1996-97 Los Angeles Kings Roster and Statistics

Record: 28-43-11 (67 points), Finished 6th in NHL Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Larry Robinson (28-43-11)

Goals For: 214 (23rd of 26), Goals Against: 268 (20th of 26)
SRS: -0.62 (24th of 26), SOS: 0.04 (4th of 26)

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +7500

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Los Angeles Kings	82	28	43	11	67	.409	214	268	-0.62	0.04	2.61	3.27	46	338	13.61	45	352	87.22	5	14	2379	9.0	2779	.904		4
League Average	82	35	35	11	82	.500	239	239					55	336	16.27	55	336	83.73	10	10	2444	9.8	2444	.902		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Los Angeles Kings
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
5	Aki Berg	fi FI	D	19	6-3	213	L/-	1	July 28, 1977
32	Jean-Claude Bergeron	ca CA	G	28	6-2	192	-/L	5	October 14, 1968
4	Rob Blake (C)	ca CA	D	27	6-4	220	R/-	7	December 10, 1969
28	Philippe Boucher	ca CA	D	23	6-3	218	R/-	4	March 24, 1973
10	Neal Broten	us US	C	37	5-9	175	L/-	16	November 29, 1959
42	Dan Bylsma	us US	RW	26	6-2	212	L/-	1	September 19, 1970
34	Byron Dafoe	gb GB	G	25	5-11	200	-/L	4	February 25, 1971
37	Paul DiPietro	ca CA	C	26	5-9	181	R/-	5	September 8, 1970
20	Ray Ferraro	ca CA	C	32	5-9	200	L/-	12	August 23, 1964
29	Steven Finn	ca CA	D	30	6-0	191	L/-	11	August 20, 1966
35	Stéphane Fiset	ca CA	G	26	6-1	215	-/L	7	June 17, 1970
41	Brent Grieve	ca CA	LW	27	6-1	202	L/-	3	May 9, 1969
21-23	Craig Johnson	us US	LW	24	6-2	200	L/-	2	March 18, 1972
17	Matt Johnson	ca CA	LW	21	6-5	235	L/-	2	November 23, 1975
8	Dmitri Khristich	su SU	C	27	6-2	195	R/-	6	July 23, 1969
85	Petr Klíma	cs CS	RW	32	6-0	190	R/-	11	December 23, 1964
24	Nathan LaFayette	ca CA	C	23	6-1	205	R/-	3	February 17, 1973
22	Ian Laperrière	ca CA	C	23	6-1	200	R/-	3	January 19, 1974
26	Chris Marinucci	us US	C	25	6-0	188	L/-	1	December 29, 1971
7	Steve McKenna	ca CA	LW	23	6-8	252	L/-	R	August 21, 1973
15	Jaroslav Modrý	cs CS	D	25	6-2	220	L/-	3	February 27, 1971
52	Jason Morgan	ca CA	C	20	6-1	200	L/-	R	October 9, 1976
27	Glen Murray	ca CA	RW	24	6-3	218	R/-	5	November 1, 1972
14	Mattias Norström	se SE	D	25	6-2	210	L/-	3	January 2, 1972
21	Kai Nurminen	fi FI	RW	27	6-1	207	L/-	R	March 29, 1969
6	Sean O'Donnell	ca CA	D	25	6-2	238	L/-	2	October 13, 1971
7	Eddie Olczyk	us US	RW	30	6-1	207	L/-	12	August 16, 1966
44	Yanic Perreault	ca CA	C	25	5-11	185	L/-	3	April 4, 1971
40	Barry Potomski	ca CA	LW	24	6-2	215	L/-	1	November 24, 1972
19	Jeff Shevalier	ca CA	LW	22	5-11	180	L/-	1	March 14, 1974
27	John Slaney	ca CA	D	24	6-0	189	L/-	3	February 7, 1972
11	Brad Smyth	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	200	R/-	1	March 13, 1973
25	Kevin Stevens	us US	LW	31	6-3	230	L/-	9	April 15, 1965
1	Jamie Storr	ca CA	G	21	6-2	195	-/L	2	December 28, 1975
9	Vladimir Tsyplakov	su SU	LW	27	6-1	197	L/-	1	April 18, 1969
33	Jan Vopat	cs CS	D	23	6-0	205	L/-	1	March 22, 1973
12	Roman Vopat	cs CS	C	20	6-3	223	L/-	1	April 21, 1976
43	Vitali Yachmenev	su SU	LW	22	5-11	200	L/-	1	January 8, 1975
2	Doug Zmolek	us US	D	26	6-2	222	L/-	4	November 3, 1970

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Dmitri Khristich	27	C	75	19	37	56	8	38	16	3	0	2	29	6	2	135	14.1			4.3	1.5	5.7
2	Ray Ferraro	32	C	81	25	21	46	-22	112	14	11	0	2	15	6	0	152	16.4			3.6	0.5	4.1
3	Eddie Olczyk	30	RW	67	21	23	44	-22	45	15	5	1	5	12	11	0	166	12.7			3.6	0.3	3.9
4	Vladimir Tsyplakov	27	LW	67	16	23	39	8	12	15	1	0	2	18	5	0	118	13.6			2.7	1.3	4.0
5	Kevin Stevens	31	LW	69	14	20	34	-27	96	10	4	0	1	18	2	0	175	8.0			1.9	0.1	2.1
6	Vitali Yachmenev	22	LW	65	10	22	32	-9	10	8	2	0	2	19	3	0	97	10.3			1.5	0.7	2.2
7	Rob Blake*	27	D	62	8	23	31	-28	82	4	4	0	1	14	9	0	169	4.7			2.5	1.2	3.7
8	Kai Nurminen	27	RW	67	16	11	27	-3	22	12	4	0	1	7	4	0	112	14.3			1.5	0.9	2.5
9	Yanic Perreault	25	C	41	11	14	25	0	20	9	1	1	0	10	3	1	98	11.2			1.9	0.6	2.5
10	Philippe Boucher	23	D	60	7	18	25	0	25	5	2	0	1	11	7	0	159	4.4			1.9	3.1	5.0
11	Ian Laperrière	23	C	62	8	15	23	-25	102	7	0	1	2	14	1	0	84	9.5			0.6	0.1	0.7
12	Mattias Norström	25	D	80	1	21	22	-4	84	1	0	0	0	15	5	1	106	0.9			0.6	3.8	4.5
13	Sean O'Donnell	25	D	55	5	12	17	-13	144	3	2	0	0	7	4	1	68	7.4			1.0	1.9	2.9
14	Brad Smyth	23	RW	44	8	8	16	-7	74	8	0	0	1	6	2	0	74	10.8			0.6	0.4	1.0
15	John Slaney	24	D	32	3	11	14	-10	4	2	1	0	1	8	3	0	60	5.0			1.0	0.9	1.9
16	Jeff Shevalier	22	LW	26	4	9	13	-6	6	3	1	0	0	5	3	1	42	9.5			0.6	0.2	0.8
17	Jan Vopat	23	D	33	4	5	9	3	22	4	0	0	1	4	1	0	44	9.1			0.6	1.9	2.5
18	Roman Vopat	20	C	29	4	5	9	-7	60	3	1	0	2	5	0	0	54	7.4			0.1	0.2	0.3
19	Dan Bylsma	26	RW	79	3	6	9	-15	32	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	86	3.5			-1.9	0.7	-1.2
20	Glen Murray	24	RW	11	5	3	8	-2	8	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	26	19.2			0.8	0.1	0.9
21	Aki Berg	19	D	41	2	6	8	-9	24	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	65	3.1			0.2	1.5	1.6
22	Craig Johnson	24	LW	31	4	3	7	-7	26	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	30	13.3			-0.1	0.2	0.1
23	Brent Grieve	27	LW	18	4	2	6	-2	15	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	50	8.0			0.3	0.2	0.5
24	Jaroslav Modrý	25	D	30	3	3	6	-13	25	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	32	9.4			0.3	0.6	0.9
25	Barry Potomski	24	LW	26	3	2	5	-8	93	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	18	16.7			-0.2	0.1	-0.1
26	Steven Finn	30	D	54	2	3	5	-8	84	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	35	5.7			-0.4	2.2	1.8
27	Matt Johnson	21	LW	52	1	3	4	-4	194	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	5.0			-1.5	0.7	-0.9
28	Nathan LaFayette	23	C	15	1	3	4	-8	8	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	26	3.8			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
29	Neal Broten	37	C	19	0	4	4	-9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	17	0.0			-0.4	0.0	-0.4
30	Petr Klíma	32	RW	8	0	4	4	-7	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	12	0.0			0.1	-0.1	0.0
31	Paul DiPietro	26	C	6	1	0	1	-2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
32	Doug Zmolek	26	D	57	1	0	1	-22	116	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	3.6			-0.9	1.4	0.5
33	Jean-Claude Bergeron	28	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		56	55:50	0.0	0.0	0.1
34	Byron Dafoe	25	G	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		2162	54:04	0.0	0.0	6.4
35	Stéphane Fiset	26	G	44	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0		2482	56:25	0.0	0.0	7.9
36	Chris Marinucci	25	C	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	-0.1	-0.1
37	Steve McKenna	23	LW	9	0	0	0	1	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0			-0.3	0.2	-0.2
38	Jason Morgan	20	C	3	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0			-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
39	Jamie Storr	21	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		265	52:55	0.0	0.0	1.1
	Team Total			82	214	340	554	-284	1630	163	46	5	28	251	83	6	2379	9.0			25.8	27.6	69.0

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Byron Dafoe	25	40		13	17	5	112	1178	1066	.905	3.11	0	2162				100	0.2	3.33	6.4
2	Stéphane Fiset	26	44		13	24	5	132	1410	1278	.906	3.19	4	2482				98	2.3	3.43	7.9
3	Jamie Storr	21	5		2	1	1	11	147	136	.925	2.49	0	265						2.72	1.1
4	Jean-Claude Bergeron	28	1		0	1	0	4	35	31	.886	4.30	0	56						4.30	0.1
	Team Total				28	43	11	259	2770	2511	.906	3.13	4	4965				98	4.9	3.36	15.6