1996–97 Florida Panthers season

1996–97 Florida Panthers
Division	3rd Atlantic
1996–97 record	35–28–19
Goals for	221
Goals against	201
Team information
General manager	Bryan Murray
Coach	Doug MacLean
Captain	Brian Skrudland

The 1996–97 Florida Panthers season was the Panthers' fourth season.

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

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

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

Playoffs

Following their remarkable run to the Stanley Cup Finals in the 1996 playoffs, the Panthers qualified for the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs. As the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, they played the fifth seeded New York Rangers. However, the Panthers were eliminated in five games.

NY Rangers vs. Florida
Date	Away	Home
April 17	NY Rangers 0	3 Florida
April 20	NY Rangers 3	0 Florida
April 22	Florida 3	4 NY Rangers	OT
April 23	Florida 2	3 NY Rangers
April 25	NY Rangers 3	2 Florida	OT
NY Rangers win series 4–1

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ray Sheppard	RW	68	29	31	60	4	4	13	0	7
Scott Mellanby	RW	82	27	29	56	170	7	9	1	4
Robert Svehla	D	82	13	32	45	86	2	5	0	3
Radek Dvorak	RW	78	18	21	39	30	-2	2	0	1
Rob Niedermayer	C	60	14	24	38	54	4	3	0	2
Johan Garpenlov	LW	53	11	25	36	47	10	1	0	1
Bill Lindsay	RW	81	11	23	34	120	1	0	1	3
Dave Lowry	LW	77	15	14	29	51	2	2	0	2
Per Gustafsson	D	58	7	22	29	22	11	2	0	1
Martin Straka	C	55	7	22	29	12	9	2	0	1
Tom Fitzgerald	RW	71	10	14	24	64	7	0	2	1
Gord Murphy	D	80	8	15	23	51	3	2	0	0
Ed Jovanovski	D	61	7	16	23	172	-1	3	0	1
Brian Skrudland	C	51	5	13	18	48	4	0	0	2
Jody Hull	RW	67	10	6	16	4	1	0	1	2
Mike Hough	LW	69	8	6	14	48	12	0	0	2
David Nemirovsky	RW	39	7	7	14	32	1	1	0	0
Terry Carkner	D	70	0	14	14	96	-4	0	0	0
Rhett Warrener	D	62	4	9	13	88	20	1	0	1
Paul Laus	D	77	0	12	12	313	13	0	0	0
Stu Barnes	C	19	2	8	10	10	-3	1	0	0
Steve Washburn	C	18	3	6	9	4	2	1	0	0
Chris Wells	C	47	2	6	8	42	5	0	0	0
Kirk Muller	LW	10	1	2	3	4	-2	1	0	1
Jason Podollan	RW	19	1	1	2	4	-3	1	0	0
John Vanbiesbrouck	G	57	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
Brad Smyth	RW	8	1	0	1	2	-3	0	0	0
Mark Fitzpatrick	G	30	0	1	1	13	0	0	0	0
Craig Ferguson	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Craig Fisher	C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Craig Martin	RW	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Geoff Smith	D	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Jason Woolley	D	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
John Vanbiesbrouck	3347	57	27	19	10	128	2.29	2	1582	1454	.919
Mark Fitzpatrick	1680	30	8	9	9	66	2.36	0	771	705	.914
Team:	5027	82	35	28	19	194	2.32	2	2353	2159	.918

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Robert Svehla	D	5	1	4	5	4	-4	1	0
Gord Murphy	D	5	0	5	5	4	0	0	0
Rob Niedermayer	C	5	2	1	3	6	-1	1	0
Kirk Muller	LW	5	1	2	3	4	-3	1	0
Johan Garpenlov	LW	4	2	0	2	4	0	2	1
Ray Sheppard	RW	5	2	0	2	0	-4	1	0
Scott Mellanby	RW	5	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0
Mike Hough	LW	5	1	0	1	2	-2	0	0
David Nemirovsky	RW	3	1	0	1	0	-2	0	0
Tom Fitzgerald	RW	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0
Paul Laus	D	5	0	1	1	4	-3	0	0
Bill Lindsay	RW	3	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Terry Carkner	D	5	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0
Radek Dvorak	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jody Hull	RW	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Ed Jovanovski	D	5	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0
Dave Lowry	LW	5	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0
Martin Straka	C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0
John Vanbiesbrouck	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rhett Warrener	D	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Wells	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
John Vanbiesbrouck	328	5	1	4	13	2.38	1	184	171	.929
Team:	328	5	1	4	13	2.38	1	184	171	.929

[2]

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

Florida'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	20	Marcus Nilson	Sweden	Djurgardens IF (Sweden)
3	60	Chris Allen	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3	65	Oleg Kvasha	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
4	82	Joey Tetarenko	Canada	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
5	129	Andrew Long	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
6	156	Gaetan Poirier	Canada	Merrimack College (Hockey East)
7	183	Alexandre Couture	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
8	209	Denis Khlopotnov	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
9	235	Russell Smith	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)

References

"1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
"1996-97 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

"1996–97 Florida Panthers 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 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

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1996–97 Florida Panthers season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Draft picks

See also

References

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