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Mika Zibanejad's 2016-2017 season

Points
37
Swedish flag#23NHL#186
Goals
14
Swedish flag#20NHL#175
Assists
23
Swedish flag#21NHL#174
Plus/minus
+9
Swedish flag#16NHL#122
Games
56
68%
68% of 82

Centre Mika Zibanejad was 23 years old when the 2016-2017 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 56 of a possible 82 games and scored 14 goals and 23 assists for 37 points, 0.66 points per game. That was 23th among the Swedes and 186th in the NHL. An injury kept him out for 25 straight games between November and January. In the playoffs he played 12 games for 9 points.

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

2016-2017Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Mika Zibanejad plays the 2016-2017 season for New York Rangers

    Mika was 23 years old when the 2016-2017 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 6th NHL season in all.

  2. 5 days later
    Trade

    Mika Zibanejad is traded from Ottawa Senators to New York Rangers

    Here he joins Swedes Jesper Fast, Magnus Hellberg, Oscar Lindberg, among others.

    His spell with Ottawa Senators · 2011–12 to 2015–16
    281
    Games
    64
    Goals
    87
    Assists
    151
    Points
    New York Rangers received
    Ottawa Senators received
    • The game
      NYI3–5NYR
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP17:40TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–3STL
      L
      game 2/826
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:54TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS4–7NYR
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG19:16TOI
    • The game
      DET2–1NYR
      L
      game 4/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG18:36TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–2WSH
      W
      game 5/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG16:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ARI2–3NYR
      W
      game 6/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:03TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5NYR
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP16:39TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–3CAR
      L
      game 8/828
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP15:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL1–6NYR
      W
      game 9/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:08TOI
    • November 2016
    • The game
      STL0–5NYR
      W
      game 10/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP16:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM3–5NYR
      W
      game 11/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:42TOI
    • The game
      NYR5–2BOS
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:54TOI
    • The game
      WPG2–5NYR
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:50TOI
    • The game
      VAN5–3NYR
      L
      game 14/827
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG17:05TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–1CGY
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–1EDM
      W
      game 16/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:15TOI
    • The game
      NYR7–2VAN
      W
      game 17/828
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG1PPP15:14TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–4CBJ
      L
      game 18/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG16:12TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA3–2NYR
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG18:38TOI
      +1 goal
    Injured

    Mika goes down and misses 25 games

    Fractured fibula in left leg

    • The game
      NYR5–2PIT
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      PIT6–1NYR
      L
      game 21/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played
      15
      points
      Swedish flag#4NHL#47
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#8NHL#78
      10
      assists
      Swedish flag#6NHL#32
      NYR
      14-6-1W-L-OT29Points
      1st in the Metropolitan·2nd in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–2PHI
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      OTT2–0NYR
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      CAR2–3NYR
      W
      game 24/827
      His night
      Out injured
    • December 2016
    • The game
      NYR3–4BUF
      L
      game 25/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      CAR2–4NYR
      W
      game 26/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR2–4NYI
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR2–1WPG
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR1–0CHI
      W
      game 29/826
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NJD0–5NYR
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      CHI2–1NYR
      L
      game 31/826
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR2–0DAL
      W
      game 32/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR2–1NSH
      W
      game 33/828
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NJD2–3NYR
      W
      game 34/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR2–7PIT
      L
      game 35/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      MIN7–4NYR
      L
      game 36/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      OTT3–4NYR
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR6–3ARI
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR6–2COL
      W
      game 39/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      BUF4–1NYR
      L
      game 40/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR5–2PHI
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8219 of 41 played
      15
      points
      Swedish flag#23NHL#222
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#25NHL#231
      10
      assists
      Swedish flag#24NHL#193
      NYR
      27-13-1W-L-OT55Points
      3rd in the Metropolitan·3rd in the Eastern Conference·3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR5–4CBJ
      W
      game 42/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      TOR4–2NYR
      L
      game 43/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR4–5MTL
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL7–6NYR
      L
      game 45/826
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-7SOG18:07TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYR5–2TOR
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:07TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–0DET
      W
      game 47/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:24TOI
    • The game
      LAK2–3NYR
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:43TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–0NYR
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:46TOI
    • The game
      CBJ6–4NYR
      L
      game 50/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG17:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 2017
    • The game
      NYR2–1BUF
      W
      game 51/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG19:25TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY3–4NYR
      W
      game 52/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG16:30TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Mika Zibanejad reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Calgary Flames · February 5

    • The game
      ANA1–4NYR
      W
      game 53/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG13:42TOI
    • The game
      NSH3–4NYR
      W
      game 54/828
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL2–4NYR
      W
      game 55/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:18TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–2CBJ
      W
      game 56/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:07TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–4NYI
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:14TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–2NYR
      W
      game 58/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG15:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2NYR
      L
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:41TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–1TOR
      W
      game 60/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:30TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–3NJD
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG15:46TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      CBJ5–2NYR
      L
      game 62/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG17:02TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8237 of 62 played
      24
      points
      Swedish flag#26NHL#230
      8
      goals
      Swedish flag#27NHL#242
      16
      assists
      Swedish flag#25NHL#204
      NYR
      40-20-2W-L-OT82Points
      Wildcard 1
      4th in the Metropolitan·4th in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    Injured

    Mika goes down and misses 1 game

    Hand injury

    • The game
      WSH4–1NYR
      L
      game 63/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • March 2017
    • The game
      NYR2–1BOS
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG15:50TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYR
      L
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:45TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–0TBL
      W
      game 66/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG18:37TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–2FLA
      W
      game 67/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG17:37TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–4CAR
      L
      game 68/825
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-3SOG2PPP18:20TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYR4–1DET
      W
      game 69/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG17:13TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–2NYR
      L
      game 70/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:50TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–3NYR
      L
      game 71/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG18:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–2MIN
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:24TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3NJD
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-8SOG17:20TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–2NYR
      L
      game 74/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP21:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–0LAK
      W
      game 75/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP15:24TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR3–6ANA
      L
      game 76/826
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG17:09TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR4–5SJS
      L
      game 77/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG17:40TOI
    • The game
      PIT4–3NYR
      L
      game 78/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG20:00TOI
    • April 2017
    • The game
      PHI3–4NYR
      W
      game 79/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP15:46TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR0–2WSH
      L
      game 80/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:17TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–3OTT
      L
      game 81/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG19:18TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT2–3NYR
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP14:57TOI
      +2 assists
    The season in numbers

    Mika Zibanejad closes the 2016-2017 season with 37 points

    Points
    37
    #23NHL#186
    Games
    56of 82
    68%
    Goals
    14
    #20NHL#175
    Assists
    23
    #21NHL#174
    P/GP
    0.66
    #12NHL#95
    +/-
    +9
    #16NHL#122
    Events
    100
    career assists
    1×
    First star
    4×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens

    NYRvsMTL
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR2–0MTL
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG14:53TOI
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      NYR3–4MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:50TOI
    • New York Rangersare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL3–1NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG15:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      MTL1–2NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:12TOI
    • New York Rangersare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      NYR3–2MTL
      W
      3
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP17:53TOI
      +2 points
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      MTL1–3NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP15:08TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2

    NYR4–2MTL
    Advance
    6Games4Points1Goals3Assists
    5 days later
    Second round

    New York Rangers meet Ottawa Senators

    NYRvsOTT
    • Game 1
      NYR1–2OTT
      L
      6
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG17:07TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR5–6OTT
      L
      6
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG25:46TOI
      +2 assists
    • May 2017
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      OTT1–4NYR
      W
      6
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-6SOG17:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      OTT1–4NYR
      W
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:25TOI
    • New York Rangersare2–2withOttawa Senators
    • Game 5
      NYR4–5OTT
      L
      6
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG19:18TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–2againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 6
      OTT4–2NYR
      L
      6
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG17:11TOI
      +2 points
    Second round

    Ottawa Senators knock New York Rangers out 4–2

    NYR2–4OTT
    Eliminated
    6Games5Points1Goals4Assists
    The run in numbers

    Mika Zibanejad ends the 2016-2017 playoffs with 9 points

    Points
    9
    #8NHL#30
    Games
    12
    Goals
    2
    #11NHL#60
    Assists
    7
    #4NHL#19
    P/GP
    0.75
    #5NHL#17
    +/-
    +4
    #8NHL#34
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    10
    playoff assists
    10
    playoff points
    1×
    First star
    2×
    Third star
    2 points
    best game
    MTL4–2→OTT2–4