The Tampa Bay Lightning used 34 players in the 1996-97 season, with a 34-38-10 record. Chris Gratton led the team with 62 points (30 goals, 32 assists) in 82 games. Rick Tabaracci played the most games in goal (55).
| # | 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 | Roman Hamrlik 🇨🇿 D 22 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 0.51 | 6 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 57 | — |
| 2 | Bill Houlder 🇨🇦 D 30 | 79 | 🧊 8 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 0.32 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 3 | Drew Bannister 🇨🇦 D 22 | 64 | 🔥 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0.27 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — |
| 4 | David Shaw 🇨🇦 D 32 | 57 | 🧊 14 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0.19 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 72 | — |
| 5 | Cory Cross 🇨🇦 D 26 | 72 | 🧊 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.12 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 95 | — |
| 6 | Igor Ulanov 🇷🇺 D 27 | 59 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.14 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 108 | — |
| 7 | Rudy Poeschek 🇨🇦 D 30 | 60 | 🧊 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 120 | — |
| 8 | Jeff Norton 🇺🇸 D 31 | 13 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.38 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — |
| 9 | Jamie Huscroft 🇨🇦 D 30 | 13 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 10 | Jay Wells 🇨🇦 D 37 | 21 | 🧊 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 11 | Craig Wolanin 🇺🇸 D 29 | 15 | 🧊 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| Team totals · 11 skaters | 82 | 26 | 96 | 122 | 1.49 | 7 | 679 | 0 | 0 | 597 |
| # | 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 | Daren Puppa 🇨🇦 G 32 | 6 | 4 | 2.33 | 0.000 | 0 | 14 | 54:09 | |
| 2 | Corey Schwab 🇨🇦 G 26 | 31 | 11 | 2.39 | 0.000 | 0 | 74 | 47:10 | |
| 3 | Derek Wilkinson 🇨🇦 G 22 | 5 | 0 | 2.40 | 0.000 | 0 | 12 | 33:48 | |
| 4 | Rick Tabaracci 🇨🇦 G 28 | 55 | 22 | 2.51 | 0.000 | 0 | 138 | 54:46 |
82% of this roster was born in Canada, against 62% across the league. Canadian-born players scored 81% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 28 |
|
+20 | 462 (81%) | Gratton, Ciccarelli, Cullen, Zamuner +24 |
| Russia | 2 |
|
even | 41 (7%) | Selivanov, Ulanov |
| United States | 2 |
|
-11 | 5 (1%) | Norton, Wolanin |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
-1 | 40 (7%) | Hamrlik |
| Sweden | 1 |
|
-1 | 19 (3%) | Andersson |
Chris Gratton led the Tampa Bay Lightning in scoring in 1996-97 with 62 points — 30 goals and 32 assists in 82 games. Next came Dino Ciccarelli (60) and John Cullen (55).
Dino Ciccarelli scored 35 goals for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1996-97, 12 of them on the power play.
The Tampa Bay Lightning dressed 34 players in 1996-97: 30 skaters and 4 goalies. Together the skaters scored 217 goals.
Rick Tabaracci played the most games in goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1996-97: 55 games, 22 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.51 goals against average. Corey Schwab was the backup, in 31 games.
The average age was 27.1 years. Daymond Langkow was the youngest at 20, and Jay Wells the oldest at 37.
The Tampa Bay Lightning used 34 players in 1996-97 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 28 in Canada, 2 in Russia and 2 in the United States. The other 2 came from Czechia and Sweden. League-wide that season, 62% of players were born in Canada, against 82% on this roster.