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Brian Savage's 1996-1997 season

Points
60
NHL#53
Goals
23
NHL#68
Assists
37
NHL#53
Plus/minus
-14
NHL#704
Games
81
98%
98% of 82

Left winger Brian Savage was 25 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 23 goals and 37 assists for 60 points, 0.74 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 2 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Brian Savage plays the 1996-1997 season for Montréal Canadiens

    MTLMontréal Canadiens

    Brian was 25 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      OTT3–3MTL
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      ANA6–6MTL
      game 2/822
      His night
      +3P+3G
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      HAT TRICK
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–6MTL
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +3 points
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    • The game
      NYR2–5MTL
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      MTL2–3NJD
      L
      game 5/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–4MTL
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–6OTT
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      MTL3–6BUF
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–6MTL
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–5DET
      L
      game 11/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      MTL3–4SJS
      L
      game 12/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–4PHX
      game 13/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–5ANA
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–4LAK
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–5COL
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–3MTL
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA5–3MTL
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–3WSH
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–6MTL
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–3HFD
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      18
      points
      NHL#32
      9
      goals
      NHL#19
      9
      assists
      NHL#58
      MTL
      7-11-0W-L-OT17Points
      5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL6–2BOS
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      MTL4–3TOR
      W
      game 23/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–4MTL
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-7SOG1PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2PIT
      game 25/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Milestone

    Brian Savage reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · November 27

    • The game
      WSH2–0MTL
      L
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • December 1996
    • The game
      MTL2–6NYR
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–3MTL
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–1CHI
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–3MTL
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3NJD
      game 32/821
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–2MTL
      L
      game 33/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–2MTL
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT6–0MTL
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–4TBL
      game 37/821
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–1FLA
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MTL6–4DAL
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +2 points
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    • The game
      MTL2–2STL
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–3MTL
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      39
      points
      NHL#20
      14
      goals
      NHL#41
      25
      assists
      NHL#13
      MTL
      15-18-0W-L-OT38Points
      4th in the Northeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD4–5MTL
      W
      game 42/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      MTL4–5BOS
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–6MTL
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL2–1MTL
      L
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3PHI
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–4MTL
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–6BUF
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    Brian Savage reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · January 22

    • The game
      STL8–1MTL
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–2MTL
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–5FLA
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–1TBL
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • February 1997
    • The game
      NJD4–4MTL
      game 53/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–2MTL
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT6–3MTL
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–9PHI
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD2–3MTL
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–4MTL
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–1MTL
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYI
      W
      game 61/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–1MTL
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      56
      points
      NHL#26
      22
      goals
      NHL#30
      34
      assists
      NHL#19
      MTL
      22-29-0W-L-OT55Points
      4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3CGY
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • March 1997
    • The game
      MTL5–4EDM
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      COL7–3MTL
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–2HFD
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2PIT
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-8SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–0BOS
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–2MTL
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–4NYR
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–1MTL
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–8MTL
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–5OTT
      L
      game 76/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      MTL4–1HFD
      W
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD4–1MTL
      L
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–1NYI
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3WSH
      L
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–3MTL
      game 82/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Brian Savage closes the 1996-1997 season with 60 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    60
    NHL#53
    Games
    81of 82
    99%
    Goals
    23
    NHL#68
    Assists
    37
    NHL#53
    P/GP
    0.74
    NHL#74
    +/-
    -14
    NHL#704
    Events
    60
    career best in points
    37
    career best in assists
    1
    hat trick
    100
    career points
    50
    career assists
    50
    career goals
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet New Jersey Devils

    MTLvsNJD
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL2–5NJD
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL1–4NJD
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      NJD6–4MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      NJD3–4MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL0–4NJD
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    First round

    New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

    MTL1–4NJD
    Eliminated
    5Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Brian Savage ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 2 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    2
    NHL#145
    Games
    5
    Goals
    1
    NHL#95
    Assists
    1
    NHL#143
    P/GP
    0.40
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#79
    Events
    1
    First playoff goal
    NJD1–4