1996-97 REGULAR SEASON STATS
| SKATER NAME | POS | GP | GLS | AST | PTS | PPG | SHG | GWG | +/- | PIM | SH | SH% | FW% | TOI |
| John LeClair* | LW | 82 | 60 | 54 | 114 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 357 | 16.8 | 48.4 | 25:46:10 |
| Keith Tkachuk* | LW | 80 | 52 | 49 | 101 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 116 | 292 | 17.8 | 100.0 | 21:41:39 |
| Alexei Zhamnov* | C | 82 | 27 | 65 | 92 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 225 | 12.0 | 50.5 | 24:56:45 |
| Bobby Holik* | C | 82 | 48 | 37 | 85 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 283 | 17.0 | 53.1 | 23:52:03 |
| Ted Donato | LW | 79 | 23 | 41 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 204 | 11.3 | 66.7 | 19:55:18 |
| Dmitri Mironov | D | 76 | 11 | 43 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 64 | 124 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 26:56:15 |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 82 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 90 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 29:26:53 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 76 | 4 | 39 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 42 | 49 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 29:43:39 |
| Mike Sillinger | C | 82 | 24 | 14 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | -15 | 4 | 183 | 13.1 | 51.7 | 19:33:07 |
| Jari Kurri | RW | 61 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 107 | 15.9 | 100.0 | 13:40:46 |
| Greg Johnson | C | 82 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -20 | 2 | 128 | 7.0 | 47.3 | 16:57:28 |
| Todd Marchant | C | 82 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -13 | 16 | 241 | 3.3 | 59.7 | 20:02:36 |
| Brian Bellows | LW | 82 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -12 | 6 | 194 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 17:51:58 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 53 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17:06:19 |
| Benoit Brunet | LW | 21 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 5:19:43 |
| Anson Carter | RW | 62 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 4 | 80 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 12:49:22 |
| Sergei Krivokrasov | RW | 58 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -12 | 28 | 84 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 11:47:04 |
| Jason Smith | D | 68 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24:22:26 |
| Denis Savard | C | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 20 | 43 | 4.7 | 54.1 | 8:42:43 |
| Mike Rathje | D | 22 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5:59:11 |
| Bill Ravattinen (P) | D | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4:51:40 |
| J-P Somerkero (P) | C | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 45 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1:01:37 |
| Craig Rivet | D | 36 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 6 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 10:22:44 |
| Francis Nurkkala (P) | LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0:36:51 |
| Kurtis Salaliitto (P) | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1:36:04 |
| Vivian Taloinen (P) | D | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7:01:32 |
| Bubba Lesp (P) | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0:45:11 |
| Ron Anttinen (P) | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 17 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0:24:42 |
| Hugh Soininen (P) | D | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4:26:12 |
| GOALIE NAME | POS | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SV | SA | SV% | TOI |
| Byron Dafoe | G | 42 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 78 | 2.55 | 2 | 1118 | 1040 | 93.02 | 30:32:41 |
| Craig Billington | G | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2.83 | 1 | 243 | 222 | 91.36 | 7:25:15 |
| Vlastimil Taalikkainen (P) | G | 61 | 22 | 29 | 2 | 197 | 4.44 | 2 | 1420 | 1223 | 86.13 | 44:23:17 |
1996-97 PLAYOFF STATS
| SKATER NAME | POS | GP | GLS | AST | PTS | PPG | SHG | GWG | +/- | PIM | SH | SH% | FW% | TOI |
| Dmitri Mironov | D | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 3:26:36 |
| John LeClair | LW | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 28 | 7.1 | 57.1 | 2:54:17 |
| Bobby Holik | C | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 17.9 | 50.0 | 2:49:17 |
| Ted Donato | LW | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 | 0.0 | 2:35:59 |
| Alexei Zhamnov | C | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 26 | 15.4 | 43.1 | 2:49:34 |
| Todd Marchant | C | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 16.7 | 53.6 | 2:20:22 |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 3:36:07 |
| Keith Tkachuk | LW | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 32 | 21 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 2:43:06 |
| Patrice Brisebois | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3:05:52 |
| Mike Sillinger | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 2:21:21 |
| Richard Smehlik | D | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 12 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 3:31:19 |
| Benoit Brunet | LW | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2:08:19 |
| Jari Kurri | RW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 2:28:29 |
| Greg Johnson | C | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 8 | 0.0 | 52.2 | 2:13:14 |
| Jason Smith | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3:26:55 |
| Sergei Krivokrasov | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1:18:14 |
| Anson Carter | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0:49:08 |
| Vivian Taloinen (P) | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0.0 | 2:53:11 |
| Brian Bellows | LW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2:14:32 |
| GOALIE NAME | POS | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO | SV | SA | SV% | TOI |
| Craig Billington | G | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2.34 | 0 | 342 | 320 | 93.57 | 9:23:30 |
| Byron Dafoe | G | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.58 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 57.14 | 0:32:17 |
1996 ENTRY DRAFT SELECTIONS
| ROUND | OVERALL | PLAYER NAME | POSITION | YL | SALARY | $/YR |
| 1st | 21st | Carter, Anson | Right Wing | 10 | $ 32.79 | $ 3.28 |
| 2nd | 45th | Rivet, Craig | Defense | 13 | $ 20.87 | $ 1.61 |
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