Regular season and playoffsDET

Tomas Holmström's 1996-1997 season

Stanley Cup

Points

#29NHL#467

Goals

#17NHL#315

Assists

#32NHL#539

Plus/minus

-10

NHL#653

Games

57% of 82

Left winger Tomas Holmström was 23 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 47 of a possible 82 games and scored 6 goals and 3 assists for 9 points, 0.19 points per game. That was 29th among the Swedes and 467th in the NHL. The season ended with Tomas Holmström winning the Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings against Philadelphia Flyers, after 1 playoff game and 0 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs

Year 1996
30 years ago
NHL debut
October 5
Tomas Holmström makes his NHL debut in 1–⁠3 loss against New Jersey Devils
DETDetroit Red Wings1–3NJDNew Jersey Devils
Tomas was 23 years old · Continental Airlines Arena, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
-1
+/-
Other Swedes on the ice: Anders Eriksson and Nicklas Lidström.
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- The game
  DET1–3NJD
  L
  October 5game 1/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  DET1–2CHI
  L
  October 17game 6/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–4DET
  W
  October 19game 7/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  LAK0–3DET
  W
  October 21game 8/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  DAL1–4DET
  W
  October 23game 9/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL3–5DET
  W
  October 30game 12/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- November 1996
- The game
  SJS1–5DET
  W
  November 15game 20/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Tomas Holmström scores his first NHL goal
in the game against San Jose Sharks · November 15
- The game
  DET2–2PHX
  November 18game 21/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 18
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 828 of 21 played
  1
  points
  #31NHL#474
  1
  goals
  #16NHL#303
  0
  assists
  #32NHL#503
  DET
  11-7-0W-L-OT25Points
  2nd in the Central·3rd in the Western Conference·4th in the whole NHL
- The game
  DET6–1SJS
  W
  November 21game 22/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET6–0LAK
  W
  November 23game 23/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  DET1–3ANA
  L
  November 24game 24/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  TOR2–5DET
  W
  November 27game 25/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Tomas Holmström records his first NHL assist
in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · November 27
- The game
  FLA4–2DET
  L
  December 1game 26/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN2–2DET
  December 3game 27/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–6DET
  W
  December 12game 30/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TOR1–3DET
  W
  December 15game 31/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET3–4COL
  L
  December 17game 32/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  December 17
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8217 of 41 played
  4
  points
  #31NHL#458
  2
  goals
  #21NHL#346
  2
  assists
  #33NHL#473
  DET
  20-14-0W-L-OT47Points
  2nd in the Central·3rd in the Western Conference·8th in the whole NHL
Year 1997
29 years ago
- The game
  LAK3–3DET
  January 14game 44/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  DET1–4MTL
  L
  January 20game 45/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI2–2DET
  January 22game 46/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET4–1PHI
  W
  January 25game 47/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  PHX3–0DET
  L
  January 29game 48/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- February 1997
- The game
  DET4–1STL
  W
  February 1game 49/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  DAL3–4DET
  W
  February 2game 50/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  STL1–1DET
  February 4game 51/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN7–4DET
  L
  February 6game 52/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET6–5PIT
  W
  February 8game 53/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  SJS1–7DET
  W
  February 12game 54/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET3–4DAL
  L
  February 14game 55/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET4–2FLA
  W
  February 16game 56/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY0–4DET
  W
  February 19game 58/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET2–2STL
  February 22game 59/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  DET5–3PHX
  W
  February 24game 60/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PIT1–4DET
  W
  February 27game 61/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 27
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8234 of 62 played
  8
  points
  #30NHL#437
  5
  goals
  #15NHL#288
  3
  assists
  #32NHL#499
  DET
  31-19-0W-L-OT74Points
  Playoff spot
  2nd in the Central·3rd in the Western Conference·6th in the whole NHL
- March 1997
- The game
  DET4–4TOR
  March 5game 64/824
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  DET5–3VAN
  W
  March 8game 65/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  DET1–2ANA
  L
  March 12game 67/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET2–4COL
  L
  March 16game 69/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS1–4DET
  W
  March 19game 70/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET1–3NYR
  L
  March 21game 71/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  COL5–6DET
  W
  March 26game 73/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–2DET
  W
  March 28game 74/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- April 1997
- The game
  DET4–2TOR
  W
  April 5game 78/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET3–2CGY
  W
  April 8game 79/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET3–3EDM
  April 9game 80/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  OTT3–2DET
  L
  April 11game 81/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  STL3–1DET
  L
  April 13game 82/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 13
Tomas Holmström closes the 1996-1997 season with 9 points
DETDetroit Red Wings
Points
9
#29NHL#467
Games
47of 82
57%
Goals
6
#17NHL#315
Assists
3
#32NHL#539
P/GP
0.19
#30NHL#442
+/-
-10
#30NHL#653
Events
1
First NHL assist
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL goal
3 days later
Playoffs
April 16
Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs
First round
April 16
Detroit Red Wings meet St. Louis Blues
DETvsSTL
Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
Tomas Holmström
Nicklas Lidström
Tomas Sandström
Swedes on St. Louis Blues
Ricard Persson
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- Game 1
  STL2–0DET
  L
  April 163
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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First round
April 27
Detroit Red Wings knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2
DET4–2STL
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1Games0Points0Goals0Assists
5 days later
Second round
May 2
Detroit Red Wings meet Anaheim Ducks
DETvsANA
Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
Tomas Holmström
Nicklas Lidström
Tomas Sandström
Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
No Swedes
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6 days later
Second round
May 8
Detroit Red Wings knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–0
DET4–0ANA
Advance
He did not play in this round
7 days later
Conference final
May 15
Detroit Red Wings meet Colorado Avalanche
DETvsCOL
Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
Tomas Holmström
Nicklas Lidström
Tomas Sandström
Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
Peter Forsberg
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11 days later
Conference final
May 26
Detroit Red Wings knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–2
DET4–2COL
Advance
He did not play in this round
5 days later
Stanley Cup Final
May 31
Detroit Red Wings play the Stanley Cup Final against Philadelphia Flyers
DETvsPHI
Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
Tomas Holmström
Nicklas Lidström
Tomas Sandström
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
Mikael Renberg
Kjell Samuelsson
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7 days later
June 7
Stanley Cup Champions
Detroit Red Wings
beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–0 in the final
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
June 7
Tomas Holmström ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points
DETDetroit Red Wings
Points
0
#13NHL#242
Games
1
Goals
0
#7NHL#165
Assists
0
#11NHL#218
P/GP
0.00
+/-
-1
#8NHL#179
STL4–2→ANA4–0→COL4–2→PHI4–0

Tomas Holmström makes his NHL debut in 1–⁠3 loss against New Jersey Devils

Tomas Holmström scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

Tomas Holmström records his first NHL assist

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Tomas Holmström closes the 1996-1997 season with 9 points

Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

Detroit Red Wings meet St. Louis Blues

Detroit Red Wings knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

Detroit Red Wings meet Anaheim Ducks

Detroit Red Wings knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–0

Detroit Red Wings meet Colorado Avalanche

Detroit Red Wings knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–2

Detroit Red Wings play the Stanley Cup Final against Philadelphia Flyers

Detroit Red Wings

Tomas Holmström ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points