1997-98 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

Record: 37-32-13 (87 points), Finished 4th in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)

Goals For: 235 (5th of 26), Goals Against: 208 (13th of 26)
SRS: 0.33 (8th of 26), SOS: 0.00 (12th of 26)

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

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +2500

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Montreal Canadiens	82	37	32	13	87	.530	235	208	0.33	0.00	2.87	2.54	68	372	18.28	62	401	84.54	13	8	2277	10.3	2135	.903		5
League Average	82	35	35	13	82	.500	216	216					57	380	15.08	57	380	84.92	10	10	2242	9.6	2242	.904		6

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
71	Sébastien Bordeleau	ca CA	C	22	5-11	185	R/-	2	February 15, 1975
43	Patrice Brisebois	ca CA	D	27	6-2	197	R/-	7	January 27, 1971
17	Benoît Brunet	ca CA	LW	29	6-0	203	L/-	8	August 24, 1968
20	Valeri Bure	su SU	RW	23	5-10	185	R/-	3	June 13, 1974
28	Marc Bureau	ca CA	C	31	6-1	203	R/-	8	May 19, 1966
29	Brett Clark	ca CA	D	21	6-0	194	L/-	R	December 23, 1976
27	Shayne Corson	ca CA	LW	31	6-1	202	L/-	12	August 13, 1966
21	Jassen Cullimore	ca CA	D	25	6-5	235	L/-	3	December 4, 1972
25	Vincent Damphousse (C)	ca CA	C	30	6-1	200	L/-	11	December 17, 1967
48	François Groleau	ca CA	D	25	6-0	197	L/-	2	January 23, 1973
46	Matt Higgins	ca CA	C	20	6-2	190	L/-	R	October 29, 1977
44	Jonas Höglund	se SE	LW	25	6-3	215	R/-	1	August 29, 1972
15	Éric Houde	ca CA	C	21	5-11	191	L/-	1	December 19, 1976
11	Saku Koivu	fi FI	C	23	5-10	182	L/-	2	November 23, 1974
51	David Ling	ca CA	RW	23	5-10	204	R/-	1	January 9, 1975
38	Vladimir Malakhov	su SU	D	29	6-4	230	L/-	5	August 30, 1968
22	Dave Manson	ca CA	D	31	6-2	200	L/-	11	January 27, 1967
35	Andy Moog	ca CA	G	37	5-8	175	-/L	17	February 18, 1960
34	Peter Popovic	se SE	D	29	6-6	243	L/-	4	February 10, 1968
37	Patrick Poulin	ca CA	LW	24	6-1	216	L/-	6	April 23, 1973
5	Stéphane Quintal	ca CA	D	29	6-3	231	R/-	9	October 22, 1968
8	Mark Recchi	ca CA	RW	29	5-10	195	L/-	9	February 1, 1968
44	Stéphane Richer	ca CA	LW	31	6-2	215	R/-	13	June 7, 1966
52	Craig Rivet	ca CA	D	23	6-2	207	R/-	3	September 13, 1974
26	Martin Ručinský	cs CS	LW	26	6-1	205	L/-	6	March 11, 1971
14	Terry Ryan	ca CA	LW	21	6-1	202	L/-	1	January 14, 1977
49	Brian Savage	ca CA	RW	26	6-1	200	L/-	4	February 24, 1971
23	Turner Stevenson	ca CA	RW	25	6-3	220	R/-	5	May 18, 1972
60	José Théodore	ca CA	G	21	5-11	172	-/R	2	September 13, 1976
41	Jocelyn Thibault	ca CA	G	23	5-11	169	-/L	4	January 12, 1975
24	Scott Thornton	ca CA	C	27	6-3	220	L/-	7	January 9, 1971
12	Darcy Tucker	ca CA	C	22	5-10	178	L/-	2	March 15, 1975
55	Igor Ulanov	su SU	D	28	6-3	220	L/-	6	October 1, 1969
21	Mick Vukota	ca CA	RW	31	6-1	225	R/-	10	September 14, 1966
3	David Wilkie	us US	D	23	6-3	215	R/-	3	May 30, 1974
3	Zarley Zalapski	ca CA	D	29	6-1	215	L/-	10	April 22, 1968

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

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
1	Mark Recchi*	29	RW	82	32	42	74	11	51	22	9	1	6	22	20	0	216	14.8	1673	20:24	7.6	1.4	8.9
2	Vincent Damphousse	30	C	76	18	41	59	14	58	15	2	1	5	26	13	2	164	11.0	1418	18:39	4.9	1.4	6.3
3	Saku Koivu	23	C	69	14	43	57	8	48	10	2	2	3	23	19	1	145	9.7	1326	19:13	4.5	1.1	5.6
4	Shayne Corson	31	LW	62	21	34	55	2	108	6	14	1	1	23	9	2	142	14.8	1276	20:35	5.3	0.8	6.1
5	Martin Ručinský	26	LW	78	21	32	53	13	84	13	5	3	3	21	9	2	192	10.9	1329	17:02	4.5	1.4	5.9
6	Vladimir Malakhov	29	D	74	13	31	44	16	70	5	8	0	2	13	17	1	166	7.8	1658	22:25	4.2	4.6	8.8
7	Brian Savage	26	RW	64	26	17	43	11	36	18	8	0	7	14	3	0	152	17.1	965	15:05	4.5	1.2	5.7
8	Patrice Brisebois	27	D	79	10	27	37	16	67	5	5	0	1	14	12	1	125	8.0	1729	21:53	3.1	4.8	7.9
9	Dave Manson	31	D	81	4	30	34	22	122	2	2	0	0	22	8	0	148	2.7	1773	21:53	2.1	5.4	7.5
10	Benoît Brunet	29	LW	68	12	20	32	11	61	9	1	2	2	15	3	2	87	13.8	1019	14:59	1.8	1.2	3.0
11	Valeri Bure	23	RW	50	7	22	29	-5	33	5	2	0	1	12	10	0	134	5.2	740	14:48	1.7	0.4	2.1
12	Marc Bureau	31	C	74	13	6	19	0	12	13	0	0	2	4	0	2	82	15.9	982	13:16	0.4	0.8	1.2
13	Stéphane Quintal	29	D	71	6	10	16	13	97	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	88	6.8	1371	19:19	0.7	4.2	4.9
14	Scott Thornton	27	C	67	6	9	15	0	158	5	1	0	1	8	1	0	51	11.8	672	10:01	-0.4	0.8	0.3
15	Sébastien Bordeleau	22	C	53	6	8	14	5	36	3	2	1	0	4	4	0	55	10.9	487	9:12	0.0	0.8	0.8
16	Jonas Höglund	25	LW	28	6	5	11	2	6	2	4	0	0	3	2	0	62	9.7	381	13:36	0.6	0.4	1.0
17	Patrick Poulin	24	LW	34	4	6	10	-1	8	3	0	1	1	4	2	0	39	10.3	475	13:58	0.1	0.3	0.5
18	Turner Stevenson	25	RW	63	4	6	10	-8	110	3	1	0	0	6	0	0	43	9.3	549	8:42	-1.0	0.4	-0.6
19	Stéphane Richer	31	LW	14	5	4	9	1	5	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	24	20.8	157	11:13	0.9	0.2	1.1
20	Peter Popovic	29	D	69	2	6	8	-6	38	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	40	5.0	1100	15:57	-0.5	2.7	2.2
21	Darcy Tucker	22	C	39	1	5	6	-6	57	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	19	5.3	388	9:56	-0.8	0.2	-0.6
22	Zarley Zalapski	29	D	28	1	5	6	-1	22	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	27	3.7	535	19:06	0.1	1.2	1.3
23	Craig Rivet	23	D	61	0	2	2	-3	93	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	0.0	786	12:53	-1.1	2.5	1.4
24	Jocelyn Thibault	23	G	47	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		2652	56:25	0.0	0.0	6.0
25	Brett Clark	21	D	41	1	0	1	-3	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3.8	515	12:33	-0.7	1.6	1.0
26	Éric Houde	21	C	9	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0	61	6:44	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
27	David Wilkie	23	D	5	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0	46	9:17	0.1	0.1	0.2
28	Igor Ulanov	28	D	4	0	1	1	-2	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0	56	14:00	0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Jassen Cullimore	25	D	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	32	10:44	-0.1	0.1	0.1
30	François Groleau	25	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	12	12:15	0.0	0.1	0.1
31	Matt Higgins	20	C	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	5	5:06	0.0	0.0	-0.1
32	David Ling	23	RW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	6	5:51	0.0	0.0	-0.1
33	Andy Moog	37	G	42	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		2337	55:39	0.0	0.0	6.0
34	Terry Ryan	21	LW	4	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	3:30	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
35	Mick Vukota	31	RW	22	0	0	0	-4	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	83	3:46	-0.8	0.1	-0.7
	Team Total			82	235	414	649	101	1531	154	68	13	37	265	134	13	2277	10.3			41.5	40.3	93.7

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

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	adjGAA	GPS
1	Jocelyn Thibault	23	47		19	15	8	109	1109	1000	.902	2.47	2	2652				105	-5.0	2.92	6.0
2	Andy Moog	37	42		18	17	5	97	1024	927	.905	2.49	3	2337				101	-1.0	2.95	6.0
	Team Total				37	32	13	206	2133	1927	.903	2.48	5	4989				103	-6.0	2.93	12.0