1996-97 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-34-10 - 86 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Colin Campbell (38-34-10)
1996-97 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 38-34-10 - 86 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Colin Campbell (38-34-10)
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 38 wins and 34 losses and 10 ties for 86 points in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The club netted 258 goals and allowed 231. Mark Messier scored 36 goals for the squad, and Adam Graves tallied 30 or more, too. Wayne Gretzky contributed 72 assists. Mike Richter earned 33 wins for the team and a team-best 2.68 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.
Colin Campbell coached the team. The 1996-97 New York Rangers lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 82 | 25 | 72 | 97 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 286 | 8.7 |
| Mark Messier | C | 71 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 88 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 227 | 15.9 |
| Brian Leetch | D | 82 | 20 | 58 | 78 | 40 | 31 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 256 | 7.8 |
| Adam Graves | L | 82 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 66 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 269 | 12.3 |
| Niklas Sundstrom | R | 82 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 132 | 18.2 |
| Luc Robitaille | L | 69 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 200 | 12.0 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 77 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 59 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 10.7 |
| Alex Kovalev | R | 45 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 11.8 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 79 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 154 | 3.2 |
| Pat Flatley | R | 68 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 10.4 |
| Sergei Nemchinov | C | 63 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 73 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 138 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 7.8 |
| Brian Noonan | R | 44 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 9.7 |
| Bill Berg | L | 67 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 84 | 9.5 |
| Daniel Goneau | L | 41 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 10 | -5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 22.7 |
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 80 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 167 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5.5 |
| Vladimir Vorobiev | R | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Darren Langdon | L | 60 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 195 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 |
| Mike Eastwood | C | 27 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Doug Lidster | D | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 |
| Russ Courtnall | R | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 |
| David Oliver | R | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 3.3 |
| Christian Dube | C | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Chris Ferraro | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Ryan VandenBussche | R | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Shane Churla | R | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 106 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Eric Cairns | D | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 147 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Jay More | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Sylvain Blouin | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Eakins | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Mike Richter | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Ferraro | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Glenn Healy | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Nielsen | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sergio Momesso | L | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1635 | 258 | 432 | 690 | 1481 | 138 | 63 | 119 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 9 | 2528 | 10.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Healy | 23 | 1357 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 2.61 | 632 | 573 | .907 |
| Mike Richter | 61 | 3598 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 161 | 2.68 | 1945 | 1784 | .917 |
| Totals | 84 | 4955 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 220 | 2.66 | 2577 | 2357 | .915 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.7 | |
| Mark Messier | C | 15 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 7.0 | |
| Brian Leetch | D | 15 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 3.6 | |
| Adam Graves | L | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 5.1 | |
| Niklas Sundstrom | R | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | |
| Luc Robitaille | L | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9.3 | |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Bruce Driver | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 | |
| Pat Flatley | R | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Bill Berg | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Darren Langdon | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Eastwood | C | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | |
| Doug Lidster | D | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | |
| Russ Courtnall | R | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11.1 | |
| David Oliver | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 15 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 20.0 | |
| Christian Dube | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shane Churla | R | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Eric Cairns | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Gernander | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Eakins | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Richter | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Ferraro | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 280 | 36 | 62 | 98 | 216 | 23 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 439 | 8.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | 15 | 939 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 2.11 | 521 | 488 | .937 |
| Totals | 15 | 939 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 2.11 | 521 | 488 | .937 |
