1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season

1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	Eastern
1995–96 record	38–32–12
Goals for	238
Goals against	248
Team information
Coach	Terry Crisp
Captain	Paul Ysebaert

The 1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning fourth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Lightning finished with a record of 38-32-12 and qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

It would also be the Lightning's third and final season in the Thunderdome before moving into their next and current home, the Ice Palace.

Regular season

The Lightning tied the New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators for fewest short-handed goals scored (6).

Final standings

Atlantic Division

No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
2	New York Rangers	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
3	Florida Panthers	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
4	Washington Capitals	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	38	32	12	238	248	88
6	New Jersey Devils	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
7	New York Islanders	82	22	50	10	229	315	54

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	45	24	13	282	208	103
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	49	29	4	362	284	102
3	New York Rangers	ATL	82	41	27	14	272	237	96
4	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	41	31	10	254	234	92
5	Boston Bruins	NE	82	40	31	11	282	269	91
6	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	40	32	10	265	248	90
7	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	39	32	11	234	204	89
8	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	38	32	12	238	248	88
9	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	37	33	12	215	202	86
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	82	34	39	9	237	259	77
11	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	33	42	7	247	262	73
12	New York Islanders	ATL	82	22	50	10	229	315	54
13	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	18	59	5	191	291	41

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 7, 1995	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	0–0–1
2	W	October 12, 1995	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	1–0–1
3	L	October 14, 1995	0–2	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	1–1–1
4	L	October 15, 1995	4–7	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	1–2–1
5	L	October 17, 1995	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	1–3–1
6	W	October 19, 1995	4–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	2–3–1
7	T	October 21, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	2–3–2
8	T	October 26, 1995	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1995–96)	2–3–3
9	L	October 28, 1995	2–4	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	2–4–3
10	T	October 31, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	2–4–4
11	L	November 1, 1995	0–10	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	2–5–4
12	W	November 3, 1995	5–3	New York Islanders (1995–96)	3–5–4
13	L	November 5, 1995	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	3–6–4
14	L	November 8, 1995	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	3–7–4
15	L	November 10, 1995	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	3–8–4
16	L	November 12, 1995	4–6	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	3–9–4
17	W	November 14, 1995	5–3	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	4–9–4
18	L	November 16, 1995	4–5 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	4–10–4
19	W	November 18, 1995	5–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	5–10–4
20	W	November 22, 1995	3–1	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	6–10–4
21	W	November 24, 1995	2–1	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	7–10–4
22	W	November 25, 1995	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	8–10–4
23	W	November 27, 1995	2–0	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	9–10–4
24	T	November 29, 1995	2–2 OT	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	9–10–5
25	L	December 1, 1995	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	9–11–5
26	L	December 3, 1995	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	9–12–5
27	W	December 6, 1995	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	10–12–5
28	W	December 8, 1995	3–1	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	11–12–5
29	W	December 11, 1995	6–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	12–12–5
30	W	December 13, 1995	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	13–12–5
31	L	December 14, 1995	0–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	13–13–5
32	L	December 16, 1995	2–7	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	13–14–5
33	W	December 19, 1995	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	14–14–5
34	T	December 21, 1995	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	14–14–6
35	L	December 23, 1995	5–7	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	14–15–6
36	W	December 28, 1995	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	15–15–6
37	W	December 31, 1995	3–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	16–15–6
38	L	January 2, 1996	0–10	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	16–16–6
39	W	January 3, 1996	5–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	17–16–6
40	L	January 6, 1996	2–9	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	17–17–6
41	T	January 8, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	17–17–7
42	W	January 13, 1996	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	18–17–7
43	L	January 15, 1996	2–3	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	18–18–7
44	W	January 17, 1996	6–4	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	19–18–7
45	W	January 22, 1996	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	20–18–7
46	L	January 25, 1996	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	20–19–7
47	L	January 27, 1996	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	20–20–7
48	W	January 31, 1996	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	21–20–7
49	L	February 3, 1996	3–5	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	21–21–7
50	W	February 4, 1996	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	22–21–7
51	T	February 7, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	22–21–8
52	L	February 10, 1996	2–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	22–22–8
53	L	February 11, 1996	2–6	New York Rangers (1995–96)	22–23–8
54	L	February 13, 1996	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	22–24–8
55	W	February 15, 1996	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	23–24–8
56	W	February 17, 1996	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	24–24–8
57	W	February 19, 1996	4–2	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	25–24–8
58	W	February 21, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	26–24–8
59	W	February 23, 1996	3–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	27–24–8
60	L	February 24, 1996	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	27–25–8
61	W	February 28, 1996	5–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	28–25–8
62	W	March 1, 1996	7–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	29–25–8
63	T	March 3, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	29–25–9
64	W	March 5, 1996	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	30–25–9
65	W	March 7, 1996	5–2	New York Rangers (1995–96)	31–25–9
66	W	March 10, 1996	1–0	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	32–25–9
67	T	March 13, 1996	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	32–25–10
68	L	March 15, 1996	0–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	32–26–10
69	L	March 17, 1996	0–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	32–27–10
70	L	March 18, 1996	3–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	32–28–10
71	T	March 21, 1996	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	32–28–11
72	W	March 23, 1996	4–2	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	33–28–11
73	L	March 26, 1996	4–6	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	33–29–11
74	W	March 30, 1996	2–1	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	34–29–11
75	T	March 31, 1996	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	34–29–12
76	W	April 3, 1996	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	35–29–12
77	L	April 5, 1996	3–4	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	35–30–12
78	L	April 6, 1996	1–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	35–31–12
79	W	April 8, 1996	4–3	New York Islanders (1995–96)	36–31–12
80	W	April 10, 1996	2–1	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	37–31–12
81	W	April 12, 1996	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	38–31–12
82	L	April 14, 1996	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	38–32–12

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning

The series opened up in Philadelphia. The Flyers won Game 1 7-3, but the Lightning rebounded in Game 2 by a 2-1 overtime win. Games 3 and 4 were in Tampa Bay. The Lightning won again in overtime in Game 3, but this time, by a score of 5-4. However, the series was tied up at 2-2 thanks to Philadelphia's 4-1 win in Game 4. The series shifted back to Philadelphia, where the Flyers won 4-1 again in Game 5. In Game 6, Philadelphia won 6-1 and won the series 4-2.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Brian Bradley	C	75	23	56	79	77	-11	9	0	5
Roman Hamrlik	D	82	16	49	65	103	-24	12	0	2
Alex Selivanov	RW	79	31	21	52	93	3	13	0	5
Petr Klima	W	67	22	30	52	68	-25	8	0	3
John Cullen	C	76	16	34	50	65	1	8	0	3
Brian Bellows	LW	79	23	26	49	39	-14	13	0	4
Chris Gratton	C	82	17	21	38	105	-13	7	0	3
Rob Zamuner	LW	72	15	20	35	62	11	0	3	4
Paul Ysebaert	C	55	16	15	31	16	-19	4	1	1
Shawn Burr	LW/C	81	13	15	28	119	4	1	0	2
Bill Houlder	D	61	5	23	28	22	1	3	0	0
Mikael Andersson	LW	64	8	11	19	2	0	0	0	1
Jason Wiemer	C	66	9	9	18	81	-9	4	0	1
Cory Cross	D	75	2	14	16	66	4	0	0	0
Aaron Gavey	C	73	8	4	12	56	-6	1	1	2
David Shaw	D	66	1	11	12	64	5	0	0	0
Michel Petit	D	45	4	7	11	108	-10	0	0	1
John Tucker	C	63	3	7	10	18	-8	0	1	0
Enrico Ciccone	D	55	2	3	5	258	-4	0	0	0
Rudy Poeschek	RW/D	57	1	3	4	88	-2	0	0	0
Igor Ulanov	D	11	2	1	3	24	-1	0	0	1
Adrien Plavsic	D	7	1	2	3	6	5	0	0	0
Drew Bannister	D	13	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Daymond Langkow	C	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Patrick Poulin	C	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daren Puppa	G	57	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Jean-Claude Bergeron	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Charron	D	14	0	0	0	18	-6	0	0	0
Allan Egeland	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Steven Finn	D	16	0	0	0	24	-6	0	0	0
Bob Halkidis	D	3	0	0	0	7	-1	0	0	0
Chris LiPuma	D	21	0	0	0	13	-7	0	0	0
Jeff Reese	G	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Toms	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Wilkinson	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Daren Puppa	3189	57	29	16	9	131	2.46	5	1605	1474	.918
Jeff Reese	994	19	7	7	1	54	3.26	0	464	410	.884
Jean-Claude Bergeron	595	12	2	6	2	42	4.24	0	250	208	.832
Derek Wilkinson	200	4	0	3	0	15	4.50	0	105	90	.857
Team:	4978	82	38	32	12	242	2.92	5	2424	2182	.900

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
John Cullen	C	5	3	3	6	0	4	0	1	0
Rob Zamuner	LW	6	2	3	5	10	-1	0	1	0
Alex Selivanov	RW	6	2	2	4	6	2	0	0	1
Brian Bradley	C	5	0	3	3	6	-5	0	0	0
Brian Bellows	LW	6	2	0	2	4	-2	0	0	1
Petr Klima	W	4	2	0	2	14	0	2	0	0
Mikael Andersson	LW	6	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Shawn Burr	LW/C	6	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
Chris Gratton	C	6	0	2	2	27	-3	0	0	0
Jason Wiemer	C	6	1	0	1	28	-3	1	0	0
Roman Hamrlik	D	5	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Bill Houlder	D	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
David Shaw	D	6	0	1	1	4	-4	0	0	0
Cory Cross	D	6	0	0	0	22	-4	0	0	0
Aaron Gavey	C	6	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Michel Petit	D	6	0	0	0	20	-3	0	0	0
Rudy Poeschek	RW/D	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
Patrick Poulin	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Daren Puppa	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Reese	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Tucker	C	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Igor Ulanov	D	5	0	0	0	15	-1	0	0	0
Paul Ysebaert	C	5	0	0	0	0	-6	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Daren Puppa	173	4	1	3	14	4.86	0	86	72	.837
Jeff Reese	198	5	1	1	12	3.64	0	100	88	.880
Team:	371	6	2	4	26	4.20	0	186	160	.860

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

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	5	Daymond Langkow	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
2	30	Mike McBain	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
3	56	Shane Willis	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
5	108	Konstantin Golokhvastov	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
6	134	Eduard Pershin	Russia	Moscow Dynamo (Russia)
7	160	Cory Murphy	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
8	186	Joe Cardarelli	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
9	212	Zac Bierk	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)

See also

• 1995–96 NHL season

References

• "1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.