The Dallas Stars used 30 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 53-23-6 record. Mike Modano led the team with 83 points (35 goals, 48 assists) in 80 games. Andy Moog played the most games in goal (48).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Modano 🇺🇸 C 26 | 80 | 🧊 2 | 35 | 48 | 83 | 1.04 | 9 | 291 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 2 | Pat Verbeek 🇨🇦 RW 32 | 81 | 🔥 1 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 0.65 | 5 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 128 | — |
| 3 | Joe Nieuwendyk 🇨🇦 C 30 | 66 | 🧊 2 | 30 | 21 | 51 | 0.77 | 8 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 4 | Darryl Sydor 🇨🇦 D 24 | 82 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 0.59 | 2 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 51 | — |
| 5 | Benoit Hogue 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 73 | 🔥 1 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 0.59 | 5 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 54 | — |
| 6 | Jere Lehtinen 🇫🇮 RW 23 | 63 | 🔥 1 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 0.68 | 3 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 7 | Sergei Zubov 🇷🇺 D 26 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 0.55 | 1 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 8 | Dave Reid 🇨🇦 LW 32 | 82 | 🧊 4 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 0.48 | 1 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 9 | Jamie Langenbrunner 🇺🇸 RW 21 | 76 | 🧊 2 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 0.51 | 3 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 51 | — |
| 10 | Greg Adams 🇨🇦 LW 33 | 50 | 🔥 2 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 0.72 | 5 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 11 | Todd Harvey 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 71 | 🔥 1 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 0.44 | 1 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 142 | — |
| 12 | Brent Gilchrist 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 67 | 🧊 3 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0.45 | 2 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 13 | Derian Hatcher 🇺🇸 D 24 | 63 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 0.35 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 97 | — |
| 14 | Guy Carbonneau 🇨🇦 C 37 | 73 | 🧊 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.29 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 15 | Grant Ledyard 🇨🇦 D 35 | 67 | 🧊 7 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0.24 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 61 | — |
| 16 | Neal Broten 🇺🇸 C 37 | 20 | 🧊 3 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.75 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 17 | Craig Ludwig 🇺🇸 D 36 | 77 | 🧊 6 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.17 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 18 | Richard Matvichuk 🇨🇦 D 24 | 57 | 🧊 9 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.21 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 87 | — |
| 19 | Bob Bassen 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 46 | 🧊 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.26 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 20 | Bill Huard 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 40 | 🧊 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.28 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 105 | — |
| 21 | Grant Marshall 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 56 | 🧊 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0.18 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 98 | — |
| 22 | Mike Kennedy 🇨🇦 C 24 | 24 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 23 | Mike Lalor 🇺🇸 D 34 | 55 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 24 | Dan Keczmer 🇺🇸 D 28 | 13 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 25 | Patrick Cote 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — |
| 26 | Marc Labelle 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 9 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| 27 | Sergei Makarov 🇷🇺 RW 38 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 27 skaters | 82 | 252 | 429 | 681 | 8.30 | 46 | 2439 | 0 | 0 | 1295 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ▼ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Moog 🇨🇦 G 37 | 48 | 33 | 2.04 | 0.000 | 0 | 98 | 57:03 | |
| 2 | Arturs Irbe 🇱🇻 G 30 | 35 | 19 | 2.51 | 0.000 | 0 | 88 | 56:08 | |
| 3 | Roman Turek 🇨🇿 G 26 | 6 | 4 | 1.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 9 | 43:45 |
60% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on United States: 23% of its players, against 17% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 62% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 18 |
|
-2 | 420 (62%) | Verbeek, Nieuwendyk, Sydor, Hogue +14 |
| United States | 7 |
|
+6 | 175 (26%) | Modano, Langenbrunner, Hatcher, Broten +3 |
| Russia | 2 |
|
+1 | 43 (6%) | Zubov, Makarov |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-1 | 0 | Turek |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+1 | 43 (6%) | Lehtinen |
| Latvia | 1 |
|
+3 | 0 | Irbe |
Mike Modano led the Dallas Stars in scoring in 1996-97 with 83 points — 35 goals and 48 assists in 80 games. Next came Pat Verbeek (53) and Joe Nieuwendyk (51).
Mike Modano scored 35 goals for the Dallas Stars in 1996-97, 9 of them on the power play.
The Dallas Stars dressed 30 players in 1996-97: 27 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 252 goals.
Andy Moog played the most games in goal for the Dallas Stars in 1996-97: 48 games, 33 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.04 goals against average. Arturs Irbe was the backup, in 35 games.
The average age was 29.0 years. Jamie Langenbrunner was the youngest at 21, and Sergei Makarov the oldest at 38.
The Dallas Stars used 30 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 18 in Canada, 7 in the United States and 2 in Russia. The other 3 came from Czechia, Finland and Latvia. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 60% on this roster.