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Mark Messier's 1996-1997 season

Points
84
NHL#15
Goals
36
NHL#14
Assists
48
NHL#17
Plus/minus
+12
NHL#71
Games
71
86%
86% of 82

Centre Mark Messier was 35 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 18th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 71 of a possible 82 games and scored 36 goals and 48 assists for 84 points, 1.18 points per game. In the playoffs he played 15 games for 12 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Mark Messier plays the 1996-1997 season for New York Rangers

    NYRNew York Rangers

    Mark was 35 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 18th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR4–4BOS
      game 1/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA5–2NYR
      L
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–5MTL
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY4–5NYR
      W
      game 6/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–8NYR
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–2NYR
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–5TBL
      L
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–6FLA
      L
      game 11/824
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–6NYR
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–1NYR
      game 13/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–1NJD
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      NYR5–2BOS
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL5–3NYR
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–1NYI
      game 17/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–3WSH
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–2NYR
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–1NYR
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR8–3PIT
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-8SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played
      16
      points
      NHL#36
      7
      goals
      NHL#40
      9
      assists
      NHL#49
      NYR
      7-10-0W-L-OT18Points
      5th in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–5CGY
      L
      game 22/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1SHP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–3EDM
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–5VAN
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–1PHX
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +1+/-9SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–2COL
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG1SHP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • December 1996
    • The game
      MTL2–6NYR
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-6SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–1NYR
      game 28/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–6NYR
      W
      game 29/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD2–5NYR
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK0–4NYR
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–2MTL
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–7NYR
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +4+/-7SOG1SHP
      +4 points
      View the game
    Milestone

    Mark Messier reaches 1,500 career points

    in the game against Florida Panthers · December 22

    • The game
      NYR2–5OTT
      L
      game 38/824
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3NYR
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–2DAL
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–4TBL
      L
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8235 of 41 played
      40
      points
      NHL#13
      20
      goals
      NHL#9
      20
      assists
      NHL#32
      NYR
      20-16-0W-L-OT45Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–4NYR
      W
      game 42/825
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–6NYR
      W
      game 43/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–2NYR
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–3NYR
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG1SHP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR0–2WSH
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD0–3NYR
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–2NYR
      L
      game 48/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM4–4NYR
      game 49/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–3WSH
      W
      game 50/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR7–4PIT
      W
      game 51/825
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +4 points
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–1NYR
      L
      game 52/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • February 1997
    • The game
      NYR4–2PHI
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–2NYR
      L
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD2–5NYR
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    Mark Messier reaches 1,250 NHL games

    in the game against Hartford Whalers · February 5

    • The game
      NYR5–2NYI
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      +3P+3G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–4FLA
      L
      game 57/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4STL
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR0–2CHI
      L
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–1NJD
      game 61/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–7HFD
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8256 of 62 played
      66
      points
      NHL#10
      32
      goals
      NHL#9
      34
      assists
      NHL#19
      NYR
      28-25-0W-L-OT65Points
      4th in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      SJS4–5NYR
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–2LAK
      W
      game 66/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-2SOG2SHP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–5ANA
      L
      game 67/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–1SJS
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      W
      game 69/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–3OTT
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–3NYR
      L
      game 71/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–4NYR
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–3NYR
      W
      game 73/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT0–3NYR
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR0–4NJD
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1NYR
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–5NYR
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–5BUF
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–2NYR
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Mark Messier closes the 1996-1997 season with 84 points

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Points
    84
    NHL#15
    Games
    71of 82
    87%
    Goals
    36
    NHL#14
    Assists
    48
    NHL#17
    P/GP
    1.18
    NHL#7
    +/-
    +12
    NHL#71
    Events
    2
    hat tricks
    1,500
    career points
    1,250
    NHL games
    10 i rad
    games with a point · 17 pts
    6 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Rangers meet Florida Panthers

    NYRvsFLA
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Florida Panthers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR0–3FLA
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Florida Pantherslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR3–0FLA
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withFlorida Panthers
    • Game 3
      FLA3–4NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-8SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 4
      FLA2–3NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 5
      NYR3–2FLA
      W
      2
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-6SOG
      +3 points
      View the game
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Florida Panthers out 4–1

    NYR4–1FLA
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Second round

    New York Rangers meet New Jersey Devils

    NYRvsNJD
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR0–2NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR2–0NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      NJD2–3NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      NJD0–3NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      NYR2–1NJD
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Second round

    New York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1

    NYR4–1NJD
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    5 days later
    Conference final

    New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NYRvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR1–3PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR5–4PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI6–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PHI3–2NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR2–4PHI
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Conference final

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4PHI
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Mark Messier ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 12 points

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Points
    12
    NHL#16
    Games
    15
    Goals
    3
    NHL#41
    Assists
    9
    NHL#12
    P/GP
    0.80
    NHL#27
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#52
    Events
    3 points
    best game
    FLA4–1→NJD4–1→PHI1–4