1997–98 Montreal Canadiens season
1997–98 Montreal Canadiens | |
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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 |
Average attendance | 20,771 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Fredericton Canadiens New Orleans Brass |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mark Recchi (32) |
Assists | Saku Koivu (43) |
Points | Mark Recchi (74) |
Penalty minutes | Scott Thornton (158) |
Plus/minus | Dave Manson (+22) |
Wins | Jocelyn Thibault (19) |
Goals against average | Jocelyn Thibault (2.47) |
The 1997–98 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 89th season of play. The Canadiens made the playoffs and advanced to the Conference Semifinals after winning 4 games to 2 in Conference Quarterfinals against the Pittsburgh Penguins, their first playoff series win since the 1992–93 Stanley Cup title year. However, in the semifinals, they were swept in four games by the Buffalo Sabres.
Offseason
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Regular season
[edit]Final standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 40 | 24 | 18 | 228 | 188 | 98 |
2 | 5 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 221 | 194 | 91 |
3 | 6 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 36 | 29 | 17 | 211 | 187 | 89 |
4 | 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 235 | 208 | 87 |
5 | 8 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 193 | 200 | 83 |
6 | 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 33 | 41 | 8 | 200 | 219 | 74 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
[edit]Regular season
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October: 6–4–2 (home: 2–3–2; road: 4–1–0)
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November: 9–5–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 5–3–0)
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December: 6–6–3 (home: 4–2–2; road: 2–4–1)
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January: 6–4–1 (home: 1–4–0; road: 5–0–1)
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February: 1–4–0 (home: 0–2–0; road: 1–2–0)
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March: 6–6–3 (home: 4–2–2; road: 2–4–1)
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April: 3–3–3 (home: 0–2–2; road: 3–1–1)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) Pittsburgh Penguins – Canadiens win 4–2
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (6) Buffalo Sabres – Sabres win 4–0
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
8 | Mark Recchi | RW | 82 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 11 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
25 | Vincent Damphousse | C | 76 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 14 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −4 | 22 |
11 | Saku Koivu | C | 69 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
27 | Shayne Corson | LW | 62 | 21 | 34 | 55 | 2 | 108 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
26 | Martin Rucinsky | LW | 78 | 21 | 32 | 53 | 13 | 84 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
38 | Vladimir Malakhov | D | 74 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 16 | 70 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 10 |
49 | Brian Savage | LW | 64 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 11 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 6 |
43 | Patrice Brisebois | D | 79 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 16 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
22 | Dave Manson | D | 81 | 4 | 30 | 34 | 22 | 122 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
17 | Benoit Brunet | LW | 68 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 11 | 61 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
20 | Valeri Bure‡ | RW | 50 | 7 | 22 | 29 | −5 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Marc Bureau | C | 74 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 |
5 | Stephane Quintal | D | 71 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 97 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
24 | Scott Thornton | LW | 67 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 158 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
71 | Sebastien Bordeleau | C | 53 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
44 | Jonas Hoglund† | LW | 28 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
37 | Patrick Poulin† | C | 34 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
23 | Turner Stevenson | RW | 63 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −8 | 110 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
44 | Stephane Richer‡ | RW | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Peter Popovic | D | 69 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −6 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Darcy Tucker‡ | RW | 39 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −6 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Zarley Zalapski† | D | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
52 | Craig Rivet | D | 61 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault | G | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
29 | Brett Clark | D | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Eric Houde | C | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | David Wilkie‡ | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Igor Ulanov† | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
21 | Jassen Cullimore‡ | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
48 | Francois Groleau | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
46 | Matt Higgins | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
51 | David Ling‡ | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Andy Moog | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | Terry Ryan | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Mick Vukota† | RW | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
60 | Jose Theodore | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
41 | Jocelyn Thibault | 47 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 1109 | 109 | 2.47 | .902 | 2 | 2652 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5.53 | .750 | 0 | 43 |
35 | Andy Moog | 42 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 1024 | 97 | 2.49 | .905 | 3 | 2337 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 204 | 24 | 3.04 | .882 | 1 | 474 |
60 | Jose Theodore | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0.50 | .971 | 0 | 120 |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Shayne Corson | [3] |
Saku Koivu | |||
Mark Recchi | |||
Team | Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy | Patrice Brisebois | [4] |
Marc Bureau | |||
Molson Cup | Mark Recchi | [5] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
[edit]Montreal's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[6]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 11 | Jason Ward | ![]() | Erie Otters (OHL) |
2 | 37 | Gregor Baumgartner | ![]() | Laval Titan College Francais (QMJHL) |
3 | 65 | Ilkka Mikkola | ![]() | Karpat (Finland) |
4 | 91 | Daniel Tetrault | ![]() | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
5 | 118 | Konstantin Sidulov | ![]() | Mechel Chelyabinsk (Russia) |
5 | 122 | Gennady Razin | ![]() | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
6 | 145 | Jonathan Desroches | ![]() | Granby Predateurs (QMJHL) |
7 | 172 | Ben Guite | ![]() | University of Maine (Hockey East) |
8 | 197 | Petr Kubos | ![]() | Petra Vsetin (Czech Republic) |
8 | 202 | Andrei Sidyakin | ![]() | Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russia) |
9 | 228 | Jarl-Espen Ygranes | ![]() | Furuset (Norway) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Montreal Canadiens 1997-98 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- "1997-98 Montreal Canadiens Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ "1997–1998 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ^ a b "1997-98 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1998". NHL.com. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.553
- ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.552
- ^ "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.