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Pierre Turgeon's 1996-1997 season

Points
85
NHL#13
Goals
26
NHL#51
Assists
59
NHL#8
Plus/minus
+8
NHL#116
Games
78
95%
95% of 82

Centre Pierre Turgeon was 27 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens och St. Louis Blues. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 26 goals and 59 assists for 85 points, 1.09 points per game. He moved from Montréal Canadiens to St. Louis Blues in October. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 2 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Pierre Turgeon opens the 1996-1997 season with Montréal Canadiens

    Pierre was 27 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      OTT3–3MTL
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      ANA6–6MTL
      game 2/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK3–6MTL
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–5MTL
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      MTL2–3NJD
      L
      game 5/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY2–4MTL
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–6OTT
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–6BUF
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHX5–4MTL
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      +4P+4A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +4 assists
    • The game
      STL3–6COL
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • November 1996
    • The game
      BUF4–2STL
      L
      game 13/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DAL3–6STL
      W
      game 14/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL3–6TOR
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL4–2VAN
      W
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      STL3–2CGY
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TBL3–5STL
      W
      game 18/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      CGY0–2STL
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      ANA2–4STL
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      STL2–4PIT
      L
      game 21/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played
      16
      points
      NHL#48
      2
      goals
      NHL#215
      14
      assists
      NHL#13
      STL
      11-10-0W-L-OT22Points
      4th in the Central·5th in the Western Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–2ANA
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • December 1996
    • The game
      SJS4–3STL
      L
      game 25/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL0–2TOR
      L
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • 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
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL3–2EDM
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL5–5DAL
      game 30/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      CHI4–1STL
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN8–0STL
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-6SOG
    • The game
      STL3–5HFD
      L
      game 33/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PIT4–0STL
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL0–4PHI
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–7STL
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +5P+1G+4A
      +4+/-2SOG
      +5 points
    • The game
      STL4–4CHI
      game 37/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR3–2STL
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4STL
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2STL
      game 40/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–2BUF
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
      31
      points
      NHL#50
      5
      goals
      NHL#203
      26
      assists
      NHL#10
      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
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM5–2STL
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL4–3SJS
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL1–2LAK
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL4–1PHX
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      STL6–4NYI
      W
      game 47/824
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      VAN3–4STL
      W
      game 48/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL8–1MTL
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      ANA4–1STL
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL4–0TOR
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      STL5–2OTT
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +4 points
    • February 1997
    • The game
      DET4–1STL
      L
      game 53/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL1–1DET
      game 54/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DAL4–6STL
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    Milestone

    Pierre Turgeon reaches 500 career assists

    in the game against Dallas Stars · February 6

    • The game
      STL3–3BOS
      game 56/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHX4–2STL
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–4STL
      W
      game 58/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      COL5–2STL
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI2–4STL
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT1–1STL
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2STL
      game 62/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      61
      points
      NHL#17
      19
      goals
      NHL#54
      42
      assists
      NHL#10
      STL
      28-26-0W-L-OT64Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Central·5th in the Western Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY5–3STL
      L
      game 63/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–3TBL
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–3FLA
      L
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • March 1997
    • The game
      STL2–3DAL
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–1STL
      L
      game 67/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL4–3SJS
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      STL4–2LAK
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL4–4ANA
      game 70/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL2–3PHX
      L
      game 71/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD1–4STL
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-7SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      DAL4–1STL
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL2–3WSH
      L
      game 74/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK1–2STL
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–3STL
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1997
    • The game
      STL1–1DET
      game 77/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI5–5STL
      game 78/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NJD2–0STL
      L
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL1–0CHI
      W
      game 80/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–5STL
      W
      game 81/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL3–1DET
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Pierre Turgeon reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · April 13

    The season in numbers

    Pierre Turgeon closes the 1996-1997 season with 85 points

    Points
    85
    NHL#13
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    26
    NHL#51
    Assists
    59
    NHL#8
    P/GP
    1.09
    NHL#15
    +/-
    +8
    NHL#116
    Events
    750
    NHL games
    500
    career assists
    9 i rad
    games with a point · 18 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    St. Louis Blues are in the playoffs

    First round

    St. Louis Blues meet Detroit Red Wings

    STLvsDET
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    • Game 1
      STL2–0DET
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • St. Louis Blueslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      STL1–2DET
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • St. Louis Bluesare1–1withDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 3
      DET3–2STL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      STL2–5DET
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      DET3–1STL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    First round

    Detroit Red Wings knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

    STL2–4DET
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Pierre Turgeon ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#145
    Games
    5
    Goals
    1
    NHL#95
    Assists
    1
    NHL#143
    P/GP
    0.40
    +/-
    0
    NHL#114
    DET2–4