1996-97 New York Islanders Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 29-41-12 - 70 points
Finishing 7th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Mike Milbury (13-23-9)
Coach: Rick Bowness (16-18-3)
Location: New York, New York

1996-97 New York Islanders Roster
1996-97 New York Islanders Results

The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 29 wins and 41 losses and 12 ties for 70 points, finishing seventh in the NHL's Atlantic Division.

The Islanders scored 240 goals and allowed 250. Ziggy Palffy netted 48 goals for New York and contributed 42 assists. Tommy Salo topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.82 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Mike Milbury and Rick Bowness coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Ziggy Palffy	R	80	48	42	90	43	21	6	15	4	2	6	1	292	16.4
Travis Green	C	79	23	41	64	38	-5	10	9	0	0	3	0	177	13.0
Bryan Smolinski	C	64	28	28	56	25	9	9	9	0	0	1	1	183	15.3
Derek King	L	70	23	30	53	20	-6	5	6	0	0	3	0	153	15.0
Bryan Berard	D	82	8	40	48	86	1	3	17	0	0	1	0	172	4.7
Niklas Andersson	L	74	12	31	43	57	4	1	5	1	2	1	0	122	9.8
Marty McInnis	L	70	20	22	42	20	-7	4	6	1	2	4	1	163	12.3
Bryan McCabe	D	82	8	20	28	165	-2	2	4	1	0	2	0	117	6.8
Todd Bertuzzi	R	64	10	13	23	68	-3	3	2	0	0	1	0	79	12.7
Kenny Jonsson	D	81	3	18	21	24	10	1	4	0	0	0	0	92	3.3
Robert Reichel	C	12	5	14	19	4	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	33	15.2
Claude Lapointe	C	73	13	5	18	49	-12	0	0	3	0	3	1	80	16.3
Scott Lachance	D	81	3	11	14	47	-7	1	2	0	0	0	0	97	3.1
Derek Armstrong	C	50	6	7	13	33	-8	0	1	0	0	2	0	36	16.7
Dan Plante	R	67	4	9	13	75	-6	0	0	2	0	0	0	61	6.6
Randy Wood	L	65	6	5	11	61	-7	0	0	1	2	2	0	96	6.3
Brent Hughes	L	51	7	3	10	57	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	14.9
Doug Houda	D	70	2	8	10	99	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	29	6.9
Paul Kruse	L	48	4	2	6	111	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	10.3
Rich Pilon	D	52	1	4	5	179	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9
Steve Webb	R	41	1	4	5	144	-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	21	4.8
Darius Kasparaitis	D	18	0	5	5	16	-7	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0.0
Andreas Johansson	C	15	2	2	4	0	-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	21	9.5
Dennis Vaske	D	17	0	4	4	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0.0
Dave McLlwain	C	4	1	1	2	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Ken Belanger	L	18	0	2	2	102	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Jason Holland	D	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Mick Vukota	R	17	1	0	1	71	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Tommy Salo	G	58	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jarrett Deuling	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Donnelly	L	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Jim Dowd	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Fichaud	G	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Soderstrom	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Foster	D	7	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chris Taylor	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Nick Vachon	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Archibald	C	7	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Andrei Vasilyev	L	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1568	240	372	612	1622	-50	48	88	14	9	29	4	2188	11.0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Tommy Salo	58	3208	20	27	8	7	5	151	2.82	1576	1425	.904
Eric Fichaud	34	1759	9	14	4	1	0	91	3.10	897	806	.899
Tommy Soderstrom	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Totals	93	4967	29	41	12	8	5	242	2.92	2715	2473	.911