1997-98 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-32-13 - 87 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Alain Vigneault (37-32-13)
1997-98 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 37-32-13 - 87 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Alain Vigneault (37-32-13)
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 37 wins and 32 losses and 13 ties for 87 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The team scored 235 goals and conceded 208. Mark Recchi netted 32 goals for the team, while Saku Koivu contributed 43 assists. Jocelyn Thibault topped the squad with 19 wins, and Andy Moog added 15 or more victories as well. Jocelyn Thibault registered a 2.47 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Alain Vigneault coached the team. The 1997-98 Montreal Canadiens lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Recchi | R | 82 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 51 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 216 | 14.8 |
| Vincent Damphousse | C | 76 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 58 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 164 | 11.0 |
| Saku Koivu | C | 69 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 9.7 |
| Shayne Corson | L | 62 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 108 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 142 | 14.8 |
| Martin Rucinsky | L | 78 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 84 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 192 | 10.9 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | D | 74 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 70 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 166 | 7.8 |
| Brian Savage | L | 64 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 152 | 17.1 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 79 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 67 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 8.0 |
| Dave Manson | D | 81 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 122 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 2.7 |
| Benoit Brunet | L | 68 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 13.8 |
| Valeri Bure | R | 50 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 33 | -5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 5.2 |
| Marc Bureau | C | 74 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 15.9 |
| Stephane Quintal | D | 71 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 97 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 6.8 |
| Scott Thornton | C | 67 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 158 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 11.8 |
| Sebastien Bordeleau | C | 53 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 10.9 |
| Jonas Hoglund | L | 28 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 9.7 |
| Turner Stevenson | R | 63 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 110 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 |
| Patrick Poulin | L | 34 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 10.3 |
| Stephane Richer | R | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20.8 |
| Peter Popovic | D | 69 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 38 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 |
| Darcy Tucker | C | 39 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 57 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Zarley Zalapski | D | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 22 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Craig Rivet | D | 61 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 93 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Houde | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| David Wilkie | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Brett Clark | D | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Igor Ulanov | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| David Ling | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Terry Ryan | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jassen Cullimore | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Francois Groleau | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Andy Moog | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Higgins | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Mick Vukota | R | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1564 | 235 | 414 | 649 | 1531 | 101 | 68 | 135 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 6 | 2277 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | 47 | 2652 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 109 | 2.47 | 1109 | 1000 | .902 |
| Andy Moog | 42 | 2337 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 97 | 2.49 | 1024 | 927 | .905 |
| Totals | 89 | 4989 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 206 | 2.48 | 2133 | 1927 | .903 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Recchi | R | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 18.2 | |
| Vincent Damphousse | C | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 | |
| Saku Koivu | C | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Shayne Corson | L | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 9.1 | |
| Martin Rucinsky | L | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8.6 | |
| Vladimir Malakhov | D | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | |
| Brian Savage | L | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 | |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 | |
| Dave Manson | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | |
| Benoit Brunet | L | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Marc Bureau | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Stephane Quintal | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Thornton | C | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | |
| Sebastien Bordeleau | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Jonas Hoglund | L | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 | |
| Turner Stevenson | R | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 | |
| Patrick Poulin | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Peter Popovic | D | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Zarley Zalapski | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Rivet | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Igor Ulanov | D | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Jose Theodore | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Moog | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mick Vukota | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 194 | 28 | 47 | 75 | 148 | -7 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 330 | 8.5 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.58 | 20 | 16 | .800 |
| Andy Moog | 9 | 474 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3.04 | 228 | 204 | .895 |
| Jose Theodore | 3 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 36 | 35 | .972 |
| Totals | 14 | 637 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 2.73 | 284 | 255 | .898 |
