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Tomas Sandström's 1996-1997 season

Stanley Cup
Points
42
Swedish flag#8NHL#129
Goals
18
Swedish flag#8NHL#114
Assists
24
Swedish flag#10NHL#140
Plus/minus
+6
Swedish flag#11NHL#140
Games
74
87%
87% of 85

Right winger Tomas Sandström was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins och Detroit Red Wings. He played 74 of a possible 85 games and scored 18 goals and 24 assists for 42 points, 0.57 points per game. That was 8th among the Swedes and 129th in the NHL. He moved from Pittsburgh Penguins to Detroit Red Wings in January. The season ended with Tomas Sandström winning the Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings against Philadelphia Flyers, after 20 playoff games and 4 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Tomas Sandström opens the 1996-1997 season with Pittsburgh Penguins

    PITPittsburgh Penguins

    Tomas was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      TBL4–3PIT
      L
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–7HFD
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–3OTT
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      PIT2–4WSH
      L
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–7PIT
      W
      game 12/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–5PIT
      W
      game 13/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–5TBL
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–4FLA
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF0–3PIT
      W
      game 16/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–2BOS
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR8–3PIT
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–4PIT
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–7PHI
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT7–1HFD
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8214 of 21 played
      6
      points
      Swedish flag#16NHL#261
      2
      goals
      Swedish flag#14NHL#228
      4
      assists
      Swedish flag#15NHL#233
      PIT
      7-13-0W-L-OT15Points
      6th in the Northeast·13th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL2–2PIT
      game 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–6PIT
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • December 1996
    • The game
      HFD4–4PIT
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–2OTT
      W
      game 25/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–3LAK
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT7–3ANA
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–0SJS
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–2CHI
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS6–4PIT
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–0STL
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS1–3PIT
      W
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT6–5TOR
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 36/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF0–2PIT
      W
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–5PIT
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT6–1NJD
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–7PIT
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–3NYI
      W
      game 41/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8232 of 41 played
      21
      points
      Swedish flag#8NHL#130
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#8NHL#152
      14
      assists
      Swedish flag#7NHL#113
      PIT
      22-15-0W-L-OT48Points
      1st in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI2–5PIT
      W
      game 42/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–3OTT
      game 43/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL1–3PIT
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–0HFD
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–4PIT
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      COL4–3PIT
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR7–4PIT
      L
      game 48/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–2MTL
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX3–0DET
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • February 1997
    • The game
      DET4–1STL
      W
      game 49/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL3–4DET
      W
      game 50/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–1DET
      game 51/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN7–4DET
      L
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET6–5PIT
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS1–7DET
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–4DAL
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–2FLA
      W
      game 56/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–3TBL
      game 57/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY0–4DET
      W
      game 58/824
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–2STL
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–3PHX
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–4DET
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • March 1997
    • The game
      NYR0–3DET
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8255 of 62 played
      35
      points
      Swedish flag#7NHL#116
      14
      goals
      Swedish flag#6NHL#110
      21
      assists
      Swedish flag#9NHL#122
      DET
      31-19-0W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Central·3rd in the Western Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA1–1DET
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–4TOR
      game 64/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–3VAN
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–3LAK
      game 66/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–2ANA
      L
      game 67/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET7–4SJS
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–4COL
      L
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–4DET
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–3NYR
      L
      game 71/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–5CHI
      L
      game 72/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      COL5–6DET
      W
      game 73/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–2DET
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–0DET
      L
      game 75/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      STL1–1DET
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–2TOR
      W
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–2CGY
      W
      game 79/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–3EDM
      game 80/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–2DET
      L
      game 81/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–1DET
      L
      game 82/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Tomas Sandström closes the 1996-1997 season with 42 points

    PITPittsburgh PenguinsDETDetroit Red Wings
    Points
    42
    #8NHL#129
    Games
    74of 82
    90%
    Goals
    18
    #8NHL#114
    Assists
    24
    #10NHL#140
    P/GP
    0.57
    #9NHL#149
    +/-
    +6
    #11NHL#140
    Events
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

    First round

    Detroit Red Wings meet St. Louis Blues

    DETvsSTL
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      STL2–0DET
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • St. Louis Blueslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      STL1–2DET
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 3
      DET3–2STL
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      DET0–4STL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingsare2–2withSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      STL2–5DET
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      DET3–1STL
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    First round

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

    DET4–2STL
    Advance
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    5 days later
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Anaheim Ducks

    DETvsANA
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      ANA1–2DET
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 2
      ANA2–3DET
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 3
      DET5–3ANA
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 4
      DET3–2ANA
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–0

    DET4–0ANA
    Advance
    4Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    7 days later
    Conference final

    Detroit Red Wings meet Colorado Avalanche

    DETvsCOL
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      DET1–2COL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Colorado Avalanchelead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      DET4–2COL
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 3
      COL1–2DET
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 4
      COL0–6DET
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–1againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 5
      DET0–6COL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–2againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 6
      COL1–3DET
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    Conference final

    Detroit Red Wings knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–2

    DET4–2COL
    Advance
    6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    5 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Detroit Red Wings play the Stanley Cup Final against Philadelphia Flyers

    DETvsPHI
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      DET4–2PHI
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • June 1997
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      DET4–2PHI
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6DET
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–2DET
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Detroit Red Wings

    beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–0 in the final

    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Tomas Sandström ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 4 points

    PITPittsburgh PenguinsDETDetroit Red Wings
    Points
    4
    #6NHL#89
    Games
    20
    Goals
    0
    #7NHL#165
    Assists
    4
    #5NHL#50
    P/GP
    0.20
    #7NHL#121
    +/-
    -3
    #13NHL#282
    STL4–2→ANA4–0→COL4–2→PHI4–0