most even strength points per game in the nhl in 1997

Eric Lindros had the most even-strength points per game in 1996-97, with 1.08 points.

Interpreted as:

most even strength points per game with a minimum of 51.25 games played per 82 team games by a player in the NHL in 1997

	NAME	EVP/GP	SEASON	TM	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	1.08	1996-97	PHI	52	32	47	79	+31	136	9	14	0	0	7	2	198	16.2
2	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	1.06	1996-97	PIT	63	47	48	95	+22	40	11	14	2	1	6	0	234	20.1
3	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	1.04	1996-97	PIT	76	50	72	122	+27	65	15	22	3	3	7	0	327	15.3
4	John LeClair J. LeClair	0.99	1996-97	PHI	82	50	47	97	+44	58	10	6	0	0	5	0	324	15.4
5	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	0.97	1996-97	ANA	78	51	58	109	+28	34	11	21	1	0	8	1	273	18.7
6	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	0.88	1996-97	ANA	69	44	55	99	+36	6	15	19	3	1	10	0	340	12.9
7	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	0.82	1996-97	TOR	82	41	53	94	+6	59	7	13	4	3	8	0	281	14.6
8	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	0.82	1996-97	COL	65	28	58	86	+31	73	5	21	4	3	4	0	188	14.9
9	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	0.80	1996-97	PHX	81	52	34	86	-1	228	9	10	2	0	7	1	296	17.6
10	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0.79	1996-97	NYR	82	25	72	97	+12	28	6	25	0	1	2	0	286	8.7
11	Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0.79	1996-97	NYI	80	48	42	90	+21	43	6	15	4	2	6	0	292	16.4
12	Mark Messier M. Messier	0.77	1996-97	NYR	71	36	48	84	+12	88	7	11	5	6	9	0	227	15.9
13	Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	0.74	1996-97	TOT	78	26	59	85	+8	14	5	22	0	0	7	0	216	12.0
14	Martin Gelinas M. Gelinas	0.74	1996-97	VAN	74	35	33	68	+6	42	6	5	1	1	3	0	177	19.8
15	Mike Modano M. Modano	0.74	1996-97	DAL	80	35	48	83	+43	42	9	8	5	2	9	1	291	12.0
16	Tony Amonte T. Amonte	0.73	1996-97	CHI	81	41	36	77	+35	64	9	6	2	1	4	0	266	15.4
17	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	0.73	1996-97	TOT	81	22	60	82	+2	68	4	18	1	0	1	0	143	15.4
18	Alexander Mogilny A. Mogilny	0.72	1996-97	VAN	76	31	42	73	+9	18	7	9	1	1	4	1	174	17.8
19	Adam Oates A. Oates	0.71	1996-97	TOT	80	22	60	82	-5	14	3	16	2	4	5	1	160	13.8
20	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	0.70	1996-97	DET	81	22	63	85	+22	78	8	18	0	2	3	0	232	9.5
21	Brett Hull B. Hull	0.70	1996-97	STL	77	42	40	82	-9	10	12	14	2	0	6	0	302	13.9
22	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0.70	1996-97	MTL	82	34	46	80	-1	58	7	13	2	1	3	0	202	16.8
23	Peter Bondra P. Bondra	0.69	1996-97	WSH	77	46	31	77	+7	72	10	10	4	0	3	0	314	14.6
24	Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0.67	1996-97	MTL	82	27	54	81	-6	82	7	14	2	3	3	0	244	11.1
25	Ron Francis R. Francis	0.67	1996-97	PIT	81	27	63	90	+7	20	10	24	1	1	2	0	183	14.8