The New York Rangers used 25 players in the 1996-97 playoffs, with a 9-6-0 record. Wayne Gretzky led the team with 20 points (10 goals, 10 assists) in 15 games. Mike Richter played the most games in goal (15).
| # | 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 | 15 | 🔥 9 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 1.33 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 2 | Esa Tikkanen 🇫🇮 LW 32 | 15 | 🔥 4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0.80 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 3 | Mark Messier 🇨🇦 C 36 | 15 | 🔥 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.80 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 4 | Luc Robitaille 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 15 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.73 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 5 | Brian Leetch 🇺🇸 D 29 | 15 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.67 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 6 | Russ Courtnall 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 15 | 🧊 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.47 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Doug Lidster 🇨🇦 D 36 | 15 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 8 | Niklas Sundstrom 🇸🇪 RW 21 | 9 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.56 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 9 | Alexander Karpovtsev 🇷🇺 D 26 | 13 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.31 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 10 | Adam Graves 🇨🇦 LW 28 | 15 | 🧊 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.20 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 11 | Mike Eastwood 🇨🇦 C 29 | 15 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 12 | Ulf Samuelsson 🇸🇪 D 33 | 15 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 13 | Jeff Beukeboom 🇨🇦 D 32 | 15 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 14 | Bruce Driver 🇨🇦 D 34 | 15 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 15 | Patrick Flatley 🇨🇦 RW 33 | 11 | 🧊 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 16 | David Oliver 🇨🇦 RW 25 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Bill Berg 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 18 | Ken Gernander 🇺🇸 RW 27 | 10 | 🧊 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 19 | Darren Langdon 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 14 | 🧊 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 20 | Shane Churla 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 15 | 🧊 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 21 | Christian Dube 🇨🇦 C 19 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 22 | Dallas Eakins 🇺🇸 D 30 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 23 | Eric Cairns 🇨🇦 D 22 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 24 | Peter Ferraro 🇺🇸 RW 24 | 2 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 24 skaters | 15 | 36 | 61 | 97 | 6.47 | 10 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 216 |
| # | 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 | Mike Richter 🇺🇸 G 30 | 15 | 9 | 2.20 | 0.000 | 0 | 33 | 62:34 |
64% of this roster was born in Canada, against 60% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 8% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 66% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 16 |
|
+4 | 64 (66%) | Gretzky, Messier, Robitaille, Courtnall +12 |
| United States | 5 |
|
+2 | 10 (10%) | Leetch, Gernander, Eakins, Ferraro +1 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+4 | 7 (7%) | Sundstrom, Samuelsson |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+2 | 12 (12%) | Tikkanen |
| Russia | 1 |
|
-2 | 4 (4%) | Karpovtsev |
Wayne Gretzky led the New York Rangers in scoring in the 1996-97 playoffs with 20 points — 10 goals and 10 assists in 15 games. Next came Esa Tikkanen (12) and Mark Messier (12).
Wayne Gretzky scored 10 goals for the New York Rangers in the 1996-97 playoffs, 3 of them on the power play.
The New York Rangers dressed 25 players in the 1996-97 playoffs: 24 skaters and 1 goalies. Together the skaters scored 36 goals.
Mike Richter played the most games in goal for the New York Rangers in the 1996-97 playoffs: 15 games, 9 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.20 goals against average.
The average age was 29.2 years. Christian Dube was the youngest at 19, and Mark Messier the oldest at 36.
The New York Rangers used 25 players in the 1996-97 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 16 in Canada, 5 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 2 came from Finland and Russia. League-wide that season, 60% of players were born in Canada, against 64% on this roster.