1996-97 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 31-36-15 - 77 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to New Jersey Devils 4-1
Coach: Mario Tremblay (31-36-15)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1996-97 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 31-36-15 - 77 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to New Jersey Devils 4-1
Coach: Mario Tremblay (31-36-15)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1996-97 Montreal Canadiens Results
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, finishing fourth in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Canadiens potted 249 goals and yielded 276. Mark Recchi scored 34 goals for Montreal, while Vincent Damphousse recorded 54 assists. Jocelyn Thibault topped the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.90 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Mario Tremblay coached the team. The 1996-97 Montreal Canadiens lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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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 |
| Jose Theodore | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 61 | 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 |
| Donald Brashear | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Tomas Vokoun | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Jablonski | G | 17 | 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 | |
| Terry Ryan | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Ling | R | 2 | 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 |
| Totals | 1557 | 249 | 431 | 680 | 1445 | -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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | 61 | 3397 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 164 | 2.90 | 1815 | 1651 | .910 |
| 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 |
| Tomas Vokoun | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.00 | 14 | 10 | .714 |
| Totals | 95 | 4992 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 271 | 3.26 | 3046 | 2775 | .911 |
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 | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | 3 | 179 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4.36 | 101 | 88 | .871 |
| Jose Theodore | 2 | 168 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.50 | 108 | 101 | .935 |
| Totals | 5 | 347 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3.46 | 229 | 209 | .913 |
