1995–96 Dallas Stars season

1995–96 Dallas Stars
Division 6th Central
Conference 11th Western
1995–96 record 26–42–14
Home record 14–18–9
Road record 12–24–5
Goals for 227
Goals against 280
Team information
General Manager Bob Gainey
Coach Ken Hitchcock
Captain Derian Hatcher
Arena Reunion Arena
Team leaders
<1994–95 1996–97>

The 1995–96 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' third season.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

On March 11, 1996, the Stars played in the final game at the Montreal Forum.

Final standings

Central Division
No. GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Detroit Red Wings 82 62 13 7 325 181 131
2 Chicago Blackhawks 82 40 28 14 273 220 94
3 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 34 36 12 247 252 80
4 St. Louis Blues 82 32 34 16 219 248 80
5 Winnipeg Jets 82 36 40 6 275 291 78
6 Dallas Stars 82 26 42 14 227 280 66

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 7, 1995 5–7 @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 0–1–0
2 W October 10, 1995 7–3 Calgary Flames (1995–96) 1–1–0
3 L October 12, 1995 1–3 St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 1–2–0
4 W October 14, 1995 6–5 Boston Bruins (1995–96) 2–2–0
5 L October 17, 1995 3–4 Washington Capitals (1995–96) 2–3–0
6 T October 19, 1995 1–1 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 2–3–1
7 T October 21, 1995 3–3 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 2–3–2
8 W October 24, 1995 3–0 Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 3–3–2
9 W October 26, 1995 5–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 4–3–2
10 W October 28, 1995 4–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 5–3–2
11 L October 30, 1995 1–6 Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 5–4–2
12 T November 1, 1995 1–1 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 5–4–3
13 L November 4, 1995 1–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 5–5–3
14 T November 8, 1995 3–3 OT Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 5–5–4
15 T November 9, 1995 1–1 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 5–5–5
16 L November 14, 1995 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 5–6–5
17 L November 15, 1995 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 5–7–5
18 W November 17, 1995 2–1 San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 6–7–5
19 W November 22, 1995 4–3 Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 7–7–5
20 W November 25, 1995 2–0 New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 8–7–5
21 T December 2, 1995 2–2 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 8–7–6
22 W December 3, 1995 7–6 @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 9–7–6
23 L December 5, 1995 4–6 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 9–8–6
24 L December 7, 1995 1–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 9–9–6
25 L December 9, 1995 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 9–10–6
26 L December 11, 1995 2–3 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 9–11–6
27 L December 13, 1995 4–8 Calgary Flames (1995–96) 9–12–6
28 L December 15, 1995 1–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 9–13–6
29 W December 17, 1995 4–2 San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 10–13–6
30 T December 21, 1995 3–3 OT New York Islanders (1995–96) 10–13–7
31 L December 23, 1995 0–2 Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 10–14–7
32 L December 26, 1995 3–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 10–15–7
33 L December 28, 1995 1–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 10–16–7
34 L December 29, 1995 1–2 Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 10–17–7
35 L January 1, 1996 0–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 10–18–7
36 T January 3, 1996 3–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 10–18–8
37 W January 5, 1996 5–4 Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 11–18–8
38 L January 7, 1996 2–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 11–19–8
39 T January 8, 1996 4–4 OT Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 11–19–9
40 L January 10, 1996 0–4 Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 11–20–9
41 T January 12, 1996 6–6 OT Florida Panthers (1995–96) 11–20–10
42 L January 14, 1996 2–7 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 11–21–10
43 L January 15, 1996 1–6 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 11–22–10
44 L January 17, 1996 3–4 Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 11–23–10
45 W January 22, 1996 6–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 12–23–10
46 W January 24, 1996 5–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 13–23–10
47 W January 26, 1996 4–2 @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 14–23–10
48 L January 29, 1996 1–2 Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 14–24–10
49 T January 31, 1996 1–1 OT New York Rangers (1995–96) 14–24–11
50 L February 2, 1996 4–5 Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 14–25–11
51 L February 4, 1996 3–5 @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 14–26–11
52 W February 6, 1996 5–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 15–26–11
53 L February 7, 1996 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 15–27–11
54 L February 10, 1996 3–6 St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 15–28–11
55 L February 11, 1996 3–5 Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 15–29–11
56 W February 16, 1996 6–1 Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 16–29–11
57 L February 18, 1996 4–6 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 16–30–11
58 L February 19, 1996 2–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 16–31–11
59 W February 22, 1996 3–2 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 17–31–11
60 W February 24, 1996 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 18–31–11
61 W February 25, 1996 6–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 19–31–11
62 T February 28, 1996 4–4 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 19–31–12
63 W March 2, 1996 5–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 20–31–12
64 W March 5, 1996 3–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 21–31–12
65 W March 6, 1996 2–1 @ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 22–31–12
66 L March 11, 1996 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 22–32–12
67 L March 13, 1996 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 22–33–12
68 L March 15, 1996 0–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 22–34–12
69 L March 17, 1996 1–2 @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 22–35–12
70 W March 20, 1996 2–1 St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 23–35–12
71 L March 22, 1996 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 23–36–12
72 T March 23, 1996 4–4 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 23–36–13
73 L March 26, 1996 2–8 Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 23–37–13
74 W March 28, 1996 3–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 24–37–13
75 L March 31, 1996 3–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 24–38–13
76 L April 3, 1996 1–3 @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 24–39–13
77 T April 5, 1996 3–3 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 24–39–14
78 L April 7, 1996 1–4 Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 24–40–14
79 W April 9, 1996 4–3 OT @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 25–40–14
80 W April 10, 1996 4–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 26–40–14
81 L April 12, 1996 3–5 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 26–41–14
82 L April 14, 1996 1–5 Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 26–42–14

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano C 78 36 45 81 63 -12 8 4 4
Adams, GregGreg Adams LW 66 22 21 43 33 -21 11 1 1
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist LW 77 20 22 42 36 -11 6 1 2
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher D 74 15 26 41 58 -24 7 0 3
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk C 52 14 18 32 41 -17 8 0 3
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher D 79 8 23 31 129 -12 2 0 1
Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey RW/C 69 9 20 29 136 -13 3 0 1
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall RW 70 9 19 28 111 0 0 0 0
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen RW 57 6 22 28 16 5 0 0 1
Gagner, DaveDave Gagner C 45 14 13 27 44 -17 6 0 2
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue C 34 7 20 27 36 4 2 0 0
Kennedy, MikeMike Kennedy C 61 9 17 26 48 -7 4 0 1
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard D 73 5 19 24 20 -15 2 0 1
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau C 71 8 15 23 38 -2 0 2 1
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk D 73 6 16 22 71 4 0 0 1
Fedyk, BrentBrent Fedyk LW 41 10 9 19 30 -17 4 0 0
Huard, BillBill Huard LW 51 6 6 12 176 3 0 0 0
Klatt, TrentTrent Klatt RW 22 4 4 8 23 0 0 0 1
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor D 26 2 6 8 41 -1 1 0 0
Churla, ShaneShane Churla RW 34 3 4 7 168 4 0 0 0
Millen, CoreyCorey Millen C 13 3 4 7 8 0 1 0 0
Donnelly, MikeMike Donnelly LW 24 2 5 7 10 -2 0 0 0
Zmolek, DougDoug Zmolek D 42 1 5 6 65 1 0 0 0
Wood, RandyRandy Wood LW/C 30 1 4 5 26 -11 0 0 0
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner RW 12 2 2 4 6 -2 1 0 0
Borschevsky, NikolaiNikolai Borschevsky RW 12 1 3 4 6 -7 0 0 1
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor D 63 1 2 3 31 -10 0 0 0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig D 65 1 2 3 70 -17 0 0 0
Storm, JimJim Storm LW 10 1 2 3 17 -1 0 0 1
Petrovicky, RobertRobert Petrovicky C 5 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1
Bassen, BobBob Bassen C 13 0 1 1 15 -6 0 0 0
Lawrence, MarkMark Lawrence RW 13 0 1 1 17 0 0 0 0
Bester, AllanAllan Bester G 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Boyer, ZacZac Boyer RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cavallini, PaulPaul Cavallini D 8 0 0 0 6 -3 0 0 0
Cote, PatrickPatrick Cote LW 2 0 0 0 5 -2 0 0 0
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kesa, DanDan Kesa RW 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
MacLeod, PatPat MacLeod D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marois, DanielDaniel Marois RW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Moog, AndyAndy Moog G 41 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 0
Richards, TravisTravis Richards D 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Wakaluk, DarcyDarcy Wakaluk G 37 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Willis, JordanJordan Willis G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog 2228 41 13 19 7 111 2.99 1 1106 995 .900
Wakaluk, DarcyDarcy Wakaluk 1875 37 9 16 5 106 3.39 1 975 869 .891
Bester, AllanAllan Bester 601 10 4 5 1 30 3.00 0 297 267 .899
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez 249 5 0 1 1 19 4.58 0 121 102 .843
Willis, JordanJordan Willis 19 1 0 1 0 1 3.16 0 14 13 .929
Team: 4972 82 26 42 14 267 3.22 2 2513 2246 .894

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

Awards and honors

References