Division 7th Pacific Goals for 252 Coach Kevin Constantine | 1995–96 record 20–55–7 Goals against 357 | |
General Manager Chuck Grillo
Dean Lombardi | ||
The 1995–96 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' fifth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Sharks failed to make the playoffs, finishing 13th in the Western Conference.
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Regular season
The Sharks allowed the most goals (357), the most even-strength goals (244), the most power-play goals (93), had the lowest penalty-kill percentage (76.57%), the fewest shutouts for (0) and the fewest shots on goal (2,143). On Saturday, January 13, 1996, Ray Sheppard scored a hat trick as the Sharks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 10-8 in Pittsburgh. It was the highest scoring game of the NHL regular season.
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;
Roster
Craig Janney Owen Nolan Ray Sheppard Jeff Friesen Kevin Miller Ray Whitney Marcus Ragnarsson Jamie Baker Ulf Dahlen Chris Tancill Doug Bodger Shean Donovan Michal Sykora Viktor Kozlov Yves Racine Jeff Odgers Andrei Nazarov Ville Peltonen Jan Caloun Darren Turcotte Dody Wood Jay More Vlastimil Kroupa Jim Kyte Mike Rathje Alexei Yegorov Tom Pederson Chris Terreri Dave Brown Sandis Ozolinsh Pat Falloon Igor Larionov Sergei Bautin Wade Flaherty Arturs Irbe Geoff Sarjeant