1996–97 San Jose Sharks season

The 1996–97 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' sixth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Sharks again failed to make the playoffs, finishing 13th in the Western Conference.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 5, 1996 	2–2 OT	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	0–0–1
2 	W	October 6, 1996 	7–6 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	1–0–1
3 	L	October 8, 1996 	0–6 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	1–1–1
4 	L	October 10, 1996 	1–4 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	1–2–1
5 	L	October 12, 1996 	3–5 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	1–3–1
6 	T	October 16, 1996 	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	1–3–2
7 	W	October 18, 1996 	4–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	2–3–2
8 	W	October 20, 1996 	3–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	3–3–2
9 	L	October 22, 1996 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	3–4–2
10 	L	October 24, 1996 	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	3–5–2
11 	T	October 26, 1996 	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	3–5–3
12 	W	October 27, 1996 	6–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	4–5–3
13 	W	October 30, 1996 	3–1 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	5–5–3
14 	L	November 1, 1996 	3–4 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	5–6–3
15 	W	November 2, 1996 	4–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	6–6–3
16 	L	November 6, 1996 	1–4 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	6–7–3
17 	W	November 8, 1996 	3–1 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	7–7–3
18 	L	November 12, 1996	3–4 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	7–8–3
19 	L	November 15, 1996	1–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	7–9–3
20 	T	November 16, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	7–9–4
21 	L	November 18, 1996	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	7–10–4
22 	L	November 21, 1996	1–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	7–11–4
23 	L	November 23, 1996	0–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	7–12–4
24 	W	November 27, 1996	3–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	8–12–4
25 	L	November 29, 1996	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	8–13–4
26 	W	December 1, 1996 	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	9–13–4
27 	W	December 4, 1996 	2–1 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	10–13–4
28 	L	December 7, 1996 	3–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	10–14–4
29 	W	December 11, 1996	3–2 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	11–14–4
30 	L	December 13, 1996	0–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	11–15–4
31 	L	December 17, 1996	3–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	11–16–4
32 	L	December 20, 1996	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	11–17–4
33 	L	December 21, 1996	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	11–18–4
34 	W	December 23, 1996	2–1 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	12–18–4
35 	W	December 26, 1996	6–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	13–18–4
36 	L	December 28, 1996	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	13–19–4
37 	W	December 31, 1996	5–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	14–19–4
38 	L	January 2, 1997 	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	14–20–4
39 	L	January 4, 1997 	3–4 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	14–21–4
40 	T	January 7, 1997 	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	14–21–5
41 	L	January 9, 1997 	3–4 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	14–22–5
42 	W	January 11, 1997 	2–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	15–22–5
43 	W	January 13, 1997 	5–4 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	16–22–5
44 	L	January 20, 1997 	1–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	16–23–5
45 	W	January 22, 1997 	7–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	17–23–5
46 	L	January 24, 1997 	1–3 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	17–24–5
47 	L	January 27, 1997 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	17–25–5
48 	L	January 29, 1997 	1–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	17–26–5
49 	W	January 30, 1997 	6–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	18–26–5
50 	W	February 1, 1997 	2–1 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	19–26–5
51 	L	February 3, 1997 	2–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	19–27–5
52 	W	February 5, 1997 	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	20–27–5
53 	T	February 8, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	20–27–6
54 	L	February 10, 1997	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	20–28–6
55 	L	February 12, 1997	1–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	20–29–6
56 	L	February 13, 1997	3–7 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	20–30–6
57 	L	February 16, 1997	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	20–31–6
58 	W	February 18, 1997	3–1 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	21–31–6
59 	L	February 20, 1997	1–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	21–32–6
60 	L	February 23, 1997	3–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	21–33–6
61 	T	February 25, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	21–33–7
62 	W	February 28, 1997	3–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	22–33–7
63 	L	March 1, 1997 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	22–34–7
64 	L	March 3, 1997 	4–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	22–35–7
65 	W	March 6, 1997 	2–0 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	23–35–7
66 	L	March 9, 1997 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	23–36–7
67 	L	March 11, 1997 	3–4 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	23–37–7
68 	L	March 14, 1997 	1–4 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	23–38–7
69 	L	March 15, 1997 	4–7 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	23–39–7
70 	L	March 19, 1997 	2–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	23–40–7
71 	W	March 20, 1997 	2–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	24–40–7
72 	L	March 22, 1997 	1–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	24–41–7
73 	L	March 24, 1997 	1–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	24–42–7
74 	L	March 26, 1997 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	24–43–7
75 	W	March 28, 1997 	4–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	25–43–7
76 	L	April 1, 1997 	1–7 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	25–44–7
77 	T	April 2, 1997 	5–5 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	25–44–8
78 	W	April 4, 1997 	7–6 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	26–44–8
79 	L	April 7, 1997 	2–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	26–45–8
80 	W	April 9, 1997 	4–1 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	27–45–8
81 	L	April 11, 1997 	3–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	27–46–8
82 	L	April 12, 1997 	1–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	27–47–8
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	72	31	32	63 	155	-19	10 	0 	3
 	LW 	82	28	34	62 	75 	-8 	6 	2 	5
 	C 	65	12	33	45 	63 	-21	2 	1 	0
 	C 	78	16	25	41 	40 	-16	4 	0 	4
 	RW 	76	25	15	40 	159	-7 	5 	1 	4
 	C 	65	16	21	37 	16 	-8 	3 	1 	4
 	LW 	60	12	15	27 	222	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	43	13	8 	21 	14 	-10	2 	0 	1
 	D 	79	0 	21	21 	101	-20	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	43	8 	11	19 	8 	-11	3 	0 	1
 	D 	63	6 	12	18 	69 	-22	3 	0 	0
 	D 	69	3 	14	17 	63 	-18	2 	0 	0
 	D 	57	4 	12	16 	186	-6 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	81	1 	15	16 	64 	-14	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	73	9 	6 	15 	42 	-18	0 	1 	0
 	D 	38	6 	9 	15 	91 	-10	3 	0 	0
 	C 	78	5 	7 	12 	65 	-8 	1 	2 	1
 	LW 	30	3 	6 	9 	20 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	35	2 	6 	8 	12 	-17	2 	0 	1
 	D 	31	0 	8 	8 	21 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	35	2 	5 	7 	59 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	44	3 	2 	5 	193	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	28	2 	3 	5 	0 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	25	4 	0 	4 	8 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	46	0 	4 	4 	135	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	51	0 	2 	2 	162	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	0 	2 	2 	4 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0 	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	22 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==Awards and records==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*1996–97 NHL season
==References==
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==External links==
San Jose Sharks season, 1996–97
San Jose Sharks season, 1996–97
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