1996–97 New York Rangers season

The 1996–97 New York Rangers season was the Rangers' 71st season. The aspect of the season was that it was Wayne Gretzky’s first season in New York.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	Oct 5, 1996 	4–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins 	0–0–1
2 	L	Oct 6, 1996 	2–5 	Florida Panthers 	0–1–1
3 	T	Oct 8, 1996 	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers 	0–1–2
4 	L	Oct 10, 1996	1–2 	Dallas Stars 	0–2–2
5 	L	Oct 12, 1996	2–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	0–3–2
6 	W	Oct 14, 1996	5–4 	Calgary Flames 	1–3–2
7 	W	Oct 16, 1996	8–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	2–3–2
8 	W	Oct 18, 1996	2–1 	St. Louis Blues 	3–3–2
9 	L	Oct 20, 1996	2–5 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	3–4–2
10	L	Oct 23, 1996	2–3 	Washington Capitals 	3–5–2
11	L	Oct 25, 1996	4–6 	@ Florida Panthers 	3–6–2
12	W	Oct 27, 1996	6–4 	Buffalo Sabres 	4–6–2
13	T	Oct 29, 1996	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers 	4–6–3
14	W	Oct 30, 1996	6–1 	@ New Jersey Devils 	5–6–3
15	W	Nov 2, 1996 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins 	6–6–3
16	L	Nov 4, 1996 	3–5 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	6–7–3
17	T	Nov 6, 1996 	1–1 OT	@ New York Islanders 	6–7–4
18	L	Nov 9, 1996 	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals 	6–8–4
19	L	Nov 11, 1996	2–3 	Vancouver Canucks 	6–9–4
20	L	Nov 13, 1996	1–2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	6–10–4
21	W	Nov 16, 1996	8–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	7–10–4
22	L	Nov 18, 1996	3–5 	@ Calgary Flames 	7–11–4
23	L	Nov 21, 1996	2–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers 	7–12–4
24	L	Nov 23, 1996	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	7–13–4
25	W	Nov 26, 1996	3–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes 	8–13–4
26	W	Nov 27, 1996	5–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche 	9–13–4
27	W	Dec 1, 1996 	6–2 	Montreal Canadiens 	10–13–4
28	T	Dec 4, 1996 	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers 	10–13–5
29	W	Dec 6, 1996 	6–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	11–13–5
30	W	Dec 7, 1996 	4–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	12–13–5
31	W	Dec 9, 1996 	5–2 	Phoenix Coyotes 	13–13–5
32	L	Dec 11, 1996	3–5 	New York Islanders 	13–14–5
33	W	Dec 13, 1996	3–0 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	14–14–5
34	W	Dec 16, 1996	5–2 	Hartford Whalers 	15–14–5
35	W	Dec 18, 1996	4–0 	Los Angeles Kings 	16–14–5
36	W	Dec 21, 1996	3–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens 	17–14–5
37	W	Dec 22, 1996	7–3 	Florida Panthers 	18–14–5
38	L	Dec 26, 1996	2–5 	@ Ottawa Senators 	18–15–5
39	W	Dec 27, 1996	3–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	19–15–5
40	W	Dec 30, 1996	3–2 	@ Dallas Stars 	20–15–5
41	L	Dec 31, 1996	2–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	20–16–5
42	W	Jan 2, 1997 	4–3 	New York Islanders 	21–16–5
43	W	Jan 4, 1997 	6–4 	Ottawa Senators 	22–16–5
44	T	Jan 6, 1997 	2–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche 	22–16–6
45	L	Jan 8, 1997 	3–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	22–17–6
46	L	Jan 9, 1997 	0–2 	@ Washington Capitals 	22–18–6
47	W	Jan 12, 1997	3–0 	New Jersey Devils 	23–18–6
48	L	Jan 13, 1997	2–4 	New York Islanders 	23–19–6
49	T	Jan 21, 1997	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers 	23–19–7
50	W	Jan 22, 1997	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals 	24–19–7
51	W	Jan 25, 1997	7–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	25–19–7
52	L	Jan 27, 1997	1–2 	Chicago Blackhawks 	25–20–7
53	W	Feb 1, 1997 	4–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	26–20–7
54	L	Feb 2, 1997 	2–3 	Boston Bruins 	26–21–7
55	W	Feb 5, 1997 	5–2 	Hartford Whalers 	27–21–7
56	W	Feb 8, 1997 	5–2 	@ New York Islanders 	28–21–7
57	L	Feb 9, 1997 	3–4 	@ Florida Panthers 	28–22–7
58	L	Feb 13, 1997	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues 	28–23–7
59	L	Feb 15, 1997	0–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	28–24–7
60	T	Feb 17, 1997	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils 	28–24–8
61	T	Feb 19, 1997	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils 	28–24–9
62	L	Feb 21, 1997	2–7 	@ Hartford Whalers 	28–25–9
63	L	Feb 23, 1997	1–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	28–26–9
64	L	Mar 1, 1997 	0–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	28–27–9
65	W	Mar 3, 1997 	5–4 OT	San Jose Sharks 	29–27–9
66	W	Mar 6, 1997 	6–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	30–27–9
67	L	Mar 7, 1997 	2–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	30–28–9
68	W	Mar 9, 1997 	2–1 	@ San Jose Sharks 	31–28–9
69	W	Mar 12, 1997	3–2 	Washington Capitals 	32–28–9
70	W	Mar 14, 1997	4–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators 	33–28–9
71	L	Mar 17, 1997	3–4 	Ottawa Senators 	33–29–9
72	L	Mar 19, 1997	4–5 	Montreal Canadiens 	33–30–9
73	W	Mar 21, 1997	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings 	34–30–9
74	W	Mar 24, 1997	3–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	35–30–9
75	L	Mar 27, 1997	0–4 	@ New Jersey Devils 	35–31–9
76	L	Mar 29, 1997	1–2 	@ Hartford Whalers 	35–32–9
77	T	Apr 1, 1997 	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres 	35–32–10
78	W	Apr 3, 1997 	5–4 	Boston Bruins 	36–32–10
79	L	Apr 4, 1997 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	36–33–10
80	W	Apr 7, 1997 	3–2 	Philadelphia Flyers 	37–33–10
81	W	Apr 10, 1997	6–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	38–33–10
82	L	Apr 11, 1997	2–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	38–34–10
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	25	72	97 	28 	12 	6 	0 	2
 	C 	71	36	48	84 	88 	12 	7 	5 	9
 	D 	82	20	58	78 	40 	31 	9 	0 	2
 	LW 	82	33	28	61 	66 	10 	10 	4 	3
 	RW 	82	24	28	52 	20 	23 	5 	1 	4
 	LW 	69	24	24	48 	48 	16 	5 	0 	4
 	D 	77	9 	29	38 	59 	1 	6 	1 	0
 	RW 	45	13	22	35 	42 	11 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	79	5 	25	30 	48 	8 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	68	10	12	22 	26 	6 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	63	6 	13	19 	12 	5 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	73	6 	11	17 	138	3 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	44	6 	9 	15 	28 	-7 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	67	8 	6 	14 	37 	2 	0 	2 	3
 	LW 	41	10	3 	13 	10 	-5 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	80	3 	9 	12 	167	22 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	5 	5 	10 	6 	4 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	60	3 	6 	9 	195	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	27	1 	7 	8 	10 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	48	3 	4 	7 	24 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	2 	5 	7 	2 	-3 	1 	1 	1
 	RW 	14	2 	1 	3 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	1 	2 	3 	6 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	27	1 	1 	2 	4 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	12	1 	1 	2 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1 	0 	1 	30 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	40	0 	1 	1 	147	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	45	0 	1 	1 	106	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	1 	1 	25 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	18 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	23	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	0 	0 	11 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	61	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==Playoffs==
==Awards and reecords==
* James Norris Memorial Trophy: Brian Leetch
==References==
* Rangers on Hockey Database
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