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New York Rangers, 1996-97

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Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference Made the playoffs

1996-97 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
8 82 38-34-10 86 0.524 258 231 +27 21-14-6 17-20-4

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Conference Quarterfinals Florida Panthers Won 4-1
Conference Semifinals New Jersey Devils Won 4-1
Eastern Conference Finals Philadelphia Flyers Lost 1-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Wayne Gretzky C 82 25 72 97 12 28 286 0
Mark Messier C 71 36 48 84 12 88 227 0
Brian Leetch D 82 20 58 78 31 40 256 0
Adam Graves L 82 33 28 61 10 66 269 0
Niklas Sundstrom R 82 24 28 52 23 20 132 0
Luc Robitaille L 69 24 24 48 16 48 200 0
Alexander Karpovtsev D 77 9 29 38 1 59 84 0
Alex Kovalev R 45 13 22 35 11 42 110 0
Bruce Driver D 79 5 25 30 8 48 154 0
Patrick Flatley R 68 10 12 22 6 26 96 0
Sergei Nemchinov L 63 6 13 19 5 12 90 0
Ulf Samuelsson D 73 6 11 17 3 138 77 0
Brian Noonan R 44 6 9 15 -7 28 62 0
Bill Berg L 67 8 6 14 2 37 84 0
Daniel Goneau L 43 10 3 13 -5 10 44 0
Jeff Beukeboom D 80 3 9 12 22 167 55 0
Vladimir Vorobiev R 16 5 5 10 4 6 42 0
Darren Langdon L 61 3 6 9 -1 195 24 0
Mike Eastwood C 27 1 7 8 2 10 22 0
Doug Lidster D 48 3 4 7 10 24 42 0
Russ Courtnall R 14 2 5 7 -3 2 24 0
David Oliver R 14 2 1 3 3 4 13 0
Esa Tikkanen L 14 1 2 3 0 6 30 0
Chris Ferraro C 12 1 1 2 1 6 23 0
Christian Dube C 29 1 1 2 -4 4 14 0
Eric Cairns D 40 0 1 1 -7 147 17 0
Jayson More D 14 0 1 1 0 25 10 0
Ryan Vandenbussche R 11 1 0 1 -2 30 4 0
Shane Churla R 45 0 1 1 -10 106 19 0
Dallas Eakins D 3 0 0 0 -1 6 2 0
Jeff Nielsen R 2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0
Peter Ferraro R 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Sergio Momesso L 9 0 0 0 -2 11 11 0
Sylvain Blouin L 8 0 0 0 -1 18 1 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Mike Richter 61 3322604 1945 1784 161 2.69 0.917
Glenn Healy 23 512401 632 573 59 2.61 0.907

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 11, 1997 vs TBL L 2-4 27 33
Apr 10, 1997 @ PHI W 6-3 27 31
Apr 7, 1997 vs PHI W 3-2 27 29
Apr 4, 1997 @ BUF L 1-5 21 29
Apr 3, 1997 vs BOS W 5-4 27 34
Apr 1, 1997 vs BUF T 1-1 (OT) 38 34
Mar 29, 1997 @ HFD L 1-2 26 29
Mar 27, 1997 @ NJD L 0-4 26 31
Mar 24, 1997 vs PIT W 3-0 18 34
Mar 21, 1997 vs DET W 3-1 31 33
Mar 19, 1997 vs MTL L 4-5 31 39
Mar 17, 1997 vs OTT L 3-4 41 33
Mar 14, 1997 @ OTT W 4-3 (OT) 28 30
Mar 12, 1997 vs WSH W 3-2 41 27
Mar 9, 1997 @ SJS W 2-1 25 29
Mar 7, 1997 @ ANA L 2-5 28 27
Mar 6, 1997 @ LAK W 6-2 29 25
Mar 3, 1997 vs SJS W 5-4 (OT) 37 33
Mar 1, 1997 @ DET L 0-3 21 25
Feb 23, 1997 @ PHI L 1-2 15 37
Feb 21, 1997 @ HFD L 2-7 38 32
Feb 19, 1997 @ NJD T 1-1 (OT) 23 32
Feb 17, 1997 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 32 40
Feb 15, 1997 @ CHI L 0-2 17 22
Feb 13, 1997 @ STL L 1-4 33 21
Feb 9, 1997 @ FLA L 3-4 32 29
Feb 8, 1997 @ NYI W 5-2 27 29
Feb 5, 1997 vs HFD W 5-2 44 34
Feb 2, 1997 vs BOS L 2-3 31 30
Feb 1, 1997 @ PHI W 4-2 17 41
Jan 27, 1997 vs CHI L 1-2 37 32
Jan 25, 1997 @ PIT W 7-4 39 32
Jan 22, 1997 @ WSH W 5-3 28 40
Jan 21, 1997 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) 46 40
Jan 13, 1997 vs NYI L 2-4 30 29
Jan 12, 1997 vs NJD W 3-0 27 33
Jan 9, 1997 @ WSH L 0-2 25 24
Jan 8, 1997 vs TBL L 3-4 36 31
Jan 6, 1997 vs COL T 2-2 (OT) 32 40
Jan 4, 1997 vs OTT W 6-4 28 43
Jan 2, 1997 vs NYI W 4-3 34 29
Dec 31, 1996 @ TBL L 2-4 27 33
Dec 30, 1996 @ DAL W 3-2 21 33
Dec 27, 1996 vs ANA W 3-2 48 30
Dec 26, 1996 @ OTT L 2-5 21 33
Dec 22, 1996 vs FLA W 7-3 38 31
Dec 21, 1996 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 25 29
Dec 18, 1996 vs LAK W 4-0 23 37
Dec 16, 1996 vs HFD W 5-2 34 41
Dec 13, 1996 @ BUF W 3-0 26 30
Dec 11, 1996 vs NYI L 3-5 40 30
Dec 9, 1996 vs PHX W 5-2 27 33
Dec 7, 1996 @ TOR W 4-0 32 24
Dec 6, 1996 vs TOR W 6-5 43 33
Dec 4, 1996 vs PHI T 1-1 (OT) 25 40
Dec 1, 1996 vs MTL W 6-2 49 37
Nov 27, 1996 @ COL W 5-2 26 33
Nov 26, 1996 @ PHX W 3-1 33 38
Nov 23, 1996 @ VAN L 3-5 28 25
Nov 21, 1996 @ EDM L 2-3 25 30
Nov 18, 1996 @ CGY L 3-5 27 33
Nov 16, 1996 @ PIT W 8-3 41 22
Nov 13, 1996 vs PHI L 1-2 27 37
Nov 11, 1996 vs VAN L 2-3 36 28
Nov 9, 1996 @ WSH L 2-3 25 21
Nov 6, 1996 @ NYI T 1-1 (OT) 28 22
Nov 4, 1996 vs TBL L 3-5 44 38
Nov 2, 1996 @ BOS W 5-2 22 25
Oct 30, 1996 @ NJD W 6-1 23 54
Oct 29, 1996 vs FLA T 1-1 (OT) 35 24
Oct 27, 1996 vs BUF W 6-4 40 33
Oct 25, 1996 @ FLA L 4-6 32 37
Oct 23, 1996 vs WSH L 2-3 25 23
Oct 20, 1996 @ TBL L 2-5 34 26
Oct 18, 1996 vs STL W 2-1 29 37
Oct 16, 1996 vs PIT W 8-1 48 30
Oct 14, 1996 vs CGY W 5-4 36 27
Oct 12, 1996 @ MTL L 2-5 45 29
Oct 10, 1996 vs DAL L 1-2 31 26
Oct 8, 1996 @ FLA T 1-1 (OT) 28 32
Oct 6, 1996 vs FLA L 2-5 36 29
Oct 5, 1996 @ BOS T 4-4 (OT) 25 30