Regular seasonSJSCHI

Ed Belfour's 1996-1997 season

Wins

NHL#28

Save pct

.901

NHL#36

GAA

2.89

NHL#35

Shutouts

NHL#20

Games

52% of 88

Goaltender Ed Belfour was 31 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Chicago Blackhawks och San Jose Sharks. He played 46 games and won 14 of them, at .901. He moved from Chicago Blackhawks to San Jose Sharks in January. San Jose Sharks did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997

Year 1996
30 years ago
Season opener
October 5
Ed Belfour opens the 1996-1997 season with Chicago Blackhawks
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Ed was 31 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.
- The game
  CHI5–2WSH
  W
  October 5game 1/821
  His night
  .913SV%
  21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .913
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- The game
  ANA2–0CHI
  L
  October 9game 3/821
  His night
  .944SV%
  17SV18SA1GA59:43TOIL
  .944
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  COL2–0CHI
  L
  October 11game 4/821
  His night
  .929SV%
  26SV28SA2GA59:09TOIL
  .929
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  DAL5–3CHI
  L
  October 13game 5/82
  His night
  .828SV%
  24SV29SA5GA58:23TOIL
  .828
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  CHI3–1TOR
  W
  October 15game 6/822
  His night
  .975SV%
  39SV40SA1GA59:58TOIW
  .975
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  DET1–2CHI
  W
  October 17game 7/822
  His night
  .969SV%
  31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .969
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  LAK1–2CHI
  W
  October 20game 8/821
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .962
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- The game
  STL4–6CHI
  W
  October 24game 9/82
  His night
  .800SV%
  16SV20SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .800
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  SJS6–2CHI
  L
  October 27game 11/822
  His night
  .800SV%in relief
  4SV5SA1GA20:00TOI
  in relief
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- The game
  CHI2–2TBL
  October 29game 12/821
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA65:00TOI
  .943
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- The game
  CHI2–3FLA
  L
  October 30game 13/821
  His night
  .914SV%
  32SV35SA3GA59:31TOIL
  .914
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- November 1996
- The game
  CHI3–2DAL
  W
  November 1game 14/82
  His night
  .931SV%
  27SV29SA2GA61:48TOIW
  .931
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  EDM2–4CHI
  W
  November 3game 15/821
  His night
  .933SV%
  28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .933
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- The game
  NJD4–2CHI
  L
  November 7game 16/82
  His night
  .826SV%
  19SV23SA4GA59:22TOIL
  .826
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- The game
  OTT0–2CHI
  W
  November 10game 18/822
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  24SV24SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  CGY2–1CHI
  L
  November 14game 19/821
  His night
  .943SV%
  33SV35SA2GA64:55TOIL
  .943
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  LAK4–2CHI
  L
  November 17game 21/821
  His night
  .867SV%
  26SV30SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .867
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- Checkpoint
  November 17
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8216 of 21 started
  8
  wins
  NHL#5
  .920
  SV%
  NHL#6
  2.2
  GAA
  NHL#8
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#7
  CHI
  10-9-0W-L-OT22Points
  4th in the Central·5th in the Western Conference·6th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI4–4EDM
  November 19game 22/821
  His night
  .897SV%
  35SV39SA4GA65:00TOI
  .897
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- The game
  CHI5–2CGY
  W
  November 22game 24/822
  His night
  .941SV%
  32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .941
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- The game
  CHI2–3SJS
  L
  November 27game 25/822
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA58:55TOIL
  .875
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- The game
  CHI5–3LAK
  W
  November 30game 27/821
  His night
  .885SV%
  23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .885
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Milestone
Ed Belfour reaches 200 career wins
in the game against Los Angeles Kings · November 30
- The game
  MTL3–1CHI
  L
  December 6game 28/821
  His night
  .889SV%
  24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .889
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- The game
  TOR3–1CHI
  L
  December 9game 30/822
  His night
  .917SV%
  22SV24SA2GA58:52TOIL
  .917
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- The game
  CHI2–6DET
  L
  December 12game 31/822
  His night
  .867SV%
  39SV45SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .867
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- The game
  PHI2–2CHI
  December 22game 36/822
  His night
  .938SV%
  30SV32SA2GA65:00TOI
  .938
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- The game
  CHI3–3BOS
  December 23game 37/821
  His night
  .919SV%
  34SV37SA3GA65:00TOI
  .919
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- The game
  STL4–4CHI
  December 26game 38/821
  His night
  .846SV%
  22SV26SA4GA65:00TOI
  .846
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- The game
  CHI4–5TOR
  L
  December 28game 39/822
  His night
  .844SV%
  27SV32SA5GA58:50TOIL
  .844
  View the game
- The game
  COL4–1CHI
  L
  December 31game 41/82
  His night
  .889SV%
  24SV27SA3GA58:49TOIL
  .889
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- Checkpoint
  December 31
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8228 of 41 started
  10
  wins
  NHL#15
  .908
  SV%
  NHL#12
  2.7
  GAA
  NHL#11
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#17
  CHI
  15-20-0W-L-OT36Points
  5th in the Central·7th in the Western Conference·14th in the whole NHL
Year 1997
29 years ago
- The game
  PHX4–2CHI
  L
  January 2game 42/82
  His night
  .842SV%
  16SV19SA3GA59:16TOIL
  .842
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- The game
  DET5–5CHI
  January 5game 43/821
  His night
  .853SV%
  29SV34SA5GA65:00TOI
  .853
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- The game
  CHI3–1DET
  W
  January 11game 46/822
  His night
  .971SV%
  33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .971
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- The game
  CHI1–2BUF
  L
  January 20game 48/82
  His night
  .917SV%
  22SV24SA2GA58:37TOIL
  .917
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- The game
  SJS2–5VAN
  L
  January 27game 47/822
  His night
  .833SV%
  25SV30SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .833
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- The game
  SJS1–3EDM
  L
  January 29game 48/822
  His night
  .913SV%
  21SV23SA2GA59:31TOIL
  .913
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- The game
  SJS6–3CGY
  W
  January 30game 49/822
  His night
  .909SV%
  30SV33SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .909
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- February 1997
- The game
  COL1–2SJS
  W
  February 1game 50/822
  His night
  .938SV%
  15SV16SA1GA40:00TOI
  .938
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- Checkpoint
  February 1
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8236 of 62 started
  12
  wins
  NHL#23
  .906
  SV%
  NHL#14
  2.7
  GAA
  NHL#13
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#21
  SJS
  22-33-0W-L-OT51Points
  7th in the Pacific·12th in the Western Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
- March 1997
- The game
  SJS4–5NYR
  L
  March 3game 64/823
  His night
  .865SV%
  32SV37SA5GA61:24TOIL
  .865
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- The game
  OTT0–2SJS
  W
  March 6game 65/824
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  29SV29SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  NYR2–1SJS
  L
  March 9game 66/823
  His night
  .920SV%
  23SV25SA2GA59:07TOIL
  .920
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- The game
  STL4–3SJS
  L
  March 11game 67/822
  His night
  .852SV%
  23SV27SA4GA59:20TOIL
  .852
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- The game
  DET7–4SJS
  L
  March 15game 69/823
  His night
  .781SV%
  25SV32SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .781
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- The game
  SJS2–4CGY
  L
  March 19game 70/823
  His night
  .879SV%
  29SV33SA4GA59:06TOIL
  .879
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- The game
  SJS1–2LAK
  L
  March 22game 72/822
  His night
  .920SV%
  23SV25SA2GA58:59TOIL
  .920
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- The game
  EDM5–1SJS
  L
  March 24game 73/822
  His night
  .857SV%
  30SV35SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .857
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- The game
  EDM3–4SJS
  W
  March 28game 75/822
  His night
  .885SV%
  23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .885
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The season in numbers
March 28
Ed Belfour closes the 1996-1997 season with 14 wins
CHIChicago Blackhawks SJSSan Jose Sharks
Chicago Blackhawks did not reach the playoffs
Wins
14
Games
46of 82
56%
Shutouts
2
SV%
.901
GAA
2.89
Starts
45
Events
200
career wins
4 i rad
straight wins

Ed Belfour opens the 1996-1997 season with Chicago Blackhawks

1/4 into the season

Ed Belfour reaches 200 career wins

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Ed Belfour closes the 1996-1997 season with 14 wins