# 1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

The 1995–96 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the third season in franchise history. For the third straight year, Anaheim did not qualify for the playoffs.

## Regular season

The Mighty Ducks allowed the fewest short-handed goals during the regular season (5).

### Final standings

Pacific Division :
| No. | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
| 2 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
| 3 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
| 4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
| 5 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
| 6 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
| 7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
| 3 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
| 5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
| 6 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
| 8 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
| 9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
| 10 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
| 11 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
| 12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
| 13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

## Schedule and results

1995–96 regular season :
October: 3–8–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–6–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
1October 9Anaheim3–4WinnipegHebert0–1–00Recap
2October 11Anaheim2–3HartfordHebert0–2–00Recap
3October 13Anaheim4–1BuffaloShtalenkov1–2–02Recap
4October 14Anaheim2–5PittsburghHebert1–3–02Recap
5October 18Vancouver5–1AnaheimShtalenkov1–4–02Recap
6October 20Philadelphia4–2AnaheimHebert1–5–02Recap
7October 22Winnipeg2–6AnaheimHebert2–5–04Recap
8October 23Anaheim1–3ColoradoHebert2–6–04Recap
9October 26Anaheim2–5DallasShtalenkov2–7–04Recap
10October 27Anaheim2–4St. LouisHebert2–8–04Recap
11October 29Calgary2–7AnaheimHebert3–8–06Recap :
November: 8–5–1 (home: 5–3–1; road: 3–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
12November 1St. Louis0–3AnaheimHebert4–8–08Recap
13November 3NY Rangers4–7AnaheimHebert5–8–010Recap
14November 5New Jersey1–6AnaheimHebert6–8–012Recap
15November 7Anaheim3–6TorontoHebert6–9–012Recap
16November 8Anaheim3–2MontrealOTHebert7–9–014Recap
17November 11Anaheim3–2OttawaHebert8–9–016Recap
18November 13Los Angeles4–2AnaheimHebert8–10–016Recap
19November 15Colorado3–7AnaheimShtalenkov9–10–018Recap
20November 17NY Islanders1–2AnaheimOTHebert10–10–020Recap
21November 19Florida4–3AnaheimHebert10–11–020Recap
22November 21Anaheim3–2CalgaryHebert11–11–022Recap
23November 22Anaheim0–2EdmontonShtalenkov11–12–022Recap
24November 24Chicago5–4AnaheimOTHebert11–13–022Recap
25November 29Washington2–2AnaheimOTShtalenkov11–13–123Recap :
December: 3–9–3 (home: 3–5–1; road: 0–4–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
26December 1Anaheim2–5DetroitShtalenkov11–14–123Recap
27December 2Anaheim4–4TorontoOTShtalenkov11–14–224Recap
28December 4Anaheim1–5NY RangersShtalenkov11–15–224Recap
29December 6Anaheim1–2Tampa BayHebert11–16–224Recap
30December 7Anaheim3–3FloridaOTHebert11–16–325Recap
31December 10Edmonton3–1AnaheimShtalenkov11–17–325Recap
32December 13Pittsburgh3–6AnaheimShtalenkov12–17–327Recap
33December 15Ottawa2–4AnaheimShtalenkov13–17–329Recap
34December 17Toronto3–2AnaheimOTShtalenkov13–18–329Recap
35December 19San Jose7–4AnaheimShtalenkov13–19–329Recap
36December 20Detroit6–1AnaheimHebert13–20–329Recap
37December 22Vancouver6–2AnaheimShtalenkov13–21–329Recap
38December 27Anaheim1–7Los AngelesShtalenkov13–22–329Recap
39December 29San Jose2–4AnaheimHebert14–22–331Recap
40December 31Los Angeles2–2AnaheimOTHebert14–22–432Recap :
January: 4–5–1 (home: 1–1–0; road: 3–4–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
41January 5Anaheim3–1CalgaryHebert15–22–434Recap
42January 7Anaheim1–3EdmontonHebert15–23–434Recap
43January 9Anaheim2–2PhiladelphiaOTHebert15–23–535Recap
44January 11Anaheim2–7BostonHebert15–24–535Recap
45January 12Anaheim0–3ChicagoHebert15–25–535Recap
46January 14Anaheim6–4WinnipegHebert16–25–537Recap
47January 17Calgary4–1AnaheimHebert16–26–537Recap
48January 24Anaheim2–1VancouverOTHebert17–26–539Recap
49January 27Anaheim4–5Los AngelesHebert17–27–539Recap
50January 31Colorado1–2AnaheimHebert18–27–541Recap :
February: 5–8–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–5–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
51February 2Hartford4–3AnaheimHebert18–28–541Recap
52February 4Chicago4–1AnaheimHebert18–29–541Recap
53February 7Toronto2–1AnaheimShtalenkov18–30–541Recap
54February 10Anaheim3–4NY IslandersShtalenkov18–31–541Recap
55February 11Anaheim4–2New JerseyHebert19–31–543Recap
56February 14Anaheim2–3EdmontonHebert19–32–543Recap
57February 15Anaheim3–5VancouverShtalenkov19–33–543Recap
58February 17Anaheim2–1Los AngelesOTShtalenkov20–33–545Recap
59February 21Boston3–4AnaheimOTShtalenkov21–33–547Recap
60February 23Anaheim2–3CalgaryShtalenkov21–34–547Recap
61February 25San Jose3–4AnaheimHebert22–34–549Recap
62February 26Anaheim2–3ColoradoShtalenkov22–35–549Recap
63February 28Montreal2–5AnaheimShtalenkov23–35–551Recap :
March: 7–3–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 3–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
64March 3Tampa Bay2–2AnaheimOTShtalenkov23–35–652Recap
65March 5Dallas3–1AnaheimShtalenkov23–36–652Recap
66March 8Buffalo2–3AnaheimOTHebert24–36–654Recap
67March 10Los Angeles2–3AnaheimHebert25–36–656Recap
68March 13Colorado0–4AnaheimHebert26–36–658Recap
69March 17St. Louis1–5AnaheimHebert27–36–660Recap
70March 19Anaheim2–1WashingtonHebert28–36–662Recap
71March 22Anaheim6–1St. LouisHebert29–36–664Recap
72March 24Anaheim2–2ChicagoHebert29–36–765Recap
73March 25Anaheim1–5DetroitHebert29–37–765Recap
74March 28Anaheim1–3DallasHebert29–38–765Recap
75March 31Anaheim4–2San JoseHebert30–38–767Recap :
April: 5–1–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 1–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionRecordPointsRecap
76April 3Edmonton0–1AnaheimHebert31–38–769Recap
77April 5Detroit2–2AnaheimOTHebert31–38–870Recap
78April 7Anaheim5–3San JoseHebert32–38–872Recap
79April 8Vancouver0–2AnaheimHebert33–38–874Recap
80April 10Anaheim3–7ColoradoHebert33–39–874Recap
81April 12Dallas3–5AnaheimHebert34–39–876Recap
82April 14Winnipeg2–5AnaheimHebert35–39–878Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Mighty Ducks only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 9 | Paul Kariya | LW | 82 | 50 | 58 | 108 | 9 | 20 |
| 20 | Steve Rucchin | C | 64 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 3 | 12 |
| 25 | Todd Krygier‡ | LW | 60 | 9 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 70 |
| 8 | Teemu Selanne† | RW | 28 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | Mike Sillinger‡ | RW | 62 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −20 | 32 |
| 2 | Bobby Dollas | D | 82 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 64 |
| 14 | Joe Sacco | RW | 76 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 40 |
| 22 | Shaun Van Allen | C | 49 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 41 |
| 18 | Garry Valk | LW | 79 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 125 |
| 3 | Jason York | D | 79 | 3 | 21 | 24 | −7 | 88 |
| 10 | Oleg Tverdovsky‡ | D | 51 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 35 |
| 32 | Alex Hicks | C | 64 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 37 |
| 17 | Dave Karpa | D | 72 | 3 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 270 |
| 21 | Patrik Carnback | RW | 34 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 34 |
| 4 | Fredrik Olausson† | D | 36 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 24 |
| 11 | Valeri Karpov | LW | 37 | 9 | 8 | 17 | −1 | 10 |
| 16 | Peter Douris | RW | 31 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −3 | 9 |
| 12 | David Sacco | LW | 23 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 18 |
| 46 | Jean-Francois Jomphe | RW | 31 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 39 |
| 28 | Roman Oksiuta† | RW | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 19 | Bob Corkum‡ | C | 48 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 8 | Chad Kilger‡ | C | 45 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −2 | 22 |
| 93 | Anatoli Semenov† | C | 12 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −4 | 10 |
| 42 | Denny Lambert | LW | 33 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −2 | 55 |
| 36 | Todd Ewen | RW | 53 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −5 | 285 |
| 21 | Jim Campbell† | C | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Milos Holan | D | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −12 | 24 |
| 29 | Randy Ladouceur | D | 63 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 47 |
| 5 | Robert Dirk‡ | D | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 42 |
| 48 | Darren Van Impe | D | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 24 | Steven King | RW | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 15 |
| 35 | Mikhail Shtalenkov | G | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2 |
| 15 | Vyacheslav Butsayev† | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 0 |
| 24 | Ken Baumgartner† | LW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| 23 | Jason Marshall | D | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 42 |
| 28 | Dwayne Norris† | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 54 | Sean Pronger | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 40 | Jeremy Stevenson | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 31 | Guy Hebert | G | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 6 |
| 27 | John Lilley | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 6 | Don McSween | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 44 | Oleg Mikulchik | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | GS | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 31 | Guy Hebert | 59 | 58 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 1,820 | 157 | 2.83 | .914 | 4 | 3,325:55 |
| 35 | Mikhail Shtalenkov | 30 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 814 | 85 | 3.12 | .896 | 0 | 1,637:12 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | Paul Kariya |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star team | Paul Kariya (Left Wing) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Paul Kariya |

### Records

* Todd Ewen – Most PIM in a season (285)

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Chad Kilger | October 9, 1995 |
| First game | Alex Hicks | November 15, 1995 |
| First game | Sean Pronger | November 29, 1995 |
| First game | Jim Campbell | February 4, 1996 |
| First game | Jean-Francois Jomphe | February 4, 1996 |
| First game | Jeremy Stevenson | March 13, 1996 |

## Draft picks

Anaheim's draft picks at the 1995 NHL entry draft held at the Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 1 | 4 | Chad Kilger | LW | Canada | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
| 2 | 29 | Brian Wesenberg | RW | Canada | Guelph Storm (OHL) |
| 3 | 55 | Mike Leclerc | LW | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
| 5 | 107 | Igor Nikulin | RW | Russia | Severstal Cherepovets (Russia) |
| 6 | 133 | Peter Leboutillier | RW | Canada | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
| 7 | 159 | Mike LaPlante | D | Canada | Calgary Royals (AJHL) |
| 8 | 185 | Igor Karpenko | G | Ukraine | Sokil Kyiv (Ukraine) |

### Notes

* The Mighty Ducks fourth-round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche (formerly the Quebec Nordiques) as the result of a trade on February 20, 1994 that sent John Tanner to Anaheim in exchange for this pick (81st overall).
* The Mighty Ducks ninth-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on August 31, 1994 that sent Darren Van Impe to Anaheim in exchange for this pick (211th overall).