1996–97 Dallas Stars season

==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 5, 1996 	4–1 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 8, 1996 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 10, 1996 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	3–0–0
4 	W	October 12, 1996 	4–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	4–0–0
5 	W	October 13, 1996 	5–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	5–0–0
6 	W	October 15, 1996 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	6–0–0
7 	L	October 17, 1996 	1–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	6–1–0
8 	W	October 19, 1996 	2–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	7–1–0
9 	L	October 23, 1996 	1–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	7–2–0
10 	W	October 26, 1996 	5–1 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	8–2–0
11 	W	October 30, 1996 	2–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	9–2–0
12 	L	November 1, 1996 	2–3 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	9–3–0
13 	L	November 3, 1996 	3–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	9–4–0
14 	W	November 6, 1996 	3–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	10–4–0
15 	L	November 8, 1996 	1–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	10–5–0
16 	W	November 11, 1996	3–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	11–5–0
17 	T	November 13, 1996	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	11–5–1
18 	W	November 15, 1996	4–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	12–5–1
19 	W	November 17, 1996	7–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	13–5–1
20 	L	November 19, 1996	0–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	13–6–1
21 	W	November 20, 1996	3–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	14–6–1
22 	L	November 22, 1996	1–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	14–7–1
23 	L	November 27, 1996	2–3 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	14–8–1
24 	W	November 29, 1996	2–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	15–8–1
25 	W	November 30, 1996	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	16–8–1
26 	L	December 4, 1996 	1–2 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	16–9–1
27 	L	December 6, 1996 	3–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	16–10–1
28 	T	December 8, 1996 	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97) 	16–10–2
29 	T	December 11, 1996	5–5 OT	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	16–10–3
30 	W	December 13, 1996	2–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	17–10–3
31 	W	December 15, 1996	4–0 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	18–10–3
32 	W	December 18, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	19–10–3
33 	W	December 20, 1996	4–1 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	20–10–3
34 	W	December 21, 1996	3–2 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	21–10–3
35 	L	December 23, 1996	1–2 	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	21–11–3
36 	W	December 27, 1996	6–4 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	22–11–3
37 	L	December 29, 1996	2–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	22–12–3
38 	L	December 30, 1996	2–3 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	22–13–3
39 	L	January 1, 1997 	4–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	22–14–3
40 	W	January 3, 1997 	2–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	23–14–3
41 	L	January 4, 1997 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	23–15–3
42 	W	January 8, 1997 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	24–15–3
43 	L	January 10, 1997 	3–4 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	24–16–3
44 	W	January 13, 1997 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	25–16–3
45 	L	January 14, 1997 	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	25–17–3
46 	T	January 21, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	25–17–4
47 	W	January 24, 1997 	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	26–17–4
48 	W	January 25, 1997 	5–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	27–17–4
49 	W	January 27, 1997 	7–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	28–17–4
50 	W	January 29, 1997 	3–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	29–17–4
51 	L	January 31, 1997 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	29–18–4
52 	L	February 2, 1997 	3–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	29–19–4
53 	W	February 5, 1997 	4–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	30–19–4
54 	L	February 6, 1997 	4–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	30–20–4
55 	W	February 8, 1997 	5–4 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	31–20–4
56 	W	February 9, 1997 	2–1 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	32–20–4
57 	L	February 12, 1997	0–5 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	32–21–4
58 	W	February 14, 1997	4–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	33–21–4
59 	W	February 17, 1997	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	34–21–4
60 	L	February 18, 1997	1–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	34–22–4
61 	W	February 21, 1997	4–2 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	35–22–4
62 	W	February 23, 1997	6–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	36–22–4
63 	W	February 25, 1997	1–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	37–22–4
64 	W	February 27, 1997	6–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	38–22–4
65 	L	March 1, 1997 	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	38–23–4
66 	W	March 5, 1997 	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	39–23–4
67 	W	March 7, 1997 	2–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	40–23–4
68 	T	March 10, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	40–23–5
69 	T	March 14, 1997 	4–4 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	40–23–6
70 	W	March 16, 1997 	6–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	41–23–6
71 	W	March 19, 1997 	7–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	42–23–6
72 	W	March 21, 1997 	2–0 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	43–23–6
73 	W	March 23, 1997 	4–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	44–23–6
74 	W	March 30, 1997 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	45–23–6
75 	W	March 31, 1997 	3–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	46–23–6
76 	W	April 2, 1997 	5–4 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	47–23–6
77 	L	April 4, 1997 	2–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	47–24–6
78 	T	April 5, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	47–24–7
79 	T	April 7, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	47–24–8
80 	W	April 9, 1997 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	48–24–8
81 	L	April 11, 1997 	1–2 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	48–25–8
82 	L	April 13, 1997 	2–5 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	48–26–8
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	35	48	83 	42 	43 	9 	5 	9
 	RW 	81	17	36	53 	128	3 	5 	0 	4
 	C 	66	30	21	51 	32 	-5 	8 	0 	2
 	D 	82	8 	40	48 	51 	37 	2 	0 	2
 	C 	73	19	24	43 	54 	8 	5 	0 	5
 	RW 	63	16	27	43 	2 	26 	3 	1 	2
 	D 	78	13	30	43 	24 	19 	1 	0 	3
 	LW 	82	19	20	39 	10 	12 	1 	1 	4
 	RW 	76	13	26	39 	51 	-2 	3 	0 	3
 	LW 	50	21	15	36 	2 	27 	5 	0 	4
 	RW/C	71	9 	22	31 	142	19 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	67	10	20	30 	24 	6 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	63	3 	19	22 	97 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	73	5 	16	21 	36 	9 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	67	1 	15	16 	61 	31 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	20	8 	7 	15 	12 	6 	1 	1 	2
 	D 	77	2 	11	13 	62 	17 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	46	5 	7 	12 	41 	5 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	57	5 	7 	12 	87 	1 	0 	2 	0
 	LW 	40	5 	6 	11 	105	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	56	6 	4 	10 	98 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	24	1 	6 	7 	13 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	55	1 	1 	2 	42 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	0 	2 	2 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	1 	1 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	27 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	0 	0 	46 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2738	48	28	13	5	98 	2.15	3 	1121	1023	.913
 	1965	35	17	12	3	88 	2.69	3 	825 	737 	.893
 	263 	6 	3 	1 	0	9 	2.05	0 	129 	120 	.930
Team: 	4966	82	48	26	8	195	2.36	6 	2075	1880	.906
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	7 	4	1	5 	0 	2 	1 	1 	2
 	C 	7 	3	1	4 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	2	2	4 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	2	2	4 	6 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	2	2	4 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	2	2	4 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1	3	4 	16 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	3	3 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	1	2 	14 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	20 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	18 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	2	2 	8 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	2	2 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	0	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0	1	1 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/C	7 	0	1	1 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	20 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	449	7 	3	4	21	2.81	0 	214	193	.902
 	13 	1 	0	0	0 	0.00	0 	4 	4 	1.000
Team: 	462	7 	3	4	21	2.73	0 	218	197	.904
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==
Category:Dallas Stars seasons
Category:1996 in hockey
Category:1997 in hockey