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Ron Hextall's 1996-1997 season

Wins
31
Save pct
.897
NHL#45
GAA
2.56
NHL#17
Shutouts
5
Games
55
67%
67% of 82

Goaltender Ron Hextall was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played 55 games and won 31 of them, at .897. In the playoffs he played 8 games and won 4.

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

1996-1997Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ron Hextall plays the 1996-1997 season for Philadelphia Flyers

    Ron was 32 years old when the 1996-1997 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      FLA3–1PHI
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA59:18TOIL
      .895
    • The game
      NJD1–3PHI
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      CGY1–0PHI
      L
      game 5/824
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA59:02TOIL
      .957
    • The game
      PHI4–3ANA
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
    • The game
      PHI3–1PHX
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      ANA0–3PHI
      W
      game 9/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      12SV12SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHI5–6MTL
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      .739SV%
      17SV23SA6GA59:11TOIL
      .739
    • The game
      FLA3–2PHI
      L
      game 11/824
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:23TOIL
      .893
    • The game
      PHI4–3TBL
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
    • November 1996
    • The game
      PHI3–2FLA
      W
      game 14/824
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      NYI4–3PHI
      L
      game 15/826
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA59:01TOIL
      .778
    • The game
      PHI5–2BUF
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      .867SV%
      13SV15SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .867
    • The game
      CHI4–1PHI
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      6SV6SA0GA24:44TOI
      in relief
    • The game
      TOR1–3PHI
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
    • The game
      PHI2–1NYR
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
    • The game
      WSH5–2PHI
      L
      game 20/821
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA40:00TOIL
      .857
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8215 of 21 started
      9
      wins
      NHL#3
      .907
      SV%
      NHL#14
      2.2
      GAA
      NHL#6
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#7
      PHI
      10-10-0W-L-OT21Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    Ron Hextall reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Washington Capitals · November 14

    • The game
      PIT3–7PHI
      W
      game 22/824
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
    • The game
      PHI2–1TBL
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .952
    • The game
      PHI1–4NYI
      L
      game 25/825
      His night
      .750SV%
      9SV12SA3GA25:39TOIL
      .750
    • December 1996
    • The game
      VAN3–4PHI
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .842
    • The game
      PHI1–1NYR
      game 28/824
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA65:00TOI
      .960
    • The game
      PHI6–3DAL
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • The game
      FLA4–5PHI
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .818
    • The game
      HFD2–3PHI
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .895
    • The game
      BOS0–6PHI
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      STL0–4PHI
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      24SV24SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHI4–2CGY
      W
      game 38/824
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      PHI5–3VAN
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .850
    • The game
      PHI4–1SJS
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8228 of 41 started
      20
      wins
      NHL#1
      .911
      SV%
      NHL#11
      2.1
      GAA
      NHL#3
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#7
      PHI
      25-12-0W-L-OT54Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS3–7PHI
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA54:07TOIW
      .870
    • The game
      TBL3–1PHI
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA59:16TOIL
      .933
    • The game
      MTL2–3PHI
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .889
    • The game
      DAL3–3PHI
      game 46/821
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA65:00TOI
      .914
    • The game
      PHI2–2DET
      game 47/823
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA65:00TOI
      .941
    • The game
      DET4–1PHI
      L
      game 48/823
      His night
      .733SV%
      11SV15SA4GA27:53TOIL
      .733
    • The game
      PHI2–1WSH
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
    • February 1997
    • The game
      NYR4–2PHI
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      .765SV%
      13SV17SA4GA58:36TOIL
      .765
    • The game
      MTL5–9PHI
      W
      game 53/822
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .828
    • The game
      PHI2–4NJD
      L
      game 54/821
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA58:39TOIL
      .882
    • The game
      PIT1–5PHI
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .944
    • The game
      PHI2–5TBL
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      .897SV%
      35SV39SA4GA59:28TOIL
      .897
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8240 of 62 started
      25
      wins
      NHL#5
      .904
      SV%
      NHL#18
      2.4
      GAA
      NHL#8
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      PHI
      36-17-0W-L-OT81Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • March 1997
    • The game
      PHI5–5BOS
      game 63/821
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA65:00TOI
      .839
    • The game
      WSH0–5PHI
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      15SV15SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHI2–3BUF
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:34TOIL
      .875
    • The game
      BUF7–5PHI
      L
      game 70/821
      His night
      .429SV%
      3SV7SA4GA11:34TOI
      .429
    • The game
      PHI6–3TOR
      W
      game 71/823
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:56TOIW
      .893
    • The game
      COL0–2PHI
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      19SV19SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHI4–3NJD
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
    • The game
      PHI5–3WSH
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
    • The game
      PHI2–3STL
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA59:32TOIL
      .885
    • April 1997
    • The game
      TBL1–1PHI
      game 77/822
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA65:00TOI
      .957
    • The game
      OTT1–2PHI
      W
      game 78/823
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .947
    • The game
      PHI2–3NYR
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA59:32TOIL
      .889
    • The game
      NYR6–3PHI
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      .722SV%
      13SV18SA5GA40:00TOIL
      .722
    • The game
      NJD4–5PHI
      W
      game 82/82
      His night
      .636SV%
      7SV11SA4GA33:54TOI
      .636
    The season in numbers

    Ron Hextall closes the 1996-1997 season with 31 wins

    Wins
    31
    Games
    55of 82
    67%
    Shutouts
    5
    SV%
    .897
    GAA
    2.56
    Starts
    54
    Events
    5
    career best in shutouts
    500
    NHL games
    9 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    PHIvsPIT
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    9 days later
    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–1

    PHI4–1PIT
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Second round

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Buffalo Sabres

    PHIvsBUF
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    • Game 5
      PHI6–3BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA59:56TOIW
      .875
    Second round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1

    PHI4–1BUF
    Advance
    1Games1Wins.875SV%3.0GAA
    5 days later
    Conference final

    Philadelphia Flyers meet New York Rangers

    PHIvsNYR
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR5–4PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      12SV12SA0GA25:50TOI
      in relief
    • Philadelphia Flyersare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      PHI6–3NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PHI3–2NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .939
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR2–4PHI
      W
      3
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .895
    Conference final

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    PHI4–1NYR
    Advance
    4Games3Wins.924SV%2.0GAA
    6 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Philadelphia Flyers play the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit Red Wings

    PHIvsDET
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    • Game 1
      DET4–2PHI
      L
      4
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .867
    • June 1997
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6DET
      L
      4
      His night
      .793SV%
      23SV29SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .793
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–2DET
      L
      4
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA58:09TOIL
      .929
    Stanley Cup Final

    Detroit Red Wings knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–0

    PHI0–4DET
    Eliminated
    3Games0Wins.862SV%4.0GAA
    The run in numbers

    Ron Hextall ends the 1996-1997 playoffs with 4 wins

    Wins
    4
    Games
    8
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .892
    GAA
    2.97
    Starts
    7
    PIT4–1→BUF4–1→NYR4–1→DET0–4