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Regular season and playoffsBUF
Wins
37
NHL#2
Save pct
.930
NHL#3
GAA
2.27
NHL#8
Shutouts
5
NHL#6
Games
67
81%
81% of 82

Goaltender Dominik Hasek was 31 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 67 games and won 37 of them, at .930. In the playoffs he played 3 games and won 1. He won Hart Memorial Trophy. He also won Ted Lindsay Award. He also won Vezina Trophy.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dominik Hasek plays the 1996-1997 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Dominik was 31 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BUF3–4EDM
      L
      game 1/82
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA59:47TOIL
      .818
    • The game
      BUF0–3CGY
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA59:46TOIL
      .926
    • The game
      BUF2–1VAN
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    • The game
      DET6–1BUF
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      .829SV%
      29SV35SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .829
    • The game
      TBL4–0BUF
      L
      game 5/821
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA59:54TOIL
      .867
    • The game
      PIT1–4BUF
      W
      game 6/821
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA59:36TOIW
      .967
    • The game
      BUF4–1WSH
      W
      game 7/821
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
    • The game
      MTL3–6BUF
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
    • The game
      HFD3–6BUF
      W
      game 9/82
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .897
    Milestone

    Dominik Hasek reaches 100 career wins

    in the game against Hartford Whalers · October 26

    • The game
      BUF0–2DAL
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA59:03TOIL
      .935
    • November 1996
    • The game
      BUF4–2STL
      W
      game 12/82
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
    • The game
      BUF0–0COL
      game 13/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      32SV32SA0GA65:00TOI
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHI5–2BUF
      L
      game 14/822
      His night
      .892SV%
      33SV37SA4GA59:09TOIL
      .892
    • The game
      BUF3–4HFD
      L
      game 15/82
      His night
      .909SV%
      40SV44SA4GA64:55TOIL
      .909
    • The game
      FLA2–3BUF
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA64:01TOIW
      .935
    • The game
      COL4–5BUF
      W
      game 18/821
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .882
    • The game
      BUF3–4TOR
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA59:29TOIL
      .875
    • The game
      TOR3–6BUF
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .919
    • The game
      BUF3–2BOS
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA62:39TOIW
      .944
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8219 of 21 started
      10
      wins
      NHL#5
      .916
      SV%
      NHL#7
      2.7
      GAA
      NHL#13
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      BUF
      10-10-0W-L-OT21Points
      2nd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF3–4FLA
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      .833SV%in relief
      10SV12SA2GA19:49TOIL
      in relief
    • The game
      BUF3–0TBL
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      32SV32SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      OTT0–3BUF
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA59:56TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYI
      W
      game 25/823
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
    • December 1996
    • The game
      VAN7–6BUF
      L
      game 26/822
      His night
      .816SV%
      31SV38SA7GA63:38TOIL
      .816
    • The game
      ANA1–1BUF
      game 27/82
      His night
      .975SV%
      39SV40SA1GA65:00TOI
      .975
    • The game
      BUF4–6HFD
      L
      game 28/82
      His night
      .833SV%
      30SV36SA6GA58:28TOIL
      .833
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      .956SV%
      43SV45SA2GA62:42TOIW
      .956
    • The game
      NYR3–0BUF
      L
      game 30/822
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .885
    • The game
      BUF4–0BOS
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      TBL3–5BUF
      W
      game 32/82
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA59:58TOIW
      .906
    • The game
      LAK2–6BUF
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA59:58TOIW
      .949
    • The game
      BUF3–2OTT
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
    • The game
      BUF0–0NJD
      game 35/82
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      37SV37SA0GA65:00TOI
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      HFD1–5BUF
      W
      game 36/82
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
    • The game
      BUF0–2PIT
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA57:41TOIL
      .931
    • The game
      NJD5–6BUF
      W
      game 38/82
      His night
      .861SV%
      31SV36SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .861
    • The game
      STL2–2BUF
      game 39/821
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA65:00TOI
      .943
    • The game
      PHX1–5BUF
      W
      game 40/82
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 started
      21
      wins
      NHL#1
      .925
      SV%
      NHL#3
      2.5
      GAA
      NHL#7
      5
      shutouts
      NHL#1
      BUF
      21-15-0W-L-OT47Points
      2nd in the Northeast·5th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF3–6LAK
      L
      game 42/821
      His night
      .760SV%
      19SV25SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .760
    • The game
      BUF2–5ANA
      L
      game 43/82
      His night
      .904SV%
      47SV52SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .904
    • The game
      BUF3–2PHX
      W
      game 44/82
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:10TOIW
      .941
    • The game
      CHI1–2BUF
      W
      game 46/82
      His night
      .977SV%
      43SV44SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .977
    • The game
      MTL1–6BUF
      W
      game 47/821
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
    • The game
      HFD5–1BUF
      L
      game 49/82
      His night
      .722SV%
      13SV18SA5GA59:45TOIL
      .722
    • The game
      PIT1–3BUF
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
    • The game
      DAL1–3BUF
      W
      game 51/82
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    • February 1997
    • The game
      WSH2–2BUF
      game 52/821
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA65:00TOI
      .931
    • The game
      BUF1–1PHI
      game 53/821
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA65:00TOI
      .966
    • The game
      FLA1–1BUF
      game 54/822
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA65:00TOI
      .970
    • The game
      BUF3–1TBL
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
    • The game
      OTT1–2BUF
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
    • The game
      SJS2–6BUF
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA59:49TOIW
      .939
    • The game
      CGY5–5BUF
      game 59/822
      His night
      .881SV%
      37SV42SA5GA65:00TOI
      .881
    • The game
      NYI2–5BUF
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
    • The game
      BOS1–5BUF
      W
      game 61/82
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
    • The game
      BUF1–4NJD
      L
      game 62/82
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA59:29TOIL
      .919
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8255 of 62 started
      31
      wins
      NHL#1
      .926
      SV%
      NHL#1
      2.4
      GAA
      NHL#7
      5
      shutouts
      NHL#3
      BUF
      32-20-0W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Northeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      BUF3–1OTT
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
    • The game
      PIT2–4BUF
      W
      game 64/821
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA59:58TOIW
      .920
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 65/821
      His night
      .930SV%
      40SV43SA3GA65:00TOI
      .930
    • The game
      PHI2–3BUF
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:42TOIW
      .935
    • The game
      BOS1–5BUF
      W
      game 69/82
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA59:54TOIW
      .964
    • April 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1NYR
      game 76/822
      His night
      .974SV%
      37SV38SA1GA65:00TOI
      .974
    • The game
      OTT2–0BUF
      L
      game 77/823
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .944
    • The game
      NYR1–5BUF
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .952
    • The game
      BUF2–4HFD
      L
      game 79/82
      His night
      .902SV%
      37SV41SA4GA57:17TOIL
      .902
    • The game
      BUF5–1BOS
      W
      game 80/82
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      BUF0–1OTT
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      .971SV%
      33SV34SA1GA59:26TOIL
      .971
    The season in numbers

    Dominik Hasek closes the 1996-1997 season with 37 wins

    Wins
    37
    Games
    67of 82
    82%
    Shutouts
    5
    SV%
    .930
    GAA
    2.27
    Starts
    66
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    100
    career wins
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Ottawa Senators

    BUFvsOTT
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    • Game 1
      OTT1–3BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA59:57TOIW
      .957
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 2
      OTT3–1BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA57:54TOIL
      .897
    • Buffalo Sabresare1–1withOttawa Senators
    • Game 3
      BUF3–2OTT
      W
      2
      His night
      .938SV%
      15SV16SA1GA35:33TOI
      .938
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Ottawa Senators out 4–3

    BUF4–3OTT
    Advance
    3Games1Wins.926SV%2.0GAA
    4 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Philadelphia Flyers

    BUFvsPHI
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    8 days later
    Second round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1

    BUF1–4PHI
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Dominik Hasek ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 1 wins

    Wins
    1
    Games
    3
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .926
    GAA
    1.96
    Starts
    3
    OTT4–3→PHI1–4
    Honours

    Dominik Hasek won Hart Memorial Trophy, Ted Lindsay Award and Vezina Trophy for 1996-1997