Regular season and playoffsMTL

Peter Popovic's 1996-1997 season

Points

#24NHL#380

Goals

#30NHL#533

Assists

#21NHL#310

Plus/minus

#10NHL#104

Games

95% of 82

Defenceman Peter Popovic was 28 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 1 goals and 13 assists for 14 points, 0.18 points per game. That was 24th among the Swedes and 380th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 0 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs

Year 1996
30 years ago
Season opener
October 5
Peter Popovic plays the 1996-1997 season for Montréal Canadiens
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Peter was 28 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.
- The game
  OTT3–3MTL
  October 5game 1/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  ANA6–6MTL
  October 7game 2/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  LAK3–6MTL
  W
  October 9game 3/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR2–5MTL
  W
  October 12game 4/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–3NJD
  L
  October 15game 5/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CGY2–4MTL
  W
  October 16game 6/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–6OTT
  L
  October 19game 7/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–6BUF
  L
  October 24game 8/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI5–6MTL
  W
  October 26game 9/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PHX5–4MTL
  L
  October 28game 10/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–5DET
  L
  October 30game 11/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- November 1996
- The game
  MTL3–4SJS
  L
  November 2game 12/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–4PHX
  November 3game 13/82
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL6–5ANA
  W
  November 6game 14/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–4LAK
  L
  November 7game 15/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–5COL
  L
  November 9game 16/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  EDM2–3MTL
  W
  November 11game 17/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  FLA5–3MTL
  L
  November 13game 18/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–3WSH
  L
  November 15game 19/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–6MTL
  W
  November 16game 20/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–3HFD
  L
  November 20game 21/82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 20
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 82
  3
  points
  #24NHL#354
  0
  goals
  #28NHL#434
  3
  assists
  #20NHL#279
  +2
  +/-
  #7NHL#57
  MTL
  7-11-0W-L-OT17Points
  5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·21st in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL6–2BOS
  W
  November 21game 22/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–3TOR
  W
  November 23game 23/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TBL2–4MTL
  W
  November 25game 24/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2PIT
  November 27game 25/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–0MTL
  L
  November 30game 26/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- December 1996
- The game
  MTL2–6NYR
  L
  December 1game 27/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–3MTL
  L
  December 4game 28/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–1CHI
  W
  December 6game 29/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI2–3MTL
  W
  December 7game 30/82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–2MTL
  L
  December 11game 31/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL3–3NJD
  December 14game 32/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TBL4–2MTL
  L
  December 16game 33/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYR3–2MTL
  L
  December 21game 34/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  OTT6–0MTL
  L
  December 23game 35/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–3PIT
  December 26game 36/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–4TBL
  December 28game 37/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–1FLA
  W
  December 29game 38/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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Year 1997
29 years ago
- The game
  MTL6–4DAL
  W
  January 1game 39/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1SHP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL2–2STL
  January 2game 40/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYI1–3MTL
  W
  January 4game 41/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 4
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 82
  9
  points
  #19NHL#312
  1
  goals
  #25NHL#418
  8
  assists
  #15NHL#246
  +4
  +/-
  #7NHL#50
  MTL
  15-18-0W-L-OT38Points
  4th in the Northeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·15th in the whole NHL
- The game
  HFD4–5MTL
  W
  January 6game 42/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL4–5BOS
  L
  January 9game 43/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BOS3–6MTL
  W
  January 11game 44/82
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DAL2–1MTL
  L
  January 13game 45/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–3PHI
  L
  January 14game 46/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  DET1–4MTL
  W
  January 20game 47/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–6BUF
  L
  January 22game 48/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  STL8–1MTL
  L
  January 25game 49/821
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT5–2MTL
  L
  January 26game 50/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–5FLA
  L
  January 28game 51/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–1TBL
  W
  January 30game 52/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- February 1997
- The game
  NJD4–4MTL
  February 1game 53/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  FLA2–2MTL
  February 3game 54/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT6–3MTL
  L
  February 5game 55/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL5–9PHI
  L
  February 6game 56/821
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  HFD2–3MTL
  W
  February 8game 57/82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  SJS2–4MTL
  W
  February 10game 58/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2BUF
  February 12game 59/82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD4–1MTL
  L
  February 15game 60/82
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–1NYI
  W
  February 17game 61/823
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-4SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 17
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
  10
  points
  #26NHL#388
  1
  goals
  #30NHL#487
  9
  assists
  #21NHL#325
  -3
  +/-
  #11NHL#159
  MTL
  22-29-0W-L-OT55Points
  4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL4–2VAN
  W
  February 25game 63/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–3CGY
  L
  February 28game 64/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- March 1997
- The game
  MTL5–4EDM
  W
  March 1game 65/821
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  COL7–3MTL
  L
  March 5game 66/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL0–2HFD
  L
  March 7game 67/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–3MTL
  March 8game 68/82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2PIT
  March 10game 69/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–0BOS
  W
  March 13game 70/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  OTT2–2MTL
  March 15game 71/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL5–4NYR
  W
  March 19game 72/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–1MTL
  L
  March 22game 73/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS1–3MTL
  W
  March 24game 74/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  PIT5–8MTL
  W
  March 26game 75/821
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL2–5OTT
  L
  March 29game 76/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- April 1997
- The game
  MTL4–1HFD
  W
  April 2game 77/82
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD4–1MTL
  L
  April 5game 78/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYI1–2MTL
  W
  April 7game 79/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 7
Peter Popovic closes the 1996-1997 season with 14 points
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Points
14
#24NHL#380
Games
78of 82
95%
Goals
1
#30NHL#533
Assists
13
#21NHL#310
P/GP
0.18
#31NHL#456
+/-
+9
#10NHL#104
Events
14
career best in points
13
career best in assists
10 days later
Playoffs
April 17
Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs
First round
April 17
Montréal Canadiens meet New Jersey Devils
MTLvsNJD
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Peter Popovic
Swedes on New Jersey Devils
No Swedes
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- Game 3
  NJD6–4MTL
  L
  April 22
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- New Jersey Devilslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 4
  NJD3–4MTL
  W
  April 24
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 5
  MTL0–4NJD
  L
  April 26
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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First round
April 26
New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1
MTL1–4NJD
Eliminated
3Games0Points0Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
April 26
Peter Popovic ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Points
0
#13NHL#242
Games
3
Goals
0
#7NHL#165
Assists
0
#11NHL#218
P/GP
0.00
+/-
-3
#13NHL#282
NJD1–4

Peter Popovic plays the 1996-1997 season for Montréal Canadiens

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Peter Popovic closes the 1996-1997 season with 14 points

Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

Montréal Canadiens meet New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

Peter Popovic ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points