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New Jersey Devils, 1996-97

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Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference Best record in the Eastern Conference Won the Atlantic Division Made the playoffs

1996-97 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
3 82 45-23-14 104 0.634 231 182 +49 23-9-9 22-14-5

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Conference Quarterfinals Montréal Canadiens Won 4-1
Conference Semifinals New York Rangers Lost 1-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Bobby Holik C 82 23 39 62 24 54 192 0
Dave Andreychuk L 82 27 34 61 38 48 233 0
John MacLean R 80 29 25 54 11 49 254 0
Bill Guerin R 82 29 18 47 -2 95 177 0
Brian Rolston R 81 18 27 45 6 20 237 0
Valeri Zelepukin L 71 14 24 38 -10 36 111 0
Scott Niedermayer D 81 5 30 35 -4 64 159 0
Steve Thomas R 57 15 19 34 9 46 124 0
Denis Pederson C 70 12 20 32 7 62 106 0
Randy Mckay R 77 9 18 27 15 109 92 0
Scott Stevens D 79 5 19 24 26 70 166 0
Doug Gilmour C 20 7 15 22 7 22 40 0
Steve Sullivan L 33 8 14 22 9 14 63 0
Shawn Chambers D 73 4 17 21 17 19 114 0
Bobby Carpenter C 62 4 15 19 6 14 76 0
Lyle Odelein D 79 3 13 16 16 110 93 0
Jay Pandolfo L 46 6 8 14 -1 6 61 0
Ken Daneyko D 77 2 7 9 24 70 63 0
Dave Ellett D 20 2 5 7 2 6 22 0
Kevin Dean D 28 2 4 6 2 6 21 0
Patrik Elias C 17 2 3 5 -4 2 23 0
Reid Simpson L 27 0 4 4 0 60 17 0
Sergei Brylin L 29 2 2 4 -13 20 34 0
Jason Smith D 57 1 2 3 -8 38 48 0
Peter Zezel C 18 0 3 3 4 4 13 0
Petr Sykora R 19 1 2 3 -8 4 26 0
Mike Peluso L 20 0 2 2 0 68 14 0
Neal Broten C 3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0
Pascal Rheaume C 2 1 0 1 1 0 5 0
Krzysztof Oliwa L 1 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0
Ricard Persson D 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Vadim Sharifijanov R 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Martin Brodeur 67 371413010 1633 1513 120 1.88 0.927
Mike Dunham 26 87102 456 413 43 2.55 0.906
Jeff Reese 3 02000 65 52 13 5.62 0.800

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 13, 1997 @ PHI L 4-5 20 38
Apr 11, 1997 vs BOS W 2-0 33 26
Apr 9, 1997 @ FLA L 2-4 34 29
Apr 8, 1997 @ TBL T 2-2 (OT) 36 39
Apr 6, 1997 @ STL W 2-0 20 25
Apr 4, 1997 vs TBL W 3-0 26 26
Apr 1, 1997 @ WSH W 1-0 27 25
Mar 30, 1997 vs LAK W 5-2 27 24
Mar 27, 1997 vs NYR W 4-0 31 26
Mar 25, 1997 vs PHI L 3-4 30 27
Mar 22, 1997 @ PIT W 3-2 35 21
Mar 19, 1997 @ WSH T 2-2 (OT) 31 30
Mar 17, 1997 vs FLA L 1-4 32 29
Mar 15, 1997 vs WSH W 3-2 27 27
Mar 13, 1997 vs HFD W 6-0 33 35
Mar 11, 1997 vs EDM W 6-1 28 36
Mar 9, 1997 @ BUF W 4-1 31 18
Mar 8, 1997 @ NYI L 1-5 29 22
Mar 5, 1997 @ PHI W 3-1 16 27
Mar 4, 1997 @ PIT W 3-1 20 22
Mar 1, 1997 vs PIT W 6-3 34 26
Feb 27, 1997 vs BUF W 4-1 38 21
Feb 26, 1997 @ NYI W 5-3 27 21
Feb 22, 1997 @ TBL L 1-3 26 25
Feb 20, 1997 @ FLA T 2-2 (OT) 26 27
Feb 19, 1997 vs NYR T 1-1 (OT) 32 23
Feb 17, 1997 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 40 32
Feb 15, 1997 @ MTL W 4-1 36 26
Feb 13, 1997 vs HFD W 4-0 25 20
Feb 12, 1997 @ HFD W 3-2 22 22
Feb 8, 1997 vs PHI W 4-2 34 21
Feb 7, 1997 vs FLA T 2-2 (OT) 35 29
Feb 5, 1997 vs NYI W 4-1 42 26
Feb 1, 1997 @ MTL T 4-4 (OT) 50 27
Jan 31, 1997 vs TOR T 3-3 (OT) 38 25
Jan 29, 1997 vs OTT T 1-1 (OT) 36 24
Jan 24, 1997 @ SJS W 3-1 28 19
Jan 22, 1997 @ ANA L 1-3 42 30
Jan 21, 1997 @ LAK W 4-1 35 34
Jan 14, 1997 vs BOS W 4-2 32 23
Jan 12, 1997 @ NYR L 0-3 33 27
Jan 10, 1997 vs CHI T 3-3 (OT) 28 34
Jan 8, 1997 vs COL T 1-1 (OT) 33 35
Jan 5, 1997 vs STL L 3-5 33 28
Jan 3, 1997 @ OTT W 1-0 15 19
Jan 2, 1997 vs PIT L 1-6 32 21
Dec 31, 1996 @ BUF L 5-6 36 24
Dec 28, 1996 vs ANA W 5-3 34 22
Dec 26, 1996 @ NYI L 1-4 26 24
Dec 23, 1996 vs BUF T 0-0 (OT) 37 37
Dec 20, 1996 @ EDM W 3-2 20 32
Dec 18, 1996 @ VAN W 2-1 30 8
Dec 16, 1996 @ CGY W 5-0 30 28
Dec 14, 1996 vs MTL T 3-3 (OT) 43 21
Dec 12, 1996 @ BOS W 7-4 45 25
Dec 10, 1996 @ TOR W 5-2 37 27
Dec 7, 1996 vs PHX L 3-4 (OT) 35 17
Dec 5, 1996 vs CGY W 2-1 20 26
Dec 3, 1996 vs FLA W 2-0 34 28
Nov 30, 1996 @ COL L 1-2 31 20
Nov 28, 1996 @ PHX L 3-4 (OT) 39 25
Nov 27, 1996 @ DAL W 3-2 24 33
Nov 23, 1996 @ WSH L 3-4 32 23
Nov 22, 1996 vs WSH L 1-5 39 27
Nov 19, 1996 @ OTT W 2-1 21 26
Nov 16, 1996 vs TBL W 6-3 28 28
Nov 14, 1996 vs VAN L 0-3 40 22
Nov 12, 1996 vs WSH W 3-2 (OT) 26 20
Nov 9, 1996 vs NYI W 4-0 29 19
Nov 7, 1996 @ CHI W 4-2 23 37
Nov 6, 1996 @ DET W 2-0 31 36
Nov 2, 1996 vs TBL W 2-1 26 28
Oct 30, 1996 vs NYR L 1-6 54 23
Oct 29, 1996 @ BOS L 2-5 48 33
Oct 26, 1996 @ TBL W 4-1 30 31
Oct 24, 1996 vs SJS W 3-1 37 29
Oct 19, 1996 @ HFD L 2-6 36 26
Oct 18, 1996 vs OTT T 2-2 (OT) 38 26
Oct 15, 1996 vs MTL W 3-2 33 30
Oct 12, 1996 vs DAL L 2-4 29 26
Oct 7, 1996 @ PHI L 1-3 25 31
Oct 5, 1996 vs DET W 3-1 29 25