1996-97 Philadelphia Flyers Roster and Statistics

Record: 45-24-13 (103 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Terry Murray (45-24-13)

Goals For: 274 (3rd of 26), Goals Against: 217 (8th of 26)
SRS: 0.67 (2nd of 26), SOS: -0.03 (20th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Stanley Cup Final (4-0) to Detroit Red Wings
Won Conference Finals (4-1) over New York Rangers
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) over Buffalo Sabres
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Pittsburgh Penguins

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +500

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	24	13	103	.628	274	217	0.67	-0.03	3.34	2.65	53	362	14.64	49	342	85.67	11	8	2644	10.4	2107	.897		7
League Average	82	35	35	11	82	.500	239	239					55	336	16.27	55	336	83.73	10	10	2444	9.8	2444	.902		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Philadelphia Flyers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
8-34	Jason Bowen	ca CA	D	23	6-4	220	L/-	4	November 9, 1973
3	Aris Brimanis	us US	D	24	6-3	215	R/-	2	March 14, 1972
17	Rod Brind'Amour	ca CA	C	26	6-1	205	L/-	7	August 9, 1970
77	Paul Coffey	ca CA	D	35	6-0	205	L/-	16	June 1, 1961
8-22	Scott Daniels	ca CA	RW	27	6-3	215	L/-	3	September 19, 1969
11	Craig Darby	us US	C	24	6-4	200	R/-	2	September 26, 1972
37	Éric Desjardins	ca CA	D	27	6-1	205	R/-	8	June 14, 1969
26	John Druce	ca CA	RW	30	6-2	195	R/-	8	February 23, 1966
24	Karl Dykhuis	ca CA	D	24	6-3	209	L/-	4	July 8, 1972
15	Pat Falloon	ca CA	RW	24	5-11	190	R/-	5	September 22, 1972
48	Colin Forbes	ca CA	LW	20	6-3	215	L/-	R	February 16, 1976
5	Kevin Haller	ca CA	D	26	6-2	199	L/-	7	December 5, 1970
18	Dale Hawerchuk	ca CA	C	33	5-11	190	L/-	15	April 4, 1963
38	Paul Healey	ca CA	RW	21	6-2	198	R/-	R	March 20, 1975
27	Ron Hextall	ca CA	G	32	6-3	192	-/L	10	May 3, 1964
20	Trent Klatt	us US	RW	26	6-1	210	R/-	5	January 30, 1971
21	Dan Kordic	ca CA	LW	25	6-5	234	L/-	3	April 18, 1971
2	František Kučera	cs CS	D	28	6-2	205	L/-	6	February 3, 1968
32	Daniel Lacroix	ca CA	C	27	6-2	205	L/-	3	March 11, 1969
10	John LeClair	us US	LW	27	6-3	226	L/-	6	July 5, 1969
88	Eric Lindros (C)	ca CA	C	23	6-4	240	R/-	4	February 28, 1973
44	Janne Niinimaa	fi FI	D	21	6-1	220	L/-	R	May 22, 1975
29	Joel Otto	us US	C	35	6-4	220	R/-	12	October 29, 1961
8	Michel Petit	ca CA	D	32	6-1	205	R/-	14	February 12, 1964
25	Shjon Podein	us US	LW	28	6-2	200	L/-	4	March 5, 1968
45	Václav Prospal	cs CS	C	21	6-2	191	L/-	R	February 17, 1975
19	Mikael Renberg	se SE	RW	24	6-2	235	L/-	3	May 5, 1972
5	Darren Rumble	ca CA	D	28	6-1	200	L/-	4	January 23, 1969
28	Kjell Samuelsson	se SE	D	38	6-6	235	R/-	11	October 18, 1958
30	Garth Snow	us US	G	27	6-3	200	-/L	3	July 28, 1969
23	Petr Svoboda	cs CS	D	30	6-1	198	L/-	12	February 14, 1966
6	Chris Therien	ca CA	D	25	6-5	235	L/-	2	December 14, 1971
9-42	Dainius Zubrus	su SU	LW	18	6-5	225	L/-	R	June 16, 1978

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	John LeClair	27	LW	82	50	47	97	44	58	40	10	0	5	41	6	0	324	15.4			10.6	2.4	13.0
2	Eric Lindros*	23	C	52	32	47	79	31	136	23	9	0	7	33	14	0	198	16.2			8.4	1.6	10.0
3	Rod Brind'Amour	26	C	82	27	32	59	2	41	17	8	2	3	25	5	2	205	13.2			4.9	0.9	5.8
4	Mikael Renberg	24	RW	77	22	37	59	36	65	21	1	0	4	29	8	0	249	8.8			4.6	2.0	6.6
5	Éric Desjardins	27	D	82	12	34	46	25	50	6	5	1	1	22	11	1	183	6.6			3.8	5.5	9.3
6	Trent Klatt	26	RW	76	24	21	45	9	20	14	5	5	5	18	3	0	131	18.3			3.5	1.1	4.6
7	Janne Niinimaa	21	D	77	4	40	44	12	58	3	1	0	2	17	23	0	141	2.8			3.0	4.3	7.3
8	Dale Hawerchuk*	33	C	51	12	22	34	9	32	6	6	0	2	17	5	0	102	11.8			2.3	0.8	3.2
9	Shjon Podein	28	LW	82	14	18	32	7	41	14	0	0	4	16	1	1	153	9.2			1.1	1.1	2.2
10	Joel Otto	35	C	78	13	19	32	12	99	12	0	1	2	17	0	2	105	12.4			1.2	1.2	2.4
11	Paul Coffey*	35	D	37	6	20	26	11	20	5	0	1	1	14	6	0	71	8.5			2.3	2.5	4.7
12	Chris Therien	25	D	71	2	22	24	27	64	2	0	0	0	17	3	2	107	1.9			1.0	5.1	6.2
13	Pat Falloon	24	RW	52	11	12	23	-8	10	9	2	0	4	7	4	1	124	8.9			1.2	0.2	1.4
14	Dainius Zubrus	18	LW	68	8	13	21	3	22	7	1	0	2	11	2	0	71	11.3			0.1	0.8	0.9
15	Karl Dykhuis	24	D	62	4	15	19	6	35	2	2	0	1	12	3	0	101	4.0			0.9	3.2	4.2
16	John Druce	30	RW	43	7	8	15	-5	12	6	1	0	0	8	0	0	73	9.6			0.4	0.3	0.6
17	Václav Prospal	21	C	18	5	10	15	3	4	5	0	0	0	4	6	0	35	14.3			1.2	0.3	1.5
18	Petr Svoboda	30	D	67	2	12	14	10	94	1	1	0	0	11	1	0	36	5.6			0.2	3.8	3.9
19	Daniel Lacroix	27	C	74	7	1	8	-1	163	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	54	13.0			-1.5	0.7	-0.8
20	Scott Daniels	27	RW	56	5	3	8	2	237	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	48	10.4			-1.0	0.6	-0.3
21	Kjell Samuelsson	38	D	34	4	3	7	17	47	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	36	11.1			0.4	2.7	3.1
22	Craig Darby	24	C	9	1	4	5	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	13	7.7			0.2	0.2	0.4
23	Dan Kordic	25	LW	75	1	4	5	-1	210	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	21	4.8			-2.3	0.7	-1.6
24	Kevin Haller	26	D	27	0	5	5	-1	37	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	34	0.0			-0.1	1.2	1.1
25	Michel Petit	32	D	20	0	3	3	2	51	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	0.0			-0.1	1.1	0.9
26	Colin Forbes	20	LW	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3			0.1	0.0	0.1
27	Jason Bowen	23	D	4	0	1	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.3	0.3
28	Aris Brimanis	24	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.2
29	Garth Snow	27	G	35	0	1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0				0		1884	53:50	0.0	0.0	4.3
30	Paul Healey	21	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
31	Ron Hextall	32	G	55	0	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	0				0		3094	56:16	0.0	0.0	6.1
32	František Kučera	28	D	2	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.0	-0.1
33	Darren Rumble	28	D	10	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0			-0.2	0.3	0.1
	Team Total			82	274	455	729	251	1691	210	53	11	45	344	101	9	2644	10.4			46.1	44.9	101.4

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Ron Hextall	32	55		31	16	5	132	1285	1153	.897	2.56	5	3094				108	-9.6	2.73	6.1
2	Garth Snow	27	35		14	8	8	79	816	737	.903	2.52	2	1884				102	-1.3	2.67	4.3
	Team Total				45	24	13	211	2101	1890	.900	2.54	7	4978				105	-10.8	2.71	10.4