Between January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997, Eric Lindros recorded the most points in the regular-season and playoffs, with 129 points.

most NHL points by a player from jan 1 1997 to dec 31 1997 including playoffs

	NAME	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Eric Lindros E. Lindros	129	94	51	78	+37	194	12	25	0	0	9	3	338	15.1
2	John LeClair J. LeClair	124	102	65	59	+51	56	18	13	0	0	9	0	403	16.1
3	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	116	92	70	46	+33	42	16	15	0	1	11	1	339	20.6
4	Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	111	86	37	74	+15	109	9	28	3	2	5	0	269	13.8
5	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	99	98	29	70	+7	30	5	21	0	1	4	0	294	9.9
6	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	98	102	54	44	+34	199	23	10	2	2	11	2	406	13.3
7	Doug Weight D. Weight	95	92	27	68	-2	68	9	39	0	0	3	0	285	9.5
8	Ron Francis R. Francis	94	89	30	64	-8	24	11	24	0	0	5	0	195	15.4
9	Brett Hull B. Hull	93	83	46	47	+2	28	14	16	2	1	8	1	305	15.1
10	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	93	67	37	56	+14	36	8	26	0	1	9	1	224	16.5
11	Keith Tkachuk K. Tkachuk	93	89	60	33	+10	231	14	12	1	1	10	0	322	18.6
12	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	90	105	29	61	+2	84	9	25	1	0	3	0	285	10.2
13	Mark Messier M. Messier	90	91	32	58	+11	85	5	16	2	4	8	0	219	14.6
14	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	90	85	32	58	+4	56	15	26	1	0	2	0	314	10.2
15	Paul Kariya P. Kariya	90	64	44	46	+31	6	15	17	2	0	7	1	317	13.9
16	Mike Modano M. Modano	90	79	39	51	+39	50	13	10	6	4	8	0	287	13.6
17	Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	88	84	45	43	+9	26	7	19	3	2	2	0	282	16.0
18	Mark Recchi M. Recchi	87	91	40	47	+9	39	7	16	1	2	4	0	229	17.5
19	Alexei Yashin A. Yashin	87	94	37	50	+4	42	7	18	0	1	5	0	308	12.0
20	Adam Oates A. Oates	86	84	21	65	+5	20	3	23	3	5	4	0	159	13.2
21	Doug Gilmour D. Gilmour	85	90	22	63	+4	86	3	28	1	1	3	0	158	13.9
22	Valeri Kamensky V. Kamensky	83	89	34	49	+4	66	15	23	0	0	5	1	218	15.6
23	Rod Brind'Amour R. Brind'Amour	83	102	42	41	+15	63	14	10	5	2	7	0	265	15.8
24	Claude Lemieux C. Lemieux	82	100	37	45	+4	122	13	18	0	0	9	2	376	9.8
25	Jozef Stumpel J. Stumpel	82	81	21	61	-18	46	5	23	0	0	3	0	173	12.1