1995–96 San Jose Sharks season

1995–96 San Jose Sharks
Division	7th Pacific
1995–96 record	20–55–7
Goals for	252
Goals against	357
Team information
General Manager	Chuck Grillo
Coach	Kevin Constantine
Captain	Jeff Odgers
Team leaders
Goals	Owen Nolan (29)
Assists	Craig Janney (49)
Points	Craig Janney (62)
Penalties in minutes	Jeff Odgers (192)
Wins	Chris Terreri (13)
Goals against average	Chris Terreri (3.70)
<1994–95	1996–97>

The 1995–96 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' fifth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Shark failed to make the playoffs, finishing 13th in the Western Conference.

Regular season

The Sharks allowed the most goals (357), the most even-strength goals (244), the most power-play goals (93), had the lowest penalty-kill percentage (76.57%), the fewest shutouts for (0) and the fewest shots on goal (2,143). On Saturday, January 13, 1996, Ray Sheppard scored a hat trick as the Sharks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 10-8 in Pittsburgh. It was the highest scoring game of the NHL regular season.

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Colorado Avalanche	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
2	Calgary Flames	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
3	Vancouver Canucks	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
5	Edmonton Oilers	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
6	Los Angeles Kings	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
7	San Jose Sharks	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

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	3–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	0–1–0
2	T	October 12, 1995	6–6 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	0–1–1
3	L	October 14, 1995	6–7	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	0–2–1
4	L	October 17, 1995	2–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	0–3–1
5	T	October 19, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	0–3–2
6	T	October 22, 1995	1–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	0–3–3
7	L	October 25, 1995	1–6	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	0–4–3
8	L	October 28, 1995	3–4	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	0–5–3
9	L	October 30, 1995	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	0–6–3
10	L	October 31, 1995	3–5	New York Rangers (1995–96)	0–7–3
11	T	November 2, 1995	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	0–7–4
12	W	November 4, 1995	7–3	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	1–7–4
13	L	November 7, 1995	3–7	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	1–8–4
14	L	November 8, 1995	2–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	1–9–4
15	L	November 10, 1995	1–9	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	1–10–4
16	L	November 11, 1995	2–5	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	1–11–4
17	L	November 14, 1995	3–5	New York Islanders (1995–96)	1–12–4
18	L	November 16, 1995	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	1–13–4
19	L	November 17, 1995	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	1–14–4
20	W	November 19, 1995	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	2–14–4
21	L	November 21, 1995	2–3	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	2–15–4
22	L	November 22, 1995	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	2–16–4
23	W	November 25, 1995	7–2	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	3–16–4
24	L	November 29, 1995	3–5	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	3–17–4
25	L	December 1, 1995	2–7	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	3–18–4
26	W	December 2, 1995	5–3	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	4–18–4
27	L	December 5, 1995	2–12	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	4–19–4
28	W	December 7, 1995	5–3	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	5–19–4
29	L	December 9, 1995	2–4	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	5–20–4
30	W	December 12, 1995	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	6–20–4
31	L	December 14, 1995	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	6–21–4
32	L	December 16, 1995	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	6–22–4
33	L	December 17, 1995	2–4	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	6–23–4
34	W	December 19, 1995	7–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	7–23–4
35	W	December 22, 1995	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	8–23–4
36	L	December 26, 1995	1–5	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	8–24–4
37	L	December 29, 1995	2–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	8–25–4
38	L	January 3, 1996	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	8–26–4
39	L	January 5, 1996	2–5	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	8–27–4
40	L	January 6, 1996	5–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	8–28–4
41	L	January 8, 1996	2–5	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	8–29–4
42	L	January 10, 1996	4–7	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	8–30–4
43	W	January 11, 1996	2–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	9–30–4
44	W	January 13, 1996	10–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	10–30–4
45	L	January 16, 1996	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	10–31–4
46	L	January 17, 1996	4–6	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	10–32–4
47	L	January 24, 1996	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	10–33–4
48	L	January 25, 1996	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	10–34–4
49	L	January 27, 1996	3–4 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	10–35–4
50	W	January 30, 1996	8–2	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	11–35–4
51	T	February 1, 1996	6–6 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	11–35–5
52	L	February 3, 1996	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	11–36–5
53	W	February 5, 1996	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	12–36–5
54	W	February 10, 1996	6–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	13–36–5
55	L	February 12, 1996	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	13–37–5
56	L	February 14, 1996	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	13–38–5
57	T	February 15, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	13–38–6
58	L	February 17, 1996	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	13–39–6
59	L	February 20, 1996	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	13–40–6
60	L	February 23, 1996	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	13–41–6
61	L	February 25, 1996	3–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	13–42–6
62	W	February 26, 1996	7–4	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	14–42–6
63	L	March 1, 1996	3–7	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96)	14–43–6
64	L	March 3, 1996	1–5	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	14–44–6
65	W	March 5, 1996	5–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	15–44–6
66	L	March 6, 1996	1–2	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	15–45–6
67	L	March 8, 1996	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	15–46–6
68	W	March 10, 1996	6–4	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	16–46–6
69	L	March 13, 1996	3–8	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	16–47–6
70	L	March 15, 1996	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	16–48–6
71	L	March 17, 1996	2–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	16–49–6
72	T	March 18, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	16–49–7
73	W	March 20, 1996	7–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	17–49–7
74	W	March 22, 1996	2–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	18–49–7
75	L	March 28, 1996	3–8	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	18–50–7
76	L	March 31, 1996	2–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	18–51–7
77	W	April 2, 1996	6–3	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	19–51–7
78	W	April 4, 1996	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	20–51–7
79	L	April 6, 1996	1–5	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	20–52–7
80	L	April 7, 1996	3–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	20–53–7
81	L	April 10, 1996	2–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	20–54–7
82	L	April 12, 1996	0–6	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	20–55–7

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Janney, CraigCraig Janney C 71 13 49 62 26 -35 5 0 1 Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan RW 72 29 32 61 137 -30 12 1 2 Sheppard, RayRay Sheppard RW 51 27 19 46 10 -19 12 0 4 Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen LW 79 15 31 46 42 -19 2 0 0 Miller, KevinKevin Miller C 68 22 20 42 41 -8 2 2 2 Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 60 17 24 41 16 -23 4 2 2 Ragnarsson, MarcusMarcus Ragnarsson D 71 8 31 39 42 -24 4 0 0 Baker, JamieJamie Baker C 77 16 17 33 79 -19 2 6 0 Dahlen, UlfUlf Dahlen LW 59 16 12 28 27 -21 5 0 2 Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill C 45 7 16 23 20 -12 0 1 0 Bodger, DougDoug Bodger D 57 4 19 23 50 -18 3 0 0 Donovan, SheanShean Donovan RW 74 13 8 21 39 -17 0 1 2 Sykora, MichalMichal Sykora D 79 4 16 20 54 -14 1 0 0 Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov C 62 6 13 19 6 -15 1 0 0 Racine, YvesYves Racine D 32 1 16 17 28 -3 0 0 0 Odgers, JeffJeff Odgers RW 78 12 4 16 192 -4 0 0 1 Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov LW 42 7 7 14 62 -15 2 0 1 Peltonen, VilleVille Peltonen LW 31 2 11 13 14 -7 0 0 0 Caloun, JanJan Caloun RW 11 8 3 11 0 4 2 0 0 Turcotte, DarrenDarren Turcotte C 9 6 5 11 4 8 0 1 2 Wood, DodyDody Wood C 32 3 6 9 138 0 0 1 0 More, JayJay More D 74 2 7 9 147 -32 0 0 0 Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa D 27 1 7 8 18 -17 0 0 0 Kyte, JimJim Kyte D 57 1 7 8 146 -12 0 0 0 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 27 0 7 7 14 -16 0 0 0 Yegorov, AlexeiAlexei Yegorov RW 9 3 2 5 2 -5 2 0 0 Pederson, TomTom Pederson D 60 1 4 5 40 -9 1 0 1 Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri G 46 0 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 Brown, DaveDave Brown RW 37 3 1 4 46 4 0 0 0 Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh D 7 1 3 4 4 2 1 0 0 Falloon, PatPat Falloon RW 9 3 0 3 4 -1 0 0 0 Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov C 4 1 1 2 0 -6 1 0 0 Bautin, SergeiSergei Bautin D 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty G 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe G 22 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Sarjeant, GeoffGeoff Sarjeant G 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Terreri, ChrisChris Terreri 2516 46 13 29 1 155 3.70 0 1322 1167 .883 Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe 1112 22 4 12 4 85 4.59 0 607 522 .860 Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty 1137 24 3 12 1 92 4.85 0 689 597 .866 Sarjeant, GeoffGeoff Sarjeant 171 4 0 2 1 14 4.91 0 87 73 .839 Team: 4936 82 20 55 7 346 4.21 0 2705 2359 .872

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;

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	12	Teemu Riihijärvi	Left Wing	Finland	K-Espoo Jrs
2	38	Peter Roed	Center	United States	White Bear Lake H.S
3	64	Marko Mäkinen	Right Wing	Finland	TPS Jrs
4	90	Vesa Toskala	Goalie	Finland	Ilves Jr
5	116	Miika Kiprusoff	Goalie	Finland	TPS Jr
5	130	Michal Broš	Center	Czech Republic	HC Olomouc
6	140	Timo Hakanen[	Center	Finland	Assat Jrs
6	142	Jaroslav Kudrna	Left Wing	Czech Republic	Penticton Panthers
7	167	Brad Mehalko	Right Wing	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes
7	168	Robert Jindrich	Defence	Czech Republic	Plzen HC
8	194	Ryan Kraft	Center	United States	U. of Minnesota
9	220	Mikko Markkanen	Right Wing	Finland	TPS Jrs

See also

• 1995–96 NHL season

References

• "1995–96 San Jose Sharks Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/SJS/1996_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06.