The New York Rangers used 36 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 42-34-6 record. Wayne Gretzky led the team with 97 points (25 goals, 72 assists) in 82 games. Mike Richter 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 | Wayne Gretzky 🇨🇦 C 36 | 82 | 🧊 1 | 25 | 72 | 97 | 1.18 | 6 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 2 | Mark Messier 🇨🇦 C 36 | 71 | 🔥 1 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 1.18 | 7 | 227 | 0 | 0 | 88 | — |
| 3 | Adam Graves 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 82 | 🔥 3 | 33 | 28 | 61 | 0.74 | 10 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 66 | — |
| 4 | Niklas Sundstrom 🇸🇪 RW 21 | 82 | 🧊 1 | 24 | 28 | 52 | 0.63 | 5 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 5 | Luc Robitaille 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 69 | 🧊 1 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 0.70 | 5 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 48 | — |
| 6 | Alex Kovalev 🇷🇺 RW 24 | 45 | 🔥 1 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 0.78 | 1 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — |
| 7 | Patrick Flatley 🇨🇦 RW 33 | 68 | 🧊 1 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0.32 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 8 | Sergei Nemchinov 🇷🇺 LW 33 | 63 | 🔥 2 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 0.30 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 9 | Brian Noonan 🇺🇸 RW 31 | 44 | 🔥 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.34 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 10 | Bill Berg 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 67 | 🔥 1 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0.21 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 11 | Daniel Goneau 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 43 | 🧊 12 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0.30 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 12 | Vladimir Vorobiev 🇷🇺 RW 24 | 16 | 🧊 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.62 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 13 | Darren Langdon 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 61 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.15 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 195 | — |
| 14 | Mike Eastwood 🇨🇦 C 29 | 27 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 15 | Russ Courtnall 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.50 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 16 | David Oliver 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 14 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 17 | Esa Tikkanen 🇫🇮 LW 32 | 14 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.21 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 18 | Christian Dube 🇨🇦 C 19 | 29 | 🧊 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.07 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 19 | Chris Ferraro 🇺🇸 C 24 | 12 | 🧊 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 20 | Ryan Vandenbussche 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 11 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 21 | Shane Churla 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 45 | 🧊 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 106 | — |
| 22 | Sergio Momesso 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 9 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 23 | Peter Ferraro 🇺🇸 RW 24 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Sylvain Blouin 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 8 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 25 | Jeff Nielsen 🇺🇸 RW 25 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 25 skaters | 82 | 212 | 294 | 506 | 6.17 | 45 | 1831 | 0 | 0 | 805 |
| # | 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 | Glenn Healy 🇨🇦 G 34 | 23 | 7 | 2.57 | 0.000 | 0 | 59 | 59:01 | |
| 2 | Mike Richter 🇺🇸 G 30 | 61 | 35 | 2.64 | 0.000 | 0 | 161 | 58:58 |
61% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on Russia: 11% of its players, against 6% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 61% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 22 |
|
-1 | 421 (61%) | Gretzky, Messier, Graves, Robitaille +18 |
| United States | 7 |
|
+2 | 95 (14%) | Leetch, Noonan, Ferraro, Ferraro +3 |
| Russia | 4 |
|
+5 | 102 (15%) | Karpovtsev, Kovalev, Nemchinov, Vorobiev |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+2 | 69 (10%) | Sundstrom, Samuelsson |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+1 | 3 (0%) | Tikkanen |
Wayne Gretzky led the New York Rangers in scoring in 1996-97 with 97 points — 25 goals and 72 assists in 82 games. Next came Mark Messier (84) and Brian Leetch (78).
Mark Messier scored 36 goals for the New York Rangers in 1996-97, 7 of them on the power play.
The New York Rangers dressed 36 players in 1996-97: 34 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 258 goals.
Mike Richter played the most games in goal for the New York Rangers in 1996-97: 61 games, 35 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.64 goals against average. Glenn Healy was the backup, in 23 games.
The average age was 28.4 years. Christian Dube was the youngest at 19, and Mark Messier the oldest at 36.
The New York Rangers used 36 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 22 in Canada, 7 in the United States and 4 in Russia. The other 3 came from Sweden and Finland. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 61% on this roster.