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Niklas Andersson's 1996-1997 season

Points
43
Swedish flag#7NHL#122
Goals
12
Swedish flag#11NHL#180
Assists
31
Swedish flag#6NHL#81
Plus/minus
+4
Swedish flag#15NHL#170
Games
74
90%
90% of 82

Left winger Niklas Andersson was 25 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 74 of a possible 82 games and scored 12 goals and 31 assists for 43 points, 0.58 points per game. That was 7th among the Swedes and 122th in the NHL. New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Niklas Andersson plays the 1996-1997 season for New York Islanders

    Niklas was 25 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–2SJS
      game 2/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–3OTT
      game 3/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI1–5NYI
      W
      game 4/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–1NYI
      L
      game 5/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4DET
      L
      game 6/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL6–3NYI
      L
      game 7/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–2NYI
      game 8/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • November 1996
    • The game
      WSH1–6NYI
      W
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–3PHI
      W
      game 12/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–1NYI
      game 13/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–4NJD
      L
      game 14/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      COL6–2NYI
      L
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN4–5NYI
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3FLA
      game 17/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      OTT4–1NYI
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–2ANA
      game 19/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–3COL
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3PHX
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      6
      points
      Swedish flag#16NHL#268
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#18NHL#326
      5
      assists
      Swedish flag#11NHL#207
      NYI
      4-9-0W-L-OT16Points
      7th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI1–4NYI
      W
      game 22/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–0WSH
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYI
      L
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      CGY1–3NYI
      W
      game 25/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4FLA
      L
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–2NYI
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHX2–8NYI
      W
      game 28/822
      His night
      +5P+2G+3A
      +5+/-4SOG2PPP
      +5 points
    • The game
      NYI5–3NYR
      W
      game 29/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI1–4TBL
      L
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–4NYI
      W
      game 31/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI0–5PHI
      L
      game 32/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DAL3–2NYI
      L
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–3NYI
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–4NYI
      W
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET7–1NYI
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI0–2TOR
      L
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–4NYR
      L
      game 38/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3MTL
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–3NYI
      L
      game 40/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5PIT
      L
      game 41/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8238 of 41 played
      19
      points
      Swedish flag#11NHL#166
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#13NHL#217
      14
      assists
      Swedish flag#7NHL#120
      NYI
      12-21-0W-L-OT32Points
      7th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI4–4TBL
      game 42/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–2NYR
      W
      game 43/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–1NYI
      L
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL6–4NYI
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM1–8NYI
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2HFD
      W
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–4CGY
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2VAN
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–1EDM
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      ANA3–4NYI
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT5–5NYI
      game 55/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYI5–1PIT
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA0–1NYI
      W
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYI
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5BUF
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–4NYI
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD5–3NYI
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4OTT
      L
      game 62/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8256 of 62 played
      27
      points
      Swedish flag#12NHL#172
      8
      goals
      Swedish flag#13NHL#209
      19
      assists
      Swedish flag#11NHL#137
      NYI
      20-32-0W-L-OT50Points
      7th in the Atlantic·13th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      NYI2–0WSH
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL6–3NYI
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      BOS2–5NYI
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–5NYI
      W
      game 66/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–3FLA
      L
      game 67/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–0TBL
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI2–5BOS
      L
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–5CHI
      L
      game 70/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      FLA4–7NYI
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3NYI
      game 72/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–2BUF
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI6–3BOS
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      NYI5–5STL
      game 77/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TBL3–2NYI
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      L
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1NYI
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–6NYI
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–6WSH
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Niklas Andersson closes the 1996-1997 season with 43 points

    New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    43
    #7NHL#122
    Games
    74of 82
    90%
    Goals
    12
    #11NHL#180
    Assists
    31
    #6NHL#81
    P/GP
    0.58
    #8NHL#139
    +/-
    +4
    #15NHL#170
    Events
    43
    career best in points
    31
    career best in assists
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career points
    25
    career goals
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts