New York Rangers 1996-97 Roster & Stats38-34-0, 86 points — 4th, Atlantic · Lost Conf. Final. 1996-97 standings →
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 82 | 25 | 72 | 97 | 28 | 12 |
| Mark Messier | C | 71 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 88 | 12 |
| Brian Leetch | D | 82 | 20 | 58 | 78 | 40 | 31 |
| Adam Graves | LW | 82 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 66 | 10 |
| Niklas Sundstrom | RW | 82 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 20 | 23 |
| Luc Robitaille | LW | 69 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 48 | 16 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 77 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 59 | 1 |
| Alex Kovalev | RW | 45 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 42 | 11 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 79 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 48 | 8 |
| Patrick Flatley | RW | 68 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 26 | 6 |
| Sergei Nemchinov | LW | 63 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 5 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 73 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 138 | 3 |
| Brian Noonan | RW | 44 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -7 |
| Bill Berg | LW | 67 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 2 |
| Daniel Goneau | LW | 41 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 10 | -5 |
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 80 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 167 | 22 |
| Vladimir Vorobiev | RW | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Darren Langdon | LW | 60 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 195 | -1 |
| Mike Eastwood | C | 27 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Doug Lidster | D | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 10 |
| Russ Courtnall | RW | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | -3 |
| David Oliver | RW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Esa Tikkanen | LW | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Chris Ferraro | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Christian Dube | C | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 |
| Eric Cairns | D | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 147 | -7 |
| Jayson More | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| Ryan Vandenbussche | RW | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | -2 |
| Shane Churla | RW | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 106 | -10 |
| Dallas Eakins | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 |
| Jeff Nielsen | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| Peter Ferraro | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergio Momesso | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -2 |
| Sylvain Blouin | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -1 |
| Goalie | GP | W | L | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | 61 | 33 | 22 | — | 2.69 | .917 | 4 |
| Glenn Healy | 23 | 5 | 12 | — | 2.61 | .907 | 1 |
| Player | GP | CF% | FF% | PDO | P/60 | FO% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Graves | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alex Kovalev | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bill Berg | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brian Leetch | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brian Noonan | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bruce Driver | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chris Ferraro | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Christian Dube | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dallas Eakins | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Goneau | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Darren Langdon | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Oliver | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Doug Lidster | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Eric Cairns | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Esa Tikkanen | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jayson More | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Beukeboom | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Nielsen | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luc Robitaille | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mark Messier | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mike Eastwood | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Niklas Sundstrom | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Patrick Flatley | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Peter Ferraro | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Russ Courtnall | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Vandenbussche | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sergei Nemchinov | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sergio Momesso | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shane Churla | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sylvain Blouin | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ulf Samuelsson | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vladimir Vorobiev | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wayne Gretzky | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Corsi (CF%), Fenwick (FF%), PDO, and rates are full-season, league-wide numbers — for mid-season trades they include time with other teams. Sorted by ice time.
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 5 |
| Esa Tikkanen | LW | 15 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 2 |
| Mark Messier | C | 15 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| Luc Robitaille | LW | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Brian Leetch | D | 15 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 |
| Russ Courtnall | RW | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Lidster | D | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -2 |
| Niklas Sundstrom | RW | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2 |
| Adam Graves | LW | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| Mike Eastwood | C | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 1 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 |
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 5 |
| Bill Berg | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| Christian Dube | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Dallas Eakins | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 |
| Darren Langdon | LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| David Oliver | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Cairns | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Gernander | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Flatley | RW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| Peter Ferraro | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Churla | RW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -3 |
| Goalie | GP | W | L | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | 15 | 9 | 6 | — | 2.11 | .932 | 3 |