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29-41-12 (70 points), Finished 7th in NHL Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 240 goals, Allowed 250 goals, SRS: -0.10 (15th of 26)
Coached by Mike Milbury (13-23-9) and Rick Bowness (16-18-3)
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1996-97 Statistics / Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Islanders | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 70 | .427 | 240 | 250 | -0.10 | 5.98 | 48 | 346 | 13.87 | 53 | 319 | 83.39 | 14 | 9 |
| League Average | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 82 | .500 | 239 | 239 | 0.00 | 5.83 | 55 | 336 | 16.27 | 55 | 336 | 83.73 | 10 | 10 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ziggy Palffy | RW | 5-10 | 183 | 24 | 80 | 48 | 42 | 90 | 1.13 | 38 | 0.47 | 119 | 32 | 77 | 11 | 21 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 292 | 3.65 | 16.4 | ||
| 2 | Travis Green | C | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | 79 | 23 | 41 | 64 | 0.81 | 25 | 0.31 | 98 | 28 | 82 | 7 | -5 | 38 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 177 | 2.24 | 13.0 | ||
| 3 | Bryan Smolinski | C | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | 64 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 0.88 | 23 | 0.36 | 78 | 21 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 183 | 2.86 | 15.3 | ||
| 4 | Derek King | LW | 6-1 | 203 | 29 | 70 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 0.76 | 21 | 0.30 | 83 | 21 | 68 | 0 | -6 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 2.19 | 15.0 | ||
| 5 | Bryan Berard | D | 6-2 | 220 | 19 | 82 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 0.59 | 17 | 0.21 | 105 | 33 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 2.10 | 4.7 | ||
| 6 | Niklas Andersson | LW | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | 74 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 0.58 | 16 | 0.22 | 61 | 15 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 122 | 1.65 | 9.8 | ||
| 7 | Marty McInnis | RW | 5-11 | 187 | 26 | 70 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 0.60 | 17 | 0.24 | 71 | 19 | 78 | 19 | -7 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 163 | 2.33 | 12.3 | ||
| 8 | Bryan McCabe | D | 6-2 | 220 | 21 | 82 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 0.34 | 10 | 0.13 | 89 | 17 | 99 | 25 | -2 | 165 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 117 | 1.43 | 6.8 | ||
| 9 | Todd Bertuzzi | RW | 6-3 | 231 | 21 | 64 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0.36 | 9 | 0.14 | 43 | 10 | 36 | 0 | -3 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 1.23 | 12.7 | ||
| 10 | Kenny Jonsson | D | 6-3 | 217 | 22 | 81 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 0.26 | 7 | 0.09 | 92 | 16 | 94 | 28 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 1.14 | 3.3 | ||
| 11 | Robert Reichel | C | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1.58 | 7 | 0.59 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 2.75 | 15.2 | ||
| 12 | Claude Lapointe | LW/C | 5-9 | 188 | 28 | 73 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 0.25 | 8 | 0.11 | 33 | 1 | 68 | 24 | -12 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 80 | 1.10 | 16.3 | ||
| 13 | Scott Lachance | D | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | 81 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.17 | 5 | 0.06 | 72 | 8 | 90 | 19 | -7 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 1.20 | 3.1 | ||
| 14 | Derek Armstrong | C | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.26 | 5 | 0.11 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 2 | -8 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0.72 | 16.7 | ||
| 15 | Dan Plante | RW | 5-11 | 202 | 25 | 67 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.19 | 5 | 0.07 | 21 | 0 | 36 | 9 | -6 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 0.91 | 6.6 | ||
| 16 | Randy Wood | LW/C | 6-0 | 195 | 33 | 65 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.17 | 5 | 0.07 | 17 | 0 | 40 | 16 | -7 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 1.48 | 6.3 | ||
| 17 | Brent Hughes | LW | 5-11 | 195 | 30 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.09 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 1 | -4 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0.92 | 14.9 | ||
| 18 | Doug Houda | D | 6-2 | 208 | 30 | 70 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.14 | 4 | 0.05 | 32 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.41 | 6.9 | ||
| 19 | Paul Kruse | LW | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.13 | 3 | 0.06 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 0 | -5 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0.81 | 10.3 | ||
| 20 | Steve Webb | RW | 6-0 | 211 | 21 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.12 | 2 | 0.04 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 0 | -10 | 144 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.51 | 4.8 | ||
| 21 | Rich Pilon | D | 6-2 | 220 | 28 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.10 | 2 | 0.03 | 37 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 179 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.33 | 5.9 | ||
| 22 | Darius Kasparaitis | D | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.28 | 2 | 0.09 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 6 | -7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Dennis Vaske | D | 6-2 | 210 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.08 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.12 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Andreas Johansson | C | 6-0 | 202 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.27 | 2 | 0.11 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.40 | 9.5 | ||
| 25 | Ken Belanger | LW | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.04 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.28 | 0.0 | ||
| 26 | Dave McLlwain | C/RW | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 33.3 | ||
| 27 | Jason Holland | D | 6-3 | 219 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 33.3 | ||
| 28 | Mick Vukota | RW | 6-1 | 225 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.41 | 14.3 | ||
| 29 | Chris Taylor | C | 6-2 | 192 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Dave Archibald | C/LW | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.57 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Mike Donnelly | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | Jarrett Deuling | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 33 | Nick Vachon | C | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 34 | Andrei Vasilyev | LW | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 35 | Corey Foster | D | 6-3 | 204 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0.0 | ||
| 36 | Jim Dowd | C | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Total | 82 | 240 | 372 | 612 | 7.46 | 240 | 2.93 | 240 | 48 | 250 | 53 | -5 | 1622 | 178 | 48 | 14 | 29 | 2188 | 26.68 | 11.0 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Salo | G | 5-11 | 182 | 25 | 58 | 3208 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 48 | .436 | 5 | 151 | 2.82 | 1576 | 1425 | .904 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Eric Fichaud | G | 5-11 | 179 | 21 | 34 | 1759 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 22 | .407 | 0 | 91 | 3.10 | 897 | 806 | .899 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Tommy Soderstrom | G | 5-7 | 157 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 4968 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 242 | 2.92 | 2473 | 2231 | .902 |