1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season

1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning
1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
1995–96 record	38–32–12
Home record	22–14–5
Road record	16–18–7
Goals for	238
Goals against	248
Team information
General manager	Phil Esposito
Coach	Terry Crisp
Captain	Paul Ysebaert
Arena	ThunderDome
Average attendance	18,880
Minor league affiliate(s)	Atlanta Knights; Nashville Knights
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Selivanov (31)
Assists	Brian Bradley (56)
Points	Brian Bradley (79)
Penalty minutes	Enrico Ciccone (258)
Plus/minus	Rob Zamuner (+11)
Wins	Daren Puppa (29)
Goals against average	Daren Puppa (2.46)

The 1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning fourth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Lightning finished with a record of 38-32-12 and qualified for the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

It would also be the Lightning's third and final season in the ThunderDome before moving into their next and current home, the Ice Palace.

Regular season

The Lightning tied the New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators for fewest short-handed goals scored (6).[1]

Final 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[2]
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

Playoffs

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning

The series opened up in Philadelphia. The Flyers won Game 1 7–3, but the Lightning rebounded in Game 2 by a 2–1 overtime win. Games 3 and 4 were in Tampa Bay. The Lightning won again in overtime in Game 3, but this time, by a score of 5–4. However, the series was tied up at 2-2 thanks to Philadelphia's 4–1 win in Game 4. The series shifted back to Philadelphia, where the Flyers won 4-1 again in Game 5. In Game 6, Philadelphia won 6-1 and won the series 4–2.

Schedule and results

Regular season

1995–96 regular season[3]

October: 2–4–4 (home: 1–2–2; road: 1–2–2)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	T	October 7, 1995	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1995–96)	0–0–1	Recap
2	W	October 12, 1995	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	1–0–1	Recap
3	L	October 14, 1995	0–2	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	1–1–1	Recap
4	L	October 15, 1995	4–7	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	1–2–1	Recap
5	L	October 17, 1995	2–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	1–3–1	Recap
6	W	October 19, 1995	4–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	2–3–1	Recap
7	T	October 21, 1995	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1995–96)	2–3–2	Recap
8	T	October 26, 1995	4–4 OT	New York Rangers (1995–96)	2–3–3	Recap
9	L	October 28, 1995	2–4	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	2–4–3	Recap
10	T	October 31, 1995	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	2–4–4	Recap

November: 7–6–1 (home: 5–3–1; road: 2–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
11	L	November 1, 1995	0–10	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	2–5–4	Recap
12	W	November 3, 1995	5–3	New York Islanders (1995–96)	3–5–4	Recap
13	L	November 5, 1995	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	3–6–4	Recap
14	L	November 8, 1995	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	3–7–4	Recap
15	L	November 10, 1995	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	3–8–4	Recap
16	L	November 12, 1995	4–6	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	3–9–4	Recap
17	W	November 14, 1995	5–3	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	4–9–4	Recap
18	L	November 16, 1995	4–5 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	4–10–4	Recap
19	W	November 18, 1995	5–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	5–10–4	Recap
20	W	November 22, 1995	3–1	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	6–10–4	Recap
21	W	November 24, 1995	2–1	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	7–10–4	Recap
22	W	November 25, 1995	2–1	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	8–10–4	Recap
23	W	November 27, 1995	2–0	Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	9–10–4	Recap
24	T	November 29, 1995	2–2 OT	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	9–10–5	Recap

December: 7–5–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–3–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
25	L	December 1, 1995	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	9–11–5	Recap
26	L	December 3, 1995	4–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	9–12–5	Recap
27	W	December 6, 1995	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	10–12–5	Recap
28	W	December 8, 1995	3–1	Boston Bruins (1995–96)	11–12–5	Recap
29	W	December 11, 1995	6–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	12–12–5	Recap
30	W	December 13, 1995	3–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	13–12–5	Recap
31	L	December 14, 1995	0–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	13–13–5	Recap
32	L	December 16, 1995	2–7	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	13–14–5	Recap
33	W	December 19, 1995	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1995–96)	14–14–5	Recap
34	T	December 21, 1995	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	14–14–6	Recap
35	L	December 23, 1995	5–7	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	14–15–6	Recap
36	W	December 28, 1995	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	15–15–6	Recap
37	W	December 31, 1995	3–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	16–15–6	Recap

January: 5–5–1 (home: 3–0–0; road: 2–5–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
38	L	January 2, 1996	0–10	@ Calgary Flames (1995–96)	16–16–6	Recap
39	W	January 3, 1996	5–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96)	17–16–6	Recap
40	L	January 6, 1996	2–9	@ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96)	17–17–6	Recap
41	T	January 8, 1996	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	17–17–7	Recap
42	W	January 13, 1996	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	18–17–7	Recap
43	L	January 15, 1996	2–3	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	18–18–7	Recap
44	W	January 17, 1996	6–4	San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	19–18–7	Recap
45	W	January 22, 1996	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96)	20–18–7	Recap
46	L	January 25, 1996	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1995–96)	20–19–7	Recap
47	L	January 27, 1996	1–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	20–20–7	Recap
48	W	January 31, 1996	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	21–20–7	Recap

February: 7–5–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 4–1–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
49	L	February 3, 1996	3–5	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	21–21–7	Recap
50	W	February 4, 1996	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	22–21–7	Recap
51	T	February 7, 1996	4–4 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	22–21–8	Recap
52	L	February 10, 1996	2–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	22–22–8	Recap
53	L	February 11, 1996	2–6	New York Rangers (1995–96)	22–23–8	Recap
54	L	February 13, 1996	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1995–96)	22–24–8	Recap
55	W	February 15, 1996	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (1995–96)	23–24–8	Recap
56	W	February 17, 1996	5–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	24–24–8	Recap
57	W	February 19, 1996	4–2	Dallas Stars (1995–96)	25–24–8	Recap
58	W	February 21, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96)	26–24–8	Recap
59	W	February 23, 1996	3–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1995–96)	27–24–8	Recap
60	L	February 24, 1996	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96)	27–25–8	Recap
61	W	February 28, 1996	5–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96)	28–25–8	Recap

March: 6–4–4 (home: 4–1–1; road: 2–3–3)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
62	W	March 1, 1996	7–3	@ San Jose Sharks (1995–96)	29–25–8	Recap
63	T	March 3, 1996	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96)	29–25–9	Recap
64	W	March 5, 1996	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96)	30–25–9	Recap
65	W	March 7, 1996	5–2	New York Rangers (1995–96)	31–25–9	Recap
66	W	March 10, 1996	1–0	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	32–25–9	Recap
67	T	March 13, 1996	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	32–25–10	Recap
68	L	March 15, 1996	0–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	32–26–10	Recap
69	L	March 17, 1996	0–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1995–96)	32–27–10	Recap
70	L	March 18, 1996	3–6	@ Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	32–28–10	Recap
71	T	March 21, 1996	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1995–96)	32–28–11	Recap
72	W	March 23, 1996	4–2	Florida Panthers (1995–96)	33–28–11	Recap
73	L	March 26, 1996	4–6	New Jersey Devils (1995–96)	33–29–11	Recap
74	W	March 30, 1996	2–1	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	34–29–11	Recap
75	T	March 31, 1996	1–1 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1995–96)	34–29–12	Recap

April: 4–3–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 2–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
76	W	April 3, 1996	4–2	Hartford Whalers (1995–96)	35–29–12	Recap
77	L	April 5, 1996	3–4	Buffalo Sabres (1995–96)	35–30–12	Recap
78	L	April 6, 1996	1–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96)	35–31–12	Recap
79	W	April 8, 1996	4–3	New York Islanders (1995–96)	36–31–12	Recap
80	W	April 10, 1996	2–1	@ Florida Panthers (1995–96)	37–31–12	Recap
81	W	April 12, 1996	3–2	@ New York Rangers (1995–96)	38–31–12	Recap
82	L	April 14, 1996	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96)	38–32–12	Recap

Legend:

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

Playoffs

1996 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–2

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Series	Recap
1	L	April 16, 1996	3–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers	Flyers lead 1–0	Recap
2	W	April 18, 1996	2–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	W	April 21, 1996	5–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers	Lightning lead 2–1	Recap
4	L	April 23, 1996	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers	Series tied 2–2	Recap
5	L	April 25, 1996	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers	Flyers lead 3–2	Recap
6	L	April 27, 1996	1–6	Philadelphia Flyers	Flyers win 4–2	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points)

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 Lightning only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Brian Bradley	C	75	23	56	79	−11	77	5	0	3	3	−5	6
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	82	16	49	65	−24	103	5	0	1	1	−1	4
29	Alex Selivanov	RW	79	31	21	52	3	93	6	2	2	4	2	6
85	Petr Klima	W	67	22	30	52	−25	68	4	2	0	2	0	14
12	John Cullen	C	76	16	34	50	1	65	5	3	3	6	4	0
23	Brian Bellows	LW	79	23	26	49	−14	39	6	2	0	2	−2	4
77	Chris Gratton	C	82	17	21	38	−13	105	6	0	2	2	−3	27
7	Rob Zamuner	LW	72	15	20	35	11	62	6	2	3	5	−1	10
15	Paul Ysebaert	C	55	16	15	31	−19	16	5	0	0	0	−6	0
11	Shawn Burr	LW	81	13	15	28	4	119	6	0	2	2	0	8
2	Bill Houlder	D	61	5	23	28	1	22	6	0	1	1	0	4
34	Mikael Andersson	LW	64	8	11	19	0	2	6	1	1	2	0	0
24	Jason Wiemer	C	66	9	9	18	−9	81	6	1	0	1	−3	28
4	Cory Cross	D	75	2	14	16	4	66	6	0	0	0	−4	22
22	Aaron Gavey	C	73	8	4	12	−6	56	6	0	0	0	−3	4
27	David Shaw	D	66	1	11	12	5	64	6	0	1	1	−4	4
95	Michel Petit†	D	45	4	7	11	−10	108	6	0	0	0	−3	20
14	John Tucker	C	63	3	7	10	−8	18	2	0	0	0	−1	2
39	Enrico Ciccone‡	D	55	2	3	5	−4	258	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Rudy Poeschek	RW	57	1	3	4	−2	88	3	0	0	0	0	12
5	Igor Ulanov†	D	11	2	1	3	−1	24	5	0	0	0	−1	15
6	Adrien Plavsic	D	7	1	2	3	5	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Drew Bannister	D	13	0	1	1	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Daymond Langkow	C	4	0	1	1	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Patrick Poulin†	C	8	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
93	Daren Puppa	G	57	0	1	1		4	4	0	0	0		0
30	Jean-Claude Bergeron	G	12	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Eric Charron‡	D	14	0	0	0	−6	18	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Allan Egeland	C	5	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Steven Finn‡	D	16	0	0	0	−6	24	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Bob Halkidis‡	D	3	0	0	0	−1	7	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Chris LiPuma	D	21	0	0	0	−7	13	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Jeff Reese†	G	19	0	0	0		0	5	0	0	0		0
9	Jeff Toms	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Derek Wilkinson	G	4	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
93	Daren Puppa	57	29	16	9	1605	131	2.46	.918	5	3189	4	1	3	86	14	4.85	.837	0	173
1	Jeff Reese†	19	7	7	1	464	54	3.26	.884	0	994	5	1	1	100	12	3.64	.880	0	198
30	Jean-Claude Bergeron	12	2	6	2	250	42	4.23	.832	0	595	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Derek Wilkinson	4	0	3	0	105	15	4.50	.857	0	200	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Roman Hamrlik	[4]

Records

The Tampa Bay Lightning tied its team record worst defeat from 1993, 2–9 against the Vancouver Canucks.

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Brian Bellows	January 31, 1996	[5]

Draft picks

Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[6]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	5	Daymond Langkow	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
2	30	Mike McBain	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
3	56	Shane Willis	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
5	108	Konstantin Golokhvastov	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
6	134	Eduard Pershin	Russia	Moscow Dynamo (Russia)
7	160	Cory Murphy	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
8	186	Joe Cardarelli	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
9	212	Zac Bierk	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)

References

"Tampa Bay Lightning 1995-96 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
"1995-96 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.

"1995-96 NHL Summary".
"1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
"1995-96 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
"NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1996". NHL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
Buckley, Tim (January 31, 1996). "TONIGHT: LIGHTNING VS. PENGUINS". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved August 27, 2023. Milestone: Lightning wing Brian Bellows plays in his 1,000th NHL game tonight. The former Minnesota and Montreal forward will be honored in a pregame ceremony.
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[1] "1995-96 NHL Summary".

[2] "1995–1996 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 3, 2014.

[Gamelog-3] "1995-96 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 12, 2023.

[4] "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 1996". NHL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

[5] Buckley, Tim (January 31, 1996). "TONIGHT: LIGHTNING VS. PENGUINS". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved August 27, 2023. Milestone: Lightning wing Brian Bellows plays in his 1,000th NHL game tonight. The former Minnesota and Montreal forward will be honored in a pregame ceremony.

[6] "1995 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved August 28, 2023.

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See also	Draft Waiver Draft Rat trick Legion of Doom Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

1995–96 Tampa Bay Lightning season

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Records

Milestones

Draft picks

See also

References