1996–97 San Jose Sharks
Season record and every player who suited up
27-47-8 · 62 points · 211 goals for, 278 against · Pacific Division · 25th in the league
Regular season · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Nolan | R | 72 | 31 | 32 | 63 | -19 | 155 |
| Jeff Friesen | L | 82 | 28 | 34 | 62 | -8 | 75 |
| Bernie Nicholls | C | 65 | 12 | 33 | 45 | -21 | 63 |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 78 | 16 | 25 | 41 | -16 | 40 |
| Tony Granato | R | 76 | 25 | 15 | 40 | -7 | 159 |
| Darren Turcotte | C | 65 | 16 | 21 | 37 | -8 | 16 |
| Andrei Nazarov | L | 60 | 12 | 15 | 27 | -4 | 222 |
| Stephen Guolla | C | 43 | 13 | 8 | 21 | -10 | 14 |
| Todd Gill | D | 79 | 0 | 21 | 21 | -20 | 101 |
| Ulf Dahlen | R | 43 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 8 |
| Greg Hawgood | D | 63 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -22 | 69 |
| Marcus Ragnarsson | D | 69 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -18 | 63 |
| Marty McSorley | D | 57 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -6 | 186 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 81 | 1 | 15 | 16 | -14 | 64 |
| Shean Donovan | R | 73 | 9 | 6 | 15 | -18 | 42 |
| Al Iafrate | D | 38 | 6 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 91 |
| Ron Sutter | C | 78 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 65 |
| Bob Errey | L | 30 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 20 |
| Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 35 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -17 | 12 |
| Mike Rathje | D | 31 | 0 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 21 |
| Michal Sykora | D | 35 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 59 |
| Dody Wood | C | 44 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 193 |
| Ville Peltonen | L | 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -8 | 0 |
| Chris Tancill | R | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 8 |
| Tim Hunter | R | 46 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 135 |
| Ray Whitney | L | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 4 |
| Todd Ewen | R | 51 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 162 |
| Jason Widmer | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alexei Yegorov | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan Caloun | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Iain Fraser | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Chris Lipuma | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 22 |
Regular season · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 48 | 16 | 24 | 5 | 3.19 | 0.889 | 0 | |
| Chris Terreri | G | 22 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2.75 | 0.901 | 0 | |
| Ed Belfour | G | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3.41 | 0.884 | 1 | |
| Wade Flaherty | G | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.18 | 0.847 | 0 |