1997–98 Montreal Canadiens season

	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)
Penalty 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.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Northeast Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	24	18	228	188	98
Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	221	194	91
Buffalo Sabres	82	36	29	17	211	187	89
Montreal Canadiens	82	37	32	13	235	208	87
Ottawa Senators	82	34	33	15	193	200	83
Carolina Hurricanes	82	33	41	8	200	219	74

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log[]

#	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	5 - 2	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	2 - 3	Montreal	0 - 1
May 10	Buffalo	3 - 6	Montreal	0 - 2
May 12	Montreal	4 - 5	Buffalo	0 - 3
May 14	Montreal	1 - 3	Buffalo	0 - 4

Player stats[]

Regular season[]

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	RW	82	32	42	74	51	11	9	1	6
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	76	18	41	59	58	14	2	1	5
Koivu, SakuSaku Koivu	C	69	14	43	57	48	8	2	2	3
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	62	21	34	55	108	2	14	1	1
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	LW	78	21	32	53	84	13	5	3	3
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov	D	74	13	31	44	70	16	8	0	2
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	64	26	17	43	36	11	8	0	7
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois	D	79	10	27	37	67	16	5	0	1
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	81	4	30	34	122	22	2	0	0
Brunet, BenoitBenoit Brunet	LW	68	12	20	32	61	11	1	2	2
Bure, ValeriValeri Bure	RW	50	7	22	29	33	-5	2	0	1
Bureau, MarcMarc Bureau	C	74	13	6	19	12	0	0	0	2
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal	D	71	6	10	16	97	13	0	0	0
Thornton, ScottScott Thornton	LW	67	6	9	15	158	0	1	0	1
Bordeleau, SebastienSebastien Bordeleau	C	53	6	8	14	36	5	2	1	0
Hoglund, JonasJonas Hoglund	LW	28	6	5	11	6	2	4	0	0
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin	C	34	4	6	10	8	-1	0	1	1
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson	RW	63	4	6	10	110	-8	1	0	0
Richer, StephaneStephane Richer	RW	14	5	4	9	5	1	2	0	0
Popovic, PeterPeter Popovic	D	69	2	6	8	38	-6	0	0	0
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	RW	39	1	5	6	57	-6	0	0	0
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	28	1	5	6	22	-1	0	1	0
Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet	D	61	0	2	2	93	-3	0	0	0
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	G	47	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Clark, BrettBrett Clark	D	41	1	0	1	20	-3	0	0	0
Houde, EricEric Houde	C	9	1	0	1	0	-3	0	0	1
Wilkie, DavidDavid Wilkie	D	5	1	0	1	4	-1	0	0	1
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov	D	4	0	1	1	12	-2	0	0	0
Cullimore, JassenJassen Cullimore	D	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Groleau, FrancoisFrancois Groleau	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Higgins, MattMatt Higgins	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ling, DavidDavid Ling	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	G	42	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Ryan, TerryTerry Ryan	LW	4	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0
Vukota, MickMick Vukota	RW	22	0	0	0	76	-4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	2652	47	19	15	8	109	2.47	2	1109	1000	.902
Moog, AndyAndy 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	GWG
Recchi, MarkMark Recchi	RW	10	4	8	12	6	0	2
Corson, ShayneShayne Corson	LW	10	3	6	9	26	1	1
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse	C	10	3	6	9	22	1	0
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov	D	9	3	4	7	10	2	0
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson	RW	10	3	4	7	12	0	0
Koivu, SakuSaku Koivu	C	6	2	3	5	2	1	0
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov	D	10	1	4	5	12	0	0
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	LW	10	3	0	3	4	1	0
Bureau, MarcMarc Bureau	C	10	1	2	3	6	0	0
Hoglund, JonasJonas Hoglund	LW	10	2	0	2	0	0	0
Popovic, PeterPeter Popovic	D	10	1	1	2	2	0	0
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal	D	9	0	2	2	4	0	0
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	9	0	2	2	6	0	0
Thornton, ScottScott Thornton	LW	9	0	2	2	10	0	0
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois	D	10	1	0	1	0	0	0
Brunet, BenoitBenoit Brunet	LW	8	1	0	1	4	0	1
Manson, DaveDave Manson	D	10	0	1	1	14	0	0
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	G	2	0	1	1	0	0	0
Zalapski, ZarleyZarley Zalapski	D	6	0	1	1	4	0	0
Bordeleau, SebastienSebastien Bordeleau	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vukota, MickMick Vukota	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog	474	9	4	5	24	3.04	1	204	180	.882
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore	120	3	0	1	1	0.50	0	35	34	.971
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn 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: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

Draft picks[]

See also: 1997 NHL Entry Draft

Farm teams[]

References[]

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Montreal Canadiens
Franchise	Franchise • Original Six • Players • Coaches • General Managers • Seasons • Records • Draft Picks • Award Winners
Arenas	Jubilee Arena • Montreal Arena • Mount Royal Arena • Montreal Forum • Bell Centre
Affiliates	Laval Rocket (AHL)

1997–98 NHL season by team
Northeast Division	Boston • Buffalo • Carolina • Montreal • Ottawa • Pittsburgh
Atlantic Division	Florida • New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Tampa Bay • Washington
Central Division	Chicago • Dallas • Detroit • Phoenix • St. Louis • Toronto
Pacific Division	Anaheim • Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • L.A.• San Jose • Vancouver
See also	1997 NHL Entry Draft • Stanley Cup Playoffs • Stanley Cup Finals

1997–98 Montreal Canadiens season

Contents

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Game log[]

Playoffs[]

Player stats[]

Regular season[]

Playoffs[]

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

Draft picks[]

Farm teams[]

See also[]

References[]