1996–97 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1996–97 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' thirtieth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings failed to make the playoffs.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 4, 1996 	1–0 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 6, 1996 	6–7 OT	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 9, 1996 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	1–2–0
4 	L	October 10, 1996 	4–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	1–3–0
5 	W	October 12, 1996 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	2–3–0
6 	W	October 15, 1996 	3–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	3–3–0
7 	W	October 17, 1996 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	4–3–0
8 	L	October 20, 1996 	1–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	4–4–0
9 	L	October 21, 1996 	0–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	4–5–0
10 	L	October 24, 1996 	2–8 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	4–6–0
11 	T	October 26, 1996 	0–0 OT	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	4–6–1
12 	W	October 29, 1996 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	5–6–1
13 	T	October 30, 1996 	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	5–6–2
14 	W	November 2, 1996 	3–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	6–6–2
15 	T	November 4, 1996 	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	6–6–3
16 	W	November 7, 1996 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	7–6–3
17 	L	November 8, 1996 	4–7 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	7–7–3
18 	W	November 14, 1996	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	8–7–3
19 	W	November 17, 1996	4–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	9–7–3
20 	L	November 19, 1996	0–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	9–8–3
21 	L	November 20, 1996	1–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	9–9–3
22 	L	November 23, 1996	0–6 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	9–10–3
23 	W	November 27, 1996	5–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	10–10–3
24 	L	November 28, 1996	0–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	10–11–3
25 	L	November 30, 1996	3–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	10–12–3
26 	W	December 3, 1996 	4–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	11–12–3
27 	L	December 5, 1996 	1–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	11–13–3
28 	W	December 7, 1996 	4–2 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	12–13–3
29 	L	December 10, 1996	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	12–14–3
30 	L	December 12, 1996	1–5 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	12–15–3
31 	T	December 14, 1996	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	12–15–4
32 	L	December 17, 1996	3–4 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	12–16–4
33 	L	December 18, 1996	0–4 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	12–17–4
34 	L	December 20, 1996	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	12–18–4
35 	L	December 22, 1996	4–7 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	12–19–4
36 	W	December 26, 1996	5–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	13–19–4
37 	L	December 28, 1996	2–5 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	13–20–4
38 	L	December 30, 1996	1–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	13–21–4
39 	L	January 2, 1997 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	13–22–4
40 	L	January 4, 1997 	0–5 	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	13–23–4
41 	W	January 7, 1997 	6–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	14–23–4
42 	W	January 9, 1997 	6–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	15–23–4
43 	W	January 11, 1997 	2–1 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	16–23–4
44 	T	January 14, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	16–23–5
45 	W	January 15, 1997 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	17–23–5
46 	L	January 21, 1997 	1–4 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	17–24–5
47 	L	January 22, 1997 	2–7 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	17–25–5
48 	T	January 25, 1997 	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	17–25–6
49 	L	January 27, 1997 	2–7 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	17–26–6
50 	L	January 29, 1997 	3–6 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	17–27–6
51 	W	January 30, 1997 	5–3 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	18–27–6
52 	L	February 1, 1997 	2–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	18–28–6
53 	W	February 3, 1997 	3–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	19–28–6
54 	L	February 5, 1997 	2–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	19–29–6
55 	L	February 9, 1997 	1–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	19–30–6
56 	L	February 11, 1997	1–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	19–31–6
57 	T	February 13, 1997	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	19–31–7
58 	T	February 15, 1997	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	19–31–8
59 	L	February 17, 1997	1–2 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	19–32–8
60 	L	February 18, 1997	1–6 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	19–33–8
61 	W	February 20, 1997	3–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	20–33–8
62 	W	February 22, 1997	4–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	21–33–8
63 	W	February 25, 1997	3–1 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	22–33–8
64 	W	February 27, 1997	6–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	23–33–8
65 	W	March 1, 1997 	3–0 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	24–33–8
66 	L	March 4, 1997 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	24–34–8
67 	L	March 6, 1997 	2–6 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	24–35–8
68 	W	March 8, 1997 	3–1 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	25–35–8
69 	T	March 10, 1997 	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	25–35–9
70 	L	March 13, 1997 	2–4 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	25–36–9
71 	L	March 15, 1997 	2–5 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	25–37–9
72 	L	March 19, 1997 	2–6 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	25–38–9
73 	W	March 22, 1997 	2–1 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	26–38–9
74 	T	March 24, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	26–38–10
75 	L	March 27, 1997 	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	26–39–10
76 	L	March 29, 1997 	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	26–40–10
77 	L	March 30, 1997 	2–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	26–41–10
78 	L	April 3, 1997 	4–5 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	26–42–10
79 	T	April 5, 1997 	3–3 OT	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	26–42–11
80 	L	April 9, 1997 	1–4 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	26–43–11
81 	W	April 12, 1997 	4–1 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	27–43–11
82 	W	April 13, 1997 	4–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	28–43–11
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	75	19	37	56 	38
 	81	25	21	46 	112
 	67	21	23	44 	45
 	67	16	23	39 	12
 	69	14	20	34 	96
 	65	10	22	32 	10
 	62	8 	23	31 	82
 	67	16	11	27 	22
 	41	11	14	25 	20
 	60	7 	18	25 	25
 	62	8 	15	23 	102
 	80	1 	21	22 	84
 	55	5 	12	17 	144
 	44	8 	8 	16 	74
 	32	3 	11	14 	4
 	26	4 	9 	13 	6
 	33	4 	5 	9 	22
 	29	4 	5 	9 	60
 	79	3 	6 	9 	32
 	11	5 	3 	8 	8
 	41	2 	6 	8 	24
 	31	4 	3 	7 	26
 	18	4 	2 	6 	15
 	30	3 	3 	6 	25
 	26	3 	2 	5 	93
 	54	2 	3 	5 	84
 	52	1 	3 	4 	194
 	15	1 	3 	4 	8
 	19	0 	4 	4 	0
 	8 	0 	4 	4 	2
 	6 	1 	0 	1 	6
 	57	1 	0 	1 	116
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	40	0 	0 	0 	0
 	44	0 	0 	0 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	37
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SA 	SV 	SV% 	SO
 	2162	40	13	17	5 	112	3.11	1178	1066	.905	0
 	2482	44	13	24	5 	132	3.19	1410	1278	.906	4
 	265 	5 	2 	1 	1 	11 	2.49	147 	136 	.925	0
 	56 	1 	0 	1 	0 	4 	4.29	35 	31 	.886	0
Team: 	4965	82	28	43	11	259	3.13	2770	2511	.906	4
==Awards and records==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*1996–97 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Los Angeles Kings season, 1996–97
Los Angeles Kings season, 1996–97
category:Los Angeles Kings seasons