NHL Playoff Plus Minus Leaders 1996-97

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Plus/minus compares goals for and goals against while the player is on the ice. Higher means the player's team outscored opponents more with him on the ice. Below are the top 343 NHL playoff players ranked by Playoff Plus Minus for 1996-97.

#	Player	Team	+/-
1	L. MurphyLarry Murphy 35YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	16
2	C. TherienChris Therien 24YD	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	14
3	N. LidstromNicklas Lidstrom 26YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	12
4	R. Brind'AmourRod Brind'Amour 25YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	9
5	E. DesjardinsEric Desjardins 27YD	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	9
6	I. LarionovIgor Larionov 35YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	8
7	B. RouseBob Rouse 32YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	8
8	B. ShanahanBrendan Shanahan 27YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	8
9	M. LapointeMartin Lapointe 22YRW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	8
10	D. McgillisDan Mcgillis 24YD	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	8
11	E. LindrosEric Lindros 23YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	7
12	C. LemieuxClaude Lemieux 30YRW	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	7
13	L. RobitailleLuc Robitaille 30YLW	New YorkNew York Rangers	7
14	K. MaltbyKirk Maltby 23YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	6
15	J. RoenickJeremy Roenick 26YC	PhoenixPhoenix Coyotes	6
16	D. MansonDave Manson 29YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	6
17	K. DraperKris Draper 25YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	5
18	S. FedorovSergei Fedorov 26YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	5
19	J. KocurJoey Kocur 31YRW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	5
20	J. LeClairJohn LeClair 26YLW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	5
21	J. SakicJoe Sakic 26YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	5
22	J. BeukeboomJeff Beukeboom 31YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	5
23	W. GretzkyWayne Gretzky 35YC	New YorkNew York Rangers	5
24	B. LeetchBrian Leetch 28YD	New YorkNew York Rangers	5
25	S. YelleStephane Yelle 22YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	5
26	S. PodeinShjon Podein 28YLW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	4
27	P. SvobodaPetr Svoboda 30YD	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	4
28	D. BrownDoug Brown 32YRW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	4
29	D. PlanteDerek Plante 25YC	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	4
30	G. De VriesGreg De Vries 23YD	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	4
31	S. ZubovSergei Zubov 25YD	DallasDallas Stars	4
32	B. HullBrett Hull 31YRW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	4
33	J. ShantzJeff Shantz 22YC	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	4
34	B. BrunetBenoit Brunet 27YLW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	4
35	S. YzermanSteve Yzerman 31YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	3
36	V. KozlovVyacheslav Kozlov 24YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	3
37	J. NiinimaaJanne Niinimaa 21YD	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	3
38	D. ZubrusDainius Zubrus 18YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	3
39	J. OttoJoel Otto 34YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	3
40	A. GusarovAlexei Gusarov 31YD	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	3
41	A. FooteAdam Foote 24YD	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	3
42	A. MillerAaron Miller 24YD	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	3
43	M. GrosekMichal Grosek 21YLW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	3
44	M. WilsonMike Wilson 21YD	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	3
45	N. SundstromNiklas Sundstrom 21YRW	New YorkNew York Rangers	3
46	V. ZelepukinValeri Zelepukin 27YLW	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	3
47	B. BassenBob Bassen 31YLW	DallasDallas Stars	3
48	T. NumminenTeppo Numminen 27YD	PhoenixPhoenix Coyotes	3
49	P. DemitraPavol Demitra 21YRW	St. LouisSt. Louis Blues	3
50	E. MoreauEthan Moreau 20YLW	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	3