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48-26-8 (104 points), Finished 1st in NHL Central Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 252 goals, Allowed 198 goals, SRS: 0.64 (4th of 26)
Coached by Ken Hitchcock (48-26-8)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) to Edmonton Oilers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Stars | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 104 | .634 | 252 | 198 | 0.64 | 5.49 | 46 | 314 | 14.65 | 51 | 308 | 83.44 | 11 | 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 | Mike Modano | C | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | 80 | 35 | 48 | 83 | 1.04 | 32 | 0.39 | 113 | 31 | 65 | 26 | 43 | 42 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 291 | 3.64 | 12.0 | ||
| 2 | Pat Verbeek | RW | 5-9 | 192 | 32 | 81 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 0.65 | 19 | 0.23 | 77 | 20 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 128 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 172 | 2.12 | 9.9 | ||
| 3 | Joe Nieuwendyk | C | 6-2 | 205 | 30 | 66 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 0.77 | 21 | 0.32 | 63 | 22 | 47 | 1 | -5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 2.62 | 17.3 | ||
| 4 | Darryl Sydor | D | 6-1 | 211 | 24 | 82 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 0.59 | 16 | 0.19 | 108 | 33 | 39 | 1 | 37 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 1.73 | 5.6 | ||
| 5 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | 63 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 0.68 | 16 | 0.25 | 57 | 7 | 40 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 2.13 | 11.9 | ||
| 6 | Sergei Zubov | D | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | 78 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 0.55 | 15 | 0.20 | 111 | 32 | 69 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 133 | 1.71 | 9.8 | ||
| 7 | Benoit Hogue | C | 5-10 | 194 | 30 | 73 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 0.59 | 17 | 0.23 | 70 | 15 | 47 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 131 | 1.79 | 14.5 | ||
| 8 | Dave Reid | LW | 6-1 | 217 | 32 | 82 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 0.48 | 15 | 0.19 | 50 | 2 | 55 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 135 | 1.65 | 14.1 | ||
| 9 | Jamie Langenbrunner | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 21 | 76 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 0.51 | 14 | 0.19 | 50 | 15 | 37 | 0 | -2 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 112 | 1.47 | 11.6 | ||
| 10 | Greg Adams | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 33 | 50 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 0.72 | 15 | 0.30 | 58 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 2.26 | 18.6 | ||
| 11 | Todd Harvey | RW/C | 6-0 | 210 | 21 | 71 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 0.44 | 11 | 0.15 | 46 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 142 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 1.39 | 9.1 | ||
| 12 | Brent Gilchrist | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | 67 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0.45 | 11 | 0.16 | 47 | 9 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 116 | 1.73 | 8.6 | ||
| 13 | Derian Hatcher | D | 6-5 | 235 | 24 | 63 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 0.35 | 7 | 0.11 | 63 | 4 | 77 | 26 | 8 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 1.52 | 3.1 | ||
| 14 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 5-11 | 186 | 36 | 73 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.29 | 7 | 0.10 | 35 | 0 | 45 | 19 | 9 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 1.36 | 5.1 | ||
| 15 | Grant Ledyard | D | 6-2 | 195 | 35 | 67 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0.24 | 5 | 0.07 | 71 | 11 | 44 | 15 | 31 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 1.48 | 1.0 | ||
| 16 | Neal Broten | C | 5-9 | 175 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.75 | 6 | 0.30 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 1.75 | 22.9 | ||
| 17 | Craig Ludwig | D | 6-3 | 220 | 35 | 77 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.17 | 4 | 0.05 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 17 | 17 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 0.77 | 3.4 | ||
| 18 | Bob Bassen | C | 5-10 | 185 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.26 | 5 | 0.10 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 1.09 | 10.0 | ||
| 19 | Richard Matvichuk | D | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | 57 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.21 | 5 | 0.08 | 49 | 1 | 67 | 20 | 1 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 1.46 | 6.0 | ||
| 20 | Bill Huard | LW | 6-1 | 215 | 29 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.28 | 4 | 0.11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.85 | 14.7 | ||
| 21 | Grant Marshall | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | 56 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.18 | 4 | 0.07 | 23 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 22 | Mike Kennedy | C | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.29 | 2 | 0.09 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1.08 | 3.8 | ||
| 23 | Mike Lalor | D | 6-0 | 200 | 33 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.01 | 25 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.58 | 3.1 | ||
| 24 | Dan Keczmer | D | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.02 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.77 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Sergei Makarov | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 26 | Patrick Cote | LW | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Marc Labelle | LW | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 252 | 432 | 684 | 8.34 | 252 | 3.07 | 252 | 46 | 198 | 51 | 59 | 1315 | 195 | 46 | 11 | 48 | 2377 | 28.99 | 10.6 |
| 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 | Andy Moog | G | 5-8 | 175 | 36 | 48 | 2738 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 61 | .663 | 3 | 98 | 2.15 | 1121 | 1023 | .913 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Arturs Irbe | G | 5-8 | 190 | 29 | 35 | 1965 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 37 | .578 | 3 | 88 | 2.69 | 825 | 737 | .893 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Roman Turek | G | 6-3 | 220 | 26 | 6 | 263 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .750 | 0 | 9 | 2.05 | 129 | 120 | .930 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4966 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 195 | 2.36 | 2075 | 1880 | .906 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Modano | C | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.71 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 3.86 | 14.8 | ||
| 2 | Benoit Hogue | C | 5-10 | 194 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.57 | -1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.29 | 12.5 | ||
| 3 | Brent Gilchrist | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.33 | 10.0 | ||
| 4 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 6-0 | 192 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.57 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.14 | 13.3 | ||
| 5 | Joe Nieuwendyk | C | 6-2 | 205 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.57 | -1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3.00 | 9.5 | ||
| 6 | Bob Bassen | C | 5-10 | 185 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.57 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.71 | 25.0 | ||
| 7 | Pat Verbeek | RW | 5-9 | 192 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.57 | -2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2.71 | 5.3 | ||
| 8 | Sergei Zubov | D | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.43 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.29 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Darryl Sydor | D | 6-1 | 211 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.43 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Grant Marshall | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.40 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.80 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Craig Ludwig | D | 6-3 | 220 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.71 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Grant Ledyard | D | 6-2 | 195 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.14 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Jamie Langenbrunner | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3.00 | 6.7 | ||
| 14 | Derian Hatcher | D | 6-5 | 235 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.29 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Greg Adams | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Dave Reid | LW | 6-1 | 217 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | -2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.43 | 10.0 | ||
| 17 | Neal Broten | C | 5-9 | 175 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 5-11 | 186 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.29 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Richard Matvichuk | D | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | -1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.14 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Todd Harvey | RW/C | 6-0 | 210 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.14 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 7 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 7.29 | 136 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 251 | 35.86 | 7.2 |
| 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 | Andy Moog | G | 5-8 | 175 | 36 | 7 | 449 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .429 | 0 | 21 | 2.81 | 214 | 193 | .902 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2 | Arturs Irbe | G | 5-8 | 190 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 462 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2.73 | 218 | 197 | .904 |