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1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers Schedule and Results

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45-24-13 (103 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 274 goals, Allowed 217 goals, SRS: 0.67 (2nd of 26)
Coached by Terry Murray (45-24-13)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Finals (4-0) versus Detroit Red Wings
Won Conference Finals (4-1) versus New York Rangers
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) versus Buffalo Sabres
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Pittsburgh Penguins

1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers:

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 17, 1997 Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Apr 19, 1997 Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Mon, Apr 21, 1997 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 3 3 0 0 W 3
4 Wed, Apr 23, 1997 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 1 4 3 1 0 L 1
5 Sat, Apr 26, 1997 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 3 4 1 0 W 1
6 Sat, May 3, 1997 @ Buffalo Sabres W 5 3 5 1 0 W 2
7 Mon, May 5, 1997 @ Buffalo Sabres W 2 1 6 1 0 W 3
8 Wed, May 7, 1997 Buffalo Sabres W 4 1 7 1 0 W 4
9 Fri, May 9, 1997 Buffalo Sabres L OT 4 5 7 2 0 L 1
10 Sun, May 11, 1997 @ Buffalo Sabres W 6 3 8 2 0 W 1
11 Fri, May 16, 1997 New York Rangers W 3 1 9 2 0 W 2
12 Sun, May 18, 1997 New York Rangers L 4 5 9 3 0 L 1
13 Tue, May 20, 1997 @ New York Rangers W 6 3 10 3 0 W 1
14 Fri, May 23, 1997 @ New York Rangers W 3 2 11 3 0 W 2
15 Sun, May 25, 1997 New York Rangers W 4 2 12 3 0 W 3
16 Sat, May 31, 1997 Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 12 4 0 L 1
17 Tue, Jun 3, 1997 Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 12 5 0 L 2
18 Thu, Jun 5, 1997 @ Detroit Red Wings L 1 6 12 6 0 L 3
19 Sat, Jun 7, 1997 @ Detroit Red Wings L 1 2 12 7 0 L 4