| Jan 1, 1997 Wed | | Anaheim | Florida | Marshall-Mellanby |
| Jan 1, 1997 Wed | | Boston | Ottawa | (Rough) Odgers-Lambert |
| Jan 1, 1997 Wed | | Hartford | Washington | Grimson-Berube (5)  Janssens-Simon (4.3)  (Cheap) Primeau-Juneau |
| Jan 1, 1997 Wed | | Montreal | Dallas | Quintal-Marshall (7) (Rough) Tucker-Bassen |
| Jan 2, 1997 Thu | | Boston | Hartford | Add Event |
| Jan 2, 1997 Thu | | Calgary | Colorado | Add Event |
| Jan 2, 1997 Thu | | Phoenix | Chicago | Add Event |
| Jan 2, 1997 Thu | | Los Angeles | Vancouver | Zmolek-Odjick |
| Jan 2, 1997 Thu | | Montreal | St. Louis | Add Event |
| Jan 2, 1997 Thu | | Pittsburgh | New Jersey | Wilkinson-Daneyko (Rough) Nedved-Brylin |
| Jan 2, 1997 Thu | | NY Islanders | NY Rangers | Add Event |
| Jan 2, 1997 Thu | | Philadelphia | San Jose | Scrum at 26:17 (2)  Bowen-Wood (1) |
| Jan 3, 1997 Fri | | Anaheim | Tampa Bay | Karpa-Myhres (3) |
| Jan 3, 1997 Fri | | St. Louis | Buffalo | Add Event |
| Jan 3, 1997 Fri | | Dallas | Detroit | Add Event |
| Jan 3, 1997 Fri | | Toronto | Edmonton | Add Event |
| Jan 3, 1997 Fri | | New Jersey | Ottawa | Add Event |
| Jan 3, 1997 Fri | | Phoenix | Washington | McKenzie-Berube (5.3)  King-Kaminski (3) McKenzie-Reekie (3) Injury at 60:00 |
| Jan 4, 1997 Sat | | Dallas | Boston | (Cheap) Marshall-Mallette |
| Jan 4, 1997 Sat | | Calgary | San Jose | Add Event |
| Jan 4, 1997 Sat | | Washington | Hartford | Simon-Janssens (7.5)  |
| Jan 4, 1997 Sat | | Philadelphia | Colorado | Kordic-Severyn (4) Lacroix-Belak (7.4) |
| Jan 4, 1997 Sat | | Florida | Los Angeles | Laus-Potomski (5.5)  Jovanovski-Smyth (7)  |
| Jan 4, 1997 Sat | | NY Islanders | Montreal | Add Event |
| Jan 4, 1997 Sat | | Ottawa | NY Rangers | Lambert-Beukeboom (4) Lambert-Beukeboom (3) |
| Jan 4, 1997 Sat | | Tampa Bay | Pittsburgh | Add Event |
| Jan 4, 1997 Sat | | Toronto | Vancouver | Domi-Wotton (5.5) Zettler-Walker (3) |
| Jan 5, 1997 Sun | | Phoenix | Buffalo | King-Ray (4)  King-Barnaby (4.5)  Manson-Ray (4)  Scrum at 58:49 (3) (Rough) McKenzie-Smehlik (3) |
| Jan 5, 1997 Sun | | Detroit | Chicago | Pushor-Cummins (4)  Kocur-Probert (5.8)  Kocur-Russell (6.7)  |
| Jan 5, 1997 Sun | | St. Louis | New Jersey | Add Event |
| Jan 6, 1997 Mon | | Vancouver | Anaheim | Odjick-Rychel (3.5) Walker-Baumgartner (5) |
| Jan 6, 1997 Mon | | Hartford | Montreal | Add Event |
| Jan 6, 1997 Mon | | Colorado | NY Rangers | Add Event |
| Jan 6, 1997 Mon | | Tampa Bay | Ottawa | Add Event |
| Jan 7, 1997 Tue | | Boston | Philadelphia | Odgers-Lacroix (5.7)  McLaren-Lindros (2.3)  |
| Jan 7, 1997 Tue | | Buffalo | San Jose | Ray-Wood (4)  Scrum at 25:35 (2) (Rough) Ray-Gill (2) Boughner-Wood (5.3)  |
| Jan 7, 1997 Tue | | Toronto | Calgary | Domi-McCarthy (7)  |
| Jan 7, 1997 Tue | | Edmonton | St. Louis | (Rough) Marchment-Twist (3)  |
| Jan 7, 1997 Tue | | Vancouver | Los Angeles | Brashear-Johnson (2.3) |
| Jan 7, 1997 Tue | | Pittsburgh | NY Islanders | Hicks-Webb (6) |
| Jan 8, 1997 Wed | | Florida | Anaheim | Add Event |
| Jan 8, 1997 Wed | | Edmonton | Chicago | Add Event |
| Jan 8, 1997 Wed | | Colorado | New Jersey | Add Event |
| Jan 8, 1997 Wed | | Detroit | Dallas | Add Event |
| Jan 8, 1997 Wed | | Tampa Bay | NY Rangers | Add Event |
| Jan 9, 1997 Thu | | Montreal | Boston | Add Event |
| Jan 9, 1997 Thu | | Buffalo | Los Angeles | Add Event |
| Jan 9, 1997 Thu | | Hartford | Calgary | Primeau-Stern (6) Chase-Huscroft |
| Jan 9, 1997 Thu | | Colorado | Ottawa | Add Event |
| Jan 9, 1997 Thu | | Detroit | Phoenix | Event Pushor-Tkachuk (4)  Lapointe-King (2) Rouse-Roenick (3.5)  (Rough) Kocur-McKenzie |
| Jan 9, 1997 Thu | | NY Rangers | Washington | Add Event |
| Jan 9, 1997 Thu | | Tampa Bay | Philadelphia | Myhres-Kordic (8.2)  |
| Jan 9, 1997 Thu | | St. Louis | San Jose | Twist-Ewen (8)  |
| Jan 10, 1997 Fri | | Buffalo | Anaheim | (Rough) Primeau-Valk Scrum at 11:52 Ray-Van Impe (5.3)  Barnaby-Marshall (5.8)  |
| Jan 10, 1997 Fri | | Hartford | Vancouver | Grimson-Odjick (6.8)  |
| Jan 10, 1997 Fri | | Chicago | New Jersey | Russell-McKay (7) (Rough) Ciccone-Daneyko |
| Jan 10, 1997 Fri | | Phoenix | Dallas | Add Event |
| Jan 10, 1997 Fri | | NY Islanders | Pittsburgh | Webb-Dziedzic (3) Webb-Wilkinson (4) Belanger-Hicks (3.5) (Cheap) Pilon-Lemieux (7)  Scrum at 45:31 (4) |
| Jan 11, 1997 Sat | | Boston | Montreal | Chynoweth-Stevenson (6)  Mallette-Baron (3.3)  |
| Jan 11, 1997 Sat | | Florida | Calgary | Niedermayer-Iginla (2.5)  Mellanby-Simpson (4) Svehla-Gavey |
| Jan 11, 1997 Sat | | Chicago | Detroit | Add Event |
| Jan 11, 1997 Sat | | Colorado | Toronto | Severyn-Toporowski (5.5) |
| Jan 11, 1997 Sat | | San Jose | Edmonton | Ewen-DeBrusk (3.8)  (Rough) McSorley-Richardson (2)  Wood-Richardson (6)  |
| Jan 11, 1997 Sat | | St. Louis | Los Angeles | Persson-Stevens (3) |
| Jan 11, 1997 Sat | | NY Islanders | Tampa Bay | Belanger-Poeschek (4.5) |
| Jan 11, 1997 Sat | | Pittsburgh | Ottawa | Add Event |
| Jan 11, 1997 Sat | | Washington | Philadelphia | Kaminski-Kordic (7) |
| Jan 12, 1997 Sun | | Anaheim | Vancouver | Add Event |
| Jan 12, 1997 Sun | | Buffalo | Phoenix | Ray-Thompson (7)  |
| Jan 12, 1997 Sun | | Hartford | Edmonton | (Hit) Diduck-DeBrusk Janssens-Richardson (6.3)  |
| Jan 12, 1997 Sun | | New Jersey | NY Rangers | McKay-Cairns (4.8)  |
| Jan 13, 1997 Mon | | Ottawa | Boston | Add Event |
| Jan 13, 1997 Mon | | Tampa Bay | Chicago | Add Event |
| Jan 13, 1997 Mon | | Dallas | Montreal | Add Event |
| Jan 13, 1997 Mon | | NY Islanders | NY Rangers | Webb-Cairns (5.8)  |
| Jan 13, 1997 Mon | | Phoenix | San Jose | McKenzie-Ewen (6.5)  |
| Jan 13, 1997 Mon | | Toronto | Washington | Add Event |
| Jan 14, 1997 Tue | | Boston | New Jersey | Collision at 45:03 Beddoes-Guerin (5.3)  |
| Jan 14, 1997 Tue | | Dallas | Pittsburgh | Add Event |
| Jan 14, 1997 Tue | | Los Angeles | Detroit | Zmolek-Taylor (7)  |
| Jan 14, 1997 Tue | | Florida | Vancouver | Add Event |
| Jan 14, 1997 Tue | | Montreal | Philadelphia | (Cheap) Tucker-Svoboda |
| Jan 15, 1997 Wed | | Anaheim | Calgary | Karpa-Hulse Rychel-Huscroft |
| Jan 15, 1997 Wed | | Buffalo | NY Islanders | Add Event |
| Jan 15, 1997 Wed | | Pittsburgh | Hartford | Dziedzic-Diduck Wilkinson-Primeau (7.8)  |
| Jan 15, 1997 Wed | | Tampa Bay | Colorado | Add Event |
| Jan 15, 1997 Wed | | Florida | Edmonton | Add Event |
| Jan 15, 1997 Wed | | Los Angeles | Toronto | Add Event |
| Jan 15, 1997 Wed | | Washington | Ottawa | (Cheap) Simon-Laukkanen (Cheap) Berube-Vial Brawl at 58:41 Simon-Vial (6.5)  Reekie-Lambert (4) |
| Jan 15, 1997 Wed | | St. Louis | Phoenix | Add Event |
| Jan 20, 1997 Mon | | Washington | Boston | Kaminski-Mallette (5.7)  Allison-Malkoc (6.5)  |
| Jan 20, 1997 Mon | | Chicago | Buffalo | Ciccone-Primeau (5.8)  Russell-Boughner (3)  |
| Jan 20, 1997 Mon | | Toronto | Hartford | Domi-Grimson (5) |
| Jan 20, 1997 Mon | | Colorado | Florida | Add Event |
| Jan 20, 1997 Mon | | Detroit | Montreal | (Cheap) Shanahan-unknown Shanahan-Stevenson (3.3) Pushor-Brown |
| Jan 20, 1997 Mon | | St. Louis | NY Islanders | Peluso-Webb (5)  |
| Jan 20, 1997 Mon | | San Jose | Vancouver | Hunter-Brashear (6.8)  (Cheap) Wood-Wotton (4)  |
| Jan 21, 1997 Tue | | Calgary | Pittsburgh | Add Event |
| Jan 21, 1997 Tue | | Colorado | Tampa Bay | (Refused) Roy-Ciccarelli (3)  Brawl at 15:56 (5)  Lefebvre-Ulanov (4) Deadmarsh-Poulin (4) |
| Jan 21, 1997 Tue | | Dallas | Philadelphia | Add Event |
| Jan 21, 1997 Tue | | Edmonton | NY Rangers | Add Event |
| Jan 21, 1997 Tue | | New Jersey | Los Angeles | Add Event |
| Jan 22, 1997 Wed | | New Jersey | Anaheim | Pederson-Marshall (5) |
| Jan 22, 1997 Wed | | Boston | Ottawa | Add Event |
| Jan 22, 1997 Wed | | Montreal | Buffalo | (Cheap) Quintal-Wilson (6) (Almost) Corson-Boughner Brown-Ray (6.9)  |
| Jan 22, 1997 Wed | | Calgary | Toronto | Add Event |
| Jan 22, 1997 Wed | | Florida | Hartford | Laus-Janssens (7)  (Rough) Carkner-Primeau Scrum at 63:41 |
| Jan 22, 1997 Wed | | Vancouver | Chicago | Crowder-Probert (4.2)  Brashear-Cummins (6.2) Murzyn-Moreau (4) |
| Jan 22, 1997 Wed | | Philadelphia | Detroit | Scrum at 4:37  (Rough) Brind'Amour-Fetisov |
| Jan 22, 1997 Wed | | Edmonton | NY Islanders | Add Event |
| Jan 22, 1997 Wed | | Los Angeles | San Jose | Add Event |
| Jan 22, 1997 Wed | | NY Rangers | Washington | Churla-Kaminski (2.5) |
| Jan 23, 1997 Thu | | Anaheim | Phoenix | Karpa-King |
| Jan 23, 1997 Thu | | Florida | Boston | Lindsay-Staios (5.5) |
| Jan 23, 1997 Thu | | Colorado | Pittsburgh | Krupp-Roche (4.5)  Brawl at 30:02 (5) Severyn-Roche (3.7) Foote-Hicks (6) |
| Jan 23, 1997 Thu | | Vancouver | St. Louis | Add Event |
| Jan 24, 1997 Fri | | Edmonton | Buffalo | Add Event |
| Jan 24, 1997 Fri | | Calgary | Ottawa | Add Event |
| Jan 24, 1997 Fri | | NY Islanders | Hartford | Webb-Chase (7) Hughes-Rice (3) Houda-Chase (2.5) Webb-Grimson (4.7)  |
| Jan 24, 1997 Fri | | Toronto | Chicago | Domi-Probert (6) |
| Jan 24, 1997 Fri | | Dallas | Washington | Add Event |
| Jan 24, 1997 Fri | | New Jersey | San Jose | Add Event |
| Jan 25, 1997 Sat | | Anaheim | Los Angeles | Baumgartner-Johnson (2.5) |
| Jan 25, 1997 Sat | | Colorado | Boston | Severyn-Tocchet |
| Jan 25, 1997 Sat | | Hartford | Buffalo | Primeau-Barnaby (5.8)  Grimson-Ray (6.8)  |
| Jan 25, 1997 Sat | | Chicago | NY Islanders | Cummins-Kruse (5.3)  |
| Jan 25, 1997 Sat | | Dallas | Toronto | Add Event |
| Jan 25, 1997 Sat | | Detroit | Philadelphia | (Rough) Konstantinov-Lindros  (Hit) Pushor-Lacroix Kocur-Daniels (3)  Draper-Svoboda (4)  (Hit) Konstantinov-Lindros (7)  |
| Jan 25, 1997 Sat | | Tampa Bay | Florida | Scrum at 3:16 |
| Jan 25, 1997 Sat | | St. Louis | Montreal | Peluso-Murray (4) Pellerin-Tucker (6) Twist-Brown (6.7)  |
| Jan 25, 1997 Sat | | NY Rangers | Pittsburgh | Langdon-Roche (4.7) |
| Jan 25, 1997 Sat | | Vancouver | Phoenix | Crowder-McKenzie (6.7)  Crowder-McKenzie (6.6)  Brashear-King (1.2)  |
| Jan 26, 1997 Sun | | Edmonton | Washington | DeBrusk-Kaminski (2.5) Abuse at 3:17 (Hit) Marchment-Kaminski |
| Jan 26, 1997 Sun | | Pittsburgh | Montreal | Injury at 2:15 (3) (Almost) Leroux-Thornton (2) Kasparaitis-Thornton (7)  |
| Jan 27, 1997 Mon | | Anaheim | St. Louis | Leboutillier-Twist (3.8)  |
| Jan 27, 1997 Mon | | Chicago | NY Rangers | Probert-Beukeboom (4.6)  Cummins-Blouin (5.7)  (Rough) Probert-Langdon Probert-Langdon (8.3)  |
| Jan 27, 1997 Mon | | Colorado | Toronto | Add Event |
| Jan 27, 1997 Mon | | Los Angeles | Dallas | O'Donnell-Bassen |
| Jan 27, 1997 Mon | | Tampa Bay | Ottawa | Wiemer-Lambert (4) |
| Jan 27, 1997 Mon | | San Jose | Vancouver | Wood-Walker (8)  Wood-Brashear (7.2)  Gill-Joseph (4.5)  |
| Jan 28, 1997 Tue | | NY Islanders | Calgary | Lapointe-Huscroft (4) Houda-Ward (4) McCabe-Iginla (3) |
| Jan 28, 1997 Tue | | Montreal | Florida | Stevenson-Laus (5)  Corson-Warrener (5.7) Thornton-Laus (3.7) |
| Jan 28, 1997 Tue | | Phoenix | Philadelphia | (Hit) Roenick-Daniels (3) |
| Jan 29, 1997 Wed | | Anaheim | Dallas | Add Event |
| Jan 29, 1997 Wed | | Pittsburgh | Buffalo | Add Event |
| Jan 29, 1997 Wed | | Los Angeles | Colorado | Add Event |
| Jan 29, 1997 Wed | | Phoenix | Detroit | Roenick-Rouse (5) Line Brawl at 42:53 (6)  Doan-Kocur (5)  |
| Jan 29, 1997 Wed | | San Jose | Edmonton | (Cheap) Iafrate-Kovalenko (4.5)  Wood-Grier (5.7)  |
| Jan 29, 1997 Wed | | Ottawa | New Jersey | Lambert-McKay (4) |
| Jan 29, 1997 Wed | | Philadelphia | Washington | Brind'Amour-Carter (5) |
| Jan 29, 1997 Wed | | St. Louis | Toronto | Campbell-Pederson (4) |
| Jan 30, 1997 Thu | | Boston | Florida | Odgers-Laus (4.5)  Odgers-Laus (5.3)  (Rough) McCleary-Laus (Rough) Mallette-Laus |
| Jan 30, 1997 Thu | | San Jose | Calgary | Nolan-Hulse (5.5)  (Rough) McSorley-Stern (1)  Wood-Stern (7.8)  |
| Jan 30, 1997 Thu | | Hartford | Los Angeles | Burt-Potomski (4) |
| Jan 30, 1997 Thu | | Montreal | Tampa Bay | Quintal-Myhres (6.5) Wilkie-Poulin Tucker-Ulanov (7.7)  Tucker-Cullen Stevenson-Wiemer |
| Jan 30, 1997 Thu | | NY Islanders | Vancouver | Add Event |
| Jan 30, 1997 Thu | | St. Louis | Ottawa | Add Event |
| Jan 31, 1997 Fri | | Hartford | Anaheim | Grimson-Baumgartner (4) Primeau-Leboutillier (2.7) |
| Jan 31, 1997 Fri | | Dallas | Buffalo | (Cheap) Harvey-Barnaby (6)  Scrum at 59:55 (6) |
| Jan 31, 1997 Fri | | NY Islanders | Edmonton | Add Event |
| Jan 31, 1997 Fri | | Toronto | New Jersey | Domi-McKay (3) |