The 1997–98 Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

 season was the club's 89th

Montreal Canadiens seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Montreal Canadiens professional ice hockey club. This list documents the records and playoff results for all seasons the Canadiens completed in both the National Hockey Association and the National Hockey League .-NHA :Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins,...

 season

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 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

Pittsburgh Penguins

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 before being swept 4 games to 0 by the Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres

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

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
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
0	1	1
	RW	63	4	6	10	110
1	0	0
	RW	14	5	4	9	5	1	2	0	0
	D	69	2	6	8	38
0	0	0
	RW	39	1	5	6	57
0	0	0
	D	28	1	5	6	22
0	1	0
	D	61	0	2	2	93
0	0	0
	G	47	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	D	41	1	0	1	20
0	0	0
	C	9	1	0	1	0
0	0	1
	D	5	1	0	1	4
0	0	1
	D	4	0	1	1	12
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
0	0	0
	RW	1	0	0	0	0
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
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