1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes season

1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	6th Northeast
1997–98 record	33–41–8
Goals for	200
Goals against	219
Team information
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Kevin Dineen

The 1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes season was the first for the franchise in North Carolina after leaving Hartford.

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	24	18	228	188	98
Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	221	194	91
Buffalo Sabres	82	36	29	17	211	187	89
Montreal Canadiens	82	37	32	13	235	208	87
Ottawa Senators	82	34	33	15	193	200	83
Carolina Hurricanes	82	33	41	8	200	219	74

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 1, 1997	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	0–1–0
2	L	October 3, 1997	3–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	0–2–0
3	L	October 4, 1997	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	0–3–0
4	T	October 7, 1997	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	0–3–1
5	W	October 10, 1997	2–1	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	1–3–1
6	L	October 11, 1997	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	1–4–1
7	L	October 13, 1997	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	1–5–1
8	T	October 15, 1997	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	1–5–2
9	L	October 18, 1997	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	1–6–2
10	L	October 20, 1997	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	1–7–2
11	W	October 22, 1997	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	2–7–2
12	T	October 24, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	2–7–3
13	W	October 26, 1997	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	3–7–3
14	L	October 31, 1997	2–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	3–8–3
15	W	November 3, 1997	5–3	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	4–8–3
16	W	November 5, 1997	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	5–8–3
17	L	November 7, 1997	2–3	New York Islanders (1997–98)	5–9–3
18	W	November 9, 1997	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	6–9–3
19	W	November 12, 1997	6–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	7–9–3
20	W	November 13, 1997	4–2	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	8–9–3
21	L	November 16, 1997	1–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	8–10–3
22	W	November 19, 1997	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	9–10–3
23	L	November 21, 1997	3–4	New York Rangers (1997–98)	9–11–3
24	T	November 23, 1997	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	9–11–4
25	L	November 26, 1997	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	9–12–4
26	W	November 28, 1997	2–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	10–12–4
27	L	November 29, 1997	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	10–13–4
28	W	December 1, 1997	3–1	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	11–13–4
29	W	December 3, 1997	5–3	New York Islanders (1997–98)	12–13–4
30	T	December 5, 1997	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	12–13–5
31	L	December 6, 1997	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	12–14–5
32	L	December 10, 1997	2–5	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	12–15–5
33	L	December 12, 1997	2–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	12–16–5
34	W	December 16, 1997	2–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	13–16–5
35	L	December 18, 1997	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	13–17–5
36	L	December 20, 1997	1–2	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	13–18–5
37	L	December 23, 1997	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	13–19–5
38	L	December 26, 1997	2–5	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	13–20–5
39	W	December 27, 1997	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	14–20–5
40	W	December 30, 1997	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	15–20–5
41	L	December 31, 1997	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	15–21–5
42	L	January 3, 1998	1–6	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	15–22–5
43	W	January 5, 1998	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	16–22–5
44	L	January 6, 1998	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	16–23–5
45	T	January 8, 1998	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	16–23–6
46	W	January 10, 1998	2–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	17–23–6
47	L	January 12, 1998	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	17–24–6
48	L	January 14, 1998	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	17–25–6
49	L	January 21, 1998	1–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	17–26–6
50	W	January 22, 1998	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	18–26–6
51	W	January 24, 1998	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	19–26–6
52	L	January 27, 1998	0–3	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	19–27–6
53	W	January 28, 1998	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	20–27–6
54	L	January 30, 1998	0–2	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	20–28–6
55	L	February 1, 1998	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	20–29–6
56	T	February 4, 1998	3–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	20–29–7
57	W	February 7, 1998	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	21–29–7
58	L	February 28, 1998	3–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	21–30–7
59	W	March 2, 1998	3–1	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	22–30–7
60	W	March 5, 1998	2–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	23–30–7
61	W	March 6, 1998	5–4 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	24–30–7
62	W	March 8, 1998	3–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	25–30–7
63	L	March 12, 1998	0–2	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	25–31–7
64	L	March 14, 1998	1–2	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	25–32–7
65	W	March 15, 1998	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	26–32–7
66	L	March 18, 1998	0–1	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	26–33–7
67	L	March 20, 1998	1–6	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	26–34–7
68	W	March 23, 1998	5–3	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	27–34–7
69	W	March 26, 1998	4–1	New York Rangers (1997–98)	28–34–7
70	W	March 28, 1998	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	29–34–7
71	L	March 29, 1998	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	29–35–7
72	T	March 31, 1998	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	29–35–8
73	W	April 1, 1998	4–0	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	30–35–8
74	W	April 4, 1998	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	31–35–8
75	W	April 6, 1998	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	32–35–8
76	L	April 8, 1998	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	32–36–8
77	W	April 9, 1998	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	33–36–8
78	L	April 11, 1998	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	33–37–8
79	L	April 13, 1998	2–3	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	33–38–8
80	L	April 16, 1998	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	33–39–8
81	L	April 18, 1998	3–4	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	33–40–8
82	L	April 19, 1998	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	33–41–8

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Kapanen, SamiSami Kapanen	RW	81	26	37	63	16	9	4	0	5
Primeau, KeithKeith Primeau	C	81	26	37	63	110	19	7	3	2
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	LW	61	20	29	49	103	3	4	0	2
Emerson, NelsonNelson Emerson	RW	81	21	24	45	50	-17	6	0	4
O'Neill, JeffJeff O'Neill	RW	74	19	20	39	67	-8	7	1	4
Kron, RobertRobert Kron	LW	81	16	20	36	12	-8	4	0	2
Chiasson, SteveSteve Chiasson	D	66	7	27	34	65	-2	6	0	0
Gelinas, MartinMartin Gelinas	LW	40	12	14	26	30	1	2	1	4
Wesley, GlenGlen Wesley	D	82	6	19	25	36	7	1	0	1
Dineen, KevinKevin Dineen	RW	54	7	16	23	105	-7	0	0	1
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	40	7	10	17	14	-4	2	0	0
Ranheim, PaulPaul Ranheim	LW	73	5	9	14	28	-11	0	1	2
Brown, JeffJeff Brown	D	32	3	10	13	16	-1	3	0	0
Leschyshyn, CurtisCurtis Leschyshyn	D	73	2	10	12	45	-2	1	0	1
Burt, AdamAdam Burt	D	76	1	11	12	106	-6	0	1	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	45	4	5	9	42	-19	1	1	2
Manderville, KentKent Manderville	C	77	4	4	8	31	-6	0	0	0
Haller, KevinKevin Haller	D	65	3	5	8	94	-5	0	0	0
Grimson, StuStu Grimson	LW	82	3	4	7	204	0	0	0	1
Sheppard, RayRay Sheppard	RW	10	4	2	6	2	2	2	0	1
Battaglia, BatesBates Battaglia	LW	33	2	4	6	10	-1	0	0	1
Rice, StevenSteven Rice	RW	47	2	4	6	38	-16	0	0	0
Hill, SeanSean Hill	D	42	0	5	5	48	-2	0	0	0
Ciccone, EnricoEnrico Ciccone	D	14	0	3	3	83	3	0	0	0
Halko, StevenSteven Halko	D	18	0	2	2	10	-1	0	0	0
Pratt, NolanNolan Pratt	D	23	0	2	2	44	-2	0	0	0
Burke, SeanSean Burke	G	25	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
McLean, KirkKirk McLean	G	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Murray, ChrisChris Murray	RW	7	0	1	1	22	2	0	0	0
Rucinski, MikeMike Rucinski	D	9	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Brown, KevinKevin Brown	RW	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Daniels, JeffJeff Daniels	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fountain, MikeMike Fountain	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jablonski, PatPat Jablonski	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kidd, TrevorTrevor Kidd	G	47	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Martins, SteveSteve Martins	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Kidd, TrevorTrevor Kidd	2685	47	21	21	3	97	2.17	3	1237	1140	.922
Burke, SeanSean Burke	1415	25	7	11	5	66	2.80	1	655	589	.899
McLean, KirkKirk McLean	401	8	4	2	0	22	3.29	0	181	159	.878
Jablonski, PatPat Jablonski	279	5	1	4	0	14	3.01	0	115	101	.878
Fountain, MikeMike Fountain	163	3	0	3	0	10	3.68	0	68	58	.853
Team:	4943	82	33	41	8	209	2.54	4	2256	2047	.907

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage;

Awards and records

• Peter Karmanos, Lester Patrick Trophy

See also

• 1997–98 NHL season

References

• 1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.