The Detroit Red Wings used 23 players in the 1996-97 playoffs, with a 16-4-0 record. Sergei Fedorov led the team with 20 points (8 goals, 12 assists) in 20 games. Mike Vernon played the most games in goal (20).
| # | 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 | Sergei Fedorov 🇷🇺 C 27 | 20 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1.00 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 2 | Brendan Shanahan 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 20 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0.85 | 2 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Kozlov 🇷🇺 LW 24 | 20 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0.65 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 4 | Steve Yzerman 🇨🇦 C 31 | 20 | 🔥 4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0.65 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 5 | Igor Larionov 🇷🇺 C 36 | 20 | 🧊 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.60 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 6 | Martin Lapointe 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 20 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.60 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 60 | — |
| 7 | Larry Murphy 🇨🇦 D 36 | 20 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.55 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 8 | Nicklas Lidstrom 🇸🇪 D 26 | 20 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.40 | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 9 | Kirk Maltby 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 20 | 🔥 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 10 | Darren McCarty 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 20 | 🔥 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 11 | Doug Brown 🇺🇸 RW 32 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.43 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 12 | Kris Draper 🇨🇦 C 25 | 20 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 13 | Joey Kocur 🇨🇦 RW 32 | 19 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 14 | Tomas Sandstrom 🇫🇮 RW 32 | 20 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.20 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 15 | Viacheslav Fetisov 🇷🇺 D 38 | 20 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.20 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 16 | Vladimir Konstantinov 🇷🇺 D 30 | 20 | 🧊 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.20 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 17 | Jamie Pushor 🇨🇦 D 24 | 5 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — |
| 18 | Aaron Ward 🇨🇦 D 24 | 19 | 🧊 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — |
| 19 | Bob Rouse 🇨🇦 D 32 | 20 | 🧊 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 55 | — |
| 20 | Tim Taylor 🇨🇦 C 28 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Tomas Holmstrom 🇸🇪 LW 24 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 21 skaters | 20 | 58 | 91 | 149 | 7.45 | 17 | 736 | 0 | 0 | 417 |
| # | 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 | Mike Vernon 🇨🇦 G 34 | 20 | 16 | 1.80 | 0.000 | 0 | 36 | 61:27 | |
| 2 | Chris Osgood 🇨🇦 G 24 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 23:35 |
61% of this roster was born in Canada, against 60% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 22% 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 | 14 |
|
+1 | 78 (52%) | Shanahan, Yzerman, Lapointe, Murphy +10 |
| Russia | 5 |
|
+16 | 53 (36%) | Fedorov, Kozlov, Larionov, Fetisov +1 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+5 | 8 (5%) | Lidstrom, Holmstrom |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+2 | 4 (3%) | Sandstrom |
| United States | 1 |
|
-14 | 6 (4%) | Brown |
Sergei Fedorov led the Detroit Red Wings in scoring in the 1996-97 playoffs with 20 points — 8 goals and 12 assists in 20 games. Next came Brendan Shanahan (17) and Vyacheslav Kozlov (13).
Brendan Shanahan scored 9 goals for the Detroit Red Wings in the 1996-97 playoffs, 2 of them on the power play.
The Detroit Red Wings dressed 23 players in the 1996-97 playoffs: 21 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 58 goals.
Mike Vernon played the most games in goal for the Detroit Red Wings in the 1996-97 playoffs: 20 games, 16 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 1.80 goals against average. Chris Osgood was the backup, in 2 games.
The average age was 28.7 years. Martin Lapointe was the youngest at 23, and Viacheslav Fetisov the oldest at 38.
The Detroit Red Wings used 23 players in the 1996-97 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 14 in Canada, 5 in Russia and 2 in Sweden. The other 2 came from Finland and United States. League-wide that season, 60% of players were born in Canada, against 61% on this roster.