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Montréal Canadiens, 1996-97

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Northeast Division, Eastern Conference Made the playoffs

1996-97 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
16 82 31-36-15 77 0.470 249 276 -27 17-17-7 14-19-8

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Conference Quarterfinals New Jersey Devils Lost 1-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Vincent Damphousse C 82 27 54 81 -6 82 244 0
Mark Recchi R 82 34 46 80 -1 58 202 0
Brian Savage L 81 23 37 60 -14 39 219 0
Saku Koivu C 50 17 39 56 7 38 135 0
Martin Rucinsky L 70 28 27 55 1 62 172 0
Stephane Richer R 63 22 24 46 0 32 126 0
Valeri Bure R 64 14 21 35 4 6 131 0
Vladimir Malakhov D 65 10 20 30 3 43 177 0
Benoit Brunet L 39 10 13 23 6 14 63 0
Stephane Quintal D 71 7 15 22 1 100 139 0
Shayne Corson L 47 6 15 21 -5 80 96 0
Turner Stevenson R 66 8 13 21 -14 97 76 0
Darcy Tucker R 73 7 13 20 -5 110 62 0
Scott Thornton L 73 10 10 20 -19 128 110 0
David Wilkie D 61 6 9 15 -9 63 65 0
Marc Bureau C 43 6 9 15 4 16 56 0
Patrice Brisebois D 49 2 13 15 -7 24 72 0
Peter Popovic D 78 1 13 14 9 32 82 0
Pierre Turgeon C 9 1 10 11 4 2 22 0
Sebastien Bordeleau C 29 2 9 11 -3 2 27 0
Jassen Cullimore D 50 2 6 8 4 42 52 0
Chris Murray R 58 4 2 6 -8 114 32 0
Murray Baron D 60 1 5 6 -16 107 52 0
Craig Rivet D 35 0 4 4 7 54 24 0
Dave Manson D 9 1 1 2 -1 23 22 0
Eric Houde C 14 0 2 2 1 2 1 0
Rory Fitzpatrick D 6 0 1 1 -2 6 5 0
Brad Brown D 9 0 0 0 -1 22 0 0
David Ling R 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donald Brashear L 11 0 0 0 -2 38 6 0
Francois Groleau D 6 0 0 0 0 4 3 0
Pierre Sevigny L 17 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
Terry Ryan L 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Jocelyn Thibault 61 22241101 1815 1651 164 2.90 0.910
Pat Jablonski 17 46200 438 388 50 3.98 0.886
Jose Theodore 16 56200 508 455 53 3.87 0.896
Tomas Vokoun 1 00000 14 10 4 12.00 0.714

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 12, 1997 vs PHI T 3-3 (OT) 43 33
Apr 10, 1997 @ WSH L 2-3 23 33
Apr 9, 1997 @ NYI W 3-1 28 29
Apr 7, 1997 vs NYI W 2-1 35 26
Apr 5, 1997 vs HFD L 1-4 32 31
Apr 2, 1997 @ HFD W 4-1 32 25
Mar 29, 1997 @ OTT L 2-5 30 34
Mar 26, 1997 vs PIT W 8-5 33 31
Mar 24, 1997 vs BOS W 3-1 33 20
Mar 22, 1997 vs WSH L 1-3 29 20
Mar 19, 1997 @ NYR W 5-4 39 31
Mar 15, 1997 vs OTT T 2-2 (OT) 37 31
Mar 13, 1997 @ BOS W 3-0 24 35
Mar 10, 1997 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 39 25
Mar 8, 1997 vs BUF T 3-3 (OT) 43 24
Mar 7, 1997 @ HFD L 0-2 26 39
Mar 5, 1997 vs COL L 3-7 37 33
Mar 1, 1997 @ EDM W 5-4 32 38
Feb 28, 1997 @ CGY L 2-3 25 30
Feb 25, 1997 @ VAN W 4-2 28 30
Feb 22, 1997 vs TOR L 1-5 23 33
Feb 17, 1997 @ NYI W 4-1 25 37
Feb 15, 1997 vs NJD L 1-4 26 36
Feb 12, 1997 @ BUF T 2-2 (OT) 45 34
Feb 10, 1997 vs SJS W 4-2 30 49
Feb 8, 1997 vs HFD W 3-2 (OT) 36 24
Feb 6, 1997 @ PHI L 5-9 29 44
Feb 5, 1997 vs PIT L 3-6 49 34
Feb 3, 1997 vs FLA T 2-2 (OT) 24 41
Feb 1, 1997 vs NJD T 4-4 (OT) 27 50
Jan 30, 1997 @ TBL W 4-1 31 36
Jan 28, 1997 @ FLA L 1-5 31 38
Jan 26, 1997 vs PIT L 2-5 44 38
Jan 25, 1997 vs STL L 1-8 31 31
Jan 22, 1997 @ BUF L 1-6 33 33
Jan 20, 1997 vs DET W 4-1 20 36
Jan 14, 1997 @ PHI L 2-3 18 35
Jan 13, 1997 vs DAL L 1-2 17 33
Jan 11, 1997 vs BOS W 6-3 23 30
Jan 9, 1997 @ BOS L 4-5 30 42
Jan 6, 1997 vs HFD W 5-4 26 30
Jan 4, 1997 vs NYI W 3-1 31 27
Jan 2, 1997 @ STL T 2-2 (OT) 19 41
Jan 1, 1997 @ DAL W 6-4 20 36
Dec 29, 1996 @ FLA W 2-1 17 30
Dec 28, 1996 @ TBL T 4-4 (OT) 33 34
Dec 26, 1996 @ PIT T 3-3 (OT) 37 35
Dec 23, 1996 vs OTT L 0-6 14 36
Dec 21, 1996 vs NYR L 2-3 (OT) 29 25
Dec 16, 1996 vs TBL L 2-4 24 41
Dec 14, 1996 @ NJD T 3-3 (OT) 21 43
Dec 11, 1996 vs BUF L 2-3 (OT) 45 29
Dec 7, 1996 vs CHI W 3-2 29 33
Dec 6, 1996 @ CHI W 3-1 27 28
Dec 4, 1996 vs BOS L 3-4 22 33
Dec 1, 1996 @ NYR L 2-6 37 49
Nov 30, 1996 vs WSH L 0-2 27 20
Nov 27, 1996 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 28 34
Nov 25, 1996 vs TBL W 4-2 30 31
Nov 23, 1996 @ TOR W 4-3 31 36
Nov 21, 1996 @ BOS W 6-2 34 37
Nov 20, 1996 @ HFD L 1-3 35 31
Nov 16, 1996 vs VAN W 6-1 32 39
Nov 15, 1996 @ WSH L 1-3 31 24
Nov 13, 1996 vs FLA L 3-5 21 34
Nov 11, 1996 vs EDM W 3-2 (OT) 34 30
Nov 9, 1996 @ COL L 2-5 39 34
Nov 7, 1996 @ LAK L 1-4 28 36
Nov 6, 1996 @ ANA W 6-5 29 43
Nov 3, 1996 @ PHX T 4-4 (OT) 31 50
Nov 2, 1996 @ SJS L 3-4 (OT) 24 35
Oct 30, 1996 @ DET L 3-5 26 40
Oct 28, 1996 vs PHX L 4-5 (OT) 40 40
Oct 26, 1996 vs PHI W 6-5 23 42
Oct 24, 1996 @ BUF L 3-6 30 27
Oct 19, 1996 @ OTT L 3-6 24 34
Oct 16, 1996 vs CGY W 4-2 27 44
Oct 15, 1996 @ NJD L 2-3 30 33
Oct 12, 1996 vs NYR W 5-2 29 45
Oct 9, 1996 vs LAK W 6-3 42 30
Oct 7, 1996 vs ANA T 6-6 (OT) 42 24
Oct 5, 1996 vs OTT T 3-3 (OT) 36 25