In 1999, Brian Savage had an October to remember. He scored 12 goals and 10 assists for a 22-point month, a remarkable start to the year even for the three-time twenty-goal scorer. It looked as though it was going to be his year to break through and really ascend the scoring ranks, giving Montreal a goal-scoring force they’d lacked and finally rescuing the team from the punchline years of the late nineties.
He recorded those 22 points in just 12 games. He’d finish the year with 29 points in 38 games after suffering a gruesome neck injury in November against Los Angeles.