1996-97 Ottawa Senators Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 31-36-15 - 77 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 4-3
Coach: Jacques Martin (31-36-15)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1996-97 Ottawa Senators RosterTeam Record: 31-36-15 - 77 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 4-3
Coach: Jacques Martin (31-36-15)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1996-97 Ottawa Senators Results
The Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 31 wins and 36 losses and 15 ties for 77 points, finishing third in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Senators netted 226 goals and surrendered 234. Alexei Yashin scored 35 goals for Ottawa, and Daniel Alfredsson recorded 47 assists. Ron Tugnutt topped the squad with 17 wins, while Damian Rhodes recorded a 2.72 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jacques Martin coached the team. The 1996-97 Ottawa Senators lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexei Yashin | C | 82 | 35 | 40 | 75 | 44 | -7 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 291 | 12.0 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | R | 76 | 24 | 47 | 71 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 247 | 9.7 |
| Alexandre Daigle | R | 82 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 33 | -33 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 203 | 12.8 |
| Steve Duchesne | D | 78 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 38 | -9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 208 | 9.1 |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 76 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 99 | -7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 10.4 |
| Andreas Dackell | R | 79 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 8 | -6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 15.2 |
| Shawn McEachern | L | 65 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 18 | -5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 7.3 |
| Wade Redden | D | 82 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 5.9 |
| Sergei Zholtok | C | 57 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 12.5 |
| Tom Chorske | L | 68 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 16 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 116 | 15.5 |
| Shaun Van Allen | C | 80 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 35 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 123 | 8.9 |
| Bruce Gardiner | R | 67 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 94 | 11.7 |
| Jason York | D | 75 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 67 | -8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 3.3 |
| Janne Laukkanen | D | 76 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 76 | -14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 2.8 |
| Denny Lambert | L | 80 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 217 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 6.9 |
| Radek Bonk | C | 53 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 6.1 |
| Lance Pitlick | D | 66 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 9.3 |
| Jason Zent | L | 22 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 |
| Christer Olsson | D | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| Denis Chasse | R | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 57 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 |
| Dave Hannan | C | 34 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 |
| Damian Rhodes | G | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Tugnutt | G | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Radim Bicanek | D | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Dennis Vial | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Phil Von Stefenelli | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Phil Crowe | R | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Stan Neckar | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mike Bales | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Hill | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1564 | 226 | 368 | 594 | 1077 | -88 | 56 | 101 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 8 | 2397 | 9.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Tugnutt | 37 | 1991 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 2.80 | 882 | 789 | .895 |
| Damian Rhodes | 50 | 2934 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 133 | 2.72 | 1213 | 1080 | .890 |
| Mike Bales | 1 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.62 | 18 | 14 | .778 |
| Totals | 88 | 4977 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 230 | 2.77 | 2343 | 2113 | .902 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexei Yashin | C | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| Daniel Alfredsson | R | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 21.7 | |
| Alexandre Daigle | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Steve Duchesne | D | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5.6 | |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 | |
| Andreas Dackell | R | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Shawn McEachern | L | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 | |
| Wade Redden | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Sergei Zholtok | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Tom Chorske | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Shaun Van Allen | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Bruce Gardiner | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Jason York | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | |
| Janne Laukkanen | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Denny Lambert | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Radek Bonk | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Lance Pitlick | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Tugnutt | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Radim Bicanek | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Phil Crowe | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 133 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 89 | -29 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 204 | 6.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Tugnutt | 7 | 425 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1.98 | 169 | 155 | .917 |
| Totals | 7 | 425 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1.98 | 183 | 169 | .923 |
