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James Black's 1996-1997 season

Points
23
NHL#274
Goals
12
NHL#180
Assists
11
NHL#350
Plus/minus
+6
NHL#140
Games
64
78%
78% of 82

Left winger James Black was 27 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Chicago Blackhawks. He played 64 of a possible 82 games and scored 12 goals and 11 assists for 23 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.

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    James Black plays the 1996-1997 season for Chicago Blackhawks

    James was 27 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI5–2WSH
      W
      game 1/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI4–1STL
      W
      game 2/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ANA2–0CHI
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      COL2–0CHI
      L
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–1TOR
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–2CHI
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–2CHI
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL4–6CHI
      W
      game 9/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      CHI2–2DET
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      SJS6–2CHI
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–2TBL
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3FLA
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • November 1996
    • The game
      CHI3–2DAL
      W
      game 14/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      EDM2–4CHI
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD4–2CHI
      L
      game 16/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–1PHI
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      OTT0–2CHI
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY2–1CHI
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–4OTT
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–2CHI
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      8
      points
      NHL#177
      5
      goals
      NHL#90
      3
      assists
      NHL#269
      CHI
      10-9-0W-L-OT22Points
      4th in the Central·5th in the Western Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI4–4EDM
      game 22/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI1–2VAN
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–2CGY
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3SJS
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI0–2ANA
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–3LAK
      W
      game 27/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • December 1996
    • The game
      MTL3–1CHI
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3MTL
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–6DET
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–1STL
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–2CHI
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DAL3–2CHI
      L
      game 34/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–1CHI
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–2CHI
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3BOS
      game 37/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL4–4CHI
      game 38/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI4–5TOR
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–4CHI
      W
      game 40/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL4–1CHI
      L
      game 41/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      14
      points
      NHL#214
      8
      goals
      NHL#117
      6
      assists
      NHL#294
      CHI
      15-20-0W-L-OT36Points
      5th in the Central·7th in the Western Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHX4–2CHI
      L
      game 42/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–5CHI
      game 43/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM1–4CHI
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3NJD
      game 45/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–1DET
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      TBL2–0CHI
      L
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–2BUF
      L
      game 48/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–3CHI
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–1CHI
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3NYI
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–1NYR
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      CHI3–2LAK
      W
      game 53/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI4–2SJS
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3PHX
      L
      game 55/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI4–2COL
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS3–7CHI
      W
      game 57/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR0–2CHI
      W
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–4STL
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5CHI
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      22
      points
      NHL#215
      11
      goals
      NHL#148
      11
      assists
      NHL#274
      CHI
      25-29-0W-L-OT58Points
      5th in the Central·7th in the Western Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI2–2HFD
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • March 1997
    • The game
      CHI1–1VAN
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–5CHI
      W
      game 71/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      CHI2–1CGY
      W
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL1–0CHI
      L
      game 80/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–2DAL
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    James Black closes the 1996-1997 season with 23 points

    Points
    23
    NHL#274
    Games
    64of 82
    78%
    Goals
    12
    NHL#180
    Assists
    11
    NHL#350
    P/GP
    0.36
    NHL#276
    +/-
    +6
    NHL#140
    Events
    100
    NHL games
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Chicago Blackhawks are in the playoffs

    First round

    Chicago Blackhawks meet Colorado Avalanche

    CHIvsCOL
    Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
    Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
    • Game 2
      CHI1–3COL
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Colorado Avalanchelead2–0againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 3
      COL3–4CHI
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • Colorado Avalanchelead2–1againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 4
      COL3–6CHI
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Chicago Blackhawksare2–2withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 5
      CHI0–7COL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Colorado Avalanchelead3–2againstChicago Blackhawks
    • Game 6
      COL6–3CHI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    First round

    Colorado Avalanche knock Chicago Blackhawks out 4–2

    CHI2–4COL
    Eliminated
    5Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    James Black ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#145
    Games
    5
    Goals
    1
    NHL#95
    Assists
    1
    NHL#143
    P/GP
    0.40
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#79
    Events
    1
    First playoff assist
    COL2–4