1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season
1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning | |
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Division | 5th Atlantic |
Conference | 8th Eastern |
1995–96 record | 38–32–12 |
Home record | 22–14–5 |
Road record | 16–18–7 |
Goals for | 238 |
Goals against | 248 |
Team information | |
General manager | Phil Esposito |
Coach | Terry Crisp |
Captain | Paul Ysebaert |
Arena | ThunderDome |
Average attendance | 18,880 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Atlanta Knights Nashville Knights |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Alexander Selivanov (31) |
Assists | Brian Bradley (56) |
Points | Brian Bradley (79) |
Penalty minutes | Enrico Ciccone (258) |
Plus/minus | Rob Zamuner (+11) |
Wins | Daren Puppa (29) |
Goals against average | Daren Puppa (2.46) |
The 1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning fourth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Lightning finished with a record of 38-32-12 and qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.
It would also be the Lightning's third and final season in the ThunderDome before moving into their next and current home, the Ice Palace.
Regular season
[edit]The Lightning tied the New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators for fewest short-handed goals scored (6).[1]
Final standings
[edit]No. | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 282 | 208 | 103 |
2 | New York Rangers | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 272 | 237 | 96 |
3 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 254 | 234 | 92 |
4 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 234 | 204 | 89 |
5 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 238 | 248 | 88 |
6 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 215 | 202 | 86 |
7 | New York Islanders | 82 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 229 | 315 | 54 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | Philadelphia Flyers | ATL | 82 | 45 | 24 | 13 | 282 | 208 | 103 |
2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NE | 82 | 49 | 29 | 4 | 362 | 284 | 102 |
3 | New York Rangers | ATL | 82 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 272 | 237 | 96 |
4 | Florida Panthers | ATL | 82 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 254 | 234 | 92 |
5 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 282 | 269 | 91 |
6 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 40 | 32 | 10 | 265 | 248 | 90 |
7 | Washington Capitals | ATL | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 234 | 204 | 89 |
8 | Tampa Bay Lightning | ATL | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 238 | 248 | 88 |
9 | New Jersey Devils | ATL | 82 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 215 | 202 | 86 |
10 | Hartford Whalers | NE | 82 | 34 | 39 | 9 | 237 | 259 | 77 |
11 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 247 | 262 | 73 |
12 | New York Islanders | ATL | 82 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 229 | 315 | 54 |
13 | Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 18 | 59 | 5 | 191 | 291 | 41 |
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast
bold – Qualified for playoffs
Playoffs
[edit]Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
[edit](1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning
[edit]The series opened up in Philadelphia. The Flyers won Game 1 7–3, but the Lightning rebounded in Game 2 by a 2–1 overtime win. Games 3 and 4 were in Tampa Bay. The Lightning won again in overtime in Game 3, but this time, by a score of 5–4. However, the series was tied up at 2-2 thanks to Philadelphia's 4–1 win in Game 4. The series shifted back to Philadelphia, where the Flyers won 4-1 again in Game 5. In Game 6, Philadelphia won 6-1 and won the series 4–2.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 2–4–4 (home: 1–2–2; road: 1–2–2)
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November: 7–6–1 (home: 5–3–1; road: 2–3–0)
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December: 7–5–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–3–0)
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January: 5–5–1 (home: 3–0–0; road: 2–5–1)
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February: 7–5–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 4–1–1)
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March: 6–4–4 (home: 4–1–1; road: 2–3–3)
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April: 4–3–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Playoffs
[edit]1996 Stanley Cup playoffs[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–2
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
19 | Brian Bradley | C | 75 | 23 | 56 | 79 | −11 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −5 | 6 |
44 | Roman Hamrlik | D | 82 | 16 | 49 | 65 | −24 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
29 | Alex Selivanov | RW | 79 | 31 | 21 | 52 | 3 | 93 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
85 | Petr Klima | W | 67 | 22 | 30 | 52 | −25 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
12 | John Cullen | C | 76 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 1 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
23 | Brian Bellows | LW | 79 | 23 | 26 | 49 | −14 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
77 | Chris Gratton | C | 82 | 17 | 21 | 38 | −13 | 105 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 27 |
7 | Rob Zamuner | LW | 72 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 10 |
15 | Paul Ysebaert | C | 55 | 16 | 15 | 31 | −19 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 0 |
11 | Shawn Burr | LW | 81 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 119 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
2 | Bill Houlder | D | 61 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
34 | Mikael Andersson | LW | 64 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Jason Wiemer | C | 66 | 9 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 28 |
4 | Cory Cross | D | 75 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 22 |
22 | Aaron Gavey | C | 73 | 8 | 4 | 12 | −6 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
27 | David Shaw | D | 66 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 |
95 | Michel Petit† | D | 45 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −10 | 108 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 20 |
14 | John Tucker | C | 63 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
39 | Enrico Ciccone‡ | D | 55 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 258 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Rudy Poeschek | RW | 57 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
5 | Igor Ulanov† | D | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 15 |
6 | Adrien Plavsic | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Drew Bannister | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
18 | Daymond Langkow | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Patrick Poulin† | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
93 | Daren Puppa | G | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | Jean-Claude Bergeron | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
3 | Eric Charron‡ | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Allan Egeland | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Steven Finn‡ | D | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Bob Halkidis‡ | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | Chris LiPuma | D | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Jeff Reese† | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | Jeff Toms | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Derek Wilkinson | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
[edit]- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
93 | Daren Puppa | 57 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 1605 | 131 | 2.46 | .918 | 5 | 3189 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 86 | 14 | 4.85 | .837 | 0 | 173 |
1 | Jeff Reese† | 19 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 464 | 54 | 3.26 | .884 | 0 | 994 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 12 | 3.64 | .880 | 0 | 198 |
30 | Jean-Claude Bergeron | 12 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 250 | 42 | 4.23 | .832 | 0 | 595 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Derek Wilkinson | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 15 | 4.50 | .857 | 0 | 200 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Roman Hamrlik | [4] |
Records
[edit]The Tampa Bay Lightning tied its team record worst defeat from 1993, 2–9 against the Vancouver Canucks.
Milestones
[edit]Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Brian Bellows | January 31, 1996 | [5] |
Draft picks
[edit]Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[6]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 5 | Daymond Langkow | ![]() |
Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
2 | 30 | Mike McBain | ![]() |
Red Deer Rebels (WHL) |
3 | 56 | Shane Willis | ![]() |
Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
5 | 108 | Konstantin Golokhvastov | ![]() |
Dynamo Moscow (Russia) |
6 | 134 | Eduard Pershin | ![]() |
Moscow Dynamo (Russia) |
7 | 160 | Cory Murphy | ![]() |
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
8 | 186 | Joe Cardarelli | ![]() |
Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
9 | 212 | Zac Bierk | ![]() |
Peterborough Petes (OHL) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Tampa Bay Lightning 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- "1995-96 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ "1995-96 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ a b "1995-96 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
- ^ "1996 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ Buckley, Tim (January 31, 1996). "TONIGHT: LIGHTNING VS. PENGUINS". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
Milestone: Lightning wing Brian Bellows plays in his 1,000th NHL game tonight. The former Minnesota and Montreal forward will be honored in a pregame ceremony.
- ^ "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.