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1996-97 Hartford Whalers

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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)

1996-97 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 5, 1996 Phoenix Coyotes W 1 0 1 0 0 W 1
2 Tue, Oct 8, 1996 Pittsburgh Penguins W 7 3 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sat, Oct 12, 1996 @ Florida Panthers L 0 6 2 1 0 L 1
4 Thu, Oct 17, 1996 @ New York Islanders W 3 1 3 1 0 W 1
5 Sat, Oct 19, 1996 New Jersey Devils W 6 2 4 1 0 W 2
6 Thu, Oct 24, 1996 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim W 4 1 5 1 0 W 3
7 Sat, Oct 26, 1996 @ Buffalo Sabres L 3 6 5 2 0 L 1
8 Wed, Oct 30, 1996 New York Islanders T OT 2 2 5 2 1 T 1
9 Thu, Oct 31, 1996 @ Boston Bruins T OT 4 4 5 2 2 T 2
10 Sat, Nov 2, 1996 Los Angeles Kings L 2 3 5 3 2 L 1
11 Mon, Nov 4, 1996 @ Detroit Red Wings L 1 5 5 4 2 L 2
12 Wed, Nov 6, 1996 Boston Bruins W 5 1 6 4 2 W 1
13 Fri, Nov 8, 1996 Detroit Red Wings L 1 4 6 5 2 L 1
14 Sat, Nov 9, 1996 Buffalo Sabres W OT 4 3 7 5 2 W 1
15 Tue, Nov 12, 1996 @ San Jose Sharks W 4 3 8 5 2 W 2
16 Thu, Nov 14, 1996 @ Phoenix Coyotes W 2 1 9 5 2 W 3
17 Sat, Nov 16, 1996 @ Colorado Avalanche T OT 4 4 9 5 3 T 1
18 Wed, Nov 20, 1996 Montreal Canadiens W 3 1 10 5 3 W 1
19 Fri, Nov 22, 1996 Pittsburgh Penguins L 1 7 10 6 3 L 1
20 Sat, Nov 23, 1996 @ Ottawa Senators T OT 3 3 10 6 4 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 27, 1996 Vancouver Canucks L 2 6 10 7 4 L 1
22 Fri, Nov 29, 1996 @ Florida Panthers T OT 1 1 10 7 5 T 1
23 Sat, Nov 30, 1996 @ Tampa Bay Lightning W 6 3 11 7 5 W 1
24 Tue, Dec 3, 1996 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T OT 4 4 11 7 6 T 1
25 Thu, Dec 5, 1996 @ Boston Bruins W 4 2 12 7 6 W 1
26 Sat, Dec 7, 1996 Buffalo Sabres W 6 4 13 7 6 W 2
27 Wed, Dec 11, 1996 Florida Panthers W 5 2 14 7 6 W 3
28 Thu, Dec 12, 1996 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 3 14 8 6 L 1
29 Sat, Dec 14, 1996 Philadelphia Flyers L 0 4 14 9 6 L 2
30 Mon, Dec 16, 1996 @ New York Rangers L 2 5 14 10 6 L 3
31 Tue, Dec 17, 1996 St. Louis Blues W 5 3 15 10 6 W 1
32 Fri, Dec 20, 1996 Dallas Stars L 1 4 15 11 6 L 1
33 Sat, Dec 21, 1996 Tampa Bay Lightning W OT 6 5 16 11 6 W 1
34 Thu, Dec 26, 1996 @ Buffalo Sabres L 1 5 16 12 6 L 1
35 Sat, Dec 28, 1996 Ottawa Senators W 3 2 17 12 6 W 1
36 Sun, Dec 29, 1996 @ Chicago Blackhawks L 3 4 17 13 6 L 1
37 Wed, Jan 1, 1997 @ Washington Capitals L OT 2 3 17 14 6 L 2
38 Thu, Jan 2, 1997 Boston Bruins L OT 4 5 17 15 6 L 3
39 Sat, Jan 4, 1997 Washington Capitals T OT 1 1 17 15 7 T 1
40 Mon, Jan 6, 1997 @ Montreal Canadiens L 4 5 17 16 7 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 9, 1997 @ Calgary Flames L 2 3 17 17 7 L 2
42 Fri, Jan 10, 1997 @ Vancouver Canucks L 3 5 17 18 7 L 3
43 Sun, Jan 12, 1997 @ Edmonton Oilers L OT 1 2 17 19 7 L 4
44 Wed, Jan 15, 1997 Pittsburgh Penguins L 0 3 17 20 7 L 5
45 Mon, Jan 20, 1997 Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 1 18 20 7 W 1
46 Wed, Jan 22, 1997 Florida Panthers W OT 2 1 19 20 7 W 2
47 Fri, Jan 24, 1997 New York Islanders L 2 5 19 21 7 L 1
48 Sat, Jan 25, 1997 @ Buffalo Sabres W 5 1 20 21 7 W 1
49 Thu, Jan 30, 1997 @ Los Angeles Kings L 3 5 20 22 7 L 1
50 Fri, Jan 31, 1997 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim L 3 6 20 23 7 L 2
51 Wed, Feb 5, 1997 @ New York Rangers L 2 5 20 24 7 L 3
52 Thu, Feb 6, 1997 @ Boston Bruins W 5 3 21 24 7 W 1
53 Sat, Feb 8, 1997 @ Montreal Canadiens L OT 2 3 21 25 7 L 1
54 Wed, Feb 12, 1997 New Jersey Devils L 2 3 21 26 7 L 2
55 Thu, Feb 13, 1997 @ New Jersey Devils L 0 4 21 27 7 L 3
56 Sat, Feb 15, 1997 Ottawa Senators W 2 1 22 27 7 W 1
57 Sun, Feb 16, 1997 @ Ottawa Senators L 2 4 22 28 7 L 1
58 Wed, Feb 19, 1997 @ Philadelphia Flyers T OT 2 2 22 28 8 T 1
59 Fri, Feb 21, 1997 New York Rangers W 7 2 23 28 8 W 1
60 Sat, Feb 22, 1997 Washington Capitals W 2 0 24 28 8 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Wed, Feb 26, 1997 Chicago Blackhawks T OT 2 2 24 28 9 T 1
62 Fri, Feb 28, 1997 San Jose Sharks L 2 3 24 29 9 L 1
63 Sun, Mar 2, 1997 Philadelphia Flyers L 2 5 24 30 9 L 2
64 Wed, Mar 5, 1997 Calgary Flames W 2 0 25 30 9 W 1
65 Fri, Mar 7, 1997 Montreal Canadiens W 2 0 26 30 9 W 2
66 Sat, Mar 8, 1997 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T OT 1 1 26 30 10 T 1
67 Wed, Mar 12, 1997 Boston Bruins W 6 3 27 30 10 W 1
68 Thu, Mar 13, 1997 @ New Jersey Devils L 0 6 27 31 10 L 1
69 Sat, Mar 15, 1997 Edmonton Oilers L 2 4 27 32 10 L 2
70 Sun, Mar 16, 1997 @ Washington Capitals L 3 5 27 33 10 L 3
71 Thu, Mar 20, 1997 @ St. Louis Blues L 1 4 27 34 10 L 4
72 Fri, Mar 21, 1997 @ Dallas Stars L 0 2 27 35 10 L 5
73 Tue, Mar 25, 1997 Colorado Avalanche L 0 4 27 36 10 L 6
74 Thu, Mar 27, 1997 @ Tampa Bay Lightning W 5 2 28 36 10 W 1
75 Sat, Mar 29, 1997 New York Rangers W 2 1 29 36 10 W 2
76 Wed, Apr 2, 1997 Montreal Canadiens L 1 4 29 37 10 L 1
77 Thu, Apr 3, 1997 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T OT 5 5 29 37 11 T 1
78 Sat, Apr 5, 1997 @ Montreal Canadiens W 4 1 30 37 11 W 1
79 Mon, Apr 7, 1997 Buffalo Sabres W 4 2 31 37 11 W 2
80 Wed, Apr 9, 1997 @ Ottawa Senators L 4 5 31 38 11 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 11, 1997 @ New York Islanders L 4 6 31 39 11 L 2
82 Sun, Apr 13, 1997 Tampa Bay Lightning W 2 1 32 39 11 W 1