1997–98 Montreal Canadiens season

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1997–98 Montreal Canadiens
Division 4th Northeast
Conference 7th Eastern
1997–98 record 37–32–13
Home record 15–17–9
Road record 22–15–4
Goals for 235
Goals against 208
Team information
General Manager Rejean Houle
Coach Alain Vigneault
Captain Vincent Damphousse
Arena Molson Centre
Team leaders
Goals Mark Recchi (32)
Assists Saku Koivu (43)
Points Mark Recchi (74)
Penalties in minutes Scott Thornton (158)
Plus/minus Dave Manson (+22)
Wins Jocelyn Thibault (19)
Goals against average Jocelyn Thibault (2.47)
<1996–97 1998–99>

The 1997–98 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 89th season of play. The Canadiens made the playoffs and advanced to the Conference semi-final after winning 4 games to 2 in Conference quarter-final against Pittsburgh Penguins before being swept 4 games to 0 by the Buffalo Sabres. <templatestyles src="Template:TOC limit/styles.css" />

Offseason

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Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division
No. GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 40 24 18 228 188 98
2 Boston Bruins 82 39 30 13 221 194 91
3 Buffalo Sabres 82 36 29 17 211 187 89
4 Montreal Canadiens 82 37 32 13 235 208 87
5 Ottawa Senators 82 34 33 15 193 200 83
6 Carolina Hurricanes 82 33 41 8 200 219 74
Eastern Conference[1]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 New Jersey Devils ATL 82 48 23 11 225 166 107
2 Pittsburgh Penguins NE 82 40 24 18 228 188 98
3 Philadelphia Flyers ATL 82 42 29 11 242 193 95
4 Washington Capitals ATL 82 40 30 12 219 202 92
5 Boston Bruins NE 82 39 30 13 221 194 91
6 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 36 29 17 211 187 89
7 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 37 32 13 235 208 87
8 Ottawa Senators NE 82 34 33 15 193 200 83
9 Carolina Hurricanes NE 82 33 41 8 200 219 74
10 New York Islanders ATL 82 30 41 11 212 225 71
11 New York Rangers ATL 82 25 39 18 197 231 68
12 Florida Panthers ATL 82 24 43 15 203 256 63
13 Tampa Bay Lightning ATL 82 17 55 10 151 269 44

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs


Schedule and results

# R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T Oct 1, 1997 2–2 OT Ottawa Senators 0–0–1
2 W Oct 4, 1997 4–1 @ Boston Bruins 1–0–1
3 W Oct 8, 1997 3–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0–1
4 L Oct 11, 1997 2–6 Philadelphia Flyers 2–1–1
5 T Oct 15, 1997 1–1 OT Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1–2
6 W Oct 17, 1997 5–1 @ Buffalo Sabres 3–1–2
7 L Oct 18, 1997 2–3 Washington Capitals 3–2–2
8 W Oct 22, 1997 3–0 Florida Panthers 4–2–2
9 L Oct 23, 1997 1–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils 4–3–2
10 W Oct 25, 1997 4–2 @ Ottawa Senators 5–3–2
11 W Oct 27, 1997 4–2 Chicago Blackhawks 6–3–2
12 L Oct 29, 1997 2–5 New York Islanders 6–4–2
13 W Nov 1, 1997 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs 7–4–2
14 W Nov 3, 1997 6–4 Dallas Stars 8–4–2
15 W Nov 5, 1997 4–2 Phoenix Coyotes 9–4–2
16 W Nov 7, 1997 4–3 @ San Jose Sharks 10–4–2
17 W Nov 8, 1997 4–1 @ Los Angeles Kings 11–4–2
18 W Nov 12, 1997 4–3 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 12–4–2
19 W Nov 13, 1997 5–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes 13–4–2
20 L Nov 15, 1997 2–3 Washington Capitals 13–5–2
21 W Nov 17, 1997 4–1 Tampa Bay Lightning 14–5–2
22 L Nov 19, 1997 1–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes 14–6–2
23 L Nov 22, 1997 2–5 Detroit Red Wings 14–7–2
24 T Nov 24, 1997 2–2 OT San Jose Sharks 14–7–3
25 W Nov 26, 1997 6–5 @ Washington Capitals 15–7–3
26 L Nov 28, 1997 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings 15–8–3
27 L Nov 29, 1997 3–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 15–9–3
28 L Dec 1, 1997 0–1 Pittsburgh Penguins 15–10–3
29 W Dec 3, 1997 2–0 Los Angeles Kings 16–10–3
30 T Dec 6, 1997 3–3 OT New York Rangers 16–10–4
31 W Dec 8, 1997 4–2 Colorado Avalanche 17–10–4
32 W Dec 10, 1997 4–3 OT St. Louis Blues 18–10–4
33 L Dec 12, 1997 2–5 @ New Jersey Devils 18–11–4
34 L Dec 13, 1997 2–4 @ Boston Bruins 18–12–4
35 L Dec 15, 1997 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers 18–13–4
36 L Dec 19, 1997 0–1 @ Buffalo Sabres 18–14–4
37 W Dec 20, 1997 4–1 Ottawa Senators 19–14–4
38 T Dec 22, 1997 3–3 OT Edmonton Oilers 19–14–5
39 L Dec 23, 1997 3–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators 19–15–5
40 W Dec 27, 1997 1–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 20–15–5
41 T Dec 29, 1997 1–1 OT @ Colorado Avalanche 20–15–6
42 W Dec 31, 1997 3–2 @ Calgary Flames 21–15–6
43 W Jan 2, 1998 5–3 @ Edmonton Oilers 22–15–6
44 W Jan 3, 1998 4–2 @ Vancouver Canucks 23–15–6
45 L Jan 7, 1998 1–2 OT Boston Bruins 23–16–6
46 W Jan 8, 1998 8–2 @ New York Islanders 24–16–6
47 W Jan 12, 1998 6–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 25–16–6
48 T Jan 14, 1998 3–3 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers 25–16–7
49 W Jan 21, 1998 4–2 Boston Bruins 26–16–7
50 L Jan 24, 1998 3–4 Carolina Hurricanes 26–17–7
51 L Jan 25, 1998 1–3 New Jersey Devils 26–18–7
52 W Jan 29, 1998 3–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers 27–18–7
53 L Jan 31, 1998 3–4 Ottawa Senators 27–19–7
54 W Feb 1, 1998 6–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes 28–19–7
55 L Feb 4, 1998 2–4 @ New York Islanders 28–20–7
56 L Feb 7, 1998 1–4 Buffalo Sabres 28–21–7
57 L Feb 25, 1998 2–6 Pittsburgh Penguins 28–22–7
58 L Feb 28, 1998 0–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 28–23–7
59 W Mar 4, 1998 3–1 @ Dallas Stars 29–23–7
60 L Mar 5, 1998 0–4 @ St. Louis Blues 29–24–7
61 L Mar 7, 1998 1–2 Buffalo Sabres 29–25–7
62 W Mar 9, 1998 6–1 Florida Panthers 30–25–7
63 T Mar 11, 1998 2–2 OT Vancouver Canucks 30–25–8
64 W Mar 12, 1998 4–1 New York Rangers 31–25–8
65 W Mar 14, 1998 4–2 New Jersey Devils 32–25–8
66 T Mar 16, 1998 3–3 OT Calgary Flames 32–25–9
67 L Mar 18, 1998 1–2 OT @ New York Rangers 32–26–9
68 L Mar 19, 1998 0–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks 32–27–9
69 L Mar 21, 1998 4–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 32–28–9
70 W Mar 25, 1998 2–1 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning 33–28–9
71 L Mar 26, 1998 4–5 @ Florida Panthers 33–29–9
72 W Mar 28, 1998 8–2 Tampa Bay Lightning 34–29–9
73 T Mar 31, 1998 3–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes 34–29–10
74 W Apr 1, 1998 4–3 @ Florida Panthers 35–29–10
75 L Apr 4, 1998 0–1 Carolina Hurricanes 35–30–10
76 T Apr 6, 1998 2–2 OT @ Washington Capitals 35–30–11
77 W Apr 7, 1998 3–2 @ New York Rangers 36–30–11
78 L Apr 10, 1998 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres 36–31–11
79 T Apr 11, 1998 3–3 OT New York Islanders 36–31–12
80 L Apr 15, 1998 2–6 Boston Bruins 36–32–12
81 W Apr 16, 1998 2–0 @ Ottawa Senators 37–32–12
82 T Apr 18, 1998 3–3 OT Buffalo Sabres 37–32–13

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals

Montreal vs. Pittsburgh
Date Home Score Visitor Record
April 23 Pittsburgh 3-2 Montreal 1 - 0
April 25 Pittsburgh 1-4 Montreal 1 - 1
April 27 Montreal 3-1 Pittsburgh 2 - 1
April 29 Montreal 3-6 Pittsburgh 2 - 2
May 1 Pittsburgh 2 - 5 Montreal 3 - 2
May 3 Montreal 3 - 0 Pittsburgh 4 - 2

'Eastern Conference Semi-finals

Montreal vs. Buffalo
Date Home Score Visitor Record
May 8 Buffalo 3 - 2 Montreal 1 - 0
May 10 Buffalo 6 - 3 Montreal 2 - 0
May 12 Montreal 4 - 5 Buffalo 0 - 3
May 14 Montreal 1 - 3 Buffalo 0 - 4

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mark Recchi RW 82 32 42 74 51 11 9 1 6
Vincent Damphousse C 76 18 41 59 58 14 2 1 5
Saku Koivu C 69 14 43 57 48 8 2 2 3
Shayne Corson LW 62 21 34 55 108 2 14 1 1
Martin Rucinsky LW 78 21 32 53 84 13 5 3 3
Vladimir Malakhov D 74 13 31 44 70 16 8 0 2
Brian Savage LW 64 26 17 43 36 11 8 0 7
Patrice Brisebois D 79 10 27 37 67 16 5 0 1
Dave Manson D 81 4 30 34 122 22 2 0 0
Benoit Brunet LW 68 12 20 32 61 11 1 2 2
Valeri Bure RW 50 7 22 29 33 -5 2 0 1
Marc Bureau C 74 13 6 19 12 0 0 0 2
Stephane Quintal D 71 6 10 16 97 13 0 0 0
Scott Thornton LW 67 6 9 15 158 0 1 0 1
Sebastien Bordeleau C 53 6 8 14 36 5 2 1 0
Jonas Hoglund LW 28 6 5 11 6 2 4 0 0
Patrick Poulin C 34 4 6 10 8 -1 0 1 1
Turner Stevenson RW 63 4 6 10 110 -8 1 0 0
Stephane Richer RW 14 5 4 9 5 1 2 0 0
Peter Popovic D 69 2 6 8 38 -6 0 0 0
Darcy Tucker RW 39 1 5 6 57 -6 0 0 0
Zarley Zalapski D 28 1 5 6 22 -1 0 1 0
Craig Rivet D 61 0 2 2 93 -3 0 0 0
Jocelyn Thibault G 47 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Brett Clark D 41 1 0 1 20 -3 0 0 0
Eric Houde C 9 1 0 1 0 -3 0 0 1
David Wilkie D 5 1 0 1 4 -1 0 0 1
Igor Ulanov D 4 0 1 1 12 -2 0 0 0
Jassen Cullimore D 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Francois Groleau D 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Higgins C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
David Ling RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Andy Moog G 42 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Terry Ryan LW 4 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0
Mick Vukota RW 22 0 0 0 76 -4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Jocelyn Thibault 2652 47 19 15 8 109 2.47 2 1109 1000 .902
Andy Moog 2337 42 18 17 5 97 2.49 3 1024 927 .905
Team: 4989 82 37 32 13 206 2.48 5 2133 1927 .903

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Mark Recchi RW 10 4 8 12 6 0 0 2
Shayne Corson LW 10 3 6 9 26 1 0 1
Vincent Damphousse C 10 3 6 9 22 1 0 0
Vladimir Malakhov D 9 3 4 7 10 2 0 0
Turner Stevenson RW 10 3 4 7 12 0 0 0
Saku Koivu C 6 2 3 5 2 1 0 0
Igor Ulanov D 10 1 4 5 12 0 0 0
Martin Rucinsky LW 10 3 0 3 4 1 0 0
Marc Bureau C 10 1 2 3 6 0 0 0
Jonas Hoglund LW 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Peter Popovic D 10 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Stephane Quintal D 9 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
Brian Savage LW 9 0 2 2 6 0 0 0
Scott Thornton LW 9 0 2 2 10 0 0 0
Patrice Brisebois D 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Benoit Brunet LW 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 1
Dave Manson D 10 0 1 1 14 0 0 0
Jocelyn Thibault G 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Zarley Zalapski D 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 0
Sebastien Bordeleau C 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Andy Moog G 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Patrick Poulin C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Craig Rivet D 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jose Theodore G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mick Vukota RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Andy Moog 474 9 4 5 24 3.04 1 204 180 .882
Jose Theodore 120 3 0 1 1 0.50 0 35 34 .971
Jocelyn Thibault 43 2 0 0 4 5.58 0 16 12 .750
Team: 637 10 4 6 29 2.73 1 255 226 .886

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Roster

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Draft picks

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See also: 1997 NHL Entry Draft

Farm teams

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See also

References

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