1996–97 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1996–97 Detroit Red Wings season was the 71st National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The highlight of the Red Wings season was winning the Stanley Cup, their first since 1955.
Another highlight was Sergei Fedorov's five-goal performance on Thursday, December 26, 1996, in a game against the Washington Capitals. The Red Wings won 5–4 in overtime. Fedorov's fifth goal of the game came at 2:39 of the overtime period.
On March 26, 1997, the Red Wings – Avalanche brawl continued to fuel the rivalry between the teams. Detroit won that game 6-5 in overtime.
The word "hockeytown" was shown over the Detroit Red Wings logo at center ice starting this season and is still there as of 2010[update].
Six days after winning the Stanley Cup, tragedy struck when Vladimir Konstantinov's career came to an end when he was severely injured in a limousine accident.
Regular season
Season standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; 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
October
# |
Date |
Visitor |
Score |
Home |
OT |
Record |
Pts |
1 |
October 5 |
Detroit |
1 – 3 |
New Jersey |
|
0–1–0 |
0 |
2 |
October 9 |
Edmonton |
0 – 2 |
Detroit |
|
1–1–0 |
2 |
3 |
October 11 |
Calgary |
2 – 1 |
Detroit |
|
1–2–0 |
2 |
4 |
October 12 |
Detroit |
6 – 1 |
Buffalo |
|
2–2–0 |
4 |
5 |
October 15 |
Detroit |
1 – 3 |
Dallas |
|
2–3–0 |
4 |
6 |
October 17 |
Detroit |
1 – 2 |
Chicago |
|
2–4–0 |
4 |
7 |
October 19 |
NY Islanders |
2 – 4 |
Detroit |
|
3–4–0 |
6 |
8 |
October 21 |
Los Angeles |
0 – 3 |
Detroit |
|
4–4–0 |
8 |
9 |
October 23 |
Dallas |
1 – 4 |
Detroit |
|
5–4–0 |
10 |
10 |
October 25 |
Chicago |
2 – 2 |
Detroit |
* |
5–4–1 |
11 |
11 |
October 26 |
Detroit |
2 – 1 |
Boston |
|
6–4–1 |
13 |
12 |
October 30 |
Montreal |
3 – 5 |
Detroit |
|
7–4–1 |
15 |
November
# |
Date |
Visitor |
Score |
Home |
OT |
Record |
Pts |
13 |
November 1 |
Detroit |
2 – 2 |
Ottawa |
* |
7–4–2 |
16 |
14 |
November 2 |
Detroit |
2 – 6 |
Toronto |
|
7–5–2 |
16 |
15 |
November 4 |
Hartford |
1 – 5 |
Detroit |
|
8–5–2 |
18 |
16 |
November 6 |
New Jersey |
2 – 0 |
Detroit |
|
8–6–2 |
18 |
17 |
November 8 |
Detroit |
4 – 1 |
Hartford |
|
9–6–2 |
20 |
18 |
November 10 |
Tampa Bay |
2 – 4 |
Detroit |
|
10–6–2 |
22 |
19 |
November 13 |
Colorado |
4 – 1 |
Detroit |
|
10–7–2 |
22 |
20 |
November 15 |
San Jose |
1 – 5 |
Detroit |
|
11–7–2 |
24 |
21 |
November 18 |
Detroit |
2 – 2 |
Phoenix |
* |
11–7–3 |
25 |
22 |
November 21 |
Detroit |
6 – 1 |
San Jose |
|
12–7–3 |
27 |
23 |
November 23 |
Detroit |
6 – 0 |
Los Angeles |
|
13–7–3 |
29 |
24 |
November 24 |
Detroit |
1 – 3 |
Anaheim |
|
13–8–3 |
29 |
25 |
November 27 |
Toronto |
2 – 5 |
Detroit |
|
14–8–3 |
31 |
December
# |
Date |
Visitor |
Score |
Home |
OT |
Record |
Pts |
26 |
December 1 |
Florida |
4 – 2 |
Detroit |
|
14–9–3 |
31 |
27 |
December 3 |
Vancouver |
2 – 2 |
Detroit |
* |
14–9–4 |
32 |
28 |
December 4 |
Detroit |
2 – 0 |
Washington |
|
15–9–4 |
34 |
29 |
December 10 |
Edmonton |
0 – 0 |
Detroit |
* |
15–9–5 |
35 |
30 |
December 12 |
Chicago |
2 – 6 |
Detroit |
|
16–9–5 |
37 |
31 |
December 15 |
Toronto |
1 – 3 |
Detroit |
|
17–9–5 |
39 |
32 |
December 17 |
Detroit |
3 – 4 |
Colorado |
|
17–10–5 |
39 |
33 |
December 18 |
Detroit |
3 – 3 |
Calgary |
* |
17–10–6 |
40 |
34 |
December 20 |
Detroit |
2 – 3 |
Vancouver |
|
17–11–6 |
40 |
35 |
December 22 |
Detroit |
6 – 2 |
Edmonton |
|
18–11–6 |
42 |
36 |
December 26 |
Washington |
4 – 5 |
Detroit |
* |
19–11–6 |
44 |
37 |
December 28 |
Detroit |
7 – 1 |
NY Islanders |
|
20–11–6 |
46 |
38 |
December 30 |
Phoenix |
5 – 3 |
Detroit |
|
20–12–6 |
46 |
January
# |
Date |
Visitor |
Score |
Home |
OT |
Record |
Pts |
39 |
January 3 |
Dallas |
2 – 1 |
Detroit |
|
20–13–6 |
46 |
40 |
January 5 |
Detroit |
5 – 5 |
Chicago |
* |
20–13–7 |
47 |
41 |
January 8 |
Detroit |
3 – 6 |
Dallas |
|
20–14–7 |
47 |
42 |
January 9 |
Detroit |
5 – 4 |
Phoenix |
* |
21–14–7 |
49 |
43 |
January 11 |
Chicago |
3 – 1 |
Detroit |
|
21–15–7 |
49 |
44 |
January 14 |
Los Angeles |
3 – 3 |
Detroit |
* |
21–15–8 |
50 |
45 |
January 20 |
Detroit |
1 – 4 |
Montreal |
|
21–16–8 |
50 |
46 |
January 22 |
Philadelphia |
2 – 2 |
Detroit |
* |
21–16–9 |
51 |
47 |
January 25 |
Detroit |
4 – 1 |
Philadelphia |
|
22–16–9 |
53 |
48 |
January 29 |
Phoenix |
3 – 0 |
Detroit |
|
22–17–9 |
53 |
February
# |
Date |
Visitor |
Score |
Home |
OT |
Record |
Pts |
49 |
February 1 |
Detroit |
4 – 1 |
St. Louis |
|
23–17–9 |
55 |
50 |
February 2 |
Dallas |
3 – 4 |
Detroit |
* |
24–17–9 |
57 |
51 |
February 4 |
St. Louis |
1 – 1 |
Detroit |
* |
24–17–10 |
58 |
52 |
February 6 |
Vancouver |
7 – 4 |
Detroit |
|
24–18–10 |
58 |
53 |
February 8 |
Detroit |
6 – 5 |
Pittsburgh |
* |
25–18–10 |
60 |
54 |
February 12 |
San Jose |
1 – 7 |
Detroit |
|
26–18–10 |
62 |
55 |
February 14 |
Detroit |
3 – 4 |
Dallas |
* |
26–19–10 |
62 |
56 |
February 16 |
Detroit |
4 – 2 |
Florida |
|
27–19–10 |
64 |
57 |
February 17 |
Detroit |
3 – 3 |
Tampa Bay |
* |
27–19–11 |
65 |
58 |
February 19 |
Calgary |
0 – 4 |
Detroit |
|
28–19–11 |
67 |
59 |
February 22 |
Detroit |
2 – 2 |
St. Louis |
* |
28–19–12 |
68 |
60 |
February 24 |
Detroit |
5 – 3 |
Phoenix |
|
29–19–12 |
70 |
61 |
February 27 |
Pittsburgh |
1 – 4 |
Detroit |
|
30–19–12 |
72 |
March
# |
Date |
Visitor |
Score |
Home |
OT |
Record |
Pts |
62 |
March 1 |
NY Rangers |
0 – 3 |
Detroit |
|
31–19–12 |
74 |
63 |
March 2 |
Anaheim |
1 – 1 |
Detroit |
* |
31–19–13 |
75 |
64 |
March 5 |
Detroit |
4 – 4 |
Toronto |
* |
31–19–14 |
76 |
65 |
March 8 |
Detroit |
5 – 3 |
Vancouver |
|
32–19–14 |
78 |
66 |
March 10 |
Detroit |
3 – 3 |
Los Angeles |
* |
32–19–15 |
79 |
67 |
March 12 |
Detroit |
1 – 2 |
Anaheim |
|
32–20–15 |
79 |
68 |
March 15 |
Detroit |
7 – 4 |
San Jose |
|
33–20–15 |
81 |
69 |
March 16 |
Detroit |
2 – 4 |
Colorado |
|
33–21–15 |
81 |
70 |
March 19 |
Boston |
1 – 4 |
Detroit |
|
34–21–15 |
83 |
71 |
March 21 |
Detroit |
1 – 3 |
NY Rangers |
|
34–22–15 |
83 |
72 |
March 23 |
Detroit |
3 – 5 |
Chicago |
|
34–23–15 |
83 |
73 |
March 26 |
Colorado |
5 – 6 |
Detroit |
* |
35–23–15 |
85 |
74 |
March 28 |
Buffalo |
1 – 2 |
Detroit |
* |
36–23–15 |
87 |
75 |
March 30 |
Anaheim |
1 – 0 |
Detroit |
* |
36–24–15 |
87 |
April
# |
Date |
Visitor |
Score |
Home |
OT |
Record |
Pts |
76 |
April 1 |
St. Louis |
1 – 1 |
Detroit |
* |
36–24–16 |
88 |
77 |
April 3 |
Toronto |
2 – 2 |
Detroit |
* |
36–24–17 |
89 |
78 |
April 5 |
Detroit |
4 – 2 |
Toronto |
|
37–24–17 |
91 |
79 |
April 8 |
Detroit |
3 – 2 |
Calgary |
* |
38–24–17 |
93 |
80 |
April 9 |
Detroit |
3 – 3 |
Edmonton |
* |
38–24–18 |
94 |
81 |
April 11 |
Ottawa |
3 – 2 |
Detroit |
|
38–25–18 |
94 |
82 |
April 13 |
St. Louis |
3 – 1 |
Detroit |
|
38–26–18 |
94 |
Playoffs
Conference Quarter-finals
St. Louis vs. Detroit |
Date |
Away |
Home |
April 16 |
St. Louis 2 |
0 Detroit |
April 18 |
St. Louis 1 |
2 Detroit |
April 20 |
Detroit 3 |
2 St. Louis |
April 22 |
Detroit 0 |
4 St. Louis |
April 25 |
St. Louis 2 |
5 Detroit |
April 27 |
Detroit 3 |
1 St. Louis |
Detroit wins series 4–2 |
Conference Semi-finals
Anaheim vs. Detroit |
Date |
Away |
Home |
May 2 |
Anaheim 1 |
2 Detroit |
OT |
May 4 |
Anaheim 2 |
3 Detroit |
3OT |
May 6 |
Detroit 5 |
3 Anaheim |
May 8 |
Detroit 3 |
2 Anaheim |
2OT |
Detroit wins series 4–0 |
Conference Finals
Detroit vs. Colorado |
Date |
Away |
Home |
May 15 |
Detroit 1 |
2 Colorado |
May 17 |
Detroit 4 |
2 Colorado |
May 19 |
Colorado 1 |
2 Detroit |
May 22 |
Colorado 0 |
6 Detroit |
May 24 |
Detroit 0 |
6 Colorado |
May 26 |
Colorado 1 |
3 Detroit |
Detroit wins series 4–2 |
Stanley Cup Finals
Detroit vs. Philadelphia |
Date |
Away |
Home |
May 31 |
Detroit 4 |
2 Philadelphia |
June 3 |
Detroit 4 |
2 Philadelphia |
June 5 |
Philadelphia 1 |
6 Detroit |
June 7 |
Philadelphia 1 |
2 Detroit |
Detroit wins series 4–0
and Stanley Cup |
Player stats
These stats are not for the 1996-97 but rather for the 97-98 season.
Regular season
- Scoring
Player |
Pos |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
+/- |
PPG |
SHG |
GWG |
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan |
LW |
81 |
47 |
41 |
88 |
131 |
31 |
20 |
2 |
7 |
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman |
C |
75 |
24 |
45 |
69 |
46 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidstrom |
D |
80 |
17 |
42 |
59 |
18 |
22 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
Kozlov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Kozlov |
LW |
80 |
25 |
27 |
52 |
46 |
14 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy |
D |
82 |
11 |
41 |
52 |
37 |
35 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov |
C |
69 |
8 |
39 |
47 |
40 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
Brown, DougDoug Brown |
RW |
80 |
19 |
23 |
42 |
12 |
17 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
McCarty, DarrenDarren McCarty |
RW |
71 |
15 |
22 |
37 |
157 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
Lapointe, MartinMartin Lapointe |
RW |
79 |
15 |
19 |
34 |
106 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist |
LW |
61 |
13 |
14 |
27 |
40 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
Maltby, KirkKirk Maltby |
RW |
65 |
14 |
9 |
23 |
89 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Draper, KrisKris Draper |
C |
64 |
13 |
10 |
23 |
45 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Holmstrom, TomasTomas Holmstrom |
LW |
57 |
5 |
17 |
22 |
44 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Eriksson, AndersAnders Eriksson |
D |
66 |
7 |
14 |
21 |
32 |
21 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov |
C |
21 |
6 |
11 |
17 |
25 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Dandenault, MathieuMathieu Dandenault |
D |
68 |
5 |
12 |
17 |
43 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov |
D |
58 |
2 |
12 |
14 |
72 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble |
RW |
53 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Rouse, BobBob Rouse |
D |
71 |
1 |
11 |
12 |
57 |
-9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur |
RW |
63 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
92 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Ward, AaronAaron Ward |
D |
52 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
47 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov |
D |
11 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Pushor, JamieJamie Pushor |
D |
54 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
71 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Golubovsky, YanYan Golubovsky |
D |
12 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson |
G |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Laplante, DarrylDarryl Laplante |
C |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun |
D |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Maracle, NormNorm Maracle |
G |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood |
G |
64 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- Goaltending
Player |
MIN |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
GA |
GAA |
SO |
SA |
SV |
SV% |
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood |
3807 |
64 |
33 |
20 |
11 |
140 |
2.21 |
6 |
1605 |
1465 |
.913 |
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson |
988 |
21 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
44 |
2.67 |
2 |
444 |
400 |
.901 |
Maracle, NormNorm Maracle |
178 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
2.02 |
0 |
63 |
57 |
.905 |
Team: |
4973 |
82 |
44 |
23 |
15 |
190 |
2.29 |
8 |
2112 |
1922 |
.910 |
Playoffs
- Scoring
Player |
Pos |
GP |
G |
A |
Pts |
PIM |
PPG |
SHG |
GWG |
Yzerman, SteveSteve Yzerman |
C |
22 |
6 |
18 |
24 |
22 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Fedorov, SergeiSergei Fedorov |
C |
22 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Holmstrom, TomasTomas Holmstrom |
LW |
22 |
7 |
12 |
19 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidstrom |
D |
22 |
6 |
13 |
19 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Lapointe, MartinMartin Lapointe |
RW |
21 |
9 |
6 |
15 |
20 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy |
D |
22 |
3 |
12 |
15 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
Kozlov, VyacheslavVyacheslav Kozlov |
LW |
22 |
6 |
8 |
14 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov |
C |
22 |
3 |
10 |
13 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
McCarty, DarrenDarren McCarty |
RW |
22 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan |
LW |
20 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
22 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
Brown, DougDoug Brown |
RW |
9 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
Eriksson, AndersAnders Eriksson |
D |
18 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kocur, JoeJoe Kocur |
RW |
18 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Maltby, KirkKirk Maltby |
RW |
22 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
30 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun |
D |
22 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Draper, KrisKris Draper |
C |
19 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist |
LW |
15 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov |
D |
21 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov |
D |
7 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Rouse, BobBob Rouse |
D |
22 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Dandenault, MathieuMathieu Dandenault |
D |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble |
RW |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood |
G |
22 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson |
G |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- Goaltending
Player |
MIN |
GP |
W |
L |
GA |
GAA |
SO |
SA |
SV |
SV% |
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood |
1361 |
22 |
16 |
6 |
48 |
2.12 |
2 |
588 |
540 |
.918 |
Hodson, KevinKevin Hodson |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Team: |
1362 |
22 |
16 |
6 |
48 |
2.11 |
2 |
588 |
540 |
.918 |
[1]
Note: 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;
Awards and records
Transactions
Draft picks
Detroit's picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.[3]
Farm teams
See also
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