1996–97 Boston Bruins season

The 1996–97 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 72nd season. The Bruins finished 6th in the Northeast Division and missed the playoff for the first time in 29 years.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T 	October 5, 1996 	4–4 OT 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	0–0–1
2 	L 	October 7, 1996 	2–5 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	0–1–1
3 	W 	October 12, 1996 	5–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	1–1–1
4 	W 	October 14, 1996 	5–4 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	2–1–1
5 	L 	October 17, 1996 	2–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	2–2–1
6 	W 	October 20, 1996 	5–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	3–2–1
7 	L 	October 24, 1996 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	3–3–1
8 	L 	October 26, 1996 	1–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	3–4–1
9 	W 	October 29, 1996 	5–2 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	4–4–1
10 	T 	October 31, 1996 	4–4 OT 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	4–4–2
11 	L 	November 2, 1996 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	4–5–2
12 	T 	November 4, 1996 	4–4 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	4–5–3
13 	L 	November 6, 1996 	1–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	4–6–3
14 	L 	November 7, 1996 	0–6 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	4–7–3
15 	W 	November 9, 1996 	4–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	5–7–3
16 	W 	November 14, 1996 	2–1 OT 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	6–7–3
17 	W 	November 18, 1996 	4–2 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	7–7–3
18 	T 	November 19, 1996 	2–2 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	7–7–4
19 	L 	November 21, 1996 	2–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	7–8–4
20 	L 	November 23, 1996 	2–3 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	7–9–4
21 	W 	November 26, 1996 	2–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	8–9–4
22 	W 	November 29, 1996 	7–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	9–9–4
23 	L 	November 30, 1996 	2–6 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	9–10–4
24 	W 	December 4, 1996 	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	10–10–4
25 	L 	December 5, 1996 	2–4 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	10–11–4
26 	T 	December 7, 1996 	1–1 OT 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	10–11–5
27 	L 	December 9, 1996 	2–5 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	10–12–5
28 	L 	December 12, 1996 	4–7 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	10–13–5
29 	L 	December 14, 1996 	0–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	10–14–5
30 	L 	December 15, 1996 	0–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	10–15–5
31 	W 	December 17, 1996 	6–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	11–15–5
32 	W 	December 19, 1996 	3–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	12–15–5
33 	W 	December 21, 1996 	4–3 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	13–15–5
34 	T 	December 23, 1996 	3–3 OT 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	13–15–6
35 	L 	December 27, 1996 	4–6 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	13–16–6
36 	L 	December 29, 1996 	2–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	13–17–6
37 	L 	January 1, 1997 	2–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	13–18–6
38 	W 	January 2, 1997 	5–4 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	14–18–6
39 	W 	January 4, 1997 	3–2 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	15–18–6
40 	L 	January 7, 1997 	3–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	15–19–6
41 	W 	January 9, 1997 	5–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	16–19–6
42 	L 	January 11, 1997 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	16–20–6
43 	L 	January 13, 1997 	3–4 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	16–21–6
44 	L 	January 14, 1997 	2–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	16–22–6
45 	L 	January 20, 1997 	2–3 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	16–23–6
46 	W 	January 22, 1997 	4–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	17–23–6
47 	L 	January 23, 1997 	1–4 	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	17–24–6
48 	W 	January 25, 1997 	4–1 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	18–24–6
49 	L 	January 30, 1997 	1–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	18–25–6
50 	W 	February 1, 1997 	3–0 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	19–25–6
51 	W 	February 2, 1997 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	20–25–6
52 	L 	February 4, 1997 	3–4 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	20–26–6
53 	L 	February 6, 1997 	3–5 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	20–27–6
54 	T 	February 8, 1997 	3–3 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	20–27–7
55 	L 	February 11, 1997 	1–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	20–28–7
56 	L 	February 12, 1997 	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	20–29–7
57 	L 	February 15, 1997 	4–5 OT 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	20–30–7
58 	L 	February 18, 1997 	2–3 OT 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	20–31–7
59 	L 	February 20, 1997 	3–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	20–32–7
60 	L 	February 23, 1997 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	20–33–7
61 	T 	February 24, 1997 	3–3 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	20–33–8
62 	W 	February 27, 1997 	6–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	21–33–8
63 	T 	March 1, 1997 	5–5 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	21–33–9
64 	L 	March 3, 1997 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	21–34–9
65 	L 	March 6, 1997 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	21–35–9
66 	W 	March 8, 1997 	6–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	22–35–9
67 	W 	March 9, 1997 	3–1 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	23–35–9
68 	L 	March 12, 1997 	3–6 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	23–36–9
69 	L 	March 13, 1997 	0–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	23–37–9
70 	W 	March 15, 1997 	5–2 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	24–37–9
71 	L 	March 17, 1997 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	24–38–9
72 	L 	March 19, 1997 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	24–39–9
73 	L 	March 22, 1997 	4–5 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	24–40–9
74 	L 	March 24, 1997 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	24–41–9
75 	L 	March 27, 1997 	3–6 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	24–42–9
76 	L 	March 29, 1997 	2–8 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	24–43–9
77 	L 	April 3, 1997 	4–5 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	24–44–9
78 	W 	April 5, 1997 	4–2 	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	25–44–9
79 	L 	April 8, 1997 	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	25–45–9
80 	L 	April 10, 1997 	1–5 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	25–46–9
81 	L 	April 11, 1997 	0–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	25–47–9
82 	W 	April 13, 1997 	7–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	26–47–9
==Playoffs==
*The Bruins did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	78	21	55	76 	14 	-22	6 	0 	1
 	C 	63	18	52	70 	10 	-3 	2 	2 	4
 	LW 	67	25	26	51 	37 	-9 	6 	2 	2
 	D 	62	19	31	50 	18 	-11	8 	1 	3
 	RW 	40	16	14	30 	67 	-3 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	72	13	15	28 	82 	-21	0 	3 	2
 	D 	82	3 	23	26 	39 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	30	17	8 	25 	27 	-8 	4 	2 	2
 	RW 	52	10	15	25 	22 	-8 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	36	10	11	21 	14 	0 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	56	8 	10	18 	30 	-17	0 	4 	0
 	D 	50	5 	13	18 	32 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	44	4 	14	18 	8 	-3 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	40	7 	10	17 	49 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	31	4 	12	16 	16 	-12	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	80	7 	8 	15 	197	-15	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	68	6 	8 	14 	155	-8 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	58	5 	9 	14 	54 	-9 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	34	10	3 	13 	45 	-12	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	8 	5 	13 	2 	-7 	1 	1 	1
 	C 	19	3 	9 	12 	9 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	54	3 	8 	11 	71 	-26	0 	0 	0
 	D 	41	1 	8 	9 	14 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	37	3 	5 	8 	31 	-14	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	59	3 	5 	8 	33 	-16	0 	0 	1
 	D 	27	3 	4 	7 	8 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	21	1 	2 	3 	13 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	0 	3 	3 	171	-12	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	2 	2 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	0 	2 	2 	12 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	0 	1 	1 	7 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	33	0 	0 	0 	70 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	28	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	37	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2147	37	12	16	8	125	3.49	2 	1102	977 	.887
 	1244	28	8 	12	1	69 	3.33	1 	587 	518 	.882
 	1004	19	5 	13	0	64 	3.82	0 	496 	432 	.871
 	394 	8 	1 	5 	0	24 	3.65	0 	181 	157 	.867
 	93 	2 	0 	1 	0	5 	3.23	0 	33 	28 	.848
 	77 	3 	0 	0 	0	6 	4.68	0 	25 	19 	.760
Team: 	4959	82	26	47	9	293	3.55	3 	2424	2131	.879
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==
*The Bruins did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==See Also==
*1996–97 NHL season
==References==
* 
Boston Bruins season, 1996–97
Boston Bruins season, 1996–97
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