The Edmonton Oilers used 24 players in the 1996-97 playoffs, with a 5-6-1 record. Doug Weight led the team with 11 points (3 goals, 8 assists) in 12 games. Curtis Joseph played the most games in goal (12).
| # | 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 | Doug Weight 🇺🇸 C 26 | 12 | 🔥 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.92 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 2 | Ryan Smyth 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 12 | 🔥 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.83 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 3 | Boris Mironov 🇷🇺 D 25 | 12 | 🔥 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.83 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 4 | Jason Arnott 🇨🇦 C 22 | 12 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.75 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 5 | Kelly Buchberger 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 12 | 🧊 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0.58 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 6 | Andrei Kovalenko 🇷🇺 RW 26 | 12 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.58 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 7 | Todd Marchant 🇺🇸 C 23 | 12 | 🔥 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.50 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 8 | Dan Mcgillis 🇨🇦 D 24 | 12 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.42 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 9 | Mike Grier 🇺🇸 RW 22 | 12 | 🧊 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.33 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 10 | Mats Lindgren 🇸🇪 C 22 | 12 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.33 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 11 | Mariusz Czerkawski 🇵🇱 RW 24 | 12 | 🧊 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 12 | Rem Murray 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 12 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 13 | Luke Richardson 🇨🇦 D 28 | 12 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 14 | Joe Hulbig 🇺🇸 LW 23 | 6 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 15 | Greg De Vries 🇨🇦 D 24 | 12 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 16 | Kevin Lowe 🇨🇦 D 37 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Bryan Muir 🇨🇦 D 23 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 18 | Drew Bannister 🇨🇦 D 22 | 12 | 🧊 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 19 | Donald Dufresne 🇨🇦 D 29 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | Louie Debrusk 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 21 | Petr Klima 🇨🇿 RW 32 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 22 | Steve Kelly 🇨🇦 C 20 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 23 | Bryan Marchment 🇨🇦 D 27 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| Team totals · 23 skaters | 12 | 32 | 51 | 83 | 6.92 | 8 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 202 |
| # | 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 | Curtis Joseph 🇨🇦 G 29 | 12 | 5 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 36 | 63:56 |
62% of this roster was born in Canada, against 60% across the league. The team leans on Poland: 4% of its players, against 0% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 45% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 15 |
|
+2 | 37 (45%) | Smyth, Arnott, Buchberger, Mcgillis +11 |
| United States | 4 |
|
-1 | 22 (27%) | Weight, Marchant, Grier, Hulbig |
| Russia | 2 |
|
+2 | 17 (20%) | Mironov, Kovalenko |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-1 | 0 | Klima |
| Poland | 1 |
|
+4 | 3 (4%) | Czerkawski |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
even | 4 (5%) | Lindgren |
Doug Weight led the Edmonton Oilers in scoring in the 1996-97 playoffs with 11 points — 3 goals and 8 assists in 12 games. Next came Ryan Smyth (10) and Boris Mironov (10).
Kelly Buchberger scored 5 goals for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1996-97 playoffs, 0 of them on the power play.
The Edmonton Oilers dressed 24 players in the 1996-97 playoffs: 23 skaters and 1 goalies. Together the skaters scored 32 goals.
Curtis Joseph played the most games in goal for the Edmonton Oilers in the 1996-97 playoffs: 12 games, 5 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.00 goals against average.
The average age was 25.4 years. Steve Kelly was the youngest at 20, and Kevin Lowe the oldest at 37.
The Edmonton Oilers used 24 players in the 1996-97 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 15 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Russia. The other 3 came from Czechia, Poland and Sweden. League-wide that season, 60% of players were born in Canada, against 62% on this roster.