1996–97 Dallas Stars season

1996–97 Dallas Stars
Division 1st Central
1996–97 record 48–26–8
Goals for 252
Goals against 198
Team information
General Manager Bob Gainey
Coach Ken Hitchcock
Captain Derian Hatcher
Team leaders
<1995–96 1997–98>

The 1996–97 Dallas Stars season was the fourth National Hockey League season in Dallas, Texas (and 30th as a franchise) as they attempted to bounce back from their dismal last place finish in the Central Division, which they would, finishing first, clinching the first Division title for Dallas. They would face off against the Edmonton Oilers in the Conference Quarterfinals, playing a tough series, losing 4-3.

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 2 Dallas Stars 82 48 26 8 252 198 104
2 3 Detroit Red Wings 82 38 26 18 253 197 94
3 5 Phoenix Coyotes 82 38 37 7 240 243 83
4 6 St. Louis Blues 82 36 35 11 236 239 83
5 8 Chicago Blackhawks 82 34 35 13 223 210 81
6 11 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 30 44 8 230 273 68

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[1]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – Colorado Avalanche PAC 82 49 24 9 277 205 107
2 Dallas Stars CEN 82 48 26 8 252 198 104
3 Detroit Red Wings CEN 82 38 26 18 253 197 94
4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 82 36 33 13 245 233 85
5 Phoenix Coyotes CEN 82 38 37 7 240 243 83
6 St. Louis Blues CEN 82 36 35 11 236 239 83
7 Edmonton Oilers PAC 82 36 37 9 252 247 81
8 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 82 34 35 13 223 210 81
9 Vancouver Canucks PAC 82 35 40 7 257 273 77
10 Calgary Flames PAC 82 32 41 9 214 239 73
11 Toronto Maple Leafs CEN 82 30 44 8 230 273 68
12 Los Angeles Kings PAC 82 28 43 11 214 268 67
13 San Jose Sharks PAC 82 27 47 8 211 278 62

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 5, 19964–1 Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 1–0–0
2WOctober 8, 19965–3 Washington Capitals (1996–97) 2–0–0
3WOctober 10, 19962–1 @ New York Rangers (1996–97) 3–0–0
4WOctober 12, 19964–2 @ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 4–0–0
5WOctober 13, 19965–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 5–0–0
6WOctober 15, 19963–1 Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 6–0–0
7LOctober 17, 19961–6 Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 6–1–0
8WOctober 19, 19962–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 7–1–0
9LOctober 23, 19961–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 7–2–0
10WOctober 26, 19965–1 Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 8–2–0
11WOctober 30, 19962–0 Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 9–2–0
12LNovember 1, 19962–3 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 9–3–0
13LNovember 3, 19963–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 9–4–0
14WNovember 6, 19963–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 10–4–0
15LNovember 8, 19961–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 10–5–0
16WNovember 11, 19963–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 11–5–0
17TNovember 13, 19963–3 OT Calgary Flames (1996–97) 11–5–1
18WNovember 15, 19964–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 12–5–1
19WNovember 17, 19967–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 13–5–1
20LNovember 19, 19960–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 13–6–1
21WNovember 20, 19963–1 @ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 14–6–1
22LNovember 22, 19961–2 OT Florida Panthers (1996–97) 14–7–1
23LNovember 27, 19962–3 New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 14–8–1
24WNovember 29, 19962–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 15–8–1
25WNovember 30, 19965–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 16–8–1
26LDecember 4, 19961–2 San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 16–9–1
27LDecember 6, 19963–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 16–10–1
28TDecember 8, 19961–1 OT @ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 16–10–2
29TDecember 11, 19965–5 OT St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 16–10–3
30WDecember 13, 19962–1 Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 17–10–3
31WDecember 15, 19964–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 18–10–3
32WDecember 18, 19963–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 19–10–3
33WDecember 20, 19964–1 @ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 20–10–3
34WDecember 21, 19963–2 @ New York Islanders (1996–97) 21–10–3
35LDecember 23, 19961–2 San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 21–11–3
36WDecember 27, 19966–4 Boston Bruins (1996–97) 22–11–3
37LDecember 29, 19962–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 22–12–3
38LDecember 30, 19962–3 New York Rangers (1996–97) 22–13–3
39LJanuary 1, 19974–6 Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 22–14–3
40WJanuary 3, 19972–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 23–14–3
41LJanuary 4, 19972–3 @ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 23–15–3
42WJanuary 8, 19976–3 Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 24–15–3
43LJanuary 10, 19973–4 Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 24–16–3
44WJanuary 13, 19972–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 25–16–3
45LJanuary 14, 19971–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 25–17–3
46TJanuary 21, 19973–3 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 25–17–4
47WJanuary 24, 19975–2 @ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 26–17–4
48WJanuary 25, 19975–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 27–17–4
49WJanuary 27, 19977–2 Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 28–17–4
50WJanuary 29, 19973–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 29–17–4
51LJanuary 31, 19971–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 29–18–4
52LFebruary 2, 19973–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 29–19–4
53WFebruary 5, 19974–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 30–19–4
54LFebruary 6, 19974–6 @ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 30–20–4
55WFebruary 8, 19975–4 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 31–20–4
56WFebruary 9, 19972–1 OT Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 32–20–4
57LFebruary 12, 19970–5 Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 32–21–4
58WFebruary 14, 19974–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 33–21–4
59WFebruary 17, 19972–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 34–21–4
60LFebruary 18, 19971–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 34–22–4
61WFebruary 21, 19974–2 Calgary Flames (1996–97) 35–22–4
62WFebruary 23, 19976–1 Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 36–22–4
63WFebruary 25, 19971–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 37–22–4
64WFebruary 27, 19976–2 @ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 38–22–4
65LMarch 1, 19971–4 @ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 38–23–4
66WMarch 5, 19973–2 St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 39–23–4
67WMarch 7, 19972–1 Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 40–23–4
68TMarch 10, 19973–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 40–23–5
69TMarch 14, 19974–4 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 40–23–6
70WMarch 16, 19976–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 41–23–6
71WMarch 19, 19977–2 Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 42–23–6
72WMarch 21, 19972–0 Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 43–23–6
73WMarch 23, 19974–1 @ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 44–23–6
74WMarch 30, 19973–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 45–23–6
75WMarch 31, 19973–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 46–23–6
76WApril 2, 19975–4 New York Islanders (1996–97) 47–23–6
77LApril 4, 19972–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 47–24–6
78TApril 5, 19973–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 47–24–7
79TApril 7, 19972–2 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 47–24–8
80WApril 9, 19973–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 48–24–8
81LApril 11, 19971–2 Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 48–25–8
82LApril 13, 19972–5 Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 48–26–8

Playoffs

Round 1: (2) Dallas Stars vs. (7) Edmonton Oilers


Edmonton won series 4–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano C 80 35 48 83 4243959
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek RW 81 17 36 53 1283504
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk C 66 30 21 51 32-5802
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor D 82 8 40 48 5137202
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue C 73 19 24 43 548505
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen RW 63 16 27 43 226312
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov D 78 13 30 43 2419103
Reid, DaveDave Reid LW 82 19 20 39 1012114
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner RW 76 13 26 39 51-2303
Adams, GregGreg Adams LW 50 21 15 36 227504
Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey RW/C 71 9 22 31 14219102
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist LW 67 10 20 30 246202
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher D 63 3 19 22 978000
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau C 73 5 16 21 369010
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard D 67 1 15 16 6131000
Broten, NealNeal Broten C 20 8 7 15 126112
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig D 77 2 11 13 6217001
Bassen, BobBob Bassen C 46 5 7 12 415002
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk D 57 5 7 12 871020
Huard, BillBill Huard LW 40 5 6 11 1055000
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall RW 56 6 4 10 985000
Kennedy, MikeMike Kennedy C 24 1 6 7 133001
Lalor, MikeMike Lalor D 55 1 1 2 423000
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe G 35 0 2 2 80000
Keczmer, DanDan Keczmer D 13 0 1 1 63000
Moog, AndyAndy Moog G 48 0 1 1 120000
Cote, PatrickPatrick Cote LW 3 0 0 0 270000
Labelle, MarcMarc Labelle LW 9 0 0 0 46-4000
Makarov, SergeiSergei Makarov RW 4 0 0 0 0-2000
Turek, RomanRoman Turek G 6 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog 2738 48 28 13 5 98 2.15 311211023.913
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe 1965 35 17 12 3 88 2.69 3825737.893
Turek, RomanRoman Turek 263 6 3 1 0 9 2.05 0129120.930
Team: 4966 82 48 26 8 195 2.36 620751880.906

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano C 7 4 1 5 02112
Bassen, BobBob Bassen C 7 3 1 4 43000
Gilchrist, BrentBrent Gilchrist LW 6 2 2 4 20000
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue C 7 2 2 4 6-1100
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen RW 7 2 2 4 01000
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk C 7 2 2 4 6-1000
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek RW 7 1 3 4 16-2100
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov D 7 0 3 3 24000
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner RW 5 1 1 2 141001
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher D 7 0 2 2 201000
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard D 7 0 2 2 0-3000
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig D 7 0 2 2 181000
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall RW 5 0 2 2 82000
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor D 7 0 2 2 0-2000
Reid, DaveDave Reid LW 7 1 0 1 4-2000
Adams, GregGreg Adams LW 3 0 1 1 02000
Broten, NealNeal Broten C 2 0 1 1 00000
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau C 7 0 1 1 6-3000
Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey RW/C 7 0 1 1 10-2000
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk D 7 0 1 1 20-1000
Moog, AndyAndy Moog G 7 0 1 1 00000
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe G 1 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Moog, AndyAndy Moog 449 7 3 4 21 2.81 0214193.902
Irbe, ArtursArturs Irbe 13 1 0 0 0 0.00 0441.000
Team: 462 7 3 4 21 2.73 0218197.904

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

See also

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