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John Tavares's 2015-2016 season

Points
70
NHL#16
Goals
33
NHL#10
Assists
37
NHL#43
Plus/minus
+6
NHL#152
Games
78
95%
95% of 82

Centre John Tavares was 25 years old when the 2015-2016 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 33 goals and 37 assists for 70 points, 0.90 points per game. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 11 points.

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

2015-2016Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    John Tavares plays the 2015-2016 season for New York Islanders

    John was 25 years old when the 2015-2016 season began. It was his 7th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI3–2NYI
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG18:41TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–4CHI
      L
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:41TOI
    • The game
      WPG2–4NYI
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP21:40TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      NSH3–4NYI
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG15:48TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS3–6NYI
      W
      game 5/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP18:12TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYI4–0CBJ
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG15:08TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–3NYI
      L
      game 7/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP19:39TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–2STL
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG19:19TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY0–4NYI
      W
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG20:33TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–2NYI
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:54TOI
    • November 2015
    • The game
      NYI1–4MTL
      L
      game 14/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG19:46TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–1NYI
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG21:33TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–2SJS
      W
      game 16/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-2SOG18:56TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYI1–2LAK
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG22:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–1ANA
      W
      game 18/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:11TOI
    • The game
      ARI2–5NYI
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP21:29TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL5–3NYI
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG23:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–4MTL
      L
      game 21/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG23:07TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      19
      points
      NHL#21
      10
      goals
      NHL#9
      9
      assists
      NHL#51
      NYI
      10-8-3W-L-OT23Points
      5th in the Metropolitan·8th in the Eastern Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI1–3NYI
      W
      game 22/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–3FLA
      L
      game 23/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:26TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–2TBL
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP18:46TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL3–5NYI
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:15TOI
    • December 2015
    • The game
      NYR1–2NYI
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP21:41TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL1–2NYI
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:07TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–3OTT
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG18:36TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–3PHI
      W
      game 29/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:48TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–2CBJ
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG25:27TOI
    • The game
      NJD0–4NYI
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG19:52TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA5–1NYI
      L
      game 32/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG23:07TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–2COL
      L
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG22:21TOI
    • The game
      NYI0–1ARI
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:57TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–5NYI
      W
      game 35/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG18:20TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR3–1NYI
      L
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG21:15TOI
    • The game
      NYI6–3TOR
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG20:02TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI2–1BUF
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP18:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–5PIT
      L
      game 39/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG18:57TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL5–6NYI
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG21:39TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–1NYI
      L
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG19:30TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8238 of 41 played
      29
      points
      NHL#52
      15
      goals
      NHL#22
      14
      assists
      NHL#108
      NYI
      22-14-5W-L-OT49Points
      2nd in the Metropolitan·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI0–4PHI
      L
      game 42/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG15:54TOI
    • The game
      CBJ2–5NYI
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG16:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–3NYI
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP18:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–1NYI
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG25:19TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–2OTT
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG16:57TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET4–2NYI
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG20:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 2016
    • The game
      MIN3–5NYI
      W
      game 48/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG19:20TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI2–3WSH
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG20:36TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–5DET
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP18:37TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM1–8NYI
      W
      game 51/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-2SOG2PPP19:04TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI3–2CBJ
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG21:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–5NYI
      W
      game 53/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG17:21TOI
      +2 points
    Milestone

    John Tavares reaches 250 career assists

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · February 11

    • The game
      NYI3–6CAR
      L
      game 54/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP21:01TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET1–4NYI
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG18:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYI
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG21:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–0NJD
      W
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG20:03TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–1MIN
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP17:24TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI2–1CGY
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG23:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–3EDM
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG24:09TOI
    • March 2016
    • The game
      NYI3–2VAN
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:56TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–3WPG
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG21:44TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8259 of 62 played
      50
      points
      NHL#26
      23
      goals
      NHL#24
      27
      assists
      NHL#58
      NYI
      35-20-7W-L-OT77Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Metropolitan·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI6–4NYR
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG19:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT1–2NYI
      W
      game 64/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP19:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–4TOR
      L
      game 65/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG21:42TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–3BOS
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG21:39TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    John Tavares reaches 200 career goals

    in the game against Boston Bruins · March 12

    • The game
      FLA2–3NYI
      W
      game 67/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG19:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–2PIT
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG23:01TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–4NSH
      L
      game 69/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG21:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI0–3DAL
      L
      game 70/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:12TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–1NYI
      L
      game 71/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:50TOI
    Milestone

    John Tavares reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · March 21

    • The game
      OTT1–3NYI
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG20:13TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI4–7TBL
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG17:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–3CAR
      W
      game 74/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG19:23TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–2NYI
      W
      game 75/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP21:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CBJ3–4NYI
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-6SOG18:01TOI
      +2 goals
    • April 2016
    • The game
      PIT5–0NYI
      L
      game 77/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:24TOI
    • The game
      TBL2–5NYI
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP16:22TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI4–3WSH
      W
      game 79/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-4SOG22:21TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI4–1NYR
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP19:16TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF4–3NYI
      L
      game 81/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG17:22TOI
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    John Tavares closes the 2015-2016 season with 70 points

    Points
    70
    NHL#16
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    33
    NHL#10
    Assists
    37
    NHL#43
    P/GP
    0.90
    NHL#21
    +/-
    +6
    NHL#152
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    250
    career assists
    200
    career goals
    9×
    First star
    6×
    Second star
    2×
    Third star
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 11 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Islanders meet Florida Panthers

    NYIvsFLA
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Florida Panthers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYI5–4FLA
      W
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP20:46TOI
      +3 points
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 2
      NYI1–3FLA
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-9SOG20:18TOI
      +1 goal
    • New York Islandersare1–1withFlorida Panthers
    • Game 3
      FLA3–4NYI
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG2PPP23:16TOI
      +2 assists
    • New York Islanderslead2–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 4
      FLA2–1NYI
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP20:42TOI
      +1 goal
    • New York Islandersare2–2withFlorida Panthers
    • Game 5
      NYI2–1FLA
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG31:49TOI
    • New York Islanderslead3–2againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 6
      FLA1–2NYI
      W
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-6SOG34:49TOI
      +2 goals
    First round

    New York Islanders knock Florida Panthers out 4–2

    NYI4–2FLA
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    3 days later
    Second round

    New York Islanders meet Tampa Bay Lightning

    NYIvsTBL
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 1
      NYI5–3TBL
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:36TOI
      +2 points
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 2
      NYI1–4TBL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:25TOI
    • May 2016
    • New York Islandersare1–1withTampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 3
      TBL5–4NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG19:33TOI
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      TBL2–1NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:53TOI
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI0–4TBL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG17:43TOI
    Second round

    Tampa Bay Lightning knock New York Islanders out 4–1

    NYI1–4TBL
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    John Tavares ends the 2015-2016 playoffs with 11 points

    Points
    11
    NHL#33
    Games
    11
    Goals
    6
    NHL#12
    Assists
    5
    NHL#48
    P/GP
    1.00
    NHL#4
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#283
    Events
    10
    playoff goals
    10
    playoff assists
    2×
    First star
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    3 points
    best game
    FLA4–2→TBL1–4