1996–97 Tampa Bay Lightning season

==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 5, 1996 	4–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	1–0–0
3 	W	October 12, 1996 	7–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	2–1–0
4 	W	October 15, 1996 	4–0 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	3–1–0
6 	W	October 22, 1996 	6–3 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	5–1–0
10 	L	October 31, 1996 	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	5–4–1
11 	L	November 2, 1996 	1–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	5–5–1
12 	W	November 4, 1996 	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	6–5–1
13 	L	November 6, 1996 	1–2 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	6–6–1
14 	T	November 8, 1996 	5–5 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	6–6–2
15 	L	November 10, 1996	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	6–7–2
16 	L	November 14, 1996	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	6–8–2
17 	L	November 16, 1996	3–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	6–9–2
18 	W	November 19, 1996	3–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	7–9–2
19 	L	November 23, 1996	1–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	7–10–2
20 	L	November 25, 1996	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	7–11–2
21 	L	November 27, 1996	0–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	7–12–2
22 	L	November 29, 1996	1–2 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	7–13–2
23 	L	November 30, 1996	3–6 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	7–14–2
24 	L	December 4, 1996 	1–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	7–15–2
25 	W	December 5, 1996 	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	8–15–2
26 	W	December 7, 1996 	4–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	9–15–2
27 	T	December 12, 1996	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	9–15–3
28 	W	December 14, 1996	4–1 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	10–15–3
29 	W	December 16, 1996	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	11–15–3
30 	L	December 18, 1996	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	11–16–3
31 	L	December 19, 1996	0–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	11–17–3
32 	L	December 21, 1996	5–6 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	11–18–3
33 	L	December 23, 1996	1–3 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	11–19–3
34 	T	December 26, 1996	3–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	11–19–4
35 	T	December 28, 1996	4–4 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	11–19–5
36 	W	December 31, 1996	4–2 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	12–19–5
37 	W	January 3, 1997 	3–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	13–19–5
38 	L	January 4, 1997 	3–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	13–20–5
39 	W	January 6, 1997 	4–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	14–20–5
40 	W	January 8, 1997 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	15–20–5
41 	W	January 9, 1997 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	16–20–5
42 	T	January 11, 1997 	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	16–20–6
43 	W	January 13, 1997 	2–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	17–20–6
44 	L	January 15, 1997 	2–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	17–21–6
45 	W	January 21, 1997 	3–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	18–21–6
46 	L	January 25, 1997 	2–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	18–22–6
47 	L	January 27, 1997 	3–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	18–23–6
48 	L	January 30, 1997 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	18–24–6
49 	L	February 1, 1997 	0–3 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	18–25–6
50 	W	February 4, 1997 	2–0 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	19–25–6
51 	L	February 5, 1997 	0–4 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	19–26–6
52 	L	February 8, 1997 	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	19–27–6
53 	L	February 12, 1997	2–5 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	19–28–6
54 	L	February 14, 1997	4–5 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	19–29–6
55 	W	February 15, 1997	4–1 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	20–29–6
56 	T	February 17, 1997	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	20–29–7
57 	W	February 20, 1997	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	21–29–7
58 	W	February 22, 1997	3–1 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	22–29–7
59 	W	February 23, 1997	4–3 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	23–29–7
60 	W	February 25, 1997	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	24–29–7
61 	L	February 27, 1997	2–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	24–30–7
62 	W	March 1, 1997 	2–0 	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	25–30–7
63 	W	March 4, 1997 	6–3 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	26–30–7
64 	L	March 6, 1997 	0–5 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	26–31–7
65 	L	March 8, 1997 	4–6 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	26–32–7
66 	W	March 9, 1997 	2–1 OT	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	27–32–7
67 	L	March 13, 1997 	0–3 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	27–33–7
68 	L	March 15, 1997 	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	27–34–7
69 	L	March 16, 1997 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	27–35–7
70 	L	March 19, 1997 	1–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	27–36–7
71 	W	March 21, 1997 	4–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	28–36–7
72 	L	March 22, 1997 	2–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	28–37–7
73 	W	March 25, 1997 	5–0 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	29–37–7
74 	L	March 27, 1997 	2–5 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	29–38–7
75 	T	March 29, 1997 	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	29–38–8
76 	T	April 1, 1997 	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	29–38–9
77 	L	April 4, 1997 	0–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	29–39–9
78 	W	April 5, 1997 	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	30–39–9
79 	T	April 8, 1997 	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	30–39–10
80 	W	April 10, 1997 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	31–39–10
81 	W	April 11, 1997 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	32–39–10
82 	L	April 13, 1997 	1–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	32–40–10
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	30	32	62 	201	-28	9 	0 	4
 	RW 	77	35	25	60 	116	-11	12 	0 	6
 	C 	70	18	37	55 	95 	-14	5 	0 	2
 	LW 	82	17	33	50 	56 	3 	0 	4 	3
 	D 	79	12	28	40 	57 	-29	6 	0 	0
 	LW/C	74	14	21	35 	106	5 	1 	0 	3
 	RW 	69	15	18	33 	61 	-3 	3 	0 	4
 	C 	79	15	13	28 	35 	1 	3 	1 	1
 	C 	73	12	14	26 	56 	-16	2 	3 	1
 	D 	79	4 	21	25 	30 	16 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	35	7 	17	24 	16 	2 	1 	2 	1
 	LW 	70	5 	14	19 	8 	1 	0 	3 	1
 	C 	39	5 	12	17 	4 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	64	4 	13	17 	44 	-21	1 	0 	0
 	C 	63	9 	5 	14 	134	-13	2 	0 	0
 	D 	57	1 	10	11 	72 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	34	2 	8 	10 	10 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	72	4 	5 	9 	95 	6 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	59	1 	7 	8 	108	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/D	60	0 	6 	6 	120	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	5 	5 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	47	3 	1 	4 	136	1 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	7 	1 	2 	3 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	1 	2 	3 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	17	2 	0 	2 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	1 	1 	34 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	31	0 	1 	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	55	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	5 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	0 	0 	13 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	0 	0 	8 	-9 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3012	55	20	25	6 	138	2.75	4 	1415	1277	.902
 	1462	31	11	12	1 	74 	3.04	2 	719 	645 	.897
 	325 	6 	1 	1 	2 	14 	2.58	0 	150 	136 	.907
 	169 	5 	0 	2 	1 	12 	4.26	0 	72 	60 	.833
Team: 	4968	82	32	40	10	238	2.87	6 	2356	2118	.899
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==
Tampa Bay Lightning season, 1996–97
Tampa Bay Lightning season, 1996–97
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