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Brian Bellows's 1996-1997 season

Points
31
NHL#202
Goals
16
NHL#129
Assists
15
NHL#269
Plus/minus
-15
NHL#717
Games
69
86%
86% of 80

Left winger Brian Bellows was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for Tampa Bay Lightning och Anaheim Ducks. He played 69 of a possible 80 games and scored 16 goals and 15 assists for 31 points, 0.45 points per game. He moved from Tampa Bay Lightning to Anaheim Ducks in November. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 6 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Brian Bellows opens the 1996-1997 season with Tampa Bay Lightning

    TBLTampa Bay Lightning

    Brian was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      TBL4–3PIT
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–6WSH
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL7–4TOR
      W
      game 3/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–0BUF
      W
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–5TBL
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–1TBL
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–3TBL
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      NYI2–2ANA
      game 21/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 828 of 21 played
      3
      points
      NHL#354
      1
      goals
      NHL#309
      2
      assists
      NHL#343
      ANA
      4-13-0W-L-OT12Points
      7th in the Pacific·13th in the Western Conference·26th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA3–0SJS
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–3ANA
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–2ANA
      L
      game 24/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI0–2ANA
      W
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • December 1996
    • The game
      EDM2–4ANA
      W
      game 26/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–3ANA
      W
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–1BUF
      game 28/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–5PIT
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA5–2BOS
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT7–3ANA
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5ANA
      W
      game 32/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY0–7ANA
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX2–1ANA
      L
      game 34/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3NYR
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–5NJD
      L
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA4–3OTT
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–0FLA
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3TBL
      L
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–1ANA
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–3ANA
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8228 of 41 played
      13
      points
      NHL#253
      4
      goals
      NHL#256
      9
      assists
      NHL#224
      ANA
      15-21-0W-L-OT35Points
      4th in the Pacific·9th in the Western Conference·20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–5ANA
      W
      game 42/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-9SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–2VAN
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–2CGY
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–3ANA
      W
      game 45/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–6PHX
      L
      game 46/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–2LAK
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA4–1STL
      W
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–3DAL
      L
      game 49/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD3–6ANA
      W
      game 50/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • February 1997
    • The game
      COL5–2ANA
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–4NYI
      L
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–4TOR
      L
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–1EDM
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–6CGY
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5ANA
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–4VAN
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–5ANA
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–3LAK
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX2–4ANA
      W
      game 60/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–5ANA
      W
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–3ANA
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8249 of 62 played
      19
      points
      NHL#256
      8
      goals
      NHL#205
      11
      assists
      NHL#279
      ANA
      25-30-0W-L-OT57Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Pacific·8th in the Western Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA4–1WSH
      W
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • March 1997
    • The game
      ANA1–1DET
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–4ANA
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–5ANA
      W
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–2COL
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–2ANA
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–4ANA
      game 69/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–2ANA
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–6ANA
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–4COL
      L
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA4–1EDM
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3CGY
      L
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–5VAN
      L
      game 75/821
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-2SOG3PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA4–3CHI
      W
      game 76/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–0DET
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      CHI3–3ANA
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA5–5SJS
      game 79/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-6SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL2–3ANA
      W
      game 80/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK1–4ANA
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA4–3SJS
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Brian Bellows closes the 1996-1997 season with 31 points

    TBLTampa Bay LightningANAAnaheim Ducks
    Points
    31
    NHL#202
    Games
    69of 82
    84%
    Goals
    16
    NHL#129
    Assists
    15
    NHL#269
    P/GP
    0.45
    NHL#213
    +/-
    -15
    NHL#717
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Anaheim Ducks are in the playoffs

    First round

    Anaheim Ducks meet Phoenix Coyotes

    ANAvsPHX
    Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
    Swedes on Phoenix Coyotes
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PHX2–4ANA
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
      View the game
    • Anaheim Duckslead1–0againstPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 2
      PHX2–4ANA
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Anaheim Duckslead2–0againstPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 3
      ANA1–4PHX
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Anaheim Duckslead2–1againstPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 4
      ANA0–2PHX
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • Anaheim Ducksare2–2withPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 5
      PHX5–2ANA
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Phoenix Coyoteslead3–2againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 6
      ANA3–2PHX
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Anaheim Ducksare3–3withPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 7
      PHX0–3ANA
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    First round

    Anaheim Ducks knock Phoenix Coyotes out 4–3

    ANA4–3PHX
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    3 days later
    Second round

    Anaheim Ducks meet Detroit Red Wings

    ANAvsDET
    Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      ANA1–2DET
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 2
      ANA2–3DET
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 3
      DET5–3ANA
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 4
      DET3–2ANA
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-8SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–0

    ANA0–4DET
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Brian Bellows ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 6 points

    TBLTampa Bay LightningANAAnaheim Ducks
    Points
    6
    NHL#55
    Games
    11
    Goals
    2
    NHL#59
    Assists
    4
    NHL#50
    P/GP
    0.55
    NHL#58
    +/-
    -7
    NHL#341
    Events
    2 points
    best game
    PHX4–3→DET0–4