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38-36-8 (84 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 285 goals, Allowed 280 goals, SRS: 0.04 (11th of 26)
Coached by Eddie Johnston (31-26-5), Craig Patrick (7-10-3)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) to Philadelphia Flyers
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1996-97 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 84 | .512 | 285 | 280 | 0.04 | 6.89 | 74 | 339 | 21.83 | 64 | 338 | 81.07 | 11 | 12 |
| League Average | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 82 | .500 | 239 | 239 | 0.00 | 5.83 | 55 | 336 | 16.27 | 55 | 336 | 83.73 | 10 | 10 |
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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 | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Lemieux | C | 6-4 | 230 | 31 | 76 | 50 | 72 | 122 | 1.61 | 46 | 0.60 | 156 | 54 | 102 | 27 | 27 | 65 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 327 | 4.30 | 15.3 | ||
| 2 | Jaromir Jagr | RW | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | 63 | 47 | 48 | 95 | 1.51 | 37 | 0.59 | 128 | 41 | 71 | 6 | 22 | 40 | 34 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 234 | 3.71 | 20.1 | ||
| 3 | Ron Francis | C | 6-3 | 200 | 33 | 81 | 27 | 63 | 90 | 1.11 | 32 | 0.39 | 141 | 50 | 110 | 26 | 7 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 183 | 2.26 | 14.8 | ||
| 4 | Petr Nedved | C | 6-3 | 196 | 25 | 74 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 0.96 | 27 | 0.37 | 103 | 38 | 88 | 21 | -2 | 66 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 189 | 2.55 | 17.5 | ||
| 5 | Kevin Hatcher | D | 6-3 | 230 | 30 | 80 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 0.68 | 19 | 0.23 | 144 | 47 | 117 | 31 | 11 | 103 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 199 | 2.49 | 7.5 | ||
| 6 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 26 | 62 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 0.63 | 15 | 0.24 | 53 | 14 | 67 | 8 | -20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 2.13 | 12.9 | ||
| 7 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | 57 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 0.63 | 12 | 0.20 | 82 | 29 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 1.39 | 7.6 | ||
| 8 | Fredrik Olausson | D | 6-2 | 198 | 30 | 51 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 0.53 | 9 | 0.18 | 83 | 25 | 44 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 1.47 | 9.3 | ||
| 9 | Tomas Sandstrom | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 32 | 40 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0.60 | 9 | 0.22 | 38 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 1.83 | 12.3 | ||
| 10 | Joe Mullen | RW | 5-9 | 180 | 39 | 54 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0.41 | 8 | 0.14 | 30 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 1.17 | 11.1 | ||
| 11 | Glen Murray | RW | 6-3 | 218 | 24 | 66 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0.33 | 9 | 0.13 | 33 | 5 | 47 | 0 | -19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 1.92 | 8.7 | ||
| 12 | Alex Hicks | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 55 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0.36 | 7 | 0.12 | 26 | 0 | 42 | 10 | -6 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 1.04 | 8.8 | ||
| 13 | Darius Kasparaitis | D | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | 57 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 0.32 | 6 | 0.10 | 71 | 4 | 69 | 26 | 24 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.81 | 4.3 | ||
| 14 | Joe Dziedzic | LW | 6-3 | 227 | 25 | 59 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0.31 | 7 | 0.12 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 0 | -4 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 1.44 | 10.6 | ||
| 15 | J.J. Daigneault | D | 5-10 | 192 | 31 | 53 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0.32 | 6 | 0.10 | 44 | 11 | 44 | 6 | -5 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0.92 | 6.1 | ||
| 16 | Greg Johnson | C | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0.50 | 6 | 0.19 | 23 | 5 | 38 | 7 | -13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1.63 | 13.5 | ||
| 17 | Ed Olczyk | C | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.92 | 4 | 0.33 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2.42 | 13.8 | ||
| 18 | Dave Roche | LW | 6-4 | 230 | 21 | 61 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.16 | 4 | 0.06 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 0 | -13 | 155 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0.87 | 9.4 | ||
| 19 | Andreas Johansson | C | 6-0 | 202 | 23 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.33 | 3 | 0.11 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 3 | -6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1.41 | 5.3 | ||
| 20 | Ian Moran | D | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.25 | 3 | 0.10 | 33 | 7 | 47 | 10 | -11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1.39 | 8.0 | ||
| 21 | Garry Valk | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.41 | 3 | 0.16 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 2 | -6 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.88 | 9.4 | ||
| 22 | Dmitri Mironov | D | 6-4 | 224 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.40 | 2 | 0.13 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 1 | -4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1.27 | 5.3 | ||
| 23 | Chris Tamer | D | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.05 | 26 | 0 | 61 | 10 | -25 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 1.24 | 3.6 | ||
| 24 | Alek Stojanov | RW | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.14 | 2 | 0.05 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.31 | 9.1 | ||
| 25 | Craig Muni | D | 6-3 | 208 | 34 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.02 | 32 | 0 | 59 | 21 | -6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.30 | 0.0 | ||
| 26 | Jeff Christian | LW | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.36 | 2 | 0.14 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | -3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.64 | 11.1 | ||
| 27 | Tyler Wright | C | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.03 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | -7 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0.67 | 6.7 | ||
| 28 | Petr Klima | W | 6-0 | 190 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.44 | 1 | 0.15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2.33 | 4.8 | ||
| 29 | Josef Beranek | LW/C | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.50 | 2 | 0.22 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.88 | 20.0 | ||
| 30 | Dan Quinn | C | 5-11 | 182 | 31 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.19 | 1 | 0.05 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 3 | -6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Francois Leroux | D | 6-6 | 247 | 26 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.01 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 7 | -3 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.08 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | Shawn Antoski | LW | 6-4 | 235 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.23 | 0.0 | ||
| 33 | Stefan Bergkvist | D | 6-2 | 224 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 34 | Neil Wilkinson | D | 6-3 | 194 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 4 | -12 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.70 | 0.0 | ||
| 35 | Richard Park | RW | 5-11 | 190 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 36 | Roman Oksiuta | RW | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.43 | 0.0 | ||
| 37 | Ed Patterson | RW | 6-2 | 213 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 38 | Domenic Pittis | C | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Total | 82 | 285 | 496 | 781 | 9.52 | 285 | 3.48 | 285 | 74 | 280 | 64 | -5 | 1486 | 200 | 74 | 11 | 37 | 2414 | 29.44 | 11.8 |
| 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 | Patrick Lalime | G | 6-3 | 189 | 22 | 39 | 2058 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 44 | .629 | 3 | 101 | 2.94 | 1166 | 1065 | .913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ken Wregget | G | 6-1 | 201 | 32 | 46 | 2514 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 40 | .500 | 2 | 136 | 3.25 | 1383 | 1247 | .902 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Tom Barrasso | G | 6-3 | 210 | 31 | 5 | 270 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 26 | 5.78 | 186 | 160 | .860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Philippe DeRouville | G | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | 2 | 111 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 6 | 3.24 | 66 | 60 | .909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4953 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 269 | 3.26 | 2801 | 2532 | .904 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaromir Jagr | RW | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.60 | -4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.60 | 22.2 | ||
| 2 | Mario Lemieux | C | 6-4 | 230 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.20 | -4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.80 | 15.8 | ||
| 3 | Petr Nedved | C | 6-3 | 196 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.60 | -2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2.00 | 10.0 | ||
| 4 | Ian Moran | D | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.60 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.60 | 12.5 | ||
| 5 | Jason Woolley | D | 6-0 | 203 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.60 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.80 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Ron Francis | C | 6-3 | 200 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.60 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.20 | 16.7 | ||
| 7 | Kevin Hatcher | D | 6-3 | 230 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | -5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.40 | 8.3 | ||
| 8 | Fredrik Olausson | D | 6-2 | 198 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.25 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Ed Olczyk | C | 6-1 | 207 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | -2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2.20 | 9.1 | ||
| 10 | Joe Dziedzic | LW | 6-3 | 227 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 11 | Greg Johnson | C | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 50.0 | ||
| 12 | Alex Hicks | LW | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Stu Barnes | C | 5-11 | 182 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.80 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Neil Wilkinson | D | 6-3 | 194 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Chris Tamer | D | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Craig Muni | D | 6-3 | 208 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 17 | Joe Mullen | RW | 5-9 | 180 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 18 | Josef Beranek | LW/C | 6-2 | 195 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.40 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Francois Leroux | D | 6-6 | 247 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 20 | Darius Kasparaitis | D | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.40 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 5 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 6.80 | 68 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 139 | 27.80 | 9.4 |
| 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 | Ken Wregget | G | 6-1 | 201 | 32 | 5 | 297 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 18 | 3.64 | 211 | 193 | .915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 297 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 3.64 | 211 | 193 | .915 |