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35-28-19 (89 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 221 goals, Allowed 201 goals, SRS: 0.25 (8th of 26)
Coached by Doug MacLean (35-28-19)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) to New York Rangers
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 82 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 89 | .543 | 221 | 201 | 0.25 | 5.15 | 50 | 352 | 14.20 | 50 | 346 | 85.55 | 5 | 17 |
| 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 | Ray Sheppard | RW | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | 68 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 0.88 | 23 | 0.35 | 78 | 31 | 43 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 226 | 3.32 | 12.8 | ||
| 2 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 6-1 | 210 | 30 | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 0.68 | 22 | 0.27 | 81 | 28 | 46 | 0 | 7 | 170 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 221 | 2.70 | 12.2 | ||
| 3 | Robert Svehla | D | 6-0 | 209 | 28 | 82 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 0.55 | 16 | 0.19 | 100 | 33 | 82 | 17 | 2 | 86 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 1.94 | 8.2 | ||
| 4 | Radek Dvorak | RW | 6-2 | 200 | 19 | 78 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 0.50 | 15 | 0.19 | 56 | 12 | 47 | 1 | -2 | 30 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 1.78 | 12.9 | ||
| 5 | Rob Niedermayer | C | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 60 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 0.63 | 14 | 0.23 | 55 | 16 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 2.27 | 10.3 | ||
| 6 | Johan Garpenlov | LW | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | 53 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 0.68 | 13 | 0.24 | 51 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 1.57 | 13.3 | ||
| 7 | Bill Lindsay | RW | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | 81 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 0.42 | 12 | 0.15 | 42 | 1 | 63 | 23 | 1 | 120 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 168 | 2.07 | 6.5 | ||
| 8 | Per Gustafsson | D | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | 58 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 0.50 | 10 | 0.17 | 65 | 23 | 36 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 1.81 | 6.7 | ||
| 9 | Dave Lowry | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | 77 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 0.38 | 12 | 0.15 | 48 | 11 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 1.25 | 15.6 | ||
| 10 | Martin Straka | C | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | 55 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 0.53 | 10 | 0.18 | 50 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 1.71 | 7.4 | ||
| 11 | Tom Fitzgerald | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | 71 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 0.34 | 9 | 0.13 | 34 | 0 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 135 | 1.90 | 7.4 | ||
| 12 | Ed Jovanovski | D | 6-2 | 210 | 20 | 61 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 0.38 | 8 | 0.13 | 57 | 16 | 44 | 2 | -1 | 172 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 1.31 | 8.8 | ||
| 13 | Gord Murphy | D | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | 80 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 0.29 | 8 | 0.10 | 73 | 15 | 86 | 31 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 1.71 | 5.8 | ||
| 14 | Brian Skrudland | C | 6-0 | 195 | 33 | 51 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.35 | 6 | 0.12 | 22 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 1.12 | 8.8 | ||
| 15 | Jody Hull | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | 67 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 0.24 | 7 | 0.10 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 92 | 1.37 | 10.9 | ||
| 16 | Mike Hough | LW | 6-1 | 197 | 33 | 69 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0.20 | 6 | 0.08 | 30 | 0 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 1.23 | 9.4 | ||
| 17 | Terry Carkner | D | 6-3 | 210 | 30 | 70 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.06 | 47 | 2 | 74 | 25 | -4 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.54 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | David Nemirovsky | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0.36 | 6 | 0.14 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1.36 | 13.2 | ||
| 19 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 21 | 62 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.21 | 5 | 0.07 | 52 | 5 | 42 | 15 | 20 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 0.94 | 6.9 | ||
| 20 | Paul Laus | D | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | 77 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0.16 | 3 | 0.05 | 44 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 13 | 313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0.82 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.53 | 3 | 0.17 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 1 | -3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2.32 | 4.5 | ||
| 22 | Steve Washburn | C | 6-2 | 198 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.50 | 3 | 0.18 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.17 | 14.3 | ||
| 23 | Chris Wells | C | 6-6 | 223 | 21 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.17 | 3 | 0.06 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.62 | 6.9 | ||
| 24 | Kirk Muller | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.30 | 1 | 0.11 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2.10 | 4.8 | ||
| 25 | Jason Podollan | RW | 6-1 | 198 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.04 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.05 | 5.0 | ||
| 26 | Brad Smyth | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.25 | 10.0 | ||
| 27 | Craig Fisher | C | 6-3 | 180 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Craig Ferguson | C | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Craig Martin | RW | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Geoff Smith | D | 6-3 | 194 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 221 | 381 | 602 | 7.34 | 221 | 2.70 | 221 | 50 | 201 | 50 | 20 | 1608 | 166 | 50 | 5 | 35 | 2387 | 29.11 | 9.3 |
| 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 | John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 5-8 | 176 | 33 | 57 | 3347 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 64 | .571 | 2 | 128 | 2.29 | 1582 | 1454 | .919 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | 30 | 1680 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25 | .481 | 0 | 66 | 2.36 | 771 | 705 | .914 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Team Total | 82 | 5027 | 35 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 194 | 2.32 | 2353 | 2159 | .918 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gord Murphy | D | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Robert Svehla | D | 6-0 | 209 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1.00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Kirk Muller | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.60 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Rob Niedermayer | C | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.60 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Ray Sheppard | RW | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Johan Garpenlov | LW | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 6-1 | 210 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | Bill Lindsay | RW | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Paul Laus | D | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | David Nemirovsky | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | Mike Hough | LW | 6-1 | 197 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Tom Fitzgerald | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Martin Straka | C | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Chris Wells | C | 6-6 | 223 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | Dave Lowry | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Ed Jovanovski | D | 6-2 | 210 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Jody Hull | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | Radek Dvorak | RW | 6-2 | 200 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | Terry Carkner | D | 6-3 | 210 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 5 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 5.40 | 50 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 5-8 | 176 | 33 | 5 | 328 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .200 | 1 | 13 | 2.38 | 184 | 171 | .929 | |||||
| Team Total | 82 | 328 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2.38 | 184 | 171 | .929 |