1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics
Team Record: 38-36-8 - 84 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-1
Coach: Eddie Johnston (31-26-5)
Coach: Craig Patrick (7-10-3)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins Results
The Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 38 wins and 36 losses and 8 ties for 84 points, finishing second in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Penguins paced the league with 285 goals. Pittsburgh allowed 280 goals. Mario Lemieux scored 50 goals for the squad, while Petr Nedved and Jaromir Jagr netted 30 or more as well. Mario Lemieux contributed 72 assists. Patrick Lalime topped the team with 21 wins, plus Ken Wregget added 15 or more wins, too. Patrick Lalime registered a 2.94 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Eddie Johnston and Craig Patrick coached the team. The 1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | C | 76 | 50 | 72 | 122 | 65 | 27 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 327 | 15.3 |
| Jaromir Jagr | R | 63 | 47 | 48 | 95 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 234 | 20.1 |
| Ron Francis | C | 81 | 27 | 63 | 90 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 183 | 14.8 |
| Petr Nedved | C | 74 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 66 | -2 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 189 | 17.5 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 80 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 103 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 199 | 7.5 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 62 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 16 | -20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 132 | 12.9 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 57 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 7.6 |
| Fredrik Olausson | D | 51 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75 | 9.3 |
| Tomas Sandstrom | R | 40 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 12.3 |
| Glen Murray | R | 66 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 24 | -19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 127 | 8.7 |
| Joe Mullen | R | 54 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 11.1 |
| Alex Hicks | L | 55 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 76 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 |
| Joe Dziedzic | L | 59 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 63 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 10.6 |
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 57 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 84 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 |
| J.J. Daigneault | D | 53 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 36 | -5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 |
| Greg Johnson | C | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 | -13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13.5 |
| Ed Olczyk | C | 12 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 13.8 |
| Dave Roche | L | 61 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 155 | -13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 9.4 |
| Ian Moran | D | 36 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 8.0 |
| Andreas Johansson | C | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 |
| Garry Valk | L | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 25 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 |
| Chris Tamer | D | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 131 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 3.6 |
| Dmitri Mironov | D | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Alek Stojanov | R | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Josef Beranek | L | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Jeff Christian | L | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Tyler Wright | C | 45 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 70 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Petr Klima | L | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 |
| Craig Muni | D | 64 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 36 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Francois Leroux | D | 59 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 81 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dan Quinn | C | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Ken Wregget | G | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Bergkvist | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roman Oksiuta | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Lalime | G | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Philippe DeRouville | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Park | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ed Patterson | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Domenic Pittis | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Antoski | L | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1568 | 285 | 496 | 781 | 1486 | -53 | 74 | 141 | 11 | 13 | 38 | 4 | 2414 | 11.8 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Lalime | 39 | 2058 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 101 | 2.94 | 1166 | 1065 | .913 |
| Ken Wregget | 46 | 2514 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 136 | 3.25 | 1383 | 1247 | .902 |
| Philippe DeRouville | 2 | 111 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.24 | 66 | 60 | .909 |
| Tom Barrasso | 5 | 270 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5.78 | 186 | 160 | .860 |
| Totals | 92 | 4953 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 269 | 3.26 | 3070 | 2801 | .912 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | C | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | |
| Jaromir Jagr | R | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22.2 | |
| Ron Francis | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Petr Nedved | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Stu Barnes | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Jason Woolley | D | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Fredrik Olausson | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Mullen | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Hicks | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Dziedzic | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Greg Johnson | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Ed Olczyk | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Ian Moran | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Chris Tamer | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Josef Beranek | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | |
| Craig Muni | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francois Leroux | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Wregget | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 95 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 68 | -39 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 9.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Wregget | 5 | 297 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3.64 | 211 | 193 | .915 |
| Totals | 5 | 297 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3.64 | 229 | 211 | .921 |
