Regular season and playoffsNYR
Brian Leetch's 1996-1997 season
Points
78
NHL#24
Goals
20
NHL#96
Assists
58
NHL#9
Plus/minus
+31
NHL#10
Games
82
100%
Defenceman Brian Leetch was 28 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played all 82 games and scored 20 goals and 58 assists for 78 points, 0.95 points per game. In the playoffs he played 15 games for 10 points. He won James Norris Memorial Trophy, the first Swede ever to do it.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1996-1997Playoffs
- Year 199630 years agoSeason opener
Brian Leetch plays the 1996-1997 season for New York Rangers
Brian was 28 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 10th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.
- The gameNYR4–4BOSgame 1/82
3His nightNo points0+/-0SOG - +1 assistThe gameFLA5–2NYRLgame 2/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-4SOG
- The gameNYR1–1FLAgame 3/823His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
- The gameDAL2–1NYRLgame 4/822His nightNo points-1+/-6SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR2–5MTLLgame 5/823His night+1P+1A-2+/-6SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameCGY4–5NYRWgame 6/824His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameSTL1–2NYRWgame 8/822His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR2–5TBLLgame 9/823His night+1P+1A-3+/-4SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameWSH3–2NYRLgame 10/823His night+2P+2A-1+/-2SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR4–6FLALgame 11/824His nightNo points+1+/-4SOG
- +1 goalThe gameBUF4–6NYRWgame 12/821His night+1P+1G-3+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameFLA1–1NYRgame 13/823His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameNYR6–1NJDWgame 14/821His night+3P+2G+1A0+/-4SOG2PPP
- November 1996
- +1 assistThe gameNYR5–2BOSWgame 15/822His night+1P+1A+2+/-1SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameTBL5–3NYRLgame 16/822His night+2P+2A-1+/-6SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYR1–1NYIgame 17/824His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR2–3WSHLgame 18/822His night+1P+1A0+/-5SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameVAN3–2NYRLgame 19/822His night+1P+1G0+/-8SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gamePHI2–1NYRLgame 20/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-7SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR8–3PITWgame 21/823His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 21 of 8220pointsNHL#186goalsNHL#6514assistsNHL#12-6+/-NHL#197NYR7-10-0W-L-OT18Points5th in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL - +2 pointsThe gameNYR3–5CGYLgame 22/823His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR2–3EDMLgame 23/823His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–5VANLgame 24/823His night+1P+1A-2+/-3SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–1PHXWgame 25/822His night+1P+1A+2+/-1SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR5–2COLWgame 26/823His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG
- December 1996
- The gamePHI1–1NYRgame 28/824His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- The gameTOR5–6NYRWgame 29/824His nightNo points+1+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR4–0TORWgame 30/824His night+1P+1A+1+/-5SOG
- +2 assistsThe gamePHX2–5NYRWgame 31/822His night+2P+2A+2+/-4SOG
- The gameNYI5–3NYRLgame 32/825His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–0BUFWgame 33/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG
- The gameHFD2–5NYRWgame 34/822His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG
- +1 goalThe gameLAK0–4NYRWgame 35/823His night+1P+1G+1+/-2SOG
- The gameNYR3–2MTLWgame 36/823His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
- +4 assistsThe gameFLA3–7NYRWgame 37/823His night+4P+4A+6+/-2SOG2PPP
- The gameNYR2–5OTTLgame 38/824His nightNo points-3+/-0SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameANA2–3NYRWgame 39/822His night+2P+2A0+/-5SOG2PPP
- The gameNYR3–2DALWgame 40/822His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG
- The gameNYR2–4TBLLgame 41/823His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 41 of 8240pointsNHL#139goalsNHL#10031assistsNHL#4+8+/-NHL#24NYR20-16-0W-L-OT45Points3rd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
Year 199729 years ago- +1 assistThe gameNYI3–4NYRWgame 42/825His night+1P+1A+3+/-7SOG
- The gameOTT4–6NYRWgame 43/824His nightNo points+4+/-6SOG
- The gameCOL2–2NYRgame 44/822His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameTBL4–3NYRLgame 45/823His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-4SOG2PPP
- The gameNYR0–2WSHLgame 46/823His nightNo points-1+/-6SOG
- The gameNJD0–3NYRWgame 47/822His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYI4–2NYRLgame 48/825His night+1P+1G+1+/-1SOG
- +4 pointsThe gameEDM4–4NYRgame 49/823His night+4P+2G+2A+2+/-6SOG1PPP
- The gameCHI2–1NYRLgame 52/823His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG
- February 1997
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR4–2PHIWgame 53/823His night+2P+2A+2+/-0SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameBOS3–2NYRLgame 54/822His night+2P+2A0+/-1SOG1PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameHFD2–5NYRWgame 55/822His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR3–4FLALgame 57/824His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG
- +1 goalThe gameNYR1–4STLLgame 58/823His night+1P+1G-3+/-3SOG1PPP
- The gameNYR0–2CHILgame 59/823His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- The gameNJD2–2NYRgame 60/822His nightNo points+1+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR1–1NJDgame 61/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG
- The gameNYR2–7HFDLgame 62/822His nightNo points+2+/-4SOG
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 62 of 8263pointsNHL#1317goalsNHL#7146assistsNHL#5+30+/-NHL#2NYR28-25-0W-L-OT65Points4th in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL - The gameNYR1–2PHILgame 63/823His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- March 1997
- The gameNYR0–3DETLgame 64/824His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG
- The gameSJS4–5NYRWgame 65/823His nightNo points+1+/-4SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameNYR6–2LAKWgame 66/823His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR2–5ANALgame 67/822His night+1P+1A-2+/-3SOG
- The gameNYR2–1SJSWgame 68/823His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameWSH2–3NYRWgame 69/823His night+2P+2A+1+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR4–3OTTWgame 70/824His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameOTT4–3NYRLgame 71/825His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG
- +1 goalThe gameMTL5–4NYRLgame 72/823His night+1P+1G0+/-5SOG
- The gamePIT0–3NYRWgame 74/823His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- The gameNYR0–4NJDLgame 75/822His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG
- The gameNYR1–2HFDLgame 76/822His nightNo points0+/-2SOG
- April 1997
- The gameBUF1–1NYRgame 77/822His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameBOS4–5NYRWgame 78/822His night+1P+1A+3+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR1–5BUFLgame 79/822His night+1P+1A-2+/-1SOG1PPP
MilestoneBrian Leetch reaches 500 career assists
in the game against Buffalo Sabres · April 4
- +2 pointsThe gamePHI2–3NYRWgame 80/822His night+2P+1G+1A-2+/-3SOG2PPP
- +1 assistThe gameNYR6–3PHIWgame 81/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP
The season in numbersBrian Leetch closes the 1996-1997 season with 78 points
Points78NHL#24Games82of 82100%Goals20NHL#96Assists58NHL#9P/GP0.95NHL#32+/-+31NHL#10Events500career assists14 i radgames with a point · 20 pts6 days laterPlayoffsNew York Rangers are in the playoffs
First roundNew York Rangers meet Florida Panthers
NYRvsFLASwedes on New York RangersSwedes on Florida Panthers- Game 1NYR0–3FLAL3His nightNo points0+/-8SOG
- Florida Pantherslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2NYR3–0FLAW3His nightNo points0+/-6SOG
- New York Rangersare1–1withFlorida Panthers
- +1 assistGame 3FLA3–4NYRW3His night+1P+1A+2+/-10SOG
- New York Rangerslead2–1againstFlorida Panthers
- +1 assistGame 4FLA2–3NYRW3His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP
- New York Rangerslead3–1againstFlorida Panthers
First roundNew York Rangers knock Florida Panthers out 4–1
NYR4–1FLAAdvanceHe did not play in this round7 days laterSecond roundNew York Rangers meet New Jersey Devils
NYRvsNJDSwedes on New York RangersSwedes on New Jersey DevilsNo Swedes- Game 1NYR0–2NJDL2His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG
- New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- +1 goalGame 2NYR2–0NJDW2His night+1P+1G0+/-3SOG1PPP
- New York Rangersare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
- +1 assistGame 3NJD2–3NYRW2His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG
- New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
- New York Rangerslead3–1againstNew Jersey Devils
- Game 5NYR2–1NJDW1His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG
Second roundNew York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1
NYR4–1NJDAdvanceHe did not play in this round5 days laterConference finalNew York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers
NYRvsPHISwedes on New York RangersSwedes on Philadelphia Flyers- Game 1NYR1–3PHIL2His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- +1 assistGame 2NYR5–4PHIW2His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG1PPP
- New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 3PHI6–3NYRL2His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG
- Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- +1 goalGame 4PHI3–2NYRL2His night+1P+1G0+/-6SOG
- Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 5NYR2–4PHIL3His nightNo points0+/-1SOG
Conference finalPhiladelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–1
NYR1–4PHIEliminatedHe did not play in this roundThe run in numbersBrian Leetch ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 10 points
Points10NHL#25Games15Goals2NHL#59Assists8NHL#14P/GP0.67NHL#35+/-+5NHL#17Events2 pointsbest gameFLA4–1→NJD4–1→PHI1–4HonourBrian Leetch won James Norris Memorial Trophy for 1996-1997