1996-97 New York Islanders Statistics
Team Record: 29-41-12 - 70 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Mike Milbury (13-23-9)
Coach: Rick Bowness (16-18-3)
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 in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The club scored 240 goals and allowed 250. Ziggy Palffy netted 48 goals for the squad and contributed 42 assists. Tommy Salo topped the team 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 | |
Chris Taylor | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Mike Donnelly | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 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 | |
Andrei Vasilyev | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Corey Foster | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Jarrett Deuling | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
Nick Vachon | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Dowd | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1650 | 240 | 372 | 612 | 1640 | -50 | 48 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 2188 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Fichaud | 34 | 1759 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 3.10 | 897 | 806 | .899 |
Tommy Salo | 58 | 3208 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 151 | 2.82 | 1576 | 1425 | .904 |
Tommy Soderstrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Totals | 93 | 4967 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 242 | 2.92 | 2473 | 2231 | .902 |