Goals for 211 | 1996–97 record 27–47–8 Goals against 278 | |
The 1996–97 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' sixth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Sharks again failed to make the playoffs, finishing 13th in the Western Conference.
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Offseason
Defenceman Todd Gill is named team captain, following the departure of Jeff Odgers.
Regular season
On October 18, the Sharks scored three short-handed goals in a 4-1 win over the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
The Sharks finished the regular season last in scoring (211 goals for) and had the most power-play opportunities against (409).
Final standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; 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
Ed Belfour Doug Bodger Jan Caloun Ulf Dahlen Shean Donovan Bob Errey Todd Ewen Wade Flaherty Iain Fraser Jeff Friesen Todd Gill Tony Granato Steve Guolla Greg Hawgood Kelly Hrudey Tim Hunter Al Iafrate Viktor Kozlov Vlastimil Kroupa Chris Lipuma Marty McSorley Andrei Nazarov Bernie Nicholls Owen Nolan Ville Peltonen Marcus Ragnarsson Mike Rathje Ron Sutter Michal Sykora Chris Tancill Chris Terreri Darren Turcotte Ray Whitney Jason Widmer Dody Wood Alexei Yegorov