1996–97 New York Islanders season

The 1996-97 New York Islanders season was the 25th in the franchise's history. It saw the withdrawal of the "Fisherman" logo from 1995 at the start of the season and the return of the original logo.

Offseason

Captain Patrick Flatley leaves Long Island, signing with the rival New York Rangers. The team doesn't name a new captain, until the 1997-98 season.

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

Eastern Conference^[1]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	45	23	14	231	182	104
2	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	40	30	12	237	208	92
3	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	45	24	13	274	217	103
4	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	35	28	19	221	201	89
5	New York Rangers	ATL	82	38	34	10	258	231	86
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	38	36	8	285	280	84
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	31	36	15	226	234	77
8	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	31	36	15	249	276	77

9	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	33	40	9	214	231	75
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	82	32	39	11	226	256	75
11	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	32	40	10	217	247	74
12	New York Islanders	ATL	82	29	41	12	240	250	70
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	26	47	9	234	300	61

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

For the third consecutive year, the Islanders failed to make the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Palffy, ZiggyZiggy Palffy	RW	80	48	42	90	43	21	6	4	6
Green, TravisTravis Green	C	79	23	41	64	38	-5	10	0	3
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski	C	64	28	28	56	25	9	9	0	1
King, DerekDerek King	LW	70	23	30	53	20	-6	5	0	3
Berard, BryanBryan Berard	D	82	8	40	48	86	1	3	0	1
Andersson, NiklasNiklas Andersson	LW	74	12	31	43	57	4	1	1	1
McInnis, MartyMarty McInnis	RW	70	20	22	42	20	-7	4	1	4
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	D	82	8	20	28	165	-2	2	1	2
Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi	RW	64	10	13	23	68	-3	3	0	1
Jonsson, KennyKenny Jonsson	D	81	3	18	21	24	10	1	0	0
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	C	12	5	14	19	4	7	0	1	0
Lapointe, ClaudeClaude Lapointe	LW/C	73	13	5	18	49	-12	0	3	3
Lachance, ScottScott Lachance	D	81	3	11	14	47	-7	1	0	0
Armstrong, DerekDerek Armstrong	C	50	6	7	13	33	-8	0	0	2
Plante, DanDan Plante	RW	67	4	9	13	75	-6	0	2	0
Wood, RandyRandy Wood	LW/C	65	6	5	11	61	-7	0	1	2
Hughes, BrentBrent Hughes	LW	51	7	3	10	57	-4	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	70	2	8	10	99	1	0	0	0
Kruse, PaulPaul Kruse	LW	48	4	2	6	111	-5	0	0	0
Pilon, RichRich Pilon	D	52	1	4	5	179	4	0	0	0
Webb, SteveSteve Webb	RW	41	1	4	5	144	-10	1	0	0
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	D	18	0	5	5	16	-7	0	0	0
Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson	C	15	2	2	4	0	-6	1	0	0
Vaske, DennisDennis Vaske	D	17	0	4	4	12	3	0	0	0
McLlwain, DaveDave McLlwain	C/RW	4	1	1	2	0	-2	1	0	0
Belanger, KenKen Belanger	LW	18	0	2	2	102	-1	0	0	0
Holland, JasonJason Holland	D	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Vukota, MickMick Vukota	RW	17	1	0	1	71	-2	0	0	0
Salo, TommyTommy Salo	G	58	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Archibald, DaveDave Archibald	C/LW	7	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0
Deuling, JarrettJarrett Deuling	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donnelly, MikeMike Donnelly	LW	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dowd, JimJim Dowd	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud	G	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Foster, CoreyCorey Foster	D	7	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Soderstrom, TommyTommy Soderstrom	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taylor, ChrisChris Taylor	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vachon, NickNick Vachon	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Vasilyev, AndreiAndrei Vasilyev	LW	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Salo, TommyTommy Salo	3208	58	20	27	8	151	2.82	5	1576	1425	.904
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud	1759	34	9	14	4	91	3.10	0	897	806	.899
Soderstrom, TommyTommy Soderstrom	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Team:	4968	82	29	41	12	242	2.92	5	2473	2231	.902

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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;

References

↑ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1996-97 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

External links

"1996–97 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

New York Islanders

Founded in 1972 Based in New York City, New York

Franchise	Team General managers Head coaches Players Captains Draft picks (Expansion draft) Records Award winners Seasons Current season

Arenas	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Barclays Center Islanders Iceworks (practice facility)

Personnel	Owner Charles Wang General manager Garth Snow Head coach Jack Capuano Team captain John Tavares Current roster

General managers	Torrey Maloney Milbury Smith Snow

Head coaches	Goyette Ingarfield Arbour Simpson Henning Milbury Bowness Stewart Goring Laviolette Stirling Shaw Nolan Gordon Capuano

Affiliates	AHL Bridgeport Sound Tigers ECHL Missouri Mavericks

Retired numbers	5 9 19 22 23 31

Stanley Cup Finals	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

Rivalries	New York Rangers

Culture and lore	The Trio Grande Easter Epic Penguins–Islanders brawl The Lighthouse Project Hockey Night Live! 2014 NHL Stadium Series

Media	TV MSG MSG Plus Radio WRHU 88.7 FM Broadcasters Howie Rose Butch Goring

New York Islanders seasons

1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1996–97 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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