1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning fourth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Lightning finished with a record of 38-32-12 and qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 7, 1995 	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	0–0–1
2 	W	October 12, 1995 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	1–0–1
3 	L	October 14, 1995 	0–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	1–1–1
4 	L	October 15, 1995 	4–7 	Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	1–2–1
5 	L	October 17, 1995 	2–5 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	1–3–1
6 	W	October 19, 1995 	4–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	2–3–1
7 	T	October 21, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	2–3–2
8 	T	October 26, 1995 	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	2–3–3
9 	L	October 28, 1995 	2–4 	Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	2–4–3
10 	T	October 31, 1995 	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	2–4–4
11 	L	November 1, 1995 	0–10 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	2–5–4
12 	W	November 3, 1995 	5–3 	New York Islanders (1995–96) 	3–5–4
13 	L	November 5, 1995 	1–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	3–6–4
14 	L	November 8, 1995 	4–5 	@ New York Rangers (1995–96) 	3–7–4
15 	L	November 10, 1995	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	3–8–4
16 	L	November 12, 1995	4–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	3–9–4
17 	W	November 14, 1995	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	4–9–4
18 	L	November 16, 1995	4–5 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	4–10–4
19 	W	November 18, 1995	5–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	5–10–4
20 	W	November 22, 1995	3–1 	New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	6–10–4
21 	W	November 24, 1995	2–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	7–10–4
22 	W	November 25, 1995	2–1 	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	8–10–4
23 	W	November 27, 1995	2–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	9–10–4
24 	T	November 29, 1995	2–2 OT	Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	9–10–5
25 	L	December 1, 1995 	1–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	9–11–5
26 	L	December 3, 1995 	4–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	9–12–5
27 	W	December 6, 1995 	2–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 	10–12–5
28 	W	December 8, 1995 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	11–12–5
29 	W	December 11, 1995	6–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	12–12–5
30 	W	December 13, 1995	3–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	13–12–5
31 	L	December 14, 1995	0–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	13–13–5
32 	L	December 16, 1995	2–7 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	13–14–5
33 	W	December 19, 1995	6–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	14–14–5
34 	T	December 21, 1995	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	14–14–6
35 	L	December 23, 1995	5–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	14–15–6
36 	W	December 28, 1995	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	15–15–6
37 	W	December 31, 1995	3–0 	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	16–15–6
38 	L	January 2, 1996 	0–10 	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	16–16–6
39 	W	January 3, 1996 	5–0 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	17–16–6
40 	L	January 6, 1996 	2–9 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	17–17–6
41 	T	January 8, 1996 	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	17–17–7
42 	W	January 13, 1996 	4–1 	Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	18–17–7
43 	L	January 15, 1996 	2–3 	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	18–18–7
44 	W	January 17, 1996 	6–4 	San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 	19–18–7
45 	W	January 22, 1996 	4–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	20–18–7
46 	L	January 25, 1996 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	20–19–7
47 	L	January 27, 1996 	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	20–20–7
48 	W	January 31, 1996 	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	21–20–7
49 	L	February 3, 1996 	3–5 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	21–21–7
50 	W	February 4, 1996 	5–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	22–21–7
51 	T	February 7, 1996 	4–4 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	22–21–8
52 	L	February 10, 1996	2–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	22–22–8
53 	L	February 11, 1996	2–6 	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	22–23–8
54 	L	February 13, 1996	2–3 	St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	22–24–8
55 	W	February 15, 1996	4–2 	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	23–24–8
56 	W	February 17, 1996	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	24–24–8
57 	W	February 19, 1996	4–2 	Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	25–24–8
58 	W	February 21, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	26–24–8
59 	W	February 23, 1996	3–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	27–24–8
60 	L	February 24, 1996	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	27–25–8
61 	W	February 28, 1996	5–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	28–25–8
62 	W	March 1, 1996 	7–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 	29–25–8
63 	T	March 3, 1996 	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	29–25–9
64 	W	March 5, 1996 	2–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	30–25–9
65 	W	March 7, 1996 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	31–25–9
66 	W	March 10, 1996 	1–0 	Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	32–25–9
67 	T	March 13, 1996 	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	32–25–10
68 	L	March 15, 1996 	0–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	32–26–10
69 	L	March 17, 1996 	0–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	32–27–10
70 	L	March 18, 1996 	3–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	32–28–10
71 	T	March 21, 1996 	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	32–28–11
72 	W	March 23, 1996 	4–2 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	33–28–11
73 	L	March 26, 1996 	4–6 	New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	33–29–11
74 	W	March 30, 1996 	2–1 	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	34–29–11
75 	T	March 31, 1996 	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	34–29–12
76 	W	April 3, 1996 	4–2 	Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	35–29–12
77 	L	April 5, 1996 	3–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	35–30–12
78 	L	April 6, 1996 	1–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	35–31–12
79 	W	April 8, 1996 	4–3 	New York Islanders (1995–96) 	36–31–12
80 	W	April 10, 1996 	2–1 	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	37–31–12
81 	W	April 12, 1996 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1995–96) 	38–31–12
82 	L	April 14, 1996 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	38–32–12
==Playoffs==
The Lightning lost in the Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) to the Philadelphia Flyers.
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	75	23	56	79 	77 	-11	9 	0 	5
 	D 	82	16	49	65 	103	-24	12 	0 	2
 	RW 	79	31	21	52 	93 	3 	13 	0 	5
 	W 	67	22	30	52 	68 	-25	8 	0 	3
 	C 	76	16	34	50 	65 	1 	8 	0 	3
 	LW 	79	23	26	49 	39 	-14	13 	0 	4
 	C 	82	17	21	38 	105	-13	7 	0 	3
 	LW 	72	15	20	35 	62 	11 	0 	3 	4
 	C 	55	16	15	31 	16 	-19	4 	1 	1
 	LW/C	81	13	15	28 	119	4 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	61	5 	23	28 	22 	1 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	64	8 	11	19 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	66	9 	9 	18 	81 	-9 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	75	2 	14	16 	66 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	73	8 	4 	12 	56 	-6 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	66	1 	11	12 	64 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	4 	7 	11 	108	-10	0 	0 	1
 	C 	63	3 	7 	10 	18 	-8 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	55	2 	3 	5 	258	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/D	57	1 	3 	4 	88 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	2 	1 	3 	24 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	1 	2 	3 	6 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	1 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	57	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	0 	0 	18 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	0 	0 	24 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	0 	0 	13 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3189	57	29	16	9 	131	2.46	5 	1605	1474	.918
 	994 	19	7 	7 	1 	54 	3.26	0 	464 	410 	.884
 	595 	12	2 	6 	2 	42 	4.24	0 	250 	208 	.832
 	200 	4 	0 	3 	0 	15 	4.50	0 	105 	90 	.857
Team: 	4978	82	38	32	12	242	2.92	5 	2424	2182	.900
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	5 	3	3	6 	0 	4 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	6 	2	3	5 	10 	-1 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	6 	2	2	4 	6 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	5 	0	3	3 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2	0	2 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	W 	4 	2	0	2 	14 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	1	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	6 	0	2	2 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	2	2 	27 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	0	1 	28 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	22 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	20 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/D	3 	0	0	0 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	15 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	-6 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	173	4 	1	3	14	4.86	0 	86 	72 	.837
 	198	5 	1	1	12	3.64	0 	100	88 	.880
Team: 	371	6 	2	4	26	4.20	0 	186	160	.860
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==
*1995–96 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Tampa Bay Lightning season, 1995–96
Tampa Bay Lightning season, 1995–96
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