1996–97 New York Islanders season

The 1996-97 New York Islanders season was the twenty-fifth in the franchise's history. It saw the withdrawal of the "Fisherman" logo from 1995 at the start of the season and the return of the original logo.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
2 	T	October 5, 1996 	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	0–1–1
3 	T	October 9, 1996 	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	0–1–2
4 	W	October 12, 1996 	5–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	1–1–2
5 	L	October 17, 1996 	1–3 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	1–2–2
6 	L	October 19, 1996 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	1–3–2
7 	L	October 22, 1996 	3–6 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	1–4–2
8 	T	October 26, 1996 	2–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	1–4–3
9 	T	October 30, 1996 	2–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	1–4–4
10 	L	October 31, 1996 	3–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	1–5–4
11 	W	November 2, 1996 	6–1 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	2–5–4
12 	W	November 4, 1996 	4–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	3–5–4
13 	T	November 6, 1996 	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	3–5–5
14 	L	November 9, 1996 	0–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	3–6–5
15 	L	November 11, 1996	2–6 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	3–7–5
16 	W	November 13, 1996	5–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	4–7–5
17 	T	November 15, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	4–7–6
18 	L	November 16, 1996	1–4 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	4–8–6
19 	T	November 20, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	4–8–7
20 	L	November 22, 1996	2–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	4–9–7
21 	T	November 23, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	4–9–8
22 	W	November 27, 1996	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	5–9–8
23 	W	November 29, 1996	2–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	6–9–8
24 	L	November 30, 1996	2–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	6–10–8
25 	W	December 3, 1996 	3–1 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	7–10–8
26 	L	December 5, 1996 	2–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	7–11–8
27 	W	December 7, 1996 	2–0 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	8–11–8
28 	W	December 10, 1996	8–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	9–11–8
29 	W	December 11, 1996	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	10–11–8
30 	L	December 14, 1996	1–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	10–12–8
31 	W	December 17, 1996	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	11–12–8
32 	L	December 19, 1996	0–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	11–13–8
33 	L	December 21, 1996	2–3 	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	11–14–8
34 	L	December 23, 1996	3–4 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	11–15–8
35 	W	December 26, 1996	4–1 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	12–15–8
36 	L	December 28, 1996	1–7 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	12–16–8
37 	L	December 30, 1996	0–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	12–17–8
38 	L	January 2, 1997 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	12–18–8
39 	L	January 4, 1997 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	12–19–8
40 	L	January 7, 1997 	3–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	12–20–8
41 	L	January 10, 1997 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	12–21–8
42 	T	January 11, 1997 	4–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	12–21–9
43 	W	January 13, 1997 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	13–21–9
44 	L	January 15, 1997 	1–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	13–22–9
45 	L	January 20, 1997 	4–6 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	13–23–9
46 	W	January 22, 1997 	8–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	14–23–9
47 	W	January 24, 1997 	5–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	15–23–9
48 	W	January 25, 1997 	3–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	16–23–9
49 	L	January 28, 1997 	3–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	16–24–9
50 	L	January 30, 1997 	1–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	16–25–9
51 	L	January 31, 1997 	0–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	16–26–9
52 	W	February 4, 1997 	4–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	17–26–9
53 	L	February 5, 1997 	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	17–27–9
54 	L	February 8, 1997 	2–5 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	17–28–9
55 	T	February 11, 1997	5–5 OT	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	17–28–10
56 	W	February 12, 1997	5–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	18–28–10
57 	W	February 15, 1997	1–0 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	19–28–10
58 	L	February 17, 1997	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	19–29–10
59 	L	February 21, 1997	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	19–30–10
60 	W	February 23, 1997	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	20–30–10
61 	L	February 26, 1997	3–5 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	20–31–10
62 	L	February 28, 1997	1–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	20–32–10
63 	W	March 2, 1997 	2–0 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	21–32–10
64 	L	March 4, 1997 	3–6 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	21–33–10
65 	W	March 6, 1997 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	22–33–10
66 	W	March 8, 1997 	5–1 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	23–33–10
67 	L	March 11, 1997 	2–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	23–34–10
68 	W	March 13, 1997 	3–0 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	24–34–10
69 	L	March 15, 1997 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	24–35–10
70 	L	March 16, 1997 	4–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	24–36–10
71 	W	March 19, 1997 	7–4 	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	25–36–10
72 	T	March 22, 1997 	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	25–36–11
73 	W	March 26, 1997 	3–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	26–36–11
74 	W	March 27, 1997 	6–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	27–36–11
75 	W	March 29, 1997 	8–2 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	28–36–11
76 	L	April 2, 1997 	4–5 	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	28–37–11
77 	T	April 3, 1997 	5–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	28–37–12
78 	L	April 5, 1997 	2–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	28–38–12
79 	L	April 7, 1997 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	28–39–12
80 	L	April 9, 1997 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	28–40–12
81 	W	April 11, 1997 	6–4 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	29–40–12
82 	L	April 12, 1997 	2–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	29–41–12
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	48	42	90 	43 	21 	6 	4 	6
 	C 	79	23	41	64 	38 	-5 	10 	0 	3
 	C 	64	28	28	56 	25 	9 	9 	0 	1
 	LW 	70	23	30	53 	20 	-6 	5 	0 	3
 	D 	82	8 	40	48 	86 	1 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	74	12	31	43 	57 	4 	1 	1 	1
 	RW 	70	20	22	42 	20 	-7 	4 	1 	4
 	D 	82	8 	20	28 	165	-2 	2 	1 	2
 	RW 	64	10	13	23 	68 	-3 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	81	3 	18	21 	24 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	12	5 	14	19 	4 	7 	0 	1 	0
 	LW/C	73	13	5 	18 	49 	-12	0 	3 	3
 	D 	81	3 	11	14 	47 	-7 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	50	6 	7 	13 	33 	-8 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	67	4 	9 	13 	75 	-6 	0 	2 	0
 	LW/C	65	6 	5 	11 	61 	-7 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	51	7 	3 	10 	57 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	70	2 	8 	10 	99 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	48	4 	2 	6 	111	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	52	1 	4 	5 	179	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	41	1 	4 	5 	144	-10	1 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	5 	5 	16 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	2 	2 	4 	0 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	4 	4 	12 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	4 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	0 	2 	2 	102	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	1 	0 	1 	71 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	58	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	7 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	34	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3208	58	20	27	8 	151	2.82	5 	1576	1425	.904
 	1759	34	9 	14	4 	91 	3.10	0 	897 	806 	.899
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0.00	0 	0 	0 	
Team: 	4968	82	29	41	12	242	2.92	5 	2473	2231	.902
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==
New York Islanders season, 1996–97
New York Islanders season, 1996–97
category:New York Islanders seasons