However, they did not follow up their success from the previous year, only picking up 90 points for 36 wins against 28 losses for 4th place in the division and 10th in the Conference.
On December 3, it was announced Bob Gainey would step down as general manager and move into a consultant role at the end of the season and be replaced by assistant general manager Doug Armstrong.
[1] With a record of 23–17–6–4 after 50 games, head coach Ken Hitchcock was fired on January 25 and replaced on an interim basis by Rick Wilson.
[2] Gainey also decided to transfer general manager duties to Armstrong at that point.
[2] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.