1996–97 Tampa Bay Lightning season

1996–97 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division 6th Atlantic
1996–97 record 32–40–10
Goals for 217
Goals against 247
Team information
Coach Terry Crisp
Captain Paul Ysebaert
Team leaders
<1995–96 1997–98>

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 New Jersey Devils 82 45 23 14 231 182 104
2 3 Philadelphia Flyers 82 45 24 13 274 217 103
3 4 Florida Panthers 82 35 28 19 221 201 89
4 5 New York Rangers 82 38 34 10 258 231 86
5 9 Washington Capitals 82 33 40 9 214 231 75
6 11 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 32 40 10 217 247 74
7 12 New York Islanders 82 29 41 12 240 250 70

Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 5, 1996 4–3 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 1–0–0
3 W October 12, 1996 7–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 2–1–0
4 W October 15, 1996 4–0 @ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 3–1–0
6 W October 22, 1996 6–3 @ New York Islanders (1996–97) 5–1–0
10 L October 31, 1996 3–4 Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 5–4–1
11 L November 2, 1996 1–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 5–5–1
12 W November 4, 1996 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1996–97) 6–5–1
13 L November 6, 1996 1–2 Washington Capitals (1996–97) 6–6–1
14 T November 8, 1996 5–5 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 6–6–2
15 L November 10, 1996 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 6–7–2
16 L November 14, 1996 3–5 @ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 6–8–2
17 L November 16, 1996 3–6 @ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 6–9–2
18 W November 19, 1996 3–0 Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 7–9–2
19 L November 23, 1996 1–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 7–10–2
20 L November 25, 1996 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 7–11–2
21 L November 27, 1996 0–3 Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 7–12–2
22 L November 29, 1996 1–2 Dallas Stars (1996–97) 7–13–2
23 L November 30, 1996 3–6 Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 7–14–2
24 L December 4, 1996 1–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 7–15–2
25 W December 5, 1996 2–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 8–15–2
26 W December 7, 1996 4–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 9–15–2
27 T December 12, 1996 2–2 OT Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 9–15–3
28 W December 14, 1996 4–1 New York Islanders (1996–97) 10–15–3
29 W December 16, 1996 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 11–15–3
30 L December 18, 1996 3–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 11–16–3
31 L December 19, 1996 0–3 @ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 11–17–3
32 L December 21, 1996 5–6 OT @ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 11–18–3
33 L December 23, 1996 1–3 Washington Capitals (1996–97) 11–19–3
34 T December 26, 1996 3–3 OT Florida Panthers (1996–97) 11–19–4
35 T December 28, 1996 4–4 OT Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 11–19–5
36 W December 31, 1996 4–2 New York Rangers (1996–97) 12–19–5
37 W January 3, 1997 3–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 13–19–5
38 L January 4, 1997 3–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 13–20–5
39 W January 6, 1997 4–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 14–20–5
40 W January 8, 1997 4–3 @ New York Rangers (1996–97) 15–20–5
41 W January 9, 1997 3–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 16–20–5
42 T January 11, 1997 4–4 OT New York Islanders (1996–97) 16–20–6
43 W January 13, 1997 2–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 17–20–6
44 L January 15, 1997 2–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 17–21–6
45 W January 21, 1997 3–2 OT Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 18–21–6
46 L January 25, 1997 2–3 @ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 18–22–6
47 L January 27, 1997 3–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 18–23–6
48 L January 30, 1997 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 18–24–6
49 L February 1, 1997 0–3 Boston Bruins (1996–97) 18–25–6
50 W February 4, 1997 2–0 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 19–25–6
51 L February 5, 1997 0–4 @ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 19–26–6
52 L February 8, 1997 1–3 Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 19–27–6
53 L February 12, 1997 2–5 @ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 19–28–6
54 L February 14, 1997 4–5 OT @ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 19–29–6
55 W February 15, 1997 4–1 Washington Capitals (1996–97) 20–29–6
56 T February 17, 1997 3–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 20–29–7
57 W February 20, 1997 5–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 21–29–7
58 W February 22, 1997 3–1 New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 22–29–7
59 W February 23, 1997 4–3 San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 23–29–7
60 W February 25, 1997 3–2 St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 24–29–7
61 L February 27, 1997 2–6 @ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 24–30–7
62 W March 1, 1997 2–0 Florida Panthers (1996–97) 25–30–7
63 W March 4, 1997 6–3 @ New York Islanders (1996–97) 26–30–7
64 L March 6, 1997 0–5 Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 26–31–7
65 L March 8, 1997 4–6 Boston Bruins (1996–97) 26–32–7
66 W March 9, 1997 2–1 OT Calgary Flames (1996–97) 27–32–7
67 L March 13, 1997 0–3 New York Islanders (1996–97) 27–33–7
68 L March 15, 1997 2–5 Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 27–34–7
69 L March 16, 1997 1–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 27–35–7
70 L March 19, 1997 1–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 27–36–7
71 W March 21, 1997 4–3 OT @ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 28–36–7
72 L March 22, 1997 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 28–37–7
73 W March 25, 1997 5–0 Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 29–37–7
74 L March 27, 1997 2–5 Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 29–38–7
75 T March 29, 1997 1–1 OT @ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 29–38–8
76 T April 1, 1997 1–1 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 29–38–9
77 L April 4, 1997 0–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 29–39–9
78 W April 5, 1997 3–2 @ New York Islanders (1996–97) 30–39–9
79 T April 8, 1997 2–2 OT New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 30–39–10
80 W April 10, 1997 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 31–39–10
81 W April 11, 1997 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1996–97) 32–39–10
82 L April 13, 1997 1–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 32–40–10

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton C 82 30 32 62 201 -28 9 0 4
Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli RW 77 35 25 60 116 -11 12 0 6
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen C 70 18 37 55 95 -14 5 0 2
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner LW 82 17 33 50 56 3 0 4 3
Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik D 79 12 28 40 57 -29 6 0 0
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr LW/C 74 14 21 35 106 5 1 0 3
Selivanov, AlexAlex Selivanov RW 69 15 18 33 61 -3 3 0 4
Langkow, DaymondDaymond Langkow C 79 15 13 28 35 1 3 1 1
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin C 73 12 14 26 56 -16 2 3 1
Houlder, BillBill Houlder D 79 4 21 25 30 16 0 0 2
Bradley, BrianBrian Bradley C 35 7 17 24 16 2 1 2 1
Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson LW 70 5 14 19 8 1 0 3 1
Ysebaert, PaulPaul Ysebaert C 39 5 12 17 4 1 2 0 0
Bannister, DrewDrew Bannister D 64 4 13 17 44 -21 1 0 0
Wiemer, JasonJason Wiemer C 63 9 5 14 134 -13 2 0 0
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw D 57 1 10 11 72 1 0 0 0
Toms, JeffJeff Toms C 34 2 8 10 10 2 0 0 1
Cross, CoryCory Cross D 72 4 5 9 95 6 0 0 2
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov D 59 1 7 8 108 2 0 0 0
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek RW/D 60 0 6 6 120 -3 0 0 0
Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 13 0 5 5 16 0 0 0 0
Myhres, BranttBrantt Myhres RW 47 3 1 4 136 1 0 0 1
Bellows, BrianBrian Bellows LW 7 1 2 3 0 -4 0 0 0
Gavey, AaronAaron Gavey C 16 1 2 3 12 -1 0 0 0
Peterson, BrentBrent Peterson LW 17 2 0 2 4 -4 0 0 0
Huscroft, JamieJamie Huscroft D 13 0 1 1 34 -4 0 0 0
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab G 31 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci G 55 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0
Brousseau, PaulPaul Brousseau RW 6 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0
Egeland, AllanAllan Egeland C 4 0 0 0 5 -3 0 0 0
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa G 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Wells, JayJay Wells D 21 0 0 0 13 -3 0 0 0
Wilkinson, DerekDerek Wilkinson G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin D 15 0 0 0 8 -9 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Tabaracci, RickRick Tabaracci 3012 55 20 25 6 138 2.75 4 1415 1277 .902
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab 1462 31 11 12 1 74 3.04 2 719 645 .897
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa 325 6 1 1 2 14 2.58 0 150 136 .907
Wilkinson, DerekDerek Wilkinson 169 5 0 2 1 12 4.26 0 72 60 .833
Team: 4968 82 32 40 10 238 2.87 6 2356 2118 .899

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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;

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Draft picks

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See also

References

  1. ^ "1996-97 Tampa Bay Lightning Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/TBL/1997.html. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 

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