1996–97 Los Angeles Kings season

1996–97 Los Angeles Kings
Division	6th Pacific
Conference	12th Western
1996–97 record	28–43–11
Goals for	214
Goals against	268
Team information
General manager	Sam McMaster
Coach	Larry Robinson
Captain	Rob Blake
Alternate captains	Kevin Stevens Ed Olczyk
Arena	Great Western Forum
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The 1996–97 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 30th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Kings failed to make the playoffs.

Offseason[]

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Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Colorado Avalanche	82	49	24	9	277	205	107
2	4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	36	33	13	243	231	85
3	7	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	37	9	252	247	81
4	9	Vancouver Canucks	82	35	40	7	257	273	77
5	10	Calgary Flames	82	32	41	9	214	239	73
6	12	Los Angeles Kings	82	28	43	11	214	268	67
7	13	San Jose Sharks	82	27	47	8	211	278	62

Note: CR = Conference rank; 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^[1]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	PAC	82	49	24	9	277	205	107
2	Dallas Stars	CEN	82	48	26	8	252	198	104
3	Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	38	26	18	253	197	94
4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	36	33	13	245	233	85
5	Phoenix Coyotes	CEN	82	38	37	7	240	243	83
6	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	36	35	11	236	239	83
7	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	36	37	9	252	247	81
8	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	34	35	13	223	210	81
9	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	82	35	40	7	257	273	77
10	Calgary Flames	PAC	82	32	41	9	214	239	73
11	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	82	30	44	8	230	273	68
12	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	28	43	11	214	268	67
13	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	27	47	8	211	278	62

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

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

Schedule and results[]

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 4, 1996	1–0	New York Islanders (1996–97)	1–0–0
2	L	October 6, 1996	6–7 OT	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	1–1–0
3	L	October 9, 1996	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	1–2–0
4	L	October 10, 1996	4–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	1–3–0
5	W	October 12, 1996	4–3	@ Washington Capitals (1996–97)	2–3–0
6	W	October 15, 1996	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1996–97)	3–3–0
7	W	October 17, 1996	4–2	Boston Bruins (1996–97)	4–3–0
8	L	October 20, 1996	1–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	4–4–0
9	L	October 21, 1996	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	4–5–0
10	L	October 24, 1996	2–8	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	4–6–0
11	T	October 26, 1996	0–0 OT	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	4–6–1
12	W	October 29, 1996	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	5–6–1
13	T	October 30, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	5–6–2
14	W	November 2, 1996	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	6–6–2
15	T	November 4, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1996–97)	6–6–3
16	W	November 7, 1996	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1996–97)	7–6–3
17	L	November 8, 1996	4–7	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	7–7–3
18	W	November 14, 1996	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	8–7–3
19	W	November 17, 1996	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	9–7–3
20	L	November 19, 1996	0–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	9–8–3
21	L	November 20, 1996	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (1996–97)	9–9–3
22	L	November 23, 1996	0–6	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	9–10–3
23	W	November 27, 1996	5–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	10–10–3
24	L	November 28, 1996	0–2	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	10–11–3
25	L	November 30, 1996	3–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	10–12–3
26	W	December 3, 1996	4–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	11–12–3
27	L	December 5, 1996	1–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1996–97)	11–13–3
28	W	December 7, 1996	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	12–13–3
29	L	December 10, 1996	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	12–14–3
30	L	December 12, 1996	1–5	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	12–15–3
31	T	December 14, 1996	4–4 OT	Washington Capitals (1996–97)	12–15–4
32	L	December 17, 1996	3–4	@ New York Islanders (1996–97)	12–16–4
33	L	December 18, 1996	0–4	@ New York Rangers (1996–97)	12–17–4
34	L	December 20, 1996	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	12–18–4
35	L	December 22, 1996	4–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	12–19–4
36	W	December 26, 1996	5–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	13–19–4
37	L	December 28, 1996	2–5	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	13–20–4
38	L	December 30, 1996	1–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	13–21–4
39	L	January 2, 1997	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	13–22–4
40	L	January 4, 1997	0–5	Florida Panthers (1996–97)	13–23–4
41	W	January 7, 1997	6–2	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	14–23–4
42	W	January 9, 1997	6–3	Buffalo Sabres (1996–97)	15–23–4
43	W	January 11, 1997	2–1	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	16–23–4
44	T	January 14, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	16–23–5
45	W	January 15, 1997	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	17–23–5
46	L	January 21, 1997	1–4	New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	17–24–5
47	L	January 22, 1997	2–7	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	17–25–5
48	T	January 25, 1997	2–2 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	17–25–6
49	L	January 27, 1997	2–7	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	17–26–6
50	L	January 29, 1997	3–6	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	17–27–6
51	W	January 30, 1997	5–3	Hartford Whalers (1996–97)	18–27–6
52	L	February 1, 1997	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1996–97)	18–28–6
53	W	February 3, 1997	3–2	@ Calgary Flames (1996–97)	19–28–6
54	L	February 5, 1997	2–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	19–29–6
55	L	February 9, 1997	1–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1996–97)	19–30–6
56	L	February 11, 1997	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	19–31–6
57	T	February 13, 1997	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1996–97)	19–31–7
58	T	February 15, 1997	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	19–31–8
59	L	February 17, 1997	1–2	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	19–32–8
60	L	February 18, 1997	1–6	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	19–33–8
61	W	February 20, 1997	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	20–33–8
62	W	February 22, 1997	4–0	Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	21–33–8
63	W	February 25, 1997	3–1	Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	22–33–8
64	W	February 27, 1997	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	23–33–8
65	W	March 1, 1997	3–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	24–33–8
66	L	March 4, 1997	1–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1996–97)	24–34–8
67	L	March 6, 1997	2–6	New York Rangers (1996–97)	24–35–8
68	W	March 8, 1997	3–1	Ottawa Senators (1996–97)	25–35–8
69	T	March 10, 1997	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1996–97)	25–35–9
70	L	March 13, 1997	2–4	St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	25–36–9
71	L	March 15, 1997	2–5	Calgary Flames (1996–97)	25–37–9
72	L	March 19, 1997	2–6	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	25–38–9
73	W	March 22, 1997	2–1	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	26–38–9
74	T	March 24, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1996–97)	26–38–10
75	L	March 27, 1997	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1996–97)	26–39–10
76	L	March 29, 1997	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1996–97)	26–40–10
77	L	March 30, 1997	2–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1996–97)	26–41–10
78	L	April 3, 1997	4–5	Phoenix Coyotes (1996–97)	26–42–10
79	T	April 5, 1997	3–3 OT	Dallas Stars (1996–97)	26–42–11
80	L	April 9, 1997	1–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1996–97)	26–43–11
81	W	April 12, 1997	4–1	San Jose Sharks (1996–97)	27–43–11
82	W	April 13, 1997	4–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (1996–97)	28–43–11

Playoffs[]

The Kings missed the 1997 playoffs, making that season the fourth consecutive year that they missed the playoffs.

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dmitri Khristich	75	19	37	56	38
Ray Ferraro	81	25	21	46	112
Ed Olczyk	67	21	23	44	45
Vladimir Tsyplakov	67	16	23	39	12
Kevin Stevens	69	14	20	34	96
Vitali Yachmenev	65	10	22	32	10
Rob Blake	62	8	23	31	82
Kai Nurminen	67	16	11	27	22
Yanic Perreault	41	11	14	25	20
Philippe Boucher	60	7	18	25	25
Ian Laperriere	62	8	15	23	102
Mattias Norstrom	80	1	21	22	84
Sean O'Donnell	55	5	12	17	144
Brad Smyth	44	8	8	16	74
John Slaney	32	3	11	14	4
Jeff Shevalier	26	4	9	13	6
Jan Vopat	33	4	5	9	22
Roman Vopat	29	4	5	9	60
Dan Bylsma	79	3	6	9	32
Glen Murray	11	5	3	8	8
Aki Berg	41	2	6	8	24
Craig Johnson	31	4	3	7	26
Brent Grieve	18	4	2	6	15
Jaroslav Modry	30	3	3	6	25
Barry Potomski	26	3	2	5	93
Steven Finn	54	2	3	5	84
Matt Johnson	52	1	3	4	194
Nathan LaFayette	15	1	3	4	8
Neal Broten	19	0	4	4	0
Petr Klima	8	0	4	4	2
Paul DiPietro	6	1	0	1	6
Doug Zmolek	57	1	0	1	116
Jean-Claude Bergeron	1	0	0	0	0
Byron Dafoe	40	0	0	0	0
Stephane Fiset	44	0	0	0	2
Chris Marinucci	1	0	0	0	0
Steve McKenna	9	0	0	0	37
Jason Morgan	3	0	0	0	0
Jamie Storr	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Byron Dafoe	2162	40	13	17	5	112	3.11	1178	1066	.905	0
Stephane Fiset	2482	44	13	24	5	132	3.19	1410	1278	.906	4
Jamie Storr	265	5	2	1	1	11	2.49	147	136	.925	0
Jean-Claude Bergeron	56	1	0	1	0	4	4.29	35	31	.886	0
Team:	4965	82	28	43	11	259	3.13	2770	2511	.906	4

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Awards and records[]

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Transactions[]

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1996–97 season. ^[3]

Trades[]

June 20, 1996	To Los Angeles Kings Stéphane Fiset 1st round pick in 1998 - Mathieu Biron	To Colorado Avalanche Eric Lacroix 1st round pick in 1998 - Martin Skoula
August 22, 1996	To Los Angeles Kings Petr Klima	To Tampa Bay Lightning 5th round pick in 1997 - Jan Šulc
October 25, 1996	To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations	To Pittsburgh Penguins Petr Klima
November 19, 1996	To Los Angeles Kings Chris Marinucci	To New York Islanders Nicholas Vachon
November 22, 1996	To Los Angeles Kings Neal Broten	To New Jersey Devils Future considerations
November 28, 1996	To Los Angeles Kings Brad Smyth	To Florida Panthers 3rd round pick in 1997 - Vratislav Cech
March 18, 1997	To Los Angeles Kings Glen Murray	To Pittsburgh Penguins Eddie Olczyk

Free agent signings[]

May 23, 1996	From Merrimack College (HE) Steve McKenna
July 8, 1996	From Winnipeg Jets Eddie Olczyk (2 years, $2.15 million)
July 23, 1996	From Toronto Maple Leafs Paul DiPietro (1 year, $325,000)
August 2, 1996	From Chicago Blackhawks Brent Grieve (1 year, $325,000)
August 28, 1996	From Tampa Bay Lightning Jean-Claude Bergeron (1 year, $300,000)
September 6, 1996	From Buffalo Sabres Mark Astley (1 year, $350,000)
December 13, 1996	From Boston Bruins Rick Zombo (1 year, $724,500)

Free agents lost[]

July 10, 1996	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Kevin Todd (2 years, $1.2 million)
July 24, 1996	To Florida Panthers Craig Ferguson (1 year, $350,000)
August 15, 1996	To San Jose Sharks Tony Granato (3 years, $4.5 million)
September 14, 1996	To Houston Aeros (IHL) Gary Shuchuk
October 4, 1996	To Vancouver Canucks Troy Crowder (1 year, $500,000)

Waivers[]

January 28, 1997

To Dallas Stars Neal Broten

Draft picks[]

Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	30	Josh Green	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
2	37	Marian Cisar	Czech Republic	Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
3	57	Greg Phillips	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	84		Sweden	Mora IK (Sweden)
4	96	Eric Belanger	Canada	Beauport Harfangs (QMJHL)
5	120	Jesse Black	Canada	Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL)
5	123	Peter Hogan	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
8	190	Steve Valiquette	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
8	193	Kai Nurminen	Finland	HV71 (Sweden)
9	219	Sebastien Simard	Canada	Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)

Farm teams[]

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See also[]

• 1996–97 NHL season

References[]

• "1996–97 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links[]