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1995–96 New York Islanders season

1995–96 New York Islanders
Division7th Atlantic
Conference12th Eastern
1995–96 record22–50–10
Home record14–21–6
Road record8–29–4
Goals for229
Goals against315
Team information
General managerDon Maloney (Oct.–Dec.)
Darcy Regier (Dec.)
Mike Milbury (Dec.–Apr.)
CoachMike Milbury
CaptainPatrick Flatley
ArenaNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance11,355
Minor league affiliate(s)Utah Grizzlies
Tallahassee Tiger Sharks
Team leaders
GoalsZigmund Palffy (43)
AssistsTravis Green (45)
PointsZigmund Palffy (87)
Penalty minutesBrent Severyn (180)
Plus/minusBrent Severyn (+3)
WinsTommy Soderstrom (11)
Goals against averageEric Fichaud (3.31)

The 1995–96 New York Islanders season was the 24th season in the franchise's history. This season saw the Islanders finish in last place with a record of 22–50–10 and miss the playoffs for the second straight year. During the season, team management fired General Manager Don Maloney, whom fans blamed for the team's downfall, and gave Mike Milbury total control of hockey operations as both head coach and general manager.

Offseason

Before the 1995–96 season, Don Maloney fired Lorne Henning and named Mike Milbury head coach. The same year, the Isles' attempt at updating their look resulted in the unveiling of the "fisherman" logo. It proved to be such a disaster that the team announced less than a year after unveiling it that they would go back to their original logo as soon as league rules could allow. Rangers fans still mock the Islanders with chants of "we want fishsticks", a reference to the way the logo resembled the Gorton's fisherman.

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No. GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Philadelphia Flyers 82 45 24 13 282 208 103
2 New York Rangers 82 41 27 14 272 237 96
3 Florida Panthers 82 41 31 10 254 234 92
4 Washington Capitals 82 39 32 11 234 204 89
5 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 38 32 12 238 248 88
6 New Jersey Devils 82 37 33 12 215 202 86
7 New York Islanders 82 22 50 10 229 315 54
Eastern Conference[1]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Philadelphia Flyers ATL 82 45 24 13 282 208 103
2 Pittsburgh Penguins NE 82 49 29 4 362 284 102
3 New York Rangers ATL 82 41 27 14 272 237 96
4 Florida Panthers ATL 82 41 31 10 254 234 92
5 Boston Bruins NE 82 40 31 11 282 269 91
6 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 40 32 10 265 248 90
7 Washington Capitals ATL 82 39 32 11 234 204 89
8 Tampa Bay Lightning ATL 82 38 32 12 238 248 88
9 New Jersey Devils ATL 82 37 33 12 215 202 86
10 Hartford Whalers NE 82 34 39 9 237 259 77
11 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 33 42 7 247 262 73
12 New York Islanders ATL 82 22 50 10 229 315 54
13 Ottawa Senators NE 82 18 59 5 191 291 41

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs


Schedule and results

1995–96 regular season[2]
October: 2–6–2 (home: 1–3–1; road: 1–3–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 T October 7, 1995 4–4 OT @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 0–0–1 Recap
2 L October 10, 1995 3–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 0–1–1 Recap
3 L October 14, 1995 0–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 0–2–1 Recap
4 L October 15, 1995 3–5 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 0–3–1 Recap
5 L October 17, 1995 1–5 New York Rangers (1995–96) 0–4–1 Recap
6 W October 20, 1995 2–0 Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 1–4–1 Recap
7 L October 25, 1995 1–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 1–5–1 Recap
8 L October 26, 1995 5–7 Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 1–6–1 Recap
9 T October 28, 1995 5–5 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 1–6–2 Recap
10 W October 31, 1995 5–4 OT @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 2–6–2 Recap
November: 3–9–1 (home: 1–5–0; road: 2–4–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
11 L November 3, 1995 3–5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 2–7–2 Recap
12 L November 4, 1995 2–3 Washington Capitals (1995–96) 2–8–2 Recap
13 L November 7, 1995 2–5 Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 2–9–2 Recap
14 L November 10, 1995 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 2–10–2 Recap
15 L November 11, 1995 1–4 St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 2–11–2 Recap
16 W November 14, 1995 5–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 3–11–2 Recap
17 L November 16, 1995 2–9 @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 3–12–2 Recap
18 L November 17, 1995 1–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 3–13–2 Recap
19 W November 22, 1995 5–2 Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) 4–13–2 Recap
20 T November 24, 1995 1–1 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 4–13–3 Recap
21 L November 25, 1995 1–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 4–14–3 Recap
22 L November 28, 1995 3–7 Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 4–15–3 Recap
23 W November 30, 1995 5–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 5–15–3 Recap
December: 4–7–3 (home: 2–2–2; road: 2–5–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
24 W December 2, 1995 4–1 New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 6–15–3 Recap
25 L December 5, 1995 3–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 6–16–3 Recap
26 L December 6, 1995 4–7 @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 6–17–3 Recap
27 L December 9, 1995 2–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 6–18–3 Recap
28 W December 10, 1995 6–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 7–18–3 Recap
29 L December 12, 1995 1–3 Florida Panthers (1995–96) 7–19–3 Recap
30 L December 14, 1995 3–4 OT @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 7–20–3 Recap
31 T December 16, 1995 3–3 OT Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 7–20–4 Recap
32 L December 19, 1995 1–4 @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) 7–21–4 Recap
33 T December 21, 1995 3–3 OT @ Dallas Stars (1995–96) 7–21–5 Recap
34 W December 23, 1995 3–1 Washington Capitals (1995–96) 8–21–5 Recap
35 T December 26, 1995 3–3 OT Boston Bruins (1995–96) 8–21–6 Recap
36 L December 27, 1995 3–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 8–22–6 Recap
37 W December 31, 1995 5–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 9–22–6 Recap
January: 4–5–2 (home: 4–1–2; road: 0–4–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
38 T January 4, 1996 2–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 9–22–7 Recap
39 W January 6, 1996 5–4 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 10–22–7 Recap
40 T January 9, 1996 3–3 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 10–22–8 Recap
41 W January 11, 1996 4–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) 11–22–8 Recap
42 W January 15, 1996 3–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 12–22–8 Recap
43 L January 17, 1996 3–6 Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 12–23–8 Recap
44 L January 22, 1996 3–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) 12–24–8 Recap
45 L January 24, 1996 1–4 @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) 12–25–8 Recap
46 L January 26, 1996 1–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 12–26–8 Recap
47 L January 27, 1996 3–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) 12–27–8 Recap
48 W January 30, 1996 5–4 OT Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 13–27–8 Recap
February: 5–8–0 (home: 4–5–0; road: 1–3–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
49 L February 3, 1996 5–6 OT @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) 13–28–8 Recap
50 W February 4, 1996 5–3 Dallas Stars (1995–96) 14–28–8 Recap
51 L February 6, 1996 2–4 New York Rangers (1995–96) 14–29–8 Recap
52 L February 8, 1996 2–6 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 14–30–8 Recap
53 W February 10, 1996 4–3 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) 15–30–8 Recap
54 L February 12, 1996 1–4 Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 15–31–8 Recap
55 L February 15, 1996 3–6 Calgary Flames (1995–96) 15–32–8 Recap
56 W February 17, 1996 4–2 San Jose Sharks (1995–96) 16–32–8 Recap
57 W February 22, 1996 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1995–96) 17–32–8 Recap
58 L February 23, 1996 2–3 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 17–33–8 Recap
59 W February 25, 1996 2–0 Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) 18–33–8 Recap
60 L February 27, 1996 2–6 Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 18–34–8 Recap
61 L February 29, 1996 1–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) 18–35–8 Recap
March: 2–12–0 (home: 1–4–0; road: 1–8–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
62 L March 1, 1996 2–6 @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 18–36–8 Recap
63 L March 3, 1996 5–7 Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 18–37–8 Recap
64 W March 5, 1996 5–3 Boston Bruins (1995–96) 19–37–8 Recap
65 L March 7, 1996 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) 19–38–8 Recap
66 W March 9, 1996 4–2 @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) 20–38–8 Recap
67 L March 16, 1996 2–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 20–39–8 Recap
68 L March 17, 1996 1–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) 20–40–8 Recap
69 L March 19, 1996 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 20–41–8 Recap
70 L March 21, 1996 2–3 @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) 20–42–8 Recap
71 L March 23, 1996 2–3 OT New Jersey Devils (1995–96) 20–43–8 Recap
72 L March 25, 1996 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 20–44–8 Recap
73 L March 26, 1996 1–7 Washington Capitals (1995–96) 20–45–8 Recap
74 L March 30, 1996 1–3 @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) 20–46–8 Recap
75 L March 31, 1996 1–4 New York Rangers (1995–96) 20–47–8 Recap
April: 2–3–2 (home: 1–1–1; road: 1–2–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
76 L April 2, 1996 2–6 Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) 20–48–8 Recap
77 L April 5, 1996 2–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) 20–49–8 Recap
78 W April 6, 1996 3–0 Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) 21–49–8 Recap
79 L April 8, 1996 3–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) 21–50–8 Recap
80 W April 10, 1996 6–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) 22–50–8 Recap
81 T April 12, 1996 1–1 OT Florida Panthers (1995–96) 22–50–9 Recap
82 T April 13, 1996 5–5 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) 22–50–10 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
16[a] Zigmund Palffy RW 81 43 44 87 −17 56
39 Travis Green C 69 25 45 70 −20 42
72 Mathieu Schneider‡ D 65 11 36 47 −18 93
18 Marty McInnis RW 74 12 34 46 −11 39
17 Wendel Clark‡ LW 58 24 19 43 −12 60
44 Todd Bertuzzi RW 76 18 21 39 −14 83
28 Alexander Semak C 69 20 14 34 −4 68
27 Derek King LW 61 12 20 32 −10 23
32 Niklas Andersson LW 47 14 12 26 −3 12
4 Bryan McCabe D 82 7 16 23 −24 156
26 Patrick Flatley RW 56 8 9 17 −24 21
7 Scott Lachance D 55 3 10 13 −19 54
20 Bob Sweeney‡ C 66 6 6 12 −23 59
82[b] Martin Straka†‡ C 22 2 10 12 −6 6
6 Chris Luongo D 74 3 7 10 −23 55
24 Brent Severyn LW 65 1 8 9 3 180
21 Dan Plante RW 73 5 3 8 −22 50
11 Darius Kasparaitis D 46 1 7 8 −12 93
9 Kirk Muller‡ LW 15 4 3 7 −10 15
34[c] Andrei Vasilyev LW 10 2 5 7 4 2
37 Dennis Vaske D 19 1 6 7 −13 21
17 Darby Hendrickson† C 16 1 4 5 −6 33
2 Bob Beers D 13 0 5 5 −2 10
14 Derek Armstrong C 19 1 3 4 −6 14
3 Kenny Jonsson† D 16 0 4 4 −5 10
33 Milan Tichy D 8 0 4 4 3 8
15 Brad Dalgarno RW 18 1 2 3 −2 14
75 Brett Lindros RW 18 1 2 3 −6 47
47 Rich Pilon D 27 0 3 3 −9 72
25 Pat Conacher† LW 13 1 1 2 −4 0
12 Mick Vukota RW 32 1 1 2 −3 106
10 Craig Darby C 10 0 2 2 −1 0
14[d] Danton Cole‡ RW 10 1 0 1 0 0
36[e] Micah Aivazoff C 12 0 1 1 −6 6
3 Dean Chynoweth‡ D 14 0 1 1 −4 40
34 Jarrett Deuling LW 14 0 1 1 −1 11
1 Eric Fichaud G 24 0 1 1 0
34 Jason Herter D 1 0 1 1 1 0
38 Andreas Johansson C 3 0 1 1 1 0
43[f] Chris Taylor C 11 0 1 1 1 2
33 Ken Belanger† LW 7 0 0 0 −2 27
36[g] Bob Halkidis† D 5 0 0 0 −3 30
43 Mike MacWilliam LW 6 0 0 0 −1 14
29 Jamie McLennan G 13 0 0 0 2
32 Grigori Panteleev LW 4 0 0 0 −3 0
35 Tommy Salo G 10 0 0 0 0
30 Tommy Soderstrom G 51 0 0 0 7
36 Jason Strudwick D 1 0 0 0 0 7
34 Jason Widmer D 4 0 0 0 0 7

Goaltending

No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
30 Tommy Soderstrom 51 11 22 6 1370 167 3.87 .878 2 2590
1 Eric Fichaud 24 7 12 2 659 68 3.31 .897 1 1234
29 Jamie McLennan 13 3 9 1 342 39 3.68 .886 0 636
35 Tommy Salo 10 1 7 1 250 35 4.01 .860 0 523

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		Lester Patrick Trophy Ken Morrow [3]
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Mathieu Schneider [4]
Team Bob Nystrom Award Dan Plante [5]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Todd Bertuzzi October 7, 1995 [6]
Bryan McCabe
Jason Herter December 6, 1995
Eric Fichaud January 30, 1996
Jarrett Deuling February 25, 1996
Mike MacWilliam March 17, 1996
Jason Strudwick March 30, 1996
Andreas Johansson April 5, 1996

Transactions

Draft picks

New York's draft picks at the 1995 NHL entry draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[7]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 2 Wade Redden  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2 28 Jan Hlavac  Czech Republic Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
2 41 D. J. Smith  Canada Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
5 106 Vladimir Orszagh  Slovakia Iskra Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)
7 158 Andrew Taylor  Canada Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL)
9 210 David MacDonald  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
9 211 Mike Broda  Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)

Notes

  1. ^ Palffy wore number 68 in his first eleven games.
  2. ^ Straka wore number 43 in his first game.
  3. ^ Vasilyev wore number 14 in his first six games and then number 36 in his next two games.
  4. ^ Cole wore number 10 in his first game.
  5. ^ Aivazoff wore number 34 in his first game and then number 10 in his next eight games.
  6. ^ Taylor wore number 14 in his first five games.
  7. ^ Halkidis wore number 3 in his first three games.

References

  • "New York Islanders 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  • "1995-96 New York Islanders Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  1. ^ "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "1995-96 New York Islanders Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "1996 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "New York Islanders – Awards and Honors". New York Islanders. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "1995-96 NHL Debuts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  7. ^ "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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