1996-97 Colorado Avalanche Team Gamelog

Record: 49-24-9 (107 points), Finished 1st in NHL Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Marc Crawford (49-24-9)

Primary Arena: McNichols Sports Arena

Goals For: 277 (2nd of 26), Goals Against: 205 (5th of 26)
SRS: 0.81 (1st of 26), SOS: -0.07 (26th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-2) to Detroit Red Wings
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) over Edmonton Oilers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over Chicago Blackhawks

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +500

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1996-10-04	@	St. Louis Blues	2	4	L		37	20	1		0	29	14	1		0
2	1996-10-05	@	Dallas Stars	1	4	L		29	37	1		0	25	54	1		0
3	1996-10-08		San Jose Sharks	6	0	W		34	12	2		0	24	24	0		0
4	1996-10-10		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	6	6	T	OT	38	43	1		0	22	47	0		0
5	1996-10-11	@	Chicago Blackhawks	2	0	W		28	20	1		0	34	18	0		0
6	1996-10-15		Edmonton Oilers	7	2	W		28	14	2		0	35	16	0		0
7	1996-10-17		Florida Panthers	1	2	L		26	12	0		0	32	14	0		1
8	1996-10-19		Vancouver Canucks	9	2	W		32	2	1		0	25	10	0		0
9	1996-10-22	@	Calgary Flames	1	5	L		25	6	0		0	35	14	0		1
10	1996-10-23	@	Vancouver Canucks	4	1	W		31	16	1		1	21	16	0		0
11	1996-10-26	@	Edmonton Oilers	4	2	W		30	29	0		0	27	15	2		0
12	1996-10-28		Washington Capitals	1	0	W		34	10	0		0	40	10	0		0
13	1996-10-30		St. Louis Blues	6	3	W		37	12	1		0	29	6	1		0
14	1996-11-02		Buffalo Sabres	0	0	T	OT	32	6	0		0	20	10	0		0
15	1996-11-03	@	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1	1	T	OT	34	14	0		0	32	14	1		0
16	1996-11-06	@	San Jose Sharks	4	1	W		29	13	1		0	29	25	0		0
17	1996-11-08	@	Phoenix Coyotes	4	1	W		31	17	2		2	32	17	0		0
18	1996-11-09		Montreal Canadiens	5	2	W		34	16	3		0	39	14	1		1
19	1996-11-11	@	New York Islanders	6	2	W		32	2	1		0	34	4	0		0
20	1996-11-13	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	1	W		33	19	3		0	22	21	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
21	1996-11-14	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	5	L		34	11	2		0	26	15	1		0
22	1996-11-16		Hartford Whalers	4	4	T	OT	39	18	1		0	20	12	0		1
23	1996-11-20		Phoenix Coyotes	6	0	W		23	31	0		1	20	19	0		0
24	1996-11-22		New York Islanders	3	2	W		27	8	1		0	23	10	0		0
25	1996-11-27		New York Rangers	2	5	L		33	16	0		0	26	18	0		1
26	1996-11-30		New Jersey Devils	2	1	W		20	16	1		0	31	14	0		0
27	1996-12-04		Edmonton Oilers	2	0	W		32	14	0		1	36	14	0		0
28	1996-12-06		St. Louis Blues	3	4	L		31	48	1		0	38	47	3		1
29	1996-12-07	@	Los Angeles Kings	2	4	L		40	22	0		0	27	32	0		0
30	1996-12-11	@	Vancouver Canucks	6	1	W		26	20	3		0	21	40	0		0
31	1996-12-14	@	Calgary Flames	1	4	L		25	29	1		0	29	26	2		0
32	1996-12-17		Detroit Red Wings	4	3	W		34	12	2		0	33	43	0		0
33	1996-12-18	@	Edmonton Oilers	4	4	T	OT	41	10	0		0	36	6	2		0
34	1996-12-21		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	6	L		32	16	1		0	40	14	1		0
35	1996-12-23		Calgary Flames	4	3	W		30	24	2		1	33	18	0		0
36	1996-12-28	@	Los Angeles Kings	5	2	W		39	11	1		0	27	13	0		0
37	1996-12-29		Dallas Stars	3	2	W		21	6	1		0	23	6	0		1
38	1996-12-31	@	Chicago Blackhawks	4	1	W		28	12	2		0	22	10	0		0
39	1997-01-02		Calgary Flames	3	2	W		31	14	1		1	41	14	1		0
40	1997-01-04		Philadelphia Flyers	4	4	T	OT	29	16	0		0	44	26	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
41	1997-01-06	@	New York Rangers	2	2	T	OT	40	6	2		0	32	16	1		0
42	1997-01-08	@	New Jersey Devils	1	1	T	OT	35	4	0		0	33	4	0		0
43	1997-01-09	@	Ottawa Senators	2	0	W		25	6	1		0	33	2	0		0
44	1997-01-11	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	3	2	W		30	15	2		0	39	15	1		0
45	1997-01-15		Tampa Bay Lightning	4	2	W		33	30	2		0	29	12	1		0
46	1997-01-20	@	Florida Panthers	4	2	W		27	4	1		0	35	6	0		1
47	1997-01-21	@	Tampa Bay Lightning	2	3	L	OT	17	32	0		0	42	48	0		0
48	1997-01-23	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	3	W	OT	35	29	2		1	43	25	0		0
49	1997-01-25	@	Boston Bruins	1	4	L		21	15	0		0	25	17	1		0
50	1997-01-27	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	2	W		37	6	1		0	34	8	0		0
51	1997-01-29		Los Angeles Kings	6	3	W		44	6	2		0	32	8	1		0
52	1997-02-01	@	San Jose Sharks	1	2	L		27	8	0		0	30	10	0		0
53	1997-02-02	@	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	5	2	W		36	19	1		0	35	27	0		0
54	1997-02-08		Chicago Blackhawks	2	4	L		32	8	1		0	29	14	1		1
55	1997-02-11		Los Angeles Kings	3	1	W		51	8	1		0	32	12	0		1
56	1997-02-13	@	Phoenix Coyotes	3	2	W		29	39	1		0	29	49	1		0
57	1997-02-15	@	St. Louis Blues	5	2	W		40	35	1		0	30	20	1		0
58	1997-02-18		Boston Bruins	3	2	W	OT	36	14	2		0	25	18	0		0
59	1997-02-21	@	Edmonton Oilers	4	3	W	OT	48	25	1		0	29	41	0		0
60	1997-02-23		Ottawa Senators	4	3	W		34	8	1		0	23	14	1		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
61	1997-02-25	@	Los Angeles Kings	1	3	L		33	13	0		0	21	19	0		0
62	1997-02-27		Dallas Stars	2	6	L		28	22	1		0	33	24	2		0
63	1997-03-01		Chicago Blackhawks	2	1	W		35	8	0		1	30	12	0		0
64	1997-03-03		Vancouver Canucks	5	1	W		23	18	1		0	33	18	0		0
65	1997-03-05	@	Montreal Canadiens	7	3	W		33	20	3		0	37	24	1		0
66	1997-03-06	@	Washington Capitals	3	6	L		31	19	0		0	30	17	3		0
67	1997-03-09		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	2	2	T	OT	42	17	1		0	32	17	1		0
68	1997-03-12		Calgary Flames	2	3	L		29	6	0		0	27	8	0		1
69	1997-03-14		Pittsburgh Penguins	6	3	W		46	8	3		0	31	22	2		0
70	1997-03-16		Detroit Red Wings	4	2	W		32	37	2		2	26	53	2		0
71	1997-03-18		Vancouver Canucks	4	2	W		30	10	1		0	23	12	0		0
72	1997-03-21		Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	4	3	W		33	7	2		0	19	17	1		0
73	1997-03-23	@	Philadelphia Flyers	0	2	L		19	6	0		0	31	10	0		0
74	1997-03-25	@	Hartford Whalers	4	0	W		28	9	1		1	46	7	0		0
75	1997-03-26	@	Detroit Red Wings	5	6	L	OT	19	75	1		0	47	73	1		0
76	1997-03-29		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	3	L		36	9	0		0	28	11	0		1
77	1997-04-02	@	Calgary Flames	5	1	W		27	20	0		0	24	26	0		0
78	1997-04-04	@	San Jose Sharks	6	7	L	OT	39	10	2		2	29	18	0		0
79	1997-04-06		Phoenix Coyotes	2	1	W		38	8	1		0	25	12	0		0
80	1997-04-09		San Jose Sharks	1	4	L		38	8	0		0	22	14	0		0
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
81	1997-04-11	@	Dallas Stars	2	1	W		17	14	1		0	39	10	1		0
82	1997-04-13		Los Angeles Kings	2	4	L		37	2	0		0	23	4	1		0

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
								Team					Opponent
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
1	1997-04-16		Chicago Blackhawks	6	0	W		38	48	3		0	22	74	0		0
2	1997-04-18		Chicago Blackhawks	3	1	W		33	12	0		0	25	6	0		0
3	1997-04-20	@	Chicago Blackhawks	3	4	L	2OT	51	10	0		0	57	28	0		0
4	1997-04-22	@	Chicago Blackhawks	3	6	L		32	12	1		0	31	14	1		1
5	1997-04-24		Chicago Blackhawks	7	0	W		35	16	5		0	25	24	0		0
6	1997-04-26	@	Chicago Blackhawks	6	3	W		29	8	3		0	24	14	0		1
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
7	1997-05-02		Edmonton Oilers	5	1	W		37	20	1		0	36	10	0		0
8	1997-05-04		Edmonton Oilers	4	1	W		24	12	2		0	43	18	0		0
9	1997-05-07	@	Edmonton Oilers	3	4	L		24	16	2		0	38	18	0		0
10	1997-05-09	@	Edmonton Oilers	3	2	W	OT	41	10	1		0	29	8	1		1
11	1997-05-11		Edmonton Oilers	4	3	W		29	14	1		0	29	12	1		1
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG	S	PIM	PPG	PPO	SHG
12	1997-05-15		Detroit Red Wings	2	1	W		19	18	0		0	35	16	0		0
13	1997-05-17		Detroit Red Wings	2	4	L		17	12	1		0	40	10	2		0
14	1997-05-19	@	Detroit Red Wings	1	2	L		28	14	1		0	28	14	0		0
15	1997-05-22	@	Detroit Red Wings	0	6	L		19	126	0		0	38	108	2		0
16	1997-05-24		Detroit Red Wings	6	0	W		28	20	0		0	32	32	0		0
17	1997-05-26	@	Detroit Red Wings	1	3	L		16	6	0		0	42	6	0		0

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