1997–98 New York Islanders season

1997–98 New York Islanders
Division	4th Atlantic
1997–98 record	30–41–11
Goals for	212
Goals against	225
Team information
Coach	Rick Bowness, Mike Milbury
Captain	Bryan McCabe (Oct-Feb) Trevor Linden (Feb- )

The 1997-98 New York Islanders season was the twenty-sixth season in the franchise's history.

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New Jersey Devils	82	48	23	11	225	166	107
Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	29	11	242	193	95
Washington Capitals	82	40	30	12	219	202	92
New York Islanders	82	30	41	11	212	225	71
New York Rangers	82	25	39	18	197	231	68
Florida Panthers	82	24	43	15	203	256	63
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	17	55	10	151	269	44

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Palffy, ZiggyZiggy Palffy	RW	82	45	42	87	34	-2	17	2	5
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	C	82	25	40	65	32	-11	8	0	2
Berard, BryanBryan Berard	D	75	14	32	46	59	-32	8	1	2
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski	C	81	13	30	43	34	-16	3	0	4
Jonsson, KennyKenny Jonsson	D	81	14	26	40	58	-2	6	0	2
Chorske, TomTom Chorske	LW	82	12	23	35	39	7	1	4	2
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov	LW	74	10	19	29	24	3	2	1	1
Green, TravisTravis Green	C	54	14	12	26	66	-19	8	0	2
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski	RW	68	12	13	25	23	11	2	0	1
Lapointe, ClaudeClaude Lapointe	LW/C	78	10	10	20	47	-9	0	1	3
Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi	RW	52	7	11	18	58	-19	1	0	1
Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden	RW	25	10	7	17	33	-1	3	2	1
Lachance, ScottScott Lachance	D	63	2	11	13	45	-11	1	0	0
Hough, MikeMike Hough	LW	74	5	7	12	27	-4	0	0	0
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	D	56	3	9	12	145	9	1	0	0
Kruse, PaulPaul Kruse	LW	62	6	1	7	138	-12	0	0	2
Pilon, RichRich Pilon	D	76	0	7	7	291	1	0	0	0
Sacco, JoeJoe Sacco	RW	25	3	3	6	10	1	0	0	0
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault	D	18	0	6	6	21	1	0	0	0
Belanger, KenKen Belanger	LW	37	3	1	4	101	1	0	0	1
Miller, KipKip Miller	C	9	1	3	4	2	-2	0	0	0
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	13	1	2	3	6	-2	0	0	0
Houda, DougDoug Houda	D	31	1	2	3	47	-6	0	0	0
Vaske, DennisDennis Vaske	D	19	0	3	3	12	2	0	0	0
Jackson, DaneDane Jackson	RW	8	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	1
Chebaturkin, VladimirVladimir Chebaturkin	D	2	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara	D	25	0	1	1	50	1	0	0	0
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	G	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Namestnikov, JohnJohn Namestnikov	D	6	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Orszagh, VladimirVladimir Orszagh	RW	11	0	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0
Plante, DanDan Plante	RW	7	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Salo, TommyTommy Salo	G	62	0	1	1	31	0	0	0	0
Schultz, RayRay Schultz	D	13	0	1	1	45	3	0	0	0
Strudwick, JasonJason Strudwick	D	17	0	1	1	36	1	0	0	0
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haggerty, SeanSean Haggerty	LW	5	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Holland, JasonJason Holland	D	8	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	C	12	0	0	0	34	-3	0	0	0
Lawrence, MarkMark Lawrence	RW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Libby, JeffJeff Libby	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luhning, WarrenWarren Luhning	RW	8	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Odjick, GinoGino Odjick	RW	13	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0
Webb, SteveSteve Webb	RW	20	0	0	0	35	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Salo, TommyTommy Salo	3461	62	23	29	5	152	2.64	4	1617	1465	.906
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty	694	16	4	4	3	23	1.99	3	309	286	.926
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud	807	17	3	8	3	40	2.97	0	422	382	.905
Team:	4962	82	30	41	11	215	2.60	7	2348	2133	.908

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;

See also

• 1997–98 NHL season

References

• 1997–98 New York Islanders Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.