1996–97 Boston Bruins season

1996–97 Boston Bruins
Division	6th Northeast
1996–97 record	26–47–9
Goals for	234
Goals against	300
Team information
Coach	Steve Kasper
Captain	Ray Bourque

The 1996–97 Boston Bruins season was the team's 73rd season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins finished with the worst record in the NHL and missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1967.

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Buffalo Sabres	82	40	30	12	237	208	92
2	6	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	38	36	8	285	280	84
3	7	Ottawa Senators	82	31	36	15	226	234	77
4	8	Montreal Canadiens	82	31	36	15	249	276	77
5	10	Hartford Whalers	82	32	39	11	226	256	75
6	13	Boston Bruins	82	26	47	9	234	300	61

Eastern Conference[1]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	45	23	14	231	182	104
2	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	40	30	12	237	208	92
3	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	45	24	13	274	217	103
4	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	35	28	19	221	201	89
5	New York Rangers	ATL	82	38	34	10	258	231	86
6	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	38	36	8	285	280	84
7	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	31	36	15	226	234	77
8	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	31	36	15	249	276	77

9	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	33	40	9	214	231	75
10	Hartford Whalers	NE	82	32	39	11	226	256	75
11	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	32	40	10	217	247	74
12	New York Islanders	ATL	82	29	41	12	240	250	70
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	26	47	9	234	300	61

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 5, 1996	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1996–97)	0–0–1
2	L	October 7, 1996	2–5	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	0–1–1
3	W	October 12, 1996	5–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	1–1–1
4	W	October 14, 1996	5–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	2–1–1
5	L	October 17, 1996	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	2–2–1
6	W	October 20, 1996	5–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	3–2–1
7	L	October 24, 1996	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	3–3–1
8	L	October 26, 1996	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	3–4–1
9	W	October 29, 1996	5–2	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	4–4–1
10	T	October 31, 1996	4–4 OT	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	4–4–2
11	L	November 2, 1996	2–5	New York Rangers (1996–97)	4–5–2
12	T	November 4, 1996	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97)	4–5–3
13	L	November 6, 1996	1–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	4–6–3
14	L	November 7, 1996	0–6	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	4–7–3
15	W	November 9, 1996	4–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	5–7–3
16	W	November 14, 1996	2–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	6–7–3
17	W	November 18, 1996	4–2	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	7–7–3
18	T	November 19, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	7–7–4
19	L	November 21, 1996	2–6	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	7–8–4
20	L	November 23, 1996	2–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	7–9–4
21	W	November 26, 1996	2–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	8–9–4
22	W	November 29, 1996	7–3	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	9–9–4
23	L	November 30, 1996	2–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	9–10–4
24	W	December 4, 1996	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	10–10–4
25	L	December 5, 1996	2–4	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	10–11–4
26	T	December 7, 1996	1–1 OT	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	10–11–5
27	L	December 9, 1996	2–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	10–12–5
28	L	December 12, 1996	4–7	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	10–13–5
29	L	December 14, 1996	0–4	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	10–14–5
30	L	December 15, 1996	0–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	10–15–5
31	W	December 17, 1996	6–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	11–15–5
32	W	December 19, 1996	3–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	12–15–5
33	W	December 21, 1996	4–3	Washington Capitals (1996–97)	13–15–5
34	T	December 23, 1996	3–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	13–15–6
35	L	December 27, 1996	4–6	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	13–16–6
36	L	December 29, 1996	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	13–17–6
37	L	January 1, 1997	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	13–18–6
38	W	January 2, 1997	5–4 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	14–18–6
39	W	January 4, 1997	3–2	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	15–18–6
40	L	January 7, 1997	3–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	15–19–6
41	W	January 9, 1997	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	16–19–6
42	L	January 11, 1997	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	16–20–6
43	L	January 13, 1997	3–4	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	16–21–6
44	L	January 14, 1997	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	16–22–6
45	L	January 20, 1997	2–3	Washington Capitals (1996–97)	16–23–6
46	W	January 22, 1997	4–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	17–23–6
47	L	January 23, 1997	1–4	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	17–24–6
48	W	January 25, 1997	4–1	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	18–24–6
49	L	January 30, 1997	1–3	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	18–25–6
50	W	February 1, 1997	3–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	19–25–6
51	W	February 2, 1997	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	20–25–6
52	L	February 4, 1997	3–4	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	20–26–6
53	L	February 6, 1997	3–5	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	20–27–6
54	T	February 8, 1997	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	20–27–7
55	L	February 11, 1997	1–5	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	20–28–7
56	L	February 12, 1997	3–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	20–29–7
57	L	February 15, 1997	4–5 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	20–30–7
58	L	February 18, 1997	2–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	20–31–7
59	L	February 20, 1997	3–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	20–32–7
60	L	February 23, 1997	1–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	20–33–7
61	T	February 24, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	20–33–8
62	W	February 27, 1997	6–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	21–33–8
63	T	March 1, 1997	5–5 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	21–33–9
64	L	March 3, 1997	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	21–34–9
65	L	March 6, 1997	2–5	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	21–35–9
66	W	March 8, 1997	6–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	22–35–9
67	W	March 9, 1997	3–1	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	23–35–9
68	L	March 12, 1997	3–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	23–36–9
69	L	March 13, 1997	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	23–37–9
70	W	March 15, 1997	5–2	New York Islanders (1996–97)	24–37–9
71	L	March 17, 1997	1–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	24–38–9
72	L	March 19, 1997	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	24–39–9
73	L	March 22, 1997	4–5	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	24–40–9
74	L	March 24, 1997	1–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	24–41–9
75	L	March 27, 1997	3–6	New York Islanders (1996–97)	24–42–9
76	L	March 29, 1997	2–8	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	24–43–9
77	L	April 3, 1997	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	24–44–9
78	W	April 5, 1997	4–2	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	25–44–9
79	L	April 8, 1997	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	25–45–9
80	L	April 10, 1997	1–5	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	25–46–9
81	L	April 11, 1997	0–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	25–47–9
82	W	April 13, 1997	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	26–47–9

Playoffs

The Bruins finished in last place did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jozef Stumpel	C	78	21	55	76	14	-22	6	0	1
Adam Oates	C	63	18	52	70	10	-3	2	2	4
Ted Donato	LW	67	25	26	51	37	-9	6	2	2
Ray Bourque	D	62	19	31	50	18	-11	8	1	3
Rick Tocchet	RW	40	16	14	30	67	-3	3	0	1
Rob DiMaio	RW	72	13	15	28	82	-21	0	3	2
Don Sweeney	D	82	3	23	26	39	-5	0	0	0
Steve Heinze	RW	30	17	8	25	27	-8	4	2	2
Jean-Yves Roy	RW	52	10	15	25	22	-8	2	0	1
Tim Sweeney	LW	36	10	11	21	14	0	2	0	2
Sheldon Kennedy	RW	56	8	10	18	30	-17	0	4	0
Barry Richter	D	50	5	13	18	32	-7	1	0	0
Brett Harkins	LW	44	4	14	18	8	-3	3	0	2
Landon Wilson	RW	40	7	10	17	49	-6	0	0	0
Todd Elik	C	31	4	12	16	16	-12	1	0	0
Jeff Odgers	RW	80	7	8	15	197	-15	1	0	1
Troy Mallette	LW	68	6	8	14	155	-8	0	0	2
Kyle McLaren	D	58	5	9	14	54	-9	0	0	1
Sandy Moger	C	34	10	3	13	45	-12	3	0	0
Anson Carter	RW	19	8	5	13	2	-7	1	1	1
Jason Allison	C	19	3	9	12	9	-3	1	0	0
Steve Staios	D	54	3	8	11	71	-26	0	0	0
Mattias Timander	D	41	1	8	9	14	-9	0	0	0
Trent McCleary	RW	59	3	5	8	33	-16	0	0	1
Jon Rohloff	D	37	3	5	8	31	-14	1	0	0
Bob Beers	D	27	3	4	7	8	0	1	0	0
Clayton Beddoes	C	21	1	2	3	13	-1	0	0	0
Dean Chynoweth	D	57	0	3	3	171	-12	0	0	0
Anders Myrvold	D	9	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Andre Roy	RW	10	0	2	2	12	-5	0	0	0
Evgeny Shaldybin	D	3	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Davis Payne	LW	15	0	1	1	7	-4	0	0	0
Cam Stewart	LW	15	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Scott Bailey	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Carey	G	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Cheveldae	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
P. C. Drouin	LW	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
David Emma	C	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Dean Malkoc	D	33	0	0	0	70	-14	0	0	0
Bill Ranford	G	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Robitaille	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Sawyer	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paxton Schafer	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robbie Tallas	G	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Bill Ranford	2147	37	12	16	8	125	3.49	2	1102	977	.887
Robbie Tallas	1244	28	8	12	1	69	3.33	1	587	518	.882
Jim Carey	1004	19	5	13	0	64	3.82	0	496	432	.871
Scott Bailey	394	8	1	5	0	24	3.65	0	181	157	.867
Tim Cheveldae	93	2	0	1	0	5	3.23	0	33	28	.848
Paxton Schafer	77	3	0	0	0	6	4.68	0	25	19	.760
Team:	4959	82	26	47	9	293	3.55	3	2424	2131	.879

[2]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

March 1, 1997: Adam Oates, Bill Ranford and Rick Tocchet traded to the Washington Capitals in exchange for Jim Carey, Anson Carter, Jason Allison and a conditional draft pick.

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Johnathan Aitken	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
2	45	Henry Kuster	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
3	53	Eric Naud	Canada	Saint-Hyacinthe Laser (QMJHL)
3	80	Jason Doyle	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (WHL)
4	100	Trent Whitfield	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
5	132	Elias Abrahamsson	Sweden	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
6	155	Chris Lane	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
7	182	Thomas Brown	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
8	208	Bob Prier	Canada	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
9	234	Anders Soderberg	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Sweden)

Farm teams

Providence Bruins (AHL)

References

"1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
"1996-97 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

"1996–97 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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[1] "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.

[2] "1996-97 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.

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1996–97 Boston Bruins season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Transactions

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

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