1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes season

1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	4th Central
1997–98 record	35–35–12
Goals for	224
Goals against	227
Team information
Coach	Jim Schoenfeld
Captain	Keith Tkachuk

The 1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes season was the Coyotes' second season in Phoenix. The Coyotes made the playoffs, losing in the first round.

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
3	W	October 5, 1997	2–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	2–1–0
4	L	October 8, 1997	2–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	2–2–0
5	T	October 11, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	2–2–1
6	W	October 13, 1997	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	3–2–1
7	W	October 19, 1997	5–3	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	4–2–1
8	L	October 21, 1997	3–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	4–3–1
9	T	October 23, 1997	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	4–3–2
10	W	October 26, 1997	6–1	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	5–3–2
11	L	October 29, 1997	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	5–4–2
12	L	October 30, 1997	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	5–5–2
13	W	November 2, 1997	3–1	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	6–5–2
14	L	November 5, 1997	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	6–6–2
15	L	November 6, 1997	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	6–7–2
16	W	November 8, 1997	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	7–7–2
17	W	November 11, 1997	5–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	8–7–2
18	L	November 13, 1997	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	8–8–2
19	W	November 15, 1997	3–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	9–8–2
20	W	November 17, 1997	6–3	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	10–8–2
21	L	November 20, 1997	2–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	10–9–2
22	W	November 22, 1997	2–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	11–9–2
23	W	November 25, 1997	3–2	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	12–9–2
24	L	November 27, 1997	1–4	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	12–10–2
25	L	November 29, 1997	2–5	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	12–11–2
26	W	December 1, 1997	3–2	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	13–11–2
27	L	December 3, 1997	1–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	13–12–2
28	T	December 5, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	13–12–3
29	L	December 6, 1997	0–4	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	13–13–3
30	L	December 8, 1997	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	13–14–3
31	T	December 10, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	13–14–4
32	T	December 12, 1997	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	13–14–5
33	T	December 14, 1997	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	13–14–6
34	L	December 17, 1997	1–5	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	13–15–6
35	W	December 19, 1997	6–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	14–15–6
36	L	December 20, 1997	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	14–16–6
37	T	December 23, 1997	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	14–16–7
38	W	December 26, 1997	4–0	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	15–16–7
39	W	December 27, 1997	4–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	16–16–7
40	W	December 29, 1997	5–3	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	17–16–7
41	W	January 1, 1998	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	18–16–7
42	W	January 3, 1998	2–1	New York Islanders (1997–98)	19–16–7
43	L	January 6, 1998	0–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	19–17–7
44	L	January 8, 1998	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	19–18–7
45	W	January 9, 1998	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	20–18–7
46	T	January 11, 1998	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	20–18–8
47	W	January 14, 1998	3–2	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	21–18–8
48	L	January 20, 1998	2–6	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	21–19–8
49	W	January 21, 1998	6–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	22–19–8
50	L	January 24, 1998	2–5	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	22–20–8
51	W	January 26, 1998	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	23–20–8
52	T	January 28, 1998	4–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	23–20–9
53	T	January 30, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	23–20–10
54	W	January 31, 1998	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	24–20–10
55	L	February 3, 1998	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	24–21–10
56	L	February 5, 1998	2–6	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	24–22–10
57	T	February 7, 1998	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1997–98)	24–22–11
58	L	February 25, 1998	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	24–23–11
59	L	February 26, 1998	0–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	24–24–11
60	L	February 28, 1998	0–4	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	24–25–11
61	L	March 2, 1998	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	24–26–11
62	L	March 6, 1998	4–5 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	24–27–11
63	T	March 8, 1998	1–1 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	24–27–12
64	L	March 10, 1998	3–4	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	24–28–12
65	W	March 12, 1998	5–4	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	25–28–12
66	W	March 14, 1998	2–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	26–28–12
67	L	March 16, 1998	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	26–29–12
68	L	March 19, 1998	3–4	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	26–30–12
69	L	March 21, 1998	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	26–31–12
70	W	March 22, 1998	3–1	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	27–31–12
71	W	March 24, 1998	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	28–31–12
72	L	March 28, 1998	0–3	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	28–32–12
73	W	April 1, 1998	5–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	29–32–12
74	W	April 3, 1998	6–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	30–32–12
75	L	April 5, 1998	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	30–33–12
76	W	April 7, 1998	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	31–33–12
77	L	April 9, 1998	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	31–34–12
78	W	April 11, 1998	4–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	32–34–12
79	W	April 12, 1998	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	33–34–12
80	W	April 14, 1998	2–1	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	34–34–12
81	W	April 16, 1998	3–2	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	35–34–12
82	L	April 18, 1998	4–5	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	35–35–12

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	69	40	26	66	147	9	11	0	8
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	C	79	24	32	56	103	5	6	1	3
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	80	11	44	55	36	5	3	0	0
Janney, CraigCraig Janney	C	68	10	43	53	12	5	4	0	0
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	82	11	40	51	30	25	6	0	2
Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	RW	68	26	19	45	157	1	8	0	6
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	60	11	29	40	71	17	3	0	2
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	60	12	15	27	24	-4	4	0	2
Corkum, BobBob Corkum	C	76	12	9	21	28	-7	0	5	0
Tverdovsky, OlegOleg Tverdovsky	D	46	7	12	19	12	1	4	0	1
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	78	8	10	18	118	14	1	0	4
Isbister, BradBrad Isbister	LW	66	9	8	17	102	4	1	0	1
Slaney, JohnJohn Slaney	D	55	3	14	17	24	-3	1	0	1
Shannon, DarrinDarrin Shannon	LW	58	2	12	14	26	4	0	0	0
Ylonen, JuhaJuha Ylonen	C	55	1	11	12	10	-3	0	1	0
Doan, ShaneShane Doan	RW	33	5	6	11	35	-3	0	0	3
Quint, DeronDeron Quint	D	32	4	7	11	16	-6	1	0	1
More, JayJay More	D	41	5	5	10	53	0	0	1	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	64	5	5	10	36	-4	1	1	1
Maciver, NormNorm Maciver	D	41	2	6	8	38	-11	0	1	0
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	64	3	4	7	146	-7	0	0	0
Carney, KeithKeith Carney	D	20	1	6	7	18	5	1	0	0
Petit, MichelMichel Petit	D	32	4	2	6	77	-4	1	0	0
Lemieux, JocelynJocelyn Lemieux	RW	30	3	3	6	27	0	1	0	0
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron	D	45	1	5	6	106	-10	0	0	0
Johnson, JimJim Johnson	D	16	2	1	3	18	0	0	0	0
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	C	7	1	2	3	4	4	0	0	0
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	G	70	0	2	2	22	0	0	0	0
Briere, DanielDaniel Briere	C	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Doig, JasonJason Doig	D	4	0	1	1	12	-4	0	0	0
Gagnon, SeanSean Gagnon	D	5	0	1	1	14	1	0	0	0
Kilger, ChadChad Kilger	LW	10	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Christian, JeffJeff Christian	LW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Cummins, JimJim Cummins	RW	20	0	0	0	47	-7	0	0	0
Langkow, ScottScott Langkow	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Levins, ScottScott Levins	C/RW	2	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0
Tiley, BradBrad Tiley	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	G	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	4026	70	30	28	10	184	2.74	4	1835	1651	.900
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	793	17	5	6	1	28	2.12	1	322	294	.913
Langkow, ScottScott Langkow	137	3	0	1	1	10	4.38	0	60	50	.833
Team:	4956	82	35	35	12	222	2.69	5	2217	1995	.900

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Tocchet, RickRick Tocchet	RW	6	6	2	8	25	3	0	0
Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick	C	6	5	3	8	4	2	2	2
Tverdovsky, OlegOleg Tverdovsky	D	6	0	7	7	0	0	0	0
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	6	3	3	6	10	0	0	0
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	6	1	3	4	4	0	0	0
Janney, CraigCraig Janney	C	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron	D	6	0	2	2	6	0	0	0
Diduck, GeraldGerald Diduck	D	6	0	2	2	20	0	0	0
Corkum, BobBob Corkum	C	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0
Doan, ShaneShane Doan	RW	6	1	0	1	6	0	0	0
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	5	1	0	1	18	1	0	0
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	G	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Maciver, NormNorm Maciver	D	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Shannon, DarrinDarrin Shannon	LW	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Carney, KeithKeith Carney	D	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Cummins, JimJim Cummins	RW	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Isbister, BradBrad Isbister	LW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Numminen, TeppoTeppo Numminen	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Petit, MichelMichel Petit	D	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Stapleton, MikeMike Stapleton	C	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Khabibulin, NikolaiNikolai Khabibulin	185	4	2	1	13	4.22	0	106	93	.877
Waite, JimmyJimmy Waite	171	4	0	3	11	3.86	0	97	86	.887
Team:	356	6	2	4	24	4.04	0	203	179	.882

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;

Transactions

Trades

March 4, 1998	To Chicago Blackhawks Chad Kilger Jay More	To Phoenix Coyotes Keith Carney Jim Cummins
March 24, 1998	To New York Islanders 9th round pick in 1998 - Jason Doyle	To Phoenix Coyotes Mark Janssens
June 11, 1998	To Tampa Bay Lightning Craig Janney	To Phoenix Coyotes Louie DeBrusk 5th round pick in 1998 - Jay Leach
June 18, 1998	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Jim McKenzie	To Phoenix Coyotes Jean-Francois Jomphe
June 27, 1998	To San Jose Sharks 5th round pick in 1999 - Marc-Andre Thinel	To Phoenix Coyotes 5th round pick in 1998 - Josh Blackburn

Waivers

September 28, 1997

From Chicago Blackhawks Jimmy Waite

Free agents

Player Former Team Ted Crowley Boston Bruins Rick Tocchet Washington Capitals Darin Kimble New Jersey Devils Jeff Christian Pittsburgh Penguins Martin Simard Colorado Avalanche John Slaney Los Angeles Kings Brad Tiley Los Angeles Kings Radoslav Suchy Undrafted Free Agent Michel Petit Philadelphia Flyers Player New Team Kris King Toronto Maple Leafs Jeff Finley New York Rangers Pat Jablonski Carolina Hurricanes Brent Thompson New York Rangers Kevin Dahl Calgary Flames Igor Korolev Toronto Maple Leafs Roster Draft picks Farm teams See also 1997–98 NHL season References 1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06. External links