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45-23-14 (104 points), Finished 1st in NHL Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 231 goals, Allowed 182 goals, SRS: 0.57 (5th of 26)
Coached by Jacques Lemaire (45-23-14)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) to New York Rangers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Montreal Canadiens
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1996-97 Statistics / Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Devils | 82 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 104 | .634 | 231 | 182 | 0.57 | 5.04 | 40 | 288 | 13.89 | 28 | 235 | 88.09 | 4 | 9 |
| League Average | 82 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 82 | .500 | 239 | 239 | 0.00 | 5.83 | 55 | 336 | 16.27 | 55 | 336 | 83.73 | 10 | 10 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Holik | C | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | 82 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 0.76 | 23 | 0.28 | 80 | 17 | 39 | 0 | 24 | 54 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 192 | 2.34 | 12.0 | ||
| 2 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 33 | 82 | 27 | 34 | 61 | 0.74 | 23 | 0.29 | 83 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 38 | 48 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 233 | 2.84 | 11.6 | ||
| 3 | John MacLean | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | 80 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 0.68 | 22 | 0.27 | 71 | 13 | 65 | 18 | 11 | 49 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 254 | 3.18 | 11.4 | ||
| 4 | Bill Guerin | RW | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | 82 | 29 | 18 | 47 | 0.57 | 20 | 0.24 | 59 | 16 | 45 | 0 | -2 | 95 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 177 | 2.16 | 16.4 | ||
| 5 | Brian Rolston | C/RW | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | 81 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 0.56 | 17 | 0.21 | 64 | 14 | 50 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 237 | 2.93 | 7.6 | ||
| 6 | Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | 71 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 0.54 | 14 | 0.20 | 47 | 7 | 51 | 1 | -10 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 1.56 | 12.6 | ||
| 7 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | 81 | 5 | 30 | 35 | 0.43 | 11 | 0.14 | 82 | 24 | 72 | 10 | -4 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 1.96 | 3.1 | ||
| 8 | Steve Thomas | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 33 | 57 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 0.60 | 13 | 0.23 | 48 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 2.18 | 12.1 | ||
| 9 | Denis Pederson | C/RW | 6-2 | 205 | 21 | 70 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 0.46 | 12 | 0.17 | 43 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 62 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 1.51 | 11.3 | ||
| 10 | Randy McKay | RW | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | 77 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 0.35 | 10 | 0.13 | 42 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 109 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 1.19 | 9.8 | ||
| 11 | Scott Stevens | D | 6-2 | 215 | 32 | 79 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 0.30 | 8 | 0.10 | 92 | 12 | 69 | 15 | 26 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 166 | 2.10 | 3.0 | ||
| 12 | Doug Gilmour | C | 5-11 | 177 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 1.10 | 8 | 0.40 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.00 | 17.5 | ||
| 13 | Steve Sullivan | RW | 5-8 | 165 | 22 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 0.67 | 8 | 0.25 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 1.91 | 12.7 | ||
| 14 | Shawn Chambers | D | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | 73 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 0.29 | 7 | 0.10 | 72 | 10 | 54 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 1.56 | 3.5 | ||
| 15 | Bob Carpenter | C | 6-0 | 200 | 33 | 62 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 0.31 | 6 | 0.10 | 30 | 0 | 44 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 1.23 | 5.3 | ||
| 16 | Lyle Odelein | D | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | 79 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.20 | 5 | 0.07 | 75 | 10 | 54 | 5 | 16 | 110 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 1.18 | 3.2 | ||
| 17 | Jay Pandolfo | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.30 | 5 | 0.12 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 1.33 | 9.8 | ||
| 18 | Ken Daneyko | D | 6-1 | 215 | 32 | 77 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.12 | 3 | 0.04 | 62 | 0 | 56 | 18 | 24 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0.82 | 3.2 | ||
| 19 | Dave Ellett | D | 6-2 | 205 | 32 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.35 | 2 | 0.12 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1.10 | 9.1 | ||
| 20 | Kevin Dean | D | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.08 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.75 | 9.5 | ||
| 21 | Patrik Elias | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.29 | 2 | 0.11 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1.35 | 8.7 | ||
| 22 | Sergei Brylin | LW | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.14 | 2 | 0.05 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 0 | -13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1.17 | 5.9 | ||
| 23 | Reid Simpson | LW | 6-2 | 216 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.04 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.63 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Peter Zezel | C | 5-11 | 220 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.05 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.72 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Petr Sykora | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.06 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 | -8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.37 | 3.8 | ||
| 26 | Jason Smith | D | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.02 | 28 | 1 | 35 | 0 | -8 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0.84 | 2.1 | ||
| 27 | Mike Peluso | LW | 6-4 | 225 | 31 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.03 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.70 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Pascal Rheaume | C | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 20.0 | ||
| 29 | Neal Broten | C | 5-9 | 175 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Ricard Persson | D | 6-1 | 201 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Krzysztof Oliwa | LW | 6-5 | 245 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 32 | Vadim Sharifijanov | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 231 | 394 | 625 | 7.62 | 231 | 2.82 | 231 | 40 | 182 | 28 | 37 | 1131 | 187 | 40 | 4 | 45 | 2593 | 31.62 | 8.9 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Brodeur | G | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | 67 | 3838 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 87 | .680 | 10 | 120 | 1.88 | 1633 | 1513 | .927 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Mike Dunham | G | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | 26 | 1013 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | .531 | 2 | 43 | 2.55 | 456 | 413 | .906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Jeff Reese | G | 5-9 | 180 | 30 | 3 | 139 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 13 | 5.61 | 65 | 52 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4990 | 45 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 176 | 2.12 | 2154 | 1978 | .918 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John MacLean | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.90 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 3.20 | 12.5 | ||
| 2 | Shawn Chambers | D | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.70 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.70 | 5.9 | ||
| 3 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.60 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 3.40 | 5.9 | ||
| 4 | Bobby Holik | C | 6-4 | 230 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.50 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2.90 | 6.9 | ||
| 5 | Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.63 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1.63 | 23.1 | ||
| 6 | Brian Rolston | C/RW | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.50 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 4.50 | 8.9 | ||
| 7 | Patrik Elias | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.63 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.25 | 11.1 | ||
| 8 | Doug Gilmour | C | 5-11 | 177 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.40 | -2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2.10 | 0.0 | ||
| 9 | Scott Stevens | D | 6-2 | 215 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.40 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2.70 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Lyle Odelein | D | 6-0 | 210 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.40 | -3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2.70 | 7.4 | ||
| 11 | Bill Guerin | RW | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.38 | -5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1.63 | 15.4 | ||
| 12 | Dave Ellett | D | 6-2 | 205 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.30 | -1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Bob Carpenter | C | 6-0 | 200 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.50 | 6.7 | ||
| 14 | Steve Thomas | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | -6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2.50 | 4.0 | ||
| 15 | Randy McKay | RW | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.50 | 6.7 | ||
| 16 | Jay Pandolfo | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.83 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Kevin Dean | D | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 33.3 | ||
| 18 | Denis Pederson | C/RW | 6-2 | 205 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Reid Simpson | LW | 6-2 | 216 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 20 | Petr Sykora | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Ken Daneyko | D | 6-1 | 215 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.80 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Peter Zezel | C | 5-11 | 220 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 10 | 27 | 43 | 70 | 7.00 | 186 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 394 | 39.40 | 6.9 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Brodeur | G | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | 10 | 659 | 5 | 5 | 10 | .500 | 2 | 19 | 1.73 | 268 | 249 | .929 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 659 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 1.73 | 268 | 249 | .929 |