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Rick Tocchet's 1996-1997 season

Points
40
NHL#136
Goals
21
NHL#87
Assists
19
NHL#206
Plus/minus
-3
NHL#458
Games
53
63%
63% of 83

Right winger Rick Tocchet was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins och Washington Capitals. He played 53 of a possible 83 games and scored 21 goals and 19 assists for 40 points, 0.75 points per game. He moved from Boston Bruins to Washington Capitals in March. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Rick Tocchet opens the 1996-1997 season with Boston Bruins

    Rick was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR4–4BOS
      game 1/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHX5–2BOS
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3SJS
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS5–4VAN
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–4LAK
      L
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–1ANA
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-7SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR2–1BOS
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–1BOS
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–5BOS
      W
      game 9/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–4BOS
      game 10/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
    • November 1996
    • The game
      NYR5–2BOS
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–4BOS
      game 12/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    Milestone

    Rick Tocchet reaches 750 career points

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · November 4

    • The game
      BOS1–5HFD
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM6–0BOS
      L
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-7SOG
    • The game
      SJS2–4BOS
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2WSH
      game 18/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–2BOS
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2BOS
      L
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      13
      points
      NHL#105
      6
      goals
      NHL#81
      7
      assists
      NHL#136
      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
      game 22/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–7PHI
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–5BOS
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8221 of 41 played
      16
      points
      NHL#207
      9
      goals
      NHL#117
      7
      assists
      NHL#284
      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
      game 42/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      OTT4–3BOS
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS2–4NJD
      L
      game 44/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–2BOS
      L
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1OTT
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      FLA4–1BOS
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      COL1–4BOS
      W
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3FLA
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      BOS3–0TBL
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2NYR
      W
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      OTT4–3BOS
      L
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–3BOS
      L
      game 53/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-8SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–3BOS
      game 54/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS1–5CGY
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–4EDM
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–5PHX
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BOS2–3COL
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–5CHI
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–3WSH
      game 61/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8240 of 62 played
      30
      points
      NHL#146
      16
      goals
      NHL#88
      14
      assists
      NHL#214
      BOS
      21-33-0W-L-OT50Points
      6th in the Northeast·13th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      WSH0–5PHI
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–4WSH
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      game 68/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–5WSH
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–2WSH
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–1WSH
      L
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–1MTL
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      STL2–3WSH
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–5CHI
      L
      game 75/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI5–3WSH
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • April 1997
    • The game
      NJD1–0WSH
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–4OTT
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Rick Tocchet closes the 1996-1997 season with 40 points

    Boston Bruins did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    40
    NHL#136
    Games
    53of 82
    65%
    Goals
    21
    NHL#87
    Assists
    19
    NHL#206
    P/GP
    0.75
    NHL#68
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#458
    Events
    750
    career points
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts