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1997-98 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

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Record: 37-32-13 (87 points), Finished 4th in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Alain Vigneault (37-32-13)

Captain: Vincent Damphousse

Primary Arena: Molson Centre

Goals For: 235 (5th of 26), Goals Against: 208 (13th of 26)
SRS: 0.33 (8th of 26), SOS: 0.00 (12th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-0) to Buffalo Sabres
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Pittsburgh Penguins

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +2500

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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	37	32	13	87	.530	235	208	0.33	0.00	2.87	2.54	68	372	18.28	62	401	84.54	13	8	2277	10.3	2135	.903		5
League Average	82	35	35	13	82	.500	216	216					57	380	15.08	57	380	84.92	10	10	2242	9.6	2242	.904		6

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%
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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
71	Sébastien Bordeleau	ca CA	C	22	5-11	185	R/-	2	February 15, 1975	6 G, 8 A, 14 P
43	Patrice Brisebois	ca CA	D	27	6-2	197	R/-	7	January 27, 1971	10 G, 27 A, 37 P
17	Benoît Brunet	ca CA	LW	29	6-0	203	L/-	8	August 24, 1968	12 G, 20 A, 32 P
20	Valeri Bure	su SU	RW	23	5-10	185	R/-	3	June 13, 1974	7 G, 22 A, 29 P
28	Marc Bureau	ca CA	C	31	6-1	203	R/-	8	May 19, 1966	13 G, 6 A, 19 P
29	Brett Clark	ca CA	D	21	6-0	194	L/-	R	December 23, 1976	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
27	Shayne Corson	ca CA	LW	31	6-1	202	L/-	12	August 13, 1966	21 G, 34 A, 55 P
21	Jassen Cullimore	ca CA	D	25	6-5	235	L/-	3	December 4, 1972	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
25	Vincent Damphousse (C)	ca CA	C	30	6-1	200	L/-	11	December 17, 1967	18 G, 41 A, 59 P
48	François Groleau	ca CA	D	25	6-0	197	L/-	2	January 23, 1973	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
46	Matt Higgins	ca CA	C	20	6-2	190	L/-	R	October 29, 1977	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
44	Jonas Höglund	se SE	LW	25	6-3	215	R/-	1	August 29, 1972	6 G, 5 A, 11 P
15	Éric Houde	ca CA	C	21	5-11	191	L/-	1	December 19, 1976	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
11	Saku Koivu	fi FI	C	23	5-10	182	L/-	2	November 23, 1974	14 G, 43 A, 57 P
51	David Ling	ca CA	RW	23	5-10	204	R/-	1	January 9, 1975	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
38	Vladimir Malakhov	su SU	D	29	6-4	230	L/-	5	August 30, 1968	13 G, 31 A, 44 P
22	Dave Manson	ca CA	D	31	6-2	200	L/-	11	January 27, 1967	4 G, 30 A, 34 P
35	Andy Moog	ca CA	G	37	5-8	175	-/L	17	February 18, 1960	18-17-5, 2.49 GAA
34	Peter Popovic	se SE	D	29	6-6	243	L/-	4	February 10, 1968	2 G, 6 A, 8 P
37	Patrick Poulin	ca CA	LW	24	6-1	216	L/-	6	April 23, 1973	4 G, 6 A, 10 P
5	Stéphane Quintal	ca CA	D	29	6-3	231	R/-	9	October 22, 1968	6 G, 10 A, 16 P
8	Mark Recchi	ca CA	RW	29	5-10	195	L/-	9	February 1, 1968	32 G, 42 A, 74 P
44	Stéphane Richer	ca CA	LW	31	6-2	215	R/-	13	June 7, 1966	5 G, 4 A, 9 P
52	Craig Rivet	ca CA	D	23	6-2	207	R/-	3	September 13, 1974	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
26	Martin Ručinský	cs CS	LW	26	6-1	205	L/-	6	March 11, 1971	21 G, 32 A, 53 P
14	Terry Ryan	ca CA	LW	21	6-1	202	L/-	1	January 14, 1977	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
49	Brian Savage	ca CA	RW	26	6-1	200	L/-	4	February 24, 1971	26 G, 17 A, 43 P
23	Turner Stevenson	ca CA	RW	25	6-3	220	R/-	5	May 18, 1972	4 G, 6 A, 10 P
60	José Théodore	ca CA	G	21	5-11	172	-/R	2	September 13, 1976	0-1-0, 0.50 GAA
41	Jocelyn Thibault	ca CA	G	23	5-11	169	-/L	4	January 12, 1975	19-15-8, 2.47 GAA
24	Scott Thornton	ca CA	C	27	6-3	220	L/-	7	January 9, 1971	6 G, 9 A, 15 P
12	Darcy Tucker	ca CA	C	22	5-10	178	L/-	2	March 15, 1975	1 G, 5 A, 6 P
55	Igor Ulanov	su SU	D	28	6-3	220	L/-	6	October 1, 1969	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
21	Mick Vukota	ca CA	RW	31	6-1	225	R/-	10	September 14, 1966	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
3	David Wilkie	us US	D	23	6-3	215	R/-	3	May 30, 1974	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
3	Zarley Zalapski	ca CA	D	29	6-1	215	L/-	10	April 22, 1968	1 G, 5 A, 6 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	Mark Recchi	29	RW	82	32	42	74	11	51	22	9	1	6	22	20	0	216	14.8	1672:50	20:24	ASG
2	Vincent Damphousse	30	C	76	18	41	59	14	58	15	2	1	5	26	13	2	164	11.0	1417:40	18:39
3	Saku Koivu	23	C	69	14	43	57	8	48	10	2	2	3	23	19	1	145	9.7	1325:38	19:13	ASG
4	Shayne Corson	31	LW	62	21	34	55	2	108	6	14	1	1	23	9	2	142	14.8	1276:21	20:35	ASG
5	Martin Ručinský	26	LW	78	21	32	53	13	84	13	5	3	3	21	9	2	192	10.9	1329:02	17:02
6	Vladimir Malakhov	29	D	74	13	31	44	16	70	5	8	0	2	13	17	1	166	7.8	1658:15	22:25
7	Brian Savage	26	RW	64	26	17	43	11	36	18	8	0	7	14	3	0	152	17.1	965:19	15:05
8	Patrice Brisebois	27	D	79	10	27	37	16	67	5	5	0	1	14	12	1	125	8.0	1729:20	21:53
9	Dave Manson	31	D	81	4	30	34	22	122	2	2	0	0	22	8	0	148	2.7	1772:51	21:53
10	Benoît Brunet	29	LW	68	12	20	32	11	61	9	1	2	2	15	3	2	87	13.8	1019:22	14:59
11	Valeri Bure	23	RW	50	7	22	29	-5	33	5	2	0	1	12	10	0	134	5.2	740:12	14:48
12	Marc Bureau	31	C	74	13	6	19	0	12	13	0	0	2	4	0	2	82	15.9	982:18	13:16
13	Stéphane Quintal	29	D	71	6	10	16	13	97	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	88	6.8	1371:12	19:19
14	Scott Thornton	27	C	67	6	9	15	0	158	5	1	0	1	8	1	0	51	11.8	671:32	10:01
15	Sébastien Bordeleau	22	C	53	6	8	14	5	36	3	2	1	0	4	4	0	55	10.9	487:14	9:12
16	Jonas Höglund	25	LW	28	6	5	11	2	6	2	4	0	0	3	2	0	62	9.7	380:52	13:36
17	Turner Stevenson	25	RW	63	4	6	10	-8	110	3	1	0	0	6	0	0	43	9.3	548:32	8:42
18	Patrick Poulin	24	LW	34	4	6	10	-1	8	3	0	1	1	4	2	0	39	10.3	474:42	13:58
19	Stéphane Richer	31	LW	14	5	4	9	1	5	3	2	0	0	3	1	0	24	20.8	156:56	11:13
20	Peter Popovic	29	D	69	2	6	8	-6	38	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	40	5.0	1100:17	15:57
21	Darcy Tucker	22	C	39	1	5	6	-6	57	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	19	5.3	387:40	9:56
22	Zarley Zalapski	29	D	28	1	5	6	-1	22	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	27	3.7	534:54	19:06
23	Craig Rivet	23	D	61	0	2	2	-3	93	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	0.0	786:17	12:53
24	Jocelyn Thibault	23	G	47	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		2651:58	56:25
25	Éric Houde	21	C	9	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0	60:40	6:44
26	Igor Ulanov	28	D	4	0	1	1	-2	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0	56:01	14:00
27	David Wilkie	23	D	5	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0	46:25	9:17
28	Brett Clark	21	D	41	1	0	1	-3	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	3.8	514:33	12:33
29	Andy Moog	37	G	42	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		2337:15	55:39
30	David Ling	23	RW	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	5:51	5:51
31	Terry Ryan	21	LW	4	0	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:01	3:30
32	Matt Higgins	20	C	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	5:06	5:06
33	François Groleau	25	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	12:15	12:15
34	Jassen Cullimore	25	D	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	32:12	10:44
35	Mick Vukota	31	RW	22	0	0	0	-4	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	82:46	3:46
	Team Totals			82	235	414	649	101	1533	154	68	13	37	265	134	13	2277	10.3	28608:19	18:18

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	30	RW	10	4	8	12	2	6	4	0	0	2				22	18.2	238:52	23:53
2	Shayne Corson	31	LW	10	3	6	9	3	26	2	1	0	1				33	9.1	239:36	23:58
3	Vincent Damphousse	30	C	10	3	6	9	-4	22	2	1	0	0				42	7.1	219:29	21:57
4	Turner Stevenson	25	RW	10	3	4	7	1	12	3	0	0	0				21	14.3	127:32	12:45
5	Vladimir Malakhov	29	D	9	3	4	7	-3	10	1	2	0	0				19	15.8	251:47	27:59
6	Igor Ulanov	28	D	10	1	4	5	3	12	1	0	0	0				6	16.7	187:07	18:43
7	Saku Koivu	23	C	6	2	3	5	4	2	1	1	0	0				14	14.3	118:57	19:50
8	Martin Ručinský	26	LW	10	3	0	3	-2	4	2	1	0	0				35	8.6	186:19	18:38
9	Marc Bureau	31	C	10	1	2	3	-1	6	1	0	0	0				16	6.3	175:51	17:35
10	Jonas Höglund	25	LW	10	2	0	2	-1	0	2	0	0	0				7	28.6	53:25	5:21
11	Scott Thornton	27	LW	9	0	2	2	0	10	0	0	0	0				13	0.0	101:50	11:19
12	Peter Popovic	29	D	10	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0				3	33.3	197:17	19:44
13	Stéphane Quintal	29	D	9	0	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	0				12	0.0	150:28	16:43
14	Brian Savage	26	LW	9	0	2	2	-2	6	0	0	0	0				24	0.0	138:56	15:26
15	Jocelyn Thibault	23	G	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0		1	0	0			43:23	21:42
16	Zarley Zalapski	29	D	6	0	1	1	-3	4	0	0	0	0				0		85:12	14:12
17	Patrice Brisebois	27	D	10	1	0	1	-5	0	1	0	0	0				26	3.8	244:30	24:27
18	Dave Manson	31	D	10	0	1	1	0	14	0	0	0	0				25	0.0	200:33	20:03
19	Benoît Brunet	29	LW	8	1	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	1				5	20.0	107:49	13:29
20	Craig Rivet	23	D	5	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0				5	0.0	34:34	6:55
21	Patrick Poulin	24	C	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0				1	0.0	13:18	4:26
22	José Théodore	21	G	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0			119:56	39:59
23	Andy Moog	37	G	9	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0			473:50	52:39
24	Mick Vukota	31	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		1:10	1:10
25	Sébastien Bordeleau	22	C	5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0				1	0.0	21:35	4:19
	Team Totals			10	28	47	75	-7	148	22	6	0	4	1	0	0	330	8.5	3733:16	19:15

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Goalie Stats

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			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	23	47	19	15	8	109	1109	1000	.902	2.47	2	2651:58	105	-5.0	2.92	6.0	0	2	2	0
2	Andy Moog	37	42	18	17	5	97	1024	927	.905	2.49	3	2337:15	101	-1.0	2.95	6.0	0	0	0	4
	Team Totals		82	37	32	13	206	2133	1927	.903	2.48	5	4989:13	103	-6.0	2.93	12.0	0	2	2	4

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	23	2				4	16	12	.750	5.53	0	43:23	267	-2.5	0	1	1	0
2	Andy Moog	37	9	4	5	0	24	204	180	.882	3.04	1	473:50	125	-4.9	0	0	0	0
3	José Théodore	21	3	0	1	0	1	35	34	.971	.50	0	119:56	30	2.3	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		10	4	6	0	29	255	226	.886	2.73	1	637:09	121	-5.1	0	1	1	0

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Miscellaneous Stats

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					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Mark Recchi	29	RW	82	37	48	85	33.3	107	48	59	11	11	7.6	1.4	8.9	ASG
2	Vincent Damphousse	30	C	76	21	47	68	24.3	87	27	59	13	14	4.9	1.4	6.3
3	Saku Koivu	23	C	69	16	49	65	22.1	78	30	51	11	8	4.5	1.1	5.6	ASG
4	Shayne Corson	31	LW	62	24	39	63	23.7	75	33	55	15	2	5.3	0.8	6.1	ASG
5	Martin Ručinský	26	LW	78	24	37	61	23.2	76	22	50	9	13	4.5	1.4	5.9
6	Vladimir Malakhov	29	D	74	15	35	50	17.7	110	47	68	21	16	4.2	4.6	8.8
7	Brian Savage	26	RW	64	30	19	49	21.6	60	16	33	0	11	4.5	1.2	5.7
8	Patrice Brisebois	27	D	79	11	31	42	14.5	92	27	71	22	16	3.1	4.8	7.9
9	Dave Manson	31	D	81	5	34	39	12.0	88	21	65	20	22	2.1	5.4	7.5
10	Benoît Brunet	29	LW	68	14	23	37	13.9	51	13	41	14	11	1.8	1.2	3.0
11	Valeri Bure	23	RW	50	8	25	33	11.2	38	17	26	0	-5	1.7	0.4	2.1
12	Marc Bureau	31	C	74	15	7	22	10.1	27	0	48	21	0	0.4	0.8	1.2
13	Stéphane Quintal	29	D	71	7	11	18	6.8	61	2	68	22	13	0.7	4.2	4.9
14	Scott Thornton	27	C	67	7	10	17	6.6	24	3	25	4	0	-0.4	0.8	0.3
15	Sébastien Bordeleau	22	C	53	7	9	16	6.3	23	10	13	5	5	0.0	0.8	0.8
16	Jonas Höglund	25	LW	28	7	6	13	5.5	18	9	7	0	2	0.6	0.4	1.0
17	Turner Stevenson	25	RW	63	5	7	12	4.6	13	1	20	0	-8	-1.0	0.4	-0.6
18	Patrick Poulin	24	LW	34	5	7	12	4.6	19	2	26	8	-1	0.1	0.3	0.5
19	Stéphane Richer	31	LW	14	6	5	11	4.6	13	6	6	0	1	0.9	0.2	1.1
20	Peter Popovic	29	D	69	2	7	9	3.0	37	0	63	20	-6	-0.5	2.7	2.2
21	Zarley Zalapski	29	D	28	1	6	7	2.2	15	2	21	7	-1	0.1	1.2	1.3
22	Darcy Tucker	22	C	39	1	6	7	2.2	9	1	21	7	-6	-0.8	0.2	-0.6
23	Craig Rivet	23	D	61	0	2	2	0.6	21	0	32	8	-3	-1.1	2.5	1.4
24	Brett Clark	21	D	41	1	0	1	0.6	10	0	15	2	-3	-0.7	1.6	1.0
25	Éric Houde	21	C	9	1	0	1	0.6	1	0	4	0	-3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
26	Igor Ulanov	28	D	4	0	1	1	0.3	1	0	5	2	-2	0.0	0.0	0.0
27	David Wilkie	23	D	5	1	0	1	0.6	1	0	2	0	-1	0.1	0.1	0.2
28	Terry Ryan	21	LW	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
29	David Ling	23	RW	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
30	Jassen Cullimore	25	D	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	0.1	0.1
31	Matt Higgins	20	C	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
32	Mick Vukota	31	RW	22	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	4	0	-4	-0.8	0.1	-0.7
33	François Groleau	25	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.1	0.1

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