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Jocelyn Thibault's 1997-1998 season

Wins
19
NHL#20
Save pct
.902
NHL#41
GAA
2.47
NHL#30
Shutouts
2
NHL#24
Games
47
57%
57% of 82

Goaltender Jocelyn Thibault was 22 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 47 games and won 19 of them, at .902. In the playoffs he played 2 games and won 0.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Jocelyn Thibault plays the 1997-1998 season for Montréal Canadiens

    MTLMontréal Canadiens

    Jocelyn was 22 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHI6–2MTL
      L
      game 4/821
      His night
      .875SV%in relief
      7SV8SA1GA20:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–1MTL
      game 5/822
      His night
      .938SV%
      15SV16SA1GA64:57TOI
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–1BUF
      W
      game 6/82
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA0–3MTL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      26SV26SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–4MTL
      W
      game 11/82
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA59:59TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–2MTL
      L
      game 12/822
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA59:50TOIL
      .808
      View the game
    • November 1997
    • The game
      PHX2–4MTL
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–3SJS
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–1LAK
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      13SV13SA0GA28:11TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–3ANA
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA64:07TOIW
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–2PHX
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .946
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA59:03TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–4MTL
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8211 of 21 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#7
      .920
      SV%
      NHL#6
      2.0
      GAA
      NHL#2
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#7
      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
      game 22/821
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA58:33TOIL
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–2MTL
      L
      game 23/824
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA40:00TOIL
      .778
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–5WSH
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .839
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–6PIT
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      .882SV%in relief
      15SV17SA2GA37:29TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • December 1997
    • The game
      PIT1–0MTL
      L
      game 28/823
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA59:08TOIL
      .947
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK0–2MTL
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      36SV36SA0GA59:55TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 30/823
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA65:00TOI
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–5NJD
      L
      game 33/821
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .848
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–1MTL
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–3MTL
      game 38/822
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA65:00TOI
      .921
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–1COL
      game 41/822
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA65:00TOI
      .962
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8221 of 41 started
      10
      wins
      NHL#18
      .911
      SV%
      NHL#10
      2.4
      GAA
      NHL#13
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#12
      MTL
      20-15-0W-L-OT46Points
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL5–3EDM
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:46TOIW
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–1MTL
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      1.000SV%
      5SV5SA0GA17:30TOI
      1.000
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3PHI
      game 48/822
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA65:00TOI
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–4MTL
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA59:49TOIW
      .895
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR4–3MTL
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA59:31TOIL
      .882
      View the game
    • February 1998
    • The game
      MTL6–3CAR
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .914
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–1MTL
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA58:49TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT6–2MTL
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      .750SV%in relief
      6SV8SA2GA20:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–4TOR
      L
      game 58/824
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA59:55TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF2–1MTL
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA58:53TOIL
      .923
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8230 of 62 started
      13
      wins
      NHL#22
      .905
      SV%
      NHL#16
      2.5
      GAA
      NHL#19
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#19
      MTL
      30-25-0W-L-OT67Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR1–4MTL
      W
      game 64/824
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA59:58TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–4MTL
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .895
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2NYR
      L
      game 67/824
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA64:41TOIL
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA5–4MTL
      L
      game 69/823
      His night
      .917SV%in relief
      11SV12SA1GA46:06TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–1TBL
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA62:34TOIW
      .952
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–8MTL
      W
      game 72/824
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA59:58TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3CAR
      game 73/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA64:50TOI
      .857
      View the game
    • April 1998
    • The game
      MTL4–3FLA
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA59:43TOIW
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–0MTL
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      .923SV%
      12SV13SA1GA59:06TOIL
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2NYR
      W
      game 77/825
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA59:56TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3MTL
      game 79/823
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA64:46TOI
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS6–2MTL
      L
      game 80/823
      His night
      .786SV%
      22SV28SA6GA59:55TOIL
      .786
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 82/822
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA65:00TOI
      .850
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Jocelyn Thibault closes the 1997-1998 season with 19 wins

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Wins
    19
    Games
    47of 82
    57%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .902
    GAA
    2.47
    Starts
    42
    Events
    4 i rad
    straight wins
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    MTLvsPIT
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
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    10 days later
    First round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–2

    MTL4–2PIT
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    5 days later
    Second round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Buffalo Sabres

    MTLvsBUF
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      MTL3–6BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      3SV3SA0GA18:41TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      BUF5–4MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      .692SV%
      9SV13SA4GA24:42TOI
      .692
      View the game
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0

    MTL0–4BUF
    Eliminated
    2Games0Wins.750SV%5.5GAA
    The run in numbers

    Jocelyn Thibault ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 0 wins

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Wins
    0
    Games
    2
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .750
    GAA
    5.53
    Starts
    1
    PIT4–2→BUF0–4