1997–98 Montreal Canadiens season

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===
===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
 	RW 	82	32	42	74 	51 	11 	9 	1 	6
 	C 	76	18	41	59 	58 	14 	2 	1 	5
 	C 	69	14	43	57 	48 	8 	2 	2 	3
 	LW 	62	21	34	55 	108	2 	14 	1 	1
 	LW 	78	21	32	53 	84 	13 	5 	3 	3
 	D 	74	13	31	44 	70 	16 	8 	0 	2
 	LW 	64	26	17	43 	36 	11 	8 	0 	7
 	D 	79	10	27	37 	67 	16 	5 	0 	1
 	D 	81	4 	30	34 	122	22 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	68	12	20	32 	61 	11 	1 	2 	2
 	RW 	50	7 	22	29 	33 	-5 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	74	13	6 	19 	12 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	71	6 	10	16 	97 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	67	6 	9 	15 	158	0 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	53	6 	8 	14 	36 	5 	2 	1 	0
 	LW 	28	6 	5 	11 	6 	2 	4 	0 	0
 	C 	34	4 	6 	10 	8 	-1 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	63	4 	6 	10 	110	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	5 	4 	9 	5 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	69	2 	6 	8 	38 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	39	1 	5 	6 	57 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	28	1 	5 	6 	22 	-1 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	61	0 	2 	2 	93 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	41	1 	0 	1 	20 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	5 	1 	0 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	12 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	42	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	31 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	22	0 	0 	0 	76 	-4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2652	47	19	15	8 	109	2.47	2 	1109	1000	.902
 	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	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	10	4	8	12 	6 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	10	3	6	9 	26 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	10	3	6	9 	22 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	3	4	7 	10 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	3	4	7 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	2	3	5 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	4	5 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	3	0	3 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1	2	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	2	0	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	1	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0	2	2 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	9 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	474	9 	4	5	24	3.04	1 	204	180	.882
 	120	3 	0	1	1 	0.50	0 	35 	34 	.971
 	43 	2 	0	0	4 	5.58	0 	16 	12 	.750
Team: 	637	10	4	6	29	2.73	1 	255	226	.886
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==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
* 1997–98 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
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Montreal Canadiens season, 1997–98
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