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30-41-11 (71 points), Finished 4th in NHL Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 212 goals, Allowed 225 goals, SRS: -0.15 (18th of 26)
Coached by Rick Bowness (22-32-9), Mike Milbury (8-9-2)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | Ziggy Palffy | RW | 5-10 | 183 | 25 | 82 | 45 | 42 | 87 | 1.06 | 36 | 0.44 | 118 | 52 | 81 | 13 | -2 | 34 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 277 | 3.38 | 16.2 | ||
| 2 | Robert Reichel | C | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | 82 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 0.79 | 25 | 0.31 | 97 | 48 | 61 | 1 | -11 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 201 | 2.45 | 12.4 | ||
| 3 | Bryan Berard | D | 6-2 | 220 | 20 | 75 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 0.61 | 17 | 0.23 | 97 | 45 | 92 | 8 | -32 | 59 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 2.56 | 7.3 | ||
| 4 | Bryan Smolinski | C | 6-1 | 203 | 26 | 81 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 0.53 | 16 | 0.20 | 68 | 21 | 66 | 3 | -16 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 203 | 2.51 | 6.4 | ||
| 5 | Kenny Jonsson | D | 6-3 | 217 | 23 | 81 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 0.49 | 15 | 0.19 | 98 | 40 | 92 | 32 | -2 | 58 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 1.33 | 13.0 | ||
| 6 | Tom Chorske | LW | 6-1 | 212 | 31 | 82 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 0.43 | 13 | 0.16 | 57 | 11 | 58 | 19 | 7 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 132 | 1.61 | 9.1 | ||
| 7 | Sergei Nemchinov | LW | 6-1 | 205 | 34 | 74 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 0.39 | 11 | 0.15 | 51 | 8 | 61 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 94 | 1.27 | 10.6 | ||
| 8 | Travis Green | C | 6-1 | 204 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 0.48 | 11 | 0.20 | 40 | 22 | 40 | 3 | -19 | 66 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 1.83 | 14.1 | ||
| 9 | Mariusz Czerkawski | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | 68 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 0.37 | 10 | 0.15 | 37 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 2.00 | 8.8 | ||
| 10 | Claude Lapointe | LW/C | 5-9 | 188 | 29 | 78 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0.26 | 8 | 0.11 | 31 | 0 | 57 | 17 | -9 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 82 | 1.05 | 12.2 | ||
| 11 | Todd Bertuzzi | RW | 6-3 | 231 | 22 | 52 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0.35 | 7 | 0.14 | 22 | 5 | 36 | 0 | -19 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 1.21 | 11.1 | ||
| 12 | Trevor Linden | RW | 6-4 | 220 | 27 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0.68 | 7 | 0.29 | 34 | 14 | 27 | 6 | -1 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 2.36 | 16.9 | ||
| 13 | Scott Lachance | D | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | 63 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.21 | 5 | 0.07 | 47 | 11 | 64 | 17 | -11 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0.98 | 3.2 | ||
| 14 | Bryan McCabe | D | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | 56 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.21 | 4 | 0.08 | 57 | 7 | 57 | 16 | 9 | 145 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 1.45 | 3.7 | ||
| 15 | Mike Hough | LW | 6-1 | 197 | 34 | 74 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.16 | 5 | 0.06 | 21 | 1 | 41 | 17 | -4 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.59 | 11.4 | ||
| 16 | Rich Pilon | D | 6-2 | 220 | 29 | 76 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.03 | 38 | 0 | 57 | 20 | 1 | 291 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.49 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Paul Kruse | LW | 6-1 | 215 | 27 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0.11 | 3 | 0.05 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | -12 | 138 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 0.71 | 13.6 | ||
| 18 | Joe Sacco | RW | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.24 | 2 | 0.10 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.28 | 9.4 | ||
| 19 | J.J. Daigneault | D | 5-10 | 192 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.33 | 2 | 0.11 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Kip Miller | C | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.44 | 1 | 0.16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.22 | 9.1 | ||
| 21 | Ken Belanger | LW | 6-4 | 225 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.11 | 2 | 0.05 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.27 | 30.0 | ||
| 22 | Dennis Vaske | D | 6-2 | 210 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.16 | 1 | 0.05 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.84 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Jason Dawe | RW | 5-10 | 189 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.23 | 1 | 0.09 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.46 | 5.3 | ||
| 24 | Doug Houda | D | 6-2 | 208 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.04 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 2 | -6 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.48 | 6.7 | ||
| 25 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | D | 6-2 | 226 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.32 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 26 | Dane Jackson | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.63 | 20.0 | ||
| 27 | Ray Schultz | D | 6-2 | 215 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.02 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.31 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Zdeno Chara | D | 6-9 | 255 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.01 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.40 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Dan Plante | RW | 5-11 | 202 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 0.05 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Jason Strudwick | D | 6-4 | 225 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.02 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.18 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Vladimir Orszagh | RW | 5-11 | 195 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.03 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.82 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | John Namestnikov | D | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.05 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 33 | Sean Haggerty | LW | 6-1 | 186 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.40 | 0.0 | ||
| 34 | Mark Lawrence | RW | 6-4 | 215 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 35 | Jeff Libby | D | 6-3 | 215 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 36 | Jason Holland | D | 6-3 | 219 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | -4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.75 | 0.0 | ||
| 37 | Warren Luhning | RW | 6-2 | 185 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.75 | 0.0 | ||
| 38 | Steve Webb | RW | 6-0 | 211 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.30 | 0.0 | ||
| 39 | Gino Odjick | RW | 6-3 | 224 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.23 | 0.0 | ||
| 40 | Mark Janssens | C | 6-3 | 212 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | -3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 212 | 331 | 543 | 6.62 | 212 | 2.59 | 212 | 61 | 225 | 54 | -20 | 1636 | 140 | 61 | 11 | 30 | 2119 | 25.84 | 10.0 |
| 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 | Tommy Salo | G | 5-11 | 182 | 26 | 62 | 3461 | 23 | 29 | 5 | 51 | .447 | 4 | 152 | 2.64 | 1617 | 1465 | .906 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 2 | Wade Flaherty | G | 6-0 | 171 | 30 | 16 | 694 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | .500 | 3 | 23 | 1.99 | 309 | 286 | .926 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Eric Fichaud | G | 5-11 | 179 | 22 | 17 | 807 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | .321 | 0 | 40 | 2.97 | 422 | 382 | .905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4962 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 215 | 2.60 | 2348 | 2133 | .908 |