The Detroit Red Wings used 32 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 47-24-11 record. Brendan Shanahan led the team with 87 points (46 goals, 41 assists) in 79 games. Chris Osgood played the most games in goal (47).
| # | 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 | Brendan Shanahan 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 79 | 🧊 4 | 46 | 41 | 87 | 1.10 | 20 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 131 | — |
| 2 | Steve Yzerman 🇨🇦 C 31 | 81 | 🧊 1 | 22 | 63 | 85 | 1.05 | 8 | 232 | 0 | 0 | 78 | — |
| 3 | Sergei Fedorov 🇷🇺 C 27 | 74 | 🧊 1 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 0.85 | 9 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 4 | Igor Larionov 🇷🇺 C 36 | 64 | 🔥 1 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 0.84 | 2 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 5 | Darren McCarty 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 68 | 🧊 1 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 0.72 | 5 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 126 | — |
| 6 | Vyacheslav Kozlov 🇷🇺 LW 24 | 75 | 🧊 4 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 0.60 | 3 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| 7 | Martin Lapointe 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 78 | 🧊 1 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 0.42 | 5 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 167 | — |
| 8 | Tomas Sandstrom 🇫🇮 RW 32 | 34 | 🧊 2 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0.53 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 9 | Greg Johnson 🇨🇦 C 26 | 43 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.37 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 10 | Kris Draper 🇨🇦 C 25 | 76 | 🧊 7 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0.17 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 73 | — |
| 11 | Doug Brown 🇺🇸 RW 32 | 49 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.27 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 12 | Mathieu Dandenault 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 65 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.18 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 13 | Tomas Holmstrom 🇸🇪 LW 24 | 47 | 🧊 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.19 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 14 | Kirk Maltby 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 66 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.12 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 75 | — |
| 15 | Tim Taylor 🇨🇦 C 28 | 44 | 🧊 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.16 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 52 | — |
| 16 | Joey Kocur 🇨🇦 RW 32 | 34 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.09 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 70 | — |
| 17 | Bob Errey 🇨🇦 LW 32 | 36 | 🧊 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.08 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — |
| 18 | Mike Knuble 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 9 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Stu Grimson 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Mark Major 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — |
| Team totals · 20 skaters | 82 | 216 | 303 | 519 | 6.33 | 57 | 2052 | 0 | 0 | 1023 |
| # | 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 | Kevin Hodson 🇨🇦 G 25 | 6 | 2 | 1.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 8 | 48:57 | |
| 2 | Chris Osgood 🇨🇦 G 24 | 47 | 28 | 2.26 | 0.000 | 0 | 106 | 58:54 | |
| 3 | Mike Vernon 🇨🇦 G 34 | 33 | 17 | 2.39 | 0.000 | 0 | 79 | 59:09 |
66% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 16% of its players, against 6% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 52% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 21 |
|
+4 | 354 (52%) | Shanahan, Yzerman, McCarty, Lapointe +17 |
| Russia | 5 |
|
+10 | 228 (33%) | Fedorov, Larionov, Kozlov, Konstantinov +1 |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+5 | 72 (11%) | Lidstrom, Holmstrom, Eriksson |
| United States | 2 |
|
-11 | 13 (2%) | Brown, Ramsey |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+1 | 18 (3%) | Sandstrom |
Brendan Shanahan led the Detroit Red Wings in scoring in 1996-97 with 87 points — 46 goals and 41 assists in 79 games. Next came Steve Yzerman (85) and Sergei Fedorov (63).
Brendan Shanahan scored 46 goals for the Detroit Red Wings in 1996-97, 20 of them on the power play.
The Detroit Red Wings dressed 32 players in 1996-97: 29 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 253 goals.
Chris Osgood played the most games in goal for the Detroit Red Wings in 1996-97: 47 games, 28 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.26 goals against average. Mike Vernon was the backup, in 33 games.
The average age was 28.2 years. Mathieu Dandenault was the youngest at 21, and Viacheslav Fetisov the oldest at 38.
The Detroit Red Wings used 32 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 21 in Canada, 5 in Russia and 3 in Sweden. The other 3 came from United States and Finland. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 66% on this roster.