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Don Sweeney's 1995-1996 season

Points
28
NHL#236
Goals
4
NHL#385
Assists
24
NHL#155
Plus/minus
-4
NHL#511
Games
77
93%
93% of 82

Defenceman Don Sweeney was 29 years old when the 1995-1996 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 77 of a possible 82 games and scored 4 goals and 24 assists for 28 points, 0.36 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 2 points.

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

1995-1996Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Don Sweeney plays the 1995-1996 season for Boston Bruins

    Don was 29 years old when the 1995-1996 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI4–4BOS
      game 1/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–5BOS
      W
      game 2/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3COL
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–6SJS
      game 4/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–6DAL
      L
      game 5/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS7–4STL
      W
      game 6/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–1BOS
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • November 1995
    • The game
      BOS4–3WSH
      W
      game 13/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Don Sweeney reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Washington Capitals · November 7

    • The game
      OTT3–4BOS
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–1BOS
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5TBL
      L
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–2BOS
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–5BOS
      W
      game 18/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN4–5BOS
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–2BOS
      W
      game 20/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3OTT
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8216 of 21 played
      8
      points
      NHL#224
      1
      goals
      NHL#323
      7
      assists
      NHL#150
      -4
      +/-
      NHL#171
      BOS
      8-9-0W-L-OT20Points
      4th in the Northeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT9–6BOS
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • December 1995
    • The game
      BUF4–6BOS
      W
      game 23/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–6PHI
      L
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL4–6BOS
      W
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3TBL
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3FLA
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4NYR
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–6BOS
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGY3–6BOS
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–2BUF
      W
      game 31/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL5–7BOS
      W
      game 32/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–3NYI
      game 33/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3WIN
      W
      game 34/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–2BOS
      L
      game 35/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4TOR
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–5BOS
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL3–0BOS
      L
      game 38/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      ANA2–7BOS
      W
      game 39/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD2–3BOS
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–0BOS
      L
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8236 of 41 played
      16
      points
      NHL#219
      3
      goals
      NHL#325
      13
      assists
      NHL#158
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#162
      BOS
      18-17-0W-L-OT42Points
      3rd in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS4–2NJD
      W
      game 42/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–7PIT
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL3–4BOS
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–3BOS
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–5MTL
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–1OTT
      W
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1996
    • The game
      FLA2–2BOS
      game 48/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–4BOS
      W
      game 49/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–6PIT
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–2BUF
      L
      game 51/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI6–2BOS
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–0HFD
      W
      game 53/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    Milestone

    Don Sweeney reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Hartford Whalers · February 14

    • The game
      BOS0–3CHI
      L
      game 54/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1VAN
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3LAK
      game 56/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–4ANA
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–4EDM
      W
      game 58/82
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–1CGY
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM4–3BOS
      L
      game 60/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–1NYR
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • March 1996
    • The game
      WSH2–0BOS
      L
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8257 of 62 played
      22
      points
      NHL#228
      3
      goals
      NHL#382
      19
      assists
      NHL#160
      -5
      +/-
      NHL#183
      BOS
      27-27-0W-L-OT62Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Northeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS3–5NYI
      L
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–4BOS
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–3BOS
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS4–1FLA
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–4BOS
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–2WSH
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS3–3BOS
      game 69/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG1SHP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS2–1NJD
      W
      game 70/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      OTT1–3BOS
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–4BOS
      L
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–5HFD
      W
      game 73/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–3BOS
      L
      game 74/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–5BUF
      W
      game 75/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • April 1996
    • The game
      BOS1–1OTT
      game 76/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1MTL
      W
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3BOS
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–2PHI
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–3BOS
      W
      game 80/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BOS0–2HFD
      L
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–6BOS
      W
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    The season in numbers

    Don Sweeney closes the 1995-1996 season with 28 points

    Points
    28
    NHL#236
    Games
    77of 82
    94%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#385
    Assists
    24
    NHL#155
    P/GP
    0.36
    NHL#282
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#511
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    100
    career assists
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Boston Bruins meet Florida Panthers

    BOSvsFLA
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Florida Panthers
    • Game 1
      BOS3–6FLA
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Florida Pantherslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS2–6FLA
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • Florida Pantherslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      FLA4–2BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • Florida Pantherslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      FLA2–6BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP
      +2 assists
    • Florida Pantherslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BOS3–4FLA
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    First round

    Florida Panthers knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    BOS1–4FLA
    Eliminated
    5Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Don Sweeney ends the 1995-1996 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#168
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#186
    Assists
    2
    NHL#110
    P/GP
    0.40
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#284
    Events
    2 points
    best game
    FLA1–4