1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-36-8 - 84 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Eddie Johnston (31-26-5)
Coach: Craig Patrick (7-10-3)
1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins RosterTeam Record: 38-36-8 - 84 points
in the NHL's Northeast Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Eddie Johnston (31-26-5)
Coach: Craig Patrick (7-10-3)
The Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 38 wins and 36 losses and 8 ties for 84 points in the NHL's Northeast Division.
The team paced the league with 285 goals. The club allowed 280 goals. Mario Lemieux scored 50 goals for the squad, while Petr Nedved and Jaromir Jagr netted 30 or more as well. Mario Lemieux contributed 72 assists. Patrick Lalime topped the team with 21 wins, plus Ken Wregget added 15 or more wins, too. Patrick Lalime registered a 2.94 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Eddie Johnston and Craig Patrick coached the team. The 1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | C | 76 | 50 | 72 | 122 | 65 | 27 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 327 | 15.3 |
| Jaromir Jagr | R | 63 | 47 | 48 | 95 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 234 | 20.1 |
| Ron Francis | C | 81 | 27 | 63 | 90 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 183 | 14.8 |
| Petr Nedved | C | 74 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 66 | -2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 189 | 17.5 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 80 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 103 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 199 | 7.5 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 62 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 16 | -20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 132 | 12.9 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 57 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 7.6 |
| Fredrik Olausson | D | 51 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 9.3 |
| Tomas Sandstrom | R | 40 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 12.3 |
| Glen Murray | R | 66 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 24 | -19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 8.7 |
| Joe Mullen | R | 54 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 11.1 |
| Alex Hicks | L | 55 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 76 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 |
| Joe Dziedzic | L | 59 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 63 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 10.6 |
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 57 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 84 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 |
| J.J. Daigneault | D | 53 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 36 | -5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 |
| Greg Johnson | C | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 | -13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13.5 |
| Ed Olczyk | C | 12 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 13.8 |
| Dave Roche | L | 61 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 155 | -13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 9.4 |
| Ian Moran | D | 36 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 8.0 |
| Andreas Johansson | C | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 |
| Garry Valk | L | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 25 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Chris Tamer | D | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 131 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3.6 |
| Dmitri Mironov | D | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Alek Stojanov | R | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Josef Beranek | L | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Tyler Wright | C | 45 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 70 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Jeff Christian | L | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Petr Klima | L | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Craig Muni | D | 64 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Francois Leroux | D | 59 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 81 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dan Quinn | C | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Ken Wregget | G | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Antoski | L | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Philippe DeRouville | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Oksiuta | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Park | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ed Patterson | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Lalime | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Domenic Pittis | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Bergkvist | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1650 | 285 | 496 | 781 | 1498 | -53 | 74 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 2414 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Lalime | 39 | 2058 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 101 | 2.94 | 1166 | 1065 | .913 |
| Ken Wregget | 46 | 2514 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 136 | 3.25 | 1383 | 1247 | .902 |
| Philippe DeRouville | 2 | 111 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.24 | 66 | 60 | .909 |
| Tom Barrasso | 5 | 270 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5.78 | 186 | 160 | .860 |
| Totals | 92 | 4953 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 269 | 3.26 | 2801 | 2532 | .904 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | C | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | |
| Jaromir Jagr | R | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22.2 | |
| Ron Francis | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Petr Nedved | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Stu Barnes | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Woolley | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Fredrik Olausson | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Mullen | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Hicks | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Dziedzic | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Greg Johnson | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Ed Olczyk | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Ian Moran | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Chris Tamer | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Josef Beranek | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | |
| Craig Muni | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francois Leroux | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Wregget | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 95 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 68 | -39 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 139 | 9.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Wregget | 5 | 297 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.64 | 229 | 211 | .921 |
| Totals | 5 | 297 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.64 | 229 | 211 | .921 |
