The Montréal Canadiens used 37 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 39-32-11 record. Vincent Damphousse led the team with 81 points (27 goals, 54 assists) in 82 games. Jocelyn Thibault played the most games in goal (61).
| # | 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 | Vladimir Malakhov 🇷🇺 D 28 | 65 | 🧊 1 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0.46 | 5 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 2 | Stephane Quintal 🇨🇦 D 28 | 71 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0.31 | 1 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
| 3 | David Wilkie 🇺🇸 D 22 | 61 | 🧊 4 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.25 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 63 | — |
| 4 | Patrice Brisebois 🇨🇦 D 26 | 49 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0.31 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 5 | Peter Popovic 🇸🇪 D 29 | 78 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0.18 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 6 | Jassen Cullimore 🇨🇦 D 24 | 50 | 🧊 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.16 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 7 | Murray Baron 🇨🇦 D 29 | 60 | 🧊 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.10 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 107 | — |
| 8 | Craig Rivet 🇨🇦 D 22 | 35 | 🧊 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.11 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 54 | — |
| 9 | Dave Manson 🇨🇦 D 30 | 9 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 10 | Rory Fitzpatrick 🇺🇸 D 22 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 11 | Francois Groleau 🇨🇦 D 24 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 12 | Brad Brown 🇨🇦 D 21 | 9 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| Team totals · 12 skaters | 82 | 30 | 87 | 117 | 1.43 | 9 | 693 | 0 | 0 | 520 |
| # | 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 | Jocelyn Thibault 🇨🇦 G 22 | 61 | 28 | 2.69 | 0.000 | 0 | 164 | 55:41 | |
| 2 | Pat Jablonski 🇺🇸 G 29 | 17 | 7 | 2.94 | 0.000 | 0 | 50 | 44:20 | |
| 3 | Jose Theodore 🇨🇦 G 20 | 16 | 7 | 3.31 | 0.000 | 0 | 53 | 51:18 | |
| 4 | Tomas Vokoun 🇨🇿 G 20 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 4 | 20:00 |
73% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 70% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 27 |
|
+11 | 474 (70%) | Damphousse, Recchi, Savage, Richer +23 |
| United States | 4 |
|
-6 | 16 (2%) | Wilkie, Fitzpatrick, Brashear, Jablonski |
| Czechia | 2 |
|
+1 | 55 (8%) | Rucinsky, Vokoun |
| Russia | 2 |
|
-1 | 65 (10%) | Bure, Malakhov |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+1 | 56 (8%) | Koivu |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-1 | 14 (2%) | Popovic |
Vincent Damphousse led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 1996-97 with 81 points — 27 goals and 54 assists in 82 games. Next came Mark Recchi (80) and Brian Savage (60).
Mark Recchi scored 34 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 1996-97, 7 of them on the power play.
The Montréal Canadiens dressed 37 players in 1996-97: 33 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 249 goals.
Jocelyn Thibault played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in 1996-97: 61 games, 28 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.69 goals against average. Pat Jablonski was the backup, in 17 games.
The average age was 24.9 years. Terry Ryan was the youngest at 20, and Stephane Richer the oldest at 30.
The Montréal Canadiens used 37 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 27 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Czechia. The other 4 came from Russia, Finland and Sweden. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 73% on this roster.