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Gord Murphy's 1996-1997 season

Points
23
NHL#274
Goals
8
NHL#264
Assists
15
NHL#269
Plus/minus
+3
NHL#193
Games
80
97%
97% of 82

Defenceman Gord Murphy was 29 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Florida Panthers. He played 80 of a possible 82 games and scored 8 goals and 15 assists for 23 points, 0.29 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 5 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Gord Murphy plays the 1996-1997 season for Florida Panthers

    Gord was 29 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      FLA3–1PHI
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA5–2NYR
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Gord Murphy reaches 250 career points

    in the game against New York Rangers · October 6

    • The game
      NYR1–1FLA
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–6FLA
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA3–3SJS
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA2–1COL
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA1–1PHX
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      OTT2–5FLA
      W
      game 8/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6FLA
      W
      game 9/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA3–2PHI
      W
      game 10/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA1–1NYR
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3FLA
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • November 1996
    • The game
      PHI3–2FLA
      L
      game 13/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4FLA
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–4FLA
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA2–3BUF
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA5–3MTL
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3FLA
      game 18/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–2FLA
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK1–4FLA
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–1DAL
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      11
      points
      NHL#130
      2
      goals
      NHL#228
      9
      assists
      NHL#64
      +10
      +/-
      NHL#4
      FLA
      13-3-0W-L-OT31Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA3–1STL
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–4FLA
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–1FLA
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      FLA4–2DET
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA0–2NJD
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4FLA
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DAL1–1FLA
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–5PHI
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–5HFD
      L
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM3–6FLA
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA2–5OTT
      L
      game 32/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–1CHI
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–7NYR
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–3NYI
      W
      game 35/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–3TBL
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      FLA1–1WSH
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–1FLA
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      ANA3–0FLA
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      FLA5–0LAK
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      FLA2–3ANA
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      14
      points
      NHL#233
      5
      goals
      NHL#213
      9
      assists
      NHL#224
      +8
      +/-
      NHL#27
      FLA
      21-11-0W-L-OT51Points
      2nd in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA4–1CGY
      W
      game 42/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–4VAN
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA0–4EDM
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG
    • The game
      COL4–2FLA
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA1–2HFD
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–1BOS
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TBL2–3FLA
      W
      game 48/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–5FLA
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +4+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS1–3FLA
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–1FLA
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA2–2MTL
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA1–1BUF
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–2NJD
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4FLA
      W
      game 55/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL2–5FLA
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA0–1NYI
      L
      game 57/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2FLA
      L
      game 58/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–4PIT
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–2FLA
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–3FLA
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–2FLA
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      21
      points
      NHL#228
      8
      goals
      NHL#203
      13
      assists
      NHL#233
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#50
      FLA
      28-19-0W-L-OT71Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL2–3FLA
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • March 1997
    • The game
      FLA0–2TBL
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHX3–0FLA
      L
      game 65/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY3–1FLA
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–1FLA
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–5FLA
      W
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–3FLA
      game 70/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–1NJD
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–7NYI
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–2OTT
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–3FLA
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      OTT3–2FLA
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL1–1FLA
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      FLA1–3TOR
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–4BOS
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–3WSH
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–4FLA
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–4FLA
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Gord Murphy closes the 1996-1997 season with 23 points

    Points
    23
    NHL#274
    Games
    80of 82
    98%
    Goals
    8
    NHL#264
    Assists
    15
    NHL#269
    P/GP
    0.29
    NHL#348
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#193
    Events
    250
    career points
    6 days later
    Playoffs

    Florida Panthers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Florida Panthers meet New York Rangers

    FLAvsNYR
    Swedes on Florida Panthers
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    • Game 1
      NYR0–3FLA
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Florida Pantherslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR3–0FLA
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Florida Panthersare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      FLA3–4NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 4
      FLA2–3NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 5
      NYR3–2FLA
      L
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Florida Panthers out 4–1

    FLA1–4NYR
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Gord Murphy ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 5 points

    Points
    5
    NHL#75
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#165
    Assists
    5
    NHL#38
    P/GP
    1.00
    +/-
    0
    NHL#114
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    2 points
    best game
    NYR1–4