The Ottawa Senators used 31 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 38-34-10 record. Alexei Yashin led the team with 75 points (35 goals, 40 assists) in 82 games. Damian Rhodes played the most games in goal (50).
| # | 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 | Steve Duchesne 🇨🇦 D 31 | 78 | 🔥 3 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 0.60 | 10 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 38 | — |
| 2 | Wade Redden 🇨🇦 D 19 | 82 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 0.37 | 2 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 3 | Jason York 🇨🇦 D 26 | 75 | 🧊 14 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0.28 | 1 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 67 | — |
| 4 | Janne Laukkanen 🇫🇮 D 27 | 76 | 🧊 5 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 0.28 | 2 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 76 | — |
| 5 | Lance Pitlick 🇺🇸 D 29 | 66 | 🧊 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.15 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 91 | — |
| 6 | Christer Olsson 🇸🇪 D 26 | 25 | 🧊 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.20 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 7 | Frantisek Musil 🇨🇿 D 32 | 57 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.09 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 58 | — |
| 8 | Philip Von Stefenelli 🇨🇦 D 27 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| 9 | Radim Bicanek 🇨🇿 D 22 | 21 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 10 | Sean Hill 🇺🇸 D 27 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 11 | Stan Neckar 🇨🇿 D 21 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Team totals · 11 skaters | 82 | 39 | 102 | 141 | 1.72 | 16 | 683 | 0 | 0 | 402 |
| # | 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 | Ron Tugnutt 🇨🇦 G 29 | 37 | 18 | 2.51 | 0.000 | 0 | 93 | 53:48 | |
| 2 | Damian Rhodes 🇺🇸 G 27 | 50 | 20 | 2.66 | 0.000 | 0 | 133 | 58:40 | |
| 3 | Mike Bales 🇨🇦 G 25 | 1 | 0 | 4.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 4 | 51:41 |
48% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on Czechia: 13% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 45% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 15 |
|
-14 | 263 (45%) | Daigle, Duchesne, Cunneyworth, Redden +11 |
| United States | 6 |
|
+2 | 73 (12%) | McEachern, Chorske, Pitlick, Zent +2 |
| Czechia | 4 |
|
+9 | 24 (4%) | Bonk, Musil, Bicanek, Neckar |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+6 | 107 (18%) | Alfredsson, Dackell, Olsson |
| Finland | 1 |
|
+1 | 21 (4%) | Laukkanen |
| Latvia | 1 |
|
+3 | 28 (5%) | Zholtok |
| Russia | 1 |
|
-3 | 75 (13%) | Yashin |
Alexei Yashin led the Ottawa Senators in scoring in 1996-97 with 75 points — 35 goals and 40 assists in 82 games. Next came Daniel Alfredsson (71) and Alexandre Daigle (51).
Alexei Yashin scored 35 goals for the Ottawa Senators in 1996-97, 10 of them on the power play.
The Ottawa Senators dressed 31 players in 1996-97: 28 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 226 goals.
Damian Rhodes played the most games in goal for the Ottawa Senators in 1996-97: 50 games, 20 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.66 goals against average. Ron Tugnutt was the backup, in 37 games.
The average age was 26.5 years. Wade Redden was the youngest at 19, and Randy Cunneyworth the oldest at 35.
The Ottawa Senators used 31 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 15 in Canada, 6 in the United States and 4 in Czechia. The other 6 came from Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Russia. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 48% on this roster.