1996-97 Colorado Avalanche Schedule and Results

Record: 49-24-9 (107 points), Finished 1st in NHL Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marc Crawford (49-24-9)

Primary Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

Goals For: 277 (2nd of 26), Goals Against: 205 (5th of 26)
SRS: 0.81 (1st of 26), SOS: -0.07 (26th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-2) to Detroit Red Wings
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) over Edmonton Oilers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Chicago Blackhawks

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +500

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	T	Streak
1	1996-10-04	@	St. Louis Blues	2	4	L		0	1	0	L 1
2	1996-10-05	@	Dallas Stars	1	4	L		0	2	0	L 2
3	1996-10-08		San Jose Sharks	6	0	W		1	2	0	W 1
4	1996-10-10		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	6	6	T	OT	1	2	1	T 1
5	1996-10-11	@	Chicago Blackhawks	2	0	W		2	2	1	W 1
6	1996-10-15		Edmonton Oilers	7	2	W		3	2	1	W 2
7	1996-10-17		Florida Panthers	1	2	L		3	3	1	L 1
8	1996-10-19		Vancouver Canucks	9	2	W		4	3	1	W 1
9	1996-10-22	@	Calgary Flames	1	5	L		4	4	1	L 1
10	1996-10-23	@	Vancouver Canucks	4	1	W		5	4	1	W 1
11	1996-10-26	@	Edmonton Oilers	4	2	W		6	4	1	W 2
12	1996-10-28		Washington Capitals	1	0	W		7	4	1	W 3
13	1996-10-30		St. Louis Blues	6	3	W		8	4	1	W 4
14	1996-11-02		Buffalo Sabres	0	0	T	OT	8	4	2	T 1
15	1996-11-03	@	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1	1	T	OT	8	4	3	T 2
16	1996-11-06	@	San Jose Sharks	4	1	W		9	4	3	W 1
17	1996-11-08	@	Phoenix Coyotes	4	1	W		10	4	3	W 2
18	1996-11-09		Montreal Canadiens	5	2	W		11	4	3	W 3
19	1996-11-11	@	New York Islanders	6	2	W		12	4	3	W 4
20	1996-11-13	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	1	W		13	4	3	W 5
21	1996-11-14	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	5	L		13	5	3	L 1
22	1996-11-16		Hartford Whalers	4	4	T	OT	13	5	4	T 1
23	1996-11-20		Phoenix Coyotes	6	0	W		14	5	4	W 1
24	1996-11-22		New York Islanders	3	2	W		15	5	4	W 2
25	1996-11-27		New York Rangers	2	5	L		15	6	4	L 1
26	1996-11-30		New Jersey Devils	2	1	W		16	6	4	W 1
27	1996-12-04		Edmonton Oilers	2	0	W		17	6	4	W 2
28	1996-12-06		St. Louis Blues	3	4	L		17	7	4	L 1
29	1996-12-07	@	Los Angeles Kings	2	4	L		17	8	4	L 2
30	1996-12-11	@	Vancouver Canucks	6	1	W		18	8	4	W 1
31	1996-12-14	@	Calgary Flames	1	4	L		18	9	4	L 1
32	1996-12-17		Detroit Red Wings	4	3	W		19	9	4	W 1
33	1996-12-18	@	Edmonton Oilers	4	4	T	OT	19	9	5	T 1
34	1996-12-21		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	6	L		19	10	5	L 1
35	1996-12-23		Calgary Flames	4	3	W		20	10	5	W 1
36	1996-12-28	@	Los Angeles Kings	5	2	W		21	10	5	W 2
37	1996-12-29		Dallas Stars	3	2	W		22	10	5	W 3
38	1996-12-31	@	Chicago Blackhawks	4	1	W		23	10	5	W 4
39	1997-01-02		Calgary Flames	3	2	W		24	10	5	W 5
40	1997-01-04		Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	T	OT	24	10	6	T 1
41	1997-01-06	@	New York Rangers	2	2	T	OT	24	10	7	T 2
42	1997-01-08	@	New Jersey Devils	1	1	T	OT	24	10	8	T 3
43	1997-01-09	@	Ottawa Senators	2	0	W		25	10	8	W 1
44	1997-01-11	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	2	W		26	10	8	W 2
45	1997-01-15		Tampa Bay Lightning	4	2	W		27	10	8	W 3
46	1997-01-20	@	Florida Panthers	4	2	W		28	10	8	W 4
47	1997-01-21	@	Tampa Bay Lightning	2	3	L	OT	28	11	8	L 1
48	1997-01-23	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	3	W	OT	29	11	8	W 1
49	1997-01-25	@	Boston Bruins	1	4	L		29	12	8	L 1
50	1997-01-27	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	2	W		30	12	8	W 1
51	1997-01-29		Los Angeles Kings	6	3	W		31	12	8	W 2
52	1997-02-01	@	San Jose Sharks	1	2	L		31	13	8	L 1
53	1997-02-02	@	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	5	2	W		32	13	8	W 1
54	1997-02-08		Chicago Blackhawks	2	4	L		32	14	8	L 1
55	1997-02-11		Los Angeles Kings	3	1	W		33	14	8	W 1
56	1997-02-13	@	Phoenix Coyotes	3	2	W		34	14	8	W 2
57	1997-02-15	@	St. Louis Blues	5	2	W		35	14	8	W 3
58	1997-02-18		Boston Bruins	3	2	W	OT	36	14	8	W 4
59	1997-02-21	@	Edmonton Oilers	4	3	W	OT	37	14	8	W 5
60	1997-02-23		Ottawa Senators	4	3	W		38	14	8	W 6
61	1997-02-25	@	Los Angeles Kings	1	3	L		38	15	8	L 1
62	1997-02-27		Dallas Stars	2	6	L		38	16	8	L 2
63	1997-03-01		Chicago Blackhawks	2	1	W		39	16	8	W 1
64	1997-03-03		Vancouver Canucks	5	1	W		40	16	8	W 2
65	1997-03-05	@	Montreal Canadiens	7	3	W		41	16	8	W 3
66	1997-03-06	@	Washington Capitals	3	6	L		41	17	8	L 1
67	1997-03-09		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	2	2	T	OT	41	17	9	T 1
68	1997-03-12		Calgary Flames	2	3	L		41	18	9	L 1
69	1997-03-14		Pittsburgh Penguins	6	3	W		42	18	9	W 1
70	1997-03-16		Detroit Red Wings	4	2	W		43	18	9	W 2
71	1997-03-18		Vancouver Canucks	4	2	W		44	18	9	W 3
72	1997-03-21		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	4	3	W		45	18	9	W 4
73	1997-03-23	@	Philadelphia Flyers	0	2	L		45	19	9	L 1
74	1997-03-25	@	Hartford Whalers	4	0	W		46	19	9	W 1
75	1997-03-26	@	Detroit Red Wings	5	6	L	OT	46	20	9	L 1
76	1997-03-29		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	3	L		46	21	9	L 2
77	1997-04-02	@	Calgary Flames	5	1	W		47	21	9	W 1
78	1997-04-04	@	San Jose Sharks	6	7	L	OT	47	22	9	L 1
79	1997-04-06		Phoenix Coyotes	2	1	W		48	22	9	W 1
80	1997-04-09		San Jose Sharks	1	4	L		48	23	9	L 1
81	1997-04-11	@	Dallas Stars	2	1	W		49	23	9	W 1
82	1997-04-13		Los Angeles Kings	2	4	L		49	24	9	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1997-04-16		Chicago Blackhawks	6	0	W		1	0	W 1
2	1997-04-18		Chicago Blackhawks	3	1	W		2	0	W 2
3	1997-04-20	@	Chicago Blackhawks	3	4	L	2OT	2	1	L 1
4	1997-04-22	@	Chicago Blackhawks	3	6	L		2	2	L 2
5	1997-04-24		Chicago Blackhawks	7	0	W		3	2	W 1
6	1997-04-26	@	Chicago Blackhawks	6	3	W		4	2	W 2
7	1997-05-02		Edmonton Oilers	5	1	W		5	2	W 3
8	1997-05-04		Edmonton Oilers	4	1	W		6	2	W 4
9	1997-05-07	@	Edmonton Oilers	3	4	L		6	3	L 1
10	1997-05-09	@	Edmonton Oilers	3	2	W	OT	7	3	W 1
11	1997-05-11		Edmonton Oilers	4	3	W		8	3	W 2
12	1997-05-15		Detroit Red Wings	2	1	W		9	3	W 3
13	1997-05-17		Detroit Red Wings	2	4	L		9	4	L 1
14	1997-05-19	@	Detroit Red Wings	1	2	L		9	5	L 2
15	1997-05-22	@	Detroit Red Wings	0	6	L		9	6	L 3
16	1997-05-24		Detroit Red Wings	6	0	W		10	6	W 1
17	1997-05-26	@	Detroit Red Wings	1	3	L		10	7	L 1

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