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Tom Fitzgerald's 1996-1997 season

Points
24
NHL#263
Goals
10
NHL#219
Assists
14
NHL#291
Plus/minus
+7
NHL#128
Games
71
86%
86% of 82

Right winger Tom Fitzgerald was 28 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Florida Panthers. He played 71 of a possible 82 games and scored 10 goals and 14 assists for 24 points, 0.34 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 1 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Tom Fitzgerald plays the 1996-1997 season for Florida Panthers

    Tom was 28 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      FLA3–1PHI
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA5–2NYR
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–1FLA
      game 3/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD0–6FLA
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA3–3SJS
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–1COL
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA1–1PHX
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      OTT2–5FLA
      W
      game 8/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6FLA
      W
      game 9/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–2PHI
      W
      game 10/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      FLA1–1NYR
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3FLA
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • November 1996
    • The game
      PHI3–2FLA
      L
      game 13/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4FLA
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT2–4FLA
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–3BUF
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      FLA5–3MTL
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–2FLA
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–4FLA
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–1DAL
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      7
      points
      NHL#236
      4
      goals
      NHL#129
      3
      assists
      NHL#294
      FLA
      13-3-0W-L-OT31Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA3–1STL
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–4FLA
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–1FLA
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • December 1996
    • The game
      FLA4–2DET
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      FLA0–2NJD
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4FLA
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL1–1FLA
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–5PHI
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–5HFD
      L
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM3–6FLA
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP
      +2 points
    • The game
      FLA2–5OTT
      L
      game 32/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–1CHI
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–7NYR
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–3NYI
      W
      game 35/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–3TBL
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA1–1WSH
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      ANA3–0FLA
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA5–0LAK
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–3ANA
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      13
      points
      NHL#253
      6
      goals
      NHL#188
      7
      assists
      NHL#281
      FLA
      21-11-0W-L-OT51Points
      2nd in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA4–1CGY
      W
      game 42/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA4–4VAN
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA0–4EDM
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      COL4–2FLA
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA1–2HFD
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA4–1BOS
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TBL2–3FLA
      W
      game 48/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • February 1997
    • The game
      FLA2–2MTL
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA1–1BUF
      game 53/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Tom Fitzgerald reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · February 6

    • The game
      FLA2–2NJD
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4FLA
      W
      game 55/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TBL2–5FLA
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      FLA0–1NYI
      L
      game 57/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2FLA
      L
      game 58/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–4PIT
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–2FLA
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–3FLA
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8256 of 62 played
      19
      points
      NHL#253
      9
      goals
      NHL#177
      10
      assists
      NHL#305
      FLA
      28-19-0W-L-OT71Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      BOS3–1FLA
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3FLA
      W
      game 68/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN4–5FLA
      W
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–3FLA
      game 70/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA4–1NJD
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA4–7NYI
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      FLA2–2OTT
      game 73/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–3FLA
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      OTT3–2FLA
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TBL1–1FLA
      game 76/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA3–4PIT
      L
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • April 1997
    • The game
      FLA2–4BOS
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      FLA3–3WSH
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–4FLA
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–4FLA
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Tom Fitzgerald closes the 1996-1997 season with 24 points

    Points
    24
    NHL#263
    Games
    71of 82
    87%
    Goals
    10
    NHL#219
    Assists
    14
    NHL#291
    P/GP
    0.34
    NHL#300
    +/-
    +7
    NHL#128
    Events
    100
    career assists
    6 days later
    Playoffs

    Florida Panthers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Florida Panthers meet New York Rangers

    FLAvsNYR
    Swedes on Florida Panthers
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    • Game 1
      NYR0–3FLA
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Florida Pantherslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR3–0FLA
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • Florida Panthersare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      FLA3–4NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 4
      FLA2–3NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstFlorida Panthers
    • Game 5
      NYR3–2FLA
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    First round

    New York Rangers knock Florida Panthers out 4–1

    FLA1–4NYR
    Eliminated
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Tom Fitzgerald ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#181
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#165
    Assists
    1
    NHL#143
    P/GP
    0.20
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#179
    Events
    10
    playoff assists
    NYR1–4