1995–96 San Jose Sharks season

The 1995–96 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' fifth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Shark failed to make the playoffs, finishing 13th in the Western Conference.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 7, 1995 	3–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	0–1–0
2 	T	October 12, 1995 	6–6 OT	Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	0–1–1
3 	L	October 14, 1995 	6–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	0–2–1
4 	L	October 17, 1995 	2–7 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	0–3–1
5 	T	October 19, 1995 	3–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	0–3–2
6 	T	October 22, 1995 	1–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	0–3–3
7 	L	October 25, 1995 	1–6 	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	0–4–3
8 	L	October 28, 1995 	3–4 	Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	0–5–3
9 	L	October 30, 1995 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	0–6–3
10 	L	October 31, 1995 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1995–96) 	0–7–3
11 	T	November 2, 1995 	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	0–7–4
12 	W	November 4, 1995 	7–3 	St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	1–7–4
13 	L	November 7, 1995 	3–7 	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	1–8–4
14 	L	November 8, 1995 	2–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	1–9–4
15 	L	November 10, 1995	1–9 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	1–10–4
16 	L	November 11, 1995	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	1–11–4
17 	L	November 14, 1995	3–5 	New York Islanders (1995–96) 	1–12–4
18 	L	November 16, 1995	1–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	1–13–4
19 	L	November 17, 1995	1–2 	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	1–14–4
20 	W	November 19, 1995	3–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	2–14–4
21 	L	November 21, 1995	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	2–15–4
22 	L	November 22, 1995	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	2–16–4
23 	W	November 25, 1995	7–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	3–16–4
24 	L	November 29, 1995	3–5 	Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	3–17–4
25 	L	December 1, 1995 	2–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	3–18–4
26 	W	December 2, 1995 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1995–96) 	4–18–4
27 	L	December 5, 1995 	2–12 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	4–19–4
28 	W	December 7, 1995 	5–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	5–19–4
29 	L	December 9, 1995 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	5–20–4
30 	W	December 12, 1995	2–1 	Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	6–20–4
31 	L	December 14, 1995	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	6–21–4
32 	L	December 16, 1995	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	6–22–4
33 	L	December 17, 1995	2–4 	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	6–23–4
34 	W	December 19, 1995	7–4 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	7–23–4
35 	W	December 22, 1995	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	8–23–4
36 	L	December 26, 1995	1–5 	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	8–24–4
37 	L	December 29, 1995	2–4 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	8–25–4
38 	L	January 3, 1996 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	8–26–4
39 	L	January 5, 1996 	2–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	8–27–4
40 	L	January 6, 1996 	5–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	8–28–4
41 	L	January 8, 1996 	2–5 	Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	8–29–4
42 	L	January 10, 1996 	4–7 	@ New York Rangers (1995–96) 	8–30–4
43 	W	January 11, 1996 	2–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 	9–30–4
44 	W	January 13, 1996 	10–8 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 	10–30–4
45 	L	January 16, 1996 	1–4 	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 	10–31–4
46 	L	January 17, 1996 	4–6 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	10–32–4
47 	L	January 24, 1996 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	10–33–4
48 	L	January 25, 1996 	1–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	10–34–4
49 	L	January 27, 1996 	3–4 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	10–35–4
50 	W	January 30, 1996 	8–2 	Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 	11–35–4
51 	T	February 1, 1996 	6–6 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	11–35–5
52 	L	February 3, 1996 	1–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 	11–36–5
53 	W	February 5, 1996 	6–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	12–36–5
54 	W	February 10, 1996	6–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	13–36–5
55 	L	February 12, 1996	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	13–37–5
56 	L	February 14, 1996	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 	13–38–5
57 	T	February 15, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 	13–38–6
58 	L	February 17, 1996	2–4 	@ New York Islanders (1995–96) 	13–39–6
59 	L	February 20, 1996	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	13–40–6
60 	L	February 23, 1996	1–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 	13–41–6
61 	L	February 25, 1996	3–4 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	13–42–6
62 	W	February 26, 1996	7–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 	14–42–6
63 	L	March 1, 1996 	3–7 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 	14–43–6
64 	L	March 3, 1996 	1–5 	Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	14–44–6
65 	W	March 5, 1996 	5–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	15–44–6
66 	L	March 6, 1996 	1–2 	Dallas Stars (1995–96) 	15–45–6
67 	L	March 8, 1996 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	15–46–6
68 	W	March 10, 1996 	6–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 	16–46–6
69 	L	March 13, 1996 	3–8 	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	16–47–6
70 	L	March 15, 1996 	2–4 	St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 	16–48–6
71 	L	March 17, 1996 	2–8 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 	16–49–6
72 	T	March 18, 1996 	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 	16–49–7
73 	W	March 20, 1996 	7–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 	17–49–7
74 	W	March 22, 1996 	2–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	18–49–7
75 	L	March 28, 1996 	3–8 	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	18–50–7
76 	L	March 31, 1996 	2–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 	18–51–7
77 	W	April 2, 1996 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 	19–51–7
78 	W	April 4, 1996 	5–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 	20–51–7
79 	L	April 6, 1996 	1–5 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 	20–52–7
80 	L	April 7, 1996 	3–5 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 	20–53–7
81 	L	April 10, 1996 	2–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 	20–54–7
82 	L	April 12, 1996 	0–6 	Calgary Flames (1995–96) 	20–55–7
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	71	13	49	62 	26 	-35	5 	0 	1
 	RW 	72	29	32	61 	137	-30	12 	1 	2
 	RW 	51	27	19	46 	10 	-19	12 	0 	4
 	LW 	79	15	31	46 	42 	-19	2 	0 	0
 	C 	68	22	20	42 	41 	-8 	2 	2 	2
 	LW 	60	17	24	41 	16 	-23	4 	2 	2
 	D 	71	8 	31	39 	42 	-24	4 	0 	0
 	C 	77	16	17	33 	79 	-19	2 	6 	0
 	LW 	59	16	12	28 	27 	-21	5 	0 	2
 	C 	45	7 	16	23 	20 	-12	0 	1 	0
 	D 	57	4 	19	23 	50 	-18	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	74	13	8 	21 	39 	-17	0 	1 	2
 	D 	79	4 	16	20 	54 	-14	1 	0 	0
 	C 	62	6 	13	19 	6 	-15	1 	0 	0
 	D 	32	1 	16	17 	28 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	78	12	4 	16 	192	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	42	7 	7 	14 	62 	-15	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	31	2 	11	13 	14 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	8 	3 	11 	0 	4 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	6 	5 	11 	4 	8 	0 	1 	2
 	C 	32	3 	6 	9 	138	0 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	74	2 	7 	9 	147	-32	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	1 	7 	8 	18 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	1 	7 	8 	146	-12	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	0 	7 	7 	14 	-16	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	3 	2 	5 	2 	-5 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	60	1 	4 	5 	40 	-9 	1 	0 	1
 	G 	46	0 	5 	5 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	37	3 	1 	4 	46 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1 	3 	4 	4 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	9 	3 	0 	3 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	24	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
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==
San Jose Sharks season, 1995–96
San Jose Sharks season, 1995–96
category:San Jose Sharks seasons