1996–97 Florida Panthers season

==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 5, 1996 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 6, 1996 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	2–0–0
3 	T	October 8, 1996 	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	2–0–1
4 	W	October 12, 1996 	6–0 	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	3–0–1
5 	T	October 16, 1996 	3–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	3–0–2
6 	W	October 17, 1996 	2–1 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	4–0–2
7 	T	October 20, 1996 	1–1 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	4–0–3
8 	W	October 23, 1996 	5–2 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	5–0–3
9 	W	October 25, 1996 	6–4 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	6–0–3
10 	W	October 27, 1996 	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	7–0–3
11 	T	October 29, 1996 	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	7–0–4
12 	W	October 30, 1996 	3–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	8–0–4
13 	L	November 2, 1996 	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	8–1–4
14 	W	November 7, 1996 	4–2 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	9–1–4
15 	W	November 9, 1996 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	10–1–4
16 	L	November 11, 1996	2–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	10–2–4
17 	W	November 13, 1996	5–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	11–2–4
18 	T	November 15, 1996	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	11–2–5
19 	L	November 18, 1996	2–4 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	11–3–5
20 	W	November 20, 1996	4–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	12–3–5
21 	W	November 22, 1996	2–1 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	13–3–5
22 	W	November 23, 1996	3–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	14–3–5
23 	W	November 26, 1996	4–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	15–3–5
24 	T	November 29, 1996	1–1 OT	Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	15–3–6
25 	W	December 1, 1996 	4–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	16–3–6
26 	L	December 3, 1996 	0–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	16–4–6
27 	W	December 5, 1996 	4–2 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	17–4–6
28 	T	December 8, 1996 	1–1 OT	Dallas Stars (1996–97) 	17–4–7
29 	L	December 10, 1996	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	17–5–7
30 	L	December 11, 1996	2–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	17–6–7
31 	W	December 15, 1996	6–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	18–6–7
32 	L	December 19, 1996	2–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	18–7–7
33 	W	December 20, 1996	3–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97) 	19–7–7
34 	L	December 22, 1996	3–7 	@ New York Rangers (1996–97) 	19–8–7
35 	W	December 23, 1996	4–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	20–8–7
36 	T	December 26, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	20–8–8
37 	T	December 28, 1996	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	20–8–9
38 	L	December 29, 1996	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	20–9–9
39 	L	January 1, 1997 	0–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97) 	20–10–9
40 	W	January 4, 1997 	5–0 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1996–97) 	21–10–9
41 	L	January 8, 1997 	2–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	21–11–9
42 	W	January 11, 1997 	4–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	22–11–9
43 	T	January 14, 1997 	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	22–11–10
44 	L	January 15, 1997 	0–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97) 	22–12–10
45 	L	January 20, 1997 	2–4 	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97) 	22–13–10
46 	L	January 22, 1997 	1–2 OT	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97) 	22–14–10
47 	W	January 23, 1997 	4–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	23–14–10
48 	W	January 25, 1997 	3–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	24–14–10
49 	W	January 28, 1997 	5–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	25–14–10
50 	W	January 30, 1997 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	26–14–10
51 	L	February 1, 1997 	1–3 	Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	26–15–10
52 	T	February 3, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97) 	26–15–11
53 	T	February 6, 1997 	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	26–15–12
54 	T	February 7, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	26–15–13
55 	W	February 9, 1997 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1996–97) 	27–15–13
56 	W	February 12, 1997	5–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	28–15–13
57 	L	February 15, 1997	0–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	28–16–13
58 	L	February 16, 1997	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97) 	28–17–13
59 	L	February 18, 1997	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	28–18–13
60 	T	February 20, 1997	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	28–18–14
61 	L	February 22, 1997	3–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97) 	28–19–14
62 	T	February 25, 1997	2–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (1996–97) 	28–19–15
63 	W	February 27, 1997	3–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1996–97) 	29–19–15
64 	L	March 1, 1997 	0–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	29–20–15
65 	L	March 5, 1997 	0–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97) 	29–21–15
66 	L	March 7, 1997 	1–3 	Calgary Flames (1996–97) 	29–22–15
67 	L	March 9, 1997 	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	29–23–15
68 	W	March 11, 1997 	3–2 	New York Islanders (1996–97) 	30–23–15
69 	W	March 13, 1997 	5–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97) 	31–23–15
70 	T	March 15, 1997 	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	31–23–16
71 	W	March 17, 1997 	4–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	32–23–16
72 	L	March 19, 1997 	4–7 	@ New York Islanders (1996–97) 	32–24–16
73 	T	March 20, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	32–24–17
74 	W	March 22, 1997 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97) 	33–24–17
75 	L	March 27, 1997 	2–3 	Ottawa Senators (1996–97) 	33–25–17
76 	T	March 29, 1997 	1–1 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97) 	33–25–18
77 	L	March 31, 1997 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	33–26–18
78 	L	April 2, 1997 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97) 	33–27–18
79 	L	April 5, 1997 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97) 	33–28–18
80 	T	April 6, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97) 	33–28–19
81 	W	April 9, 1997 	4–2 	New Jersey Devils (1996–97) 	34–28–19
82 	W	April 11, 1997 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97) 	35–28–19
==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
 	RW 	68	29	31	60 	4 	4 	13 	0 	7
 	RW 	82	27	29	56 	170	7 	9 	1 	4
 	D 	82	13	32	45 	86 	2 	5 	0 	3
 	RW 	78	18	21	39 	30 	-2 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	60	14	24	38 	54 	4 	3 	0 	2
 	LW 	53	11	25	36 	47 	10 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	81	11	23	34 	120	1 	0 	1 	3
 	LW 	77	15	14	29 	51 	2 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	58	7 	22	29 	22 	11 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	55	7 	22	29 	12 	9 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	71	10	14	24 	64 	7 	0 	2 	1
 	D 	80	8 	15	23 	51 	3 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	61	7 	16	23 	172	-1 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	51	5 	13	18 	48 	4 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	67	10	6 	16 	4 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	69	8 	6 	14 	48 	12 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	39	7 	7 	14 	32 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	70	0 	14	14 	96 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	62	4 	9 	13 	88 	20 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	77	0 	12	12 	313	13 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	19	2 	8 	10 	10 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	18	3 	6 	9 	4 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	47	2 	6 	8 	42 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	1 	2 	3 	4 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	19	1 	1 	2 	4 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	G 	57	0 	2 	2 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	1 	1 	13 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	5 	1	4	5 	4 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	5	5 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	2	1	3 	6 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	2	3 	4 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	2	0	2 	4 	0 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	5 	2	0	2 	0 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	2	2 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1	0	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	1	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	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==
*1996–97 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Florida Panthers season, 1996–97
category:Florida Panthers seasons
Category:1997 in hockey