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Mike Richter's 1996-1997 season

Wins
33
NHL#4
Save pct
.917
NHL#10
GAA
2.69
NHL#23
Shutouts
4
NHL#10
Games
61
74%
74% of 82

Goaltender Mike Richter was 30 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 61 games and won 33 of them, at .917. In the playoffs he played 15 games and won 9.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Mike Richter plays the 1996-1997 season for New York Rangers

    NYRNew York Rangers

    Mike was 30 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR4–4BOS
      game 1/823
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA65:00TOI
      .867
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA5–2NYR
      L
      game 2/823
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .828
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–5MTL
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA25:16TOIL
      .765
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY4–5NYR
      W
      game 6/824
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–8NYR
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–2NYR
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      .973SV%
      36SV37SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .973
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–5TBL
      L
      game 9/823
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA59:00TOIL
      .840
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–6FLA
      L
      game 11/824
      His night
      .838SV%
      31SV37SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .838
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–1NJD
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      .981SV%
      53SV54SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .981
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      NYR5–2BOS
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL5–3NYR
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      .892SV%
      33SV37SA4GA59:00TOIL
      .892
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–2NYR
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:15TOIL
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–1NYR
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA59:36TOIL
      .946
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR8–3PIT
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .864
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8214 of 21 started
      6
      wins
      NHL#13
      .899
      SV%
      NHL#19
      3.3
      GAA
      NHL#24
      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
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA59:19TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–5VAN
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA59:03TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–1PHX
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      .974SV%
      37SV38SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .974
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–2COL
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .939
      View the game
    • December 1996
    • The game
      MTL2–6NYR
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .946
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–1NYR
      game 28/824
      His night
      .975SV%
      39SV40SA1GA65:00TOI
      .975
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–6NYR
      W
      game 29/824
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .848
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX2–5NYR
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .939
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–0BUF
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      30SV30SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD2–5NYR
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      .951SV%
      39SV41SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .951
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK0–4NYR
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      37SV37SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–2MTL
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:32TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–7NYR
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .903
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3NYR
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–2DAL
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .939
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8229 of 41 started
      18
      wins
      NHL#4
      .919
      SV%
      NHL#5
      2.7
      GAA
      NHL#9
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      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
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–6NYR
      W
      game 43/824
      His night
      .907SV%
      39SV43SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .907
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–2NYR
      game 44/822
      His night
      .950SV%
      38SV40SA2GA65:00TOI
      .950
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–3NYR
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA58:52TOIL
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD0–3NYR
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      33SV33SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–2NYR
      L
      game 48/825
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .862
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR7–4PIT
      W
      game 51/825
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–1NYR
      L
      game 52/823
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA59:08TOIL
      .938
      View the game
    • February 1997
    • The game
      NYR4–2PHI
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      .951SV%
      39SV41SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .951
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD2–5NYR
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–2NYI
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–4FLA
      L
      game 57/824
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA59:02TOIL
      .862
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4STL
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA59:42TOIL
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 60/822
      His night
      .950SV%
      38SV40SA2GA65:00TOI
      .950
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–1NJD
      game 61/822
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA65:00TOI
      .969
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–7HFD
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      .769SV%
      10SV13SA3GA11:14TOIL
      .769
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8245 of 62 started
      25
      wins
      NHL#4
      .918
      SV%
      NHL#5
      2.7
      GAA
      NHL#9
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      NYR
      28-25-0W-L-OT65Points
      4th in the Atlantic·6th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR1–2PHI
      L
      game 63/823
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA59:40TOIL
      .946
      View the game
    • March 1997
    • The game
      NYR0–3DET
      L
      game 64/824
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA59:25TOIL
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS4–5NYR
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA61:24TOIW
      .879
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–5ANA
      L
      game 67/822
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA59:23TOIL
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–1SJS
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      W
      game 69/823
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–3OTT
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA61:24TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–3NYR
      L
      game 71/825
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA59:15TOIL
      .879
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–4NYR
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      .872SV%
      34SV39SA5GA59:00TOIL
      .872
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT0–3NYR
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      34SV34SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR0–4NJD
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA59:49TOIL
      .900
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1NYR
      game 77/822
      His night
      .971SV%
      33SV34SA1GA65:00TOI
      .971
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–5NYR
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3NYR
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–3PHI
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .903
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–2NYR
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA59:20TOIL
      .906
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Mike Richter closes the 1996-1997 season with 33 wins

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Wins
    33
    Games
    61of 82
    74%
    Shutouts
    4
    SV%
    .917
    GAA
    2.69
    Starts
    61
    Events
    11 i rad
    straight wins
    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
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:57TOIL
      .893
      View the game
    • Florida Pantherslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR3–0FLA
      W
      3
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withFlorida Panthers
    • Game 3
      FLA3–4NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA75:35TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 4
      FLA2–3NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 5
      NYR3–2FLA
      W
      2
      His night
      .950SV%
      38SV40SA2GA72:02TOIW
      .950
      View the game
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Florida Panthers out 4–1

    NYR4–1FLA
    Advance
    5Games4Wins.938SV%1.8GAA
    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
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA59:04TOIL
      .970
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR2–0NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      32SV32SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      NJD2–3NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .943
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      NJD0–3NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      35SV35SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      NYR2–1NJD
      W
      1
      His night
      .979SV%
      46SV47SA1GA74:08TOIW
      .979
      View the game
    Second round

    New York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1

    NYR4–1NJD
    Advance
    5Games4Wins.978SV%0.8GAA
    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
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR5–4PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .862
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI6–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA59:13TOIL
      .792
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PHI3–2NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      .929SV%
      39SV42SA3GA59:53TOIL
      .929
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR2–4PHI
      L
      3
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA58:47TOIL
      .862
      View the game
    Conference final

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4PHI
    Eliminated
    5Games1Wins.869SV%3.8GAA
    The run in numbers

    Mike Richter ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 9 wins

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Wins
    9
    Games
    15
    Shutouts
    3
    SV%
    .932
    GAA
    2.11
    Starts
    15
    FLA4–1→NJD4–1→PHI1–4