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1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins

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38-36-8 (84 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 285 goals, Allowed 280 goals, SRS: 0.04 (11th of 26)
Coached by Eddie Johnston (31-26-5), Craig Patrick (7-10-3)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) to Philadelphia Flyers

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

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 17, 1997 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 1 5 0 1 0 L 1
2 Sat, Apr 19, 1997 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 3 0 2 0 L 2
3 Mon, Apr 21, 1997 Philadelphia Flyers L 3 5 0 3 0 L 3
4 Wed, Apr 23, 1997 Philadelphia Flyers W 4 1 1 3 0 W 1
5 Sat, Apr 26, 1997 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 3 6 1 4 0 L 1