Northeast Division · season archive

Montréal Canadiens 1996-97

Montréal Canadiens finished 17th in the league with 77 points and lost in the first round.

Record31-36-15-0W-L-T-OTL

Points77.470 points %

Finish17th in the NHL4th in the Northeast

Goal difference−27249 for, 276 against

Power play15.7%Penalty kill 79.5%

PlayoffsLost in the first round

1996-97 · Roster scoring

Vincent Damphousse led Montréal with 81 points

Every player's line with the club that season. Traded players show their games here only.

Skaters

PlayerPosGPGAP+/-TOI

Vincent DamphousseC82275481−6—

Mark RecchiRW82344680−1—

Brian SavageLW81233760−14—

Saku KoivuC50173956+7—

Martin RucinskyLW70282755+1—

Stephane RicherRW632224460—

Valeri BureRW64142135+4—

Vladimir MalakhovD65102030+3—

Benoit BrunetLW39101323+6—

Stephane QuintalD7171522+1—

Turner StevensonRW6581321−14—

Shayne CorsonLW4761521−5—

Scott ThorntonLW73101020−19—

Darcy TuckerRW7371320−5—

Marc BureauC436915+4—

David WilkieD616915−9—

Patrice BriseboisD4921315−7—

Peter PopovicD7811314+9—

Sebastien BordeleauC282911−3—

Pierre TurgeonC911011+4—

Jassen CullimoreD49268+4—

Chris MurrayRW56426−8—

Murray BaronD60156−16—

Craig RivetD35044+7—

Dave MansonD9112−1—

Eric HoudeC13022+1—

Rory FitzpatrickD6011−2—

Pierre SevignyLW130000—

Francois GroleauD50000—

Donald BrashearLW10000−2—

David LingRW20000—

Brad BrownD8000−1—

Terry RyanLW30000—

Goalies

GoalieGPGSW-L-OTLGAASV%SO

Jocelyn Thibault615422-24-02.90.9101

Pat Jablonski17134-6-03.98.8860

Jose Theodore16145-6-03.87.8960

Tomas Vokoun110-0-012.00.7140