Regular season and playoffsMTL

Brian Savage's 1997-1998 season

Points

NHL#99

Goals

NHL#31

Assists

NHL#219

Plus/minus

+11

NHL#70

Games

78% of 82

Left winger Brian Savage was 26 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 64 of a possible 82 games and scored 26 goals and 17 assists for 43 points, 0.67 points per game. In the playoffs he played 9 games for 2 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs

Year 1997
29 years ago
Season opener
October 22
Brian Savage plays the 1997-1998 season for Montréal Canadiens
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Brian was 26 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.
A late start
October 22
Brian Savage's season starts in game 8 of 82
Montréal Canadiens have played 7 games7 of 82 without him
- The game
  FLA0–3MTL
  W
  October 22game 8/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG12:05TOI
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- The game
  MTL1–2NJD
  L
  October 23game 9/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG12:14TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL4–2OTT
  W
  October 25game 10/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:37TOI
  View the game
- The game
  CHI2–4MTL
  W
  October 27game 11/82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG14:57TOI
  View the game
- The game
  NYI5–2MTL
  L
  October 29game 12/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG11:45TOI
  View the game
- November 1997
- The game
  TOR1–5MTL
  W
  November 1game 13/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DAL4–6MTL
  W
  November 3game 14/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG11:16TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  PHX2–4MTL
  W
  November 5game 15/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG11:54TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL4–3SJS
  W
  November 7game 16/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:54TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL4–1LAK
  W
  November 8game 17/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG12:43TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL4–3ANA
  W
  November 12game 18/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG12:32TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL5–2PHX
  W
  November 13game 19/821
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +4+/-3SOG11:49TOI
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–2MTL
  L
  November 15game 20/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG10:09TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  TBL1–4MTL
  W
  November 17game 21/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG14:47TOI
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  November 17
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8214 of 21 played
  6
  points
  NHL#235
  3
  goals
  NHL#154
  3
  assists
  NHL#275
  MTL
  14-5-0W-L-OT30Points
  1st in the Northeast·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL1–2CAR
  L
  November 19game 22/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP14:19TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  DET5–2MTL
  L
  November 22game 23/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP17:19TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  SJS2–2MTL
  November 24game 24/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG16:03TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  MTL0–2DET
  L
  November 28game 26/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG12:59TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL3–6PIT
  L
  November 29game 27/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG20:21TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- December 1997
- The game
  PIT1–0MTL
  L
  December 1game 28/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG12:51TOI
  View the game
- The game
  LAK0–2MTL
  W
  December 3game 29/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG14:13TOI
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–3MTL
  December 6game 30/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG13:41TOI
  View the game
- The game
  COL2–4MTL
  W
  December 8game 31/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG10:29TOI
  View the game
- The game
  STL3–4MTL
  W
  December 10game 32/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG14:58TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL2–5NJD
  L
  December 12game 33/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG14:38TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL2–4BOS
  L
  December 13game 34/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG10:02TOI
  View the game
- The game
  PHI3–1MTL
  L
  December 15game 35/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG17:48TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL0–1BUF
  L
  December 19game 36/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG14:09TOI
  View the game
- The game
  OTT1–4MTL
  W
  December 20game 37/822
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-4SOG1PPP15:08TOI
  +2 goals
  View the game
- The game
  EDM3–3MTL
  December 22game 38/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG19:30TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  MTL3–4OTT
  L
  December 23game 39/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG20:44TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  MTL1–0PIT
  W
  December 27game 40/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG16:27TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL1–1COL
  December 29game 41/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG13:57TOI
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  December 29
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8233 of 41 played
  14
  points
  NHL#192
  9
  goals
  NHL#85
  5
  assists
  NHL#306
  MTL
  20-15-0W-L-OT46Points
  2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL3–2CGY
  W
  December 31game 42/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP14:17TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
Year 1998
28 years ago
- The game
  MTL5–3EDM
  W
  January 2game 43/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-3SOG14:50TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  MTL4–2VAN
  W
  January 3game 44/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG18:03TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–1MTL
  L
  January 7game 45/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG17:49TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL8–2NYI
  W
  January 8game 46/823
  His night
  +6P+4G+2A
  +4+/-6SOG1PPP11:23TOI
  4 GOALS
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- The game
  MTL6–3TBL
  W
  January 12game 47/823
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG16:31TOI
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  MTL3–3PHI
  January 14game 48/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-1SOG17:27TOI
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–4MTL
  W
  January 21game 49/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG15:08TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  CAR4–3MTL
  L
  January 24game 50/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG16:29TOI
  View the game
- The game
  NJD3–1MTL
  L
  January 25game 51/821
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG17:36TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL3–2PHI
  W
  January 29game 52/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG17:15TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  OTT4–3MTL
  L
  January 31game 53/824
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP21:34TOI
  +2 goals
  View the game
- February 1998
- The game
  MTL6–3CAR
  W
  February 1game 54/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP25:46TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  MTL2–4NYI
  L
  February 4game 55/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG16:50TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BUF4–1MTL
  L
  February 7game 56/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG17:38TOI
  View the game
- The game
  PIT6–2MTL
  L
  February 25game 57/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG17:43TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL0–4TOR
  L
  February 28game 58/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG17:43TOI
  View the game
- March 1998
- The game
  MTL3–1DAL
  W
  March 4game 59/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG16:26TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL0–4STL
  L
  March 5game 60/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG18:08TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BUF2–1MTL
  L
  March 7game 61/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG18:01TOI
  View the game
- The game
  FLA1–6MTL
  W
  March 9game 62/823
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  0+/-3SOG3PPP14:38TOI
  +3 points
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  March 9
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8254 of 62 played
  35
  points
  NHL#87
  21
  goals
  NHL#30
  14
  assists
  NHL#199
  MTL
  30-25-0W-L-OT67Points
  Playoff spot
  2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  VAN2–2MTL
  March 11game 63/824
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-4SOG19:05TOI
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–4MTL
  W
  March 12game 64/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:41TOI
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–4MTL
  W
  March 14game 65/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG15:34TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  CGY3–3MTL
  March 16game 66/824
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG15:14TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL1–2NYR
  L
  March 18game 67/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG14:13TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL0–1CHI
  L
  March 19game 68/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG11:56TOI
  View the game
- April 1998
- The game
  NYI3–3MTL
  April 11game 79/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-9SOG19:18TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BOS6–2MTL
  L
  April 15game 80/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG15:21TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL2–0OTT
  W
  April 16game 81/826
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG12:35TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  BUF3–3MTL
  April 18game 82/822
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP13:49TOI
  +3 points
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 18
Brian Savage closes the 1997-1998 season with 43 points
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Points
43
NHL#99
Games
64of 82
78%
Goals
26
NHL#31
Assists
17
NHL#219
P/GP
0.67
NHL#74
+/-
+11
NHL#70
Events
26
career best in goals
1
hat trick · 4 goals in one game
250
NHL games
4 i rad
games with a point · 11 pts
5 days later
Playoffs
April 23
Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs
First round
April 23
Montréal Canadiens meet Pittsburgh Penguins
MTLvsPIT
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Jonas Höglund
Peter Popovic
Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
Fredrik Olausson
Andreas Johansson
View the whole round
- Game 1
  MTL3–2PIT
  W
  April 233
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG19:33TOI
  +1 assist
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- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 2
  MTL1–4PIT
  L
  April 253
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG15:38TOI
  View the game
- Montréal Canadiensare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 3
  PIT1–3MTL
  W
  April 273
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG14:16TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 4
  PIT6–3MTL
  L
  April 293
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG02:57TOI
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- May 1998
- Montréal Canadiensare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 6
  PIT0–3MTL
  W
  May 34
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG14:43TOI
  View the game
First round
May 3
Montréal Canadiens knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–2
MTL4–2PIT
Advance
5Games2Points0Goals2Assists
5 days later
Second round
May 8
Montréal Canadiens meet Buffalo Sabres
MTLvsBUF
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Peter Popovic
Jonas Höglund
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  MTL2–3BUF
  L
  May 82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG16:14TOI
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- Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 2
  MTL3–6BUF
  L
  May 102
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-3SOG16:08TOI
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- Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 3
  BUF5–4MTL
  L
  May 122
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-7SOG23:02TOI
  View the game
- Buffalo Sabreslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 4
  BUF3–1MTL
  L
  May 142
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG16:25TOI
  View the game
Second round
May 14
Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0
MTL0–4BUF
Eliminated
4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
May 14
Brian Savage ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 2 points
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Points
2
NHL#141
Games
9
Goals
0
NHL#171
Assists
2
NHL#101
P/GP
0.22
NHL#89
+/-
-2
NHL#232
PIT4–2→BUF0–4

Brian Savage plays the 1997-1998 season for Montréal Canadiens

Brian Savage's season starts in game 8 of 82

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Brian Savage closes the 1997-1998 season with 43 points

Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

Montréal Canadiens meet Pittsburgh Penguins

Montréal Canadiens knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–2

Montréal Canadiens meet Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0

Brian Savage ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 2 points