1996–97 Florida Panthers
Season record and every player who suited up
35-28-19 · 89 points · 221 goals for, 201 against · Atlantic Division · 7th in the league
Regular season · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Sheppard | R | 68 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 4 | 4 |
| Scott Mellanby | R | 82 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 7 | 170 |
| Robert Svehla | D | 82 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 2 | 86 |
| Radek Dvorak | R | 78 | 18 | 21 | 39 | -2 | 30 |
| Rob Niedermayer | C | 60 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 4 | 54 |
| Johan Garpenlov | L | 53 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 10 | 47 |
| Bill Lindsay | L | 81 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 1 | 120 |
| Dave Lowry | L | 77 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 51 |
| Martin Straka | C | 55 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 12 |
| Per Gustafsson | D | 58 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 22 |
| Tom Fitzgerald | R | 71 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 64 |
| Gord Murphy | D | 80 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 51 |
| Ed Jovanovski | D | 61 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -1 | 172 |
| Brian Skrudland | C | 51 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 48 |
| Jody Hull | R | 67 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Hough | L | 69 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 48 |
| David Nemirovsky | R | 39 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 32 |
| Terry Carkner | D | 70 | 0 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 96 |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 62 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 88 |
| Paul Laus | D | 77 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 313 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 10 |
| Steve Washburn | C | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Chris Wells | C | 47 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 42 |
| Kirk Muller | L | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| Jason Podollan | C | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| Brad Smyth | R | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| Jason Woolley | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Craig Ferguson | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Geoff Smith | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Craig Fisher | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Craig Martin | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Regular season · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 57 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 2.29 | 0.919 | 2 | |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 30 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2.36 | 0.914 | 0 |
Playoffs · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Svehla | D | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| Gord Murphy | D | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Rob Niedermayer | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| Kirk Muller | L | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| Johan Garpenlov | L | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Ray Sheppard | R | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Scott Mellanby | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| David Nemirovsky | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Mike Hough | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 |
| Tom Fitzgerald | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Bill Lindsay | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Paul Laus | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 |
| Radek Dvorak | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Jovanovski | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Straka | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Dave Lowry | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Jody Hull | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chris Wells | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Terry Carkner | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 |
Playoffs · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2.38 | 0.929 | 1 |