1996-97 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-34-10 - 86 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 9-6
Lost NHL conference finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Florida Panthers 4-1
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated New Jersey Devils 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-1
Coach: Colin Campbell (38-34-10)
Location: New York, New York
1996-97 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 38-34-10 - 86 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 9-6
Lost NHL conference finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Florida Panthers 4-1
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated New Jersey Devils 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-1
Coach: Colin Campbell (38-34-10)
Location: New York, New York
1996-97 New York Rangers Results
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, finishing fourth in the NHL's Atlantic Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 9-6.
The Rangers netted 258 goals and allowed 231. Mark Messier scored 36 goals for New York, and Adam Graves tallied 30 or more, too. Wayne Gretzky contributed 72 assists. Mike Richter earned 33 wins for the squad 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 NHL conference finals.
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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 |
| 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 |
| Shane Churla | R | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 106 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Nielsen | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Glenn Healy | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 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 |
| Sylvain Blouin | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | -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 | 1553 | 258 | 432 | 690 | 1467 | 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | 61 | 3598 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 161 | 2.68 | 1945 | 1784 | .917 |
| Glenn Healy | 23 | 1357 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 2.61 | 632 | 573 | .907 |
| Totals | 84 | 4955 | 38 | 34 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 220 | 2.66 | 2797 | 2577 | .921 |
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 | ||
| Eric Cairns | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shane Churla | R | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 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 | |
| Ken Gernander | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | 15 | 939 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 2.11 | 488 | 455 | .932 |
| Totals | 15 | 939 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 2.11 | 521 | 488 | .937 |
