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Edmonton Oilers, 1996-97

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Pacific Division, Western Conference Made the playoffs

1996-97 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
13 82 36-37-9 81 0.494 252 247 +5 21-16-4 15-21-5

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Conference Quarterfinals Dallas Stars Won 4-3
Conference Semifinals Colorado Avalanche Lost 1-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats in those games.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Doug Weight C 80 21 61 82 1 80 235 0
Ryan Smyth L 82 39 22 61 -7 76 265 0
Andrei Kovalenko R 74 32 27 59 -5 81 163 0
Jason Arnott C 67 19 38 57 -21 92 248 0
Mariusz Czerkawski R 76 26 21 47 0 16 182 0
Kelly Buchberger R 81 8 30 38 4 159 78 0
Todd Marchant C 79 14 19 33 11 44 202 0
Boris Mironov D 55 6 26 32 2 85 147 0
Mike Grier R 79 15 17 32 7 45 89 0
Rem Murray L 82 11 20 31 9 16 85 0
Dean McAmmond C 57 12 17 29 -15 28 106 0
Miroslav Satan R 64 17 11 28 -4 22 90 0
Mats Lindgren C 69 11 14 25 -7 12 71 0
Dan Mcgillis D 73 6 16 22 2 52 139 0
Bryan Marchment D 71 3 13 16 13 132 89 0
Kevin Lowe D 64 1 13 14 -1 50 46 0
Jeff Norton D 62 2 11 13 -7 42 68 0
Luke Richardson D 82 1 11 12 9 91 67 0
Michel Petit D 18 2 4 6 -13 20 30 0
Petr Klima R 16 1 5 6 -1 6 22 0
Greg De Vries D 37 0 4 4 -2 52 31 0
David Oliver R 17 1 2 3 -8 4 22 0
Louie Debrusk L 32 2 0 2 -6 94 10 0
Donald Dufresne D 22 0 1 1 -1 15 10 0
Drew Bannister D 1 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0
Ralph Intranuovo C 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
Steve Kelly C 8 1 0 1 -1 6 6 0
Barrie Moore L 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Craig Millar D 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Jesse Belanger C 6 0 0 0 -3 0 8 0
Joe Hulbig L 6 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0
Sean Brown D 5 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0
Goalie GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
Curtis Joseph 72 2144 1944 200 0.907
Bob Essensa 19 406 365 41 0.899

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 12, 1997 @ VAN L 4-5 45 25
Apr 11, 1997 vs PHX L 2-6 31 30
Apr 9, 1997 vs DET T 3-3 (OT) 32 28
Apr 5, 1997 vs VAN T 2-2 (OT) 50 38
Apr 3, 1997 vs CHI W 4-2 26 34
Mar 31, 1997 vs DAL L 1-3 26 24
Mar 29, 1997 @ PHX W 3-1 18 36
Mar 28, 1997 @ SJS L 3-4 26 30
Mar 24, 1997 @ SJS W 5-1 35 31
Mar 23, 1997 vs ANA L 1-4 43 31
Mar 19, 1997 vs TBL W 3-1 25 34
Mar 15, 1997 @ HFD W 4-2 25 45
Mar 13, 1997 @ PHI L 4-5 (OT) 24 36
Mar 11, 1997 @ NJD L 1-6 36 28
Mar 9, 1997 @ STL W 4-1 30 27
Mar 7, 1997 @ DAL L 1-2 29 23
Mar 4, 1997 vs LAK W 4-1 44 29
Mar 1, 1997 vs MTL L 4-5 38 32
Feb 27, 1997 @ LAK L 3-6 32 28
Feb 26, 1997 @ ANA T 3-3 (OT) 34 37
Feb 23, 1997 @ DAL L 1-6 19 28
Feb 21, 1997 vs COL L 3-4 (OT) 29 48
Feb 19, 1997 vs TOR W 6-5 29 36
Feb 17, 1997 @ ANA L 1-5 31 26
Feb 15, 1997 @ LAK T 2-2 (OT) 33 28
Feb 13, 1997 @ CGY L 2-3 (OT) 25 36
Feb 12, 1997 vs BOS W 4-3 29 30
Feb 9, 1997 vs WSH W 4-1 33 31
Feb 8, 1997 vs ANA L 1-2 (OT) 32 32
Feb 5, 1997 vs CGY W 5-2 19 33
Jan 31, 1997 vs NYI W 1-0 36 24
Jan 29, 1997 vs SJS W 3-1 24 35
Jan 26, 1997 @ WSH W 3-1 25 41
Jan 24, 1997 @ BUF W 3-1 35 23
Jan 22, 1997 @ NYI L 1-8 17 31
Jan 21, 1997 @ NYR T 4-4 (OT) 40 46
Jan 15, 1997 vs FLA W 4-0 28 40
Jan 12, 1997 vs HFD W 2-1 (OT) 30 28
Jan 11, 1997 vs SJS L 1-2 22 36
Jan 8, 1997 @ CHI L 1-4 36 27
Jan 7, 1997 @ STL W 5-2 27 32
Jan 3, 1997 vs TOR W 4-3 39 36
Dec 30, 1996 vs LAK W 2-1 38 22
Dec 28, 1996 vs SJS W 5-3 31 20
Dec 27, 1996 vs PHI L 4-6 39 31
Dec 23, 1996 @ VAN W 7-0 31 26
Dec 22, 1996 vs DET L 2-6 34 29
Dec 20, 1996 vs NJD L 2-3 32 20
Dec 18, 1996 vs COL T 4-4 (OT) 36 41
Dec 15, 1996 @ FLA L 3-6 28 23
Dec 12, 1996 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 34 44
Dec 10, 1996 @ DET T 0-0 (OT) 21 52
Dec 8, 1996 vs STL L 2-3 30 27
Dec 6, 1996 vs OTT W 5-2 28 23
Dec 4, 1996 @ COL L 0-2 36 32
Dec 1, 1996 @ ANA L 2-4 26 29
Nov 29, 1996 @ SJS W 4-2 31 27
Nov 27, 1996 vs LAK L 1-5 34 38
Nov 26, 1996 @ CGY W 10-1 27 34
Nov 23, 1996 vs CGY W 3-2 35 18
Nov 21, 1996 vs NYR W 3-2 30 25
Nov 19, 1996 vs CHI T 4-4 (OT) 39 24
Nov 17, 1996 vs DAL L 3-7 25 38
Nov 13, 1996 @ OTT W 4-0 19 28
Nov 11, 1996 @ MTL L 2-3 (OT) 30 34
Nov 9, 1996 @ TOR L 3-7 19 45
Nov 7, 1996 @ BOS W 6-0 41 25
Nov 6, 1996 @ PIT L 2-5 35 34
Nov 3, 1996 @ CHI L 2-4 30 21
Nov 1, 1996 vs VAN L 4-5 (OT) 39 34
Oct 30, 1996 vs PHX W 4-1 29 29
Oct 26, 1996 vs COL L 2-4 27 30
Oct 24, 1996 @ LAK W 8-2 36 30
Oct 22, 1996 vs PIT W 5-2 27 36
Oct 20, 1996 @ CGY L 3-6 35 28
Oct 15, 1996 @ COL L 2-7 35 28
Oct 14, 1996 @ PHX W 6-3 31 34
Oct 11, 1996 vs STL L 1-3 27 34
Oct 9, 1996 @ DET L 0-2 18 30
Oct 8, 1996 @ TOR W 4-2 37 26
Oct 6, 1996 vs VAN W 2-0 32 35
Oct 4, 1996 vs BUF W 4-3 22 19