| UNIFORM # | NAME | POSITION | NOTES |
| 1 | Wendell Young | G | |
| 2 | Jim Paek | D | |
| 3 | Grant Jennings | D | |
| 4 | Gord Dineen | D | |
| 5 | Ulf Samuelsson | D | |
| 6 | Jeff Chycrun | D | acquired from Los Angeles |
| 7 | Joe Mullen | F | |
| 10 | Ron Francis | C | |
| 12 | Bob Errey | F | |
| 14 | Jock Callander | F | playoffs only |
| 15 | Shawn McEachern | F | |
| 16 | Jay Caufield | F | |
| 18 | Ken Priestlay | F | regular season only |
| 19 | Bryan Trottier | F | |
| 20 | Jamie Leach | F | regular season only |
| 22 | Paul Stanton | D | |
| 23 | Kjell Samuelsson | D | acquired from Philadelphia |
| 24 | Troy Loney | F | |
| 25 | Kevin Stevens | F | |
| 26 | Mark Kachowski | F | regular season only |
| 28 | Gordie Roberts | F | |
| 29 | Phil Bourque | F | |
| 31 | Ken Wregget | G | acquired from Philadelphia |
| 32 | Peter Taglianetti | D | |
| 33 | Bryan Fogerty | ? | acquired from Nordiques |
| 34 | Dave Michayluk | F | playoffs only |
| 35 | Tom Barrasso | G | |
| 38 | Jiri Hrdina | F | |
| 43 | Jeff Daniels | F | regular season only |
| 44 | Glenn Mulvenna | F | regular season only |
| 45 | Todd Nelson | F | regular season only |
| 45 | Mike Needham | F | playoffs only |
| 55 | Larry Murphy | D | |
| 66 | Mario Lemieux | C | |
| 68 | Jaromir Jagr | F | |
| 92 | Rick Tocchet | F | acquired from Philadelphia |
| UNIFORM # | NAME | POSITION | NOTES |
| 8 | Mark Recchi | F | traded to Philadelphia |
| 34 | Scott Young | F | traded to Quebec |
| 40 | Frank Pietrangelo | G | traded to Hartford |
| 77 | Paul Coffey | D | traded to Los Angeles |