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1995–96 Toronto Maple Leafs season

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Division
  
3rd Central

1995–96 record
  
34–36–12

Road record
  
15–21–5

Conference
  
4th Western

Home record
  
19–15–7

Goals for
  
247

Regular season

The Leafs headed into the 1995-96 NHL regular season with high hopes considering the fact that the club reached the playoffs for the last three years. Pat Burns was the head coach until an eight-game losing streak (and a miserable run of 3-16-3 over January and February) lead to his dismissal. General Manager Cliff Fletcher felt that Nick Beverley could get the job done for the rest of the season and named him interim coach. The team under Beverley went an impressive 9-6-2 and clinched a playoff spot on the final day of their regular season.

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Regular season

  • December 11, 1995: Patrick Roy earned his first victory in net as a member of the Colorado Avalanche. It was a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  • December 30, 1995: Mats Sundin scored just 6 seconds into the overtime period to give the Maple Leafs a 4-3 road win over the St. Louis Blues. It would prove to be the fastest regular-season overtime goal ever scored and has been matched twice since.

    • Season 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

    Regular season

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    Playoffs

    Scoring
    Goaltending

    Note:

    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
     Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

    Transactions

    The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1995-96 season.

    Playoffs

    The Maple Leafs played their last playoff series at Maple Leaf Gardens.

    Awards and records

  • Felix Potvin, Molson Cup (most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs).

    • Farm Teams

  • The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.

    • References

    1995–96 Toronto Maple Leafs season Wikipedia
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