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38-26-18 (94 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Central Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
1996-97 Stanley Cup Champions
Scored 253 goals, Allowed 197 goals, SRS: 0.66 (3rd of 26)
Coached by Scotty Bowman (38-26-18)
Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-0) versus Philadelphia Flyers
Won Conference Finals (4-2) versus Colorado Avalanche
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-0) versus Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) versus St. Louis Blues
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| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 94 | .573 | 253 | 197 | 0.66 | 5.49 | 66 | 368 | 17.93 | 46 | 346 | 86.71 | 10 | 8 |
| League Average | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 82 | .500 | 239 | 239 | 0.00 | 5.83 | 55 | 336 | 16.27 | 55 | 336 | 83.73 | 10 | 10 |
Click on the Player for career statistics and accomplishments.
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 6-3 | 220 | 28 | 79 | 46 | 41 | 87 | 31 | 131 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 323 | 14.2 | 126 | 49 | 52 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Steve Yzerman | C | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | 81 | 22 | 63 | 85 | 22 | 78 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 232 | 9.5 | 123 | 49 | 72 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 6-2 | 207 | 27 | 74 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 29 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 273 | 11.0 | 94 | 26 | 51 | 12 | ||
| 4 | Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | 79 | 15 | 42 | 57 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 214 | 7.0 | 117 | 48 | 87 | 29 | ||
| 5 | Igor Larionov | C | 5-9 | 170 | 36 | 64 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 95 | 12.6 | 100 | 37 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Darren McCarty | RW | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | 68 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 14 | 126 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 171 | 11.1 | 77 | 26 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | 75 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 21 | 46 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 211 | 10.9 | 67 | 11 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Vladimir Konstantinov | D | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | 77 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 38 | 151 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 3.5 | 92 | 15 | 59 | 20 | ||
| 9 | Martin Lapointe | RW | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | 78 | 16 | 17 | 33 | -14 | 167 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 149 | 10.7 | 52 | 17 | 53 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Viacheslav Fetisov | D | 6-1 | 220 | 38 | 64 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 26 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 5.3 | 71 | 11 | 37 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Tomas Sandstrom | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 32 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 13.6 | 32 | 10 | 26 | 6 | ||
| 12 | Greg Johnson | C | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | 43 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 10.7 | 19 | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Kris Draper | C | 5-10 | 188 | 25 | 76 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 9.4 | 17 | 1 | 38 | 11 | ||
| 14 | Doug Brown | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 32 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 8.7 | 17 | 2 | 26 | 8 | ||
| 15 | Bob Rouse | D | 6-2 | 215 | 32 | 70 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 5.7 | 44 | 0 | 49 | 13 | ||
| 16 | Mathieu Dandenault | D | 6-0 | 208 | 20 | 65 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3.7 | 31 | 2 | 41 | 2 | ||
| 17 | Jamie Pushor | D | 6-3 | 218 | 23 | 75 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 129 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 6.3 | 46 | 1 | 56 | 12 | ||
| 18 | Tomas Holmstrom | LW | 6-0 | 203 | 24 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 11.3 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Kirk Maltby | RW | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 4.8 | 18 | 2 | 21 | 8 | ||
| 20 | Tim Taylor | C | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 | 17 | 3 | 26 | 6 | ||
| 21 | Aaron Ward | D | 6-2 | 209 | 24 | 49 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -9 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 5.0 | 21 | 2 | 32 | 4 | ||
| 22 | Larry Murphy | D | 6-2 | 210 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9.5 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 23 | Anders Eriksson | D | 6-3 | 224 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 24 | Joe Kocur | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 32 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 5.3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Bob Errey | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 32 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 8 | ||
| 26 | Chris Osgood | G | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 27 | Mike Knuble | RW | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Kevin Hodson | G | 6-0 | 182 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 29 | Stu Grimson | LW | 6-4 | 240 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 30 | Mark Major | LW | 6-3 | 223 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 31 | Mike Ramsey | D | 6-3 | 195 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 32 | Mike Vernon | G | 5-9 | 180 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Team Total | 82 | 253 | 435 | 688 | 164 | 1570 | 177 | 66 | 10 | 38 | 2726 | 9.3 | 1247 | 329 | 931 | 177 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Osgood | G | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | 47 | 2769 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 106 | 2.30 | 1175 | 1069 | .910 | 6 |
| 2 | Mike Vernon | G | 5-9 | 180 | 33 | 33 | 1952 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 79 | 2.43 | 782 | 703 | .899 | 0 |
| 3 | Kevin Hodson | G | 6-0 | 182 | 24 | 6 | 294 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1.63 | 114 | 106 | .930 | 1 |
| Team Total | 82 | 5015 | 38 | 26 | 18 | 193 | 2.31 | 2071 | 1878 | .907 | 7 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergei Fedorov | C | 6-2 | 207 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 79 | 10.1 | ||
| 2 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 6-3 | 220 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 11.0 | ||
| 3 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 13.8 | ||
| 4 | Steve Yzerman | C | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 10.8 | ||
| 5 | Martin Lapointe | RW | 5-11 | 215 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 13.8 | ||
| 6 | Igor Larionov | C | 5-9 | 170 | 36 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 13.8 | ||
| 7 | Larry Murphy | D | 6-2 | 210 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 3.9 | ||
| 8 | Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 6-1 | 189 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 2.5 | ||
| 9 | Kirk Maltby | RW | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 14.3 | ||
| 10 | Darren McCarty | RW | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 8.8 | ||
| 11 | Doug Brown | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 | ||
| 12 | Kris Draper | C | 5-10 | 188 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 | ||
| 13 | Joe Kocur | RW | 6-0 | 205 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | ||
| 14 | Viacheslav Fetisov | D | 6-1 | 220 | 38 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Vladimir Konstantinov | D | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Tomas Sandstrom | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 32 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Jamie Pushor | D | 6-3 | 218 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Mike Vernon | G | 5-9 | 180 | 33 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Tomas Holmstrom | LW | 6-0 | 203 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Chris Osgood | G | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Bob Rouse | D | 6-2 | 215 | 32 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Tim Taylor | C | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | Aaron Ward | D | 6-2 | 209 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 20 | 58 | 92 | 150 | 88 | 431 | 39 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 725 | 8.0 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Vernon | G | 5-9 | 180 | 33 | 20 | 1229 | 16 | 4 | 36 | 1.76 | 494 | 458 | .927 | 1 | |
| 2 | Chris Osgood | G | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.55 | 21 | 19 | .905 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 20 | 1276 | 16 | 4 | 38 | 1.79 | 515 | 477 | .926 | 1 |