The 1997–98 New York Islanders season was the 26th season in the franchise's history. The Islanders missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.
1997–98 New York Islanders | |
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Division | 4th Atlantic |
Conference | 10th Eastern |
1997–98 record | 30–41–11 |
Home record | 17–20–4 |
Road record | 13–21–7 |
Goals for | 212 |
Goals against | 225 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Milbury |
Coach | Rick Bowness (Oct.–Mar.) Mike Milbury (Mar.–Apr.) |
Captain | Bryan McCabe (Oct.–Feb.) Trevor Linden (Feb.–Apr.) |
Arena | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
Average attendance | 12,253 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Utah Grizzlies Kentucky Thoroughblades Louisville RiverFrogs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Zigmund Palffy (45) |
Assists | Zigmund Palffy (42) |
Points | Zigmund Palffy (87) |
Penalty minutes | Rich Pilon (297) |
Plus/minus | Mariusz Czerkawski (+11) |
Wins | Tommy Salo (23) |
Goals against average | Wade Flaherty (1.99) |
Off-season
editIn June 1997, New York Islanders general manager Mike Milbury extended an invitation to Cammi Granato to attend Islanders training camp.[1] Granato eventually declined.
Defenseman Bryan McCabe was named team captain.
Regular season
editIn February, Bryan McCabe was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Trevor Linden, who's named the Islanders' new 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
editNo. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 225 | 166 | 107 |
2 | 3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 242 | 193 | 95 |
3 | 4 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 219 | 202 | 92 |
4 | 10 | New York Islanders | 82 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 212 | 225 | 71 |
5 | 11 | New York Rangers | 82 | 25 | 39 | 18 | 197 | 231 | 68 |
6 | 12 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 203 | 256 | 63 |
7 | 13 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 17 | 55 | 10 | 151 | 269 | 44 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
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October: 5–5–2 (home: 2–3–0; road: 3–2–2)
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November: 6–6–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 3–3–1)
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December: 4–9–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 1–5–1)
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January: 3–8–2 (home: 2–3–1; road: 1–5–1)
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February: 2–2–1 (home: 1–2–1; road: 1–0–0)
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March: 4–8–2 (home: 2–4–1; road: 2–4–1)
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April: 6–3–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 2–2–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
edit- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
16 | Zigmund Palffy | RW | 82 | 45 | 42 | 87 | −2 | 34 |
21 | Robert Reichel | C | 82 | 25 | 40 | 65 | −11 | 32 |
34 | Bryan Berard | D | 75 | 14 | 32 | 46 | −32 | 59 |
20 | Bryan Smolinski | C | 81 | 13 | 30 | 43 | −16 | 34 |
29 | Kenny Jonsson | D | 81 | 14 | 26 | 40 | −2 | 58 |
14 | Tom Chorske | LW | 82 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 39 |
17 | Sergei Nemchinov | LW | 74 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 3 | 24 |
39 | Travis Green‡ | C | 54 | 14 | 12 | 26 | −19 | 66 |
25 | Mariusz Czerkawski | RW | 68 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 11 | 23 |
13 | Claude Lapointe | C | 78 | 10 | 10 | 20 | −9 | 47 |
44 | Todd Bertuzzi‡ | RW | 52 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −19 | 58 |
32 | Trevor Linden† | RW | 25 | 10 | 7 | 17 | −1 | 33 |
7 | Scott Lachance | D | 63 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −11 | 45 |
18 | Mike Hough | LW | 74 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −4 | 27 |
4 | Bryan McCabe‡ | D | 56 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 145 |
24 | Paul Kruse‡ | LW | 62 | 6 | 1 | 7 | −12 | 138 |
2 | Rich Pilon | D | 76 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 291 |
10 | Joe Sacco† | RW | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
36 | J. J. Daigneault† | D | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
33 | Ken Belanger | LW | 37 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 101 |
54 | Kip Miller† | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
44 | Jason Dawe† | RW | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 6 |
6 | Doug Houda‡ | D | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −6 | 47 |
28 | Dennis Vaske | D | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
36 | Dane Jackson | RW | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
55 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 |
3[a] | Zdeno Chara | D | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
30 | Wade Flaherty | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
58 | John Namestnikov | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
49 | Vladimir Orszagh | RW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
42 | Dan Plante | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
35 | Tommy Salo | G | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | |
60 | Ray Schultz | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 45 |
43 | Jason Strudwick‡ | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
1 | Eric Fichaud | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Sean Haggerty | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
46 | Jason Holland‡ | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
12 | Mark Janssens†‡ | C | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 34 |
52 | Mark Lawrence | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
37 | Jeff Libby | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
48 | Warren Luhning | RW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
24 | Gino Odjick† | RW | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
8 | Steve Webb | RW | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 35 |
Goaltending
editNo. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
35 | Tommy Salo | 62 | 23 | 29 | 5 | 1617 | 152 | 2.64 | .906 | 4 | 3461 |
30 | Wade Flaherty | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 309 | 23 | 1.99 | .926 | 3 | 694 |
1 | Eric Fichaud | 17 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 422 | 40 | 2.97 | .905 | 0 | 807 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Zigmund Palffy | [5] |
Team | Bob Nystrom Award | Rich Pilon | [6] |
Transactions
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Draft picks
editNew York's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[7]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 4 | Roberto Luongo | Canada | Val-d'Or Foreurs (QMJHL) |
1 | 5 | Eric Brewer | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
2 | 31 | Jeff Zehr | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
3 | 59 | Jarrett Smith | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
3 | 79 | Robert Schnabel | Czech Republic | Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) |
4 | 85 | Petr Mika | Czech Republic | Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) |
5 | 115 | Adam Edinger | United States | Bowling Green State University (CCHA) |
6 | 139 | Bobby Leavins | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
7 | 166 | Kris Knoblauch | Canada | Edmonton Ice (WHL) |
8 | 196 | Jeremy Symington | Canada | Petrolia Jets (WOHL) |
9 | 222 | Ryan Clark | United States | Lincoln Stars (USHL) |
Notes
edit- ^ Chara wore number 53 in his first seven games.
References
edit- "New York Islanders 1997-98 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- "1997-98 New York Islanders Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ Michael Farber. "The Ice Queen". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
- ^ "1997-98 NHL Summary".
- ^ "1997–1998 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- ^ "1997-98 New York Islanders Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ "1998 NHL All-Star Game Rosters". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ^ "New York Islanders – Awards and Honors". New York Islanders. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
- ^ "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.