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1996-97 Edmonton Oilers Roster and Statistics

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Record: 36-37-9 (81 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ron Low (36-37-9)

Captain: Kelly Buchberger

Primary Arena: Edmonton Coliseum

Goals For: 252 (7th of 26), Goals Against: 247 (16th of 26)
SRS: 0.03 (12th of 26), SOS: -0.03 (24th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) to Colorado Avalanche
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Dallas Stars

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +8500

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Edmonton Oilers	82	36	37	9	81	.494	252	247	0.03	-0.03	3.07	3.01	73	406	17.98	59	338	82.54	9	13	2521	10.0	2556	.903		7
League Average	82	35	35	11	82	.500	239	239					55	336	16.27	55	336	83.73	10	10	2444	9.8	2444	.902		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Edmonton Oilers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
7	Jason Arnott	ca CA	C	22	6-5	220	R/-	3	October 11, 1974	19 G, 38 A, 57 P
55	Drew Bannister	ca CA	D	22	6-2	198	R/-	1	April 9, 1974	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
12	Jesse Bélanger	ca CA	C	27	6-1	190	R/-	5	June 15, 1969	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
8	Sean Brown	ca CA	D	20	6-3	215	L/-	R	November 5, 1976	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
16	Kelly Buchberger (C)	ca CA	RW	30	6-2	210	L/-	9	December 2, 1966	8 G, 30 A, 38 P
21	Mariusz Czerkawski	pl PL	LW	24	6-0	200	L/-	3	April 13, 1972	26 G, 21 A, 47 P
5	Greg de Vries	ca CA	D	24	6-2	215	L/-	1	January 4, 1973	0 G, 4 A, 4 P
29	Louie DeBrusk	ca CA	LW	25	6-2	238	L/-	5	March 19, 1971	2 G, 0 A, 2 P
34	Donald Dufresne	ca CA	D	29	6-1	206	L/-	8	April 10, 1967	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
30	Bob Essensa	ca CA	G	32	6-0	190	-/L	6	January 14, 1965	4-8-0, 2.83 GAA
25	Mike Grier	us US	RW	22	6-1	224	R/-	R	January 5, 1975	15 G, 17 A, 32 P
15	Joe Hulbig	us US	LW	23	6-4	215	L/-	R	September 29, 1973	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
9	Ralph Intranuovo	ca CA	C	23	5-8	185	L/-	2	December 11, 1973	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
31	Curtis Joseph	ca CA	G	29	5-11	193	-/L	7	April 29, 1967	32-29-9, 2.93 GAA
10	Steve Kelly	ca CA	C	20	6-2	205	L/-	R	October 26, 1976	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
85	Petr Klíma	cs CS	RW	32	6-0	190	R/-	11	December 23, 1964	1 G, 5 A, 6 P
51	Andrei Kovalenko	su SU	RW	26	5-10	200	L/-	4	June 7, 1970	32 G, 27 A, 59 P
14	Mats Lindgren	se SE	C	22	6-2	202	L/-	R	October 1, 1974	11 G, 14 A, 25 P
4	Kevin Lowe	ca CA	D	37	6-2	200	L/-	17	April 15, 1959	1 G, 13 A, 14 P
26	Todd Marchant	us US	LW	23	5-10	179	L/-	3	August 12, 1973	14 G, 19 A, 33 P
24	Bryan Marchment	ca CA	D	27	6-1	200	L/-	8	May 1, 1969	3 G, 13 A, 16 P
37	Dean McAmmond	ca CA	LW	23	5-11	195	L/-	4	June 15, 1973	12 G, 17 A, 29 P
18-23	Dan McGillis	ca CA	D	24	6-3	220	L/-	R	July 1, 1972	6 G, 16 A, 22 P
35	Craig Millar	ca CA	D	20	6-2	212	L/-	R	July 12, 1976	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
2	Boris Mironov	su SU	D	24	6-3	223	R/-	3	March 21, 1972	6 G, 26 A, 32 P
18-20	Barrie Moore	ca CA	LW	21	5-11	198	L/-	1	May 22, 1975	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
35	Bryan Muir	ca CA	D	23	6-3	224	L/-	1	June 8, 1973	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
17	Rem Murray	ca CA	C	24	6-2	200	L/-	R	October 9, 1972	11 G, 20 A, 31 P
6	Jeff Norton	us US	D	31	6-2	195	L/-	9	November 25, 1965	2 G, 11 A, 13 P
20	David Oliver	ca CA	RW	25	6-0	190	R/-	2	April 17, 1971	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
8	Michel Petit	ca CA	D	32	6-1	205	R/-	14	February 12, 1964	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
22	Luke Richardson	ca CA	D	27	6-3	208	L/-	9	March 26, 1969	1 G, 11 A, 12 P
18-32	Miroslav Šatan	cs CS	LW	22	6-3	191	L/-	1	October 22, 1974	17 G, 11 A, 28 P
94	Ryan Smyth	ca CA	LW	20	6-1	192	L/-	2	February 21, 1976	39 G, 22 A, 61 P
39	Doug Weight	us US	C	26	5-11	202	L/-	5	January 21, 1971	21 G, 61 A, 82 P

Standard Stats

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Doug Weight	26	C	80	21	61	82	1	80	17	4	0	2	26	35	0	235	8.9
2	Ryan Smyth	20	LW	82	39	22	61	-7	76	19	20	0	4	18	4	0	265	14.7			ASnhl-6
3	Andrei Kovalenko	26	RW	74	32	27	59	-5	81	18	14	0	2	16	11	0	163	19.6
4	Jason Arnott	22	C	67	19	38	57	-21	92	8	10	1	2	16	22	0	248	7.7			ASG
5	Mariusz Czerkawski	24	LW	76	26	21	47	0	16	22	4	0	3	16	5	0	182	14.3
6	Kelly Buchberger	30	RW	81	8	30	38	4	159	8	0	0	3	26	0	4	78	10.3
7	Todd Marchant	23	LW	79	14	19	33	11	44	10	0	4	3	16	3	0	202	6.9
8	Boris Mironov	24	D	55	6	26	32	2	85	4	2	0	1	10	16	0	147	4.1
9	Mike Grier	22	RW	79	15	17	32	7	45	11	4	0	2	16	1	0	89	16.9			Calder-8
10	Rem Murray	24	C	82	11	20	31	9	16	10	1	0	2	16	3	1	85	12.9
11	Dean McAmmond	23	LW	57	12	17	29	-15	28	8	4	0	6	12	5	0	106	11.3
12	Miroslav Šatan	22	LW	64	17	11	28	-4	22	12	5	0	2	7	4	0	90	18.9
13	Mats Lindgren	22	C	69	11	14	25	-7	12	6	2	3	1	13	1	0	71	15.5
14	Dan McGillis	24	D	73	6	16	22	2	52	3	2	1	2	11	5	0	139	4.3			Calder-12
15	Bryan Marchment	27	D	71	3	13	16	13	132	2	1	0	0	12	0	1	89	3.4
16	Kevin Lowe	37	D	64	1	13	14	-1	50	1	0	0	0	11	1	1	46	2.2
17	Jeff Norton	31	D	62	2	11	13	-7	42	2	0	0	0	7	4	0	68	2.9
18	Luke Richardson	27	D	82	1	11	12	9	91	1	0	0	0	8	2	1	67	1.5
19	Petr Klíma	32	RW	16	1	5	6	-1	6	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	22	4.5
20	Michel Petit	32	D	18	2	4	6	-13	20	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	30	6.7
21	Greg de Vries	24	D	37	0	4	4	-2	52	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	31	0.0
22	David Oliver	25	RW	17	1	2	3	-8	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	4.5
23	Curtis Joseph	29	G	72	0	2	2	0	20	0	0	0	0				0		4100:21		ASnhl-8,Vezina-5
24	Louie DeBrusk	25	LW	32	2	0	2	-6	94	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	20.0
25	Steve Kelly	20	C	8	1	0	1	-1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	16.7
26	Drew Bannister	22	D	1	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
27	Donald Dufresne	29	D	22	0	1	1	-1	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.0
28	Ralph Intranuovo	23	C	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
29	Barrie Moore	21	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
30	Craig Millar	20	D	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
31	Bob Essensa	32	G	19	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		868:24
32	Joe Hulbig	23	LW	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
33	Sean Brown	20	D	5	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
34	Jesse Bélanger	27	C	6	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
	Team Totals			82	252	406	658	-48	1350	170	73	9	36	269	127	8	2521	10.0	4968:45

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Doug Weight	26	C	12	3	8	11	0	8	3	0	0	0				54	5.6
2	Ryan Smyth	20	LW	12	5	5	10	-4	12	4	1	0	2				48	10.4
3	Boris Mironov	24	D	12	2	8	10	-6	16	0	2	0	0				31	6.5
4	Jason Arnott	22	C	12	3	6	9	-3	18	2	1	0	0				27	11.1
5	Andrei Kovalenko	26	RW	12	4	3	7	1	6	1	3	0	0				35	11.4
6	Kelly Buchberger	30	RW	12	5	2	7	-1	16	5	0	0	1				19	26.3
7	Todd Marchant	23	C	12	4	2	6	2	12	1	0	3	1				40	10.0
8	Dan McGillis	24	D	12	0	5	5	8	24	0	0	0	0				20	0.0
9	Mike Grier	22	RW	12	3	1	4	-2	4	2	1	0	1				21	14.3
10	Mats Lindgren	22	C	12	0	4	4	-2	0	0	0	0	0				22	0.0
11	Rem Murray	24	C	12	1	2	3	-1	4	1	0	0	0				7	14.3
12	Mariusz Czerkawski	24	RW	12	2	1	3	-2	10	2	0	0	0				19	10.5
13	Luke Richardson	27	D	12	0	2	2	-4	14	0	0	0	0				6	0.0
14	Joe Hulbig	23	LW	6	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0				5	0.0
15	Greg de Vries	24	D	12	0	1	1	4	8	0	0	0	0				16	0.0
16	Kevin Lowe	37	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0				0
17	Drew Bannister	22	D	12	0	0	0	-4	30	0	0	0	0				9	0.0
18	Bryan Muir	23	D	5	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0				7	0.0
19	Bryan Marchment	27	D	3	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0				2	0.0
20	Louie DeBrusk	25	LW	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				1	0.0
21	Petr Klíma	32	W	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				2	0.0
22	Steve Kelly	20	C	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0				2	0.0
23	Curtis Joseph	29	G	12	0	0	0		2	0	0	0		0	0	0			767:21
24	Donald Dufresne	29	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
	Team Totals			12	32	51	83	-17	204	21	8	3	5	0	0	0	393	8.1	767:21

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Goalie Stats

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Curtis Joseph	29	72	32	29	9	200	2144	1944	.907	2.93	6	4100:21	98	4.3	3.13	12.1	0	2	2	20	ASnhl-8,Vezina-5
2	Bob Essensa	32	19	4	8	0	41	406	365	.899	2.83	1	868:24	106	-2.3	3.04	2.0	0	0	0	4
	Team Totals		82	36	37	9	241	2550	2309	.905	2.91	7	4968:45	99	2.0	3.12	14.1	0	2	2	24

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Curtis Joseph	29	12	5	7	0	36	405	369	.911	2.81	2	767:21	93	2.6	0	0	0	2
	Team Totals		12	5	7	0	36	405	369	.911	2.81	2	767:21	93	2.6	0	0	0	2

Hat Tricks (4)

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Penalty Shots (2)

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Miscellaneous Stats

Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Doug Weight	26	C	80	22	64	86	29.5	123	64	67	9	1	6.7	1.1	7.8
2	Ryan Smyth	20	LW	82	40	23	63	28.1	92	40	62	3	-7	6.3	0.8	7.2	ASnhl-6
3	Andrei Kovalenko	26	RW	74	33	28	61	25.6	93	47	51	0	-5	5.8	0.8	6.6
4	Jason Arnott	22	C	67	20	39	59	21.6	91	47	76	11	-21	4.6	0.1	4.8	ASG
5	Mariusz Czerkawski	24	LW	76	27	22	49	20.7	61	18	43	0	0	4.0	1.0	5.0
6	Kelly Buchberger	30	RW	81	8	31	39	12.8	51	1	70	24	4	1.2	1.2	2.4
7	Todd Marchant	23	LW	79	14	20	34	13.1	44	3	60	30	11	1.4	1.4	2.8
8	Boris Mironov	24	D	55	6	27	33	10.6	79	33	60	16	2	2.5	2.7	5.2
9	Mike Grier	22	RW	79	15	18	33	13.1	52	8	37	0	7	1.4	1.3	2.7	Calder-8
10	Rem Murray	24	C	82	11	21	32	11.7	51	8	50	16	9	0.8	1.4	2.2
11	Dean McAmmond	23	LW	57	12	18	30	11.5	40	13	47	5	-15	1.7	0.2	1.9
12	Miroslav Šatan	22	LW	64	18	11	29	12.8	41	13	32	0	-4	1.8	0.7	2.5
13	Mats Lindgren	22	C	69	11	15	26	10.1	35	4	52	14	-7	0.7	0.7	1.4
14	Dan McGillis	24	D	73	6	17	23	7.9	85	27	69	13	2	1.2	3.5	4.7	Calder-12
15	Bryan Marchment	27	D	71	3	13	16	5.2	64	2	67	18	13	0.4	4.2	4.6
16	Kevin Lowe	37	D	64	1	13	14	4.1	43	3	59	18	-1	0.2	2.9	3.0
17	Jeff Norton	31	D	62	2	11	13	4.1	57	14	62	12	-7	0.2	2.4	2.6
18	Luke Richardson	27	D	82	1	11	12	3.6	68	3	80	24	9	-0.4	4.4	4.0
19	Petr Klíma	32	RW	16	1	5	6	1.9	11	6	6	0	-1	0.0	0.2	0.2
20	Michel Petit	32	D	18	2	4	6	2.2	12	2	26	3	-13	0.4	-0.1	0.3
21	Greg de Vries	24	D	37	0	4	4	1.1	23	1	36	12	-2	-0.3	1.6	1.2
22	David Oliver	25	RW	17	1	2	3	1.1	5	1	12	0	-8	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3
23	Louie DeBrusk	25	LW	32	2	0	2	1.1	2	0	8	0	-6	-0.9	0.2	-0.6
24	Steve Kelly	20	C	8	1	0	1	0.6	2	0	3	0	-1	-0.1	0.1	-0.1
25	Ralph Intranuovo	23	C	5	1	0	1	0.6	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0.1	0.1
26	Donald Dufresne	29	D	22	0	1	1	0.3	12	1	15	3	-1	-0.3	0.9	0.6
27	Drew Bannister	22	D	1	0	1	1	0.3	2	1	3	0	-2	0.1	-0.1	0.0
28	Joe Hulbig	23	LW	6	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	2	0	-1	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
29	Craig Millar	20	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Barrie Moore	21	LW	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
31	Sean Brown	20	D	5	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	-1	-0.1	0.2	0.1
32	Jesse Bélanger	27	C	6	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	4	1	-3	-0.2	0.0	-0.3

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