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Nikolai Khabibulin's 1996-1997 season

Wins
30
NHL#8
Save pct
.908
NHL#21
GAA
2.83
NHL#32
Shutouts
7
NHL#2
Games
72
87%
87% of 82

Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin was 23 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Phoenix Coyotes. He played 72 games and won 30 of them, at .908. In the playoffs he played 7 games and won 3.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Nikolai Khabibulin plays the 1996-1997 season for Phoenix Coyotes

    Nikolai was 23 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHX0–1HFD
      L
      game 1/82
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA59:09TOIL
      .957
    • The game
      PHX5–2BOS
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
    • The game
      SJS1–4PHX
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      EDM6–3PHX
      L
      game 5/82
      His night
      .806SV%
      25SV31SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .806
    • The game
      PHI3–1PHX
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA59:21TOIL
      .929
    • The game
      FLA1–1PHX
      game 7/822
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA64:25TOI
      .964
    • The game
      STL2–1PHX
      L
      game 8/82
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA59:20TOIL
      .944
    • The game
      PHX2–5TOR
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA58:55TOIL
      .879
    • The game
      PHX1–4EDM
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:34TOIL
      .893
    • November 1996
    • The game
      PHX3–2CGY
      W
      game 12/822
      His night
      .952SV%
      40SV42SA2GA64:08TOIW
      .952
    • The game
      MTL4–4PHX
      game 13/821
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA65:00TOI
      .871
    • The game
      COL4–1PHX
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA59:57TOIL
      .871
    • The game
      HFD2–1PHX
      L
      game 16/82
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA59:08TOIL
      .923
    • The game
      TOR2–3PHX
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      .882SV%
      15SV17SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .882
    • The game
      DET2–2PHX
      game 18/822
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA65:00TOI
      .944
    • The game
      PHX0–6COL
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      .727SV%
      8SV11SA3GA32:52TOIL
      .727
    • The game
      PHX3–4STL
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA60:57TOIL
      .879
    • The game
      NYI3–3PHX
      game 21/822
      His night
      .625SV%
      5SV8SA3GA08:21TOI
      .625
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 started
      4
      wins
      NHL#24
      .904
      SV%
      NHL#16
      2.8
      GAA
      NHL#17
      PHX
      6-11-0W-L-OT16Points
      6th in the Central·12th in the Western Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–1PHX
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA59:41TOIL
      .938
    • The game
      NJD3–4PHX
      W
      game 23/82
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA64:08TOIW
      .923
    • The game
      CGY1–3PHX
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
    • December 1996
    • The game
      LAK4–1PHX
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .867
    • The game
      PHX2–5NYR
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      .850SV%in relief
      17SV20SA3GA40:00TOIL
      in relief
    • The game
      PHX2–8NYI
      L
      game 29/823
      His night
      .682SV%
      15SV22SA7GA40:00TOIL
      .682
    • The game
      CGY7–2PHX
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      .909SV%in relief
      20SV22SA2GA35:13TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      PHX2–1ANA
      W
      game 35/82
      His night
      .974SV%
      37SV38SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .974
    • The game
      PHX2–5LAK
      L
      game 36/821
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA59:41TOIL
      .867
    • The game
      VAN4–7PHX
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      .938SV%in relief
      15SV16SA1GA28:12TOIW
      in relief
    • The game
      PHX5–3DET
      W
      game 38/821
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • The game
      PHX4–2CHI
      W
      game 39/82
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
    • The game
      PHX1–5BUF
      L
      game 41/82
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .848
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8228 of 41 started
      10
      wins
      NHL#15
      .902
      SV%
      NHL#17
      3.0
      GAA
      NHL#21
      PHX
      18-19-0W-L-OT40Points
      3rd in the Central·5th in the Western Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET5–4PHX
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      .868SV%
      33SV38SA5GA60:58TOIL
      .868
    • The game
      PHX4–3DAL
      W
      game 43/82
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA59:53TOIW
      .912
    • The game
      BUF3–2PHX
      L
      game 44/82
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:10TOIL
      .900
    • The game
      PHX4–5SJS
      L
      game 45/82
      His night
      .762SV%
      16SV21SA5GA59:43TOIL
      .762
    • The game
      STL4–1PHX
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .862
    • The game
      ANA3–6PHX
      W
      game 47/82
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .912
    • The game
      VAN0–4PHX
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      26SV26SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHX1–4PHI
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      .927SV%
      51SV55SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .927
    • The game
      PHX3–0DET
      W
      game 50/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      30SV30SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • February 1997
    • The game
      PHX1–4PIT
      L
      game 51/82
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA59:52TOIL
      .879
    • The game
      TBL2–0PHX
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA59:37TOIL
      .895
    • The game
      CHI2–3PHX
      W
      game 53/821
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
    • The game
      DAL5–4PHX
      L
      game 54/82
      His night
      .900SV%
      45SV50SA5GA63:50TOIL
      .900
    • The game
      PHX4–2STL
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .949
    • The game
      PHX5–0DAL
      W
      game 56/82
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      25SV25SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      COL3–2PHX
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:09TOIL
      .897
    • The game
      BOS4–5PHX
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA61:13TOIW
      .857
    • The game
      LAK1–6PHX
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      PHX2–4ANA
      L
      game 60/82
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .871
    • The game
      DET5–3PHX
      L
      game 61/823
      His night
      .857SV%
      30SV35SA5GA59:29TOIL
      .857
    • The game
      PHX5–2CGY
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8249 of 62 started
      20
      wins
      NHL#10
      .905
      SV%
      NHL#16
      3.0
      GAA
      NHL#20
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      PHX
      28-30-0W-L-OT60Points
      4th in the Central·6th in the Western Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHX2–6VAN
      L
      game 63/822
      His night
      .444SV%
      4SV9SA5GA31:11TOIL
      .444
    • March 1997
    • The game
      CHI4–0PHX
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .882
    • The game
      PHX3–0FLA
      W
      game 65/82
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      14SV14SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHX5–0TBL
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      30SV30SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHX2–0CHI
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      OTT4–1PHX
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:36TOIL
      .893
    • The game
      PIT5–5PHX
      game 69/822
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA65:00TOI
      .800
    • The game
      PHX4–1SJS
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
    • The game
      STL2–3PHX
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .946
    • The game
      PHX2–7DAL
      L
      game 72/82
      His night
      .741SV%
      20SV27SA7GA47:47TOIL
      .741
    • The game
      PHX4–2CHI
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      .952SV%
      40SV42SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .952
    • The game
      PHX3–0TOR
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      33SV33SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      TOR1–1PHX
      game 75/822
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA65:00TOI
      .960
    • The game
      EDM3–1PHX
      L
      game 76/821
      His night
      .882SV%
      15SV17SA2GA59:04TOIL
      .882
    • April 1997
    • The game
      SJS1–7PHX
      W
      game 77/821
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
    • The game
      PHX5–4LAK
      W
      game 78/82
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .871
    • The game
      PHX1–2COL
      L
      game 79/821
      His night
      .947SV%
      36SV38SA2GA59:04TOIL
      .947
    • The game
      DAL2–2PHX
      game 80/82
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA65:00TOI
      .933
    • The game
      PHX4–6VAN
      L
      game 81/821
      His night
      .400SV%
      2SV5SA3GA12:44TOI
      .400
    • The game
      PHX6–2EDM
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
    The season in numbers

    Nikolai Khabibulin closes the 1996-1997 season with 30 wins

    Wins
    30
    Games
    72of 82
    88%
    Shutouts
    7
    SV%
    .908
    GAA
    2.83
    Starts
    69
    Events
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career wins
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Phoenix Coyotes are in the playoffs

    First round

    Phoenix Coyotes meet Anaheim Ducks

    PHXvsANA
    Swedes on Phoenix Coyotes
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PHX2–4ANA
      L
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:24TOIL
      .893
    • Anaheim Duckslead1–0againstPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 2
      PHX2–4ANA
      L
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA58:59TOIL
      .912
    • Anaheim Duckslead2–0againstPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 3
      ANA1–4PHX
      W
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
    • Anaheim Duckslead2–1againstPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 4
      ANA0–2PHX
      W
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      32SV32SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • Phoenix Coyotesare2–2withAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 5
      PHX5–2ANA
      W
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
    • Phoenix Coyoteslead3–2againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 6
      ANA3–2PHX
      L
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA67:29TOIL
      .923
    • Phoenix Coyotesare3–3withAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 7
      PHX0–3ANA
      L
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .885
    First round

    Anaheim Ducks knock Phoenix Coyotes out 4–3

    PHX3–4ANA
    Eliminated
    7Games3Wins.932SV%2.1GAA
    The run in numbers

    Nikolai Khabibulin ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 3 wins

    Wins
    3
    Games
    7
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .932
    GAA
    2.11
    Starts
    7
    Events
    1
    First playoff shutout
    ANA3–4