The New York Islanders used 39 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 37-39-6 record. Ziggy Palffy led the team with 90 points (48 goals, 42 assists) in 80 games. Tommy Salo played the most games in goal (58).
| # | 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 | Ziggy Palffy 🇸🇰 RW 24 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 48 | 42 | 90 | 1.12 | 6 | 292 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| 2 | Travis Green 🇨🇦 C 26 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 23 | 41 | 64 | 0.81 | 10 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 3 | Bryan Smolinski 🇺🇸 C 25 | 64 | 🔥 2 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 0.88 | 9 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — |
| 4 | Derek King 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 70 | 🧊 1 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 0.76 | 5 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 5 | Bryan Berard 🇺🇸 D 20 | 82 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 0.59 | 3 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 86 | — |
| 6 | Niklas Andersson 🇸🇪 LW 25 | 74 | 🧊 1 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 0.58 | 1 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 57 | — |
| 7 | Marty Mcinnis 🇺🇸 LW 26 | 70 | 🧊 1 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 0.60 | 4 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 8 | Bryan McCabe 🇨🇦 D 21 | 82 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 0.34 | 2 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 165 | — |
| 9 | Todd Bertuzzi 🇨🇦 RW 22 | 64 | 🧊 3 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0.36 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 68 | — |
| 10 | Kenny Jonsson 🇸🇪 D 22 | 81 | 🧊 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 0.26 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 11 | Robert Reichel 🇨🇿 C 25 | 12 | 🔥 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1.58 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 12 | Claude Lapointe 🇨🇦 C 28 | 73 | 🧊 1 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 0.25 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 49 | — |
| 13 | Scott Lachance 🇺🇸 D 24 | 81 | 🧊 7 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.17 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 47 | — |
| 14 | Derek Armstrong 🇨🇦 C 23 | 50 | 🧊 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.26 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 15 | Dan Plante 🇺🇸 RW 25 | 67 | 🔥 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.19 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 75 | — |
| 16 | Randy Wood 🇺🇸 RW 33 | 65 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.17 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 61 | — |
| 17 | Brent Hughes 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 51 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.20 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 57 | — |
| 18 | Doug Houda 🇨🇦 D 30 | 70 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.14 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 99 | — |
| 19 | Paul Kruse 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 48 | 🧊 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.12 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 111 | — |
| 20 | Rich Pilon 🇨🇦 D 28 | 52 | 🧊 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 179 | — |
| 21 | Steve Webb 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 41 | 🧊 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.12 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 144 | — |
| 22 | Darius Kasparaitis 🇱🇹 D 24 | 18 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.28 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 23 | Andreas Johansson 🇸🇪 LW 23 | 15 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.27 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Dennis Vaske 🇺🇸 D 29 | 17 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 25 | Dave Mcllwain 🇨🇦 C 29 | 4 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 26 | Ken Belanger 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 18 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 102 | — |
| 27 | Mick Vukota 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 17 | 🧊 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71 | — |
| 28 | Jason Holland 🇨🇦 D 20 | 4 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 29 | Mike Donnelly 🇺🇸 LW 33 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 30 | Dave Archibald 🇨🇦 C 27 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 31 | Jim Dowd 🇺🇸 C 28 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 32 | Jarrett Deuling 🇨🇦 LW 23 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 33 | Corey Foster 🇨🇦 D 27 | 7 | 🧊 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 34 | Chris Taylor 🇨🇦 C 25 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 35 | Andrei Vasilyev 🇷🇺 LW 25 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 36 | Nick Vachon 🇨🇦 C 24 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 36 skaters | 82 | 240 | 371 | 611 | 7.45 | 48 | 2188 | 0 | 0 | 1616 |
| # | 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 | Eric Fichaud 🇨🇦 G 21 | 34 | 13 | 2.68 | 0.000 | 0 | 91 | 51:44 | |
| 2 | Tommy Salo 🇸🇪 G 26 | 58 | 25 | 2.60 | 0.000 | 0 | 151 | 55:18 | |
| 3 | Tommy Soderstrom 🇸🇪 G 27 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0:26 |
54% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 13% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 39% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 21 |
|
-8 | 241 (39%) | Green, King, McCabe, Bertuzzi +17 |
| United States | 9 |
|
+6 | 188 (31%) | Smolinski, Berard, Mcinnis, Lachance +5 |
| Sweden | 5 |
|
+9 | 68 (11%) | Andersson, Jonsson, Johansson, Salo +1 |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-1 | 19 (3%) | Reichel |
| Lithuania | 1 |
|
+3 | 5 (1%) | Kasparaitis |
| Russia | 1 |
|
-3 | 0 | Vasilyev |
| Slovakia | 1 |
|
+2 | 90 (15%) | Palffy |
Ziggy Palffy led the New York Islanders in scoring in 1996-97 with 90 points — 48 goals and 42 assists in 80 games. Next came Travis Green (64) and Bryan Smolinski (56).
Ziggy Palffy scored 48 goals for the New York Islanders in 1996-97, 6 of them on the power play.
The New York Islanders dressed 39 players in 1996-97: 36 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 240 goals.
Tommy Salo played the most games in goal for the New York Islanders in 1996-97: 58 games, 25 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.60 goals against average. Eric Fichaud was the backup, in 34 games.
The average age was 25.6 years. Jason Holland was the youngest at 20, and Mike Donnelly the oldest at 33.
The New York Islanders used 39 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 21 in Canada, 9 in the United States and 5 in Sweden. The other 4 came from Czechia, Lithuania, Russia and Slovakia. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 54% on this roster.