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Alex Kovalev's 1995-1996 season

Points
58
NHL#81
Goals
24
NHL#72
Assists
34
NHL#87
Plus/minus
+5
NHL#166
Games
81
98%
98% of 82

Right winger Alex Kovalev was 22 years old when the 1995-1996 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 24 goals and 34 assists for 58 points, 0.72 points per game. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 7 points.

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

1995-1996Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Alex Kovalev plays the 1995-1996 season for New York Rangers

    Alex was 22 years old when the 1995-1996 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR0–2HFD
      L
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–6NYR
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR2–0TOR
      W
      game 3/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD7–5NYR
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR5–1NYI
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–1BUF
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT4–2NYR
      L
      game 7/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–5NYR
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–4TBL
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3NYR
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–3SJS
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • November 1995
    • The game
      NYR3–5LAK
      L
      game 12/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–7ANA
      L
      game 13/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY2–4NYR
      W
      game 14/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL4–5NYR
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI1–4NYR
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–1HFD
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR1–1STL
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–3CHI
      L
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–6WIN
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–9NYR
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      22
      points
      NHL#26
      7
      goals
      NHL#55
      15
      assists
      NHL#20
      NYR
      12-7-0W-L-OT26Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR4–3PIT
      W
      game 22/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–2DET
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–1NYR
      game 24/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–5NYR
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • December 1995
    • The game
      COL3–5NYR
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      ANA1–5NYR
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–5NYR
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET1–2NYR
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2MTL
      game 31/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DAL2–3NYR
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–4NYR
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5BUF
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–3WSH
      L
      game 35/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–3NYR
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–3NYR
      game 38/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT4–6NYR
      W
      game 39/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–2VAN
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR8–3EDM
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      29
      points
      NHL#63
      10
      goals
      NHL#99
      19
      assists
      NHL#58
      NYR
      25-10-0W-L-OT56Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR1–3CGY
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–7NYR
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +4+/-2SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR4–4WSH
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      SJS4–7NYR
      W
      game 45/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–0PHI
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL3–3NYR
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–3NYR
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYR
      game 49/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–3BOS
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–1DAL
      game 51/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • February 1996
    • The game
      NYR1–7COL
      L
      game 52/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–2NYI
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–6NYR
      W
      game 54/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR0–3NJD
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–2TBL
      W
      game 56/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–2NYR
      game 57/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–1OTT
      W
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4PIT
      L
      game 59/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI5–3NYR
      L
      game 60/825
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1SHP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR4–0FLA
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      L
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      44
      points
      NHL#81
      16
      goals
      NHL#97
      28
      assists
      NHL#77
      NYR
      35-16-0W-L-OT81Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS3–1NYR
      L
      game 63/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • March 1996
    • The game
      BUF3–3NYR
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 65/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–5TBL
      L
      game 66/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–1WSH
      W
      game 67/824
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-3SOG3PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      FLA3–3NYR
      game 68/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4MTL
      L
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–1NYR
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–4BOS
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +4+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      PIT8–2NYR
      L
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-5SOG
    • The game
      FLA0–3NYR
      W
      game 73/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–1NYI
      W
      game 74/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1996
    • The game
      NJD1–3NYR
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYR1–4PHI
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI1–3NYR
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4NJD
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA5–3NYR
      L
      game 79/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Alex Kovalev reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Florida Panthers · April 8

    • The game
      WSH4–1NYR
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL3–2NYR
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–5FLA
      L
      game 82/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Alex Kovalev closes the 1995-1996 season with 58 points

    Points
    58
    NHL#81
    Games
    81of 82
    99%
    Goals
    24
    NHL#72
    Assists
    34
    NHL#87
    P/GP
    0.72
    NHL#105
    +/-
    +5
    NHL#166
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    100
    career assists
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 10 pts
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens

    NYRvsMTL
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      MTL3–2NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      MTL5–3NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYR2–1MTL
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      NYR4–3MTL
      W
      3
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • New York Rangersare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL2–3NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      NYR5–3MTL
      W
      3
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2

    NYR4–2MTL
    Advance
    6Games6Points2Goals4Assists
    5 days later
    Second round

    New York Rangers meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    NYRvsPIT
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 1
      NYR3–4PIT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR6–3PIT
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Rangersare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      PIT3–2NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PIT4–1NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR3–7PIT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    Second round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4PIT
    Eliminated
    5Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Alex Kovalev ends the 1995-1996 playoffs with 7 points

    Points
    7
    NHL#57
    Games
    11
    Goals
    3
    NHL#45
    Assists
    4
    NHL#65
    P/GP
    0.64
    NHL#37
    +/-
    0
    NHL#125
    Events
    2 points
    best game
    MTL4–2→PIT1–4