1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	6th Pacific
1997–98 record	26–43–13
Goals for	205
Goals against	261
Team information
Coach	Pierre Page
Captain	Paul Kariya Teemu Selanne
Arena	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

The 1997-98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the fifth season in franchise history. The Ducks finished sixth in the Pacific and missed the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division

#	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	26	17	231	205	95
2	5	Los Angeles Kings	82	38	33	11	227	225	87
3	7	Edmonton Oilers	82	35	37	10	215	224	80
4	8	San Jose Sharks	82	34	38	10	210	216	78
5	10	Calgary Flames	82	26	41	15	217	252	67
6	12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	26	43	13	205	261	65
7	13	Vancouver Canucks	82	25	43	14	224	273	64

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

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne	73	52	34	86	30
Rucchin, SteveSteve Rucchin	72	17	36	53	13
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov	66	6	30	36	115
Young, ScottScott Young	73	13	20	33	22
Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya	22	17	14	31	23
Cullen, MattMatt Cullen	61	6	21	27	23
Pronger, SeanSean Pronger	62	5	15	20	30
Sacco, JoeJoe Sacco	55	8	11	19	24
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom	77	9	8	17	64
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	53	2	15	17	28
Drury, TedTed Drury	73	6	10	16	82
Green, TravisTravis Green	22	5	11	16	16
Salei, RuslanRuslan Salei	66	5	10	15	70
Karpa, DaveDave Karpa	78	1	11	12	217
Banham, FrankFrank Banham	21	9	2	11	12
Marha, JosefJosef Marha	12	7	4	11	0
Rychel, WarrenWarren Rychel	63	5	6	11	198
Todd, KevinKevin Todd	27	4	7	11	12
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	55	4	5	9	116
Nielsen, JeffJeff Nielsen	32	4	5	9	16
Marshall, JasonJason Marshall	72	3	6	9	189
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson	45	3	5	8	101
Trnka, PavelPavel Trnka	48	3	4	7	40
Bannister, DrewDrew Bannister	27	0	6	6	47
Crowley, MikeMike Crowley	8	2	2	4	8
Jomphe, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Jomphe	9	1	3	4	8
Severyn, BrentBrent Severyn	37	1	3	4	133
Van Impe, DarrenDarren Van Impe	19	1	3	4	4
Knutsen, EspenEspen Knutsen	19	3	0	3	6
Houda, DougDoug Houda	24	1	2	3	52
LeBoutillier, PeterPeter LeBoutillier	12	1	1	2	55
Park, RichardRichard Park	15	0	2	2	8
Pushor, JamieJamie Pushor	10	0	2	2	10
Antoski, ShawnShawn Antoski	9	1	0	1	18
Dollas, BobbyBobby Dollas	22	0	1	1	27
Hebert, GuyGuy Hebert	46	0	1	1	4
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov	40	0	1	1	0
Trebil, DanDan Trebil	21	0	1	1	2
Aalto, AnttiAntti Aalto	3	0	0	0	0
Askey, TomTom Askey	7	0	0	0	0
Leclerc, MikeMike Leclerc	7	0	0	0	6
Moro, MarcMarc Moro	1	0	0	0	0
Nieckar, BarryBarry Nieckar	1	0	0	0	2
Tuzzolino, TonyTony Tuzzolino	1	0	0	0	2
Wren, BobBob Wren	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Hebert, GuyGuy Hebert	2660	46	13	24	6	130	2.93	1339	1209	.903	3
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov	2049	40	13	18	5	110	3.22	1031	921	.893	1
Askey, TomTom Askey	273	7	0	1	2	12	2.64	113	101	.894	0
Team:	4982	82	26	43	13	252	3.03	2483	2231	.899	4

See also

• 1997–98 NHL season