1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season

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.

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
1TOctober 7, 19953–3 OT Calgary Flames (1995–96) 0–0–1
2WOctober 12, 19953–1 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 1–0–1
3LOctober 14, 19950–2 @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 1–1–1
4LOctober 15, 19954–7 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 1–2–1
5LOctober 17, 19952–5 @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 1–3–1
6WOctober 19, 19954–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 2–3–1
7TOctober 21, 19953–3 OT @ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 2–3–2
8TOctober 26, 19954–4 OT New York Rangers (1995–96) 2–3–3
9LOctober 28, 19952–4 Washington Capitals (1995–96) 2–4–3
10TOctober 31, 19952–2 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 2–4–4
11LNovember 1, 19950–10 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 2–5–4
12WNovember 3, 19955–3 New York Islanders (1995–96) 3–5–4
13LNovember 5, 19951–4 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 3–6–4
14LNovember 8, 19954–5 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 3–7–4
15LNovember 10, 19953–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 3–8–4
16LNovember 12, 19954–6 Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 3–9–4
17WNovember 14, 19955–3 Boston Bruins (1995–96) 4–9–4
18LNovember 16, 19954–5 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 4–10–4
19WNovember 18, 19955–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 5–10–4
20WNovember 22, 19953–1 New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 6–10–4
21WNovember 24, 19952–1 @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 7–10–4
22WNovember 25, 19952–1 @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 8–10–4
23WNovember 27, 19952–0 Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 9–10–4
24TNovember 29, 19952–2 OT Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 9–10–5
25LDecember 1, 19951–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 9–11–5
26LDecember 3, 19954–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 9–12–5
27WDecember 6, 19952–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 10–12–5
28WDecember 8, 19953–1 Boston Bruins (1995–96) 11–12–5
29WDecember 11, 19956–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 12–12–5
30WDecember 13, 19953–2 @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 13–12–5
31LDecember 14, 19950–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 13–13–5
32LDecember 16, 19952–7 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 13–14–5
33WDecember 19, 19956–3 Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 14–14–5
34TDecember 21, 19952–2 OT New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 14–14–6
35LDecember 23, 19955–7 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 14–15–6
36WDecember 28, 19953–1 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 15–15–6
37WDecember 31, 19953–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 16–15–6
38LJanuary 2, 19960–10 @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 16–16–6
39WJanuary 3, 19965–0 @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 17–16–6
40LJanuary 6, 19962–9 @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 17–17–6
41TJanuary 8, 19963–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 17–17–7
42WJanuary 13, 19964–1 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 18–17–7
43LJanuary 15, 19962–3 @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 18–18–7
44WJanuary 17, 19966–4 San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 19–18–7
45WJanuary 22, 19964–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 20–18–7
46LJanuary 25, 19963–4 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 20–19–7
47LJanuary 27, 19961–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 20–20–7
48WJanuary 31, 19964–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 21–20–7
49LFebruary 3, 19963–5 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 21–21–7
50WFebruary 4, 19965–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 22–21–7
51TFebruary 7, 19964–4 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 22–21–8
52LFebruary 10, 19962–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 22–22–8
53LFebruary 11, 19962–6 New York Rangers (1995–96) 22–23–8
54LFebruary 13, 19962–3 St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 22–24–8
55WFebruary 15, 19964–2 Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 23–24–8
56WFebruary 17, 19965–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 24–24–8
57WFebruary 19, 19964–2 Dallas Stars (1995–96) 25–24–8
58WFebruary 21, 19963–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 26–24–8
59WFebruary 23, 19963–2 OT @ New York Islanders (1995–96) 27–24–8
60LFebruary 24, 19960–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 27–25–8
61WFebruary 28, 19965–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 28–25–8
62WMarch 1, 19967–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 29–25–8
63TMarch 3, 19962–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 29–25–9
64WMarch 5, 19962–0 Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 30–25–9
65WMarch 7, 19965–2 New York Rangers (1995–96) 31–25–9
66WMarch 10, 19961–0 Washington Capitals (1995–96) 32–25–9
67TMarch 13, 19961–1 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 32–25–10
68LMarch 15, 19960–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 32–26–10
69LMarch 17, 19960–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 32–27–10
70LMarch 18, 19963–6 @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 32–28–10
71TMarch 21, 19963–3 OT Washington Capitals (1995–96) 32–28–11
72WMarch 23, 19964–2 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 33–28–11
73LMarch 26, 19964–6 New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 33–29–11
74WMarch 30, 19962–1 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 34–29–11
75TMarch 31, 19961–1 OT @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 34–29–12
76WApril 3, 19964–2 Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 35–29–12
77LApril 5, 19963–4 Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 35–30–12
78LApril 6, 19961–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 35–31–12
79WApril 8, 19964–3 New York Islanders (1995–96) 36–31–12
80WApril 10, 19962–1 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 37–31–12
81WApril 12, 19963–2 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 38–31–12
82LApril 14, 19961–3 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
Bradley, BrianBrian Bradley C 75 23 56 79 77-11905
Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik D 82 16 49 65 103-241202
Selivanov, AlexAlex Selivanov RW 79 31 21 52 9331305
Klima, PetrPetr Klima W 67 22 30 52 68-25803
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen C 76 16 34 50 651803
Bellows, BrianBrian Bellows LW 79 23 26 49 39-141304
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton C 82 17 21 38 105-13703
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner LW 72 15 20 35 6211034
Ysebaert, PaulPaul Ysebaert C 55 16 15 31 16-19411
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr LW/C 81 13 15 28 1194102
Houlder, BillBill Houlder D 61 5 23 28 221300
Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson LW 64 8 11 19 20001
Wiemer, JasonJason Wiemer C 66 9 9 18 81-9401
Cross, CoryCory Cross D 75 2 14 16 664000
Gavey, AaronAaron Gavey C 73 8 4 12 56-6112
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw D 66 1 11 12 645000
Petit, MichelMichel Petit D 45 4 7 11 108-10001
Tucker, JohnJohn Tucker C 63 3 7 10 18-8010
Ciccone, EnricoEnrico Ciccone D 55 2 3 5 258-4000
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek RW/D 57 1 3 4 88-2000
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov D 11 2 1 3 24-1001
Plavsic, AdrienAdrien Plavsic D 7 1 2 3 65000
Bannister, DrewDrew Bannister D 13 0 1 1 4-1000
Langkow, DaymondDaymond Langkow C 4 0 1 1 0-1000
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin C 8 0 1 1 00000
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa G 57 0 1 1 40000
Bergeron, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Bergeron G 12 0 0 0 00000
Charron, EricEric Charron D 14 0 0 0 18-6000
Egeland, AllanAllan Egeland C 5 0 0 0 20000
Finn, StevenSteven Finn D 16 0 0 0 24-6000
Halkidis, BobBob Halkidis D 3 0 0 0 7-1000
LiPuma, ChrisChris LiPuma D 21 0 0 0 13-7000
Reese, JeffJeff Reese G 19 0 0 0 00000
Toms, JeffJeff Toms C 1 0 0 0 00000
Wilkinson, DerekDerek Wilkinson G 4 0 0 0 20000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa 3189 57 29 16 9 131 2.46 516051474.918
Reese, JeffJeff Reese 994 19 7 7 1 54 3.26 0464410.884
Bergeron, Jean-ClaudeJean-Claude Bergeron 595 12 2 6 2 42 4.24 0250208.832
Wilkinson, DerekDerek Wilkinson 200 4 0 3 0 15 4.50 010590.857
Team: 4978 82 38 32 12 242 2.92 524242182.900

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Cullen, JohnJohn Cullen C 5 3 3 6 04010
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner LW 6 2 3 5 10-1010
Selivanov, AlexAlex Selivanov RW 6 2 2 4 62001
Bradley, BrianBrian Bradley C 5 0 3 3 6-5000
Bellows, BrianBrian Bellows LW 6 2 0 2 4-2001
Klima, PetrPetr Klima W 4 2 0 2 140200
Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson LW 6 1 1 2 00000
Burr, ShawnShawn Burr LW/C 6 0 2 2 80000
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton C 6 0 2 2 27-3000
Wiemer, JasonJason Wiemer C 6 1 0 1 28-3100
Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik D 5 0 1 1 4-1000
Houlder, BillBill Houlder D 6 0 1 1 40000
Shaw, DavidDavid Shaw D 6 0 1 1 4-4000
Cross, CoryCory Cross D 6 0 0 0 22-4000
Gavey, AaronAaron Gavey C 6 0 0 0 4-3000
Petit, MichelMichel Petit D 6 0 0 0 20-3000
Poeschek, RudyRudy Poeschek RW/D 3 0 0 0 120000
Poulin, PatrickPatrick Poulin C 2 0 0 0 00000
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa G 4 0 0 0 00000
Reese, JeffJeff Reese G 5 0 0 0 00000
Tucker, JohnJohn Tucker C 2 0 0 0 2-1000
Ulanov, IgorIgor Ulanov D 5 0 0 0 15-1000
Ysebaert, PaulPaul Ysebaert C 5 0 0 0 0-6000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Puppa, DarenDaren Puppa 173 4 1 3 14 4.86 08672.837
Reese, JeffJeff Reese 198 5 1 1 12 3.64 010088.880
Team: 371 6 2 4 26 4.20 0186160.860

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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;

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1996.html
  2. ↑ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "1995-96 Tampa Bay Lightning Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

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