1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season

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1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division 5th Atlantic
1995–96 record 38–32–12
Goals for 238
Goals against 248
Team information
Coach Terry Crisp
Captain Paul Ysebaert
Team leaders
<1994–95 1996–97>

The 1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning fourth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Lightning finished with a record of 38-32-12 and qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

It would also be the Lightning's third and final season in the Thunderdome before moving into their next and current home, the Ice Palace.

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Offseason

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Regular season

The Lightning tied the New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators for fewest short-handed goals scored (6).[1]

Final standings

Atlantic Division
No. GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Philadelphia Flyers 82 45 24 13 282 208 103
2 New York Rangers 82 41 27 14 272 237 96
3 Florida Panthers 82 41 31 10 254 234 92
4 Washington Capitals 82 39 32 11 234 204 89
5 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 38 32 12 238 248 88
6 New Jersey Devils 82 37 33 12 215 202 86
7 New York Islanders 82 22 50 10 229 315 54
Eastern Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Philadelphia Flyers ATL 82 45 24 13 282 208 103
2 Pittsburgh Penguins NE 82 49 29 4 362 284 102
3 New York Rangers ATL 82 41 27 14 272 237 96
4 Florida Panthers ATL 82 41 31 10 254 234 92
5 Boston Bruins NE 82 40 31 11 282 269 91
6 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 40 32 10 265 248 90
7 Washington Capitals ATL 82 39 32 11 234 204 89
8 Tampa Bay Lightning ATL 82 38 32 12 238 248 88
9 New Jersey Devils ATL 82 37 33 12 215 202 86
10 Hartford Whalers NE 82 34 39 9 237 259 77
11 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 33 42 7 247 262 73
12 New York Islanders ATL 82 22 50 10 229 315 54
13 Ottawa Senators NE 82 18 59 5 191 291 41

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs


Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T October 7, 1995 3–3 OT Calgary Flames (1995–96) 0–0–1
2 W October 12, 1995 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 1–0–1
3 L October 14, 1995 0–2 @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 1–1–1
4 L October 15, 1995 4–7 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 1–2–1
5 L October 17, 1995 2–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 1–3–1
6 W October 19, 1995 4–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 2–3–1
7 T October 21, 1995 3–3 OT @ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 2–3–2
8 T October 26, 1995 4–4 OT New York Rangers (1995–96) 2–3–3
9 L October 28, 1995 2–4 Washington Capitals (1995–96) 2–4–3
10 T October 31, 1995 2–2 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 2–4–4
11 L November 1, 1995 0–10 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 2–5–4
12 W November 3, 1995 5–3 New York Islanders (1995–96) 3–5–4
13 L November 5, 1995 1–4 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 3–6–4
14 L November 8, 1995 4–5 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 3–7–4
15 L November 10, 1995 3–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 3–8–4
16 L November 12, 1995 4–6 Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 3–9–4
17 W November 14, 1995 5–3 Boston Bruins (1995–96) 4–9–4
18 L November 16, 1995 4–5 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 4–10–4
19 W November 18, 1995 5–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 5–10–4
20 W November 22, 1995 3–1 New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 6–10–4
21 W November 24, 1995 2–1 @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 7–10–4
22 W November 25, 1995 2–1 @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 8–10–4
23 W November 27, 1995 2–0 Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 9–10–4
24 T November 29, 1995 2–2 OT Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 9–10–5
25 L December 1, 1995 1–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 9–11–5
26 L December 3, 1995 4–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 9–12–5
27 W December 6, 1995 2–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 10–12–5
28 W December 8, 1995 3–1 Boston Bruins (1995–96) 11–12–5
29 W December 11, 1995 6–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 12–12–5
30 W December 13, 1995 3–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 13–12–5
31 L December 14, 1995 0–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 13–13–5
32 L December 16, 1995 2–7 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 13–14–5
33 W December 19, 1995 6–3 Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 14–14–5
34 T December 21, 1995 2–2 OT New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 14–14–6
35 L December 23, 1995 5–7 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 14–15–6
36 W December 28, 1995 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 15–15–6
37 W December 31, 1995 3–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 16–15–6
38 L January 2, 1996 0–10 @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 16–16–6
39 W January 3, 1996 5–0 @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 17–16–6
40 L January 6, 1996 2–9 @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 17–17–6
41 T January 8, 1996 3–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 17–17–7
42 W January 13, 1996 4–1 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 18–17–7
43 L January 15, 1996 2–3 @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 18–18–7
44 W January 17, 1996 6–4 San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 19–18–7
45 W January 22, 1996 4–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 20–18–7
46 L January 25, 1996 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 20–19–7
47 L January 27, 1996 1–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 20–20–7
48 W January 31, 1996 4–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 21–20–7
49 L February 3, 1996 3–5 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 21–21–7
50 W February 4, 1996 5–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 22–21–7
51 T February 7, 1996 4–4 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 22–21–8
52 L February 10, 1996 2–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 22–22–8
53 L February 11, 1996 2–6 New York Rangers (1995–96) 22–23–8
54 L February 13, 1996 2–3 St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 22–24–8
55 W February 15, 1996 4–2 Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 23–24–8
56 W February 17, 1996 5–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 24–24–8
57 W February 19, 1996 4–2 Dallas Stars (1995–96) 25–24–8
58 W February 21, 1996 3–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 26–24–8
59 W February 23, 1996 3–2 OT @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 27–24–8
60 L February 24, 1996 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 27–25–8
61 W February 28, 1996 5–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 28–25–8
62 W March 1, 1996 7–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 29–25–8
63 T March 3, 1996 2–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 29–25–9
64 W March 5, 1996 2–0 Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 30–25–9
65 W March 7, 1996 5–2 New York Rangers (1995–96) 31–25–9
66 W March 10, 1996 1–0 Washington Capitals (1995–96) 32–25–9
67 T March 13, 1996 1–1 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 32–25–10
68 L March 15, 1996 0–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 32–26–10
69 L March 17, 1996 0–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 32–27–10
70 L March 18, 1996 3–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 32–28–10
71 T March 21, 1996 3–3 OT Washington Capitals (1995–96) 32–28–11
72 W March 23, 1996 4–2 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 33–28–11
73 L March 26, 1996 4–6 New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 33–29–11
74 W March 30, 1996 2–1 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 34–29–11
75 T March 31, 1996 1–1 OT @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 34–29–12
76 W April 3, 1996 4–2 Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 35–29–12
77 L April 5, 1996 3–4 Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 35–30–12
78 L April 6, 1996 1–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 35–31–12
79 W April 8, 1996 4–3 New York Islanders (1995–96) 36–31–12
80 W April 10, 1996 2–1 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 37–31–12
81 W April 12, 1996 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 38–31–12
82 L April 14, 1996 1–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 38–32–12

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning

The series opened up in Philadelphia. The Flyers won Game 1 7-3, but the Lightning rebounded in Game 2 by a 2-1 overtime win. Games 3 and 4 were in Tampa Bay. The Lightning won again in overtime in Game 3, but this time, by a score of 5-4. However, the series was tied up at 2-2 thanks to Philadelphia's 4-1 win in Game 4. The series shifted back to Philadelphia, where the Flyers won 4-1 again in Game 5. In Game 6, Philadelphia won 6-1 and won the series 4-2.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Brian Bradley C 75 23 56 79 77 -11 9 0 5
Roman Hamrlik D 82 16 49 65 103 -24 12 0 2
Alex Selivanov RW 79 31 21 52 93 3 13 0 5
Petr Klima W 67 22 30 52 68 -25 8 0 3
John Cullen C 76 16 34 50 65 1 8 0 3
Brian Bellows LW 79 23 26 49 39 -14 13 0 4
Chris Gratton C 82 17 21 38 105 -13 7 0 3
Rob Zamuner LW 72 15 20 35 62 11 0 3 4
Paul Ysebaert C 55 16 15 31 16 -19 4 1 1
Shawn Burr LW/C 81 13 15 28 119 4 1 0 2
Bill Houlder D 61 5 23 28 22 1 3 0 0
Mikael Andersson LW 64 8 11 19 2 0 0 0 1
Jason Wiemer C 66 9 9 18 81 -9 4 0 1
Cory Cross D 75 2 14 16 66 4 0 0 0
Aaron Gavey C 73 8 4 12 56 -6 1 1 2
David Shaw D 66 1 11 12 64 5 0 0 0
Michel Petit D 45 4 7 11 108 -10 0 0 1
John Tucker C 63 3 7 10 18 -8 0 1 0
Enrico Ciccone D 55 2 3 5 258 -4 0 0 0
Rudy Poeschek RW/D 57 1 3 4 88 -2 0 0 0
Igor Ulanov D 11 2 1 3 24 -1 0 0 1
Adrien Plavsic D 7 1 2 3 6 5 0 0 0
Drew Bannister D 13 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0
Daymond Langkow C 4 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Patrick Poulin C 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Daren Puppa G 57 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Jean-Claude Bergeron G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Charron D 14 0 0 0 18 -6 0 0 0
Allan Egeland C 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Steven Finn D 16 0 0 0 24 -6 0 0 0
Bob Halkidis D 3 0 0 0 7 -1 0 0 0
Chris LiPuma D 21 0 0 0 13 -7 0 0 0
Jeff Reese G 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Toms C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derek Wilkinson G 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Daren Puppa 3189 57 29 16 9 131 2.46 5 1605 1474 .918
Jeff Reese 994 19 7 7 1 54 3.26 0 464 410 .884
Jean-Claude Bergeron 595 12 2 6 2 42 4.24 0 250 208 .832
Derek Wilkinson 200 4 0 3 0 15 4.50 0 105 90 .857
Team: 4978 82 38 32 12 242 2.92 5 2424 2182 .900

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
John Cullen C 5 3 3 6 0 4 0 1 0
Rob Zamuner LW 6 2 3 5 10 -1 0 1 0
Alex Selivanov RW 6 2 2 4 6 2 0 0 1
Brian Bradley C 5 0 3 3 6 -5 0 0 0
Brian Bellows LW 6 2 0 2 4 -2 0 0 1
Petr Klima W 4 2 0 2 14 0 2 0 0
Mikael Andersson LW 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Shawn Burr LW/C 6 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 0
Chris Gratton C 6 0 2 2 27 -3 0 0 0
Jason Wiemer C 6 1 0 1 28 -3 1 0 0
Roman Hamrlik D 5 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0
Bill Houlder D 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
David Shaw D 6 0 1 1 4 -4 0 0 0
Cory Cross D 6 0 0 0 22 -4 0 0 0
Aaron Gavey C 6 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0
Michel Petit D 6 0 0 0 20 -3 0 0 0
Rudy Poeschek RW/D 3 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0
Patrick Poulin C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daren Puppa G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Reese G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Tucker C 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Igor Ulanov D 5 0 0 0 15 -1 0 0 0
Paul Ysebaert C 5 0 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Daren Puppa 173 4 1 3 14 4.86 0 86 72 .837
Jeff Reese 198 5 1 1 12 3.64 0 100 88 .880
Team: 371 6 2 4 26 4.20 0 186 160 .860

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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

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Transactions

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Roster

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Draft picks

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Farm teams

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See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1996.html
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External links

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