1996–97 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1996–97 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' thirtieth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings failed to make the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Colorado Avalanche	82	49	24	9	277	205	107
2	4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	36	33	13	243	231	85
3	7	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	37	9	252	247	81
4	9	Vancouver Canucks	82	35	40	7	257	273	77
5	10	Calgary Flames	82	32	41	9	214	239	73
6	12	Los Angeles Kings	82	28	43	11	214	268	67
7	13	San Jose Sharks	82	27	47	8	211	278	62

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
1	W	October 4, 1996	1–0	New York Islanders (1996–97)	1–0–0
2	L	October 6, 1996	6–7 OT	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	1–1–0
3	L	October 9, 1996	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	1–2–0
4	L	October 10, 1996	4–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	1–3–0
5	W	October 12, 1996	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	2–3–0
6	W	October 15, 1996	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	3–3–0
7	W	October 17, 1996	4–2	Boston Bruins (1996–97)	4–3–0
8	L	October 20, 1996	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	4–4–0
9	L	October 21, 1996	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	4–5–0
10	L	October 24, 1996	2–8	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	4–6–0
11	T	October 26, 1996	0–0 OT	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	4–6–1
12	W	October 29, 1996	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	5–6–1
13	T	October 30, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	5–6–2
14	W	November 2, 1996	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	6–6–2
15	T	November 4, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	6–6–3
16	W	November 7, 1996	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	7–6–3
17	L	November 8, 1996	4–7	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	7–7–3
18	W	November 14, 1996	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	8–7–3
19	W	November 17, 1996	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	9–7–3
20	L	November 19, 1996	0–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	9–8–3
21	L	November 20, 1996	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	9–9–3
22	L	November 23, 1996	0–6	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	9–10–3
23	W	November 27, 1996	5–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	10–10–3
24	L	November 28, 1996	0–2	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	10–11–3
25	L	November 30, 1996	3–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	10–12–3
26	W	December 3, 1996	4–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	11–12–3
27	L	December 5, 1996	1–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	11–13–3
28	W	December 7, 1996	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	12–13–3
29	L	December 10, 1996	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	12–14–3
30	L	December 12, 1996	1–5	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	12–15–3
31	T	December 14, 1996	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals (1996–97)	12–15–4
32	L	December 17, 1996	3–4	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	12–16–4
33	L	December 18, 1996	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	12–17–4
34	L	December 20, 1996	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	12–18–4
35	L	December 22, 1996	4–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	12–19–4
36	W	December 26, 1996	5–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	13–19–4
37	L	December 28, 1996	2–5	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	13–20–4
38	L	December 30, 1996	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	13–21–4
39	L	January 2, 1997	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	13–22–4
40	L	January 4, 1997	0–5	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	13–23–4
41	W	January 7, 1997	6–2	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	14–23–4
42	W	January 9, 1997	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	15–23–4
43	W	January 11, 1997	2–1	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	16–23–4
44	T	January 14, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	16–23–5
45	W	January 15, 1997	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	17–23–5
46	L	January 21, 1997	1–4	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	17–24–5
47	L	January 22, 1997	2–7	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	17–25–5
48	T	January 25, 1997	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	17–25–6
49	L	January 27, 1997	2–7	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	17–26–6
50	L	January 29, 1997	3–6	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	17–27–6
51	W	January 30, 1997	5–3	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	18–27–6
52	L	February 1, 1997	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	18–28–6
53	W	February 3, 1997	3–2	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	19–28–6
54	L	February 5, 1997	2–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	19–29–6
55	L	February 9, 1997	1–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	19–30–6
56	L	February 11, 1997	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	19–31–6
57	T	February 13, 1997	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	19–31–7
58	T	February 15, 1997	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	19–31–8
59	L	February 17, 1997	1–2	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	19–32–8
60	L	February 18, 1997	1–6	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	19–33–8
61	W	February 20, 1997	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	20–33–8
62	W	February 22, 1997	4–0	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	21–33–8
63	W	February 25, 1997	3–1	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	22–33–8
64	W	February 27, 1997	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	23–33–8
65	W	March 1, 1997	3–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	24–33–8
66	L	March 4, 1997	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	24–34–8
67	L	March 6, 1997	2–6	New York Rangers (1996–97)	24–35–8
68	W	March 8, 1997	3–1	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	25–35–8
69	T	March 10, 1997	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	25–35–9
70	L	March 13, 1997	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	25–36–9
71	L	March 15, 1997	2–5	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	25–37–9
72	L	March 19, 1997	2–6	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	25–38–9
73	W	March 22, 1997	2–1	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	26–38–9
74	T	March 24, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	26–38–10
75	L	March 27, 1997	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	26–39–10
76	L	March 29, 1997	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	26–40–10
77	L	March 30, 1997	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	26–41–10
78	L	April 3, 1997	4–5	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	26–42–10
79	T	April 5, 1997	3–3 OT	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	26–42–11
80	L	April 9, 1997	1–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	26–43–11
81	W	April 12, 1997	4–1	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	27–43–11
82	W	April 13, 1997	4–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	28–43–11

Playoffs

The Kings missed the 1997 playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich	75	19	37	56	38
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	81	25	21	46	112
Olczyk, EdEd Olczyk	67	21	23	44	45
Tsyplakov, VladimirVladimir Tsyplakov	67	16	23	39	12
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	69	14	20	34	96
Yachmenev, VitaliVitali Yachmenev	65	10	22	32	10
Blake, RobRob Blake	62	8	23	31	82
Nurminen, KaiKai Nurminen	67	16	11	27	22
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault	41	11	14	25	20
Boucher, PhilippePhilippe Boucher	60	7	18	25	25
Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere	62	8	15	23	102
Norstrom, MattiasMattias Norstrom	80	1	21	22	84
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell	55	5	12	17	144
Smyth, BradBrad Smyth	44	8	8	16	74
Slaney, JohnJohn Slaney	32	3	11	14	4
Shevalier, JeffJeff Shevalier	26	4	9	13	6
Vopat, JanJan Vopat	33	4	5	9	22
Vopat, RomanRoman Vopat	29	4	5	9	60
Bylsma, DanDan Bylsma	79	3	6	9	32
Murray, GlenGlen Murray	11	5	3	8	8
Berg, AkiAki Berg	41	2	6	8	24
Johnson, CraigCraig Johnson	31	4	3	7	26
Grieve, BrentBrent Grieve	18	4	2	6	15
Modry, JaroslavJaroslav Modry	30	3	3	6	25
Potomski, BarryBarry Potomski	26	3	2	5	93
Finn, StevenSteven Finn	54	2	3	5	84
Johnson, MattMatt Johnson	52	1	3	4	194
LaFayette, NathanNathan LaFayette	15	1	3	4	8
Broten, NealNeal Broten	19	0	4	4	0
Klima, PetrPetr Klima	8	0	4	4	2
DiPietro, PaulPaul DiPietro	6	1	0	1	6
Zmolek, DougDoug Zmolek	57	1	0	1	116
Bergeron, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Bergeron	1	0	0	0	0
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	40	0	0	0	0
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset	44	0	0	0	2
Marinucci, ChrisChris Marinucci	1	0	0	0	0
McKenna, SteveSteve McKenna	9	0	0	0	37
Morgan, JasonJason Morgan	3	0	0	0	0
Storr, JamieJamie Storr	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	2162	40	13	17	5	112	3.11	1178	1066	.905	0
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset	2482	44	13	24	5	132	3.19	1410	1278	.906	4
Storr, JamieJamie Storr	265	5	2	1	1	11	2.49	147	136	.925	0
Bergeron, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Bergeron	56	1	0	1	0	4	4.29	35	31	.886	0
Team:	4965	82	28	43	11	259	3.13	2770	2511	.906	4

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References

↑ "1996-1997 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1996-97 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.

"1996–97 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

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See also	Draft Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1996–97 Los Angeles Kings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

See also

References

External links