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Jason Smith's 1996-1997 season

Points
8
NHL#481
Goals
1
NHL#533
Assists
7
NHL#429
Plus/minus
-12
NHL#681
Games
78
96%
96% of 81

Defenceman Jason Smith was 22 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for New Jersey Devils och Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 78 of a possible 81 games and scored 1 goals and 7 assists for 8 points, 0.10 points per game. He moved from New Jersey Devils to Toronto Maple Leafs in February. Toronto Maple Leafs did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Jason Smith opens the 1996-1997 season with New Jersey Devils

    Jason was 22 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DET1–3NJD
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–3PHI
      L
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DAL4–2NJD
      L
      game 3/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3NJD
      W
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      OTT2–2NJD
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–6HFD
      L
      game 6/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS1–3NJD
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–5BOS
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–1NJD
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • November 1996
    • The game
      TBL1–2NJD
      W
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–0DET
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–2CHI
      W
      game 13/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI0–4NJD
      W
      game 14/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–0NJD
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TBL3–6NJD
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–1OTT
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–1NJD
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–4WSH
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–2DAL
      W
      game 21/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      1
      points
      NHL#494
      1
      goals
      NHL#334
      0
      assists
      NHL#524
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#161
      NJD
      12-8-0W-L-OT25Points
      2nd in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD3–4PHX
      L
      game 22/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–2COL
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      FLA0–2NJD
      W
      game 24/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CGY1–2NJD
      W
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHX4–3NJD
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD5–2TOR
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD7–4BOS
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3NJD
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NJD5–0CGY
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–1VAN
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–2EDM
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–0NJD
      game 33/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–4NYI
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      ANA3–5NJD
      W
      game 35/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD5–6BUF
      L
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–1NJD
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–0OTT
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL5–3NJD
      L
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      COL1–1NJD
      game 40/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3NJD
      game 41/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      1
      points
      NHL#570
      1
      goals
      NHL#426
      0
      assists
      NHL#598
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#203
      NJD
      21-15-0W-L-OT47Points
      4th in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD0–3NYR
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4NJD
      W
      game 43/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–1LAK
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–3ANA
      L
      game 45/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–1SJS
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      OTT1–1NJD
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–3NJD
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      NYI1–4NJD
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–2NJD
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–4NJD
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–2HFD
      W
      game 53/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–4NJD
      W
      game 54/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD4–1MTL
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–1NJD
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–2FLA
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–3TBL
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–1TOR
      L
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      3
      points
      NHL#553
      1
      goals
      NHL#493
      2
      assists
      NHL#530
      -10
      +/-
      NHL#223
      TOR
      23-37-0W-L-OT48Points
      6th in the Central·13th in the Western Conference·26th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      SJS2–3TOR
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4TOR
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–4TOR
      game 65/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–1TOR
      game 66/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL3–3TOR
      game 67/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–2TOR
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–3FLA
      game 69/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–1TBL
      W
      game 70/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI6–3TOR
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–6PIT
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHX3–0TOR
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–1SJS
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–1PHX
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–2COL
      W
      game 76/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1997
    • The game
      FLA1–3TOR
      W
      game 77/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–2DET
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2TOR
      L
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3DAL
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–5STL
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY1–4TOR
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Jason Smith closes the 1996-1997 season with 8 points

    New Jersey Devils did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    8
    NHL#481
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#533
    Assists
    7
    NHL#429
    P/GP
    0.10
    NHL#529
    +/-
    -12
    NHL#681