1996-97 Pittsburgh Penguins Schedule and Results

Record: 38-36-8 (84 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Eddie Johnston (31-26-5), Craig Patrick (7-10-3)

Primary Arena: Pittsburgh Civic Arena

Goals For: 285 (1st of 26), Goals Against: 280 (25th of 26)
SRS: 0.04 (11th of 26), SOS: -0.02 (19th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) to Philadelphia Flyers

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +500

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Regular Season

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

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		W	L	Streak
1	1997-04-17	@	Philadelphia Flyers	1	5	L	0	1	L 1
2	1997-04-19	@	Philadelphia Flyers	2	3	L	0	2	L 2
3	1997-04-21		Philadelphia Flyers	3	5	L	0	3	L 3
4	1997-04-23		Philadelphia Flyers	4	1	W	1	3	W 1
5	1997-04-26	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	6	L	1	4	L 1

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