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1996-97 New Jersey Devils Schedule and Results

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45-23-14 (104 points), Finished 1st in NHL Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jacques Lemaire (45-23-14)

Goals For: 231 (16th of 26), Goals Against: 182 (1st of 26)
SRS: 0.57 (5th of 26), SOS: -0.03 (23rd of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) versus New York Rangers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Montreal Canadiens

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 5, 1996 Detroit Red Wings W 3 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Mon, Oct 7, 1996 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 3 1 1 0 L 1
3 Sat, Oct 12, 1996 Dallas Stars L 2 4 1 2 0 L 2
4 Tue, Oct 15, 1996 Montreal Canadiens W 3 2 2 2 0 W 1
5 Fri, Oct 18, 1996 Ottawa Senators T OT 2 2 2 2 1 T 1
6 Sat, Oct 19, 1996 @ Hartford Whalers L 2 6 2 3 1 L 1
7 Thu, Oct 24, 1996 San Jose Sharks W 3 1 3 3 1 W 1
8 Sat, Oct 26, 1996 @ Tampa Bay Lightning W 4 1 4 3 1 W 2
9 Tue, Oct 29, 1996 @ Boston Bruins L 2 5 4 4 1 L 1
10 Wed, Oct 30, 1996 New York Rangers L 1 6 4 5 1 L 2
11 Sat, Nov 2, 1996 Tampa Bay Lightning W 2 1 5 5 1 W 1
12 Wed, Nov 6, 1996 @ Detroit Red Wings W 2 0 6 5 1 W 2
13 Thu, Nov 7, 1996 @ Chicago Blackhawks W 4 2 7 5 1 W 3
14 Sat, Nov 9, 1996 New York Islanders W 4 0 8 5 1 W 4
15 Tue, Nov 12, 1996 Washington Capitals W OT 3 2 9 5 1 W 5
16 Thu, Nov 14, 1996 Vancouver Canucks L 0 3 9 6 1 L 1
17 Sat, Nov 16, 1996 Tampa Bay Lightning W 6 3 10 6 1 W 1
18 Tue, Nov 19, 1996 @ Ottawa Senators W 2 1 11 6 1 W 2
19 Fri, Nov 22, 1996 Washington Capitals L 1 5 11 7 1 L 1
20 Sat, Nov 23, 1996 @ Washington Capitals L 3 4 11 8 1 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 27, 1996 @ Dallas Stars W 3 2 12 8 1 W 1
22 Thu, Nov 28, 1996 @ Phoenix Coyotes L OT 3 4 12 9 1 L 1
23 Sat, Nov 30, 1996 @ Colorado Avalanche L 1 2 12 10 1 L 2
24 Tue, Dec 3, 1996 Florida Panthers W 2 0 13 10 1 W 1
25 Thu, Dec 5, 1996 Calgary Flames W 2 1 14 10 1 W 2
26 Sat, Dec 7, 1996 Phoenix Coyotes L OT 3 4 14 11 1 L 1
27 Tue, Dec 10, 1996 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 2 15 11 1 W 1
28 Thu, Dec 12, 1996 @ Boston Bruins W 7 4 16 11 1 W 2
29 Sat, Dec 14, 1996 Montreal Canadiens T OT 3 3 16 11 2 T 1
30 Mon, Dec 16, 1996 @ Calgary Flames W 5 0 17 11 2 W 1
31 Wed, Dec 18, 1996 @ Vancouver Canucks W 2 1 18 11 2 W 2
32 Fri, Dec 20, 1996 @ Edmonton Oilers W 3 2 19 11 2 W 3
33 Mon, Dec 23, 1996 Buffalo Sabres T OT 0 0 19 11 3 T 1
34 Thu, Dec 26, 1996 @ New York Islanders L 1 4 19 12 3 L 1
35 Sat, Dec 28, 1996 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim W 5 3 20 12 3 W 1
36 Tue, Dec 31, 1996 @ Buffalo Sabres L 5 6 20 13 3 L 1
37 Thu, Jan 2, 1997 Pittsburgh Penguins L 1 6 20 14 3 L 2
38 Fri, Jan 3, 1997 @ Ottawa Senators W 1 0 21 14 3 W 1
39 Sun, Jan 5, 1997 St. Louis Blues L 3 5 21 15 3 L 1
40 Wed, Jan 8, 1997 Colorado Avalanche T OT 1 1 21 15 4 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Fri, Jan 10, 1997 Chicago Blackhawks T OT 3 3 21 15 5 T 2
42 Sun, Jan 12, 1997 @ New York Rangers L 0 3 21 16 5 L 1
43 Tue, Jan 14, 1997 Boston Bruins W 4 2 22 16 5 W 1
44 Tue, Jan 21, 1997 @ Los Angeles Kings W 4 1 23 16 5 W 2
45 Wed, Jan 22, 1997 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim L 1 3 23 17 5 L 1
46 Fri, Jan 24, 1997 @ San Jose Sharks W 3 1 24 17 5 W 1
47 Wed, Jan 29, 1997 Ottawa Senators T OT 1 1 24 17 6 T 1
48 Fri, Jan 31, 1997 Toronto Maple Leafs T OT 3 3 24 17 7 T 2
49 Sat, Feb 1, 1997 @ Montreal Canadiens T OT 4 4 24 17 8 T 3
50 Wed, Feb 5, 1997 New York Islanders W 4 1 25 17 8 W 1
51 Fri, Feb 7, 1997 Florida Panthers T OT 2 2 25 17 9 T 1
52 Sat, Feb 8, 1997 Philadelphia Flyers W 4 2 26 17 9 W 1
53 Wed, Feb 12, 1997 @ Hartford Whalers W 3 2 27 17 9 W 2
54 Thu, Feb 13, 1997 Hartford Whalers W 4 0 28 17 9 W 3
55 Sat, Feb 15, 1997 @ Montreal Canadiens W 4 1 29 17 9 W 4
56 Mon, Feb 17, 1997 @ New York Rangers T OT 2 2 29 17 10 T 1
57 Wed, Feb 19, 1997 New York Rangers T OT 1 1 29 17 11 T 2
58 Thu, Feb 20, 1997 @ Florida Panthers T OT 2 2 29 17 12 T 3
59 Sat, Feb 22, 1997 @ Tampa Bay Lightning L 1 3 29 18 12 L 1
60 Wed, Feb 26, 1997 @ New York Islanders W 5 3 30 18 12 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Thu, Feb 27, 1997 Buffalo Sabres W 4 1 31 18 12 W 2
62 Sat, Mar 1, 1997 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 3 32 18 12 W 3
63 Tue, Mar 4, 1997 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 1 33 18 12 W 4
64 Wed, Mar 5, 1997 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 3 1 34 18 12 W 5
65 Sat, Mar 8, 1997 @ New York Islanders L 1 5 34 19 12 L 1
66 Sun, Mar 9, 1997 @ Buffalo Sabres W 4 1 35 19 12 W 1
67 Tue, Mar 11, 1997 Edmonton Oilers W 6 1 36 19 12 W 2
68 Thu, Mar 13, 1997 Hartford Whalers W 6 0 37 19 12 W 3
69 Sat, Mar 15, 1997 Washington Capitals W 3 2 38 19 12 W 4
70 Mon, Mar 17, 1997 Florida Panthers L 1 4 38 20 12 L 1
71 Wed, Mar 19, 1997 @ Washington Capitals T OT 2 2 38 20 13 T 1
72 Sat, Mar 22, 1997 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 2 39 20 13 W 1
73 Tue, Mar 25, 1997 Philadelphia Flyers L 3 4 39 21 13 L 1
74 Thu, Mar 27, 1997 New York Rangers W 4 0 40 21 13 W 1
75 Sun, Mar 30, 1997 Los Angeles Kings W 5 2 41 21 13 W 2
76 Tue, Apr 1, 1997 @ Washington Capitals W 1 0 42 21 13 W 3
77 Fri, Apr 4, 1997 Tampa Bay Lightning W 3 0 43 21 13 W 4
78 Sun, Apr 6, 1997 @ St. Louis Blues W 2 0 44 21 13 W 5
79 Tue, Apr 8, 1997 @ Tampa Bay Lightning T OT 2 2 44 21 14 T 1
80 Wed, Apr 9, 1997 @ Florida Panthers L 2 4 44 22 14 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 11, 1997 Boston Bruins W 2 0 45 22 14 W 1
82 Sun, Apr 13, 1997 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 4 5 45 23 14 L 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 17, 1997 Montreal Canadiens W 5 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Apr 19, 1997 Montreal Canadiens W 4 1 2 0 0 W 2
3 Tue, Apr 22, 1997 @ Montreal Canadiens W 6 4 3 0 0 W 3
4 Thu, Apr 24, 1997 @ Montreal Canadiens L OT 3 4 3 1 0 L 1
5 Sat, Apr 26, 1997 Montreal Canadiens W 4 0 4 1 0 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
6 Fri, May 2, 1997 New York Rangers W 2 0 5 1 0 W 2
7 Sun, May 4, 1997 New York Rangers L 0 2 5 2 0 L 1
8 Tue, May 6, 1997 @ New York Rangers L 2 3 5 3 0 L 2
9 Thu, May 8, 1997 @ New York Rangers L 0 3 5 4 0 L 3
10 Sun, May 11, 1997 New York Rangers L OT 1 2 5 5 0 L 4