1996-97 Montreal Canadiens Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Montreal Canadiens	82	31	36	15	77	.470	249	276	-0.34	-0.01	3.04	3.37	53	337	15.73	71	347	79.54	10	11	2474	10.1	2780	.901		1
League Average	82	35	35	11	82	.500	239	239					55	336	16.27	55	336	83.73	10	10	2444	9.8	2444	.902		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Montreal Canadiens
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Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
36	Murray Baron	ca CA	D	29	6-3	215	L/-	7	June 1, 1967	1 G, 5 A, 6 P
71	Sébastien Bordeleau	ca CA	C	21	5-11	185	R/-	1	February 15, 1975	2 G, 9 A, 11 P
35	Donald Brashear	us US	LW	25	6-3	237	L/-	3	January 7, 1972	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
43	Patrice Brisebois	ca CA	D	26	6-2	197	R/-	6	January 27, 1971	2 G, 13 A, 15 P
32	Brad Brown	ca CA	D	21	6-4	220	R/-	R	December 27, 1975	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
17	Benoît Brunet	ca CA	LW	28	6-0	203	L/-	7	August 24, 1968	10 G, 13 A, 23 P
18	Valeri Bure	su SU	RW	22	5-10	185	R/-	2	June 13, 1974	14 G, 21 A, 35 P
28	Marc Bureau	ca CA	C	30	6-1	203	R/-	7	May 19, 1966	6 G, 9 A, 15 P
27-29	Shayne Corson	ca CA	LW	30	6-1	202	L/-	11	August 13, 1966	6 G, 15 A, 21 P
35	Jassen Cullimore	ca CA	D	24	6-5	235	L/-	2	December 4, 1972	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
25	Vincent Damphousse (C)	ca CA	C	29	6-1	200	L/-	10	December 17, 1967	27 G, 54 A, 81 P
53	Rory Fitzpatrick	us US	D	22	6-2	208	R/-	1	January 11, 1975	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
48	François Groleau	ca CA	D	24	6-0	197	L/-	1	January 23, 1973	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
20	Éric Houde	ca CA	C	20	5-11	191	L/-	R	December 19, 1976	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
39	Pat Jablonski	us US	G	29	6-0	180	-/R	6	June 20, 1967	4-6-2, 3.98 GAA
11	Saku Koivu	fi FI	C	22	5-10	182	L/-	1	November 23, 1974	17 G, 39 A, 56 P
51	David Ling	ca CA	RW	22	5-10	204	R/-	R	January 9, 1975	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
38	Vladimir Malakhov	su SU	D	28	6-4	230	L/-	4	August 30, 1968	10 G, 20 A, 30 P
37	Dave Manson	ca CA	D	30	6-2	200	L/-	10	January 27, 1967	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
22	Chris Murray	ca CA	RW	22	6-2	213	R/-	2	October 25, 1974	4 G, 2 A, 6 P
34	Peter Popovic	se SE	D	28	6-6	243	L/-	3	February 10, 1968	1 G, 13 A, 14 P
5	Stéphane Quintal	ca CA	D	28	6-3	231	R/-	8	October 22, 1968	7 G, 15 A, 22 P
8	Mark Recchi	ca CA	RW	28	5-10	195	L/-	8	February 1, 1968	34 G, 46 A, 80 P
44	Stéphane Richer	ca CA	RW	30	6-2	215	R/-	12	June 7, 1966	22 G, 24 A, 46 P
52	Craig Rivet	ca CA	D	22	6-2	207	R/-	2	September 13, 1974	0 G, 4 A, 4 P
26	Martin Ručinský	cs CS	LW	25	6-1	205	L/-	5	March 11, 1971	28 G, 27 A, 55 P
14	Terry Ryan	ca CA	LW	20	6-1	202	L/-	R	January 14, 1977	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
49	Brian Savage	ca CA	LW	25	6-1	200	L/-	3	February 24, 1971	23 G, 37 A, 60 P
15	Pierre Sévigny	ca CA	LW	25	6-0	195	L/-	2	September 8, 1971	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
30	Turner Stevenson	ca CA	RW	24	6-3	220	R/-	4	May 18, 1972	8 G, 13 A, 21 P
60	José Théodore	ca CA	G	20	5-11	172	-/R	1	September 13, 1976	5-6-2, 3.87 GAA
41	Jocelyn Thibault	ca CA	G	22	5-11	169	-/L	3	January 12, 1975	22-24-11, 2.90 GAA
24	Scott Thornton	ca CA	C	26	6-3	220	L/-	6	January 9, 1971	10 G, 10 A, 20 P
42	Darcy Tucker	ca CA	C	21	5-10	178	L/-	1	March 15, 1975	7 G, 13 A, 20 P
77	Pierre Turgeon (C)	ca CA	C	27	6-1	199	L/-	9	August 28, 1969	1 G, 10 A, 11 P
37	Tomáš Vokoun	cs CS	G	20	6-1	210	-/R	R	July 2, 1976	0-0-0, 12.00 GAA
3-27	David Wilkie	us US	D	22	6-3	215	R/-	2	May 30, 1974	6 G, 9 A, 15 P

Standard Stats

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Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Vincent Damphousse	29	C	82	27	54	81	-6	82	18	7	2	3	37	14	3	244	11.1
2	Mark Recchi	28	RW	82	34	46	80	-1	58	25	7	2	3	32	13	1	202	16.8			ASG,ASnhl-7
3	Brian Savage	25	LW	81	23	37	60	-14	39	18	5	0	2	30	7	0	219	10.5
4	Saku Koivu	22	C	50	17	39	56	7	38	12	5	0	3	26	12	1	135	12.6
5	Martin Ručinský	25	LW	70	28	27	55	1	62	19	6	3	3	18	9	0	172	16.3
6	Stéphane Richer	30	RW	63	22	24	46	0	32	20	2	0	2	20	4	0	126	17.5
7	Valeri Bure	22	RW	64	14	21	35	4	6	10	4	0	2	13	8	0	131	10.7
8	Vladimir Malakhov	28	D	65	10	20	30	3	43	5	5	0	1	10	9	1	177	5.6
9	Benoît Brunet	28	LW	39	10	13	23	6	14	8	2	0	2	11	1	1	63	15.9
10	Stéphane Quintal	28	D	71	7	15	22	1	100	6	1	0	0	9	5	1	139	5.0
11	Shayne Corson	30	LW	47	6	15	21	-5	80	4	2	0	2	13	1	1	96	6.3
12	Turner Stevenson	24	RW	65	8	13	21	-14	97	7	1	0	0	12	1	0	76	10.5
13	Darcy Tucker	21	C	73	7	13	20	-5	110	6	1	0	3	12	1	0	62	11.3
14	Scott Thornton	26	C	73	10	10	20	-19	128	8	1	1	1	9	1	0	110	9.1
15	David Wilkie	22	D	61	6	9	15	-9	63	3	3	0	0	7	2	0	65	9.2
16	Marc Bureau	30	C	43	6	9	15	4	16	4	1	1	2	8	0	1	56	10.7
17	Patrice Brisebois	26	D	49	2	13	15	-7	24	2	0	0	1	8	5	0	72	2.8
18	Peter Popovic	28	D	78	1	13	14	9	32	1	0	0	0	12	0	1	82	1.2
19	Pierre Turgeon	27	C	9	1	10	11	4	2	1	0	0	0	6	4	0	22	4.5			ASnhl-8,Byng-7
20	Sébastien Bordeleau	21	C	28	2	9	11	-3	2	2	0	0	0	7	0	2	27	7.4
21	Jassen Cullimore	24	D	49	2	6	8	4	42	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	52	3.8
22	Chris Murray	22	RW	56	4	2	6	-8	114	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	32	12.5
23	Murray Baron	29	D	60	1	5	6	-16	107	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	52	1.9
24	Craig Rivet	22	D	35	0	4	4	7	54	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	24	0.0
25	Dave Manson	30	D	9	1	1	2	-1	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	4.5
26	Éric Houde	20	C	13	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
27	Rory Fitzpatrick	22	D	6	0	1	1	-2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.0
28	Terry Ryan	20	LW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	François Groleau	24	D	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
30	Pierre Sévigny	25	LW	13	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
31	José Théodore	20	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		820:51
32	Jocelyn Thibault	22	G	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		3397:18
33	Pat Jablonski	29	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		753:44
34	Brad Brown	21	D	8	0	0	0	-1	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Donald Brashear	25	LW	10	0	0	0	-2	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
36	Tomáš Vokoun	20	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		20:00
37	David Ling	22	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			82	249	431	680	-62	1455	186	53	10	31	315	102	14	2474	10.1	4991:53

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Mark Recchi	29	RW	5	4	2	6	2	2	4	0	0	0				18	22.2
2	Benoît Brunet	28	LW	4	1	3	4	4	4	0	0	1	0				8	12.5
3	Saku Koivu	22	C	5	1	3	4	1	10	1	0	0	0				10	10.0
4	Patrice Brisebois	26	D	3	1	1	2	3	24	1	0	0	1				3	33.3
5	Turner Stevenson	24	RW	5	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0				5	20.0
6	Brian Savage	25	LW	5	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0				6	16.7
7	Valeri Bure	22	RW	5	0	1	1	-4	2	0	0	0	0				7	0.0
8	Scott Thornton	26	LW	5	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0				11	9.1
9	Stéphane Quintal	28	D	5	0	1	1	-1	6	0	0	0	0				6	0.0
10	Shayne Corson	30	LW	5	1	0	1	-5	4	0	0	1	0				8	12.5
11	Craig Rivet	22	D	5	0	1	1	-2	14	0	0	0	0				6	0.0
12	Stéphane Richer	30	RW	5	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0				9	0.0
13	David Wilkie	22	D	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				1	0.0
14	Darcy Tucker	21	RW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				4	0.0
15	Jocelyn Thibault	22	G	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0			179:01
16	José Théodore	20	G	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0			167:37
17	Martin Ručinský	25	LW	5	0	0	0	-5	4	0	0	0	0				10	0.0
18	Peter Popovic	28	D	3	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0				1	0.0
19	Dave Manson	30	D	5	0	0	0	6	17	0	0	0	0				10	0.0
20	Vladimir Malakhov	28	D	5	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	0				12	0.0
21	Vincent Damphousse	29	C	5	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0	0	0				7	0.0
22	Jassen Cullimore	24	D	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0				0
	Team Totals			5	11	14	25	-13	105	9	0	2	1	0	0	0	142	7.7	346:38

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Goalie Stats

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Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Jocelyn Thibault	22	61	22	24	11	164	1815	1651	.910	2.90	1	3397:18	95	8.9	3.11	10.8	0	0	0	0
2	Pat Jablonski	29	17	4	6	2	50	438	388	.886	3.98	0	753:44	120	-8.3	4.30	1.6	0	0	0	0
3	José Théodore	20	16	5	6	2	53	508	455	.896	3.87	0	820:51	110	-4.6	4.17	2.3	0	0	0	0
4	Tomáš Vokoun	20	1	0	0	0	4	14	10	.714	12.00	0	20:00	300	-2.7	12.00	-0.2	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		82	31	36	15	271	2775	2504	.902	3.26	1	4991:53	103	-6.6	3.50	14.5	0	0	0	0

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Jocelyn Thibault	22	3	0	3	0	13	101	88	.871	4.36	0	179:01	135	-3.4	0	0	0	0
2	José Théodore	20	2	1	1	0	7	108	101	.935	2.51	0	167:37	68	3.3	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		5	1	4	0	20	209	189	.904	3.46	0	346:38	100	-0.1	0	0	0	0

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Miscellaneous Stats

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Vincent Damphousse	29	C	82	28	56	84	30.6	101	30	102	25	-6	6.8	0.6	7.4
2	Mark Recchi	28	RW	82	35	48	83	32.2	112	34	103	24	-1	7.3	0.8	8.1	ASG,ASnhl-7
3	Brian Savage	25	LW	81	24	38	62	23.5	80	20	74	0	-14	4.5	0.4	4.9
4	Saku Koivu	22	C	50	18	41	59	21.0	68	21	51	11	7	4.8	0.8	5.5
5	Martin Ručinský	25	LW	70	29	28	57	23.5	74	22	69	18	1	4.9	0.8	5.7
6	Stéphane Richer	30	RW	63	23	25	48	19.4	63	15	52	4	0	3.8	0.7	4.5
7	Valeri Bure	22	RW	64	14	22	36	13.6	46	16	27	1	4	2.0	0.8	2.8
8	Vladimir Malakhov	28	D	65	10	21	31	11.2	81	29	71	22	3	2.4	2.6	5.0
9	Benoît Brunet	28	LW	39	10	13	23	9.0	36	5	36	11	6	1.5	0.6	2.1
10	Stéphane Quintal	28	D	71	7	16	23	8.2	80	7	109	37	1	1.3	2.7	3.9
11	Turner Stevenson	24	RW	65	8	13	21	7.9	29	2	41	0	-14	0.1	0.2	0.3
12	Shayne Corson	30	LW	47	6	16	22	7.6	42	13	46	12	-5	0.7	0.3	1.0
13	Darcy Tucker	21	C	73	7	13	20	7.4	31	4	32	0	-5	-0.3	0.6	0.2
14	Scott Thornton	26	C	73	10	10	20	8.2	27	3	54	11	-19	-0.1	0.1	0.0
15	David Wilkie	22	D	61	6	9	15	5.7	46	9	49	3	-9	0.7	1.6	2.3
16	Patrice Brisebois	26	D	49	2	13	15	4.6	49	13	58	15	-7	0.6	1.3	1.9
17	Marc Bureau	30	C	43	6	9	15	5.7	20	1	28	13	4	0.3	0.6	0.9
18	Peter Popovic	28	D	78	1	13	14	4.1	71	2	87	27	9	-0.2	3.5	3.3
19	Pierre Turgeon	27	C	9	1	10	11	3.3	19	9	6	0	4	0.8	0.2	1.0	ASnhl-8,Byng-7
20	Sébastien Bordeleau	21	C	28	2	9	11	3.6	13	0	23	7	-3	0.1	0.2	0.3
21	Jassen Cullimore	24	D	49	2	6	8	2.7	41	5	47	15	4	0.0	2.1	2.0
22	Murray Baron	29	D	60	1	5	6	1.9	44	1	78	19	-16	-0.5	1.1	0.5
23	Chris Murray	22	RW	56	4	2	6	2.7	8	0	16	0	-8	-1.3	0.3	-0.9
24	Craig Rivet	22	D	35	0	4	4	1.1	27	0	23	3	7	-0.3	1.8	1.4
25	Dave Manson	30	D	9	1	1	2	0.8	9	2	8	0	-1	0.1	0.3	0.4
26	Éric Houde	20	C	13	0	2	2	0.6	2	0	1	0	1	-0.3	0.2	-0.1
27	Rory Fitzpatrick	22	D	6	0	1	1	0.3	4	0	6	0	-2	0.0	0.1	0.1
28	François Groleau	24	D	5	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	3	0	0	-0.1	0.2	0.1
29	Terry Ryan	20	LW	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
30	Brad Brown	21	D	8	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	3	0	-1	-0.2	0.2	0.1
31	Pierre Sévigny	25	LW	13	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	-0.5	0.1	-0.4
32	Donald Brashear	25	LW	10	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	0	-2	-0.4	0.0	-0.4
33	David Ling	22	RW	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1