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Valeri Zelepukin's 1996-1997 season

Points
38
NHL#146
Goals
14
NHL#149
Assists
24
NHL#140
Plus/minus
-10
NHL#653
Games
71
86%
86% of 82

Left winger Valeri Zelepukin was 28 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for New Jersey Devils. He played 71 of a possible 82 games and scored 14 goals and 24 assists for 38 points, 0.54 points per game. In the playoffs he played 8 games for 5 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Valeri Zelepukin plays the 1996-1997 season for New Jersey Devils

    NJDNew Jersey Devils

    Valeri was 28 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DET1–3NJD
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      NJD1–3PHI
      L
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL4–2NJD
      L
      game 3/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3NJD
      W
      game 4/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–2NJD
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–6HFD
      L
      game 6/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      SJS1–3NJD
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–1TBL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–5BOS
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–1NJD
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      TBL1–2NJD
      W
      game 11/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NJD2–0DET
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–2CHI
      W
      game 13/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI0–4NJD
      W
      game 14/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–1NJD
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–4WSH
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–2DAL
      W
      game 21/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 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
      game 22/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–2COL
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • December 1996
    • The game
      FLA0–2NJD
      W
      game 24/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY1–2NJD
      W
      game 25/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX4–3NJD
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD5–2TOR
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD7–4BOS
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3NJD
      game 29/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD5–0CGY
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–1VAN
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–2EDM
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF0–0NJD
      game 33/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–4NYI
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–5NJD
      W
      game 35/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD5–6BUF
      L
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT6–1NJD
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8234 of 41 played
      19
      points
      NHL#166
      5
      goals
      NHL#217
      14
      assists
      NHL#120
      NJD
      21-15-0W-L-OT47Points
      4th in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD0–3NYR
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–1LAK
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–3ANA
      L
      game 45/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–1SJS
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–1NJD
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3NJD
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • February 1997
    • The game
      NJD4–4MTL
      game 49/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–4NJD
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–2NJD
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–4NJD
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–2HFD
      W
      game 53/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD0–4NJD
      W
      game 54/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–1MTL
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–1NJD
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–2FLA
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–3TBL
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD5–3NYI
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • March 1997
    • The game
      PIT3–6NJD
      W
      game 62/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8253 of 62 played
      26
      points
      NHL#186
      10
      goals
      NHL#166
      16
      assists
      NHL#179
      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
      game 63/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–5NYI
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–1BUF
      W
      game 66/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–6NJD
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD0–6NJD
      W
      game 68/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–1NJD
      L
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–2WSH
      game 71/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–2PIT
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–3NJD
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR0–4NJD
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–5NJD
      W
      game 75/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +3 points
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      NJD1–0WSH
      W
      game 76/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL0–3NJD
      W
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–0STL
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–2TBL
      game 79/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS0–2NJD
      W
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–5PHI
      L
      game 82/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Valeri Zelepukin closes the 1996-1997 season with 38 points

    NJDNew Jersey Devils
    Points
    38
    NHL#146
    Games
    71of 82
    87%
    Goals
    14
    NHL#149
    Assists
    24
    NHL#140
    P/GP
    0.54
    NHL#161
    +/-
    -10
    NHL#653
    Events
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    New Jersey Devils are in the playoffs

    First round

    New Jersey Devils meet Montréal Canadiens

    NJDvsMTL
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL2–5NJD
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL1–4NJD
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      NJD6–4MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      NJD3–4MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    First round

    New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

    NJD4–1MTL
    Advance
    4Games5Points3Goals2Assists
    6 days later
    Second round

    New Jersey Devils meet New York Rangers

    NJDvsNYR
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR0–2NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR2–0NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilsare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NJD2–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      NJD0–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    Second round

    New York Rangers knock New Jersey Devils out 4–1

    NJD1–4NYR
    Eliminated
    4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Valeri Zelepukin ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 5 points

    NJDNew Jersey Devils
    Points
    5
    NHL#75
    Games
    8
    Goals
    3
    NHL#41
    Assists
    2
    NHL#100
    P/GP
    0.63
    NHL#38
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#35
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    50
    playoff games
    10
    playoff goals
    3 points
    best game
    MTL4–1→NYR1–4