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Bill Ranford's 1996-1997 season

Wins
20
NHL#21
Save pct
.887
NHL#57
GAA
3.25
NHL#55
Shutouts
2
NHL#20
Games
55
66%
66% of 83

Goaltender Bill Ranford was 29 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 12th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins och Washington Capitals. He played 55 games and won 20 of them, at .887. He moved from Boston Bruins to Washington Capitals in March. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Bill Ranford opens the 1996-1997 season with Boston Bruins

    BOSBoston Bruins

    Bill was 29 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 12th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR4–4BOS
      game 1/823
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA65:00TOI
      .840
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    • The game
      PHX5–2BOS
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      .600SV%
      6SV10SA4GA20:00TOIL
      .600
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    • The game
      BOS5–3SJS
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS5–4VAN
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      .907SV%
      39SV43SA4GA64:45TOIW
      .907
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    • The game
      BOS5–1ANA
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
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    • The game
      TOR2–1BOS
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA59:16TOIL
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–1BOS
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA59:09TOIL
      .909
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    • The game
      NJD2–5BOS
      W
      game 9/821
      His night
      .958SV%
      46SV48SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD4–4BOS
      game 10/821
      His night
      .892SV%
      33SV37SA4GA65:00TOI
      .892
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      LAK4–4BOS
      game 12/822
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA64:54TOI
      .867
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    • The game
      BOS1–5HFD
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      .861SV%
      31SV36SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .861
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    • The game
      BOS4–3OTT
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
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    • The game
      PIT1–2BOS
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA61:05TOIW
      .968
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    • The game
      SJS2–4BOS
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .939
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–2WSH
      game 18/821
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA65:00TOI
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–2BOS
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      .806SV%
      25SV31SA6GA50:16TOIL
      .806
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    • The game
      PHI0–2BOS
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      34SV34SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8217 of 21 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#11
      .905
      SV%
      NHL#18
      3.0
      GAA
      NHL#22
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      BOS
      8-9-0W-L-OT20Points
      4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN3–7BOS
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
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    • The game
      BOS2–6PIT
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      .769SV%
      20SV26SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .769
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    • December 1996
    • The game
      BOS4–3MTL
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      1.000SV%
      7SV7SA0GA18:02TOI
      1.000
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    • The game
      CGY1–1BOS
      game 26/822
      His night
      .972SV%
      35SV36SA1GA65:00TOI
      .972
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA5–2BOS
      L
      game 27/821
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .773
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD7–4BOS
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      .833SV%
      30SV36SA6GA46:08TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–0BOS
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS0–6PHI
      L
      game 30/823
      His night
      .864SV%
      38SV44SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .864
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    • The game
      BOS6–4PIT
      W
      game 31/823
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL0–3BOS
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      34SV34SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI3–3BOS
      game 34/821
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA65:00TOI
      .885
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–6DAL
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      .833SV%
      30SV36SA6GA59:05TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–4STL
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA59:01TOIL
      .765
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8230 of 41 started
      11
      wins
      NHL#14
      .891
      SV%
      NHL#31
      3.4
      GAA
      NHL#30
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      BOS
      16-19-0W-L-OT38Points
      5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS4–5PHX
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      .865SV%
      32SV37SA5GA60:16TOIL
      .865
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    • The game
      BOS2–3COL
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA64:35TOIL
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–5CHI
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA58:47TOIL
      .773
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–5BUF
      L
      game 60/82
      His night
      .667SV%
      10SV15SA5GA50:13TOIL
      .667
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–3WSH
      game 61/821
      His night
      .933SV%
      42SV45SA3GA65:00TOI
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–6BOS
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA56:37TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8236 of 62 started
      12
      wins
      NHL#23
      .888
      SV%
      NHL#29
      3.5
      GAA
      NHL#30
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#15
      BOS
      21-33-0W-L-OT50Points
      6th in the Northeast·13th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      PHI5–5BOS
      game 63/821
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA65:00TOI
      .828
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    • The game
      CGY1–2WSH
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA59:51TOIW
      .952
      View the game
    • The game
      COL3–6WSH
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .903
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–5PHI
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–4WSH
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      .917SV%
      11SV12SA1GA24:58TOI
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA58:51TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD3–5WSH
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–2WSH
      game 71/821
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA65:00TOI
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–1WSH
      L
      game 72/821
      His night
      .727SV%
      8SV11SA3GA59:01TOIL
      .727
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–1MTL
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–3WSH
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
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    • The game
      WSH3–5CHI
      L
      game 75/821
      His night
      .750SV%
      15SV20SA5GA57:32TOIL
      .750
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–3WSH
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      .600SV%
      6SV10SA4GA20:29TOIL
      .600
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      NJD1–0WSH
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA59:27TOIL
      .963
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–4OTT
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–3WSH
      game 79/822
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA64:29TOI
      .870
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3WSH
      W
      game 80/821
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–6WSH
      W
      game 81/823
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Bill Ranford closes the 1996-1997 season with 20 wins

    BOSBoston BruinsWSHWashington Capitals
    Boston Bruins did not reach the playoffs
    Wins
    20
    Games
    55of 82
    67%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .887
    GAA
    3.25
    Starts
    55