1997–98 New York Islanders season

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

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.)

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, 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

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
1	T	October 3, 1997	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	0–0–1
2	W	October 4, 1997	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	1–0–1
3	L	October 8, 1997	3–6	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	1–1–1
4	L	October 11, 1997	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	1–2–1
5	T	October 13, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	1–2–2
6	W	October 16, 1997	5–2	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	2–2–2
7	W	October 19, 1997	5–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	3–2–2
8	L	October 21, 1997	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	3–3–2
9	L	October 25, 1997	2–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	3–4–2
10	L	October 27, 1997	1–2	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	3–5–2
11	W	October 29, 1997	5–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	4–5–2
12	W	October 30, 1997	5–3	New York Rangers (1997–98)	5–5–2
13	W	November 1, 1997	4–2	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	6–5–2
14	T	November 5, 1997	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	6–5–3
15	W	November 7, 1997	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	7–5–3
16	L	November 8, 1997	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	7–6–3
17	L	November 10, 1997	1–3	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	7–7–3
18	T	November 12, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	7–7–4
19	W	November 14, 1997	4–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	8–7–4
20	L	November 15, 1997	0–1	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	8–8–4
21	W	November 19, 1997	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	9–8–4
22	L	November 20, 1997	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	9–9–4
23	L	November 22, 1997	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	9–10–4
24	W	November 26, 1997	4–1	New York Rangers (1997–98)	10–10–4
25	L	November 28, 1997	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	10–11–4
26	W	November 29, 1997	4–2	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	11–11–4
27	L	December 2, 1997	2–4	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	11–12–4
28	L	December 3, 1997	3–5	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	11–13–4
29	W	December 6, 1997	4–0	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	12–13–4
30	L	December 9, 1997	1–3	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	12–14–4
31	L	December 11, 1997	3–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	12–15–4
32	W	December 13, 1997	4–1	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	13–15–4
33	T	December 16, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	13–15–5
34	W	December 17, 1997	4–0	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	14–15–5
35	W	December 20, 1997	4–3	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	15–15–5
36	L	December 22, 1997	1–4	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	15–16–5
37	L	December 26, 1997	3–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	15–17–5
38	L	December 27, 1997	2–6	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	15–18–5
39	L	December 29, 1997	1–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	15–19–5
40	L	December 31, 1997	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	15–20–5
41	L	January 2, 1998	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	15–21–5
42	L	January 3, 1998	1–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	15–22–5
43	L	January 6, 1998	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	15–23–5
44	L	January 8, 1998	2–8	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	15–24–5
45	L	January 10, 1998	1–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	15–25–5
46	T	January 12, 1998	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	15–25–6
47	W	January 14, 1998	7–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	16–25–6
48	L	January 20, 1998	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	16–26–6
49	T	January 22, 1998	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	16–26–7
50	L	January 24, 1998	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	16–27–7
51	L	January 26, 1998	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	16–28–7
52	W	January 28, 1998	6–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	17–28–7
53	W	January 30, 1998	2–0	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	18–28–7
54	T	February 1, 1998	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	18–28–8
55	W	February 2, 1998	4–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	19–28–8
56	W	February 4, 1998	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	20–28–8
57	L	February 7, 1998	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	20–29–8
58	L	February 25, 1998	1–4	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	20–30–8
59	L	March 1, 1998	4–5	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	20–31–8
60	W	March 3, 1998	3–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	21–31–8
61	W	March 6, 1998	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	22–31–8
62	L	March 7, 1998	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	22–32–8
63	T	March 10, 1998	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	22–32–9
64	L	March 12, 1998	1–2	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	22–33–9
65	L	March 14, 1998	2–6	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	22–34–9
66	T	March 18, 1998	4–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	22–34–10
67	L	March 20, 1998	1–4	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	22–35–10
68	W	March 22, 1998	3–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	23–35–10
69	L	March 24, 1998	3–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	23–36–10
70	W	March 26, 1998	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	24–36–10
71	L	March 28, 1998	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	24–37–10
72	L	March 31, 1998	2–5	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	24–38–10
73	W	April 1, 1998	4–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	25–38–10
74	W	April 4, 1998	3–0	New York Rangers (1997–98)	26–38–10
75	W	April 6, 1998	3–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	27–38–10
76	W	April 8, 1998	3–2	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	28–38–10
77	L	April 9, 1998	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	28–39–10
78	T	April 11, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	28–39–11
79	L	April 13, 1998	0–2	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	28–40–11
80	L	April 15, 1998	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	28–41–11
81	W	April 16, 1998	4–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	29–41–11
82	W	April 18, 1998	2–1	@ 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
Zigmund Palffy	RW	82	45	42	87	34	-2	17	2	5
Robert Reichel	C	82	25	40	65	32	-11	8	0	2
Bryan Berard	D	75	14	32	46	59	-32	8	1	2
Bryan Smolinski	C	81	13	30	43	34	-16	3	0	4
Kenny Jonsson	D	81	14	26	40	58	-2	6	0	2
Tom Chorske	LW	82	12	23	35	39	7	1	4	2
Sergei Nemchinov	LW	74	10	19	29	24	3	2	1	1
Travis Green	C	54	14	12	26	66	-19	8	0	2
Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	68	12	13	25	23	11	2	0	1
Claude Lapointe	LW/C	78	10	10	20	47	-9	0	1	3
Todd Bertuzzi	RW	52	7	11	18	58	-19	1	0	1
Trevor Linden	RW	25	10	7	17	33	-1	3	2	1
Scott Lachance	D	63	2	11	13	45	-11	1	0	0
Mike Hough	LW	74	5	7	12	27	-4	0	0	0
Bryan McCabe	D	56	3	9	12	145	9	1	0	0
Paul Kruse	LW	62	6	1	7	138	-12	0	0	2
Rich Pilon	D	76	0	7	7	291	1	0	0	0
Joe Sacco	RW	25	3	3	6	10	1	0	0	0
J. J. Daigneault	D	18	0	6	6	21	1	0	0	0
Ken Belanger	LW	37	3	1	4	101	1	0	0	1
Kip Miller	C	9	1	3	4	2	-2	0	0	0
Jason Dawe	RW	13	1	2	3	6	-2	0	0	0
Doug Houda	D	31	1	2	3	47	-6	0	0	0
Dennis Vaske	D	19	0	3	3	12	2	0	0	0
Dane Jackson	RW	8	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	1
Vladimir Chebaturkin	D	2	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Zdeno Chara	D	25	0	1	1	50	1	0	0	0
Wade Flaherty	G	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Namestnikov	D	6	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Vladimir Orszagh	RW	11	0	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0
Dan Plante	RW	7	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Tommy Salo	G	62	0	1	1	31	0	0	0	0
Ray Schultz	D	13	0	1	1	45	3	0	0	0
Jason Strudwick	D	17	0	1	1	36	1	0	0	0
Eric Fichaud	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Haggerty	LW	5	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Jason Holland	D	8	0	0	0	4	-4	0	0	0
Mark Janssens	C	12	0	0	0	34	-3	0	0	0
Mark Lawrence	RW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jeff Libby	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Luhning	RW	8	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Gino Odjick	RW	13	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0
Steve Webb	RW	20	0	0	0	35	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Tommy Salo	3461	62	23	29	5	152	2.64	4	1617	1465	.906
Wade Flaherty	694	16	4	4	3	23	1.99	3	309	286	.926
Eric Fichaud	807	17	3	8	3	40	2.97	0	422	382	.905
Team:	4962	82	30	41	11	215	2.60	7	2348	2133	.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;

Draft picks

New York's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
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)

References

1. Michael Farber. "The Ice Queen". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
2. https://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.

External links

• "1997–98 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.