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Ralph Backstrom's 1966-1967 season

Points
41
NHL#28
Goals
14
NHL#31
Assists
27
NHL#23
Plus/minus
-3
NHL#92
Games
69
98%
98% of 70

Centre Ralph Backstrom was 29 years old when the 1966-1967 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 69 of a possible 70 games and scored 14 goals and 27 assists for 41 points, 0.59 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 7 points.

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

1966-1967Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ralph Backstrom plays the 1966-1967 season for Montréal Canadiens

    Ralph was 29 years old when the 1966-1967 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      W
      game 1/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2BOS
      W
      game 2/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI5–3MTL
      L
      game 3/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Ralph Backstrom reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Chicago Blackhawks · October 26

    • The game
      NYR0–3MTL
      W
      game 4/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • November 1966
    • The game
      MTL2–2TOR
      game 5/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3MTL
      W
      game 6/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–6DET
      L
      game 7/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–3MTL
      L
      game 9/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–2BOS
      L
      game 10/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–5TOR
      L
      game 11/70
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–1NYR
      W
      game 12/70
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–0DET
      W
      game 13/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–5CHI
      L
      game 14/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3MTL
      W
      game 15/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3TOR
      L
      game 16/70
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • December 1966
    • The game
      CHI1–3MTL
      W
      game 17/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1NYR
      W
      game 18/70
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 18 of 7017 of 18 played
      6
      points
      NHL#58
      1
      goals
      NHL#69
      5
      assists
      NHL#44
      MTL
      9-8-0W-L-OT19Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR3–6MTL
      W
      game 19/70
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–5MTL
      W
      game 20/70
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-7SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      MTL2–4NYR
      L
      game 21/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–2CHI
      L
      game 22/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–4MTL
      game 23/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–3BOS
      L
      game 24/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–6MTL
      W
      game 25/70
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    Milestone

    Ralph Backstrom reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · December 21

    • The game
      NYR4–3MTL
      L
      game 26/70
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL4–0DET
      W
      game 27/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–1MTL
      game 28/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–3MTL
      W
      game 29/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–4DET
      L
      game 30/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2CHI
      game 31/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4MTL
      W
      game 32/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–2NYR
      L
      game 33/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–1MTL
      L
      game 34/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–4MTL
      L
      game 35/70
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 35 of 7034 of 35 played
      19
      points
      NHL#35
      5
      goals
      NHL#49
      14
      assists
      NHL#19
      MTL
      15-16-0W-L-OT34Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL3–1BOS
      W
      game 36/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3MTL
      game 37/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–4CHI
      L
      game 38/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1TOR
      W
      game 39/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–1MTL
      L
      game 40/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3MTL
      W
      game 41/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2BOS
      W
      game 42/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • February 1967
    • The game
      TOR1–7MTL
      W
      game 43/70
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      CHI3–3MTL
      game 44/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–6DET
      L
      game 45/70
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-7SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–5CHI
      L
      game 46/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–3BOS
      W
      game 47/70
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL4–4NYR
      game 48/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–1MTL
      L
      game 49/70
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET2–3MTL
      W
      game 50/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–3DET
      L
      game 51/70
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–5TOR
      L
      game 52/70
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2MTL
      game 53/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 53 of 7052 of 53 played
      29
      points
      NHL#29
      10
      goals
      NHL#36
      19
      assists
      NHL#20
      MTL
      22-23-0W-L-OT52Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR5–0MTL
      L
      game 54/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2CHI
      game 55/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • March 1967
    • The game
      TOR1–1MTL
      game 56/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–6MTL
      W
      game 57/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–0NYR
      W
      game 58/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–6TOR
      L
      game 59/70
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3MTL
      game 60/70
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL2–2NYR
      game 61/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–11MTL
      W
      game 62/70
      His night
      +5P+2G+3A
      +2+/-6SOG2PPP
      +5 points
    • The game
      NYR2–4MTL
      W
      game 63/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4CHI
      game 64/70
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–3TOR
      W
      game 65/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–4MTL
      W
      game 66/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–3BOS
      W
      game 67/70
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–5MTL
      W
      game 68/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1967
    • The game
      CHI4–5MTL
      W
      game 69/70
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–2DET
      W
      game 70/70
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Ralph Backstrom closes the 1966-1967 season with 41 points

    Points
    41
    NHL#28
    Games
    69of 70
    99%
    Goals
    14
    NHL#31
    Assists
    27
    NHL#23
    P/GP
    0.59
    NHL#36
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#92
    Events
    100
    career points
    50
    career goals
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet New York Rangers

    MTLvsNYR
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR4–6MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR1–3MTL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      MTL3–2NYR
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      MTL2–1NYR
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–0

    MTL4–0NYR
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Montréal Canadiens play the Stanley Cup Final against Toronto Maple Leafs

    MTLvsTOR
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      TOR2–6MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR3–0MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Montréal Canadiensare1–1withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      MTL2–3TOR
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      MTL6–2TOR
      W
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • Montréal Canadiensare2–2withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 5
      TOR4–1MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • May 1967
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      MTL1–3TOR
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    Stanley Cup Final

    Toronto Maple Leafs knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2

    MTL2–4TOR
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Ralph Backstrom ends the 1966-1967 playoffs with 7 points

    Points
    7
    NHL#10
    Games
    10
    Goals
    5
    NHL#3
    Assists
    2
    NHL#20
    P/GP
    0.70
    NHL#13
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#15
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    10
    playoff goals
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    NYR4–0→TOR2–4