1996–97 Philadelphia Flyers
Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division · 45-24-0, 103 pts · Playoffs 12-6
The 1996–97 Philadelphia Flyers went 45-24-0 (103 points) in the Atlantic Division and played 18 playoff games (12-6). John Leclair led the team with 97 points (50 G, 47 A). Ron Hextall had 32 wins in goal.
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Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Leclair | L | 81 | 50 | 47 | 97 | +45 | 58 | 10 | 320 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Lindros | C | 52 | 32 | 47 | 79 | +31 | 136 | 9 | 198 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Brind'Amour | C | 81 | 27 | 32 | 59 | +2 | 41 | 8 | 202 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikael Renberg | R | 76 | 22 | 37 | 59 | +38 | 63 | 1 | 248 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 81 | 12 | 34 | 46 | +26 | 50 | 5 | 180 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Klatt | R | 75 | 24 | 21 | 45 | +9 | 20 | 5 | 131 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Janne Niinimaa | D | 76 | 4 | 40 | 44 | +11 | 58 | 1 | 140 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Hawerchuk | C | 51 | 12 | 22 | 34 | +9 | 32 | 6 | 102 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Shjon Podein | L | 81 | 14 | 18 | 32 | +8 | 41 | 0 | 152 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Otto | C | 77 | 13 | 19 | 32 | +13 | 99 | 0 | 105 | 12.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Coffey | D | 37 | 6 | 20 | 26 | +11 | 20 | 0 | 71 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Therien | D | 70 | 2 | 22 | 24 | +26 | 64 | 0 | 106 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Falloon | R | 51 | 11 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 10 | 2 | 123 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Dainius Zubrus | R | 67 | 8 | 13 | 21 | +3 | 22 | 1 | 69 | 11.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Dykhuis | D | 61 | 4 | 14 | 18 | +8 | 33 | 2 | 99 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinny Prospal | L | 18 | 5 | 10 | 15 | +3 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Petr Svoboda | D | 67 | 2 | 12 | 14 | +10 | 94 | 1 | 36 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 |
| John Druce | R | 42 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 12 | 1 | 72 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Daniels | L | 55 | 5 | 3 | 8 | +2 | 237 | 0 | 48 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kjell Samuelsson | D | 33 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +18 | 47 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Lacroix | L | 73 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 161 | 1 | 53 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Kordic | L | 74 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 208 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Haller | D | 26 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Darby | C | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Michel Petit | D | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 51 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Bowen | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aris Brimanis | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Forbes | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Rumble | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frantisek Kucera | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Healey | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Hextall | 79 | 53 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 1257 | .897 | 2.55 | 5 |
| Garth Snow | 78 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 816 | .903 | 2.52 | 2 |
| Neil Little | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dominic Roussel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | vs FLA | L 1–3 | Final |
| Oct 7 | vs NJD | W 3–1 | Final |
| Oct 10 | vs LAK | W 5–4 | Final/OT |
| Oct 12 | @ NYI | L 1–5 | Final |
| Oct 13 | vs CGY | L 0–1 | Final |
| Oct 15 | @ LAK | L 2–3 | Final |
| Oct 16 | @ ANA | W 4–3 | Final |
| Oct 18 | @ PHX | W 3–1 | Final |
| Oct 22 | vs ANA | W 3–0 | Final |
| Oct 26 | @ MTL | L 5–6 | Final |
| Oct 30 | @ WSH | L 2–4 | Final |
| Oct 31 | @ TBL | W 4–3 | Final |
| Nov 2 | @ FLA | W 3–2 | Final |
| Nov 4 | vs NYI | L 3–4 | Final |
| Nov 7 | @ BUF | W 5–2 | Final |
| Nov 9 | vs CHI | L 1–4 | Final |
| Nov 10 | vs TOR | W 3–1 | Final |
| Nov 13 | @ NYR | W 2–1 | Final |
| Nov 14 | vs WSH | L 2–5 | Final |
| Nov 16 | vs SJS | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Nov 21 | vs PIT | W 7–3 | Final |
| Nov 23 | @ TBL | W 2–1 | Final |
| Nov 26 | @ BOS | L 0–2 | Final |
| Nov 27 | @ NYI | L 1–4 | Final |
| Nov 30 | @ OTT | W 4–3 | Final |
| Dec 1 | vs VAN | W 4–3 | Final |
| Dec 4 | @ NYR | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Dec 6 | @ DAL | W 6–3 | Final |
| Dec 10 | vs FLA | W 5–4 | Final |
| Dec 12 | vs HFD | W 3–2 | Final |
| Dec 14 | @ HFD | W 4–0 | Final |
| Dec 15 | vs BOS | W 6–0 | Final |
| Dec 19 | vs NYI | W 5–0 | Final |
| Dec 21 | vs STL | W 4–0 | Final |
| Dec 22 | @ CHI | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Dec 27 | @ EDM | W 6–4 | Final |
| Dec 29 | @ CGY | W 4–2 | Final |
| Dec 31 | @ VAN | W 5–3 | Final |
| Jan 2 | @ SJS | W 4–1 | Final |
| Jan 4 | @ COL | T 4–4 | Final/OT |
| Jan 7 | vs BOS | W 7–3 | Final |
| Jan 9 | vs TBL | L 1–3 | Final |
| Jan 11 | vs WSH | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Jan 14 | vs MTL | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 21 | vs DAL | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Jan 22 | @ DET | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Jan 25 | vs DET | L 1–4 | Final |
| Jan 28 | vs PHX | W 4–1 | Final |
| Jan 29 | @ WSH | W 2–1 | Final |
| Feb 1 | vs NYR | L 2–4 | Final |
| Feb 4 | vs BUF | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Feb 6 | vs MTL | W 9–5 | Final |
| Feb 8 | @ NJD | L 2–4 | Final |
| Feb 13 | vs OTT | W 4–2 | Final |
| Feb 15 | vs PIT | W 5–1 | Final |
| Feb 16 | @ PIT | W 6–2 | Final |
| Feb 19 | vs HFD | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Feb 20 | @ TBL | L 2–5 | Final |
| Feb 22 | @ FLA | W 4–3 | Final/OT |
| Feb 23 | vs NYR | W 2–1 | Final |
| Feb 26 | @ OTT | W 8–5 | Final |
| Mar 1 | @ BOS | T 5–5 | Final/OT |
| Mar 2 | @ HFD | W 5–2 | Final |
| Mar 5 | vs NJD | L 1–3 | Final |
| Mar 8 | @ PIT | L 2–3 | Final/OT |
| Mar 9 | vs WSH | W 5–0 | Final |
| Mar 11 | @ BUF | L 2–3 | Final/OT |
| Mar 13 | vs EDM | W 5–4 | Final/OT |
| Mar 15 | vs BUF | L 5–7 | Final |
| Mar 19 | @ TOR | W 6–3 | Final |
| Mar 22 | @ NYI | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Mar 23 | vs COL | W 2–0 | Final |
| Mar 25 | @ NJD | W 4–3 | Final |
| Mar 29 | @ WSH | W 5–3 | Final |
| Mar 30 | @ STL | L 2–3 | Final |
| Apr 1 | vs TBL | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Apr 6 | vs OTT | W 2–1 | Final |
| Apr 7 | @ NYR | L 2–3 | Final |
| Apr 10 | vs NYR | L 3–6 | Final |
| Apr 12 | @ MTL | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Apr 13 | vs NJD | W 5–4 | Final |
| Apr 17 | vs PIT | W 5–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 19 | vs PIT | W 3–2 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 21 | @ PIT | W 5–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 23 | @ PIT | L 1–4 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 26 | vs PIT | W 6–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 3 | @ BUF | W 5–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 5 | @ BUF | W 2–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 7 | vs BUF | W 4–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 9 | vs BUF | L 4–5 | Final/OT · Playoffs |
| May 11 | @ BUF | W 6–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 16 | vs NYR | W 3–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 18 | vs NYR | L 4–5 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 20 | @ NYR | W 6–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 23 | @ NYR | W 3–2 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 25 | vs NYR | W 4–2 | Final · Playoffs |
| May 31 | vs DET | L 2–4 | Final · Playoffs |
| Jun 3 | vs DET | L 2–4 | Final · Playoffs |
| Jun 5 | @ DET | L 1–6 | Final · Playoffs |