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>

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

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

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 Tampa Bay Lightning Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.