The New Jersey Devils used 24 players in the 1996-97 playoffs, with a 5-3-2 record. John MacLean led the team with 9 points (4 goals, 5 assists) in 10 games. Martin Brodeur played the most games in goal (10).
| # | 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 | John MacLean 🇨🇦 RW 32 | 10 | 🧊 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.90 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 2 | Shawn Chambers 🇺🇸 D 30 | 10 | 🧊 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.70 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Scott Niedermayer 🇨🇦 D 23 | 10 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.60 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 4 | Brian Rolston 🇺🇸 RW 24 | 10 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.50 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 5 | Valeri Zelepukin 🇷🇺 LW 28 | 8 | 🧊 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.62 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Bobby Holik 🇨🇿 C 26 | 10 | 🧊 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.50 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 7 | Patrik Elias 🇨🇿 C 20 | 8 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.62 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 8 | Lyle Odelein 🇨🇦 D 28 | 10 | 🧊 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.40 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 9 | Scott Stevens 🇨🇦 D 33 | 10 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 10 | Doug Gilmour 🇨🇦 C 33 | 10 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 11 | Bill Guerin 🇺🇸 RW 26 | 8 | 🧊 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.38 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 12 | Bobby Carpenter 🇺🇸 C 33 | 10 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.30 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 13 | Dave Ellett 🇺🇸 D 33 | 10 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.30 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 14 | Randy Mckay 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 10 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Steve Thomas 🇬🇧 RW 33 | 10 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 16 | Kevin Dean 🇺🇸 D 28 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Jay Pandolfo 🇺🇸 LW 22 | 6 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 18 | Denis Pederson 🇨🇦 C 21 | 9 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 19 | Petr Sykora 🇨🇿 RW 20 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 20 | Dave Andreychuk 🇨🇦 LW 33 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Reid Simpson 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 22 | Ken Daneyko 🇨🇦 D 32 | 10 | 🧊 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 23 | Peter Zezel 🇨🇦 C 31 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| Team totals · 23 skaters | 10 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 6.90 | 11 | 393 | 0 | 0 | 186 |
| # | 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 | Martin Brodeur 🇨🇦 G 24 | 10 | 5 | 1.90 | 0.000 | 0 | 19 | 65:52 |
50% of this roster was born in Canada, against 60% across the league. The team leans on United States: 29% of its players, against 18% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 42% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 12 |
|
-10 | 29 (42%) | MacLean, Niedermayer, Stevens, Odelein +8 |
| United States | 7 |
|
+11 | 23 (33%) | Chambers, Rolston, Carpenter, Guerin +3 |
| Czechia | 3 |
|
+7 | 10 (14%) | Holik, Elias, Sykora |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
|
+3 | 2 (3%) | Thomas |
| Russia | 1 |
|
-2 | 5 (7%) | Zelepukin |
John MacLean led the New Jersey Devils in scoring in the 1996-97 playoffs with 9 points — 4 goals and 5 assists in 10 games. Next came Shawn Chambers (7) and Scott Niedermayer (6).
Brian Rolston scored 4 goals for the New Jersey Devils in the 1996-97 playoffs, 1 of them on the power play.
The New Jersey Devils dressed 24 players in the 1996-97 playoffs: 23 skaters and 1 goalies. Together the skaters scored 26 goals.
Martin Brodeur played the most games in goal for the New Jersey Devils in the 1996-97 playoffs: 10 games, 5 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 1.90 goals against average.
The average age was 27.9 years. Petr Sykora was the youngest at 20, and Bobby Carpenter the oldest at 33.
The New Jersey Devils used 24 players in the 1996-97 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 12 in Canada, 7 in the United States and 3 in Czechia. The other 2 came from United Kingdom and Russia. League-wide that season, 60% of players were born in Canada, against 50% on this roster.