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Tampa Bay Lightning, 1996-97

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Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference

1996-97 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
20 82 32-40-10 74 0.451 217 247 -30 15-18-8 17-22-2

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Chris Gratton C 82 30 32 62 -28 201 230 0
Dino Ciccarelli R 77 35 25 60 -11 116 229 0
John Cullen C 70 18 37 55 -14 95 116 0
Rob Zamuner L 82 17 33 50 3 56 216 0
Roman Hamrlik D 79 12 28 40 -29 57 238 0
Shawn Burr L 74 14 21 35 5 106 128 0
Alexander Selivanov R 69 15 18 33 -3 61 187 0
Daymond Langkow C 79 15 13 28 1 35 170 0
Patrick Poulin L 73 12 14 26 -16 56 124 0
Bill Houlder D 79 4 21 25 16 30 116 0
Brian Bradley C 35 7 17 24 2 16 93 0
Mikael Andersson R 70 5 14 19 1 8 102 0
Drew Bannister D 64 4 13 17 -21 44 57 0
Paul Ysebaert L 39 5 12 17 1 4 91 0
Jason Wiemer C 63 9 5 14 -13 134 103 0
David Shaw D 57 1 10 11 1 72 59 0
Jeff Toms L 34 2 8 10 2 10 53 0
Cory Cross D 72 4 5 9 6 95 75 0
Igor Ulanov D 59 1 7 8 2 108 56 0
Rudy Poeschek D 60 0 6 6 -3 120 30 0
Jeff Norton D 13 0 5 5 0 16 13 0
Brantt Myhres R 47 3 1 4 1 136 13 0
Aaron Gavey C 16 1 2 3 -1 12 8 0
Brian Bellows L 7 1 2 3 -4 0 17 0
Brent Peterson L 17 2 0 2 -4 4 11 0
Jamie Huscroft D 13 0 1 1 -4 34 7 0
Allan Egeland C 4 0 0 0 -3 5 1 0
Craig Wolanin D 15 0 0 0 -9 8 12 0
Jay Wells D 21 0 0 0 -3 13 16 0
Paul Brousseau R 6 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Rick Tabaracci 55 2025604 1415 1277 138 2.75 0.902
Corey Schwab 31 1112102 719 645 74 3.04 0.897
Daren Puppa 6 11200 150 136 14 2.59 0.907
Derek Wilkinson 5 02100 72 60 12 4.26 0.833

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 13, 1997 @ HFD L 1-2 39 23
Apr 11, 1997 @ NYR W 4-2 33 27
Apr 10, 1997 vs PIT W 4-3 40 38
Apr 8, 1997 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 39 36
Apr 5, 1997 @ NYI W 3-2 29 18
Apr 4, 1997 @ NJD L 0-3 26 26
Apr 1, 1997 @ PHI T 1-1 (OT) 23 33
Mar 29, 1997 @ FLA T 1-1 (OT) 20 29
Mar 27, 1997 vs HFD L 2-5 42 36
Mar 25, 1997 vs OTT W 5-0 24 28
Mar 22, 1997 @ VAN L 2-3 32 22
Mar 21, 1997 @ CGY W 4-3 (OT) 41 25
Mar 19, 1997 @ EDM L 1-3 34 25
Mar 16, 1997 vs TOR L 1-3 40 25
Mar 15, 1997 vs VAN L 2-5 39 48
Mar 13, 1997 vs NYI L 0-3 24 32
Mar 9, 1997 vs CGY W 2-1 (OT) 34 45
Mar 8, 1997 vs BOS L 4-6 34 27
Mar 6, 1997 vs PHX L 0-5 30 34
Mar 4, 1997 @ NYI W 6-3 28 31
Mar 1, 1997 vs FLA W 2-0 30 24
Feb 27, 1997 @ BOS L 2-6 33 30
Feb 25, 1997 vs STL W 3-2 29 35
Feb 23, 1997 vs SJS W 4-3 33 26
Feb 22, 1997 vs NJD W 3-1 25 26
Feb 20, 1997 vs PHI W 5-2 40 30
Feb 17, 1997 vs DET T 3-3 (OT) 29 35
Feb 15, 1997 vs WSH W 4-1 24 39
Feb 14, 1997 @ WSH L 4-5 (OT) 25 24
Feb 12, 1997 @ FLA L 2-5 22 34
Feb 8, 1997 vs BUF L 1-3 32 25
Feb 5, 1997 @ DAL L 0-4 28 31
Feb 4, 1997 @ PHX W 2-0 19 21
Feb 1, 1997 vs BOS L 0-3 25 27
Jan 30, 1997 vs MTL L 1-4 36 31
Jan 27, 1997 @ OTT L 3-5 27 31
Jan 25, 1997 @ FLA L 2-3 30 18
Jan 21, 1997 vs COL W 3-2 (OT) 42 17
Jan 15, 1997 @ COL L 2-4 29 33
Jan 13, 1997 @ CHI W 2-0 26 27
Jan 11, 1997 vs NYI T 4-4 (OT) 36 26
Jan 9, 1997 @ PHI W 3-1 31 31
Jan 8, 1997 @ NYR W 4-3 31 36
Jan 6, 1997 @ OTT W 4-3 26 25
Jan 4, 1997 @ PIT L 3-7 31 24
Jan 3, 1997 vs ANA W 3-2 38 26
Dec 31, 1996 vs NYR W 4-2 33 27
Dec 28, 1996 vs MTL T 4-4 (OT) 34 33
Dec 26, 1996 vs FLA T 3-3 (OT) 34 38
Dec 23, 1996 vs WSH L 1-3 24 34
Dec 21, 1996 @ HFD L 5-6 (OT) 32 35
Dec 19, 1996 @ BOS L 0-3 34 25
Dec 18, 1996 @ BUF L 3-5 32 25
Dec 16, 1996 @ MTL W 4-2 41 24
Dec 14, 1996 vs NYI W 4-1 36 18
Dec 12, 1996 vs EDM T 2-2 (OT) 44 34
Dec 7, 1996 @ SJS W 4-3 28 23
Dec 5, 1996 @ LAK W 2-1 32 29
Dec 4, 1996 @ ANA L 1-3 38 24
Nov 30, 1996 vs HFD L 3-6 28 30
Nov 29, 1996 vs DAL L 1-2 30 22
Nov 27, 1996 vs BUF L 0-3 32 20
Nov 25, 1996 @ MTL L 2-4 31 30
Nov 23, 1996 vs PHI L 1-2 21 34
Nov 19, 1996 vs LAK W 3-0 34 31
Nov 16, 1996 @ NJD L 3-6 28 28
Nov 14, 1996 @ STL L 3-5 25 28
Nov 10, 1996 @ DET L 2-4 33 23
Nov 8, 1996 vs PIT T 5-5 (OT) 42 33
Nov 6, 1996 vs WSH L 1-2 17 26
Nov 4, 1996 @ NYR W 5-3 38 44
Nov 2, 1996 @ NJD L 1-2 28 26
Oct 31, 1996 vs PHI L 3-4 28 23
Oct 29, 1996 vs CHI T 2-2 (OT) 35 40
Oct 26, 1996 vs NJD L 1-4 31 30
Oct 24, 1996 vs OTT L 2-5 34 28
Oct 22, 1996 @ NYI W 6-3 29 16
Oct 20, 1996 vs NYR W 5-2 26 34
Oct 15, 1996 @ BUF W 4-0 30 22
Oct 12, 1996 @ TOR W 7-4 38 33
Oct 11, 1996 @ WSH L 2-6 23 31
Oct 5, 1996 @ PIT W 4-3 (OT) 43 24