1996-97 Edmonton Oilers

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36-37-9 (81 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Pacific Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 252 goals, Allowed 247 goals, SRS: 0.03 (12th of 26)
Coached by Ron Low (36-37-9)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) to Colorado Avalanche
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Dallas Stars

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1996-97 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	TG/G	PPG	PPO	PP%	PPGA	PPOA	PK%	SHG	SHGA
Edmonton Oilers	82	36	37	9	81	.494	252	247	0.03	6.09	73	406	17.98	59	338	82.54	9	13
League Average	82	35	35	11	82	.500	239	239	0.00	5.83	55	336	16.27	55	336	83.73	10	10

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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Rk	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	PTS/G	GC	GC/G	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	PIM	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SOG/G	SPCT
1	Doug Weight	C	5-11	196	26	80	21	61	82	1.03	29	0.37	123	64	67	9	1	80	17	4	0	2	235	2.94	8.9
2	Ryan Smyth	LW	6-1	190	20	82	39	22	61	0.74	26	0.32	92	40	62	3	-7	76	19	20	0	4	265	3.23	14.7
3	Andrei Kovalenko	RW	5-10	200	26	74	32	27	59	0.80	24	0.33	93	47	51	0	-5	81	18	14	0	2	163	2.20	19.6
4	Jason Arnott	C	6-4	220	22	67	19	38	57	0.85	21	0.32	91	47	76	11	-21	92	8	10	1	2	248	3.70	7.7
5	Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	6-0	200	24	76	26	21	47	0.62	20	0.26	61	18	43	0	0	16	22	4	0	3	182	2.39	14.3
6	Kelly Buchberger	RW	6-2	210	30	81	8	30	38	0.47	13	0.16	51	1	70	24	4	159	8	0	0	3	78	0.96	10.3
7	Todd Marchant	C	5-10	180	23	79	14	19	33	0.42	13	0.16	44	3	60	30	11	44	10	0	4	3	202	2.56	6.9
8	Mike Grier	RW	6-1	225	22	79	15	17	32	0.41	13	0.16	52	8	37	0	7	45	11	4	0	2	89	1.13	16.9
9	Boris Mironov	D	6-3	223	24	55	6	26	32	0.58	11	0.20	79	33	60	16	2	85	4	2	0	1	147	2.67	4.1
10	Rem Murray	C/LW	6-2	200	24	82	11	20	31	0.38	12	0.14	51	8	50	16	9	16	10	1	0	2	85	1.04	12.9
11	Dean McAmmond	C	5-11	195	23	57	12	17	29	0.51	11	0.20	40	13	47	5	-15	28	8	4	0	6	106	1.86	11.3
12	Miroslav Satan	LW	6-3	191	22	64	17	11	28	0.44	12	0.19	41	13	32	0	-4	22	12	5	0	2	90	1.41	18.9
13	Mats Lindgren	C/LW	6-2	202	22	69	11	14	25	0.36	10	0.14	35	4	52	14	-7	12	6	2	3	1	71	1.03	15.5
14	Dan McGillis	D	6-3	220	24	73	6	16	22	0.30	8	0.11	85	27	69	13	2	52	3	2	1	2	139	1.90	4.3
15	Bryan Marchment	D	6-1	200	27	71	3	13	16	0.23	6	0.08	64	2	67	18	13	132	2	1	0	0	89	1.25	3.4
16	Kevin Lowe	D	6-2	200	37	64	1	13	14	0.22	5	0.07	43	3	59	18	-1	50	1	0	0	0	46	0.72	2.2
17	Jeff Norton	D	6-2	195	31	62	2	11	13	0.21	4	0.07	57	14	62	12	-7	42	2	0	0	0	68	1.10	2.9
18	Luke Richardson	D	6-3	208	27	82	1	11	12	0.15	4	0.05	68	3	80	24	9	91	1	0	0	0	67	0.82	1.5
19	Michel Petit	D	6-1	205	32	18	2	4	6	0.33	2	0.12	12	2	26	3	-13	20	2	0	0	0	30	1.67	6.7
20	Petr Klima	W	6-0	190	32	16	1	5	6	0.38	2	0.13	11	6	6	0	-1	6	1	0	0	0	22	1.38	4.5
21	Greg de Vries	D	6-2	215	24	37	0	4	4	0.11	1	0.03	23	1	36	12	-2	52	0	0	0	0	31	0.84	0.0
22	David Oliver	RW	6-0	190	25	17	1	2	3	0.18	1	0.07	5	1	12	0	-8	4	1	0	0	0	22	1.29	4.5
23	Louie DeBrusk	LW	6-2	238	25	32	2	0	2	0.06	1	0.03	2	0	8	0	-6	94	2	0	0	0	10	0.31	20.0
24	Ralph Intranuovo	C	5-8	185	23	5	1	0	1	0.20	1	0.10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.40	50.0
25	Donald Dufresne	D	6-1	206	29	22	0	1	1	0.05	0	0.01	12	1	15	3	-1	15	0	0	0	0	10	0.45	0.0
26	Steve Kelly	C	6-2	205	20	8	1	0	1	0.13	1	0.06	2	0	3	0	-1	6	1	0	0	1	6	0.75	16.7
27	Drew Bannister	D	6-2	200	22	1	0	1	1	1.00	0	0.31	2	1	3	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2.00	0.0
28	Barrie Moore	LW	5-11	198	21	4	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0.0
29	Craig Millar	D	6-2	212	20	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	0.0
30	Sean Brown	D	6-3	215	20	5	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	1	1	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	0.0
31	Joe Hulbig	LW	6-4	215	23	6	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	0	2	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.67	0.0
32	Jesse Belanger	C	6-1	190	27	6	0	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	1	4	1	-3	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.33	0.0
	Team Total					82	252	406	658	8.02	252	3.07	252	73	247	59	-9	1350	170	73	9	36	2521	30.74	10.0

Goalies Regular Season

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Rk	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	GP	MIN	W	L	T/OT	PTS	PTS%	SO	GA	GAA	SOG	SV	SV%	G	A	PTS	PIM
1	Curtis Joseph	G	5-11	193	29	72	4100	32	29	9	73	.521	6	200	2.93	2144	1944	.907	0	2	2	20
2	Bob Essensa	G	6-0	190	32	19	868	4	8	0	8	.333	1	41	2.83	406	365	.899	0	0	0	4
	Team Total					82	4968	36	37	9			7	241	2.91	2550	2309	.905

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	GP	G	A	PTS	PTS/G	+/-	PIM	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	SOG	SOG/G	SPCT
1	Doug Weight	C	5-11	196	26	12	3	8	11	0.92	0	8	3	0	0	0	54	4.50	5.6
2	Ryan Smyth	LW	6-1	190	20	12	5	5	10	0.83	-4	12	4	1	0	2	48	4.00	10.4
3	Boris Mironov	D	6-3	223	24	12	2	8	10	0.83	-6	16	0	2	0	0	31	2.58	6.5
4	Jason Arnott	C	6-4	220	22	12	3	6	9	0.75	-3	18	2	1	0	0	27	2.25	11.1
5	Andrei Kovalenko	RW	5-10	200	26	12	4	3	7	0.58	1	6	1	3	0	0	35	2.92	11.4
6	Kelly Buchberger	RW	6-2	210	30	12	5	2	7	0.58	-1	16	5	0	0	1	19	1.58	26.3
7	Todd Marchant	C	5-10	180	23	12	4	2	6	0.50	1	12	1	0	3	1	40	3.33	10.0
8	Dan McGillis	D	6-3	220	24	12	0	5	5	0.42	9	24	0	0	0	0	20	1.67	0.0
9	Mike Grier	RW	6-1	225	22	12	3	1	4	0.33	-2	4	2	1	0	1	21	1.75	14.3
10	Mats Lindgren	C/LW	6-2	202	22	12	0	4	4	0.33	-2	0	0	0	0	0	22	1.83	0.0
11	Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	6-0	200	24	12	2	1	3	0.25	-2	10	2	0	0	0	19	1.58	10.5
12	Rem Murray	C/LW	6-2	200	24	12	1	2	3	0.25	-1	4	1	0	0	0	7	0.58	14.3
13	Luke Richardson	D	6-3	208	27	12	0	2	2	0.17	-4	14	0	0	0	0	6	0.50	0.0
14	Joe Hulbig	LW	6-4	215	23	6	0	1	1	0.17	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	0.83	0.0
15	Greg de Vries	D	6-2	215	24	12	0	1	1	0.08	4	8	0	0	0	0	16	1.33	0.0
16	Bryan Muir	D	6-3	224	23	5	0	0	0	0.00	-2	4	0	0	0	0	7	1.40	0.0
17	Drew Bannister	D	6-2	200	22	12	0	0	0	0.00	-4	30	0	0	0	0	9	0.75	0.0
18	Louie DeBrusk	LW	6-2	238	25	6	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0.0
19	Bryan Marchment	D	6-1	200	27	3	0	0	0	0.00	-3	4	0	0	0	0	2	0.67	0.0
20	Kevin Lowe	D	6-2	200	37	1	0	0	0	0.00	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
21	Petr Klima	W	6-0	190	32	6	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0.0
22	Steve Kelly	C	6-2	205	20	6	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0.0
23	Donald Dufresne	D	6-1	206	29	3	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
	Team Total					12	32	51	83	6.92		204	21	8	3	5	393	32.75	8.1

Goalies Playoffs

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Rk	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	GP	MIN	W	L	T/OT	PTS	PTS%	SO	GA	GAA	SOG	SV	SV%	G	A	PTS	PIM
1	Curtis Joseph	G	5-11	193	29	12	767	5	7		10	.417	2	36	2.82	405	369	.911	0	0	0	2
	Team Total					82	767	5	7				2	36	2.82	405	369	.911

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