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
General Manager Mike Milbury
Coach Rick Bowness
Mike Milbury (interim)
Captain Bryan McCabe (Oct-Feb)
Trevor Linden (Feb-Apr)
Team leaders
<1996–97 1998–99>

The 1997–98 New York Islanders season was the 26th season in the franchise's history.

Off-season

In June 1997, New York Islanders general manager Mike Milbury extended an invitation to Cammi Granato to attend Islanders training camp.[1] Granato eventually declined.

Defenceman Bryan McCabe is named team captain.

Regular season

In February, McCabe is traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Trevor Linden, who's named the new team captain upon arrival.

The Islanders tied the Chicago Blackhawks, Florida Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins for most short-handed goals allowed, with 16.[2]

Final standings

Atlantic Division
No. GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 New Jersey Devils 82 48 23 11 225 166 107
2 Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 29 11 242 193 95
3 Washington Capitals 82 40 30 12 219 202 92
4 New York Islanders 82 30 41 11 212 225 71
5 New York Rangers 82 25 39 18 197 231 68
6 Florida Panthers 82 24 43 15 203 256 63
7 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 17 55 10 151 269 44
Eastern Conference[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 New Jersey Devils ATL 82 48 23 11 225 166 107
2 Pittsburgh Penguins NE 82 40 24 18 228 188 98
3 Philadelphia Flyers ATL 82 42 29 11 242 193 95
4 Washington Capitals ATL 82 40 30 12 219 202 92
5 Boston Bruins NE 82 39 30 13 221 194 91
6 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 36 29 17 211 187 89
7 Montreal Canadiens NE 82 37 32 13 235 208 87
8 Ottawa Senators NE 82 34 33 15 193 200 83
9 Carolina Hurricanes NE 82 33 41 8 200 219 74
10 New York Islanders ATL 82 30 41 11 212 225 71
11 New York Rangers ATL 82 25 39 18 197 231 68
12 Florida Panthers ATL 82 24 43 15 203 256 63
13 Tampa Bay Lightning ATL 82 17 55 10 151 269 44

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1TOctober 3, 19972–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1997–98) 0–0–1
2WOctober 4, 19973–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 1–0–1
3LOctober 8, 19973–6 Washington Capitals (1997–98) 1–1–1
4LOctober 11, 19971–3 @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 1–2–1
5TOctober 13, 19972–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 1–2–2
6WOctober 16, 19975–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 2–2–2
7WOctober 19, 19975–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 3–2–2
8LOctober 21, 19972–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 3–3–2
9LOctober 25, 19972–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 3–4–2
10LOctober 27, 19971–2 San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 3–5–2
11WOctober 29, 19975–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 4–5–2
12WOctober 30, 19975–3 New York Rangers (1997–98) 5–5–2
13WNovember 1, 19974–2 Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 6–5–2
14TNovember 5, 19974–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 6–5–3
15WNovember 7, 19973–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 7–5–3
16LNovember 8, 19972–4 Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 7–6–3
17LNovember 10, 19971–3 New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 7–7–3
18TNovember 12, 19972–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 7–7–4
19WNovember 14, 19974–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 8–7–4
20LNovember 15, 19970–1 Florida Panthers (1997–98) 8–8–4
21WNovember 19, 19973–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 9–8–4
22LNovember 20, 19971–5 @ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 9–9–4
23LNovember 22, 19971–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 9–10–4
24WNovember 26, 19974–1 New York Rangers (1997–98) 10–10–4
25LNovember 28, 19971–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 10–11–4
26WNovember 29, 19974–2 St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 11–11–4
27LDecember 2, 19972–4 Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 11–12–4
28LDecember 3, 19973–5 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 11–13–4
29WDecember 6, 19974–0 Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 12–13–4
30LDecember 9, 19971–3 Calgary Flames (1997–98) 12–14–4
31LDecember 11, 19973–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 12–15–4
32WDecember 13, 19974–1 Florida Panthers (1997–98) 13–15–4
33TDecember 16, 19972–2 OT @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 13–15–5
34WDecember 17, 19974–0 Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 14–15–5
35WDecember 20, 19974–3 @ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 15–15–5
36LDecember 22, 19971–4 Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 15–16–5
37LDecember 26, 19973–4 @ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 15–17–5
38LDecember 27, 19972–6 Florida Panthers (1997–98) 15–18–5
39LDecember 29, 19971–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 15–19–5
40LDecember 31, 19971–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 15–20–5
41LJanuary 2, 19981–2 @ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 15–21–5
42LJanuary 3, 19981–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 15–22–5
43LJanuary 6, 19982–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 15–23–5
44LJanuary 8, 19982–8 Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 15–24–5
45LJanuary 10, 19981–2 OT Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 15–25–5
46TJanuary 12, 19981–1 OT Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 15–25–6
47WJanuary 14, 19987–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 16–25–6
48LJanuary 20, 19982–5 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 16–26–6
49TJanuary 22, 19983–3 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 16–26–7
50LJanuary 24, 19982–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 16–27–7
51LJanuary 26, 19981–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 16–28–7
52WJanuary 28, 19986–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 17–28–7
53WJanuary 30, 19982–0 Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 18–28–7
54TFebruary 1, 19982–2 OT Boston Bruins (1997–98) 18–28–8
55WFebruary 2, 19984–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 19–28–8
56WFebruary 4, 19984–2 Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 20–28–8
57LFebruary 7, 19982–3 New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 20–29–8
58LFebruary 25, 19981–4 Dallas Stars (1997–98) 20–30–8
59LMarch 1, 19984–5 Boston Bruins (1997–98) 20–31–8
60WMarch 3, 19983–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 21–31–8
61WMarch 6, 19984–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 22–31–8
62LMarch 7, 19982–4 Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 22–32–8
63TMarch 10, 19982–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 22–32–9
64LMarch 12, 19981–2 Washington Capitals (1997–98) 22–33–9
65LMarch 14, 19982–6 Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 22–34–9
66TMarch 18, 19984–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 22–34–10
67LMarch 20, 19981–4 @ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 22–35–10
68WMarch 22, 19983–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 23–35–10
69LMarch 24, 19983–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 23–36–10
70WMarch 26, 19984–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 24–36–10
71LMarch 28, 19983–4 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 24–37–10
72LMarch 31, 19982–5 @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 24–38–10
73WApril 1, 19984–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 25–38–10
74WApril 4, 19983–0 New York Rangers (1997–98) 26–38–10
75WApril 6, 19983–0 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 27–38–10
76WApril 8, 19983–2 New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 28–38–10
77LApril 9, 19981–4 @ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 28–39–10
78TApril 11, 19983–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 28–39–11
79LApril 13, 19980–2 Washington Capitals (1997–98) 28–40–11
80LApril 15, 19982–4 @ New York Rangers (1997–98) 28–41–11
81WApril 16, 19984–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 29–41–11
82WApril 18, 19982–1 @ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 30–41–11

Playoffs

The Islanders missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Palffy, ZigmundZigmund Palffy RW 82 45 42 87 34-21725
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel C 82 25 40 65 32-11802
Berard, BryanBryan Berard D 75 14 32 46 59-32812
Smolinski, BryanBryan Smolinski C 81 13 30 43 34-16304
Jonsson, KennyKenny Jonsson D 81 14 26 40 58-2602
Chorske, TomTom Chorske LW 82 12 23 35 397142
Nemchinov, SergeiSergei Nemchinov LW 74 10 19 29 243211
Green, TravisTravis Green C 54 14 12 26 66-19802
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski RW 68 12 13 25 2311201
Lapointe, ClaudeClaude Lapointe LW/C 78 10 10 20 47-9013
Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi RW 52 7 11 18 58-19101
Linden, TrevorTrevor Linden RW 25 10 7 17 33-1321
Lachance, ScottScott Lachance D 63 2 11 13 45-11100
Hough, MikeMike Hough LW 74 5 7 12 27-4000
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe D 56 3 9 12 1459100
Kruse, PaulPaul Kruse LW 62 6 1 7 138-12002
Pilon, RichRich Pilon D 76 0 7 7 2911000
Sacco, JoeJoe Sacco RW 25 3 3 6 101000
Daigneault, J. J.J. J. Daigneault D 18 0 6 6 211000
Belanger, KenKen Belanger LW 37 3 1 4 1011001
Miller, KipKip Miller C 9 1 3 4 2-2000
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe RW 13 1 2 3 6-2000
Houda, DougDoug Houda D 31 1 2 3 47-6000
Vaske, DennisDennis Vaske D 19 0 3 3 122000
Jackson, DaneDane Jackson RW 8 1 1 2 41001
Chebaturkin, VladimirVladimir Chebaturkin D 2 0 2 2 0-1000
Chara, ZdenoZdeno Chara D 25 0 1 1 501000
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty G 16 0 1 1 00000
Namestnikov, JohnJohn Namestnikov D 6 0 1 1 4-1000
Orszagh, VladimirVladimir Orszagh RW 11 0 1 1 2-3000
Plante, DanDan Plante RW 7 0 1 1 6-1000
Salo, TommyTommy Salo G 62 0 1 1 310000
Schultz, RayRay Schultz D 13 0 1 1 453000
Strudwick, JasonJason Strudwick D 17 0 1 1 361000
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud G 17 0 0 0 00000
Haggerty, SeanSean Haggerty LW 5 0 0 0 0-3000
Holland, JasonJason Holland D 8 0 0 0 4-4000
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens C 12 0 0 0 34-3000
Lawrence, MarkMark Lawrence RW 2 0 0 0 20000
Libby, JeffJeff Libby D 1 0 0 0 00000
Luhning, WarrenWarren Luhning RW 8 0 0 0 0-4000
Odjick, GinoGino Odjick RW 13 0 0 0 311000
Webb, SteveSteve Webb RW 20 0 0 0 35-2000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Salo, TommyTommy Salo 3461 62 23 29 5 152 2.64 416171465.906
Flaherty, WadeWade Flaherty 694 16 4 4 3 23 1.99 3309286.926
Fichaud, EricEric Fichaud 807 17 3 8 3 40 2.97 0422382.905
Team: 4962 82 30 41 11 215 2.60 723482133.908

[4]

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;

References

  1. Michael Farber. "The Ice Queen". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  2. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1998.html
  3. "1997–1998 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
  4. "1997-98 New York Islanders Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

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