Being in the path of the excited spark, yes, it could. Your problem might also be a bad or grounding plug wire or even a bad plug, and interchanging and testing each for a "blue" spark will eliminate the possibilities. A visual inspection of each contact under your cap might also reveal carbon or other problem.
coil, distributor, distributor cap, plugs, or wires.
The spark travels from the coil to the distributor then from the distributor to the plugs. So if you have spark going into the distributor but not coming out to the plugs, I would blame the distributor cap and rotor being at fault.
Check the coil, coil wire, rotor, and distributor cap.
bad cap or rotor first thing to check
Have you checked all of the High Tension leads from the distributor to the plugs, or just one or two? Same with HT lead from Coil to Distributor, Check Distributor cap for cracks
Bad coil, rotor, distributor cap?
The distributor cap is located where the spark plugs cables are connected .They go from the motor to the distributor cap.
You may have a wire on the wrong plug or on the wrong place on the distributor cap. This will cause it to miss because of the sequence of the fire order.
There is none on the 95 it uses a crank pickup to fire the plugs and a coil for each plug
The distributor cap is located on the top of the distributor on a 1996 Sunfire. It is connected to the spark plugs via a wire.
going through a deep puddle will cause water to get into your Distributor causing the spark plugs not to fire, take off the distributor cap and make sure its dry as a bone
Replace ignition coil Check distributor cap and rotor