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Claude Lapointe's 1996-1997 season

Points
18
NHL#328
Goals
13
NHL#161
Assists
5
NHL#481
Plus/minus
-12
NHL#681
Games
73
89%
89% of 82

Centre Claude Lapointe was 27 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 73 of a possible 82 games and scored 13 goals and 5 assists for 18 points, 0.25 points per game. New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Claude Lapointe plays the 1996-1997 season for New York Islanders

    Claude was 28 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 7th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Claude Lapointe's season starts in game 8 of 82

    New York Islanders have played 7 games7 of 82 without him
    • The game
      SJS2–2NYI
      game 8/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–2HFD
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–3NYI
      L
      game 10/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • November 1996
    • The game
      WSH1–6NYI
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–3PHI
      W
      game 12/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR1–1NYI
      game 13/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–4NJD
      L
      game 14/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      COL6–2NYI
      L
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–5NYI
      W
      game 16/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3FLA
      game 17/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      OTT4–1NYI
      L
      game 18/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–2ANA
      game 19/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI2–3COL
      L
      game 20/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–3PHX
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8214 of 21 played
      3
      points
      NHL#372
      3
      goals
      NHL#181
      0
      assists
      NHL#517
      NYI
      4-9-0W-L-OT16Points
      7th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI1–4NYI
      W
      game 22/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–0WSH
      W
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYI
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      CGY1–3NYI
      W
      game 25/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4FLA
      L
      game 26/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–2NYI
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHX2–8NYI
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI5–3NYR
      W
      game 29/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4TBL
      L
      game 30/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–4NYI
      W
      game 31/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–5PHI
      L
      game 32/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DAL3–2NYI
      L
      game 33/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–3NYI
      L
      game 34/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–4NYI
      W
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET7–1NYI
      L
      game 36/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–2TOR
      L
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–4NYR
      L
      game 38/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–3NYI
      L
      game 40/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5PIT
      L
      game 41/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8233 of 41 played
      6
      points
      NHL#401
      4
      goals
      NHL#261
      2
      assists
      NHL#477
      NYI
      12-21-0W-L-OT32Points
      7th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI4–4TBL
      game 42/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–2NYR
      W
      game 43/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–1NYI
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL6–4NYI
      L
      game 45/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM1–8NYI
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2HFD
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–4CGY
      L
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2VAN
      L
      game 50/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–1EDM
      L
      game 51/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      ANA3–4NYI
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4NJD
      L
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–2NYI
      L
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      OTT5–5NYI
      game 55/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–1PIT
      W
      game 56/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA0–1NYI
      W
      game 57/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYI
      L
      game 58/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5BUF
      L
      game 59/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Claude Lapointe reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · February 21

    • The game
      PIT1–4NYI
      W
      game 60/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD5–3NYI
      L
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4OTT
      L
      game 62/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8253 of 62 played
      9
      points
      NHL#419
      7
      goals
      NHL#227
      2
      assists
      NHL#532
      NYI
      20-32-0W-L-OT50Points
      7th in the Atlantic·13th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      NYI2–0WSH
      W
      game 63/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL6–3NYI
      L
      game 64/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–5NYI
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD1–5NYI
      W
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3FLA
      L
      game 67/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–0TBL
      W
      game 68/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5BOS
      L
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–5CHI
      L
      game 70/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–7NYI
      W
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3NYI
      game 72/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–2BUF
      W
      game 73/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–3BOS
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–8NYI
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      NYI4–5DAL
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–5STL
      game 77/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TBL3–2NYI
      L
      game 78/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      L
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1NYI
      L
      game 80/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD4–6NYI
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYI2–6WSH
      L
      game 82/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Claude Lapointe closes the 1996-1997 season with 18 points

    New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    18
    NHL#328
    Games
    73of 82
    89%
    Goals
    13
    NHL#161
    Assists
    5
    NHL#481
    P/GP
    0.25
    NHL#389
    +/-
    -12
    NHL#681
    Events
    50
    career goals