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Pat LaFontaine's 1995-1996 season

Points
91
NHL#22
Goals
40
NHL#17
Assists
51
NHL#28
Plus/minus
-8
NHL#609
Games
76
92%
92% of 82

Centre Pat LaFontaine was 30 years old when the 1995-1996 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 76 of a possible 82 games and scored 40 goals and 51 assists for 91 points, 1.20 points per game. Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1995-1996
  1. Season opener

    Pat LaFontaine plays the 1995-1996 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Pat was 30 years old when the 1995-1996 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BUF3–1OTT
      W
      game 1/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF3–5BOS
      L
      game 2/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      ANA4–1BUF
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–3BUF
      L
      game 4/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM1–4BUF
      W
      game 5/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR3–1BUF
      L
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–5BUF
      W
      game 7/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–6CHI
      L
      game 10/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • November 1995
    • The game
      DET1–2BUF
      W
      game 11/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–3BUF
      game 12/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN4–3BUF
      L
      game 13/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-5SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      SJS2–7BUF
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL1–2BUF
      W
      game 17/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF5–4NJD
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      OTT0–6BUF
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-4SOG3PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI1–1BUF
      game 20/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–5PIT
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8217 of 21 played
      22
      points
      NHL#36
      5
      goals
      NHL#117
      17
      assists
      NHL#17
      BUF
      9-10-0W-L-OT20Points
      3rd in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–0STL
      W
      game 22/82
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-8SOG1SHP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BUF3–5NYR
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • December 1995
    • The game
      HFD1–2BUF
      W
      game 24/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–6BOS
      L
      game 25/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF3–7PHI
      L
      game 26/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–2BUF
      game 27/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL6–1BUF
      L
      game 28/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL3–4BUF
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYR4–5BUF
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2NJD
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG1SHP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BOS3–2BUF
      L
      game 33/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–2OTT
      W
      game 34/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF3–6PIT
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      OTT4–3BUF
      L
      game 36/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–3BUF
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF7–6MTL
      W
      game 40/82
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-7SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF1–4WIN
      L
      game 41/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8235 of 41 played
      41
      points
      NHL#32
      17
      goals
      NHL#39
      24
      assists
      NHL#44
      BUF
      18-20-0W-L-OT39Points
      3rd in the Northeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF1–3CGY
      L
      game 42/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–5EDM
      L
      game 43/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT1–0BUF
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–4BUF
      W
      game 45/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF0–1WSH
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–6FLA
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Milestone

    Pat LaFontaine reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Florida Panthers · January 27

    • The game
      BUF4–5NYI
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      -2+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      FLA1–6BUF
      W
      game 49/821
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP
      +4 points
    • February 1996
    • The game
      BUF2–4BOS
      L
      game 50/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL5–2BUF
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–2BUF
      W
      game 52/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–1PHI
      W
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2TOR
      game 54/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–2BUF
      game 55/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–2BUF
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–2HFD
      L
      game 57/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–6BUF
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-7SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PHI2–7BUF
      W
      game 59/82
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +3+/-2SOG2PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      FLA1–6BUF
      W
      game 60/821
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +2+/-5SOG2PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      BUF3–2OTT
      W
      game 61/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • March 1996
    • The game
      BUF3–3NYR
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8256 of 62 played
      64
      points
      NHL#29
      31
      goals
      NHL#16
      33
      assists
      NHL#53
      BUF
      26-29-0W-L-OT59Points
      4th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN3–0BUF
      L
      game 63/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–5VAN
      L
      game 64/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF2–3ANA
      L
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–6SJS
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF6–2LAK
      W
      game 67/82
      His night
      +4P+4A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP
      +4 assists
    • The game
      CGY3–1BUF
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–2HFD
      L
      game 69/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–3MTL
      L
      game 70/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–1BUF
      L
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF7–5PIT
      W
      game 72/82
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI6–5BUF
      L
      game 74/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–5BUF
      L
      game 75/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • April 1996
    • The game
      BUF6–4MTL
      W
      game 76/821
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      WSH5–1BUF
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–3TBL
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      BUF0–3NYI
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      OTT2–5BUF
      W
      game 80/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF3–2WSH
      W
      game 81/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Pat LaFontaine reaches 500 career assists

    in the game against Washington Capitals · April 13

    • The game
      HFD1–4BUF
      W
      game 82/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Pat LaFontaine closes the 1995-1996 season with 91 points

    Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    91
    NHL#22
    Games
    76of 82
    93%
    Goals
    40
    NHL#17
    Assists
    51
    NHL#28
    P/GP
    1.20
    NHL#21
    +/-
    -8
    NHL#609
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    750
    NHL games
    500
    career assists
    8 i rad
    games with a point · 13 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal