1996-97 Edmonton Oilers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 36-37-9 - 81 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 5-7
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Dallas Stars 4-3
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Colorado Avalanche 4-1
Coach: Ron Low (36-37-9)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1996-97 Edmonton Oilers RosterTeam Record: 36-37-9 - 81 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 5-7
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Dallas Stars 4-3
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Colorado Avalanche 4-1
Coach: Ron Low (36-37-9)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1996-97 Edmonton Oilers Results
The Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 36 wins and 37 losses and 9 ties for 81 points, finishing third in the NHL's Pacific Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-7.
The Oilers scored 252 goals and conceded 247. Ryan Smyth netted 39 goals for Edmonton, and Andrei Kovalenko tallied 30 or more also. Doug Weight contributed 61 assists. Curtis Joseph earned 32 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.93 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Ron Low coached the team. The 1996-97 Edmonton Oilers lost in the NHL conference semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Weight | C | 80 | 21 | 61 | 82 | 80 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 235 | 8.9 |
| Ryan Smyth | L | 82 | 39 | 22 | 61 | 76 | -7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 265 | 14.7 |
| Andrei Kovalenko | R | 74 | 32 | 27 | 59 | 81 | -5 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 19.6 |
| Jason Arnott | C | 67 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 92 | -21 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 248 | 7.7 |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | R | 76 | 26 | 21 | 47 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 182 | 14.3 |
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 81 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 159 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 10.3 |
| Todd Marchant | C | 79 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 202 | 6.9 |
| Mike Grier | R | 79 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 16.9 |
| Boris Mironov | D | 55 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 147 | 4.1 |
| Rem Murray | L | 82 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 12.9 |
| Dean McAmmond | L | 57 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 28 | -15 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 106 | 11.3 |
| Miroslav Satan | L | 64 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 22 | -4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 18.9 |
| Mats Lindgren | C | 69 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 12 | -7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 15.5 |
| Dan McGillis | D | 73 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 139 | 4.3 |
| Bryan Marchment | D | 71 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 132 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 3.4 |
| Kevin Lowe | D | 64 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 50 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2.2 |
| Jeff Norton | D | 62 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 42 | -7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 2.9 |
| Luke Richardson | D | 82 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 91 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1.5 |
| Michel Petit | D | 18 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | -13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| Petr Klima | L | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Greg de Vries | D | 37 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 52 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 |
| David Oliver | R | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Louie DeBrusk | L | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 94 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Curtis Joseph | G | 72 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Intranuovo | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Steve Kelly | C | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Donald Dufresne | D | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Drew Bannister | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bob Essensa | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Hulbig | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Craig Millar | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jesse Belanger | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Sean Brown | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Barrie Moore | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1566 | 252 | 406 | 658 | 1350 | -48 | 73 | 127 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 2521 | 10.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Joseph | 72 | 4100 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 200 | 2.93 | 2144 | 1944 | .907 |
| Bob Essensa | 19 | 868 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 2.83 | 406 | 365 | .899 |
| Totals | 91 | 4968 | 36 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 241 | 2.91 | 2791 | 2550 | .914 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Weight | C | 12 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 5.6 | |
| Ryan Smyth | L | 12 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 10.4 | |
| Andrei Kovalenko | R | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 | |
| Jason Arnott | C | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 | |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | R | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | |
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 26.3 | |
| Todd Marchant | C | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 10.0 | |
| Mike Grier | R | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14.3 | |
| Boris Mironov | D | 12 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 6.5 | |
| Rem Murray | L | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Mats Lindgren | C | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 | |
| Dan McGillis | D | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | |
| Bryan Marchment | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Lowe | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luke Richardson | D | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Petr Klima | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Greg de Vries | D | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Louie DeBrusk | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Curtis Joseph | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Kelly | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Donald Dufresne | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Drew Bannister | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Hulbig | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Bryan Muir | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 228 | 32 | 51 | 83 | 204 | -17 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 393 | 8.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Joseph | 12 | 767 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 2.82 | 405 | 369 | .911 |
| Totals | 12 | 767 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 2.82 | 441 | 405 | .918 |
