David Savard

Age 33 Oct 22, 1990

St. Hyacinthe CAN

Defense shoots right

6'2" 188 cm

229 lbs 104 kg

ELC Signing Age 19

Waivers Signing Age 20

UFA Year 2018

Agent Ian Pulver

Draft Year 2009
Drafted Overall 94
Draft Round 4
Draft Team

Cap Hit: $3,500,000
4.2% of team cap space
Accumulated Cap Hit: $911,459
Year 3 of 4 year contract
Expiry Status UFA | 2025 | 34 yrs old
Career Earnings: $37,979,775

Transaction History

Oct 24, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard will be out 6-8 weeks with a broken left hand.
Oct 24, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard is out indefinitely because of an upper-body injury. He was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, per the NHL media site.
Oct 23, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard posted an assist with five blocked shots in Monday's 3-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Oct 18, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard logged an assist, two shots on goal, one blocked shot and three hits over 18:49 of ice time in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild.
Sep 11, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (knee) will be good to go for training camp, Eric Engels of Sportsnet reports.
Apr 1, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (knee) won't play again this season.
Apr 1, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (lower body) will miss Saturday's contests against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Mar 30, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (lower body) took warmups but didn't participate in line rushes Thursday, indicating he'll be out for the game versus the Florida Panthers, Arpon Basu of The Athletic reports.
Mar 30, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision according to coach Martin St. Louis.
Mar 28, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard logged an assist, two shots on goal, one hit and one blocked shot over 24:48 of ice time in Monday's 4-3 shootout win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Mar 3, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard posted an assist, two PIM, two hits and three blocked shots in Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.
Feb 24, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard found the back of the net in Montreal's 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday.
Feb 15, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard scored a goal on three shots over 20:30 of ice time in Tuesday's 4-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Jan 22, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had an assist, two shots on goal, one hit and six blocked shots over 23:13 of ice time in Saturday's 3-2 overtime win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Jan 3, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (upper body) will be activated off injured reserve and return to the lineup Tuesday versus Nashville.
Jan 3, 2023	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (upper body) wore a full-contact sweater Monday, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports.
Dec 28, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (upper body) has been skating on his own at the Montreal Canadiens' practice facilty.
Dec 13, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard will be sidelined for 2-3 weeks with an upper-body injury.
Dec 12, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (upper body) won't play Monday against the Calgary Flames, Arpon Basu of The Athletic reports.
Dec 10, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (upper body) won't play Saturday against the Los Angeles Kings, Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette reports.
Dec 6, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (upper body) won't play Tuesday against the Seattle Kraken.
Dec 5, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard will sit out Monday's game against the Vancouver Canucks with an upper-body injury.
Nov 23, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard scored a goal in a 3-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. It stood as the game winner.
Nov 22, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard earned one helper as well as three blocks in the Montreal Canadiens' 7-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.
Nov 16, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had an assist, two hits and one blocked shot over 18:54 of ice time in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to New Jersey.
Oct 28, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had two assists, one hit and four blocked shots over 22:49 of ice time in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres.
Oct 21, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had an assist, one hit, four blocked shots and two penalty minutes over 20:37 of ice time in Thursday's 6-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes.
Oct 15, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had two hits and three blocked shots over 23:06 of ice time in Friday's 3-0 loss to Detroit.
Apr 11, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard managed an assist in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets.
Mar 27, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard scored a goal and assisted on another in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Mar 22, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard scored his second goal of the season in Monday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Boston Bruins.
Mar 21, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (ankle) was activated from injured reserve and will play Monday against the Boston Bruins, Eric Engels of Sportsnet.ca reports.
Feb 4, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| The Canadiens placed Savard (ankle) on injured reserve Friday, per the NHL media site.
Jan 29, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard will miss eight weeks due to an injury to his right ankle, Eric Engels of Sportsnet.ca reports.
Jan 29, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard (lower body) won't play Saturday versus the Edmonton Oilers.
Jan 24, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard adds two PIM and three hits in a 8-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Monday.
Jan 10, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard cleared the NHL's COVID-19 protocols Monday, per John Lu of TSN.ca.
Jan 4, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard was placed in the NHL's COVID-19 protocols Tuesday.
Jan 2, 2022	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had an assist, three shots on net, one hit, one blocked shot and six penalty minutes in Saturday's 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers.
Dec 29, 2021	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard scored a goal on four shots in Tuesday's 5-4 overtime loss to Tampa Bay. He added four hits and two blocked shots to his line.
Dec 17, 2021	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had an assist and two hits in Thursday's 3-2 shootout win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
Dec 8, 2021	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had an assist, four shots on goal, one hit, two blocked shots and two penalty minutes in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Dec 5, 2021	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had an assist, one shot on goal, three hits, six blocked shots and two penalty minutes in Saturday's 4-3 overtime loss to Nashville.
Nov 21, 2021	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had an assist, four hits and one blocked shot in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Nashville Predators.
Nov 5, 2021	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had a short-handed assist, one hit, one blocked shot and two penalty minutes in Thursday's 6-2 loss to the New York Islanders.
Oct 28, 2021	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard posted an assist, three hits, three blocked shots, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 4-0 win over the San Jose Sharks.
Oct 24, 2021	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard had an assist, one hit and one blocked shot over 18:21 of ice time in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
Jul 28, 2021	Montreal Canadiens \| David Savard \| Savard signed a four-year, $14 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday.
Jul 7, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard posted an assist, two shots on goal, two hits and two PIM in Wednesday's 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5.
Jul 2, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard registered an assist, three blocked shots, two hits and two shots on goal in Friday's 6-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 3.
Jun 21, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard tallied two assists and added a pair of hits in an 8-0 victory over the New York Islanders in Game 5 on Monday.
Jun 5, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard (upper body) will return to the lineup for Saturday's Game 4 versus Carolina, Bryan Burns of the Tampa Bay Lightning's official site reports.
Jun 3, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard (upper body) isn't expected to play in Thursday's Game 3 versus the Carolina Hurricanes, Erik Erlendsson of LightningInsider.com reports.
Jun 1, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard (upper body) won't play Tuesday's Game 2 at Carolina, Joe Smith of The Athletic reports.
May 30, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard is dealing with an upper-body injury and will not play Game 1 on Sunday against the Carolina Hurricanes.
May 18, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard notched an assist, four hits, two blocked shots and a plus-2 rating in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Florida Panthers in Game 2.
Apr 29, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard (lower body) will return to Tampa Bay's lineup for Thursday's game versus Dallas, Erik Erlendsson of LightningInsider.com reports.
Apr 27, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard (lower body) was held out of the lineup Tuesday for precautionary reasons and he should be able to return Thursday versus the Dallas Stars, Bryan Burns of the Tampa Bay Lightning's official site reports.
Apr 27, 2021	Tampa Bay Lightning \| David Savard \| Savard (lower body) won't play in Tuesday's game versus the Chicago Blackhawks, Lightning Radio Network reports.
Apr 10, 2021	TRADE ANALYSIS The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired David Savard from the Detroit Red Wings for a 2021 fourth round pick (0) Leave a Comment
Apr 10, 2021	TRADE ANALYSIS The Detroit Red Wings acquired David Savard from the Columbus Blue Jackets for Brian Lashoff (0) Leave a Comment
Apr 8, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets \| David Savard \| Savard won't be in the lineup against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday as a precaution.
Mar 30, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets \| David Savard \| Savard scored a goal and blocked three shots in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Mar 4, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets \| David Savard \| Savard produced an assist, two hits and two blocked shots in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars.
Feb 23, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets \| David Savard \| Savard (illness) will be back in the lineup against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports.
Feb 20, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets \| David Savard \| Savard is out of the lineup Saturday due to a non-COVID illness, Blue Jackets team reporter Jeff Svoboda reports.
Feb 7, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets \| David Savard \| Savard notched a pair of assists and three hits in Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Jan 19, 2021	Columbus Blue Jackets \| David Savard \| Savard recorded an assist, two hits and two blocked shots in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings.
Jan 8, 2018	NHL fined D David Savard $5,000 for slashing an opponent.
Jan 22, 2016	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Placed D David Savard on IR.
Sep 8, 2015	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Signed D David Savard to a five-year, $21.25 million contract extension.
Jul 15, 2013	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Re-signed D David Savard.
Apr 21, 2013	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Assigned D David Savard to Springfield (AHL).
Apr 17, 2013	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Assigned D David Savard to Springfield (AHL).
Apr 16, 2013	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Recalled D David Savard from Springfield (AHL).
Feb 9, 2013	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Assigned D David Savard to Springfield (AHL).
Jan 14, 2013	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Recalled D David Savard from Springfield (AHL).
Sep 14, 2012	Columbus Blue Jackets \| Assigned D David Savard to Springfield (AHL).
Mar 29, 2012	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (David Savard) has been assigned to the Springfield Falcons (AHL).
Mar 19, 2012	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (David Savard) has been recalled from the Springfield Falcons (AHL).
Feb 25, 2012	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (David Savard) has been assigned to the Springfield Falcons (AHL).
Jan 30, 2012	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (David Savard) recalled from Springfield (AHL).
Jan 20, 2012	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (David Savard) Assigned to Springfield (AHL).
Dec 31, 2011	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (David Savard) Recalled from Springfield (AHL).
Oct 28, 2011	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (David Savard) Assigned to Springfield.
Oct 27, 2011	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (David Savard) Recalled from Springfield.
Oct 26, 2011	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (David Savard) Assigned to Springfield.
Oct 3, 2010	Columbus Blue Jackets \| (David Savard) Assigned to Springfield (AHL).

Current Stats
Career Stats

2023-2024 Regular Season Stats

David Savard	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Montréal Canadiens	5	0	2	2	0	2
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Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2006-2007	Séminaire St-François Blizzard	QM18AAA	44	10	16	26	52									Playoffs	18	1	12	13	0
	2006-2007	Séminaire St-François Blizzard	Telus Cup	7	2	2	4	2									Playoffs	18	1	12	13	0
	2007-2008	Baie-Comeau Drakkar	QMJHL	35	1	6	7	22
	2007-2008	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL	32	0	5	5	18
Draft Yr	2008-2009	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL	68	9	35	44	33									Playoffs	10	5	5	10	0
	2009-2010	Moncton Wildcats	QMJHL	64	13	64	77	36									Playoffs	21	1	14	15	0
	2009-2010	Moncton Wildcats	M-Cup	3	1	1	2	2									Playoffs	21	1	14	15	0
	2009-2010	QMJHL All-Stars	Jr Super Series	1	0	0	0	0
	2010-2011	Springfield Falcons	AHL	72	11	32	44	18
	2011-2012	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	31	2	8	10	16	426	51.72	48.33	2.37	46.70	2.04	0.00	0.70
	2011-2012	Springfield Falcons	AHL	44	4	18	22	72
	2012-2013	Springfield Falcons	AHL	60	5	26	31	40									Playoffs	8	2	3	5	0
	2012-2013	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	4	0	0	0	0	48	0.00	35.37	-14.72	33.26	-12.47	0.00	0.00
	2013-2014	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	70	5	10	15	28	1,071	52.05	47.83	-3.95	48.50	-2.67	0.22	0.56	Playoffs	6	0	4	4	0
	2014-2015	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	82	11	25	36	71	1,405	46.85	48.41	2.63	46.38	-0.41	0.26	0.73
	2014-2015	Canada	WC	10	0	4	4	6
	2015-2016	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	65	4	21	25	45	1,124	48.86	50.46	-0.85	46.73	-1.49	0.16	0.91
	2016-2017	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	74	6	17	23	44	1,349	61.68	52.55	1.51	52.37	1.85	0.27	0.93	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
	2017-2018	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	81	4	12	16	32	1,335	49.57	50.66	-1.75	49.84	-2.88	0.18	0.63	Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
	2018-2019	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	82	8	16	24	36	1,431	57.50	53.97	4.06	49.67	-0.82	0.29	0.92	Playoffs	10	1	2	3	0
	2019-2020	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	68	0	11	11	35	1,218	47.80	51.80	-0.50	46.60	-3.80		0.39	Playoffs	10	0	3	3	0
	2020-2021	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL	40	1	5	6	24	688	27.80	45.90	-2.10	42.60	-5.80		0.35
	2020-2021	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL	14	0	0	0	0	222	18.20	49.10	-5.40	49.90	-5.10		1.08	Playoffs	20	0	5	5	0
	2021-2022	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	62	3	14	17	36	1,064	37.30	44.50	-1.60	43.80	-3.60	0.17	0.79
	2022-2023	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	62	3	17	20	40	1,120	39.30	42.30	-4.90	41.90	-6.20	0.16	0.91
	2023-2024	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	5	0	2	2	2
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Active Contract

Signing Team

Signing Date July 28, 2021
Signing Status UFA
Agent Ian Pulver

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Standard Contract | 4 Years $14,000,000 4.19% of cap space

	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Cap Hit	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	UFA
AAV	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$2,800,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$2,300,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$500,000
Total Salary	$2,800,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$2,800,000
Minors Salary	$2,800,000	$4,200,000	$4,200,000	$2,800,000
Clauses
UFA Year
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Contract History

Signing Team

Signing Date September 8, 2015
Signing Status RFA
Agent Ian Pulver

Standard Contract | 5 Years $21,250,000 5.82% of cap space

	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Cap Hit	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	UFA
AAV	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000	$4,250,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Base Salary	$3,500,000	$4,000,000	$4,750,000	$5,000,000	$4,000,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total Salary	$3,500,000	$4,000,000	$4,750,000	$5,000,000	$4,000,000
Minors Salary	$3,500,000	$4,000,000	$4,750,000	$5,000,000	$4,000,000
Clauses
UFA Year
* Retained 50% of contract was retained by Columbus Blue Jackets in trade to Detroit Red Wings * Retained 25% of contract was retained by Detroit Red Wings in trade to Tampa Bay Lightning

Signing Team

Signing Date July 5, 2014
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 2 Years $2,600,000 1.88% of cap space

	2014-2015	2015-2016
Cap Hit	$1,300,000	$1,300,000	RFA
AAV	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
Performance Bonuses	$0	$0
Base Salary	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
Signing Bonuses	$0	$0
Total Salary	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
Minors Salary	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
Clauses
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Signing Team

Signing Date July 17, 2013
Signing Status RFA

Standard Contract | 1 Years $709,275 1.10% of cap space

	2013-2014
Cap Hit	$709,275	RFA
AAV	$709,275
Performance Bonuses	$0
Base Salary	$709,275
Signing Bonuses	$0
Total Salary	$709,275
Minors Salary	$67,500
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Signing Team

Signing Date June 3, 2010

Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,750,000 1.25% of cap space

	2010-2011	2011-2012	2012-2013
Cap Hit	$740,167	$740,167	$740,167	RFA
AAV	$916,833	$916,833	$916,833
Performance Bonuses	$235,000	$160,000	$135,000
Base Salary	$625,000	$650,000	$675,500
Signing Bonuses	$90,000	$90,000	$90,000
Total Salary	$715,000	$740,000	$765,500
Minors Salary	$67,500	$67,500	$67,500
Clauses
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