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Dave Babych's 1996-1997 season

Points
27
NHL#240
Goals
5
NHL#342
Assists
22
NHL#160
Plus/minus
-2
NHL#417
Games
78
95%
95% of 82

Defenceman Dave Babych was 35 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 17th in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 5 goals and 22 assists for 27 points, 0.35 points per game. Vancouver Canucks did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Dave Babych plays the 1996-1997 season for Vancouver Canucks

    Dave was 35 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 17th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CGY1–3VAN
      W
      game 1/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–2EDM
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–1VAN
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL3–5VAN
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–4VAN
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–1DAL
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN2–9COL
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      COL4–1VAN
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–2VAN
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–3ANA
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • November 1996
    • The game
      VAN5–4EDM
      W
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGY3–4VAN
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL4–2VAN
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–2NYR
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–5NYI
      L
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–0NJD
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–6MTL
      L
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DAL0–2VAN
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–2VAN
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–5VAN
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      3
      points
      NHL#376
      1
      goals
      NHL#331
      2
      assists
      NHL#365
      0
      +/-
      NHL#104
      VAN
      12-9-0W-L-OT24Points
      3rd in the Pacific·6th in the Western Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN6–2HFD
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN3–7BOS
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      VAN3–4PHI
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–2DET
      game 25/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–2DAL
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN8–0STL
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NJD2–1VAN
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–3VAN
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM7–0VAN
      L
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–6SJS
      L
      game 34/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–7PHX
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI5–3VAN
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–4VAN
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–7VAN
      W
      game 38/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–1ANA
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN2–6LAK
      L
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–5VAN
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
      12
      points
      NHL#278
      3
      goals
      NHL#303
      9
      assists
      NHL#228
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#91
      VAN
      20-20-0W-L-OT41Points
      3rd in the Pacific·7th in the Western Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA3–2VAN
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–4VAN
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS1–6VAN
      W
      game 44/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN4–3CHI
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN3–4STL
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN0–4PHX
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–5VAN
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2VAN
      W
      game 49/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      VAN0–3CGY
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–6OTT
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–6PIT
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN7–4DET
      W
      game 53/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN2–4TOR
      L
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–2VAN
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      ANA2–4VAN
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR6–5VAN
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–1SJS
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN0–4LAK
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–5ANA
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHX2–6VAN
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      20
      points
      NHL#246
      5
      goals
      NHL#286
      15
      assists
      NHL#185
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#66
      VAN
      28-32-0W-L-OT58Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Pacific·8th in the Western Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      LAK3–0VAN
      L
      game 63/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–5COL
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–1VAN
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–3VAN
      L
      game 66/824
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–2CHI
      game 67/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–4WSH
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–5FLA
      L
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN5–2TBL
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–4COL
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–1VAN
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL2–3VAN
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–2VAN
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      ANA3–5VAN
      W
      game 75/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      VAN5–2CGY
      W
      game 76/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DAL3–2VAN
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      CGY3–3VAN
      game 78/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–2EDM
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–2SJS
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHX4–6VAN
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      EDM4–5VAN
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Dave Babych closes the 1996-1997 season with 27 points

    Vancouver Canucks did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    27
    NHL#240
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#342
    Assists
    22
    NHL#160
    P/GP
    0.35
    NHL#294
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#417