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1997-98 NHL Season Summary

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League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*) ▪ Click column headers to sort

Eastern Conference	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS
Atlantic Division
New Jersey Devils*	82	48	23	11	107	.652	225	166	0.66
Philadelphia Flyers*	82	42	29	11	95	.579	242	193	0.53
Washington Capitals*	82	40	30	12	92	.561	219	202	0.17
New York Islanders	82	30	41	11	71	.433	212	225	-0.15
New York Rangers	82	25	39	18	68	.415	197	231	-0.41
Florida Panthers	82	24	43	15	63	.384	203	256	-0.62
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	17	55	10	44	.268	151	269	-1.37
Northeast Division
Pittsburgh Penguins*	82	40	24	18	98	.598	228	188	0.48
Boston Bruins*	82	39	30	13	91	.555	221	194	0.33
Buffalo Sabres*	82	36	29	17	89	.543	211	187	0.29
Montreal Canadiens*	82	37	32	13	87	.530	235	208	0.33
Ottawa Senators*	82	34	33	15	83	.506	193	200	-0.06
Carolina Hurricanes	82	33	41	8	74	.451	200	219	-0.20

Western Conference	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS
Central Division
Dallas Stars*	82	49	22	11	109	.665	242	167	0.88
Detroit Red Wings*	82	44	23	15	103	.628	250	196	0.64
St. Louis Blues*	82	45	29	8	98	.598	256	204	0.63
Phoenix Coyotes*	82	35	35	12	82	.500	224	227	0.00
Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	39	13	73	.445	192	199	-0.06
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	43	9	69	.421	194	237	-0.46
Pacific Division
Colorado Avalanche*	82	39	26	17	95	.579	231	205	0.27
Los Angeles Kings*	82	38	33	11	87	.530	227	225	-0.01
Edmonton Oilers*	82	35	37	10	80	.488	215	224	-0.13
San Jose Sharks*	82	34	38	10	78	.476	210	216	-0.10
Calgary Flames	82	26	41	15	67	.409	217	252	-0.42
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	26	43	13	65	.396	205	261	-0.66
Vancouver Canucks	82	25	43	14	64	.390	224	273	-0.58

League Playoffs

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(4-0):

Detroit Red Wings over Washington Capitals

(4-2):

Detroit Red Wings over Dallas Stars

(4-2):

Washington Capitals over Buffalo Sabres

(4-2):

Detroit Red Wings over St. Louis Blues

(4-1):

Dallas Stars over Edmonton Oilers

(4-0):

Buffalo Sabres over Montreal Canadiens

(4-1):

Washington Capitals over Ottawa Senators

(4-0):

St. Louis Blues over Los Angeles Kings

(4-2):

Detroit Red Wings over Phoenix Coyotes

(4-3):

Edmonton Oilers over Colorado Avalanche

(4-2):

Dallas Stars over San Jose Sharks

(4-2):

Washington Capitals over Boston Bruins

(4-1):

Buffalo Sabres over Philadelphia Flyers

(4-2):

Montreal Canadiens over Pittsburgh Penguins

(4-2):

Ottawa Senators over New Jersey Devils

Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ ▪ ▪ Click column headers to sort

Rk	Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	TG/G	PPG	PPO	PP%	PPGA	PPOA	PK%	SHG	SHGA
1	Dallas Stars*	82	49	22	11	109	.665	242	167	0.88	4.99	77	385	20.00	42	351	88.03	11	9
2	New Jersey Devils*	82	48	23	11	107	.652	225	166	0.66	4.77	63	333	18.92	41	309	86.73	4	9
3	Detroit Red Wings*	82	44	23	15	103	.628	250	196	0.64	5.44	67	381	17.59	51	376	86.44	8	7
4	St. Louis Blues*	82	45	29	8	98	.598	256	204	0.63	5.61	62	368	16.85	49	367	86.65	12	4
5	Pittsburgh Penguins*	82	40	24	18	98	.598	228	188	0.48	5.07	67	407	16.46	46	338	86.39	11	16
6	Philadelphia Flyers*	82	42	29	11	95	.579	242	193	0.53	5.30	71	399	17.79	51	382	86.65	7	9
7	Colorado Avalanche*	82	39	26	17	95	.579	231	205	0.27	5.32	74	426	17.37	53	409	87.04	8	12
8	Washington Capitals*	82	40	30	12	92	.561	219	202	0.17	5.13	55	350	15.71	39	362	89.23	14	4
9	Boston Bruins*	82	39	30	13	91	.555	221	194	0.33	5.06	62	359	17.27	44	285	84.56	5	3
10	Buffalo Sabres*	82	36	29	17	89	.543	211	187	0.29	4.85	51	396	12.88	65	413	84.26	15	12
11	Los Angeles Kings*	82	38	33	11	87	.530	227	225	-0.01	5.51	52	366	14.21	63	399	84.21	10	12
12	Montreal Canadiens*	82	37	32	13	87	.530	235	208	0.33	5.40	68	372	18.28	62	401	84.54	13	8
13	Ottawa Senators*	82	34	33	15	83	.506	193	200	-0.06	4.79	48	375	12.80	47	303	84.49	6	9
14	Phoenix Coyotes*	82	35	35	12	82	.500	224	227	0.00	5.50	57	384	14.84	66	408	83.82	10	6
15	Edmonton Oilers*	82	35	37	10	80	.488	215	224	-0.13	5.35	77	483	15.94	66	406	83.74	10	11
16	San Jose Sharks*	82	34	38	10	78	.476	210	216	-0.10	5.20	54	400	13.50	59	398	85.18	10	5
17	Carolina Hurricanes	82	33	41	8	74	.451	200	219	-0.20	5.11	50	378	13.23	58	391	85.17	8	10
18	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	39	13	73	.445	192	199	-0.06	4.77	47	363	12.95	58	382	84.82	13	5
19	New York Islanders	82	30	41	11	71	.433	212	225	-0.15	5.33	61	365	16.71	54	384	85.94	11	16
20	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	43	9	69	.421	194	237	-0.46	5.26	41	359	11.42	50	372	86.56	5	13
21	New York Rangers	82	25	39	18	68	.415	197	231	-0.41	5.22	62	351	17.66	55	377	85.41	0	13
22	Calgary Flames	82	26	41	15	67	.409	217	252	-0.42	5.72	43	356	12.08	69	430	83.95	18	13
23	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	26	43	13	65	.396	205	261	-0.66	5.68	46	392	11.73	72	396	81.82	9	10
24	Vancouver Canucks	82	25	43	14	64	.390	224	273	-0.58	6.06	48	374	12.83	77	432	82.18	19	12
25	Florida Panthers	82	24	43	15	63	.384	203	256	-0.62	5.60	55	409	13.45	82	403	79.65	12	16
26	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	17	55	10	44	.268	151	269	-1.37	5.12	33	353	9.35	72	410	82.44	11	16
	League Average	82	35	35	13	82	.500	216	216	0.00	5.28	57	380	15.08	57	380	84.92	10	10

League Awards

Art Ross Trophy:	Jaromir Jagr
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:	Jamie McLennan
Calder Memorial Trophy:	Sergei Samsonov
Conn Smythe Trophy:	Steve Yzerman
Frank J. Selke Trophy:	Jere Lehtinen
Hart Memorial Trophy:	Dominik Hasek
James Norris Memorial Trophy:	Rob Blake
King Clancy Memorial Trophy:	Kelly Chase
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:	Ron Francis
Lester B. Pearson Award:	Dominik Hasek
Vezina Trophy:	Dominik Hasek
William M. Jennings Trophy:	Martin Brodeur

League Leaders

Glossary ▪ Rate statistic requirements

Goals

1.	Teemu Selanne-MDA	52
	Peter Bondra-WSH	52
3.	John LeClair-PHI	51
	Pavel Bure-VAN	51
5.	Ziggy Palffy-NYI	45

Goals Per Game

1.	Teemu Selanne-MDA	0.71
2.	Peter Bondra-WSH	0.68
3.	John LeClair-PHI	0.62
	Pavel Bure-VAN	0.62
5.	Keith Tkachuk-PHX	0.58

Assists

1.	Jaromir Jagr-PIT	67
	Wayne Gretzky*-NYR	67
3.	Peter Forsberg-COL	66
4.	Ron Francis*-PIT	62
5.	Adam Oates-WSH	58
	Jozef Stumpel-LAK	58

Assists Per Game

1.	Peter Forsberg-COL	0.92
2.	Jaromir Jagr-PIT	0.87
3.	Wayne Gretzky*-NYR	0.82
4.	Pierre Turgeon-STL	0.77
5.	Ron Francis*-PIT	0.77

Points

1.	Jaromir Jagr-PIT	102
2.	Peter Forsberg-COL	91
3.	Wayne Gretzky*-NYR	90
	Pavel Bure-VAN	90
5.	John LeClair-PHI	87
	Ron Francis*-PIT	87
	Ziggy Palffy-NYI	87

Points Per Game

1.	Jaromir Jagr-PIT	1.32
2.	Peter Forsberg-COL	1.26
3.	Teemu Selanne-MDA	1.18
4.	Mike Modano-DAL	1.13
5.	Pierre Turgeon-STL	1.13

Goals Created

1.	Pavel Bure-VAN	38.0
2.	Teemu Selanne-MDA	37.0
3.	Jaromir Jagr-PIT	36.6
4.	John LeClair-PHI	36.0
5.	Ziggy Palffy-NYI	36.0

Goals Created Per Game

1.	Teemu Selanne-MDA	0.51
2.	Jaromir Jagr-PIT	0.48
3.	Pavel Bure-VAN	0.46
4.	Peter Bondra-WSH	0.44
5.	John LeClair-PHI	0.44

Total Goals For

1.	Nicklas Lidstrom-DET	126
	Ron Francis*-PIT	126
3.	John LeClair-PHI	124
4.	Jaromir Jagr-PIT	123
5.	Sergei Zubov-DAL	122

Power Play Goals For

1.	Sergei Zubov-DAL	61
2.	Brian Leetch-NYR	58
3.	Darryl Sydor-DAL	54
	Raymond Bourque*-BOS	54
	Sandis Ozolinsh-COL	54

Total Goals Against

1.	Brian Leetch-NYR	120
2.	Jyrki Lumme-VAN	117
3.	Mark Messier*-VAN	113
4.	Chris Chelios-CHI	112
5.	Rob Blake-LAK	111

Power Play Goals Against

1.	Gord Murphy-FLA	42
2.	Mark Messier*-VAN	39
3.	Teppo Numminen-PHX	38
	Chris Chelios-CHI	38
5.	Tom Fitzgerald-2Tm	37

Plus/Minus

1.	Chris Pronger-STL	47
2.	Larry Murphy*-DET	35
3.	Jason Allison-BOS	33
4.	Randy McKay-NJD	30
	John LeClair-PHI	30

Penalties in Minutes

1.	Donald Brashear-VAN	372
2.	Tie Domi-TOR	365
3.	Krzysztof Oliwa-NJD	295
4.	Paul Laus-FLA	293
5.	Rich Pilon-NYI	291

Even Strength Goals

1.	Teemu Selanne-MDA	41
2.	Peter Bondra-WSH	36
3.	John LeClair-PHI	35
4.	Pavel Bure-VAN	32
5.	Keith Tkachuk-PHX	29

Power Play Goals

1.	Ziggy Palffy-NYI	17
2.	John LeClair-PHI	16
3.	Stu Barnes-PIT	15
	Brendan Shanahan-DET	15
5.	Joe Nieuwendyk-DAL	14
	Shayne Corson-MTL	14

Short-Handed Goals

1.	Jeff Friesen-SJS	6
	Pavel Bure-VAN	6
3.	Mike Modano-DAL	5
	Bob Corkum-PHX	5
	Peter Bondra-WSH	5
	Michael Peca-BUF	5

Game-Winning Goals

1.	Peter Bondra-WSH	13
2.	Joe Nieuwendyk-DAL	11
3.	Teemu Selanne-MDA	10
4.	John LeClair-PHI	9
	Brendan Shanahan-DET	9

Shots on Goal

1.	Pavel Bure-VAN	329
2.	John LeClair-PHI	303
3.	Tony Amonte-CHI	296
4.	Alexei Yashin-OTT	291
5.	Peter Bondra-WSH	284

Shooting Percentage

1.	Mike Sillinger-2Tm	21.9
2.	Jason Allison-BOS	20.9
3.	Dmitri Khristich-BOS	20.1
4.	Teemu Selanne-MDA	19.4
5.	Joe Nieuwendyk-DAL	19.2

Games Played (Goalie)

1.	Dominik Hasek-BUF	72
	Mike Richter-NYR	72
3.	Curtis Joseph-EDM	71
4.	Nikolai Khabibulin-PHX	70
	Martin Brodeur-NJD	70

Wins (Goalie)

1.	Martin Brodeur-NJD	43
2.	Ed Belfour-DAL	37
3.	Chris Osgood-DET	33
	Olaf Kolzig-WSH	33
	Dominik Hasek-BUF	33

Losses (Goalie)

1.	Felix Potvin-TOR	33
2.	Curtis Joseph-EDM	31
	Mike Richter-NYR	31
	Mark Fitzpatrick-2Tm	31
5.	Tommy Salo-NYI	29
	John Vanbiesbrouck-FLA	29

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.	Mike Richter-NYR	15
2.	Patrick Roy*-COL	13
	Dominik Hasek-BUF	13
	Tom Barrasso-PIT	13
5.	Chris Osgood-DET	11
	Jeff Hackett-CHI	11
	John Vanbiesbrouck-FLA	11

Points (Goalie)

1.	Martin Brodeur-NJD	94
2.	Ed Belfour-DAL	84
3.	Dominik Hasek-BUF	79
4.	Chris Osgood-DET	77
5.	Olaf Kolzig-WSH	76

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.	Ed Belfour-DAL	.712
2.	Martin Brodeur-NJD	.691
3.	Jamie McLennan-STL	.654
4.	Tom Barrasso-PIT	.647
5.	Olaf Kolzig-WSH	.623

Shutouts

1.	Dominik Hasek-BUF	13
2.	Martin Brodeur-NJD	10
3.	Ed Belfour-DAL	9
4.	Curtis Joseph-EDM	8
	Jeff Hackett-CHI	8

Goals Against

1.	Nikolai Khabibulin-PHX	184
	Mike Richter-NYR	184
3.	Curtis Joseph-EDM	181
4.	Felix Potvin-TOR	176
5.	John Vanbiesbrouck-FLA	165

Goals Against Average

1.	Ed Belfour-DAL	1.88
2.	Martin Brodeur-NJD	1.89
3.	Tom Barrasso-PIT	2.07
4.	Dominik Hasek-BUF	2.09
5.	Ron Hextall-PHI	2.17

Shots Against

1.	Dominik Hasek-BUF	2149
2.	Curtis Joseph-EDM	1901
3.	Mike Richter-NYR	1888
4.	Felix Potvin-TOR	1882
5.	Nikolai Khabibulin-PHX	1835

Saves

1.	Dominik Hasek-BUF	2002
2.	Curtis Joseph-EDM	1720
3.	Felix Potvin-TOR	1706
4.	Mike Richter-NYR	1704
5.	Patrick Roy*-COL	1672

Save Percentage

1.	Dominik Hasek-BUF	.932
2.	Trevor Kidd-CAR	.922
	Tom Barrasso-PIT	.922
4.	Olaf Kolzig-WSH	.920
5.	Jeff Hackett-CHI	.917
	Martin Brodeur-NJD	.917

All-Star Teams

1st Team
G: Dominik Hasek
D: Rob Blake
D: Nicklas Lidstrom
C: Peter Forsberg
LW: John LeClair
RW: Jaromir Jagr

2nd Team
G: Martin Brodeur
D: Scott Niedermayer
D: Chris Pronger
C: Wayne Gretzky
LW: Keith Tkachuk
RW: Teemu Selanne

All-Rookie Teams

1st Team
F: Patrik Elias
F: Mike Johnson
F: Sergei Samsonov
G: Jamie Storr
D: Derek Morris
D: Mattias Ohlund

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