Regular season and playoffsOTT

Bruce Gardiner's 1996-1997 season

Points

NHL#297

Goals

NHL#198

Assists

NHL#377

Plus/minus

NHL#170

Games

81% of 82

Right winger Bruce Gardiner was 24 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Ottawa Senators. He played 67 of a possible 82 games and scored 11 goals and 10 assists for 21 points, 0.31 points per game. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 1 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs

Year 1996
30 years ago
NHL debut
October 5
Bruce Gardiner makes his NHL debut in the 3–⁠3 draw against Montréal Canadiens
OTTOttawa Senators3–3MTLMontréal Canadiens
Bruce was 24 years old · Centre Molson, Canada
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
0
+/-
Swedes on the ice: Andreas Dackell, Daniel Alfredsson and Peter Popovic.
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- The game
  OTT3–3MTL
  October 5game 1/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI3–3OTT
  October 9game 2/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PIT2–3OTT
  W
  October 11game 3/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  OTT2–3PIT
  L
  October 12game 4/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  OTT2–2NJD
  October 18game 5/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–6OTT
  W
  October 19game 6/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  OTT2–5FLA
  L
  October 23game 7/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  LAK2–2OTT
  October 30game 10/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- November 1996
- The game
  DET2–2OTT
  November 1game 11/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  OTT3–7PIT
  L
  November 2game 12/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TOR2–6OTT
  W
  November 7game 13/824
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–3OTT
  L
  November 9game 14/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  EDM4–0OTT
  L
  November 13game 16/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  CHI3–4OTT
  W
  November 15game 17/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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Milestone
Bruce Gardiner records his first NHL assist
in the game against Chicago Blackhawks · November 15
- The game
  OTT4–1NYI
  W
  November 16game 18/824
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 goals
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Milestone
Bruce Gardiner scores his first NHL goal
in the game against New York Islanders · November 16
- The game
  NJD2–1OTT
  L
  November 19game 19/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  HFD3–3OTT
  November 23game 20/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  OTT2–1WSH
  W
  November 27game 21/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 27
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
  6
  points
  NHL#280
  4
  goals
  NHL#144
  2
  assists
  NHL#376
  OTT
  7-8-0W-L-OT20Points
  5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·18th in the whole NHL
- December 1996
- The game
  PIT4–2OTT
  L
  December 4game 24/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  OTT2–5EDM
  L
  December 6game 25/824
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  OTT3–2VAN
  W
  December 7game 26/825
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  OTT5–5CGY
  December 10game 27/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHX4–2OTT
  L
  December 13game 28/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  DAL4–0OTT
  L
  December 15game 29/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  FLA2–5OTT
  W
  December 19game 30/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF3–2OTT
  L
  December 21game 31/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  OTT6–0MTL
  W
  December 23game 32/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–5OTT
  W
  December 26game 33/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  OTT2–3HFD
  L
  December 28game 34/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  ANA4–3OTT
  L
  December 30game 35/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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Year 1997
29 years ago
- The game
  BOS2–3OTT
  W
  January 1game 36/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NJD1–0OTT
  L
  January 3game 37/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  OTT4–6NYR
  L
  January 4game 38/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  TBL4–3OTT
  L
  January 6game 39/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  COL2–0OTT
  L
  January 9game 40/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT3–3OTT
  January 11game 41/826
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 11
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8236 of 41 played
  10
  points
  NHL#307
  6
  goals
  NHL#194
  4
  assists
  NHL#396
  OTT
  12-21-0W-L-OT32Points
  6th in the Northeast·13th in the Eastern Conference·26th in the whole NHL
- The game
  OTT4–3BOS
  W
  January 13game 42/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH1–5OTT
  W
  January 15game 43/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–1OTT
  L
  January 22game 44/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CGY2–2OTT
  January 24game 45/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TBL3–5OTT
  W
  January 27game 46/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  OTT1–1NJD
  January 29game 47/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  STL5–2OTT
  L
  January 30game 48/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- February 1997
- The game
  OTT2–1TOR
  W
  February 1game 49/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  OTT3–4COL
  L
  February 23game 60/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PHI8–5OTT
  L
  February 26game 61/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYI1–4OTT
  W
  February 28game 62/826
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 28
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8247 of 62 played
  11
  points
  NHL#375
  6
  goals
  NHL#258
  5
  assists
  NHL#429
  OTT
  21-28-0W-L-OT55Points
  5th in the Northeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·21st in the whole NHL
- March 1997
- The game
  BUF3–1OTT
  L
  March 1game 63/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  OTT1–4ANA
  L
  March 5game 64/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  OTT0–2SJS
  L
  March 6game 65/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  OTT1–3LAK
  L
  March 8game 66/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  OTT4–1PHX
  W
  March 10game 67/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–3OTT
  L
  March 14game 68/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  OTT2–2MTL
  March 15game 69/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  OTT4–3NYR
  W
  March 17game 70/825
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  FLA2–2OTT
  March 20game 71/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1SHP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  OTT5–4BOS
  W
  March 22game 72/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-6SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  OTT0–5TBL
  L
  March 25game 73/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  OTT3–2FLA
  W
  March 27game 74/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–5OTT
  W
  March 29game 75/824
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +4+/-1SOG
  +3 assists
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- April 1997
- The game
  OTT2–0BUF
  W
  April 2game 76/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH0–4OTT
  W
  April 3game 77/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  OTT2–5PIT
  L
  April 5game 78/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  OTT1–2PHI
  L
  April 6game 79/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  HFD4–5OTT
  W
  April 9game 80/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  OTT3–2DET
  W
  April 11game 81/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF0–1OTT
  W
  April 12game 82/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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The season in numbers
April 12
Bruce Gardiner closes the 1996-1997 season with 21 points
OTTOttawa Senators
Points
21
NHL#297
Games
67of 82
82%
Goals
11
NHL#198
Assists
10
NHL#377
P/GP
0.31
NHL#317
+/-
+4
NHL#170
Events
11
career best in goals
1
First NHL goal
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL assist
4 i rad
games with a point · 6 pts
5 days later
Playoffs
April 17
Ottawa Senators are in the playoffs
First round
April 17
Ottawa Senators meet Buffalo Sabres
OTTvsBUF
Swedes on Ottawa Senators
Daniel Alfredsson
Andreas Dackell
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  OTT1–3BUF
  L
  April 172
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
- Game 2
  OTT3–1BUF
  W
  April 192
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- Ottawa Senatorsare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
- Game 3
  BUF3–2OTT
  L
  April 212
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstOttawa Senators
- Game 4
  BUF0–1OTT
  W
  April 232
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Ottawa Senatorsare2–2withBuffalo Sabres
- Game 5
  OTT4–1BUF
  W
  April 252
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- Ottawa Senatorslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 6
  BUF3–0OTT
  L
  April 272
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Ottawa Senatorsare3–3withBuffalo Sabres
- Game 7
  OTT2–3BUF
  L
  April 292
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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First round
April 29
Buffalo Sabres knock Ottawa Senators out 4–3
OTT3–4BUF
Eliminated
7Games1Points0Goals1Assists
The run in numbers
April 29
Bruce Gardiner ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 1 points
OTTOttawa Senators
Points
1
NHL#181
Games
7
Goals
0
NHL#165
Assists
1
NHL#143
P/GP
0.14
NHL#138
+/-
0
NHL#114
Events
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff assist
BUF3–4

Bruce Gardiner makes his NHL debut in the 3–⁠3 draw against Montréal Canadiens

Bruce Gardiner records his first NHL assist

Bruce Gardiner scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Bruce Gardiner closes the 1996-1997 season with 21 points

Ottawa Senators are in the playoffs

Ottawa Senators meet Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres knock Ottawa Senators out 4–3

Bruce Gardiner ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 1 points