1996–97 Pittsburgh Penguins
Eastern Conference · Metropolitan Division · 38-36-0, 84 pts · Playoffs 1-4
The 1996–97 Pittsburgh Penguins went 38-36-0 (84 points) in the Northeast Division and played 5 playoff games (1-4). Mario Lemieux led the team with 122 points (50 G, 72 A). Patrick Lalime had 22 wins in goal.
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Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | C | 76 | 50 | 72 | 122 | +27 | 65 | 15 | 327 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaromir Jagr | R | 63 | 47 | 48 | 95 | +22 | 40 | 11 | 234 | 20.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Francis | C | 81 | 27 | 63 | 90 | +7 | 20 | 10 | 183 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Petr Nedved | C | 74 | 33 | 38 | 71 | -2 | 66 | 12 | 189 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 80 | 15 | 39 | 54 | +11 | 103 | 9 | 199 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 62 | 17 | 22 | 39 | -20 | 16 | 4 | 132 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 57 | 6 | 30 | 36 | +3 | 28 | 2 | 79 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Fredrik Olausson | D | 51 | 7 | 20 | 27 | +21 | 24 | 2 | 75 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Sandstrom | R | 40 | 9 | 15 | 24 | +4 | 33 | 1 | 73 | 12.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Glen Murray | R | 66 | 11 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 24 | 3 | 127 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Mullen | R | 54 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Hicks | L | 55 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -6 | 76 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Dziedzic | L | 59 | 9 | 9 | 18 | -4 | 63 | 0 | 85 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 57 | 2 | 16 | 18 | +24 | 84 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. Daigneault | D | 53 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -5 | 36 | 0 | 49 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Johnson | C | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | -13 | 14 | 1 | 52 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Olczyk | R | 12 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +8 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Roche | L | 61 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 155 | 2 | 53 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Moran | D | 36 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 22 | 0 | 50 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andreas Johansson | L | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 20 | 0 | 38 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Valk | L | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 25 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Tamer | D | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -25 | 131 | 0 | 56 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Mironov | D | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Alek Stojanov | R | 35 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 79 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Muni | D | 64 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -6 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Wright | C | 45 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 70 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Christian | L | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Petr Klima | R | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Josef Beranek | L | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francois Leroux | D | 59 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 81 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Quinn | C | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -6 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -12 | 36 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Antoski | L | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Oksiuta | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Patterson | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan Bergqvist | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Domenic Pittis | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Park | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Lalime | 66 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1166 | .913 | 2.95 | 3 |
| Ken Wregget | 56 | 43 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1383 | .902 | 3.25 | 2 |
| Philippe De Rouville | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 66 | .909 | 3.24 | 0 |
| Tom Barrasso | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 186 | .860 | 5.79 | 0 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | vs TBL | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Oct 8 | @ HFD | L 3–7 | Final |
| Oct 11 | @ OTT | L 2–3 | Final |
| Oct 12 | vs OTT | W 3–2 | Final |
| Oct 16 | @ NYR | L 1–8 | Final |
| Oct 17 | @ BUF | L 1–4 | Final |
| Oct 19 | vs WSH | W 2–1 | Final |
| Oct 22 | @ EDM | L 2–5 | Final |
| Oct 24 | @ CGY | L 5–7 | Final |
| Oct 26 | @ VAN | L 1–2 | Final |
| Nov 1 | @ WSH | L 2–4 | Final |
| Nov 2 | vs OTT | W 7–3 | Final |
| Nov 6 | vs EDM | W 5–2 | Final |
| Nov 8 | @ TBL | T 5–5 | Final/OT |
| Nov 9 | @ FLA | L 2–4 | Final |
| Nov 12 | vs BUF | W 3–0 | Final |
| Nov 14 | @ BOS | L 1–2 | Final/OT |
| Nov 16 | vs NYR | L 3–8 | Final |
| Nov 19 | vs STL | W 4–2 | Final |
| Nov 21 | @ PHI | L 3–7 | Final |
| Nov 22 | @ HFD | W 7–1 | Final |
| Nov 27 | vs MTL | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Nov 30 | vs BOS | W 6–2 | Final |
| Dec 3 | vs HFD | T 4–4 | Final/OT |
| Dec 4 | @ OTT | W 4–2 | Final |
| Dec 6 | @ WSH | W 5–3 | Final |
| Dec 7 | vs ANA | W 5–3 | Final |
| Dec 10 | @ LAK | W 5–3 | Final |
| Dec 11 | @ ANA | W 7–3 | Final |
| Dec 13 | @ SJS | W 4–0 | Final |
| Dec 15 | @ CHI | L 1–2 | Final |
| Dec 17 | vs BOS | L 4–6 | Final |
| Dec 19 | @ STL | W 4–0 | Final |
| Dec 21 | vs SJS | W 3–1 | Final |
| Dec 23 | @ TOR | W 6–5 | Final |
| Dec 26 | vs MTL | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Dec 28 | vs BUF | W 2–0 | Final |
| Dec 30 | vs WSH | W 5–3 | Final |
| Jan 2 | @ NJD | W 6–1 | Final |
| Jan 4 | vs TBL | W 7–3 | Final |
| Jan 7 | @ NYI | W 5–3 | Final |
| Jan 10 | vs NYI | W 5–2 | Final |
| Jan 11 | @ OTT | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Jan 14 | vs DAL | W 3–1 | Final |
| Jan 15 | @ HFD | W 3–0 | Final |
| Jan 21 | vs CGY | W 4–2 | Final |
| Jan 23 | vs COL | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Jan 25 | vs NYR | L 4–7 | Final |
| Jan 26 | @ MTL | W 5–2 | Final |
| Jan 29 | @ BUF | L 1–3 | Final |
| Feb 1 | vs PHX | W 4–1 | Final |
| Feb 4 | vs VAN | W 6–4 | Final |
| Feb 5 | @ MTL | W 6–3 | Final |
| Feb 8 | vs DET | L 5–6 | Final/OT |
| Feb 12 | vs NYI | L 1–5 | Final |
| Feb 15 | @ PHI | L 1–5 | Final |
| Feb 16 | vs PHI | L 2–6 | Final |
| Feb 18 | vs FLA | W 4–2 | Final |
| Feb 22 | vs CHI | L 2–5 | Final |
| Feb 23 | @ NYI | L 1–4 | Final |
| Feb 27 | @ DET | L 1–4 | Final |
| Mar 1 | @ NJD | L 3–6 | Final |
| Mar 4 | vs NJD | L 1–3 | Final |
| Mar 5 | @ BUF | L 2–4 | Final |
| Mar 8 | vs PHI | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Mar 10 | vs MTL | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Mar 12 | @ PHX | T 5–5 | Final/OT |
| Mar 14 | @ COL | L 3–6 | Final |
| Mar 16 | @ DAL | L 2–6 | Final |
| Mar 18 | vs BUF | W 5–3 | Final |
| Mar 20 | vs TOR | W 6–3 | Final |
| Mar 22 | vs NJD | L 2–3 | Final |
| Mar 24 | @ NYR | L 0–3 | Final |
| Mar 26 | @ MTL | L 5–8 | Final |
| Mar 29 | vs LAK | W 4–1 | Final |
| Mar 31 | vs FLA | W 4–3 | Final |
| Apr 3 | vs HFD | T 5–5 | Final/OT |
| Apr 5 | vs OTT | W 5–2 | Final |
| Apr 8 | vs BOS | W 3–1 | Final |
| Apr 10 | @ TBL | L 3–4 | Final |
| Apr 11 | @ FLA | L 2–4 | Final |
| Apr 13 | @ BOS | L 3–7 | Final |
| Apr 17 | @ PHI | L 1–5 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 19 | @ PHI | L 2–3 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 21 | vs PHI | L 3–5 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 23 | vs PHI | W 4–1 | Final · Playoffs |
| Apr 26 | @ PHI | L 3–6 | Final · Playoffs |