1996–97 Montréal Canadiens
Season record and every player who suited up
31-36-15 · 77 points · 249 goals for, 276 against · Northeast Division · 17th in the league
Regular season · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Damphousse | C | 82 | 27 | 54 | 81 | -6 | 82 |
| Mark Recchi | R | 82 | 34 | 46 | 80 | -1 | 58 |
| Brian Savage | L | 81 | 23 | 37 | 60 | -14 | 39 |
| Saku Koivu | C | 50 | 17 | 39 | 56 | 7 | 38 |
| Martin Rucinsky | L | 70 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 1 | 62 |
| Stephane Richer | R | 63 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 0 | 32 |
| Valeri Bure | R | 64 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 4 | 6 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | D | 65 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 43 |
| Benoit Brunet | L | 39 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 14 |
| Stephane Quintal | D | 71 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 100 |
| Turner Stevenson | R | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -14 | 97 |
| Shayne Corson | L | 47 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -5 | 80 |
| Scott Thornton | L | 73 | 10 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 128 |
| Darcy Tucker | R | 73 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -5 | 110 |
| David Wilkie | D | 61 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -9 | 63 |
| Marc Bureau | C | 43 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 16 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 49 | 2 | 13 | 15 | -7 | 24 |
| Peter Popovic | D | 78 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 32 |
| Sebastien Bordeleau | C | 28 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 2 |
| Pierre Turgeon | C | 9 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| Jassen Cullimore | D | 49 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 42 |
| Chris Murray | R | 56 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 114 |
| Murray Baron | D | 60 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -16 | 107 |
| Craig Rivet | D | 35 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 54 |
| Dave Manson | D | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 23 |
| Eric Houde | C | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| Donald Brashear | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 38 |
| Brad Brown | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22 |
| David Ling | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Ryan | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francois Groleau | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pierre Sevigny | L | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Regular season · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 61 | 22 | 24 | 11 | 2.90 | 0.910 | 1 | |
| Pat Jablonski | G | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3.98 | 0.886 | 0 | |
| Jose Theodore | G | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3.87 | 0.896 | 0 | |
| Tomas Vokoun | G | 1 | 12.00 | 0.714 | 0 |
Playoffs · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Recchi | R | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Saku Koivu | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Benoit Brunet | L | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| Turner Stevenson | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Savage | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Thornton | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shayne Corson | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 4 |
| Craig Rivet | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 14 |
| Valeri Bure | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 |
| Stephane Quintal | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| Jassen Cullimore | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Darcy Tucker | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Rucinsky | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 4 |
| Vladimir Malakhov | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 |
| Vincent Damphousse | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 2 |
| Dave Manson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| Stephane Richer | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| Peter Popovic | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| David Wilkie | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Playoffs · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | G | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4.36 | 0.871 | 0 | ||
| Jose Theodore | G | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.51 | 0.935 | 0 |