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Chris Murray's 1996-1997 season

Points
8
NHL#481
Goals
5
NHL#342
Assists
3
NHL#539
Plus/minus
-7
NHL#586
Games
64
76%
76% of 84

Right winger Chris Murray was 21 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens och Hartford Whalers. He played 64 of a possible 84 games and scored 5 goals and 3 assists for 8 points, 0.13 points per game. He moved from Montréal Canadiens to Hartford Whalers in March. Hartford Whalers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Chris Murray opens the 1996-1997 season with Montréal Canadiens

    Chris was 22 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Chris Murray's season starts in game 11 of 82

    Montréal Canadiens have played 10 games10 of 82 without him
    • The game
      MTL3–5DET
      L
      game 11/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1996
    • The game
      MTL3–4SJS
      L
      game 12/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4PHX
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–5ANA
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–4LAK
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–5COL
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM2–3MTL
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA5–3MTL
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–3WSH
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–6MTL
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–3HFD
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8211 of 21 played
      2
      points
      NHL#414
      1
      goals
      NHL#309
      1
      assists
      NHL#422
      MTL
      7-11-0W-L-OT17Points
      5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL6–2BOS
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–3TOR
      W
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TBL2–4MTL
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2PIT
      game 25/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–0MTL
      L
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      MTL2–6NYR
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3MTL
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1CHI
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3MTL
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–2MTL
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      OTT6–0MTL
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4TBL
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–1FLA
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–4DAL
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–2STL
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3MTL
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8228 of 41 played
      3
      points
      NHL#479
      2
      goals
      NHL#337
      1
      assists
      NHL#517
      MTL
      15-18-0W-L-OT38Points
      4th in the Northeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD4–5MTL
      W
      game 42/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL4–5BOS
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–6MTL
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DAL2–1MTL
      L
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3PHI
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–4MTL
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–6BUF
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL8–1MTL
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–2MTL
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–5FLA
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL4–1TBL
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      NJD4–4MTL
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–2MTL
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–3MTL
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–9PHI
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–3MTL
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–4MTL
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–1MTL
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–1MTL
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8248 of 62 played
      6
      points
      NHL#467
      4
      goals
      NHL#318
      2
      assists
      NHL#529
      MTL
      22-29-0W-L-OT55Points
      4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3CGY
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1997
    • The game
      MTL5–4EDM
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–2HFD
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2PIT
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–0BOS
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      OTT2–2MTL
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–4STL
      L
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–2DAL
      L
      game 72/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      COL4–0HFD
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      HFD4–1MTL
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF2–4HFD
      W
      game 79/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–5OTT
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–6NYI
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL1–2HFD
      W
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Chris Murray closes the 1996-1997 season with 8 points

    Montréal Canadiens did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    8
    NHL#481
    Games
    64of 82
    78%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#342
    Assists
    3
    NHL#539
    P/GP
    0.13
    NHL#506
    +/-
    -7
    NHL#586
    Events
    5
    career best in goals
    100
    NHL games