1996-97 New York Islanders Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 29-41-12 - 70 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Mike Milbury (13-23-9)
Coach: Rick Bowness (16-18-3)

1996-97 New York Islanders Roster

The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 29 wins and 41 losses and 12 ties for 70 points in the NHL's Atlantic Division.

The club scored 240 goals and allowed 250. Ziggy Palffy netted 48 goals for the squad and contributed 42 assists. Tommy Salo topped the team with 20 wins and a team-best 2.82 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Mike Milbury and Rick Bowness coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Ziggy Palffy	R	80	48	42	90	43	21	6	15	4	2	6	1	292	16.4
Travis Green	C	79	23	41	64	38	-5	10	9	0	0	3	0	177	13.0
Bryan Smolinski	C	64	28	28	56	25	9	9	9	0	0	1	1	183	15.3
Derek King	L	70	23	30	53	20	-6	5	6	0	0	3	0	153	15.0
Bryan Berard	D	82	8	40	48	86	1	3	17	0	0	1	0	172	4.7
Niklas Andersson	L	74	12	31	43	57	4	1	5	1	2	1	0	122	9.8
Marty McInnis	L	70	20	22	42	20	-7	4	6	1	2	4	1	163	12.3
Bryan McCabe	D	82	8	20	28	165	-2	2	4	1	0	2	0	117	6.8
Todd Bertuzzi	R	64	10	13	23	68	-3	3	2	0	0	1	0	79	12.7
Kenny Jonsson	D	81	3	18	21	24	10	1	4	0	0	0	0	92	3.3
Robert Reichel	C	12	5	14	19	4	7	0	3	1	0	0	0	33	15.2
Claude Lapointe	C	73	13	5	18	49	-12	0	0	3	0	3	1	80	16.3
Scott Lachance	D	81	3	11	14	47	-7	1	2	0	0	0	0	97	3.1
Derek Armstrong	C	50	6	7	13	33	-8	0	1	0	0	2	0	36	16.7
Dan Plante	R	67	4	9	13	75	-6	0	0	2	0	0	0	61	6.6
Randy Wood	L	65	6	5	11	61	-7	0	0	1	2	2	0	96	6.3
Brent Hughes	L	51	7	3	10	57	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	47	14.9
Doug Houda	D	70	2	8	10	99	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	29	6.9
Paul Kruse	L	48	4	2	6	111	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	10.3
Steve Webb	R	41	1	4	5	144	-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	21	4.8
Rich Pilon	D	52	1	4	5	179	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9
Darius Kasparaitis	D	18	0	5	5	16	-7	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0.0
Andreas Johansson	C	15	2	2	4	0	-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	21	9.5
Dennis Vaske	D	17	0	4	4	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0.0
Dave McLlwain	C	4	1	1	2	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Ken Belanger	L	18	0	2	2	102	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Mick Vukota	R	17	1	0	1	71	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3
Jason Holland	D	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Tommy Salo	G	58	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Vachon	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Dowd	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bench		82	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Donnelly	L	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Eric Fichaud	G	34	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Taylor	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Andrei Vasilyev	L	3	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Corey Foster	D	7	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tommy Soderstrom	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jarrett Deuling	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Archibald	C	7	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Totals		1650	240	372	612	1640	-50	48	88	14	9	29	4	2188	11.0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Eric Fichaud	34	1759	9	14	4	0	0	91	3.10	897	806	.899
Tommy Salo	58	3208	20	27	8	7	5	151	2.82	1576	1425	.904
Tommy Soderstrom	1				0	0	0	0
Totals	93	4967	29	41	12	7	5	242	2.92	2473	2231	.902

1996-97 New York Islanders Statistics

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