1997-98 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 37-32-13 - 87 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 4-6
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 4-0
Coach: Alain Vigneault (37-32-13)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1997-98 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 37-32-13 - 87 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 4-6
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 4-0
Coach: Alain Vigneault (37-32-13)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1997-98 Montreal Canadiens Results
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, finishing fourth in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 4-6.
The Canadiens scored 235 goals and conceded 208. Mark Recchi netted 32 goals for Montreal, 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 NHL conference semi-finals.
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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 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Rivet | D | 61 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 93 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Brett Clark | D | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| 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 |
| Igor Ulanov | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Andy Moog | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 2339 | 2133 | .912 |
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 | ||
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Rivet | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Igor Ulanov | D | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Andy Moog | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Theodore | G | 3 | 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 | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5.58 | 16 | 12 | .750 |
| Andy Moog | 9 | 474 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3.04 | 204 | 180 | .882 |
| Jose Theodore | 3 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 35 | 34 | .971 |
| Totals | 14 | 637 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 2.73 | 284 | 255 | .898 |
