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John Vanbiesbrouck's 1996-1997 season

Wins
27
NHL#11
Save pct
.919
NHL#9
GAA
2.29
NHL#9
Shutouts
2
NHL#20
Games
57
69%
69% of 82

Goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck was 33 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for Florida Panthers. He played 57 games and won 27 of them, at .919. In the playoffs he played 5 games and won 1.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    John Vanbiesbrouck plays the 1996-1997 season for Florida Panthers

    FLAFlorida Panthers

    John was 33 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      FLA3–1PHI
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA5–2NYR
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–1FLA
      game 3/823
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA65:00TOI
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD0–6FLA
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      21SV21SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–1COL
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–1PHX
      game 7/822
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA65:00TOI
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–6FLA
      W
      game 9/824
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–2PHI
      W
      game 10/824
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–1NYR
      game 11/823
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA65:00TOI
      .971
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      PHI3–2FLA
      L
      game 13/824
      His night
      .932SV%
      41SV44SA3GA59:15TOIL
      .932
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–4FLA
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–4FLA
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      1.000SV%
      5SV5SA0GA20:00TOI
      1.000
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA5–3MTL
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2FLA
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA59:15TOIL
      .862
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK1–4FLA
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–1DAL
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA64:53TOIW
      .967
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8216 of 21 started
      10
      wins
      NHL#4
      .939
      SV%
      NHL#1
      1.7
      GAA
      NHL#1
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      FLA
      13-3-0W-L-OT31Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF3–4FLA
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .870
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD1–1FLA
      game 24/821
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA65:00TOI
      .967
      View the game
    • December 1996
    • The game
      FLA0–2NJD
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA59:09TOIL
      .970
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL1–1FLA
      game 28/821
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA65:00TOI
      .955
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–5PHI
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA59:07TOIL
      .828
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–6FLA
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–5OTT
      L
      game 32/824
      His night
      .810SV%
      17SV21SA4GA40:00TOIL
      .810
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–7NYR
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      .793SV%
      23SV29SA6GA40:00TOIL
      .793
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–1WSH
      game 37/823
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA64:32TOI
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–0FLA
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA5–0LAK
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Milestone

    John Vanbiesbrouck reaches 25 career shutouts

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · January 4

    • The game
      FLA2–3ANA
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA59:03TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8228 of 41 started
      13
      wins
      NHL#10
      .923
      SV%
      NHL#2
      2.1
      GAA
      NHL#2
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      FLA
      21-11-0W-L-OT51Points
      2nd in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA4–1CGY
      W
      game 42/824
      His night
      .976SV%
      40SV41SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .976
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–4VAN
      game 43/824
      His night
      .900SV%in relief
      9SV10SA1GA18:16TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA0–4EDM
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      COL4–2FLA
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–1BOS
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–3FLA
      W
      game 48/823
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–5FLA
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–3FLA
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      .974SV%
      37SV38SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .974
      View the game
    • February 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–1FLA
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–2NJD
      game 54/821
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA65:00TOI
      .943
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–4FLA
      W
      game 55/824
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–5FLA
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–2FLA
      L
      game 58/825
      His night
      .789SV%
      15SV19SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .789
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–4PIT
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA59:53TOIL
      .903
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–3FLA
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      .900SV%
      36SV40SA4GA64:03TOIL
      .900
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8242 of 62 started
      20
      wins
      NHL#10
      .922
      SV%
      NHL#4
      2.3
      GAA
      NHL#6
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#15
      FLA
      28-19-0W-L-OT71Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL2–3FLA
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA63:50TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • March 1997
    • The game
      PHX3–0FLA
      L
      game 65/82
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY3–1FLA
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA59:03TOIL
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3FLA
      W
      game 68/824
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–5FLA
      W
      game 69/823
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–1NJD
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–2OTT
      game 73/822
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA65:00TOI
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–3FLA
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–2FLA
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA58:17TOIL
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–1FLA
      game 76/822
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA65:00TOI
      .950
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–4PIT
      L
      game 77/822
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA59:23TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      FLA2–4BOS
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA59:06TOIL
      .862
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–4FLA
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–4FLA
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .939
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    John Vanbiesbrouck closes the 1996-1997 season with 27 wins

    FLAFlorida Panthers
    Wins
    27
    Games
    57of 82
    70%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .919
    GAA
    2.29
    Starts
    56
    Events
    25
    career shutouts
    4 i rad
    straight wins
    6 days later
    Playoffs

    Florida Panthers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Florida Panthers meet New York Rangers

    FLAvsNYR
    Swedes on Florida Panthers
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR0–3FLA
      W
      3
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      34SV34SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Florida Pantherslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR3–0FLA
      L
      3
      His night
      .932SV%
      41SV44SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .932
      View the game
    • Florida Panthersare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      FLA3–4NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      .911SV%
      41SV45SA4GA76:29TOIL
      .911
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 4
      FLA2–3NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:01TOIL
      .893
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 5
      NYR3–2FLA
      L
      2
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA72:02TOIL
      .909
      View the game
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Florida Panthers out 4–1

    FLA1–4NYR
    Eliminated
    5Games1Wins.929SV%2.4GAA
    The run in numbers

    John Vanbiesbrouck ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 1 wins

    FLAFlorida Panthers
    Wins
    1
    Games
    5
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .929
    GAA
    2.38
    Starts
    5
    NYR1–4