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Janne Niinimaa's 1996-1997 season

Points
44
NHL#121
Goals
4
NHL#375
Assists
40
NHL#36
Plus/minus
+12
NHL#71
Games
77
93%
93% of 82

Defenceman Janne Niinimaa was 21 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played 77 of a possible 82 games and scored 4 goals and 40 assists for 44 points, 0.57 points per game. In the playoffs he played 19 games for 13 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Janne Niinimaa makes his NHL debut in 1–⁠3 loss against Florida Panthers

    FLAFlorida Panthers3–1PHIPhiladelphia Flyers

    Janne was 21 years old · CoreStates Center, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    -3
    +/-

    Swedes on the ice: Johan Garpenlöv, Kjell Samuelsson and Mikael Renberg.

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    • The game
      FLA3–1PHI
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
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    • The game
      PHI4–3ANA
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
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    • The game
      PHI3–1PHX
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    Milestone

    Janne Niinimaa records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Phoenix Coyotes · October 18

    • The game
      ANA0–3PHI
      W
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      PHI5–6MTL
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      FLA3–2PHI
      L
      game 11/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      PHI2–4WSH
      L
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–3TBL
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      PHI3–2FLA
      W
      game 14/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–3PHI
      L
      game 15/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–2BUF
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      CHI4–1PHI
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–3PHI
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–1NYR
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH5–2PHI
      L
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–2PHI
      game 21/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8216 of 21 played
      6
      points
      NHL#246
      0
      goals
      NHL#427
      6
      assists
      NHL#125
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#167
      PHI
      10-10-0W-L-OT21Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT3–7PHI
      W
      game 22/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      PHI2–1TBL
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHI0–2BOS
      L
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–4NYI
      L
      game 25/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–3OTT
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • December 1996
    • The game
      VAN3–4PHI
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHI1–1NYR
      game 28/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–3DAL
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–5PHI
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      HFD2–3PHI
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      PHI4–0HFD
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
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    • The game
      BOS0–6PHI
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
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    • The game
      NYI0–5PHI
      W
      game 34/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    Milestone

    Janne Niinimaa scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against New York Islanders · December 19

    • The game
      STL0–4PHI
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      PHI2–2CHI
      game 36/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–4EDM
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–2CGY
      W
      game 38/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–3VAN
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHI4–1SJS
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHI4–4COL
      game 41/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8236 of 41 played
      19
      points
      NHL#149
      1
      goals
      NHL#418
      18
      assists
      NHL#55
      +10
      +/-
      NHL#18
      PHI
      25-12-0W-L-OT54Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS3–7PHI
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      TBL3–1PHI
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–3PHI
      game 44/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      MTL2–3PHI
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      DAL3–3PHI
      game 46/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–2DET
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      DET4–1PHI
      L
      game 48/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHX1–4PHI
      W
      game 49/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      PHI2–1WSH
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • February 1997
    • The game
      NYR4–2PHI
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–1PHI
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–9PHI
      W
      game 53/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHI2–4NJD
      L
      game 54/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      OTT2–4PHI
      W
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–5PHI
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHI6–2PIT
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      HFD2–2PHI
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      PHI2–5TBL
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      PHI4–3FLA
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–2PHI
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      PHI8–5OTT
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      +4+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8257 of 62 played
      33
      points
      NHL#124
      3
      goals
      NHL#369
      30
      assists
      NHL#43
      +11
      +/-
      NHL#28
      PHI
      36-17-0W-L-OT81Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      PHI5–5BOS
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–2HFD
      W
      game 64/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–1PHI
      L
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3PIT
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–5PHI
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3BUF
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM4–5PHI
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF7–5PHI
      L
      game 70/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–3TOR
      W
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–3NYI
      game 72/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      COL0–2PHI
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–3NJD
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–3WSH
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3STL
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      TBL1–1PHI
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–2PHI
      W
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3NYR
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–3PHI
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–3MTL
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–5PHI
      W
      game 82/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Janne Niinimaa closes the 1996-1997 season with 44 points

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
    Points
    44
    NHL#121
    Games
    77of 82
    94%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#375
    Assists
    40
    NHL#36
    P/GP
    0.57
    NHL#144
    +/-
    +12
    NHL#71
    Events
    40
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    PHIvsPIT
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PIT1–5PHI
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT2–3PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      PHI5–3PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      PHI1–4PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT3–6PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-7SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–1

    PHI4–1PIT
    Advance
    5Games5Points0Goals5Assists
    7 days later
    Second round

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Buffalo Sabres

    PHIvsBUF
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      PHI5–3BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      PHI2–1BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      BUF1–4PHI
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      BUF5–4PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      PHI6–3BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    Second round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1

    PHI4–1BUF
    Advance
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    5 days later
    Conference final

    Philadelphia Flyers meet New York Rangers

    PHIvsNYR
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR1–3PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR5–4PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyersare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      PHI6–3NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PHI3–2NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR2–4PHI
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Conference final

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    PHI4–1NYR
    Advance
    5Games4Points1Goals3Assists
    6 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Philadelphia Flyers play the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit Red Wings

    PHIvsDET
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      DET4–2PHI
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • June 1997
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      DET4–2PHI
      L
      4
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6DET
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–2DET
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Final

    Detroit Red Wings knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–0

    PHI0–4DET
    Eliminated
    4Games3Points0Goals3Assists
    The run in numbers

    Janne Niinimaa ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 13 points

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
    Points
    13
    NHL#12
    Games
    19
    Goals
    1
    NHL#95
    Assists
    12
    NHL#5
    P/GP
    0.68
    NHL#34
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#35
    Events
    10
    playoff points
    10
    playoff assists
    1
    First playoff goal
    2 points
    best game
    PIT4–1→BUF4–1→NYR4–1→DET0–4