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24-43-15 (63 points), Finished 6th in NHL Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 203 goals, Allowed 256 goals, SRS: -0.62 (24th of 26)
Coached by Doug MacLean (7-12-4), Bryan Murray (17-31-11)
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1997-98 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 82 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 63 | .384 | 203 | 256 | -0.62 | 5.60 | 55 | 409 | 13.45 | 82 | 403 | 79.65 | 12 | 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 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Whitney | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | 68 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 0.90 | 25 | 0.37 | 77 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 2.29 | 20.5 | ||
| 2 | Dave Gagner | C | 5-10 | 188 | 33 | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 0.62 | 19 | 0.24 | 63 | 26 | 63 | 5 | -21 | 55 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 165 | 2.12 | 12.1 | ||
| 3 | Robert Svehla | D | 6-0 | 209 | 29 | 79 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 0.54 | 15 | 0.19 | 109 | 41 | 107 | 36 | -3 | 113 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 1.82 | 6.3 | ||
| 4 | Scott Mellanby | RW | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | 79 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 0.49 | 15 | 0.19 | 67 | 29 | 54 | 2 | -14 | 127 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 188 | 2.38 | 8.0 | ||
| 5 | Radek Dvorak | RW | 6-2 | 200 | 20 | 64 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 0.56 | 13 | 0.21 | 45 | 5 | 55 | 14 | -1 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 1.75 | 10.7 | ||
| 6 | Ray Sheppard | RW | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | 61 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 0.51 | 12 | 0.20 | 52 | 25 | 40 | 0 | -13 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 2.23 | 10.3 | ||
| 7 | Kirk Muller | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 31 | 70 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 0.41 | 11 | 0.15 | 44 | 13 | 61 | 16 | -14 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 1.64 | 7.0 | ||
| 8 | Bill Lindsay | RW | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | 82 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 0.34 | 11 | 0.13 | 31 | 0 | 66 | 33 | -2 | 80 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 150 | 1.83 | 8.0 | ||
| 9 | Ed Jovanovski | D | 6-2 | 210 | 21 | 81 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0.28 | 9 | 0.11 | 64 | 15 | 69 | 8 | -12 | 158 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 142 | 1.75 | 6.3 | ||
| 10 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 6-4 | 224 | 22 | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 0.50 | 9 | 0.20 | 38 | 11 | 35 | 7 | -1 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 2.48 | 10.5 | ||
| 11 | David Nemirovsky | RW | 6-2 | 205 | 21 | 41 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 0.51 | 8 | 0.20 | 30 | 12 | 21 | 0 | -3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 1.51 | 14.5 | ||
| 12 | Steve Washburn | C | 6-2 | 198 | 22 | 58 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 0.33 | 8 | 0.14 | 30 | 9 | 31 | 4 | -6 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 1.05 | 18.0 | ||
| 13 | Gord Murphy | D | 6-2 | 195 | 30 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.22 | 6 | 0.08 | 65 | 8 | 102 | 42 | -3 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 1.56 | 4.9 | ||
| 14 | Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.57 | 6 | 0.21 | 29 | 13 | 18 | 0 | -2 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 2.04 | 8.8 | ||
| 15 | Chris Wells | C | 6-6 | 223 | 22 | 61 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.25 | 6 | 0.09 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 0.93 | 8.8 | ||
| 16 | Rob Niedermayer | C | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.45 | 6 | 0.19 | 27 | 14 | 27 | 5 | -9 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 1.94 | 12.5 | ||
| 17 | Tom Fitzgerald | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | 69 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0.22 | 7 | 0.09 | 22 | 0 | 59 | 33 | -4 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 105 | 1.52 | 9.5 | ||
| 18 | Paul Laus | D | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | 77 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.04 | 34 | 4 | 45 | 10 | -5 | 293 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0.83 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Esa Tikkanen | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.32 | 3 | 0.11 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 8 | -7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1.21 | 2.9 | ||
| 20 | Terry Carkner | D | 6-3 | 210 | 31 | 74 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.11 | 3 | 0.04 | 48 | 1 | 74 | 33 | 6 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0.46 | 2.9 | ||
| 21 | Jeff Norton | D | 6-2 | 195 | 32 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.37 | 2 | 0.11 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 5 | -7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.05 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Johan Garpenlov | LW | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.05 | 18 | 1 | 27 | 4 | -6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1.10 | 4.7 | ||
| 23 | Rhett Warrener | D | 6-1 | 203 | 22 | 79 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.02 | 33 | 1 | 77 | 29 | -16 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0.84 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Ryan Johnson | C | 6-1 | 202 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 | 1 | 0.06 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.60 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Jody Hull | RW | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.05 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1.10 | 8.7 | ||
| 26 | Dallas Eakins | D | 6-2 | 195 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.01 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.70 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Peter Worrell | LW | 6-6 | 235 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.79 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Dave Lowry | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.57 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | John Jakopin | D | 6-5 | 239 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Chris Allen | D | 6-2 | 197 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 203 | 328 | 531 | 6.48 | 203 | 2.48 | 203 | 55 | 256 | 82 | -26 | 1656 | 136 | 55 | 12 | 24 | 2278 | 27.78 | 8.9 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 5-8 | 176 | 34 | 60 | 3451 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 47 | .405 | 4 | 165 | 2.87 | 1638 | 1473 | .899 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Kirk McLean | G | 6-0 | 180 | 31 | 7 | 406 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .643 | 0 | 22 | 3.25 | 207 | 185 | .894 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | 12 | 640 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | .273 | 1 | 32 | 3.00 | 265 | 233 | .879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Kevin Weekes | G | 6-2 | 215 | 22 | 11 | 485 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 32 | 3.96 | 247 | 215 | .870 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4982 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 251 | 3.02 | 2357 | 2106 | .894 |