1996–97 New York Islanders season

1996–97 New York Islanders
Division	7th Atlantic
1996–97 record	29–41–12
Goals for	240
Goals against	250
Team information
Coach	Mike Milbury, Rick Bowness
Captain	Vacant

The 1996-97 New York Islanders season was the twenty-fifth 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.

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New Jersey Devils	82	45	23	14	231	182	104
Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	274	217	103
Florida Panthers	82	35	28	19	221	201	89
New York Rangers	82	38	34	10	258	231	86
Washington Capitals	82	33	40	9	214	231	75
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	32	40	10	217	247	74
New York Islanders	82	29	41	12	240	250	70

Game log

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

Player stats

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

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;

See also

• 1996–97 NHL season

References

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