1996–97 Ottawa Senators season 1996–97 Ottawa Senators season was the fifth season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League . This season saw great improvement by the club, as the team finished out of last place in the National Hockey League for the first time in team history, and went on to qualify for the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference . In the playoffs, the Senators lost in the first round to the Buffalo Sabres .Regular season Ottawa got off to a slow start , with a 7–12–6 record in their first 25 games, but as the season would go on, the team got better, finishing with a.500 record in their remaining 57 games and earned 45 points in the last 41 games of the regular season . The Senators went 10–4–2 in their final 16 games of the season, including a 1–0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in the final game of the season to earn a playoff berth .Alexei Yashin and Daniel Alfredsson led the club offensively, while Ron Tugnutt and Damian Rhodes provided very solid goaltending for the team throughout the season.Final standings Schedule and results Playoffs The Ottawa Senators ended the 1996–97 regular season as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed. The Senators faced the Buffalo Sabres, and nearly pulled off the upset against their heavily favoured opponent, losing to the Sabres in overtime in the seventh game of the series, a game which included an own-goal by Alexei Yashin when the puck went past Tugnutt after the Sens won a faceoff in their zone.Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (2) [Buffalo Sabres ] Buffalo wins series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home Record Attendance 1 April 17 Ottawa 1 – 3 Buffalo 0 – 1 18,595 2 April 19 Ottawa 3 – 1 Buffalo 1 – 1 18,595 3 April 21 Buffalo 3 – 2 Ottawa 1 – 2 18,500 4 April 23 Buffalo 0 – 1 Ottawa 2 – 2 18,500 5 April 25 Ottawa 4 – 1 Buffalo 3 – 2 18,595 6 April 27 Buffalo 3 – 0 Ottawa 3 – 3 18,500 7 April 29 Ottawa 2 – 3 Buffalo 3 – 4 18,595
Regular season ;ScoringPlayer Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG C 82 35 40 75 44 -7 10 0 5 RW 76 24 47 71 30 5 11 1 1 C 82 26 25 51 33 -33 4 0 5 D 78 19 28 47 38 -9 10 2 3 LW 76 12 24 36 99 -7 6 0 3 RW 79 12 19 31 8 -6 2 0 3 RW 65 11 20 31 18 -5 0 1 2 D 82 6 24 30 41 1 2 0 1 C 57 12 16 28 19 2 5 0 0 LW 68 18 8 26 16 -1 1 1 1 C 80 11 14 25 35 -8 1 1 2 RW 67 11 10 21 49 4 0 1 2 D 75 4 17 21 67 -8 1 0 0 D 76 3 18 21 76 -14 2 0 0 LW 80 4 16 20 217 -4 0 0 1 C 53 5 13 18 14 -4 0 1 0 D 66 5 5 10 91 2 0 0 1 LW 22 3 3 6 9 5 0 0 0 D 25 2 3 5 10 -5 1 0 0 RW 22 1 4 5 19 3 0 0 0 D 57 0 5 5 58 6 0 0 0 C 34 2 2 4 8 -1 0 1 1 G 50 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 D 21 0 1 1 8 -4 0 0 0 LW 26 0 1 1 30 0 0 0 0 G 37 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 D/LW 11 0 1 1 25 0 0 0 0 D 6 0 1 1 7 -3 0 0 0 G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 5 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 D 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% 1991 37 17 15 1 93 2.80 3 882 789 .895 2934 50 14 20 14 133 2.72 1 1213 1080 .890 52 1 0 1 0 4 4.62 0 18 14 .778 Team: 4977 82 31 36 15 230 2.77 4 2113 1883 .891
Playoffs ;ScoringPlayer Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 7 5 2 7 6 -1 3 0 2 C 7 1 5 6 2 -2 1 0 0 D 7 1 4 5 0 -3 1 0 1 D 7 1 3 4 2 -4 0 0 0 RW 7 2 0 2 8 -1 1 0 0 LW 7 1 1 2 10 -3 0 0 0 C 7 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 RW 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 C 7 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0 LW 5 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 RW 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 LW 6 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 D 7 0 1 1 6 -1 0 0 0 C 7 0 1 1 4 -3 0 0 0 D 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 LW 3 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 C 7 0 0 0 2 -5 0 0 0 D 7 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 7 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% 425 7 3 4 14 1.98 1 169 155 .917 Team: 425 7 3 4 14 1.98 1 169 155 .917
Awards and records Trades Waivers No waiver transactions.Free agents Source: Roster Sources: draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft in St. Louis, Missouri .Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team 1 1 Chris Phillips Prince Albert Raiders 4 81 Antti-Jussi Niemi Jokerit 6 136 Andreas Dackell Brynäs IF 7 163 Francois Hardy Val-d'Or Foreurs 8 212 Erich Goldmann Adler Mannheim 9 216 Ivan Ciernik MHC Plastika Nitra 9 239 Sami Salo TPS
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