Regular season and playoffsNYR

Eric Cairns's 1996-1997 season

Points

NHL#627

Goals

NHL#609

Assists

NHL#602

Plus/minus

-7

NHL#586

Games

48% of 82

Defenceman Eric Cairns was 22 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 40 of a possible 82 games and scored 0 goals and 1 assists for 1 points, 0.03 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 0 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs

Year 1996
30 years ago
NHL debut
October 8
Eric Cairns makes his NHL debut in the 1–⁠1 draw against Florida Panthers
NYRNew York Rangers1–1FLAFlorida Panthers
Eric was 22 years old · Miami Arena, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
0
+/-
Swedes on the ice: Niklas Sundström, Ulf Samuelsson and Johan Garpenlöv.
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- The game
  NYR1–1FLA
  October 8game 3/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  DAL2–1NYR
  L
  October 10game 4/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–5MTL
  L
  October 12game 5/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  STL1–2NYR
  W
  October 18game 8/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–6FLA
  L
  October 25game 11/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–6NYR
  W
  October 27game 12/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  FLA1–1NYR
  October 29game 13/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–1NJD
  W
  October 30game 14/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- November 1996
- The game
  NYR5–2BOS
  W
  November 2game 15/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TBL5–3NYR
  L
  November 4game 16/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR1–1NYI
  November 6game 17/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–3WSH
  L
  November 9game 18/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 9
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8212 of 21 played
  0
  points
  NHL#538
  0
  goals
  NHL#427
  0
  assists
  NHL#498
  -3
  +/-
  NHL#167
  NYR
  7-10-0W-L-OT18Points
  5th in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
- December 1996
- The game
  LAK0–4NYR
  W
  December 18game 35/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  December 18
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8213 of 41 played
  0
  points
  NHL#607
  0
  goals
  NHL#518
  0
  assists
  NHL#581
  -3
  +/-
  NHL#168
  NYR
  20-16-0W-L-OT45Points
  3rd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
Year 1997
29 years ago
- The game
  NYI3–4NYR
  W
  January 2game 42/825
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Eric Cairns records his first NHL assist
in the game against New York Islanders · January 2
- The game
  OTT4–6NYR
  W
  January 4game 43/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  COL2–2NYR
  January 6game 44/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  TBL4–3NYR
  L
  January 8game 45/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR0–2WSH
  L
  January 9game 46/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NJD0–3NYR
  W
  January 12game 47/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI4–2NYR
  L
  January 13game 48/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  EDM4–4NYR
  January 21game 49/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–3WSH
  W
  January 22game 50/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR7–4PIT
  W
  January 25game 51/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–1NYR
  L
  January 27game 52/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- February 1997
- The game
  NYR4–2PHI
  W
  February 1game 53/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS3–2NYR
  L
  February 2game 54/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  HFD2–5NYR
  W
  February 5game 55/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–2NYI
  W
  February 8game 56/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–4FLA
  L
  February 9game 57/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR0–2CHI
  L
  February 15game 59/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NJD2–2NYR
  February 17game 60/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–7HFD
  L
  February 21game 62/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 21
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8232 of 62 played
  1
  points
  NHL#603
  0
  goals
  NHL#579
  1
  assists
  NHL#576
  -5
  +/-
  NHL#182
  NYR
  28-25-0W-L-OT65Points
  4th in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYR1–2PHI
  L
  February 23game 63/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- March 1997
- The game
  SJS4–5NYR
  W
  March 3game 65/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–1SJS
  W
  March 9game 68/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–3NYR
  W
  March 12game 69/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL5–4NYR
  L
  March 19game 72/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- April 1997
- The game
  BUF1–1NYR
  April 1game 77/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–5NYR
  W
  April 3game 78/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR1–5BUF
  L
  April 4game 79/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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The season in numbers
April 4
Eric Cairns closes the 1996-1997 season with 1 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
1
NHL#627
Games
40of 82
49%
Goals
0
NHL#609
Assists
1
NHL#602
P/GP
0.03
NHL#561
+/-
-7
NHL#586
Events
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL assist
13 days later
Playoffs
April 17
New York Rangers are in the playoffs
First round
April 17
New York Rangers meet Florida Panthers
NYRvsFLA
Swedes on New York Rangers
Niklas Sundström
Ulf Samuelsson
Swedes on Florida Panthers
Johan Garpenlöv
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8 days later
First round
April 25
New York Rangers knock Florida Panthers out 4–1
NYR4–1FLA
Advance
He did not play in this round
7 days later
Second round
May 2
New York Rangers meet New Jersey Devils
NYRvsNJD
Swedes on New York Rangers
Niklas Sundström
Ulf Samuelsson
Swedes on New Jersey Devils
No Swedes
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9 days later
Second round
May 11
New York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1
NYR4–1NJD
Advance
He did not play in this round
5 days later
Conference final
May 16
New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers
NYRvsPHI
Swedes on New York Rangers
Ulf Samuelsson
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
Mikael Renberg
Kjell Samuelsson
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- Game 3
  PHI6–3NYR
  L
  May 202
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4
  PHI3–2NYR
  L
  May 232
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 5
  NYR2–4PHI
  L
  May 253
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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Conference final
May 25
Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–1
NYR1–4PHI
Eliminated
3Games0Points0Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
May 25
Eric Cairns ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
0
NHL#242
Games
3
Goals
0
NHL#165
Assists
0
NHL#218
P/GP
0.00
+/-
0
NHL#114
FLA4–1→NJD4–1→PHI1–4

Eric Cairns makes his NHL debut in the 1–⁠1 draw against Florida Panthers

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

Eric Cairns records his first NHL assist

3/4 into the season

Eric Cairns closes the 1996-1997 season with 1 points

New York Rangers are in the playoffs

New York Rangers meet Florida Panthers

New York Rangers knock Florida Panthers out 4–1

New York Rangers meet New Jersey Devils

New York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1

New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–1

Eric Cairns ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points