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John Cullen's 1996-1997 season

Points
55
NHL#69
Goals
18
NHL#114
Assists
37
NHL#53
Plus/minus
-14
NHL#704
Games
70
85%
85% of 82

Centre John Cullen was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Tampa Bay Lightning. He played 70 of a possible 82 games and scored 18 goals and 37 assists for 55 points, 0.79 points per game. Tampa Bay Lightning did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    John Cullen plays the 1996-1997 season for Tampa Bay Lightning

    John was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      TBL4–3PIT
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      TBL2–6WSH
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TBL7–4TOR
      W
      game 3/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL4–0BUF
      W
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–5TBL
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TBL6–3NYI
      W
      game 6/825
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-2SOG2PPP
      +4 points
    Milestone

    John Cullen reaches 500 career points

    in the game against New York Islanders · October 22

    • The game
      OTT5–2TBL
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD4–1TBL
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–2TBL
      game 9/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–3TBL
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • November 1996
    • The game
      TBL1–2NJD
      L
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL5–3NYR
      W
      game 12/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH2–1TBL
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–5TBL
      game 14/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      TBL2–4DET
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TBL3–5STL
      L
      game 16/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TBL3–6NJD
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK0–3TBL
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–1TBL
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL2–4MTL
      L
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–0TBL
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      20
      points
      NHL#40
      6
      goals
      NHL#88
      14
      assists
      NHL#24
      TBL
      7-12-0W-L-OT16Points
      7th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DAL2–1TBL
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      TBL1–3ANA
      L
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TBL2–1LAK
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL4–3SJS
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM2–2TBL
      game 27/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–4TBL
      W
      game 28/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL4–2MTL
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL3–5BUF
      L
      game 30/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL0–3BOS
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TBL5–6HFD
      L
      game 32/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH3–1TBL
      L
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–3TBL
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4TBL
      game 35/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR2–4TBL
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      ANA2–3TBL
      W
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TBL3–7PIT
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TBL4–3OTT
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL4–3NYR
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      34
      points
      NHL#44
      10
      goals
      NHL#100
      24
      assists
      NHL#24
      TBL
      16-20-0W-L-OT37Points
      6th in the Atlantic·11th in the Eastern Conference·19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI4–4TBL
      game 42/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL2–0CHI
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL2–4COL
      L
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      COL2–3TBL
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TBL2–3FLA
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL3–5OTT
      L
      game 47/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL4–1TBL
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • February 1997
    • The game
      BOS3–0TBL
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL2–0PHX
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TBL0–4DAL
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–1TBL
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL2–5FLA
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TBL4–5WSH
      L
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH1–4TBL
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3TBL
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      SJS3–4TBL
      W
      game 59/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–3TBL
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL2–6BOS
      L
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • March 1997
    • The game
      FLA0–2TBL
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      45
      points
      NHL#67
      14
      goals
      NHL#110
      31
      assists
      NHL#41
      TBL
      25-30-0W-L-OT57Points
      5th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL6–3NYI
      W
      game 63/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHX5–0TBL
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–4TBL
      L
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY1–2TBL
      W
      game 66/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–0TBL
      L
      game 67/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN5–2TBL
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–1TBL
      L
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TBL1–3EDM
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL4–3CGY
      W
      game 71/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TBL2–3VAN
      L
      game 72/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT0–5TBL
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      HFD5–2TBL
      L
      game 74/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    John Cullen closes the 1996-1997 season with 55 points

    Tampa Bay Lightning did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    55
    NHL#69
    Games
    70of 82
    85%
    Goals
    18
    NHL#114
    Assists
    37
    NHL#53
    P/GP
    0.79
    NHL#55
    +/-
    -14
    NHL#704
    Events
    500
    career points
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts