1996-97 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 31-36-15 - 77 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Mario Tremblay (31-36-15)
1996-97 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 31-36-15 - 77 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Mario Tremblay (31-36-15)
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 31 wins and 36 losses and 15 ties for 77 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The team potted 249 goals and yielded 276. Mark Recchi scored 34 goals for the team, while Vincent Damphousse recorded 54 assists. Jocelyn Thibault topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.9 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Mario Tremblay coached the team. The 1996-97 Montreal Canadiens lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Damphousse | C | 82 | 27 | 54 | 81 | 82 | -6 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 244 | 11.1 |
| Mark Recchi | R | 82 | 34 | 46 | 80 | 58 | -1 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 202 | 16.8 |
| Brian Savage | L | 81 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 39 | -14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 219 | 10.5 |
| Saku Koivu | C | 50 | 17 | 39 | 56 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 135 | 12.6 |
| Martin Rucinsky | L | 70 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 62 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 172 | 16.3 |
| Stephane Richer | R | 63 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 126 | 17.5 |
| Valeri Bure | R | 64 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 131 | 10.7 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | D | 65 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 177 | 5.6 |
| Benoit Brunet | L | 39 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 15.9 |
| Stephane Quintal | D | 71 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 5.0 |
| Turner Stevenson | R | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 97 | -14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 10.5 |
| Shayne Corson | L | 47 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 80 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 6.3 |
| Scott Thornton | C | 73 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 128 | -19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 9.1 |
| Darcy Tucker | C | 73 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 110 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 11.3 |
| David Wilkie | D | 61 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 63 | -9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 9.2 |
| Marc Bureau | C | 43 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 10.7 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 49 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 2.8 |
| Peter Popovic | D | 78 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 1.2 |
| Sebastien Bordeleau | C | 28 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 9 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Jassen Cullimore | D | 49 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 3.8 |
| Chris Murray | R | 56 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 114 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12.5 |
| Murray Baron | D | 60 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 107 | -16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1.9 |
| Craig Rivet | D | 35 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Dave Manson | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Eric Houde | C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Tomas Vokoun | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Brown | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Jablonski | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francois Groleau | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jose Theodore | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Ryan | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Sevigny | L | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Ling | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donald Brashear | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1639 | 249 | 431 | 680 | 1469 | -62 | 53 | 102 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 2474 | 10.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Theodore | 16 | 821 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 3.87 | 508 | 455 | .896 |
| Pat Jablonski | 17 | 754 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 3.98 | 438 | 388 | .886 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | 61 | 3397 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 164 | 2.90 | 1815 | 1651 | .910 |
| Tomas Vokoun | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.00 | 14 | 10 | .714 | ||
| Totals | 95 | 4992 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 271 | 3.26 | 2775 | 2504 | .902 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Damphousse | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Recchi | R | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 22.2 | |
| Brian Savage | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Saku Koivu | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Martin Rucinsky | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Stephane Richer | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Valeri Bure | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Vladimir Malakhov | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Benoit Brunet | L | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Stephane Quintal | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Turner Stevenson | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Shayne Corson | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Scott Thornton | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Darcy Tucker | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| David Wilkie | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Peter Popovic | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Jassen Cullimore | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Rivet | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Manson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Jose Theodore | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 93 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 105 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 142 | 7.7 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Theodore | 2 | 168 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.50 | 115 | 108 | .939 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | 3 | 179 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4.36 | 114 | 101 | .886 |
| Totals | 5 | 347 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.46 | 229 | 209 | .913 |
