League: | NHL |
Season: | 1995–96 |
Year: | 1995 |
Team: | San Jose Sharks |
Record: | 20–55–7 |
Homerecord: | 12–26–3 |
Roadrecord: | 8–29–4 |
Conferencerank: | 13th |
Divisionrank: | 7th |
Goalsfor: | 252 |
Goalsagainst: | 357 |
Coach: | Kevin Constantine (Oct-Dec) Jim Wiley (Dec-Apr) |
Attendance: | 17,190 |
Goalsleader: | Owen Nolan (29) |
Assistsleader: | Craig Janney (49) |
Pointsleader: | Craig Janney (62) |
Pimleader: | Jeff Odgers (192) |
Plusminusleader: | Darren Turcotte (+8) |
Winsleader: | Chris Terreri (13) |
Gaaleader: | Chris Terreri (3.70) |
The 1995–96 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' fifth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Sharks failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 1993, finishing with the worst record in the NHL that season.
On December 2, head coach Kevin Constantine was fired after a 3–18–4 start and replaced by assistant coach Jim Wiley.[1]
On March 6, director of player personnel and effectively co-general manager Chuck Grillo was fired, leaving Dean Lombardi as the sole general manager of the team.[2]
The Sharks allowed the most goals (357), the most even-strength goals (244), the most power-play goals (93), had the lowest penalty-kill percentage (76.57%), the fewest shutouts for (0) and the fewest shots on goal (2,143).[3] On January 13, 1996, Ray Sheppard scored a hat trick as the Sharks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 10–8 in Pittsburgh. It was the highest scoring game of the NHL regular season.[4]
|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|1||L||October 7, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) ||0–1–0 || |- align="center" |2||T||October 12, 1995||6–6 OT|| align="left"| Boston Bruins (1995–96) ||0–1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|3||L||October 14, 1995||6–7 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) ||0–2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|4||L||October 17, 1995||2–7 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) ||0–3–1 || |- align="center" |5||T||October 19, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) ||0–3–2 || |- align="center" |6||T||October 22, 1995||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) ||0–3–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|7||L||October 25, 1995||1–6 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) ||0–4–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|8||L||October 28, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1995–96) ||0–5–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|9||L||October 30, 1995||3–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) ||0–6–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|10||L||October 31, 1995||3–5 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1995–96) ||0–7–3 || |-|- align="center" |11||T||November 2, 1995||3–3 OT|| align="left"| New Jersey Devils (1995–96) ||0–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |12||W||November 4, 1995||7–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1995–96) ||1–7–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|13||L||November 7, 1995||3–7 || align="left"| @ Hartford Whalers (1995–96) ||1–8–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|14||L||November 8, 1995||2–7 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) ||1–9–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|15||L||November 10, 1995||1–9 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) ||1–10–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|16||L||November 11, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||1–11–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|17||L||November 14, 1995||3–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1995–96) ||1–12–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|18||L||November 16, 1995||1–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) ||1–13–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|19||L||November 17, 1995||1–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1995–96) ||1–14–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |20||W||November 19, 1995||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) ||2–14–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|21||L||November 21, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1995–96) ||2–15–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|22||L||November 22, 1995||2–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||2–16–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |23||W||November 25, 1995||7–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) ||3–16–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|24||L||November 29, 1995||3–5 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1995–96) ||3–17–4 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|25||L||December 1, 1995||2–7 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) ||3–18–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |26||W||December 2, 1995||5–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1995–96) ||4–18–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|27||L||December 5, 1995||2–12 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) ||4–19–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |28||W||December 7, 1995||5–3 || align="left"| Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) ||5–19–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|29||L||December 9, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) ||5–20–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |30||W||December 12, 1995||2–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1995–96) ||6–20–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|31||L||December 14, 1995||1–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) ||6–21–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|32||L||December 16, 1995||2–3 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1995–96) ||6–22–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|33||L||December 17, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (1995–96) ||6–23–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |34||W||December 19, 1995||7–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) ||7–23–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |35||W||December 22, 1995||4–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||8–23–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|36||L||December 26, 1995||1–5 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) ||8–24–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|37||L||December 29, 1995||2–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) ||8–25–4 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|38||L||January 3, 1996||1–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) ||8–26–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|39||L||January 5, 1996||2–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||8–27–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|40||L||January 6, 1996||5–7 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||8–28–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|41||L||January 8, 1996||2–5 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (1995–96) ||8–29–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|42||L||January 10, 1996||4–7 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1995–96) ||8–30–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |43||W||January 11, 1996||2–1 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (1995–96) ||9–30–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |44||W||January 13, 1996||10–8 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1995–96) ||10–30–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|45||L||January 16, 1996||1–4 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (1995–96) ||10–31–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|46||L||January 17, 1996||4–6 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) ||10–32–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|47||L||January 24, 1996||2–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||10–33–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|48||L||January 25, 1996||1–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) ||10–34–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|49||L||January 27, 1996||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) ||10–35–4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |50||W||January 30, 1996||8–2 || align="left"| Hartford Whalers (1995–96) ||11–35–4 || |-|- align="center" |51||T||February 1, 1996||6–6 OT|| align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||11–35–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|52||L||February 3, 1996||1–4 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (1995–96) ||11–36–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |53||W||February 5, 1996||6–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) ||12–36–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |54||W||February 10, 1996||6–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||13–36–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|55||L||February 12, 1996||0–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) ||13–37–5 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|56||L||February 14, 1996||3–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1995–96) ||13–38–5 || |- align="center" |57||T||February 15, 1996||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1995–96) ||13–38–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|58||L||February 17, 1996||2–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1995–96) ||13–39–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|59||L||February 20, 1996||3–5 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) ||13–40–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|60||L||February 23, 1996||1–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1995–96) ||13–41–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|61||L||February 25, 1996||3–4 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) ||13–42–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |62||W||February 26, 1996||7–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1995–96) ||14–42–6 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|63||L||March 1, 1996||3–7 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1995–96) ||14–43–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|64||L||March 3, 1996||1–5 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1995–96) ||14–44–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |65||W||March 5, 1996||5–3 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) ||15–44–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|66||L||March 6, 1996||1–2 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (1995–96) ||15–45–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|67||L||March 8, 1996||2–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) ||15–46–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |68||W||March 10, 1996||6–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1995–96) ||16–46–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|69||L||March 13, 1996||3–8 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) ||16–47–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|70||L||March 15, 1996||2–4 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1995–96) ||16–48–6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|71||L||March 17, 1996||2–8 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1995–96) ||16–49–6 || |- align="center" |72||T||March 18, 1996||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1995–96) ||16–49–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |73||W||March 20, 1996||7–1 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1995–96) ||17–49–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |74||W||March 22, 1996||2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (1995–96) ||18–49–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|75||L||March 28, 1996||3–8 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) ||18–50–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|76||L||March 31, 1996||2–4 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) ||18–51–7 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |77||W||April 2, 1996||6–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1995–96) ||19–51–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" |78||W||April 4, 1996||5–3 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (1995–96) ||20–51–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|79||L||April 6, 1996||1–5 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1995–96) ||20–52–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|80||L||April 7, 1996||3–5 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1995–96) ||20–53–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|81||L||April 10, 1996||2–6 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1995–96) ||20–54–7 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|82||L||April 12, 1996||0–6 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (1995–96) ||20–55–7 || |-|-| Legend:
Regular season | |||||||||
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Player | |||||||||
15 | C | 71 | 13 | 49 | 62 | −35 | 26 | ||
11 | RW | 72 | 29 | 32 | 61 | −30 | 137 | ||
26 | RW | 51 | 27 | 19 | 46 | −19 | 10 | ||
19 | LW | 79 | 15 | 31 | 46 | −19 | 42 | ||
8 | C | 68 | 22 | 20 | 42 | −8 | 41 | ||
14 | LW | 60 | 17 | 24 | 41 | −23 | 16 | ||
33 | D | 71 | 8 | 31 | 39 | −24 | 42 | ||
13 | C | 77 | 16 | 17 | 33 | −19 | 79 | ||
22 | LW | 59 | 16 | 12 | 28 | −21 | 27 | ||
18 | C | 45 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −12 | 20 | ||
3 | D | 57 | 4 | 19 | 23 | −18 | 50 | ||
42 | RW | 74 | 13 | 8 | 21 | −17 | 39 | ||
38 | D | 79 | 4 | 16 | 20 | −14 | 54 | ||
25 | C | 62 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −15 | 6 | ||
34 | D | 32 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −3 | 28 | ||
36 | RW | 78 | 12 | 4 | 16 | −4 | 192 | ||
23 | LW | 42 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −15 | 62 | ||
37 | LW | 31 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −7 | 14 | ||
43 | RW | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | ||
9 | C | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 4 | ||
16 | C | 32 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 138 | ||
4 | D | 74 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −32 | 147 | ||
44 | D | 27 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −17 | 18 | ||
2 | D | 57 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −12 | 146 | ||
40 | D | 27 | 0 | 7 | 7 | −16 | 14 | ||
48 | RW | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −5 | 2 | ||
41 | D | 60 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −9 | 40 | ||
30 | G | 46 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||
21 | RW | 37 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 46 | ||
6 | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
17 | RW | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 4 | ||
7 | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 0 | ||
28 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | ||
31 | G | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
32 | G | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
29 | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Regular season | ||||||||||||
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Player | ||||||||||||
30 | 46 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 1322 | 155 | 3.70 | .883 | 0 | 2516 | ||
32 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 607 | 85 | 4.59 | .860 | 0 | 1112 | ||
31 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 689 | 92 | 4.85 | .866 | 0 | 1137 | ||
29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 14 | 4.92 | .839 | 0 | 171 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | Lester Patrick Trophy | George Gund III | [5] |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Owen Nolan | [6] |
Team | Sharks Player of the Year | Jamie Baker | [7] |
Sharks Rookie of the Year | Marcus Ragnarsson |
San Jose's draft picks at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft held at the Edmonton Coliseum in Edmonton, Alberta.[8]
Round | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team | ||
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1 | 12 | Teemu Riihijärvi | Left Wing | K-Espoo Jrs | ||
2 | 38 | Peter Roed | Center | White Bear Lake H.S | ||
3 | 64 | Marko Mäkinen | Right Wing | TPS Jrs | ||
4 | 90 | Vesa Toskala | Goalie | Ilves Jr | ||
5 | 116 | Miikka Kiprusoff | Goalie | TPS Jr | ||
5 | 130 | Michal Broš | Center | HC Olomouc | ||
6 | 140 | Timo Hakanen | Center | Assat Jrs | ||
6 | 142 | Jaroslav Kudrna | Left Wing | Penticton Panthers | ||
7 | 167 | Brad Mehalko | Right Wing | Lethbridge Hurricanes | ||
7 | 168 | Robert Jindrich | Defense | Plzen HC | ||
8 | 194 | Ryan Kraft | Center | U. of Minnesota | ||
9 | 220 | Mikko Markkanen | Right Wing | TPS Jrs |