The Montréal Canadiens used 23 players in the 1996-97 playoffs, with a 1-4-0 record. Mark Recchi led the team with 6 points (4 goals, 2 assists) in 5 games. Jocelyn Thibault played the most games in goal (3).
| # | 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 | Mark Recchi 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 5 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1.20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 2 | Saku Koivu 🇫🇮 C 22 | 5 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.80 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 3 | Benoit Brunet 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 4 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Brian Savage 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Turner Stevenson 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 5 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Patrice Brisebois 🇨🇦 D 26 | 3 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 7 | Scott Thornton 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 8 | Shayne Corson 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 5 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 9 | Stephane Quintal 🇨🇦 D 28 | 5 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 10 | Valeri Bure 🇷🇺 RW 22 | 5 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 11 | Craig Rivet 🇨🇦 D 22 | 5 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 12 | Peter Popovic 🇸🇪 D 29 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 13 | Dave Manson 🇨🇦 D 30 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — |
| 14 | Vladimir Malakhov 🇷🇺 D 28 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 15 | Jassen Cullimore 🇨🇦 D 24 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 16 | Vincent Damphousse 🇨🇦 C 29 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 17 | Martin Rucinsky 🇨🇿 LW 26 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 18 | Darcy Tucker 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Stephane Richer 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 20 | David Wilkie 🇺🇸 D 22 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 21 | Eric Houde 🇨🇦 C 20 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 21 skaters | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 5.00 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| # | 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 | Jose Theodore 🇨🇦 G 20 | 2 | 1 | 3.50 | 0.000 | 0 | 7 | 83:48 | |
| 2 | Jocelyn Thibault 🇨🇦 G 22 | 3 | 0 | 4.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 13 | 59:40 |
74% of this roster was born in Canada, against 60% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 80% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 17 |
|
+14 | 20 (80%) | Recchi, Brunet, Savage, Stevenson +13 |
| Russia | 2 |
|
+3 | 1 (4%) | Bure, Malakhov |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-1 | 0 | Rucinsky |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+2 | 4 (16%) | Koivu |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
even | 0 | Popovic |
| United States | 1 |
|
-14 | 0 | Wilkie |
Mark Recchi led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in the 1996-97 playoffs with 6 points — 4 goals and 2 assists in 5 games. Next came Saku Koivu (4) and Benoit Brunet (4).
Mark Recchi scored 4 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in the 1996-97 playoffs, 0 of them on the power play.
The Montréal Canadiens dressed 23 players in the 1996-97 playoffs: 21 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 11 goals.
Jocelyn Thibault played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in the 1996-97 playoffs: 3 games, 0 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 4.33 goals against average. Jose Theodore was the backup, in 2 games.
The average age was 25.4 years. Eric Houde was the youngest at 20, and Dave Manson the oldest at 30.
The Montréal Canadiens used 23 players in the 1996-97 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 17 in Canada, 2 in Russia and 1 in Czechia. The other 3 came from Finland, Sweden and United States. League-wide that season, 60% of players were born in Canada, against 74% on this roster.