Regular season and playoffsNJD

Steve Thomas's 1996-1997 season

Points

NHL#179

Goals

NHL#138

Assists

NHL#206

Plus/minus

NHL#104

Games

69% of 82

Right winger Steve Thomas was 33 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for New Jersey Devils. He played 57 of a possible 82 games and scored 15 goals and 19 assists for 34 points, 0.60 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 2 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs

Year 1996
30 years ago
Season opener
October 5
Steve Thomas plays the 1996-1997 season for New Jersey Devils
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Steve was 33 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.
- The game
  DET1–3NJD
  W
  October 5game 1/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NJD1–3PHI
  L
  October 7game 2/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
Milestone
Steve Thomas reaches 750 NHL games
in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · October 7
- The game
  DAL4–2NJD
  L
  October 12game 3/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–3NJD
  W
  October 15game 4/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  OTT2–2NJD
  October 18game 5/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–6HFD
  L
  October 19game 6/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-6SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–5BOS
  L
  October 29game 9/821
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  NYR6–1NJD
  L
  October 30game 10/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- November 1996
- The game
  TBL1–2NJD
  W
  November 2game 11/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–0DET
  W
  November 6game 12/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD4–2CHI
  W
  November 7game 13/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI0–4NJD
  W
  November 9game 14/824
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–3NJD
  W
  November 12game 15/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  VAN3–0NJD
  L
  November 14game 16/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL3–6NJD
  W
  November 16game 17/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–1OTT
  W
  November 19game 18/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH5–1NJD
  L
  November 22game 19/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD3–4WSH
  L
  November 23game 20/82
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-4SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  NJD3–2DAL
  W
  November 27game 21/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  November 27
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played
  11
  points
  NHL#153
  3
  goals
  NHL#189
  8
  assists
  NHL#113
  NJD
  12-8-0W-L-OT25Points
  2nd in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NJD3–4PHX
  L
  November 28game 22/82
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  NJD1–2COL
  L
  November 30game 23/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Steve Thomas reaches 300 career goals
in the game against Colorado Avalanche · November 30
- The game
  NJD1–4NYI
  L
  December 26game 34/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  ANA3–5NJD
  W
  December 28game 35/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD5–6BUF
  L
  December 31game 36/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  December 31
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8224 of 41 played
  15
  points
  NHL#222
  6
  goals
  NHL#191
  9
  assists
  NHL#228
  NJD
  21-15-0W-L-OT47Points
  4th in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
Year 1997
29 years ago
- The game
  NJD4–4MTL
  February 1game 49/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI1–4NJD
  W
  February 5game 50/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  FLA2–2NJD
  February 7game 51/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  PHI2–4NJD
  W
  February 8game 52/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD3–2HFD
  W
  February 12game 53/82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD0–4NJD
  W
  February 13game 54/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD4–1MTL
  W
  February 15game 55/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–2NYR
  February 17game 56/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–1NJD
  February 19game 57/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–2FLA
  February 20game 58/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NJD1–3TBL
  L
  February 22game 59/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD5–3NYI
  W
  February 26game 60/823
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-4SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  BUF1–4NJD
  W
  February 27game 61/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- March 1997
- The game
  PIT3–6NJD
  W
  March 1game 62/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  March 1
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8238 of 62 played
  23
  points
  NHL#218
  10
  goals
  NHL#166
  13
  assists
  NHL#247
  NJD
  32-18-0W-L-OT76Points
  Playoff spot
  2nd in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NJD3–1PIT
  W
  March 4game 63/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD3–1PHI
  W
  March 5game 64/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NJD1–5NYI
  L
  March 8game 65/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NJD4–1BUF
  W
  March 9game 66/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  EDM1–6NJD
  W
  March 11game 67/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  HFD0–6NJD
  W
  March 13game 68/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–3NJD
  W
  March 15game 69/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  FLA4–1NJD
  L
  March 17game 70/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–2WSH
  March 19game 71/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD3–2PIT
  W
  March 22game 72/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  PHI4–3NJD
  L
  March 25game 73/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR0–4NJD
  W
  March 27game 74/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  LAK2–5NJD
  W
  March 30game 75/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- April 1997
- The game
  NJD1–0WSH
  W
  April 1game 76/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TBL0–3NJD
  W
  April 4game 77/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–0STL
  W
  April 6game 78/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–2TBL
  April 8game 79/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD2–4FLA
  L
  April 9game 80/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS0–2NJD
  W
  April 11game 81/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 11
Steve Thomas closes the 1996-1997 season with 34 points
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Points
34
NHL#179
Games
57of 82
70%
Goals
15
NHL#138
Assists
19
NHL#206
P/GP
0.60
NHL#128
+/-
+9
NHL#104
Events
750
NHL games
300
career goals
5 i rad
games with a point · 5 pts
6 days later
Playoffs
April 17
New Jersey Devils are in the playoffs
First round
April 17
New Jersey Devils meet Montréal Canadiens
NJDvsMTL
Swedes on New Jersey Devils
No Swedes
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Peter Popovic
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- Game 1
  MTL2–5NJD
  W
  April 17
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 2
  MTL1–4NJD
  W
  April 19
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- New Jersey Devilslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 3
  NJD6–4MTL
  W
  April 221
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- New Jersey Devilslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 4
  NJD3–4MTL
  L
  April 241
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-4SOG
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- New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 5
  MTL0–4NJD
  W
  April 261
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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First round
April 26
New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1
NJD4–1MTL
Advance
5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
6 days later
Second round
May 2
New Jersey Devils meet New York Rangers
NJDvsNYR
Swedes on New Jersey Devils
No Swedes
Swedes on New York Rangers
Niklas Sundström
Ulf Samuelsson
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- Game 1
  NYR0–2NJD
  W
  May 22
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2
  NYR2–0NJD
  L
  May 42
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
  View the game
- New Jersey Devilsare1–1withNew York Rangers
- Game 3
  NJD2–3NYR
  L
  May 62
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
- Game 4
  NJD0–3NYR
  L
  May 82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
  View the game
- New York Rangerslead3–1againstNew Jersey Devils
- Game 5
  NYR2–1NJD
  L
  May 111
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
Second round
May 11
New York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1
NJD1–4NYR
Eliminated
5Games1Points1Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
May 11
Steve Thomas ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 2 points
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Points
2
NHL#145
Games
10
Goals
1
NHL#95
Assists
1
NHL#143
P/GP
0.20
NHL#121
+/-
-6
NHL#335
MTL4–1→NYR1–4

Steve Thomas plays the 1996-1997 season for New Jersey Devils

Steve Thomas reaches 750 NHL games

1/4 into the season

Steve Thomas reaches 300 career goals

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Steve Thomas closes the 1996-1997 season with 34 points

New Jersey Devils are in the playoffs

New Jersey Devils meet Montréal Canadiens

New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

New Jersey Devils meet New York Rangers

New York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1

Steve Thomas ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 2 points