1996-97 New Jersey Devils Roster and Statistics

Record: 45-23-14 (104 points), Finished 1st in NHL Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)

Primary Arena: Continental Airlines Arena

Goals For: 231 (16th of 26), Goals Against: 182 (1st of 26)
SRS: 0.57 (5th of 26), SOS: -0.03 (23rd of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) to New York Rangers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Montreal Canadiens

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +1200

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
New Jersey Devils	82	45	23	14	104	.634	231	182	0.57	-0.03	2.82	2.22	40	288	13.89	28	235	88.09	4	9	2593	8.9	2160	.916		13
League Average	82	35	35	11	82	.500	239	239					55	336	16.27	55	336	83.73	10	10	2444	9.8	2444	.902		5

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
New Jersey Devils
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
23	Dave Andreychuk	ca CA	LW	33	6-4	220	R/-	14	September 29, 1963
30	Martin Brodeur	ca CA	G	24	6-2	220	-/L	4	May 6, 1972
9	Neal Broten	us US	C	37	5-9	175	L/-	16	November 29, 1959
18	Sergei Brylin	su SU	C	23	5-10	190	L/-	2	January 13, 1974
19	Bobby Carpenter	us US	LW	33	6-0	200	L/-	15	July 13, 1963
29	Shawn Chambers	us US	D	30	6-2	210	L/-	9	October 11, 1966
3	Ken Daneyko	ca CA	D	32	6-1	215	L/-	13	April 17, 1964
28	Kevin Dean	us US	D	27	6-3	210	L/-	2	April 1, 1969
1	Mike Dunham	us US	G	24	6-3	200	-/L	R	June 1, 1972
22-26	Patrik Eliáš	cs CS	RW	20	6-1	190	L/-	1	April 13, 1976
2	Dave Ellett	us US	D	32	6-2	205	L/-	12	March 30, 1964
93	Doug Gilmour	ca CA	C	33	5-11	177	L/-	13	June 25, 1963
12	Bill Guerin	us US	RW	26	6-2	220	R/-	5	November 9, 1970
16	Bobby Holík	cs CS	C	26	6-4	230	R/-	6	January 1, 1971
15	John MacLean	ca CA	RW	32	6-0	200	R/-	12	November 20, 1964
21	Randy McKay	ca CA	RW	30	6-2	210	R/-	8	January 25, 1967
27	Scott Niedermayer	ca CA	D	23	6-1	194	L/-	5	August 31, 1973
24	Lyle Odelein	ca CA	D	28	6-0	210	R/-	7	July 21, 1968
26	Krzysztof Oliwa	pl PL	LW	23	6-5	245	L/-	R	April 12, 1973
20	Jay Pandolfo	us US	LW	22	6-1	190	L/-	R	December 27, 1974
10	Denis Pederson	ca CA	C	21	6-2	205	R/-	1	September 10, 1975
8	Mike Peluso	us US	RW	31	6-4	225	L/-	7	November 8, 1965
5	Ricard Persson	se SE	D	27	6-1	201	L/-	1	August 24, 1969
35	Jeff Reese	ca CA	G	30	5-9	180	-/L	9	March 24, 1966
8	Pascal Rhéaume	ca CA	C	23	6-1	210	L/-	R	June 21, 1973
14	Brian Rolston	us US	LW	23	6-2	215	L/-	2	February 21, 1973
9	Vadim Sharifijanov	su SU	RW	21	6-0	205	L/-	R	December 23, 1975
33	Reid Simpson	ca CA	LW	27	6-2	216	L/-	4	May 21, 1969
26	Jason Smith	ca CA	D	23	6-3	220	R/-	3	November 2, 1973
4	Scott Stevens (C)	ca CA	D	32	6-2	215	L/-	14	April 1, 1964
11	Steve Sullivan	ca CA	C	22	5-9	165	R/-	1	July 6, 1974
17	Petr Sýkora	cs CS	C	20	6-0	190	L/-	1	November 19, 1976
32	Steve Thomas	gb GB	RW	33	5-10	185	L/-	12	July 15, 1963
25	Valeri Zelepukin	su SU	LW	28	6-1	200	L/-	5	September 17, 1968
22	Peter Zezel	ca CA	C	31	5-11	220	L/-	12	April 22, 1965

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Bobby Holík	26	C	82	23	39	62	24	54	18	5	0	6	31	8	0	192	12.0			4.7	2.1	6.7
2	Dave Andreychuk*	33	LW	82	27	34	61	38	48	22	4	1	2	29	5	0	233	11.6			5.0	2.5	7.5
3	John MacLean	32	RW	80	29	25	54	11	49	24	5	0	6	22	3	0	254	11.4			4.6	1.6	6.2
4	Bill Guerin	26	RW	82	29	18	47	-2	95	22	7	0	9	14	4	0	177	16.4			3.9	1.1	5.0
5	Brian Rolston	23	LW	81	18	27	45	6	20	14	2	2	3	20	7	0	237	7.6			2.7	1.4	4.1
6	Valeri Zelepukin	28	LW	71	14	24	38	-10	36	11	3	0	2	21	3	0	111	12.6			2.1	0.7	2.8
7	Scott Niedermayer*	23	D	81	5	30	35	-4	64	2	3	0	3	15	15	0	159	3.1			2.1	4.8	6.9
8	Steve Thomas	33	RW	57	15	19	34	9	46	14	1	0	2	17	2	0	124	12.1			2.3	1.2	3.5
9	Denis Pederson	21	C	70	12	20	32	7	62	9	3	0	3	19	1	0	106	11.3			1.4	1.3	2.6
10	Randy McKay	30	RW	77	9	18	27	15	109	9	0	0	2	16	2	0	92	9.8			0.3	1.7	2.0
11	Scott Stevens*	32	D	79	5	19	24	26	70	5	0	0	1	13	6	0	166	3.0			1.1	6.8	7.9
12	Steve Sullivan	22	C	33	8	14	22	9	14	6	2	0	2	11	3	0	63	12.7			1.5	0.8	2.3
13	Doug Gilmour*	33	C	20	7	15	22	7	22	5	2	0	0	12	3	0	40	17.5			1.9	0.5	2.5
14	Shawn Chambers	30	D	73	4	17	21	17	19	3	1	0	0	11	5	1	114	3.5			0.9	5.8	6.6
15	Bobby Carpenter	33	LW	62	4	15	19	6	14	3	0	1	0	15	0	0	76	5.3			-0.3	1.1	0.9
16	Lyle Odelein	28	D	79	3	13	16	16	110	2	1	0	2	9	4	0	93	3.2			0.2	6.1	6.3
17	Jay Pandolfo	22	LW	46	6	8	14	-1	6	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	61	9.8			0.1	0.6	0.7
18	Ken Daneyko	32	D	77	2	7	9	24	70	2	0	0	0	6	0	1	63	3.2			-0.5	6.5	6.0
19	Dave Ellett	32	D	20	2	5	7	2	6	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	22	9.1			0.4	1.4	1.8
20	Kevin Dean	27	D	28	2	4	6	2	6	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	21	9.5			0.2	1.9	2.1
21	Patrik Eliáš	20	RW	17	2	3	5	-4	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	23	8.7			0.0	0.1	0.1
22	Sergei Brylin	23	C	29	2	2	4	-13	20	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	34	5.9			-0.6	0.0	-0.6
23	Martin Brodeur*	24	G	67	0	4	4	0	8	0	0	0	0				0		3838	57:17	0.0	0.0	12.4
24	Reid Simpson	27	LW	27	0	4	4	0	60	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	17	0.0			-0.7	0.4	-0.3
25	Jason Smith	23	D	57	1	2	3	-8	38	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	48	2.1			-0.8	3.0	2.3
26	Petr Sýkora	20	C	19	1	2	3	-8	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	26	3.8			-0.4	0.0	-0.4
27	Peter Zezel	31	C	18	0	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	0.0			-0.4	0.4	0.0
28	Mike Peluso	31	RW	20	0	2	2	0	68	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	0.0			-0.6	0.3	-0.3
29	Pascal Rhéaume	23	C	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0			0.1	0.1	0.2
30	Neal Broten	37	C	3	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0
31	Mike Dunham	24	G	26	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				0		1013	38:57	0.0	0.0	2.5
32	Krzysztof Oliwa	23	LW	1	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	-0.1
33	Ricard Persson	27	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.0
34	Jeff Reese	30	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		139	46:15	0.0	0.0	-0.3
35	Vadim Sharifijanov	21	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0			-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Total			82	231	394	625	172	1131	187	40	4	45	309	78	3	2593	8.9			31.1	54.1	99.8

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Martin Brodeur*	24	67		37	14	13	120	1633	1513	.927	1.88	10	3838				77	35.6	1.99	12.4
2	Mike Dunham	24	26		8	7	1	43	456	413	.906	2.55	2	1013				99	0.5	2.73	2.5
3	Jeff Reese	30	3		0	2	0	13	65	52	.800	5.62	0	139						6.05	-0.3
	Team Total				45	23	14	176	2154	1978	.918	2.12	12	4990				86	29.2	2.25	14.6