1995–96 Hartford Whalers season

The 1995–96 Hartford Whalers season was the 24th season of the franchise, 17th season in the NHL.
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
*The 1995 NHL Entry Draft 
==Regular season==
Against the Hartford Whalers on March 6, 1996, Chris Osgood became the third goaltender in NHL history to score a goal.http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18352
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 7, 1995 	2–0 	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 11, 1995 	3–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 14, 1995 	3–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	3–0–0
4 	W	October 16, 1995 	7–5 	@ New York Rangers (1995–96) 	4–0–0
5 	T	October 20, 1995 	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	4–0–1
6 	L	October 21, 1995 	0–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	4–1–1
7 	L	October 25, 1995 	2–4 	St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	4–2–1
8 	L	October 27, 1995 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	4–3–1
9 	L	October 28, 1995 	0–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	4–4–1
10 	L	November 2, 1995 	0–5 	Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	4–5–1
11 	W	November 4, 1995 	5–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	5–5–1
12 	L	November 5, 1995 	1–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	5–6–1
13 	W	November 7, 1995 	7–3 	San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 	6–6–1
14 	L	November 11, 1995	1–4 	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	6–7–1
15 	L	November 14, 1995	0–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	6–8–1
16 	W	November 15, 1995	3–2 	Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	7–8–1
17 	L	November 18, 1995	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	7–9–1
18 	L	November 20, 1995	3–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	7–10–1
19 	W	November 22, 1995	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	8–10–1
20 	W	November 24, 1995	4–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	9–10–1
21 	L	November 25, 1995	2–4 	Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	9–11–1
22 	T	November 29, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	9–11–2
23 	L	December 1, 1995 	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	9–12–2
24 	L	December 2, 1995 	3–5 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	9–13–2
25 	W	December 6, 1995 	7–4 	New York Islanders (1995–96) 	10–13–2
26 	L	December 9, 1995 	0–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	10–14–2
27 	L	December 10, 1995	1–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	10–15–2
28 	L	December 13, 1995	2–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	10–16–2
29 	W	December 15, 1995	4–2 	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	11–16–2
30 	T	December 16, 1995	3–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	11–16–3
31 	L	December 18, 1995	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	11–17–3
32 	L	December 20, 1995	2–3 	Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	11–18–3
33 	T	December 22, 1995	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1995–96) 	11–18–4
34 	T	December 23, 1995	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	11–18–5
35 	L	December 28, 1995	4–9 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	11–19–5
36 	L	December 30, 1995	0–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	11–20–5
37 	L	December 31, 1995	2–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	11–21–5
38 	W	January 3, 1996 	2–0 	Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	12–21–5
39 	W	January 5, 1996 	4–2 	Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	13–21–5
40 	L	January 6, 1996 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	13–22–5
41 	W	January 9, 1996 	5–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	14–22–5
42 	L	January 10, 1996 	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	14–23–5
43 	W	January 12, 1996 	3–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	15–23–5
44 	W	January 16, 1996 	3–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	16–23–5
45 	W	January 17, 1996 	6–3 	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	17–23–5
46 	L	January 24, 1996 	2–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	17–24–5
47 	W	January 25, 1996 	8–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	18–24–5
48 	T	January 27, 1996 	4–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	18–24–6
49 	L	January 30, 1996 	2–8 	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 	18–25–6
50 	W	January 31, 1996 	6–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	19–25–6
51 	W	February 2, 1996 	4–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	20–25–6
52 	W	February 7, 1996 	5–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	21–25–6
53 	W	February 9, 1996 	3–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	22–25–6
54 	W	February 11, 1996	5–3 	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	23–25–6
55 	L	February 14, 1996	0–3 	Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	23–26–6
56 	W	February 17, 1996	2–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	24–26–6
57 	W	February 21, 1996	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	25–26–6
58 	L	February 23, 1996	4–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	25–27–6
59 	L	February 25, 1996	2–6 	Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	25–28–6
60 	T	February 28, 1996	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	25–28–7
61 	L	March 1, 1996 	2–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	25–29–7
62 	W	March 2, 1996 	7–1 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	26–29–7
63 	L	March 6, 1996 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	26–30–7
64 	W	March 8, 1996 	7–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	27–30–7
65 	L	March 9, 1996 	3–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	27–31–7
66 	W	March 13, 1996 	3–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	28–31–7
67 	W	March 16, 1996 	2–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	29–31–7
68 	W	March 18, 1996 	6–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	30–31–7
69 	L	March 20, 1996 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	30–32–7
70 	T	March 22, 1996 	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	30–32–8
71 	T	March 23, 1996 	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	30–32–9
72 	L	March 25, 1996 	0–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	30–33–9
73 	L	March 27, 1996 	5–6 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	30–34–9
74 	W	March 30, 1996 	3–1 	New York Islanders (1995–96) 	31–34–9
75 	L	April 1, 1996 	2–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	31–35–9
76 	L	April 3, 1996 	2–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	31–36–9
77 	W	April 4, 1996 	1–0 	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	32–36–9
78 	L	April 6, 1996 	3–6 	New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	32–37–9
79 	W	April 8, 1996 	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	33–37–9
80 	L	April 11, 1996 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	33–38–9
81 	W	April 13, 1996 	2–0 	Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	34–38–9
82 	L	April 14, 1996 	1–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	34–39–9
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	74	44	34	78 	125	2 	17 	2 	6
 	LW 	81	34	31	65 	40 	0 	6 	0 	7
 	C 	81	20	43	63 	39 	8 	6 	0 	1
 	RW 	81	29	29	58 	78 	-7 	12 	2 	5
 	C 	61	14	37	51 	34 	-2 	4 	1 	3
 	LW 	77	22	28	50 	6 	-1 	8 	1 	3
 	D 	48	7 	31	38 	38 	2 	5 	0 	0
 	LW 	73	10	20	30 	14 	-2 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	65	8 	19	27 	40 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	68	8 	16	24 	88 	-9 	6 	0 	1
 	RW 	59	10	12	22 	47 	-4 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	78	4 	9 	13 	121	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	68	2 	10	12 	138	10 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	79	1 	9 	10 	88 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	35	5 	4 	9 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	58	3 	6 	9 	62 	15 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	20	2 	7 	9 	67 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	81	2 	7 	9 	155	-13	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	2 	6 	8 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	53	3 	4 	7 	254	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	55	2 	4 	6 	230	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	66	0 	6 	6 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	23	1 	3 	4 	8 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	54	0 	4 	4 	44 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	2 	1 	3 	8 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	29	1 	2 	3 	31 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	0 	0 	33 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3669	66	28	28	6	190	3.11	4 	2034	1844	.907
 	1013	22	4 	8 	3	49 	2.90	1 	551 	502 	.911
 	275 	7 	2 	3 	0	14 	3.05	1 	170 	156 	.918
Team: 	4957	82	34	39	9	253	3.06	6 	2755	2502	.908
Note: 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==
===Records===
===Milestones===
==Transactions==
The Whalers were involved in the following transactions during the 1995–96 season.
===Trades===
===Free agents acquired/lost===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player	Former team
==Draft picks==
Hartford's picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft
 
Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
==Farm teams==
=== American Hockey League ===
===ECHL===
==Roster==
THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST
 						
Goaltenders		
Defensemen		
Wingers		
Centers
*GM: 
*Coach:
==See also==
*1995–96 NHL season
==References==
* Whalers on Hockey Database
 
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Category:1996 in hockey