1995–96 San Jose Sharks season

1995–96 San Jose Sharks
Division	7th Pacific
Conference	13th Western
1995–96 record	20–55–7
Goals for	252
Goals against	357
Team information
General manager	Chuck Grillo Dean Lombardi
Coach	Kevin Constantine
Captain	Jeff Odgers
Team leaders
Goals	Owen Nolan (29)
Assists	Craig Janney (49)
Points	Craig Janney (62)
Penalty minutes	Jeff Odgers (192)
Wins	Chris Terreri (13)
Goals against average	Chris Terreri (3.70)
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The 1995–96 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' fifth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Sharks failed to make the playoffs, finishing 13th in the Western Conference.

Offseason[]

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Regular season[]

The Sharks allowed the most goals (357), the most even-strength goals (244), the most power-play goals (93), had the lowest penalty-kill percentage (76.57%), the fewest shutouts for (0) and the fewest shots on goal (2,143).^[1][2] On Saturday, January 13, 1996, Ray Sheppard scored a hat trick as the Sharks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 10-8 in Pittsburgh. It was the highest scoring game of the NHL regular season.^[3][4]

Final standings[]

Pacific Division

No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Colorado Avalanche	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
2	Calgary Flames	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
3	Vancouver Canucks	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
5	Edmonton Oilers	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
6	Los Angeles Kings	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
7	San Jose Sharks	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[5]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	62	13	7	325	181	131
2	Colorado Avalanche	PAC	82	47	25	10	326	240	104
3	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	40	28	14	273	220	94
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	82	34	36	12	247	252	80
5	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	32	34	16	219	248	80
6	Calgary Flames	PAC	82	34	37	11	241	240	79
7	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	82	32	35	15	278	278	79
8	Winnipeg Jets	CEN	82	36	40	6	275	291	78
9	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	35	39	8	234	247	78
10	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	30	44	8	240	304	68
11	Dallas Stars	CEN	82	26	42	14	227	280	66
12	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	24	40	18	256	302	66
13	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	20	55	7	252	357	47

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results[]

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[]

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The Sharks missed the playoffs.

Player statistics[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Craig Janney C 71 13 49 62 26 -35 5 0 1 Owen Nolan RW 72 29 32 61 137 -30 12 1 2 Ray Sheppard RW 51 27 19 46 10 -19 12 0 4 Jeff Friesen LW 79 15 31 46 42 -19 2 0 0 Kevin Miller C 68 22 20 42 41 -8 2 2 2 Ray Whitney LW 60 17 24 41 16 -23 4 2 2 Marcus Ragnarsson D 71 8 31 39 42 -24 4 0 0 Jamie Baker C 77 16 17 33 79 -19 2 6 0 Ulf Dahlen LW 59 16 12 28 27 -21 5 0 2 Chris Tancill C 45 7 16 23 20 -12 0 1 0 Doug Bodger D 57 4 19 23 50 -18 3 0 0 Shean Donovan RW 74 13 8 21 39 -17 0 1 2 Michal Sykora D 79 4 16 20 54 -14 1 0 0 Viktor Kozlov C 62 6 13 19 6 -15 1 0 0 Yves Racine D 32 1 16 17 28 -3 0 0 0 Jeff Odgers RW 78 12 4 16 192 -4 0 0 1 Andrei Nazarov LW 42 7 7 14 62 -15 2 0 1 Ville Peltonen LW 31 2 11 13 14 -7 0 0 0 Jan Caloun RW 11 8 3 11 0 4 2 0 0 Darren Turcotte C 9 6 5 11 4 8 0 1 2 Dody Wood C 32 3 6 9 138 0 0 1 0 Jay More D 74 2 7 9 147 -32 0 0 0 Vlastimil Kroupa D 27 1 7 8 18 -17 0 0 0 Jim Kyte D 57 1 7 8 146 -12 0 0 0 Mike Rathje D 27 0 7 7 14 -16 0 0 0 Alexei Yegorov RW 9 3 2 5 2 -5 2 0 0 Tom Pederson D 60 1 4 5 40 -9 1 0 1 Chris Terreri G 46 0 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 Dave Brown RW 37 3 1 4 46 4 0 0 0 Sandis Ozolinsh D 7 1 3 4 4 2 1 0 0 Pat Falloon RW 9 3 0 3 4 -1 0 0 0 Igor Larionov C 4 1 1 2 0 -6 1 0 0 Sergei Bautin D 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Wade Flaherty G 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arturs Irbe G 22 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Geoff Sarjeant G 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Chris Terreri 2516 46 13 29 1 155 3.70 0 1322 1167 .883 Arturs Irbe 1112 22 4 12 4 85 4.59 0 607 522 .860 Wade Flaherty 1137 24 3 12 1 92 4.85 0 689 597 .866 Geoff Sarjeant 171 4 0 2 1 14 4.91 0 87 73 .839 Team: 4936 82 20 55 7 346 4.21 0 2705 2359 .872

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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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Draft picks[]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	12	Teemu Riihijärvi	Left Wing	Finland	K-Espoo Jrs
2	38	Peter Roed	Center	United States	White Bear Lake H.S
3	64	Marko Mäkinen	Right Wing	Finland	TPS Jrs
4	90	Vesa Toskala	Goalie	Finland	Ilves Jr
5	116	Miikka Kiprusoff	Goalie	Finland	TPS Jr
5	130	Michal Broš	Center	Czech Republic	HC Olomouc
6	140		Center	Finland	Assat Jrs
6	142	Jaroslav Kudrna	Left Wing	Czech Republic	Penticton Panthers
7	167	Brad Mehalko	Right Wing	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes
7	168		Defence	Czech Republic	Plzen HC
8	194	Ryan Kraft	Center	United States	U. of Minnesota
9	220	Mikko Markkanen	Right Wing	Finland	TPS Jrs

Farm teams[]

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See also[]

• 1995–96 NHL season

References[]

• "1995–96 San Jose Sharks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links[]