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1995-96 NHL Teams

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Recap

The Detroit Red Wings, who had lost in the Stanley Cup finals the previous year, set a new record with 62 victories but fell 1 point short of the Montreal Canadiens' record of 132 points, set in 1976-77. Scotty Bowman, who had coached that Montreal team, was now coaching Detroit.

The Quebec Nordiques, who had won the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference in 1994-95, became the Colorado Avalanche before the season began. They moved into the Western Conference's Pacific Division and finished first in their new division with the league's second highest point total. In the Eastern Conference, the Philadelphia Flyers led the Atlantic Division with 103 points and the Pittsburgh Penguins had 102 points to lead the Northeast Division.

Pittsburgh once again had Mario Lemieux. After sitting out the previous season because of continuing back problems and his battle against Hodgkin's disease, he led the league in scoring for the fifth time and also won his fifth Hart Trophy as MVP. Another superstar, Wayne Gretzky, in the twilight of his career, was traded from Los Angeles to the St. Louis Blues in mid-season. The trade that sent goalie Patrick Roy from Montreal to Colorado may have been even more important.

Colorado beat the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks in six games each to advance to the Western Conference finals, where they also eliminated the Red Wings in a six-game series. Meanwhile, the Florida Panthers advanced to the Stanley Cup finals in only their third season in the league. Largely because of John Vanbiesbrouck's goaltending, the Panthers went through the Boston Bruins, Flyers, and Penguins to win the Eastern Conference finals.

Vanbiesbrouck and the Panthers ran out of magic, though. With Roy giving up just one goal in each game, Colorado won the first two at home and pulled out a 3-2 victory at Miami on Joe Sakic's goal, his sixth game-winner of the playoffs. The fourth game went into a third overtime, when Uwe Krupp scored on a slapshot from the point for a 1-0 win,

Sakic, who had 34 points in Colorado's 22 playoff games, won the Conn Smythe as the post-season MVP.

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1995-96 Colorado Avalanche Season
1995-96 Colorado Avalanche
47-25 (.634)
Won Stanley Cup Finals
1995-96 Florida Panthers Season
1995-96 Florida Panthers
41-31 (.561)
Lost Stanley Cup Finals
1995-96 Detroit Red Wings Season
1995-96 Detroit Red Wings
62-13 (.799)
Lost Conference Finals
1995-96 Pittsburgh Penguins Season
1995-96 Pittsburgh Penguins
49-29 (.622)
Lost Conference Finals
1995-96 Philadelphia Flyers Season
1995-96 Philadelphia Flyers
45-24 (.628)
Lost Conference Semifinals
1995-96 New York Rangers Season
1995-96 New York Rangers
41-27 (.585)
Lost Conference Semifinals
1995-96 Chicago Blackhawks Season
1995-96 Chicago Blackhawks
40-28 (.573)
Lost Conference Semifinals
1995-96 St. Louis Blues Season
1995-96 St. Louis Blues
32-34 (.488)
Lost Conference Semifinals
1995-96 Boston Bruins Season
1995-96 Boston Bruins
40-31 (.555)
Lost Conference Quarterfinals
1995-96 Montreal Canadiens Season
1995-96 Montreal Canadiens
40-32 (.549)
Lost Conference Quarterfinals
1995-96 Washington Capitals Season
1995-96 Washington Capitals
39-32 (.543)
Lost Conference Quarterfinals
1995-96 Tampa Bay Lightning Season
1995-96 Tampa Bay Lightning
38-32 (.537)
Lost Conference Quarterfinals
1995-96 Toronto Maple Leafs Season
1995-96 Toronto Maple Leafs
34-36 (.488)
Lost Conference Quarterfinals
1995-96 Calgary Flames Season
1995-96 Calgary Flames
34-37 (.482)
Lost Conference Quarterfinals
1995-96 Vancouver Canucks Season
1995-96 Vancouver Canucks
32-35 (.482)
Lost Conference Quarterfinals
1995-96 Winnipeg Jets Season
1995-96 Winnipeg Jets
36-40 (.476)
Lost Conference Quarterfinals
1995-96 New Jersey Devils Season
1995-96 New Jersey Devils
37-33 (.524)
Missed Playoffs
1995-96 Anaheim Mighty Ducks Season
1995-96 Anaheim Mighty Ducks
35-39 (.476)
Missed Playoffs
1995-96 Hartford Whalers Season
1995-96 Hartford Whalers
34-39 (.470)
Missed Playoffs
1995-96 Buffalo Sabres Season
1995-96 Buffalo Sabres
33-42 (.445)
Missed Playoffs
1995-96 Edmonton Oilers Season
1995-96 Edmonton Oilers
30-44 (.415)
Missed Playoffs
1995-96 Dallas Stars Season
1995-96 Dallas Stars
26-42 (.402)
Missed Playoffs
1995-96 Los Angeles Kings Season
1995-96 Los Angeles Kings
24-40 (.402)
Missed Playoffs
1995-96 New York Islanders Season
1995-96 New York Islanders
22-50 (.329)
Missed Playoffs
1995-96 San Jose Sharks Season
1995-96 San Jose Sharks
20-55 (.287)
Missed Playoffs
1995-96 Ottawa Senators Season
1995-96 Ottawa Senators
18-59 (.250)
Missed Playoffs

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