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Dale Hunter's 1996-1997 season

Points
46
NHL#109
Goals
14
NHL#149
Assists
32
NHL#72
Plus/minus
-2
NHL#417
Games
82
100%
100% of 82

Centre Dale Hunter was 36 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 17th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 82 games and scored 14 goals and 32 assists for 46 points, 0.56 points per game. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Dale Hunter plays the 1996-1997 season for Washington Capitals

    Dale was 36 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 10th season with the team. His 17th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI5–2WSH
      L
      game 1/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–5DAL
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL2–6WSH
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–3WSH
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Dale Hunter reaches 300 career goals

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 12

    • The game
      BUF4–1WSH
      L
      game 5/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–2PIT
      L
      game 6/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–4STL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH0–1COL
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–4WSH
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • November 1996
    • The game
      PIT2–4WSH
      W
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–6NYI
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–1TBL
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4FLA
      L
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3WSH
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–2PHI
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–3WSH
      W
      game 18/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–2FLA
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2WSH
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–1NJD
      W
      game 21/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      10
      points
      NHL#151
      3
      goals
      NHL#176
      7
      assists
      NHL#120
      WSH
      11-9-0W-L-OT23Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD3–4WSH
      W
      game 22/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT2–1WSH
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–0WSH
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–0MTL
      W
      game 25/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • December 1996
    • The game
      DET2–0WSH
      L
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–3WSH
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WSH0–2NYI
      L
      game 28/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3SJS
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–5ANA
      L
      game 30/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–4LAK
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4PHX
      L
      game 32/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–3WSH
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH3–4BOS
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–1TBL
      W
      game 35/821
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      WSH4–5DET
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA1–1WSH
      game 37/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–3WSH
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX0–3WSH
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–1HFD
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      25
      points
      NHL#90
      8
      goals
      NHL#125
      17
      assists
      NHL#67
      WSH
      17-20-0W-L-OT38Points
      5th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR0–2WSH
      W
      game 42/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–3PHI
      game 43/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–6WSH
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–5OTT
      L
      game 45/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–3WSH
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL5–2WSH
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM3–1WSH
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–1WSH
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–1FLA
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2BUF
      game 52/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–5CGY
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4EDM
      L
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–2VAN
      W
      game 55/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL4–5WSH
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH1–4TBL
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      OTT6–1WSH
      L
      game 58/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–2HFD
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3WSH
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–1TOR
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      ANA4–1WSH
      L
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      38
      points
      NHL#95
      10
      goals
      NHL#165
      28
      assists
      NHL#56
      WSH
      24-31-0W-L-OT55Points
      6th in the Atlantic·10th in the Eastern Conference·20th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      NYI2–0WSH
      L
      game 63/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CGY1–2WSH
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL3–6WSH
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–5PHI
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–4WSH
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    Milestone

    Dale Hunter reaches 1,250 NHL games

    in the game against New Jersey Devils · March 15

    • The game
      HFD3–5WSH
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–2WSH
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–1WSH
      L
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–1MTL
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL2–3WSH
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–5CHI
      L
      game 75/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–3WSH
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      NJD1–0WSH
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–4OTT
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–3WSH
      game 79/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL2–3WSH
      W
      game 80/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–6WSH
      W
      game 81/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH8–3BUF
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Dale Hunter closes the 1996-1997 season with 46 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    46
    NHL#109
    Games
    82of 82
    100%
    Goals
    14
    NHL#149
    Assists
    32
    NHL#72
    P/GP
    0.56
    NHL#152
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#417
    Events
    1,250
    NHL games
    300
    career goals
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts