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Serge Savard's 1976-1977 season

Points
42
NHL#120
Goals
9
NHL#203
Assists
33
NHL#65
Plus/minus
+79
NHL#4
Games
78
97%
97% of 80

Defenceman Serge Savard was 30 years old when the 1976-1977 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 78 of a possible 80 games and scored 9 goals and 33 assists for 42 points, 0.54 points per game. In the playoffs he played 14 games for 9 points.

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

1976-1977Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Serge Savard plays the 1976-1977 season for Montréal Canadiens

    Serge was 30 years old when the 1976-1977 season began. It was his 11th season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PIT1–10MTL
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN0–3MTL
      W
      game 2/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2DET
      W
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL7–1PHI
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–7MTL
      W
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–5BOS
      L
      game 7/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–0WSH
      W
      game 8/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–5MTL
      W
      game 9/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL9–1PIT
      W
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4MTL
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4CHI
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3MTL
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • November 1976
    • The game
      BUF2–3MTL
      W
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–2MNS
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI3–11MTL
      W
      game 16/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +7+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL8–1STL
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–2AFM
      game 18/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR3–3MTL
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–4MTL
      W
      game 20/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      13
      points
      NHL#61
      2
      goals
      NHL#155
      11
      assists
      NHL#28
      +31
      +/-
      NHL#2
      MTL
      14-3-0W-L-OT31Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL0–1TOR
      L
      game 21/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–6MTL
      W
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–9MTL
      W
      game 23/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–1NYI
      W
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL8–1CLE
      W
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–3LAK
      W
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • December 1976
    • The game
      LAK3–3MTL
      game 27/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-6SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT1–3MTL
      W
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE0–1MTL
      W
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–3CHI
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET0–5MTL
      W
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–5NYR
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL8–2CLR
      W
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      +4+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–0LAK
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–4VAN
      W
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLE2–4MTL
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS5–5MTL
      game 38/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM0–7MTL
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +5+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI4–6MTL
      W
      game 40/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      24
      points
      NHL#83
      6
      goals
      NHL#156
      18
      assists
      NHL#48
      +55
      +/-
      NHL#2
      MTL
      29-5-0W-L-OT64Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL9–2BUF
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–7MTL
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–0CLR
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–7STL
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -4+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK0–6MTL
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–7BOS
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      -5+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–0WSH
      W
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–2PHI
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5MTL
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–2MTL
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 51/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      W
      game 52/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • February 1977
    • The game
      MTL7–3CLE
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–4VAN
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–3LAK
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–6MTL
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–8MTL
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–3DET
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4PIT
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–5MTL
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 80
      33
      points
      NHL#105
      8
      goals
      NHL#168
      25
      assists
      NHL#61
      +61
      +/-
      NHL#2
      MTL
      43-7-0W-L-OT96Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      AFM2–3MTL
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2AFM
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLE3–5MTL
      W
      game 63/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL8–1NYR
      W
      game 64/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1977
    • The game
      MTL5–4NYI
      W
      game 65/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–5MTL
      W
      game 66/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR2–7MTL
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +5+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL1–4BUF
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2TOR
      game 69/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–7MTL
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–5MTL
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK0–3MTL
      W
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–2MNS
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–1BOS
      W
      game 74/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–6MTL
      W
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET0–4MTL
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–0DET
      W
      game 77/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–3MTL
      game 78/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Serge Savard closes the 1976-1977 season with 42 points

    Points
    42
    NHL#120
    Games
    78of 80
    98%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#203
    Assists
    33
    NHL#65
    P/GP
    0.54
    NHL#144
    +/-
    +79
    NHL#4
    Events
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    12 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet St. Louis Blues

    MTLvsSTL
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      STL2–7MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 2
      STL0–3MTL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 3
      MTL5–1STL
      W
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      MTL4–1STL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock St. Louis Blues out 4–0

    MTL4–0STL
    Advance
    4Games6Points2Goals4Assists
    6 days later
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet New York Islanders

    MTLvsNYI
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    • Game 1
      NYI3–4MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 2
      NYI0–3MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      MTL3–5NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      MTL4–0NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • May 1977
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI4–3MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 6
      MTL2–1NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock New York Islanders out 4–2

    MTL4–2NYI
    Advance
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    2 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Montréal Canadiens play the Stanley Cup Final against Boston Bruins

    MTLvsBOS
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BOS3–7MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS0–3MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      MTL4–2BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      MTL2–1BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Montréal Canadiens

    beat Boston Bruins 4–0 in the final

    4Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Serge Savard ends the 1976-1977 playoffs with 9 points

    Points
    9
    NHL#24
    Games
    14
    Goals
    2
    NHL#42
    Assists
    7
    NHL#17
    P/GP
    0.64
    NHL#41
    +/-
    +11
    NHL#7
    Events
    50
    playoff points
    5 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    STL4–0→NYI4–2→BOS4–0