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Tommy Salo's 1996-1997 season

Wins
20
Swedish flag#1NHL#21
Save pct
.904
Swedish flag#1NHL#29
GAA
2.82
Swedish flag#2NHL#31
Shutouts
5
Swedish flag#1NHL#6
Games
58
70%
70% of 82

Goaltender Tommy Salo was 25 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 58 games and won 20 of them, at .904. New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1996-1997
  1. Season opener

    Tommy Salo plays the 1996-1997 season for New York Islanders

    NYINew York Islanders

    Tommy was 25 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI0–1LAK
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      in relief
      0SV0SA0GA00:41TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2SJS
      game 2/824
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA65:00TOI
      .913
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD3–1NYI
      L
      game 5/824
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA58:25TOIL
      .870
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    • The game
      NYI2–4DET
      L
      game 6/825
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA59:24TOIL
      .914
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL6–3NYI
      L
      game 7/824
      His night
      .938SV%in relief
      15SV16SA1GA39:05TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–2NYI
      game 8/824
      His night
      .951SV%
      39SV41SA2GA65:00TOI
      .951
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–3NYI
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .808
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      NYI4–3PHI
      W
      game 12/825
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI0–4NJD
      L
      game 14/823
      His night
      .800SV%
      8SV10SA2GA20:00TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–5NYI
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      .800SV%
      16SV20SA4GA60:45TOIW
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3FLA
      game 17/824
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA65:00TOI
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2ANA
      game 19/822
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA65:00TOI
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3COL
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA58:59TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8211 of 21 started
      2
      wins
      NHL#28
      .892
      SV%
      NHL#28
      2.9
      GAA
      NHL#20
      NYI
      4-9-0W-L-OT16Points
      7th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI1–4NYI
      W
      game 22/824
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–0WSH
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      23SV23SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Milestone

    Tommy Salo records his first NHL shutout

    in the game against Washington Capitals · November 29

    • The game
      BUF3–2NYI
      L
      game 24/822
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA58:56TOIL
      .842
      View the game
    • December 1996
    • The game
      WSH0–2NYI
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      24SV24SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX2–8NYI
      W
      game 28/822
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–3NYR
      W
      game 29/824
      His night
      .925SV%
      37SV40SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .925
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–4TBL
      L
      game 30/823
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–4NYI
      W
      game 31/823
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL3–2NYI
      L
      game 33/822
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:15TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–3NYI
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      .667SV%
      4SV6SA2GA14:28TOI
      .667
      View the game
    • The game
      DET7–1NYI
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      .781SV%
      25SV32SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .781
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4NYR
      L
      game 38/824
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA59:56TOIL
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–3NYI
      L
      game 40/825
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA58:33TOIL
      .773
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8224 of 41 started
      8
      wins
      NHL#25
      .892
      SV%
      NHL#30
      3.0
      GAA
      NHL#20
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      NYI
      12-21-0W-L-OT32Points
      7th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI4–4TBL
      game 42/823
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA65:00TOI
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–2NYR
      W
      game 43/824
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      STL6–4NYI
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      .815SV%
      22SV27SA5GA59:32TOIL
      .815
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–2VAN
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA61:30TOIL
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI0–1EDM
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      .972SV%
      35SV36SA1GA59:13TOIL
      .972
      View the game
    • February 1997
    • The game
      NYI1–4NJD
      L
      game 53/821
      His night
      .905SV%
      38SV42SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .905
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT5–5NYI
      game 55/824
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      4SV4SA0GA25:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–1PIT
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .968
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA0–1NYI
      W
      game 57/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA62:46TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYI
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .840
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5BUF
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      .786SV%
      11SV14SA3GA30:48TOIL
      .786
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–4NYI
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD5–3NYI
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      .882SV%in relief
      15SV17SA2GA39:26TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–4OTT
      L
      game 62/825
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:47TOIL
      .880
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8236 of 62 started
      12
      wins
      NHL#23
      .900
      SV%
      NHL#21
      2.8
      GAA
      NHL#16
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      NYI
      20-32-0W-L-OT50Points
      7th in the Atlantic·13th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      NYI2–0WSH
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      39SV39SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL6–3NYI
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA30:45TOIL
      .765
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–5NYI
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–5NYI
      W
      game 66/822
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3FLA
      L
      game 67/823
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA59:24TOIL
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–0TBL
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      24SV24SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5BOS
      L
      game 69/822
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA59:52TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–5CHI
      L
      game 70/823
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA59:30TOIL
      .821
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–7NYI
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–3NYI
      game 72/823
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA65:00TOI
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–2BUF
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA61:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI6–3BOS
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      .927SV%
      38SV41SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .927
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–8NYI
      W
      game 75/821
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA39:48TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      NYI4–5DAL
      L
      game 76/821
      His night
      .889SV%
      40SV45SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–5STL
      game 77/823
      His night
      .886SV%
      39SV44SA5GA65:00TOI
      .886
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL3–2NYI
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA58:02TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      L
      game 79/823
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA59:18TOIL
      .943
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–1NYI
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA58:34TOIL
      .926
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Tommy Salo closes the 1996-1997 season with 20 wins

    NYINew York Islanders
    New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs
    Wins
    20
    Games
    58of 82
    71%
    Shutouts
    5
    SV%
    .904
    GAA
    2.82
    Starts
    54
    Events
    1
    First NHL shutout