which team had the least goals allowed per game in 1997

The New Jersey Devils had the fewest goals against per game played by a team in 1996-97, with 2.22.

	TEAM	GA/GP	GA	GP	SEASON	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	G	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Devils	2.22	182	82	1996-97	45	23	14	104	.634	231	49	13.9	88.1	31.62	8.9	26.34	.916
2	Red Wings	2.4	197	82	1996-97	38	26	18	94	.573	253	56	17.9	86.7	33.24	9.3	25.30	.905
3	Stars	2.41	198	82	1996-97	48	26	8	104	.634	252	54	14.6	83.4	29.74	10.3	25.34	.905
4	Panthers	2.45	201	82	1996-97	35	28	19	89	.543	221	20	14.2	85.5	29.11	9.3	28.78	.915
5	Avalanche	2.5	205	82	1996-97	49	24	9	107	.652	277	72	20.6	87.6	31.95	10.6	30.21	.917
6	Sabres	2.54	208	82	1996-97	40	30	12	92	.561	237	29	13.2	83.8	25.49	11.3	33.27	.924
7	Blackhawks	2.56	210	82	1996-97	34	35	13	81	.494	223	13	14.8	84.2	30.38	9.0	29.45	.913
8	Flyers	2.65	217	82	1996-97	45	24	13	103	.628	274	57	14.6	85.7	32.24	10.4	25.70	.897
9	Rangers	2.82	231	82	1996-97	38	34	10	86	.524	258	27	22.0	79.9	30.83	10.2	31.56	.911
10	Capitals	2.82	231	82	1996-97	33	40	9	75	.457	214	-17	15.8	84.7	28.90	9.0	26.38	.893
11	Mighty Ducks	2.84	233	82	1996-97	36	33	13	85	.518	245	12	16.8	81.5	28.43	10.5	32.78	.913
12	Senators	2.85	234	82	1996-97	31	36	15	77	.470	226	-8	16.7	81.9	29.23	9.4	25.82	.889
13	Blues	2.91	239	82	1996-97	36	35	11	83	.506	236	-3	15.3	83.4	29.45	9.8	27.38	.894
14	Flames	2.91	239	82	1996-97	32	41	9	73	.445	214	-25	16.9	83.2	31.35	8.3	28.50	.898
15	Coyotes	2.96	243	82	1996-97	38	37	7	83	.506	240	-3	18.1	85.9	30.09	9.7	30.73	.904
16	Oilers	3.01	247	82	1996-97	36	37	9	81	.494	252	5	18.0	82.5	30.74	10.0	31.17	.903
17	Lightning	3.01	247	82	1996-97	32	40	10	74	.451	217	-30	13.8	84.8	31.39	8.4	28.84	.896
18	Islanders	3.05	250	82	1996-97	29	41	12	70	.427	240	-10	13.9	83.4	26.68	11.0	30.26	.899
19	Whalers	3.12	256	82	1996-97	32	39	11	75	.457	226	-30	18.1	84.6	29.70	9.3	31.50	.901
20	Kings	3.27	268	82	1996-97	28	43	11	67	.409	214	-54	13.6	87.2	29.01	9.0	33.89	.904
21	Maple Leafs	3.33	273	82	1996-97	30	44	8	68	.415	230	-43	15.5	82.0	29.28	9.6	34.43	.903
22	Canucks	3.33	273	82	1996-97	35	40	7	77	.470	257	-16	16.8	80.8	28.06	11.2	30.21	.890
23	Canadiens	3.37	276	82	1996-97	31	36	15	77	.470	249	-27	15.7	79.5	30.17	10.1	33.90	.901
24	Sharks	3.39	278	82	1996-97	27	47	8	62	.378	211	-67	14.3	83.9	28.78	8.9	29.24	.884
25	Penguins	3.41	280	82	1996-97	38	36	8	84	.512	285	5	21.8	81.1	29.44	11.8	34.29	.900