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Peter Zezel's 1996-1997 season

Points
16
NHL#358
Goals
4
NHL#375
Assists
12
NHL#330
Plus/minus
+10
NHL#94
Games
53
61%
61% of 86

Centre Peter Zezel was 31 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for St. Louis Blues och New Jersey Devils. He played 53 of a possible 86 games and scored 4 goals and 12 assists for 16 points, 0.30 points per game. He moved from St. Louis Blues to New Jersey Devils in February. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 0 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Peter Zezel opens the 1996-1997 season with St. Louis Blues

    Peter was 31 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      COL2–4STL
      W
      game 1/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Milestone

    Peter Zezel reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Colorado Avalanche · October 4

    • The game
      CHI4–1STL
      L
      game 2/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–1CGY
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL3–1EDM
      W
      game 4/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–5VAN
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–6STL
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL1–2NYR
      L
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      SJS3–2STL
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL2–1PHX
      W
      game 9/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL4–6CHI
      L
      game 10/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–4STL
      L
      game 11/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • November 1996
    • The game
      STL3–6TOR
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8212 of 21 played
      8
      points
      NHL#184
      2
      goals
      NHL#215
      6
      assists
      NHL#135
      STL
      11-10-0W-L-OT22Points
      4th in the Central·5th in the Western Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHX3–4STL
      W
      game 22/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–1STL
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL3–2ANA
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1996
    • The game
      SJS4–3STL
      L
      game 25/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL0–2TOR
      L
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHX3–0STL
      L
      game 27/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL4–3COL
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      STL3–2EDM
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      STL5–5DAL
      game 30/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI4–1STL
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN8–0STL
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL3–5HFD
      L
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4STL
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2STL
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–2BUF
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8227 of 41 played
      13
      points
      NHL#241
      4
      goals
      NHL#248
      9
      assists
      NHL#211
      STL
      17-20-0W-L-OT38Points
      4th in the Central·6th in the Western Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL5–3NJD
      W
      game 42/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM5–2STL
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL4–3SJS
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL1–2LAK
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL4–1PHX
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL6–4NYI
      W
      game 47/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      STL3–3BOS
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHX4–2STL
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–4NJD
      W
      game 54/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–1MTL
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–1NJD
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–2FLA
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–3TBL
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD5–3NYI
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • March 1997
    • The game
      PIT3–6NJD
      W
      game 62/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8243 of 62 played
      14
      points
      NHL#327
      4
      goals
      NHL#328
      10
      assists
      NHL#312
      NJD
      32-18-0W-L-OT76Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD3–1PHI
      W
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD1–5NYI
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–1BUF
      W
      game 66/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      EDM1–6NJD
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–6NJD
      W
      game 68/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–1NJD
      L
      game 70/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–2PIT
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–5NJD
      W
      game 75/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      NJD1–0WSH
      W
      game 76/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–4FLA
      L
      game 80/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Peter Zezel closes the 1996-1997 season with 16 points

    Points
    16
    NHL#358
    Games
    53of 82
    65%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#375
    Assists
    12
    NHL#330
    P/GP
    0.30
    NHL#337
    +/-
    +10
    NHL#94
    Events
    750
    NHL games
    8 days later
    Playoffs

    New Jersey Devils are in the playoffs

    First round

    New Jersey Devils meet Montréal Canadiens

    NJDvsMTL
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    9 days later
    First round

    New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

    NJD4–1MTL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    6 days later
    Second round

    New Jersey Devils meet New York Rangers

    NJDvsNYR
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NJD2–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      NJD0–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Second round

    New York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1

    NJD1–4NYR
    Eliminated
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Peter Zezel ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#242
    Games
    2
    Goals
    0
    NHL#165
    Assists
    0
    NHL#218
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    0
    NHL#114
    MTL4–1→NYR1–4