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Dave Ellett's 1996-1997 season

Points
21
NHL#297
Goals
6
NHL#315
Assists
15
NHL#269
Plus/minus
-6
NHL#564
Games
76
90%
90% of 84

Defenceman Dave Ellett was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs och New Jersey Devils. He played 76 of a possible 84 games and scored 6 goals and 15 assists for 21 points, 0.28 points per game. He moved from Toronto Maple Leafs to New Jersey Devils in February. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 3 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dave Ellett opens the 1996-1997 season with Toronto Maple Leafs

    Dave was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 7th season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      ANA1–4TOR
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM4–2TOR
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL7–4TOR
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI3–1TOR
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR1–6STL
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–2DAL
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS3–4TOR
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–1BOS
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHX2–5TOR
      W
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–2TOR
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–3NYI
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • November 1996
    • The game
      DET2–6TOR
      W
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL3–6TOR
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–6OTT
      L
      game 14/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM3–7TOR
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–3PHI
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3ANA
      L
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–4LAK
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3PHX
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–4TOR
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–6BUF
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      5
      points
      NHL#285
      2
      goals
      NHL#223
      3
      assists
      NHL#289
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#166
      TOR
      9-12-0W-L-OT18Points
      5th in the Central·10th in the Western Conference·18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–3TOR
      L
      game 22/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–3TOR
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–5DET
      L
      game 24/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–5DAL
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      STL0–2TOR
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–6NYR
      L
      game 27/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–0TOR
      L
      game 28/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–1CHI
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD5–2TOR
      L
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHX5–3TOR
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR1–3DET
      L
      game 32/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR6–3SJS
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–5PHX
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–2COL
      W
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–5TOR
      L
      game 36/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–2STL
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–2TOR
      W
      game 39/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–4EDM
      L
      game 40/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–7VAN
      L
      game 41/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      9
      points
      NHL#312
      2
      goals
      NHL#337
      7
      assists
      NHL#275
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#203
      TOR
      17-24-0W-L-OT34Points
      6th in the Central·9th in the Western Conference·19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR3–4CGY
      L
      game 42/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      COL3–2TOR
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–6WSH
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK3–2TOR
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–3HFD
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CGY3–5TOR
      W
      game 47/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–1CHI
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DAL5–1TOR
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      COL5–2TOR
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL4–0TOR
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–3NJD
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      TOR4–4LAK
      game 57/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR0–3CGY
      L
      game 58/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–5VAN
      W
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–6EDM
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR5–1MTL
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NJD5–3NYI
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF1–4NJD
      W
      game 61/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • March 1997
    • The game
      PIT3–6NJD
      W
      game 62/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8259 of 62 played
      17
      points
      NHL#286
      5
      goals
      NHL#288
      12
      assists
      NHL#268
      -8
      +/-
      NHL#209
      NJD
      32-18-0W-L-OT76Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD3–1PIT
      W
      game 63/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–1PHI
      W
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–5NYI
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–1BUF
      W
      game 66/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM1–6NJD
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–6NJD
      W
      game 68/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–1NJD
      L
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–2WSH
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–2PIT
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI4–3NJD
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–4NJD
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      LAK2–5NJD
      W
      game 75/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      TBL0–3NJD
      W
      game 77/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–0STL
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–2TBL
      game 79/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–4FLA
      L
      game 80/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–5PHI
      L
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Dave Ellett closes the 1996-1997 season with 21 points

    Points
    21
    NHL#297
    Games
    76of 82
    93%
    Goals
    6
    NHL#315
    Assists
    15
    NHL#269
    P/GP
    0.28
    NHL#359
    +/-
    -6
    NHL#564
    Events
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    New Jersey Devils are in the playoffs

    First round

    New Jersey Devils meet Montréal Canadiens

    NJDvsMTL
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      MTL2–5NJD
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL1–4NJD
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      NJD6–4MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      NJD3–4MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL0–4NJD
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    First round

    New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

    NJD4–1MTL
    Advance
    5Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    6 days later
    Second round

    New Jersey Devils meet New York Rangers

    NJDvsNYR
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    • Game 1
      NYR0–2NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR2–0NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • New Jersey Devilsare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NJD2–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      NJD0–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      NYR2–1NJD
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    Second round

    New York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1

    NJD1–4NYR
    Eliminated
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Dave Ellett ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#119
    Games
    10
    Goals
    0
    NHL#165
    Assists
    3
    NHL#72
    P/GP
    0.30
    NHL#97
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#179
    MTL4–1→NYR1–4