1996–97 New York Rangers
Season record and every player who suited up
38-34-10 · 86 points · 258 goals for, 231 against · Atlantic Division · 8th in the league
Regular season · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 82 | 25 | 72 | 97 | 12 | 28 |
| Mark Messier | C | 71 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 12 | 88 |
| Brian Leetch | D | 82 | 20 | 58 | 78 | 31 | 40 |
| Adam Graves | L | 82 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 10 | 66 |
| Niklas Sundstrom | R | 82 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 23 | 20 |
| Luc Robitaille | L | 69 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 16 | 48 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 77 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 1 | 59 |
| Alex Kovalev | R | 45 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 11 | 42 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 79 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 48 |
| Patrick Flatley | R | 68 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 26 |
| Sergei Nemchinov | C | 63 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 12 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 73 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 138 |
| Brian Noonan | R | 44 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 28 |
| Bill Berg | L | 67 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 37 |
| Daniel Goneau | L | 41 | 10 | 3 | 13 | -5 | 10 |
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 80 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 167 |
| Vladimir Vorobiev | R | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Darren Langdon | L | 60 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 195 |
| Mike Eastwood | C | 27 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Doug Lidster | D | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Russ Courtnall | R | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 2 |
| David Oliver | R | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Chris Ferraro | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Christian Dube | C | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| Ryan Vandenbussche | R | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 30 |
| Eric Cairns | D | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 147 |
| Jayson More | D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Shane Churla | R | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -10 | 106 |
| Sylvain Blouin | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18 |
| Dallas Eakins | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 |
| Peter Ferraro | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Nielsen | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Sergio Momesso | L | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11 |
Regular season · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | G | 61 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 2.69 | 0.917 | 4 | |
| Glenn Healy | G | 23 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2.61 | 0.907 | 1 |
Playoffs · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 15 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 15 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| Mark Messier | C | 15 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| Luc Robitaille | L | 15 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| Brian Leetch | D | 15 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
| Russ Courtnall | R | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Lidster | D | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 8 |
| Niklas Sundstrom | R | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| Adam Graves | L | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Mike Eastwood | C | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 34 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 |
| Eric Cairns | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Oliver | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Langdon | L | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Ken Gernander | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Eakins | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| Peter Ferraro | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Dube | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bill Berg | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Shane Churla | R | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 20 |
| Patrick Flatley | R | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
Playoffs · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | G | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2.11 | 0.932 | 3 |