1996-97 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics

Record: 38-34-10 (86 points), Finished 4th in NHL Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Colin Campbell (38-34-10)

Primary Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

Goals For: 258 (4th of 26), Goals Against: 231 (9th of 26)
SRS: 0.33 (6th of 26), SOS: 0.01 (12th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-1) to Philadelphia Flyers
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) over New Jersey Devils
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Florida Panthers

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +500

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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 York Rangers	82	38	34	10	86	.524	258	231	0.33	0.01	3.15	2.82	63	287	21.95	69	344	79.94	15	5	2528	10.2	2588	.911		5
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 York Rangers
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
18	Bill Berg	ca CA	LW	29	6-1	205	L/-	7	October 21, 1967
23	Jeff Beukeboom	ca CA	D	31	6-5	230	R/-	10	March 28, 1965
32-38	Sylvain Blouin	ca CA	D	22	6-2	215	L/-	R	May 21, 1974
29	Eric Cairns	ca CA	D	22	6-6	230	L/-	R	June 27, 1974
22	Shane Churla	ca CA	RW	31	6-1	200	R/-	10	June 24, 1965
21	Russ Courtnall	ca CA	RW	31	5-11	185	R/-	13	June 2, 1965
33	Bruce Driver	ca CA	D	34	6-0	185	L/-	13	April 29, 1962
19	Christian Dubé	ca CA	C	19	5-11	170	R/-	R	April 25, 1977
28	Dallas Eakins	us US	D	29	6-2	195	L/-	4	February 27, 1967
32	Mike Eastwood	ca CA	C	29	6-3	216	R/-	5	July 1, 1967
14	Chris Ferraro	us US	RW	24	5-9	175	R/-	1	January 24, 1973
17	Peter Ferraro	us US	C	24	5-10	180	R/-	1	January 24, 1973
8-26	Patrick Flatley	ca CA	RW	33	6-2	197	R/-	13	October 3, 1963
12	Ken Gernander	us US	RW	27	5-10	175	L/-	1	June 30, 1969
16	Daniel Goneau	ca CA	LW	21	6-0	195	L/-	R	January 16, 1976
9	Adam Graves	ca CA	LW	28	6-0	205	L/-	9	April 12, 1968
99	Wayne Gretzky	ca CA	C	36	6-0	185	L/-	17	January 26, 1961
30	Glenn Healy	ca CA	G	34	5-9	190	-/L	10	August 23, 1962
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	su SU	D	26	6-3	221	R/-	3	April 7, 1970
27	Alex Kovalev	su SU	RW	23	6-2	222	L/-	4	February 24, 1973
15	Darren Langdon	ca CA	LW	26	6-1	205	L/-	2	January 8, 1971
2	Brian Leetch	us US	D	28	6-0	185	L/-	9	March 3, 1968
6	Doug Lidster	ca CA	D	36	6-1	190	R/-	13	October 18, 1960
11	Mark Messier (C)	ca CA	C	36	6-1	210	L/-	17	January 18, 1961
32	Sergio Momesso	ca CA	LW	31	6-3	215	L/-	12	September 4, 1965
21	Jayson More	ca CA	D	28	6-1	210	R/-	7	January 12, 1969
13	Sergei Nemchinov	su SU	C	33	6-1	205	L/-	5	January 14, 1964
36	Jeff Nielsen	us US	RW	25	6-0	200	L/-	R	September 20, 1971
28	Brian Noonan	us US	RW	31	6-1	200	R/-	9	May 29, 1965
26	David Oliver	ca CA	RW	25	6-0	190	R/-	2	April 17, 1971
35	Mike Richter	us US	G	30	5-11	185	-/L	7	September 22, 1966
20	Luc Robitaille	ca CA	LW	30	6-1	215	L/-	10	February 17, 1966
5	Ulf Samuelsson	se SE	D	32	6-1	205	L/-	12	March 26, 1964
24	Niklas Sundström	se SE	RW	21	6-0	191	L/-	1	June 6, 1975
10	Esa Tikkanen	fi FI	C	32	6-1	190	L/-	11	January 25, 1965
37	Ryan VandenBussche	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	200	R/-	R	February 28, 1973
39	Vladimir Vorobiev	su SU	RW	24	6-0	184	R/-	R	October 2, 1972

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	Wayne Gretzky*	36	C	82	25	72	97	12	28	19	6	0	2	46	25	1	286	8.7			8.2	1.3	9.5
2	Mark Messier*	36	C	71	36	48	84	12	88	24	7	5	9	31	11	6	227	15.9			8.4	1.1	9.6
3	Brian Leetch*	28	D	82	20	58	78	31	40	11	9	0	2	35	21	2	256	7.8			7.5	5.6	13.1
4	Adam Graves	28	LW	82	33	28	61	10	66	19	10	4	3	20	6	2	269	12.3			5.6	1.2	6.8
5	Niklas Sundström	21	RW	82	24	28	52	23	20	18	5	1	4	24	2	2	132	18.2			3.9	1.6	5.6
6	Luc Robitaille*	30	LW	69	24	24	48	16	48	19	5	0	4	15	9	0	200	12.0			4.0	1.3	5.3
7	Alexander Karpovtsev	26	D	77	9	29	38	1	59	2	6	1	0	16	13	0	84	10.7			2.9	3.3	6.2
8	Alex Kovalev	23	RW	45	13	22	35	11	42	12	1	0	0	14	8	0	110	11.8			2.7	0.8	3.6
9	Bruce Driver	34	D	79	5	25	30	8	48	3	2	0	2	13	12	0	154	3.2			1.7	3.9	5.6
10	Patrick Flatley	33	RW	68	10	12	22	6	26	10	0	0	2	11	1	0	96	10.4			0.4	0.9	1.3
11	Sergei Nemchinov	33	C	63	6	13	19	5	12	5	1	0	1	12	1	0	90	6.7			-0.1	0.8	0.7
12	Ulf Samuelsson	32	D	73	6	11	17	3	138	5	1	0	1	10	0	1	77	7.8			0.7	3.3	4.0
13	Brian Noonan	31	RW	44	6	9	15	-7	28	3	3	0	1	6	3	0	62	9.7			0.3	0.2	0.5
14	Bill Berg	29	LW	67	8	6	14	2	37	6	0	2	3	6	0	0	84	9.5			-0.5	0.8	0.2
15	Daniel Goneau	21	LW	41	10	3	13	-5	10	7	3	0	2	2	1	0	44	22.7			0.6	0.2	0.8
16	Jeff Beukeboom	31	D	80	3	9	12	22	167	3	0	0	0	8	0	1	55	5.5			-0.2	4.9	4.7
17	Vladimir Vorobiev	24	RW	16	5	5	10	4	6	3	2	0	0	4	1	0	42	11.9			0.8	0.3	1.1
18	Darren Langdon	26	LW	60	3	6	9	-1	195	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	24	12.5			-1.2	0.6	-0.6
19	Mike Eastwood	29	C	27	1	7	8	2	10	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	22	4.5			-0.2	0.3	0.1
20	Doug Lidster	36	D	48	3	4	7	10	24	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	42	7.1			0.0	2.7	2.7
21	Russ Courtnall	31	RW	14	2	5	7	-3	2	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	24	8.3			0.3	0.0	0.3
22	David Oliver	25	RW	14	2	1	3	3	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	15.4			-0.1	0.2	0.2
23	Esa Tikkanen	32	C	14	1	2	3	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	30	3.3			-0.2	0.1	0.0
24	Christian Dubé	19	C	27	1	1	2	-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	7.1			-0.8	0.1	-0.6
25	Chris Ferraro	24	RW	12	1	1	2	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	4.3			-0.2	0.2	0.0
26	Ryan VandenBussche	23	RW	11	1	0	1	-2	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
27	Eric Cairns	22	D	40	0	1	1	-7	147	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	0.0			-0.7	1.2	0.5
28	Shane Churla	31	RW	45	0	1	1	-10	106	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	0.0			-1.7	0.1	-1.5
29	Jayson More	28	D	14	0	1	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.0			-0.2	0.6	0.4
30	Sylvain Blouin	22	D	6	0	0	0	-1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.2	0.1
31	Dallas Eakins	29	D	3	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
32	Peter Ferraro	24	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
33	Glenn Healy	34	G	23	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		1357	59:01	0.0	0.0	3.6
34	Sergio Momesso	31	LW	9	0	0	0	-2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0			-0.3	0.0	-0.3
35	Jeff Nielsen	25	RW	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.1
36	Mike Richter	30	G	61	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		3598	58:59	0.0	0.0	13.0
	Team Total			82	258	432	690	138	1467	180	63	15	38	296	119	17	2528	10.2			41.1	38.0	95.7

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	Mike Richter	30	61		33	22	6	161	1945	1784	.917	2.69	4	3598				87	24.3	2.87	13.0
2	Glenn Healy	34	23		5	12	4	59	632	573	.907	2.61	1	1357				98	1.2	2.78	3.6
	Team Total				38	34	10	220	2577	2357	.915	2.66	5	4955				90	25.5	2.85	16.5