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Darcy Tucker's 1996-1997 season

Points
20
NHL#315
Goals
7
NHL#288
Assists
13
NHL#310
Plus/minus
-5
NHL#534
Games
73
89%
89% of 82

Right winger Darcy Tucker was 21 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 73 of a possible 82 games and scored 7 goals and 13 assists for 20 points, 0.27 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 0 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Darcy Tucker plays the 1996-1997 season for Montréal Canadiens

    Darcy was 21 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      LAK3–6MTL
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–6OTT
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–6BUF
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–6MTL
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHX5–4MTL
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1996
    • 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+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Darcy Tucker scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · November 7

    • 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
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA5–3MTL
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–3WSH
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–6MTL
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–3HFD
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8214 of 21 played
      1
      points
      NHL#479
      1
      goals
      NHL#309
      0
      assists
      NHL#503
      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+/-1SOG
    • 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+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–0MTL
      L
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      MTL2–6NYR
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • 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+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3MTL
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Darcy Tucker records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · December 11

    • The game
      MTL3–3NJD
      game 32/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      TBL4–2MTL
      L
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      OTT6–0MTL
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 36/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • 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+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–4DAL
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–2STL
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3MTL
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8233 of 41 played
      7
      points
      NHL#361
      3
      goals
      NHL#295
      4
      assists
      NHL#379
      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+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–5BOS
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–6MTL
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • 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+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–4MTL
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–6BUF
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL8–1MTL
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–2MTL
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–5FLA
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–1TBL
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      NJD4–4MTL
      game 53/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA2–2MTL
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–3MTL
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–9PHI
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–3MTL
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–4MTL
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–1MTL
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYI
      W
      game 61/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–1MTL
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8254 of 62 played
      16
      points
      NHL#288
      5
      goals
      NHL#280
      11
      assists
      NHL#270
      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+/-1SOG
    • March 1997
    • The game
      MTL5–4EDM
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      COL7–3MTL
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–2HFD
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 68/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • 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+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–4NYR
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–1MTL
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT5–8MTL
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–5OTT
      L
      game 76/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1997
    • The game
      MTL4–1HFD
      W
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–1MTL
      L
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1NYI
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3WSH
      L
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3MTL
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Darcy Tucker closes the 1996-1997 season with 20 points

    Points
    20
    NHL#315
    Games
    73of 82
    89%
    Goals
    7
    NHL#288
    Assists
    13
    NHL#310
    P/GP
    0.27
    NHL#364
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#534
    Events
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet New Jersey Devils

    MTLvsNJD
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      MTL2–5NJD
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL1–4NJD
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      NJD3–4MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL0–4NJD
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    First round

    New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

    MTL1–4NJD
    Eliminated
    4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Darcy Tucker ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#242
    Games
    4
    Goals
    0
    NHL#165
    Assists
    0
    NHL#218
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    0
    NHL#114
    NJD1–4