1996–97 Los Angeles Kings season
The 1996–97 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' thirtieth season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Kings failed to make the playoffs.Offseason
Regular season
Final standings
Playoffs
The Kings missed the 1997 playoffs, making that season the fourth consecutive year that they missed the playoffs.Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 75 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 38 |
| 81 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 112 |
| 67 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 45 |
| 67 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 12 |
| 69 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 96 |
| 65 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 10 |
| 62 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 82 |
| 67 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 22 |
| 41 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 20 |
| 60 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 25 |
| 62 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 102 |
| 80 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 84 |
| 55 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 144 |
| 44 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 74 |
| 32 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 |
| 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 |
| 33 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 60 |
| 79 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 32 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
| 41 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 31 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 93 |
| 54 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 84 |
| 52 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 194 |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 116 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| 2162 | 40 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 112 | 3.11 | 1178 | 1066 | .905 | 0 |
| 2482 | 44 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 132 | 3.19 | 1410 | 1278 | .906 | 4 |
| 265 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2.49 | 147 | 136 | .925 | 0 |
| 56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.29 | 35 | 31 | .886 | 0 |
| Team: | 4965 | 82 | 28 | 43 | 11 | 259 | 3.13 | 2770 | 2511 | .906 | 4 |
Awards and records
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft held at the Kiel Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
