The Pittsburgh Penguins used 42 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 41-32-9 record. Mario Lemieux led the team with 122 points (50 goals, 72 assists) in 76 games. Ken Wregget played the most games in goal (46).
| # | 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 | Mario Lemieux 🇨🇦 C 31 | 76 | 🔥 9 | 50 | 72 | 122 | 1.61 | 15 | 327 | 0 | 0 | 65 | — |
| 2 | Jaromir Jagr 🇨🇿 RW 25 | 63 | 🧊 2 | 47 | 48 | 95 | 1.51 | 11 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 40 | — |
| 3 | Ron Francis 🇨🇦 C 34 | 81 | 🔥 1 | 27 | 63 | 90 | 1.11 | 10 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 4 | Petr Nedved 🇨🇿 C 25 | 74 | 🧊 1 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 0.96 | 12 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 66 | — |
| 5 | Kevin Hatcher 🇺🇸 D 30 | 80 | 🧊 2 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 0.68 | 9 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 103 | — |
| 6 | Stu Barnes 🇨🇦 C 26 | 62 | 🧊 3 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 0.63 | 4 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 7 | Jason Woolley 🇨🇦 D 27 | 57 | 🧊 2 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 0.63 | 2 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 8 | Fredrik Olausson 🇸🇪 D 30 | 51 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 0.53 | 2 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 9 | Tomas Sandstrom 🇫🇮 RW 32 | 40 | 🔥 1 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 0.60 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 10 | Glen Murray 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 66 | 🔥 3 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0.33 | 3 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 11 | Joe Mullen 🇺🇸 RW 40 | 54 | 🧊 3 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0.41 | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 12 | Alex Hicks 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 55 | 🧊 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0.36 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 76 | — |
| 13 | Joe Dziedzic 🇺🇸 LW 25 | 59 | 🧊 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0.31 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 63 | — |
| 14 | Darius Kasparaitis 🇱🇹 D 24 | 57 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 0.32 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 84 | — |
| 15 | J.J. Daigneault 🇨🇦 D 31 | 53 | 🔥 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0.32 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 16 | Greg Johnson 🇨🇦 C 26 | 32 | 🧊 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0.50 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 17 | Eddie Olczyk 🇺🇸 RW 30 | 12 | 🔥 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.92 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 18 | Dave Roche 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 61 | 🧊 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.16 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 155 | — |
| 19 | Ian Moran 🇺🇸 D 24 | 36 | 🧊 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.25 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 20 | Andreas Johansson 🇸🇪 LW 23 | 27 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.33 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 21 | Garry Valk 🇨🇦 LW 29 | 17 | 🧊 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.41 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — |
| 22 | Chris Tamer 🇺🇸 D 26 | 45 | 🧊 14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.13 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 131 | — |
| 23 | Dmitri Mironov 🇷🇺 D 31 | 15 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.40 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — |
| 24 | Alek Stojanov 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 35 | 🧊 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 79 | — |
| 25 | Josef Beranek 🇨🇿 LW 27 | 8 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.50 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 26 | Tyler Wright 🇨🇦 C 23 | 45 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.09 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 70 | — |
| 27 | Jeffrey Christian 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 11 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.36 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 28 | Petr Klima 🇨🇿 RW 32 | 9 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.44 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 29 | Craig Muni 🇨🇦 D 34 | 64 | 🧊 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.06 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 30 | Dan Quinn 🇨🇦 C 31 | 16 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 31 | Francois Leroux 🇨🇦 D 26 | 59 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.05 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 81 | — |
| 32 | Shawn Antoski 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 13 | 🧊 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | — |
| 33 | Stefan Bergqvist 🇸🇪 D 22 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| 34 | Ed Patterson 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 35 | Domenic Pittis 🇨🇦 C 22 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 36 | Neil Wilkinson 🇨🇦 D 29 | 23 | 🧊 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 36 | — |
| 37 | Roman Oksiuta 🇷🇺 RW 26 | 7 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 38 | Richard Park 🇰🇷 RW 20 | 1 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 38 skaters | 82 | 285 | 495 | 780 | 9.51 | 74 | 2414 | 0 | 0 | 1480 |
| # | 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 | Ken Wregget 🇨🇦 G 33 | 46 | 21 | 2.96 | 0.000 | 0 | 136 | 54:39 | |
| 2 | Patrick Lalime 🇨🇦 G 22 | 39 | 23 | 2.59 | 0.000 | 0 | 101 | 52:45 | |
| 3 | Tom Barrasso 🇺🇸 G 32 | 5 | 0 | 5.20 | 0.000 | 0 | 26 | 53:55 | |
| 4 | Philippe De Rouville 🇨🇦 G 22 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 6 | 55:34 |
55% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. The team leans on Czechia: 10% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 52% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 23 |
|
-7 | 402 (52%) | Lemieux, Francis, Barnes, Woolley +19 |
| United States | 7 |
|
even | 120 (15%) | Hatcher, Mullen, Dziedzic, Olczyk +3 |
| Czechia | 4 |
|
+6 | 174 (22%) | Jagr, Nedved, Klima, Beranek |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+3 | 36 (5%) | Olausson, Johansson, Bergqvist |
| Russia | 2 |
|
-1 | 6 (1%) | Mironov, Oksiuta |
| Finland | 1 |
|
even | 24 (3%) | Sandstrom |
| South Korea | 1 |
|
+2 | 0 | Park |
| Lithuania | 1 |
|
+2 | 18 (2%) | Kasparaitis |
Mario Lemieux led the Pittsburgh Penguins in scoring in 1996-97 with 122 points — 50 goals and 72 assists in 76 games. Next came Jaromir Jagr (95) and Ron Francis (90).
Mario Lemieux scored 50 goals for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1996-97, 15 of them on the power play.
The Pittsburgh Penguins dressed 42 players in 1996-97: 38 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 285 goals.
Ken Wregget played the most games in goal for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1996-97: 46 games, 21 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.96 goals against average. Patrick Lalime was the backup, in 39 games.
The average age was 27.2 years. Richard Park was the youngest at 20, and Joe Mullen the oldest at 40.
The Pittsburgh Penguins used 42 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 23 in Canada, 7 in the United States and 4 in Czechia. The other 8 came from Sweden, Russia, Finland, South Korea and Lithuania. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 55% on this roster.