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Peter Popovic's 1996-1997 season

Points
14
Swedish flag#24NHL#380
Goals
1
Swedish flag#30NHL#533
Assists
13
Swedish flag#21NHL#310
Plus/minus
+9
Swedish flag#10NHL#104
Games
78
95%
95% of 82

Defenceman Peter Popovic was 28 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 1 goals and 13 assists for 14 points, 0.18 points per game. That was 24th among the Swedes and 380th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 0 points.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Peter Popovic plays the 1996-1997 season for Montréal Canadiens

    MTLMontréal Canadiens

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

    • The game
      OTT3–3MTL
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      ANA6–6MTL
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–6MTL
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–5MTL
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3NJD
      L
      game 5/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–4MTL
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–6OTT
      L
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–6BUF
      L
      game 8/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–6MTL
      W
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX5–4MTL
      L
      game 10/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–5DET
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • November 1996
    • The game
      MTL3–4SJS
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–4PHX
      game 13/82
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–5ANA
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–4LAK
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–5COL
      L
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–3MTL
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA5–3MTL
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–3WSH
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–6MTL
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–3HFD
      L
      game 21/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      3
      points
      Swedish flag#24NHL#354
      0
      goals
      Swedish flag#28NHL#434
      3
      assists
      Swedish flag#20NHL#279
      +2
      +/-
      Swedish flag#7NHL#57
      MTL
      7-11-0W-L-OT17Points
      5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL6–2BOS
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–3TOR
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–4MTL
      W
      game 24/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2PIT
      game 25/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0MTL
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • December 1996
    • The game
      MTL2–6NYR
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–3MTL
      L
      game 28/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–1CHI
      W
      game 29/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–3MTL
      W
      game 30/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      L
      game 31/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3NJD
      game 32/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–2MTL
      L
      game 33/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–2MTL
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT6–0MTL
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3PIT
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–4TBL
      game 37/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–1FLA
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–4DAL
      W
      game 39/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2STL
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–3MTL
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      9
      points
      Swedish flag#19NHL#312
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#25NHL#418
      8
      assists
      Swedish flag#15NHL#246
      +4
      +/-
      Swedish flag#7NHL#50
      MTL
      15-18-0W-L-OT38Points
      4th in the Northeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD4–5MTL
      W
      game 42/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–5BOS
      L
      game 43/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–6MTL
      W
      game 44/82
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL2–1MTL
      L
      game 45/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3PHI
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–4MTL
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–6BUF
      L
      game 48/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL8–1MTL
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–2MTL
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–5FLA
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–1TBL
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • February 1997
    • The game
      NJD4–4MTL
      game 53/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–2MTL
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT6–3MTL
      L
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–9PHI
      L
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD2–3MTL
      W
      game 57/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–4MTL
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 59/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD4–1MTL
      L
      game 60/82
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYI
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      10
      points
      Swedish flag#26NHL#388
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#30NHL#487
      9
      assists
      Swedish flag#21NHL#325
      -3
      +/-
      Swedish flag#11NHL#159
      MTL
      22-29-0W-L-OT55Points
      4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      W
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3CGY
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • March 1997
    • The game
      MTL5–4EDM
      W
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      COL7–3MTL
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–2HFD
      L
      game 67/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 68/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2PIT
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–0BOS
      W
      game 70/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–2MTL
      game 71/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–4NYR
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–1MTL
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      W
      game 74/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–8MTL
      W
      game 75/821
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–5OTT
      L
      game 76/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • April 1997
    • The game
      MTL4–1HFD
      W
      game 77/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD4–1MTL
      L
      game 78/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      W
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Peter Popovic closes the 1996-1997 season with 14 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    14
    #24NHL#380
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    1
    #30NHL#533
    Assists
    13
    #21NHL#310
    P/GP
    0.18
    #31NHL#456
    +/-
    +9
    #10NHL#104
    Events
    14
    career best in points
    13
    career best in assists
    10 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet New Jersey Devils

    MTLvsNJD
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 3
      NJD6–4MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      NJD3–4MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL0–4NJD
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    First round

    New Jersey Devils knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

    MTL1–4NJD
    Eliminated
    3Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Peter Popovic ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 0 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    0
    #13NHL#242
    Games
    3
    Goals
    0
    #7NHL#165
    Assists
    0
    #11NHL#218
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -3
    #13NHL#282
    NJD1–4