1996-97 New York Rangers Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts

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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%
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Roster

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Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
18	Bill Berg	ca CA	LW	29	6-1	205	L/-	7	October 21, 1967	8 G, 6 A, 14 P
23	Jeff Beukeboom	ca CA	D	31	6-5	230	R/-	10	March 28, 1965	3 G, 9 A, 12 P
32-38	Sylvain Blouin	ca CA	D	22	6-2	215	L/-	R	May 21, 1974	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
29	Eric Cairns	ca CA	D	22	6-6	230	L/-	R	June 27, 1974	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
22	Shane Churla	ca CA	RW	31	6-1	200	R/-	10	June 24, 1965	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
21	Russ Courtnall	ca CA	RW	31	5-11	185	R/-	13	June 2, 1965	2 G, 5 A, 7 P
33	Bruce Driver	ca CA	D	34	6-0	185	L/-	13	April 29, 1962	5 G, 25 A, 30 P
19	Christian Dubé	ca CA	C	19	5-11	170	R/-	R	April 25, 1977	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
28	Dallas Eakins	us US	D	29	6-2	195	L/-	4	February 27, 1967	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
32	Mike Eastwood	ca CA	C	29	6-3	216	R/-	5	July 1, 1967	1 G, 7 A, 8 P
14	Chris Ferraro	us US	RW	24	5-9	175	R/-	1	January 24, 1973	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
17	Peter Ferraro	us US	C	24	5-10	180	R/-	1	January 24, 1973	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
8-26	Patrick Flatley	ca CA	RW	33	6-2	197	R/-	13	October 3, 1963	10 G, 12 A, 22 P
12	Ken Gernander	us US	RW	27	5-10	175	L/-	1	June 30, 1969	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
16	Daniel Goneau	ca CA	LW	21	6-0	195	L/-	R	January 16, 1976	10 G, 3 A, 13 P
9	Adam Graves	ca CA	LW	28	6-0	205	L/-	9	April 12, 1968	33 G, 28 A, 61 P
99	Wayne Gretzky	ca CA	C	36	6-0	185	L/-	17	January 26, 1961	25 G, 72 A, 97 P
30	Glenn Healy	ca CA	G	34	5-9	190	-/L	10	August 23, 1962	5-12-4, 2.61 GAA
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	su SU	D	26	6-3	221	R/-	3	April 7, 1970	9 G, 29 A, 38 P
27	Alex Kovalev	su SU	RW	23	6-2	222	L/-	4	February 24, 1973	13 G, 22 A, 35 P
15	Darren Langdon	ca CA	LW	26	6-1	205	L/-	2	January 8, 1971	3 G, 6 A, 9 P
2	Brian Leetch	us US	D	28	6-0	185	L/-	9	March 3, 1968	20 G, 58 A, 78 P
6	Doug Lidster	ca CA	D	36	6-1	190	R/-	13	October 18, 1960	3 G, 4 A, 7 P
11	Mark Messier (C)	ca CA	C	36	6-1	210	L/-	17	January 18, 1961	36 G, 48 A, 84 P
32	Sergio Momesso	ca CA	LW	31	6-3	215	L/-	12	September 4, 1965	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
21	Jayson More	ca CA	D	28	6-1	210	R/-	7	January 12, 1969	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
13	Sergei Nemchinov	su SU	C	33	6-1	205	L/-	5	January 14, 1964	6 G, 13 A, 19 P
36	Jeff Nielsen	us US	RW	25	6-0	200	L/-	R	September 20, 1971	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
28	Brian Noonan	us US	RW	31	6-1	200	R/-	9	May 29, 1965	6 G, 9 A, 15 P
26	David Oliver	ca CA	RW	25	6-0	190	R/-	2	April 17, 1971	2 G, 1 A, 3 P
35	Mike Richter	us US	G	30	5-11	185	-/L	7	September 22, 1966	33-22-6, 2.69 GAA
20	Luc Robitaille	ca CA	LW	30	6-1	215	L/-	10	February 17, 1966	24 G, 24 A, 48 P
5	Ulf Samuelsson	se SE	D	32	6-1	205	L/-	12	March 26, 1964	6 G, 11 A, 17 P
24	Niklas Sundström	se SE	RW	21	6-0	191	L/-	1	June 6, 1975	24 G, 28 A, 52 P
10	Esa Tikkanen	fi FI	C	32	6-1	190	L/-	11	January 25, 1965	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
37	Ryan VandenBussche	ca CA	RW	23	6-0	200	R/-	R	February 28, 1973	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
39	Vladimir Vorobiev	su SU	RW	24	6-0	184	R/-	R	October 2, 1972	5 G, 5 A, 10 P

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					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Wayne Gretzky	36	C	82	25	72	97	12	28	19	6	0	2	46	25	1	286	8.7			ASG,ASnhl-2,Byng-5,Hart-15
2	Mark Messier	36	C	71	36	48	84	12	88	24	7	5	9	31	11	6	227	15.9			ASG,Byng-15,Selke-17
3	Brian Leetch	28	D	82	20	58	78	31	40	11	9	0	2	35	21	2	256	7.8			ASG,ASnhl-1,Byng-9,Hart-16,Norris-1
4	Adam Graves	28	LW	82	33	28	61	10	66	19	10	4	3	20	6	2	269	12.3
5	Niklas Sundström	21	RW	82	24	28	52	23	20	18	5	1	4	24	2	2	132	18.2			Selke-6
6	Luc Robitaille	30	LW	69	24	24	48	16	48	19	5	0	4	15	9	0	200	12.0
7	Alexander Karpovtsev	26	D	77	9	29	38	1	59	2	6	1	0	16	13	0	84	10.7
8	Alex Kovalev	23	RW	45	13	22	35	11	42	12	1	0	0	14	8	0	110	11.8
9	Bruce Driver	34	D	79	5	25	30	8	48	3	2	0	2	13	12	0	154	3.2
10	Patrick Flatley	33	RW	68	10	12	22	6	26	10	0	0	2	11	1	0	96	10.4
11	Sergei Nemchinov	33	C	63	6	13	19	5	12	5	1	0	1	12	1	0	90	6.7
12	Ulf Samuelsson	32	D	73	6	11	17	3	138	5	1	0	1	10	0	1	77	7.8
13	Brian Noonan	31	RW	44	6	9	15	-7	28	3	3	0	1	6	3	0	62	9.7
14	Bill Berg	29	LW	67	8	6	14	2	37	6	0	2	3	6	0	0	84	9.5
15	Daniel Goneau	21	LW	41	10	3	13	-5	10	7	3	0	2	2	1	0	44	22.7
16	Jeff Beukeboom	31	D	80	3	9	12	22	167	3	0	0	0	8	0	1	55	5.5
17	Vladimir Vorobiev	24	RW	16	5	5	10	4	6	3	2	0	0	4	1	0	42	11.9
18	Darren Langdon	26	LW	60	3	6	9	-1	195	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	24	12.5
19	Mike Eastwood	29	C	27	1	7	8	2	10	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	22	4.5
20	Doug Lidster	36	D	48	3	4	7	10	24	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	42	7.1
21	Russ Courtnall	31	RW	14	2	5	7	-3	2	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	24	8.3
22	Esa Tikkanen	32	C	14	1	2	3	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	30	3.3
23	David Oliver	25	RW	14	2	1	3	3	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	15.4
24	Chris Ferraro	24	RW	12	1	1	2	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	4.3
25	Christian Dubé	19	C	27	1	1	2	-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	7.1
26	Ryan VandenBussche	23	RW	11	1	0	1	-2	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
27	Jayson More	28	D	14	0	1	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.0
28	Eric Cairns	22	D	40	0	1	1	-7	147	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	0.0
29	Shane Churla	31	RW	45	0	1	1	-10	106	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	0.0
30	Jeff Nielsen	25	RW	2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
31	Sylvain Blouin	22	D	6	0	0	0	-1	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
32	Mike Richter	30	G	61	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		3597:39		ASnhl-8,Hart-19,Vezina-5
33	Glenn Healy	34	G	23	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		1357:25
34	Sergio Momesso	31	LW	9	0	0	0	-2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0
35	Dallas Eakins	29	D	3	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
36	Peter Ferraro	24	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
	Team Totals			82	258	432	690	138	1467	180	63	15	38	296	119	17	2528	10.2	4955:04

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Wayne Gretzky	36	C	15	10	10	20	5	2	7	3	0	2				44	22.7
2	Esa Tikkanen	32	LW	15	9	3	12	2	26	5	3	1	3				45	20.0
3	Mark Messier	36	LW	15	3	9	12	2	6	3	0	0	1				43	7.0
4	Luc Robitaille	30	LW	15	4	7	11	7	4	4	0	0	0				43	9.3
5	Brian Leetch	28	D	15	2	8	10	5	6	1	1	0	1				56	3.6
6	Russ Courtnall	31	RW	15	3	4	7	1	0	2	1	0	0				27	11.1
7	Doug Lidster	36	D	15	1	5	6	-2	8	1	0	0	0				20	5.0
8	Niklas Sundström	21	RW	9	0	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	0				18	0.0
9	Alexander Karpovtsev	26	D	13	1	3	4	2	20	0	1	0	0				10	10.0
10	Adam Graves	28	LW	15	2	1	3	1	12	1	1	0	2				39	5.1
11	Mike Eastwood	29	C	15	1	2	3	0	22	1	0	0	0				19	5.3
12	Ulf Samuelsson	32	D	15	0	2	2	1	30	0	0	0	0				11	0.0
13	Bruce Driver	34	D	15	0	1	1	-3	2	0	0	0	0				26	0.0
14	Mike Richter	30	G	15	0	1	1		0	0	0	0		1	0	0			938:39
15	Jeff Beukeboom	31	D	15	0	1	1	5	34	0	0	0	0				9	0.0
16	Patrick Flatley	33	RW	11	0	0	0	2	14	0	0	0	0				14	0.0
17	Ken Gernander	27	RW	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
18	Bill Berg	29	LW	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0				5	0.0
19	Peter Ferraro	24	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				2	0.0
20	Darren Langdon	26	LW	10	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0				1	0.0
21	Dallas Eakins	29	D	4	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0				1	0.0
22	Christian Dubé	19	C	3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0				0
23	David Oliver	25	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
24	Shane Churla	31	RW	15	0	0	0	-3	20	0	0	0	0				6	0.0
25	Eric Cairns	22	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0
	Team Totals			15	36	62	98	23	216	25	10	1	9	1	0	0	439	8.2	938:39

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Goalie Stats

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Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Mike Richter	30	61	33	22	6	161	1945	1784	.917	2.69	4	3597:39	87	24.3	2.87	13.0	0	0	0	4	ASnhl-8,Hart-19,Vezina-5
2	Glenn Healy	34	23	5	12	4	59	632	573	.907	2.61	1	1357:25	98	1.2	2.78	3.6	0	0	0	4
	Team Totals		82	38	34	10	220	2577	2357	.915	2.66	5	4955:04	90	25.5	2.85	16.5	0	0	0	8

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Mike Richter	30	15	9	6	0	33	488	455	.932	2.11	3	938:39	71	13.5	0	1	1	0
	Team Totals		15	9	6	0	33	488	455	.932	2.11	3	938:39	71	13.5	0	1	1	0

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Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Wayne Gretzky	36	C	82	26	75	101	34.6	125	41	83	11	12	8.2	1.3	9.5	ASG,ASnhl-2,Byng-5,Hart-15
2	Mark Messier	36	C	71	37	50	87	33.8	105	30	95	32	12	8.4	1.1	9.6	ASG,Byng-15,Selke-17
3	Brian Leetch	28	D	82	21	60	81	27.8	166	59	115	39	31	7.5	5.6	13.1	ASG,ASnhl-1,Byng-9,Hart-16,Norris-1
4	Adam Graves	28	LW	82	34	29	63	26.5	101	26	99	34	10	5.6	1.2	6.8
5	Niklas Sundström	21	RW	82	25	29	54	21.6	87	14	78	28	23	3.9	1.6	5.6	Selke-6
6	Luc Robitaille	30	LW	69	25	25	50	20.5	81	24	41	0	16	4.0	1.3	5.3
7	Alexander Karpovtsev	26	D	77	9	30	39	13.1	88	28	78	19	1	2.9	3.3	6.2
8	Alex Kovalev	23	RW	45	13	23	36	13.4	50	15	33	9	11	2.7	0.8	3.6
9	Bruce Driver	34	D	79	5	26	31	9.8	85	31	63	17	8	1.7	3.9	5.6
10	Patrick Flatley	33	RW	68	10	12	22	8.7	32	2	25	1	6	0.4	0.9	1.3
11	Sergei Nemchinov	33	C	63	6	13	19	6.8	29	3	23	2	5	-0.1	0.8	0.7
12	Ulf Samuelsson	32	D	73	6	11	17	6.3	53	4	67	21	3	0.7	3.3	4.0
13	Brian Noonan	31	RW	44	6	9	15	5.7	22	10	22	3	-7	0.3	0.2	0.5
14	Bill Berg	29	LW	67	8	6	14	6.0	23	0	29	8	2	-0.5	0.8	0.2
15	Daniel Goneau	21	LW	41	10	3	13	6.3	19	6	18	0	-5	0.6	0.2	0.8
16	Jeff Beukeboom	31	D	80	3	9	12	4.1	80	4	82	28	22	-0.2	4.9	4.7
17	Vladimir Vorobiev	24	RW	16	5	5	10	4.1	15	4	7	0	4	0.8	0.3	1.1
18	Darren Langdon	26	LW	60	3	6	9	3.3	10	0	11	0	-1	-1.2	0.6	-0.6
19	Mike Eastwood	29	C	27	1	7	8	2.5	10	0	10	2	2	-0.2	0.3	0.1
20	Doug Lidster	36	D	48	3	4	7	2.7	31	0	27	6	10	0.0	2.7	2.7
21	Russ Courtnall	31	RW	14	2	5	7	2.5	12	3	13	1	-3	0.3	0.0	0.3
22	Esa Tikkanen	32	C	14	1	2	3	1.1	8	2	9	3	0	-0.2	0.1	0.0
23	David Oliver	25	RW	14	2	1	3	1.4	5	0	3	1	3	-0.1	0.2	0.2
24	Chris Ferraro	24	RW	12	1	1	2	0.8	3	2	0	0	1	-0.2	0.2	0.0
25	Christian Dubé	19	C	27	1	1	2	0.8	5	4	5	0	-4	-0.8	0.1	-0.6
26	Jayson More	28	D	14	0	1	1	0.3	4	0	6	2	0	-0.2	0.6	0.4
27	Shane Churla	31	RW	45	0	1	1	0.3	4	0	14	0	-10	-1.7	0.1	-1.5
28	Eric Cairns	22	D	40	0	1	1	0.3	9	1	15	0	-7	-0.7	1.2	0.5
29	Ryan VandenBussche	23	RW	11	1	0	1	0.6	1	0	3	0	-2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
30	Jeff Nielsen	25	RW	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
31	Sergio Momesso	31	LW	9	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	0	-2	-0.3	0.0	-0.3
32	Sylvain Blouin	22	D	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0.2	0.1
33	Dallas Eakins	29	D	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	0.1	0.0
34	Peter Ferraro	24	C	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1