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Ottawa Senators, 1996-97

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Northeast Division, Eastern Conference Made the playoffs

1996-97 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
17 82 31-36-15 77 0.470 226 234 -8 16-17-8 15-19-7

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Conference Quarterfinals Buffalo Sabres Lost 3-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Alexei Yashin C 82 35 40 75 -7 44 291 0
Daniel Alfredsson R 76 24 47 71 5 30 247 0
Alexandre Daigle R 82 26 25 51 -33 33 203 0
Steve Duchesne D 78 19 28 47 -9 38 208 0
Randy Cunneyworth L 76 12 24 36 -7 99 115 0
Andreas Dackell R 79 12 19 31 -6 8 79 0
Shawn McEachern L 65 11 20 31 -5 18 150 0
Wade Redden D 82 6 24 30 1 41 102 0
Sergei Zholtok C 57 12 16 28 2 19 96 0
Tom Chorske R 68 18 8 26 -1 16 116 0
Shaun Van Allen C 80 11 14 25 -8 35 123 0
Bruce Gardiner R 67 11 10 21 4 49 94 0
Janne Laukkanen D 76 3 18 21 -14 76 109 0
Jason York D 75 4 17 21 -8 67 121 0
Denny Lambert L 80 4 16 20 -4 217 58 0
Radek Bonk C 53 5 13 18 -4 14 82 0
Lance Pitlick D 66 5 5 10 2 91 54 0
Jason Zent L 22 3 3 6 5 9 20 0
Christer Olsson D 25 2 3 5 -5 10 24 0
Denis Chasse R 22 1 4 5 3 19 12 0
Frantisek Musil D 57 0 5 5 6 58 24 0
Dave Hannan C 34 2 2 4 -1 8 16 0
Dennis Vial L 11 0 1 1 0 25 4 0
Philip Crowe R 26 0 1 1 0 30 8 0
Philip Von Stefenelli D 6 0 1 1 -3 7 2 0
Radim Bicanek D 21 0 1 1 -4 8 27 0
Sean Hill D 5 0 0 0 1 4 9 0
Stan Neckar D 5 0 0 0 2 2 3 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Damian Rhodes 50 14201401 1213 1080 133 2.72 0.890
Ron Tugnutt 37 1715103 882 789 93 2.80 0.895
Mike Bales 1 01000 18 14 4 4.64 0.778

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 12, 1997 vs BUF W 1-0 34 17
Apr 11, 1997 @ DET W 3-2 25 29
Apr 9, 1997 vs HFD W 5-4 37 25
Apr 6, 1997 @ PHI L 1-2 19 22
Apr 5, 1997 @ PIT L 2-5 27 30
Apr 3, 1997 vs WSH W 4-0 32 25
Apr 2, 1997 @ BUF W 2-0 36 15
Mar 29, 1997 vs MTL W 5-2 34 30
Mar 27, 1997 @ FLA W 3-2 28 21
Mar 25, 1997 @ TBL L 0-5 28 24
Mar 22, 1997 @ BOS W 5-4 28 31
Mar 20, 1997 vs FLA T 2-2 (OT) 28 20
Mar 17, 1997 @ NYR W 4-3 33 41
Mar 15, 1997 @ MTL T 2-2 (OT) 31 37
Mar 14, 1997 vs NYR L 3-4 (OT) 30 28
Mar 10, 1997 @ PHX W 4-1 29 22
Mar 8, 1997 @ LAK L 1-3 45 20
Mar 6, 1997 @ SJS L 0-2 29 25
Mar 5, 1997 @ ANA L 1-4 40 19
Mar 1, 1997 vs BUF L 1-3 30 16
Feb 28, 1997 vs NYI W 4-1 26 23
Feb 26, 1997 vs PHI L 5-8 30 28
Feb 23, 1997 @ COL L 3-4 23 34
Feb 20, 1997 @ STL T 1-1 (OT) 27 26
Feb 18, 1997 @ WSH W 6-1 29 32
Feb 16, 1997 vs HFD W 4-2 31 27
Feb 15, 1997 @ HFD L 1-2 27 28
Feb 13, 1997 @ PHI L 2-4 20 28
Feb 11, 1997 @ NYI T 5-5 (OT) 25 22
Feb 9, 1997 @ BUF L 1-2 33 20
Feb 8, 1997 vs SJS T 3-3 (OT) 16 26
Feb 4, 1997 @ BOS W 4-3 37 22
Feb 3, 1997 vs VAN W 6-4 36 21
Feb 1, 1997 @ TOR W 2-1 38 20
Jan 30, 1997 vs STL L 2-5 19 32
Jan 29, 1997 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) 24 36
Jan 27, 1997 vs TBL W 5-3 31 27
Jan 24, 1997 vs CGY T 2-2 (OT) 33 25
Jan 22, 1997 vs BOS L 1-4 24 24
Jan 15, 1997 vs WSH W 5-1 28 22
Jan 13, 1997 @ BOS W 4-3 19 38
Jan 11, 1997 vs PIT T 3-3 (OT) 34 20
Jan 9, 1997 vs COL L 0-2 33 25
Jan 6, 1997 vs TBL L 3-4 25 26
Jan 4, 1997 @ NYR L 4-6 43 28
Jan 3, 1997 vs NJD L 0-1 19 15
Jan 1, 1997 vs BOS W 3-2 26 16
Dec 30, 1996 vs ANA L 3-4 (OT) 28 25
Dec 28, 1996 @ HFD L 2-3 32 29
Dec 26, 1996 vs NYR W 5-2 33 21
Dec 23, 1996 @ MTL W 6-0 36 14
Dec 21, 1996 vs BUF L 2-3 29 25
Dec 19, 1996 vs FLA W 5-2 32 22
Dec 15, 1996 vs DAL L 0-4 23 15
Dec 13, 1996 vs PHX L 2-4 27 21
Dec 10, 1996 @ CGY T 5-5 (OT) 32 38
Dec 7, 1996 @ VAN W 3-2 24 26
Dec 6, 1996 @ EDM L 2-5 23 28
Dec 4, 1996 vs PIT L 2-4 37 22
Nov 30, 1996 vs PHI L 3-4 17 37
Nov 29, 1996 @ BUF L 0-3 31 25
Nov 27, 1996 @ WSH W 2-1 15 32
Nov 23, 1996 vs HFD T 3-3 (OT) 28 21
Nov 19, 1996 vs NJD L 1-2 26 21
Nov 16, 1996 @ NYI W 4-1 28 25
Nov 15, 1996 vs CHI W 4-3 38 16
Nov 13, 1996 vs EDM L 0-4 28 19
Nov 10, 1996 @ CHI L 0-2 24 25
Nov 9, 1996 vs BOS L 3-4 27 18
Nov 7, 1996 vs TOR W 6-2 31 33
Nov 2, 1996 @ PIT L 3-7 35 33
Nov 1, 1996 vs DET T 2-2 (OT) 30 24
Oct 30, 1996 vs LAK T 2-2 (OT) 31 39
Oct 26, 1996 @ DAL L 1-5 22 25
Oct 24, 1996 @ TBL W 5-2 28 34
Oct 23, 1996 @ FLA L 2-5 38 32
Oct 19, 1996 vs MTL W 6-3 34 24
Oct 18, 1996 @ NJD T 2-2 (OT) 26 38
Oct 12, 1996 @ PIT L 2-3 30 35
Oct 11, 1996 vs PIT W 3-2 41 29
Oct 9, 1996 vs NYI T 3-3 (OT) 29 22
Oct 5, 1996 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 25 36