niklas Sundstrom | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 30 | 55 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 11.1 | 772 | 14:02 | 22 | 0 | 49 | 21 |
| 18 | Pierre Dagenais | RW | 6-4 | 217 | 27 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 6.8 | 317 | 9:55 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| 19 | Mark Streit | D | 6-0 | 197 | 28 | 48 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 | 700 | 14:36 | 38 | 25 | 19 | 0 |
| 20 | Garth Murray | C | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 20.0 | 333 | 9:15 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 6 |
| 21 | Mike Komisarek | D | 6-4 | 243 | 24 | 71 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 116 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.0 | 1042 | 14:40 | 25 | 0 | 40 | 14 |
| 22 | Aaron Downey | RW | 6-1 | 215 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 168 | 6:43 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | Andrei Kostitsyn | LW | 6-0 | 208 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 | 90 | 7:32 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | Jonathan Ferland | RW | 6-2 | 212 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 46 | 6:37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Jose Theodore | G | 5-11 | 182 | 29 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2114 | 55:38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | David Aebischer | G | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 418 | 59:45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Jean-Philippe Cote | D | 6-3 | 213 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 88 | 11:02 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Yann Danis | G | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 312 | 52:03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Cristobal Huet | G | 6-1 | 205 | 30 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2103 | 58:25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Raitis Ivanans | LW | 6-4 | 256 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2:58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 31 | Maxim Lapierre | C | 6-2 | 207 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3:04 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32 | Todd Simpson | D | 6-3 | 218 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 96 | 15:59 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 241 | 413 | 654 | -17 | 1314 | 142 | 89 | 10 | 40 | 2470 | 9.8 | 1190 | 446 | 1105 | 344 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristobal Huet | G | 6-1 | 205 | 30 | 36 | 2103 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 77 | 2.20 | 1085 | 1008 | .929 | 7 |
| 2 | Jose Theodore | G | 5-11 | 182 | 29 | 38 | 2114 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 122 | 3.46 | 1025 | 903 | .881 | 0 |
| 3 | David Aebischer | G | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | 7 | 418 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 3.73 | 240 | 214 | .892 | 0 |
| 4 | Yann Danis | G | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | 6 | 312 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2.69 | 152 | 138 | .908 | 1 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4947 | 42 | 31 | 9 | 239 | 2.90 | 2502 | 2263 | .904 | 8 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Kovalev | RW | 6-1 | 215 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26.7 | 116 | 19:21 |
| 2 | Sheldon Souray | D | 6-4 | 233 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | 113 | 18:47 |
| 3 | Michael Ryder | RW | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15.4 | 97 | 16:09 |
| 4 | Christopher Higgins | C | 6-0 | 203 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | 102 | 17:04 |
| 5 | Tomas Plekanec | LW | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 108 | 18:00 |
| 6 | Francis Bouillon | D | 5-8 | 198 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | 134 | 22:24 |
| 7 | Mathieu Dandenault | D | 6-0 | 208 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 119 | 19:48 |
| 8 | Niklas Sundstrom | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 47 | 9:29 |
| 9 | Radek Bonk | C | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 28.6 | 94 | 15:36 |
| 10 | Richard Zednik | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | 91 | 15:13 |
| 11 | Jan Bulis | C | 6-1 | 208 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | 100 | 16:42 |
| 12 | Alexander Perezhogin | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 82 | 13:42 |
| 13 | Saku Koivu | C | 5-10 | 182 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 43 | 14:24 |
| 14 | Mike Ribeiro | C | 6-0 | 178 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 110 | 18:22 |
| 15 | Craig Rivet | D | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 145 | 24:09 |
| 16 | Andrei Markov | D | 6-0 | 209 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 153 | 25:29 |
| 17 | Steve Begin | C | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 27 | 13:42 |
| 18 | Aaron Downey | RW | 6-1 | 215 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6:17 | |
| 19 | Cristobal Huet | G | 6-1 | 205 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 386 | 64:16 | |
| 20 | Mike Komisarek | D | 6-4 | 243 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 111 | 18:35 |
| 21 | Garth Murray | C | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 76 | 12:39 |
| 22 | Mark Streit | D | 6-0 | 197 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3:29 | |
| Team Total | 6 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 10 | 68 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 167 | 10.2 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristobal Huet | G | 6-1 | 205 | 30 | 6 | 386 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 2.33 | 212 | 197 | .929 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 6 | 386 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 2.33 | 212 | 197 | .929 | 0 |