1997–98 Dallas Stars season

1997–98 Dallas Stars
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
1997–98 record	49–22–11
Home record	26–8–7
Road record	23–14–4
Goals for	242
Goals against	167
Team information
General manager	Bob Gainey
Coach	Ken Hitchcock
Captain	Derian Hatcher
Arena	Reunion Arena

The 1997–98 Dallas Stars season was Star's fifth season. The aspect of the season was winning the Presidents' Trophy.

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

#	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	49	22	11	242	167	109
2	3	Detroit Red Wings	82	44	23	15	250	196	103
3	4	St. Louis Blues	82	45	29	8	256	204	98
4	7	Phoenix Coyotes	82	35	35	12	224	227	82
5	9	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	39	13	192	199	73
6	12	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	43	9	194	237	69

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	C	73	39	30	69	30	16	14	0	11
Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	52	21	38	59	32	25	7	5	2
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	82	31	26	57	170	15	9	0	8
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	D	73	10	47	57	16	16	5	1	2
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner	RW	81	23	29	52	61	9	8	0	6
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor	D	79	11	35	46	51	17	4	1	1
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	RW	72	23	19	42	20	19	7	2	6
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	49	14	18	32	20	11	7	0	1
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher	D	70	6	25	31	132	9	3	0	2
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	77	7	17	24	40	3	0	1	1
Chambers, ShawnShawn Chambers	D	57	2	22	24	26	11	1	1	0
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	C	53	6	16	22	35	7	3	0	1
Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey	RW/C	59	9	10	19	104	5	0	0	1
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall	RW	72	9	10	19	96	-2	3	0	1
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	65	6	12	18	14	-15	3	0	1
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk	D	74	3	15	18	63	7	0	0	0
Errey, BobBob Errey	LW	59	2	9	11	46	7	0	0	0
Hrkac, TonyTony Hrkac	C	13	5	3	8	0	0	3	0	0
Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	58	3	4	7	57	-4	0	0	1
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	80	0	7	7	131	21	0	0	0
Wright, JamieJamie Wright	LW	21	4	2	6	2	8	0	0	2
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	13	2	3	5	5	0	0	0	1
Lind, JuhaJuha Lind	C	39	2	3	5	6	4	0	0	0
Keczmer, DanDan Keczmer	D	17	1	2	3	26	5	0	0	0
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	13	2	0	2	10	-2	0	0	0
Muni, CraigCraig Muni	D	40	1	1	2	25	0	0	0	1
Lukowich, BradBrad Lukowich	D	4	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Tancill, ChrisChris Tancill	C	2	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	G	61	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
Botterill, JasonJason Botterill	LW	4	0	0	0	19	-1	0	0	0
Buzek, PetrPetr Buzek	D	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Cote, PatrickPatrick Cote	LW	3	0	0	0	15	-1	0	0	0
Douris, PeterPeter Douris	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gusev, SergeySergey Gusev	D	9	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0	0
Kennedy, MikeMike Kennedy	C	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Mitchell, JeffJeff Mitchell	C/RW	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Skalde, JarrodJarrod Skalde	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turek, RomanRoman Turek	G	23	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	3581	61	37	12	10	112	1.88	9	1335	1223	.916
Turek, RomanRoman Turek	1324	23	11	10	1	49	2.22	1	496	447	.901
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	69	2	1	0	0	2	1.74	0	35	33	.943
Team:	4974	82	49	22	11	163	1.97	10	1866	1703	.913

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	17	4	10	14	12	4	1	0	1
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	D	17	4	5	9	2	3	3	0	1
Keane, MikeMike Keane	RW	17	4	4	8	0	7	0	1	1
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	RW	12	3	5	8	2	0	1	0	0
Hogue, BenoitBenoit Hogue	C	17	4	2	6	16	0	1	0	2
Hatcher, DerianDerian Hatcher	D	17	3	3	6	39	-1	2	0	0
Verbeek, PatPat Verbeek	RW	17	3	2	5	26	-3	2	0	1
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner	RW	16	1	4	5	14	-5	0	0	1
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor	D	17	0	5	5	14	5	0	0	0
Carbonneau, GuyGuy Carbonneau	C	16	3	1	4	6	0	0	0	0
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	12	2	2	4	0	4	0	0	2
Lind, JuhaJuha Lind	C	15	2	2	4	8	4	0	0	1
Chambers, ShawnShawn Chambers	D	14	0	3	3	20	5	0	0	0
Reid, DaveDave Reid	LW	5	0	3	3	2	-2	0	0	0
Matvichuk, RichardRichard Matvichuk	D	16	1	1	2	14	2	0	0	0
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall	RW	17	0	2	2	47	0	0	0	0
Bassen, BobBob Bassen	C	17	1	0	1	12	-3	0	0	0
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	C	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ludwig, CraigCraig Ludwig	D	17	0	1	1	22	0	0	0	0
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland	C	17	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	G	17	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keczmer, DanDan Keczmer	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Muni, CraigCraig Muni	D	5	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Wright, JamieJamie Wright	LW	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	1039	17	10	7	31	1.79	1	399	368	.922
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	2	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Team:	1041	17	10	7	31	1.79	1	399	368	.922

Note: Pos = Position; 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;

Playoffs

San Jose vs. Dallas
Date	Away	Home
April 22	San Jose 1	4 Dallas
April 24	San Jose 2	5 Dallas
April 26	Dallas 1	4 San Jose
April 28	Dallas 0	1 San Jose	OT
April 30	San Jose 2	3 Dallas
May 2	Dallas 3	2 San Jose	OT
Dallas wins series 4–2

Awards and records

• Presidents' Trophy
• Neal Broten, Lester Patrick Trophy
• Jere Lehtinen, Frank J. Selke Trophy

References

• Stars on Hockey Database