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32-39-11 (75 points), Finished 5th in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 226 goals, Allowed 256 goals, SRS: -0.37 (22nd of 26)
Coached by Paul Maurice (32-39-11)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Whalers | 82 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 75 | .457 | 226 | 256 | -0.37 | 5.88 | 58 | 321 | 18.07 | 51 | 332 | 84.64 | 12 | 11 |
| 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 | Geoff Sanderson | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | 82 | 36 | 31 | 67 | 0.82 | 28 | 0.34 | 90 | 35 | 65 | 1 | -9 | 29 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 297 | 3.62 | 12.1 | ||
| 2 | Andrew Cassels | C | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | 81 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 0.81 | 25 | 0.31 | 88 | 33 | 89 | 18 | -16 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 1.75 | 15.5 | ||
| 3 | Keith Primeau | C | 6-5 | 220 | 25 | 75 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 0.68 | 21 | 0.28 | 78 | 21 | 71 | 11 | -3 | 161 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 169 | 2.25 | 15.4 | ||
| 4 | Kevin Dineen | RW | 5-11 | 198 | 33 | 78 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 0.62 | 19 | 0.24 | 79 | 31 | 65 | 11 | -6 | 141 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 185 | 2.37 | 10.3 | ||
| 5 | Nelson Emerson | RW | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | 66 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 0.58 | 14 | 0.21 | 61 | 27 | 63 | 8 | -21 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 194 | 2.94 | 4.6 | ||
| 6 | Steven Rice | RW | 6-0 | 217 | 25 | 78 | 21 | 14 | 35 | 0.45 | 15 | 0.19 | 60 | 17 | 54 | 0 | -11 | 59 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 159 | 2.04 | 13.2 | ||
| 7 | Glen Wesley | D | 6-1 | 207 | 28 | 68 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 0.47 | 11 | 0.17 | 75 | 19 | 72 | 16 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 1.85 | 4.8 | ||
| 8 | Jeff O'Neill | RW | 6-1 | 195 | 20 | 72 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 0.42 | 12 | 0.17 | 38 | 9 | 58 | 5 | -24 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 101 | 1.40 | 13.9 | ||
| 9 | Sami Kapanen | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | 45 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 0.56 | 10 | 0.23 | 43 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 1.82 | 15.9 | ||
| 10 | Robert Kron | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | 68 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0.32 | 9 | 0.13 | 40 | 9 | 56 | 7 | -18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 182 | 2.68 | 5.5 | ||
| 11 | Paul Ranheim | LW | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | 67 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 0.31 | 8 | 0.13 | 30 | 1 | 61 | 19 | -13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 96 | 1.43 | 10.4 | ||
| 12 | Curtis Leschyshyn | D | 6-1 | 207 | 27 | 64 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0.27 | 6 | 0.10 | 49 | 13 | 74 | 19 | -19 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 1.47 | 4.3 | ||
| 13 | Steve Chiasson | D | 6-1 | 205 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.78 | 5 | 0.28 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 5 | -10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3.11 | 5.4 | ||
| 14 | Adam Burt | D | 6-2 | 205 | 28 | 71 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.18 | 4 | 0.06 | 68 | 13 | 84 | 16 | -13 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 1.20 | 2.4 | ||
| 15 | Gerald Diduck | D | 6-1 | 216 | 31 | 56 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.07 | 40 | 4 | 55 | 10 | -9 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 1.05 | 1.7 | ||
| 16 | Kent Manderville | C | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.25 | 5 | 0.10 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 1.16 | 11.8 | ||
| 17 | Paul Coffey | D | 6-0 | 205 | 35 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.40 | 3 | 0.15 | 23 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 1.95 | 7.7 | ||
| 18 | Kevin Haller | D | 6-2 | 199 | 26 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.23 | 3 | 0.08 | 26 | 6 | 43 | 12 | -11 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1.23 | 4.7 | ||
| 19 | Glen Featherstone | D | 6-4 | 209 | 28 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.17 | 3 | 0.06 | 38 | 6 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0.98 | 5.0 | ||
| 20 | Alexander Godynyuk | D | 6-0 | 207 | 27 | 55 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.04 | 29 | 1 | 46 | 8 | -10 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0.62 | 2.9 | ||
| 21 | Andrei Nikolishin | C | 6-0 | 213 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.58 | 3 | 0.22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2.08 | 8.0 | ||
| 22 | Mark Janssens | C | 6-3 | 212 | 28 | 54 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.11 | 2 | 0.04 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 13 | -10 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.56 | 6.7 | ||
| 23 | Derek King | LW | 6-1 | 203 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.50 | 2 | 0.20 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2.33 | 10.7 | ||
| 24 | Marek Malik | D | 6-6 | 235 | 21 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.04 | 37 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0.70 | 3.0 | ||
| 25 | Stu Grimson | LW | 6-4 | 240 | 31 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.05 | 2 | 0.02 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | -7 | 218 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.23 | 11.8 | ||
| 26 | Kevin Brown | RW | 6-1 | 212 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.36 | 1 | 0.12 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | -6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.09 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Kelly Chase | RW | 5-11 | 201 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.04 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.18 | 20.0 | ||
| 28 | Hnat Domenichelli | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.23 | 1 | 0.10 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.08 | 14.3 | ||
| 29 | Nolan Pratt | D | 6-3 | 207 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.22 | 1 | 0.07 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.44 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Jeff Daniels | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.06 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.60 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Chris Murray | RW | 6-2 | 213 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.13 | 11.1 | ||
| 32 | Brian Glynn | D | 6-4 | 218 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 50.0 | ||
| 33 | Steve Martins | C | 5-9 | 185 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 34 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 6-3 | 220 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6.50 | 7.7 | ||
| 35 | Jason McBain | D | 6-2 | 180 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ||
| 36 | Jeff Brown | D | 6-1 | 204 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Total | 82 | 226 | 356 | 582 | 7.10 | 226 | 2.76 | 226 | 58 | 256 | 51 | -37 | 1495 | 156 | 58 | 12 | 32 | 2435 | 29.70 | 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 | Sean Burke | G | 6-4 | 211 | 30 | 51 | 2985 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 50 | .500 | 4 | 134 | 2.69 | 1560 | 1426 | .914 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Jason Muzzatti | G | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | 31 | 1591 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 23 | .426 | 0 | 91 | 3.43 | 815 | 724 | .888 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | Jean-Sebastien Giguere | G | 6-1 | 201 | 19 | 8 | 394 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 24 | 3.65 | 201 | 177 | .881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4970 | 32 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 249 | 3.01 | 2576 | 2327 | .903 |