Stanley Cup Finals
1996-97 regular season:
Philadelphia 45-24-12
Detroit 38-26-18
Head-to-head: Detroit 1-0-1
Previous playoff record: none
Last time won the Stanley Cup:
1975 Philadelphia
1955 Detroit
Last time in the Stanley Cup Finals:
1987 Philadelphia (lost to Edmonton)
1995 Detroit (lost to New Jersey)
Detroit Red Wings
- Detroit at Philadelphia, 4-2
- Detroit at Philadelphia, 4-2
- Philadelphia at Detroit, 1-6
- Philadelphia at Detroit, 1-2
Playoffs scoring leaders:
Points
PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS +/-
Eric Lindros Philadelphia 19 12 14 26 7
Joe Sakic Colorado 17 8 17 25 5
Claude Lemieux Colorado 17 13 10 23 7
Valeri Kamensky Colorado 17 8 14 22 1-
Rod Brind'Amour Philadelphia 19 13 8 21 9
John LeClair Philadelphia 19 9 12 21 5
Wayne Gretzky NY Rangers 15 10 10 20 5
Sergei Fedorov Detroit 20 8 12 20 5
Brendan Shanahan Detroit 20 9 8 17 8
Peter Forsberg Colorado 14 5 12 17 6-
Sandis Ozolinsh Colorado 17 4 13 17 1-
Vyacheslav Kozlov Detroit 19 8 5 13 3
Paul Kariya Anaheim 11 7 6 13 2-
Steve Yzerman Detroit 20 7 6 13 3
+Janne Niinimaa Philadelphia 19 1 12 13 3
Esa Tikkanen NY Rangers 15 9 3 12 2
Igor Larionov Detroit 20 4 8 12 8
Martin Lapointe Detroit 20 4 8 12 8
Mark Messier NY Rangers 15 3 9 12 2
Mikael Renberg Philadelphia 18 5 6 11 1
Luc Robitaille NY Rangers 15 4 7 11 7
Doug Weight Edmonton 12 3 8 11 0
Larry Murphy Detroit 20 2 9 11 16
Dmitri Mironov Anaheim 11 1 10 11 0
Power-Play Goals
NAME TEAM GP PP
Valeri Kamensky Colorado 17 5
Paul Kariya Anaheim 11 4
Eric Lindros Philadelphia 19 4
John LeClair Philadelphia 19 4
Rod Brind'Amour Philadelphia 19 4
Vyacheslav Kozlov Detroit 20 4
Claude Lemieux Colorado 17 4
Daniel Alfredsson Ottawa 7 3
Donald Audette Buffalo 11 3
Teemu Selanne Anaheim 11 3
Randy Burridge Buffalo 12 3
Andrei Kovalenko Edmonton 12 3
Peter Forsberg Colorado 14 3
Wayne Gretzky NY Rangers 15 3
Esa Tikkanen NY Rangers 15 3
Igor Larionov Detroit 20 3
Joe Sakic Colorado 17 3
Game-Winning Goals
NAME TEAM GP GW
Sergei Fedorov Detroit 20 4
Claude Lemieux Colorado 17 4
John LeClair Philadelphia 19 3
Esa Tikkanen NY Rangers 15 3
Geoff Courtnall St. Louis 6 2
Mike Modano Dallas 7 2
Daniel Alfredsson Ottawa 7 2
Derek Plante Buffalo 12 2
Ryan Smyth Edmonton 12 2
Adam Graves NY Rangers 15 2
Wayne Gretzky NY Rangers 15 2
Trent Klatt Philadelphia 19 2
Brendan Shanahan Detroit 20 2
Steve Yzerman Detroit 20 2
Vyacheslav Kozlov Detroit 20 2
Valeri Kamensky Colorado 17 2
Darren McCarty Detroit 20 2
Plus/Minus
NAME TEAM GP +/-
Larry Murphy Detroit 20 16
Chris Therien Philadelphia 19 14
Nicklas Lidstrom Detroit 20 12
Rod Brind'Amour Philadelphia 19 9
Eric Desjardins Philadelphia 19 9
Goalie Stats
GOALTENDER GPI MINS GAA W L SV %
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Mike Vernon 20 1229 1.76 16 4 .927
Chris Osgood 2 47 2.55 0 0 .905
Det Totals 20 1280 1.78 16 4 .926
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Martin Brodeur 10 659 1.73 5 5 .929
NJ Totals 10 662 1.90 5 5 .922
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Ron Tugnutt 7 425 1.98 3 4 .917
Ott Totals 7 428 1.96 3 4 .917
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Grant Fuhr 6 357 2.18 2 4 .929
Stl Totals 6 360 2.17 2 4 .929
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Mike Richter 15 939 2.11 9 6 .932
Nyr Totals 15 943 2.23 9 6 .929
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Patrick Roy 17 1034 2.21 10 7 .932
Craig Billington 1 20 3.00 0 0 .923
Col Totals 17 1060 2.32 10 7 .929
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J. Vanbiesbrouck 5 328 2.38 1 4 .929
Fla Totals 5 329 2.37 1 4 .929
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N. Khabibulin 7 426 2.11 3 4 .932
Pho Totals 7 427 2.39 3 4 .924
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Guy Hebert 9 534 2.02 4 4 .929
M. Shtalenkov 4 211 2.84 0 3 .938
Ana Totals 11 747 2.41 4 7 .928
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Arturs Irbe 1 13 .00 0 0 1.000
Andy Moog 7 449 2.81 3 4 .902
Dal Totals 7 462 2.73 3 4 .904
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Andrei Trefilov 1 5 .00 0 0 1.000
Dominik Hasek 3 153 1.96 1 1 .926
+Steve Shields 10 570 2.74 4 6 .922
Buf Totals 12 734 2.78 5 7 .917
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Curtis Joseph 12 767 2.82 5 7 .911
Edm Totals 12 771 2.88 5 7 .909
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Garth Snow 12 699 2.83 8 4 .892
Ron Hextall 8 444 2.97 4 3 .892
Phi Totals 19 1146 2.88 12 7 .892
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+Jose Theodore 2 168 2.50 1 1 .935
Jocelyn Thibault 3 179 4.36 0 3 .871
Mtl Totals 5 348 3.79 1 4 .896
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Ken Wregget 5 297 3.64 1 4 .915
Pit Totals 5 300 4.00 1 4 .906
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Chris Terreri 2 44 4.09 0 0 .893
Jeff Hackett 6 345 4.35 2 4 .868
Chi Totals 6 391 4.30 2 4 .872
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+ denotes rookie
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