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Phil Housley's 1996-1997 season

Points
40
NHL#136
Goals
11
NHL#198
Assists
29
NHL#97
Plus/minus
-10
NHL#653
Games
77
93%
93% of 82

Defenceman Phil Housley was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 77 of a possible 82 games and scored 11 goals and 29 assists for 40 points, 0.52 points per game. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Phil Housley plays the 1996-1997 season for Washington Capitals

    Phil was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI5–2WSH
      L
      game 1/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5DAL
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      TBL2–6WSH
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      LAK4–3WSH
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–1WSH
      L
      game 5/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–2PIT
      L
      game 6/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–4STL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH0–1COL
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–4WSH
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Phil Housley reaches 1,000 NHL games

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · October 30

    • The game
      PIT2–4WSH
      W
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–6NYI
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–1TBL
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4FLA
      L
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3WSH
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–2PHI
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–3WSH
      W
      game 18/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–2FLA
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–2WSH
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–1NJD
      W
      game 21/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      14
      points
      NHL#81
      5
      goals
      NHL#101
      9
      assists
      NHL#64
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#61
      WSH
      11-9-0W-L-OT23Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD3–4WSH
      W
      game 22/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT2–1WSH
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–0WSH
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–0MTL
      W
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      DET2–0WSH
      L
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–3WSH
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–2NYI
      L
      game 28/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3SJS
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–5ANA
      L
      game 30/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–4LAK
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4PHX
      L
      game 32/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–3WSH
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–4BOS
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–1TBL
      W
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–5DET
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA1–1WSH
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      HFD2–3WSH
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX0–3WSH
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–1HFD
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      22
      points
      NHL#114
      7
      goals
      NHL#146
      15
      assists
      NHL#93
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#203
      WSH
      17-20-0W-L-OT38Points
      5th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR0–2WSH
      W
      game 42/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–3PHI
      game 43/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–6WSH
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–5OTT
      L
      game 45/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–3WSH
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DAL5–2WSH
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      EDM3–1WSH
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–1WSH
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–1FLA
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–2BUF
      game 52/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–5CGY
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–4EDM
      L
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–2VAN
      W
      game 55/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TBL4–5WSH
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4TBL
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-7SOG
    • The game
      OTT6–1WSH
      L
      game 58/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–2HFD
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3WSH
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–1TOR
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      ANA4–1WSH
      L
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      30
      points
      NHL#146
      7
      goals
      NHL#227
      23
      assists
      NHL#87
      -10
      +/-
      NHL#225
      WSH
      24-31-0W-L-OT55Points
      6th in the Atlantic·10th in the Eastern Conference·20th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      NYI2–0WSH
      L
      game 63/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CGY1–2WSH
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      COL3–6WSH
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH0–5PHI
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–4WSH
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD3–5WSH
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI5–3WSH
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • April 1997
    • The game
      NJD1–0WSH
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–4OTT
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–3WSH
      game 79/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3WSH
      W
      game 80/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–6WSH
      W
      game 81/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH8–3BUF
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    The season in numbers

    Phil Housley closes the 1996-1997 season with 40 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    40
    NHL#136
    Games
    77of 82
    94%
    Goals
    11
    NHL#198
    Assists
    29
    NHL#97
    P/GP
    0.52
    NHL#172
    +/-
    -10
    NHL#653
    Events
    1,000
    NHL games
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts