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Denis Savard

Position: C
Shoots: Right
Height: 5-10    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: February 4, 1961 in Pointe Gatineau, Quebec

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 2000

Drafted by the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.

Coaching Record

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1980-81 19 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 76 28 47 75 0.99 28 0.37 102 20 64 9 27 47 24 4 0 3 159 2.09 17.6
1981-82 20 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 80 32 87 119 1.49 42 0.53 149 57 95 3 0 82 24 8 0 4 231 2.89 13.9
1982-83 21 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 78 35 86 121 1.55 44 0.56 153 61 67 1 26 99 22 13 0 4 213 2.73 16.4
1983-84 22 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 75 37 57 94 1.25 36 0.48 121 53 83 2 -13 71 25 12 0 5 210 2.80 17.6
1984-85 23 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 79 38 67 105 1.33 39 0.49 133 47 70 0 16 56 31 7 0 1 266 3.37 14.3
1985-86 24 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 80 47 69 116 1.45 45 0.56 149 47 103 8 7 111 32 14 1 8 279 3.49 16.8
1986-87 25 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 70 40 50 90 1.29 35 0.49 116 38 68 5 15 108 33 7 0 7 237 3.39 16.9
1987-88 26 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 80 44 87 131 1.64 48 0.60 158 77 112 35 4 95 23 14 7 6 270 3.38 16.3
1988-89 27 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 58 23 59 82 1.41 30 0.52 106 52 87 28 -5 110 11 7 5 1 182 3.14 12.6
1989-90 28 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 60 27 53 80 1.33 29 0.49 97 39 64 14 8 56 15 10 2 4 181 3.02 14.9
1990-91 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 70 28 31 59 0.84 23 0.33 76 29 51 3 -1 52 19 7 2 0 187 2.67 15.0
1991-92 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL 77 28 42 70 0.91 27 0.35 92 40 51 5 6 73 15 12 1 5 174 2.26 16.1
1992-93 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL 63 16 34 50 0.79 18 0.28 63 19 55 12 1 90 11 4 1 2 99 1.57 16.2
1993-94 32 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 74 18 28 46 0.62 18 0.24 69 21 71 22 -1 106 15 2 1 2 181 2.45 9.9
1994-95 33 2 Teams NHL 43 10 15 25 0.58 10 0.23 31 11 29 6 -3 18 8 2 0 1 82 1.91 12.2
1994-95 33 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 31 6 11 17 0.55 7 0.21 18 6 22 4 -6 10 5 1 0 1 56 1.81 10.7
1994-95 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 12 4 4 8 0.67 3 0.27 13 5 7 2 3 8 3 1 0 0 26 2.17 15.4
1995-96 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 69 13 35 48 0.70 17 0.24 65 15 30 0 20 102 11 2 0 1 110 1.59 11.8
1996-97 35 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 64 9 18 27 0.42 10 0.16 40 15 37 2 -10 60 7 2 0 2 82 1.28 11.0
Career NHL 1196 473 865 1338 1.12 498 0.42 1720 641 1137 155 97 1336 326 127 20 56 3143 2.63 15.0

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1980-81 19 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
1981-82 20 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 15 11 7 18 1.20 52 6 5 0 2
1982-83 21 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 13 8 9 17 1.31 22 5 3 0 1
1983-84 22 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 5 1 3 4 0.80 3 9 1 0 0 0 8 1.60 12.5
1984-85 23 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 15 9 20 29 1.93 4 20 6 3 0 0 49 3.27 18.4
1985-86 24 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3 4 1 5 1.67 -1 6 2 2 0 0 16 5.33 25.0
1986-87 25 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 4 1 0 1 0.25 -3 12 1 0 0 0 8 2.00 12.5
1987-88 26 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 5 4 3 7 1.40 3 17 3 0 1 1 13 2.60 30.8
1988-89 27 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 16 8 11 19 1.19 8 10 5 2 1 1 68 4.25 11.8
1989-90 28 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 20 7 15 22 1.10 0 41 3 4 0 1 69 3.45 10.1
1990-91 29 Montreal Canadiens NHL 13 2 11 13 1.00 -1 35 1 1 0 0 33 2.54 6.1
1991-92 30 Montreal Canadiens NHL 11 3 9 12 1.09 1 8 2 1 0 0 33 3.00 9.1
1992-93 31 Montreal Canadiens NHL SC 14 0 5 5 0.36 -3 4 0 0 0 0 15 1.07 0.0
1994-95 33 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 16 7 11 18 1.13 12 10 4 3 0 0 39 2.44 17.9
1995-96 34 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 10 1 2 3 0.30 0 8 1 0 0 0 12 1.20 8.3
1996-97 35 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 6 0 2 2 0.33 -3 2 0 0 0 0 14 2.33 0.0
Career NHL 1 169 66 109 175 1.04 20 256 40 24 2 6 377 2.73 12.5

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1977-78 16 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 72 37 79 116 1.61 22
1978-79 17 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 70 46 112 158 2.26 88
1979-80 18 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 72 63 118 181 2.51 93
1990-91 29 Montreal Canadiens Fr-Tour 4 3 3 6 1.50 4
Career Fr-Tour 4 3 3 6 1.50 4
Career QMJHL 214 146 309 455 2.13 203

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1978-79 17 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 11 5 6 11 1.00 46
1979-80 18 Montreal Juniors QMJHL 10 7 16 23 2.30 8
Career QMJHL 21 12 22 34 1.62 54

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1982 NHL
1983 NHL
1984 NHL
1986 NHL
1988 NHL
1991 NHL
1996 NHL

Honors

1982-83 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1981-82 NHL 80 (4)
1985-86 NHL 80 (3)
1987-88 NHL 80 (1)
 Career NHL 1196 (76)

Goals

1985-86 NHL 47 (9)
Career NHL 473 (48)

Assists

1981-82 NHL 87 (3)
1982-83 NHL 86 (2)
1984-85 NHL 67 (7)
1985-86 NHL 69 (6)
1987-88 NHL 87 (3)
Career NHL 865 (21)

Assists Per Game

1981-82 NHL 1.09 (3)
1982-83 NHL 1.10 (2)
1984-85 NHL 0.85 (9)
1985-86 NHL 0.86 (8)
1987-88 NHL 1.09 (4)
1988-89 NHL 1.02 (5)
1989-90 NHL 0.88 (8)
Career NHL 0.72 (18)

Points

1981-82 NHL 119 (6)
1982-83 NHL 121 (3)
1984-85 NHL 105 (7)
1985-86 NHL 116 (7)
1987-88 NHL 131 (3)
Career NHL 1338 (25)

Points Per Game

1981-82 NHL 1.49 (7)
1982-83 NHL 1.55 (3)
1985-86 NHL 1.45 (8)
1986-87 NHL 1.29 (7)
1987-88 NHL 1.64 (3)
1988-89 NHL 1.41 (7)
1989-90 NHL 1.33 (8)
Career NHL 1.12 (18)

Goals Created

1981-82 NHL 42.4 (9)
1982-83 NHL 43.7 (4)
1985-86 NHL 44.8 (6)
1987-88 NHL 48.1 (3)
Career NHL 497.6 (29)

Goals Created Per Game

1981-82 NHL 0.53 (10)
1982-83 NHL 0.56 (5)
1985-86 NHL 0.56 (8)
1987-88 NHL 0.60 (4)
1988-89 NHL 0.52 (9)
Career NHL 0.42 (30)

Total Goals For

1982-83 NHL 153 (8)
1987-88 NHL 158 (6)
Career NHL 1720 (45)

Power Play Goals For

1982-83 NHL 61 (5)
1987-88 NHL 77 (6)
Career NHL 641 (47)

Even Strength Goals

1985-86 NHL 32 (6)
1986-87 NHL 33 (5)
Career NHL 326 (32)

Power Play Goals

Career NHL 127 (64)

Short-Handed Goals

1987-88 NHL 7 (3)
1988-89 NHL 5 (6)
Career NHL 20 (55)

Game-Winning Goals

1985-86 NHL 8 (4)
1986-87 NHL 7 (5)
Career NHL 56 (69)

Shots on Goal

1985-86 NHL 279 (10)
1987-88 NHL 270 (7)
Career NHL 3143 (56)
      

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 29, 1990: Traded to Montreal by Chicago for Chris Chelios and Montreal's 2nd round choice (Michael Pomichter) in 1991 Entry Draft, June 29, 1990.

July 29, 1993: Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay, July 29, 1993.

April 6, 1995: Traded to Chicago by Tampa Bay for Chicago's 6th round choice (Xavier Delisle) in 1996 Entry Draft, April 6, 1995.

December 3, 1998: Started 1998-99 season as Chicago's Special Development Coach and was named Assistant Coach on December 3, 1998.