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1995–96 New York Islanders
Division7th Atlantic
Conference12th Eastern
1995–96 record22–50–10
Home record14–21–6
Road record8–29–4
Goals for229
Goals against315
Team information
General managerMike Milbury
CoachLorne Henning
Mike Milbury (interim)
CaptainPatrick Flatley
ArenaNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Team leaders
GoalsZigmund Palffy (43)
AssistsTravis Green (45)
PointsZigmund Palffy (87)

The 1995–96 New York Islanders season was the 24th season in the franchise's history. This season saw the Islanders finish in last place with a record of 22–50–10. During the season, team management fired General Manager Don Maloney, whom fans blamed for the team's downfall, and gave Mike Milbury total control of hockey operations as both head coach and general manager.

Offseason

Before the 1995–96 season, Don Maloney fired Lorne Henning and named Mike Milbury head coach. The same year, the Isles' attempt at updating their look resulted in the unveiling of the "fisherman" logo. It proved to be such a disaster that the team announced less than a year after unveiling it that they would go back to their original logo as soon as league rules could allow. Rangers fans still mock the Islanders with chants of "we want fishsticks," a reference to the way the logo resembled the Gorton's fisherman.

Regular season

Season 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[1]
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


Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Islanders missed the playoffs for the second straight year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Zigmund Palffy RW 81 43 44 87 56 -17 17 1 6
Travis Green C 69 25 45 70 42 -20 14 1 2
Mathieu Schneider D 65 11 36 47 93 -18 7 0 1
Marty McInnis RW 74 12 34 46 39 -11 2 0 1
Wendel Clark LW/D 58 24 19 43 60 -12 6 0 2
Todd Bertuzzi RW 76 18 21 39 83 -14 4 0 2
Alexander Semak C 69 20 14 34 68 -4 6 0 2
Derek King LW 61 12 20 32 23 -10 5 1 0
Niklas Andersson LW 47 14 12 26 12 -3 3 2 1
Bryan McCabe D 82 7 16 23 156 -24 3 0 1
Patrick Flatley RW 56 8 9 17 21 -24 0 0 0
Scott Lachance D 55 3 10 13 54 -19 1 0 0
Bob Sweeney C/RW 66 6 6 12 59 -23 0 1 1
Martin Straka C 22 2 10 12 6 -6 0 0 0
Chris Luongo D 74 3 7 10 55 -23 1 0 0
Brent Severyn LW 65 1 8 9 180 3 0 0 0
Dan Plante RW 73 5 3 8 50 -22 0 2 0
Darius Kasparaitis D 46 1 7 8 93 -12 0 0 0
Kirk Muller LW 15 4 3 7 15 -10 0 0 0
Andrei Vasilyev LW 10 2 5 7 2 4 0 0 1
Dennis Vaske D 19 1 6 7 21 -13 1 0 1
Darby Hendrickson C 16 1 4 5 33 -6 0 0 1
Bob Beers D 13 0 5 5 10 -2 0 0 0
Derek Armstrong C 19 1 3 4 14 -6 0 0 0
Kenny Jonsson D 16 0 4 4 10 -5 0 0 0
Milan Tichy D 8 0 4 4 8 3 0 0 0
Brad Dalgarno RW 18 1 2 3 14 -2 0 0 0
Brett Lindros RW 18 1 2 3 47 -6 0 0 0
Rich Pilon D 27 0 3 3 72 -9 0 0 0
Pat Conacher LW 13 1 1 2 0 -4 0 0 0
Mick Vukota RW 32 1 1 2 106 -3 0 0 0
Craig Darby C 10 0 2 2 0 -1 0 0 0
Danton Cole C/RW 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Micah Aivazoff C 12 0 1 1 6 -6 0 0 0
Dean Chynoweth D 14 0 1 1 40 -4 0 0 0
Jarrett Deuling LW 14 0 1 1 11 -1 0 0 0
Eric Fichaud G 24 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Herter D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Andreas Johansson C 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Chris Taylor C 11 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Ken Belanger LW 7 0 0 0 27 -2 0 0 0
Bob Halkidis D 5 0 0 0 30 -3 0 0 0
Mike MacWilliam LW 6 0 0 0 14 -1 0 0 0
Jamie McLennan G 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Grigori Panteleev LW 4 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Tommy Salo G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Soderstrom G 51 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Jason Strudwick D 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Jason Widmer D 4 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Tommy Soderstrom 2590 51 11 22 6 167 3.87 2 1370 1203 .878
Eric Fichaud 1234 24 7 12 2 68 3.31 1 659 591 .897
Jamie McLennan 636 13 3 9 1 39 3.68 0 342 303 .886
Tommy Salo 523 10 1 7 1 35 4.02 0 250 215 .860
Team: 4983 82 22 50 10 309 3.72 3 2621 2312 .882

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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;

Awards and records

[3]

Transactions

Draft picks

New York'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 2 Wade Redden  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2 28 Jan Hlavac  Czech Republic Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
2 41 D. J. Smith  Canada Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
5 106 Vladimir Orszagh  Slovakia Iskra Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)
7 158 Andrew Taylor  Canada Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL)
9 210 David MacDonald  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
9 211 Mike Broda  Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)

References

  1. ^ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "1995-96 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  3. ^ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.426, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
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