Regular seasonBOS

Ray Bourque's 1996-1997 season

Points

NHL#90

Goals

NHL#101

Assists

NHL#81

Plus/minus

-11

NHL#668

Games

75% of 82

Defenceman Ray Bourque was 35 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 18th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 62 of a possible 82 games and scored 19 goals and 31 assists for 50 points, 0.81 points per game. Boston Bruins did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997

Year 1996
30 years ago
Season opener
October 5
Ray Bourque plays the 1996-1997 season for Boston Bruins
BOSBoston Bruins
Ray was 35 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 18th season with the team. His 18th NHL season in all.
- The game
  NYR4–4BOS
  October 5game 1/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  PHX5–2BOS
  L
  October 7game 2/821
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS5–3SJS
  W
  October 12game 3/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS5–4VAN
  W
  October 14game 4/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS2–4LAK
  L
  October 17game 5/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BOS5–1ANA
  W
  October 20game 6/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG1SHP
  +1 assist
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- November 1996
- The game
  PIT1–2BOS
  W
  November 14game 16/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  SJS2–4BOS
  W
  November 18game 17/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS2–2WSH
  November 19game 18/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL6–2BOS
  L
  November 21game 19/822
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BUF3–2BOS
  L
  November 23game 20/821
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  PHI0–2BOS
  W
  November 26game 21/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 26
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8212 of 21 played
  8
  points
  NHL#216
  1
  goals
  NHL#331
  7
  assists
  NHL#136
  -9
  +/-
  NHL#218
  BOS
  8-9-0W-L-OT20Points
  4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
- The game
  VAN3–7BOS
  W
  November 29game 22/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS2–6PIT
  L
  November 30game 23/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- December 1996
- The game
  BOS4–3MTL
  W
  December 4game 24/821
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  HFD4–2BOS
  L
  December 5game 25/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  CGY1–1BOS
  December 7game 26/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-7SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  ANA5–2BOS
  L
  December 9game 27/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  NJD7–4BOS
  L
  December 12game 28/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF4–0BOS
  L
  December 14game 29/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–6DAL
  L
  December 27game 35/821
  His night
  +3P+3A
  -1+/-1SOG2PPP
  +3 assists
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- The game
  BOS2–4STL
  L
  December 29game 36/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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Milestone
Ray Bourque reaches 1,250 NHL games
in the game against St. Louis Blues · December 29
Year 1997
29 years ago
- The game
  BOS2–3OTT
  L
  January 1game 37/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS5–4HFD
  W
  January 2game 38/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  DAL2–3BOS
  W
  January 4game 39/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS3–7PHI
  L
  January 7game 40/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–5BOS
  W
  January 9game 41/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  January 9
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8227 of 41 played
  17
  points
  NHL#195
  4
  goals
  NHL#258
  13
  assists
  NHL#133
  -11
  +/-
  NHL#230
  BOS
  16-19-0W-L-OT38Points
  5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·18th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BOS3–6MTL
  L
  January 11game 42/821
  His night
  +2P+2G
  -1+/-5SOG2PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  OTT4–3BOS
  L
  January 13game 43/823
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS2–4NJD
  L
  January 14game 44/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-6SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–2BOS
  L
  January 20game 45/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–1OTT
  W
  January 22game 46/823
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-4SOG1SHP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  FLA4–1BOS
  L
  January 23game 47/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  COL1–4BOS
  W
  January 25game 48/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS1–3FLA
  L
  January 30game 49/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-6SOG1SHP
  +1 goal
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- February 1997
- The game
  BOS3–0TBL
  W
  February 1game 50/821
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-3SOG1SHP
  +3 points
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- The game
  BOS3–2NYR
  W
  February 2game 51/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  OTT4–3BOS
  L
  February 4game 52/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  HFD5–3BOS
  L
  February 6game 53/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-8SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  STL3–3BOS
  February 8game 54/821
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BOS1–5CGY
  L
  February 11game 55/822
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-6SOG
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- The game
  BOS3–4EDM
  L
  February 12game 56/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS4–5PHX
  L
  February 15game 57/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS2–3COL
  L
  February 18game 58/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BOS3–5CHI
  L
  February 20game 59/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS1–5BUF
  L
  February 23game 60/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  BOS3–3WSH
  February 24game 61/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL2–6BOS
  W
  February 27game 62/821
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-5SOG1SHP
  +2 points
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- Checkpoint
  February 27
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8248 of 62 played
  39
  points
  NHL#88
  13
  goals
  NHL#121
  26
  assists
  NHL#69
  -9
  +/-
  NHL#219
  BOS
  21-33-0W-L-OT50Points
  6th in the Northeast·13th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
- March 1997
- The game
  PHI5–5BOS
  March 1game 63/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS2–4TOR
  L
  March 3game 64/822
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  BOS2–5NYI
  L
  March 6game 65/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG1SHP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL3–0BOS
  L
  March 13game 69/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–5BOS
  W
  March 15game 70/823
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-6SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS1–5BUF
  L
  March 17game 71/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI6–3BOS
  L
  March 27game 75/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Ray Bourque reaches 1,000 career assists
in the game against New York Islanders · March 27
- The game
  BOS2–8NYI
  L
  March 29game 76/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- April 1997
- The game
  BOS4–5NYR
  L
  April 3game 77/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  FLA2–4BOS
  W
  April 5game 78/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-6SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS1–3PIT
  L
  April 8game 79/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–1BOS
  L
  April 10game 80/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BOS0–2NJD
  L
  April 11game 81/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT3–7BOS
  W
  April 13game 82/821
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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The season in numbers
April 13
Ray Bourque closes the 1996-1997 season with 50 points
BOSBoston Bruins
Boston Bruins did not reach the playoffs
Points
50
NHL#90
Games
62of 82
76%
Goals
19
NHL#101
Assists
31
NHL#81
P/GP
0.81
NHL#53
+/-
-11
NHL#668
Events
1,250
NHL games
1,000
career assists
5 i rad
games with a point · 8 pts
4 i rad
games with a goal

Ray Bourque plays the 1996-1997 season for Boston Bruins

1/4 into the season

Ray Bourque reaches 1,250 NHL games

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Ray Bourque reaches 1,000 career assists

Ray Bourque closes the 1996-1997 season with 50 points