1996-97 New Jersey Devils Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 45-23-14 - 104 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 5-5
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Montreal Canadiens 4-1
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-1
Coach: Jacques Lemaire (45-23-14)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
1996-97 New Jersey Devils RosterTeam Record: 45-23-14 - 104 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 5-5
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Montreal Canadiens 4-1
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Rangers 4-1
Coach: Jacques Lemaire (45-23-14)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
1996-97 New Jersey Devils Results
The New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 45 wins and 23 losses and 14 ties for 104 points, finishing first in the NHL's Atlantic Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-5.
The Devils paced the league with just 182 goals allowed. New Jersey scored 231 goals. Bill Guerin and John MacLean netted 29 goals for the squad each, and Bobby Holik contributed 39 assists. Martin Brodeur earned 37 wins for the team and a team-best 1.88 goals against average, topping regular goalies.
Jacques Lemaire coached the team. The 1996-97 New Jersey Devils lost in the NHL conference semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Holik | C | 82 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 54 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 192 | 12.0 |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 82 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 48 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 233 | 11.6 |
| John MacLean | R | 80 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 49 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 254 | 11.4 |
| Bill Guerin | R | 82 | 29 | 18 | 47 | 95 | -2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 177 | 16.4 |
| Brian Rolston | C | 81 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 7.6 |
| Valeri Zelepukin | L | 71 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 36 | -10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 12.6 |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 81 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 64 | -4 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 159 | 3.1 |
| Steve Thomas | R | 57 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 124 | 12.1 |
| Denis Pederson | C | 70 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 62 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 106 | 11.3 |
| Randy McKay | R | 77 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 109 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 9.8 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 79 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 70 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 3.0 |
| Steve Sullivan | C | 33 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 12.7 |
| Doug Gilmour | C | 20 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 17.5 |
| Shawn Chambers | D | 73 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 3.5 |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 62 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 5.3 |
| Lyle Odelein | D | 79 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 110 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 3.2 |
| Jay Pandolfo | L | 46 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 61 | 9.8 |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 77 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 70 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 3.2 |
| Dave Ellett | D | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Kevin Dean | D | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Patrik Elias | L | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Sergei Brylin | C | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Martin Brodeur | G | 67 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reid Simpson | L | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Petr Sykora | R | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Jason Smith | D | 57 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 38 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2.1 |
| Peter Zezel | C | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Mike Peluso | L | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Pascal Rheaume | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Neal Broten | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ricard Persson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Reese | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vadim Sharifijanov | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Krzysztof Oliwa | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dunham | G | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1572 | 231 | 394 | 625 | 1131 | 172 | 40 | 78 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 6 | 2593 | 8.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Brodeur | 67 | 3838 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 120 | 1.88 | 1633 | 1513 | .927 |
| Mike Dunham | 26 | 1013 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 2.55 | 456 | 413 | .906 |
| Jeff Reese | 3 | 139 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5.61 | 65 | 52 | .800 |
| Totals | 96 | 4990 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 176 | 2.12 | 2330 | 2154 | .924 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Holik | C | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 | |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| John MacLean | R | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 12.5 | |
| Bill Guerin | R | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Brian Rolston | C | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8.9 | |
| Valeri Zelepukin | L | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 23.1 | |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5.9 | |
| Steve Thomas | R | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 | |
| Denis Pederson | C | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Randy McKay | R | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Scott Stevens | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Gilmour | C | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | |
| Shawn Chambers | D | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Lyle Odelein | D | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 | |
| Jay Pandolfo | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Ellett | D | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Dean | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Patrik Elias | L | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| Martin Brodeur | G | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | |
| Reid Simpson | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Petr Sykora | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Peter Zezel | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 190 | 27 | 43 | 70 | 186 | -15 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 394 | 6.9 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Brodeur | 10 | 659 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1.73 | 268 | 249 | .929 |
| Totals | 10 | 659 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1.73 | 287 | 268 | .934 |
