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Peter Popovic's 1993-1994 season

Points
14
Swedish flag#16NHL#406
Goals
2
Swedish flag#17NHL#476
Assists
12
Swedish flag#14NHL#346
Plus/minus
+10
Swedish flag#5NHL#118
Games
47
55%
55% of 84

Defenceman Peter Popovic was 25 years old when the 1993-1994 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 47 of a possible 84 games and scored 2 goals and 12 assists for 14 points, 0.30 points per game. That was 16th among the Swedes and 406th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 1 points.

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

1993-1994Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Peter Popovic makes his NHL debut in 1–⁠2 loss against Pittsburgh Penguins

    Peter was 25 years old · Civic Arena, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-

    Other Swedes on the ice: Kjell Samuelsson, Markus Näslund and Ulf Samuelsson.

    • The game
      MTL1–2PIT
      L
      game 2/843
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–4HFD
      L
      game 5/84
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Peter Popovic records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Hartford Whalers · October 13

    • The game
      TOR2–5MTL
      W
      game 12/84
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • November 1993
    • The game
      TBL0–1MTL
      W
      game 13/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY4–3MTL
      L
      game 14/84
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA3–1MTL
      L
      game 15/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      OTT3–2MTL
      L
      game 16/84
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL4–2OTT
      W
      game 17/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM1–3MTL
      W
      game 18/84
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–1MTL
      L
      game 19/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–2MTL
      game 20/843
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8411 of 21 played
      6
      points
      Swedish flag#13NHL#295
      0
      goals
      Swedish flag#16NHL#456
      6
      assists
      Swedish flag#10NHL#184
      +3
      +/-
      Swedish flag#2NHL#48
      MTL
      10-8-0W-L-OT23Points
      3rd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • December 1993
    • The game
      VAN3–4MTL
      W
      game 27/84
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD4–2MTL
      L
      game 28/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–3MTL
      L
      game 29/841
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Peter Popovic scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Washington Capitals · December 11

    • The game
      MTL1–1TBL
      game 30/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3FLA
      game 31/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET1–8MTL
      W
      game 32/841
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–3MTL
      L
      game 33/84
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–3MTL
      W
      game 41/84
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–4MTL
      W
      game 42/841
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 42 of 8420 of 42 played
      12
      points
      Swedish flag#13NHL#293
      2
      goals
      Swedish flag#12NHL#371
      10
      assists
      Swedish flag#12NHL#225
      +7
      +/-
      Swedish flag#3NHL#39
      MTL
      20-15-0W-L-OT47Points
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD2–3MTL
      W
      game 43/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–5NYI
      L
      game 44/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA5–2MTL
      L
      game 45/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–3MTL
      W
      game 46/841
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–3MTL
      game 47/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–8FLA
      L
      game 48/84
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–0HFD
      W
      game 49/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      L
      game 50/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–5MTL
      W
      game 51/842
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • February 1994
    • The game
      MTL4–0WSH
      W
      game 53/841
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–1PIT
      W
      game 55/843
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4MTL
      W
      game 56/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–5MTL
      W
      game 58/841
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–4TBL
      L
      game 59/841
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS1–3MTL
      W
      game 62/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–0TOR
      W
      game 63/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 63 of 8436 of 63 played
      14
      points
      Swedish flag#14NHL#342
      2
      goals
      Swedish flag#16NHL#428
      12
      assists
      Swedish flag#13NHL#268
      +10
      +/-
      Swedish flag#4NHL#36
      MTL
      33-22-0W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Northeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • March 1994
    • The game
      MTL5–2ANA
      W
      game 65/841
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–4MTL
      game 69/841
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–5CHI
      game 74/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      OTT2–3MTL
      W
      game 76/84
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–5NJD
      L
      game 77/841
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • April 1994
    • The game
      MTL2–5NYI
      L
      game 78/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3MTL
      game 79/84
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL3–1MTL
      L
      game 80/841
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–9MTL
      W
      game 82/844
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1HFD
      W
      game 83/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–9DET
      L
      game 84/841
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Peter Popovic closes the 1993-1994 season with 14 points

    Points
    14
    #16NHL#406
    Games
    47of 84
    56%
    Goals
    2
    #17NHL#476
    Assists
    12
    #14NHL#346
    P/GP
    0.30
    #17NHL#365
    +/-
    +10
    #5NHL#118
    Events
    14
    career best in points
    2
    career best in goals
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Boston Bruins

    MTLvsBOS
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 2
      MTL3–2BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadiensare1–1withBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS6–3MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      BOS2–5MTL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadiensare2–2withBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      MTL2–1BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      BOS3–2MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Montréal Canadiensare3–3withBoston Bruins
    • Game 7
      MTL3–5BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    First round

    Boston Bruins knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–3

    MTL3–4BOS
    Eliminated
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Peter Popovic ends the 1993-1994 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    #7NHL#195
    Games
    6
    Goals
    0
    #6NHL#183
    Assists
    1
    #7NHL#157
    P/GP
    0.17
    +/-
    +3
    #4NHL#38
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    BOS3–4