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25-39-18 (68 points), Finished 5th in NHL Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 197 goals, Allowed 231 goals, SRS: -0.41 (20th of 26)
Coached by Colin Campbell (17-24-16) and John Muckler (8-15-2)
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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 Rangers | 82 | 25 | 39 | 18 | 68 | .415 | 197 | 231 | -0.41 | 5.22 | 62 | 351 | 17.66 | 55 | 377 | 85.41 | 0 | 13 |
| 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 | Wayne Gretzky | C | 6-0 | 185 | 37 | 82 | 23 | 67 | 90 | 1.10 | 30 | 0.37 | 110 | 41 | 85 | 5 | -11 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 201 | 2.45 | 11.4 | ||
| 2 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 5-10 | 182 | 32 | 67 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 0.93 | 22 | 0.33 | 75 | 38 | 56 | 3 | -16 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 2.39 | 14.4 | ||
| 3 | Alex Kovalev | RW | 6-1 | 224 | 24 | 73 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 0.73 | 20 | 0.27 | 83 | 40 | 65 | 0 | -22 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 2.37 | 13.3 | ||
| 4 | Brian Leetch | D | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | 76 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 0.66 | 18 | 0.23 | 117 | 58 | 120 | 25 | -36 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 230 | 3.03 | 7.4 | ||
| 5 | Niklas Sundstrom | RW | 6-0 | 191 | 22 | 70 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 0.67 | 17 | 0.25 | 70 | 18 | 69 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 1.64 | 16.5 | ||
| 6 | Kevin Stevens | LW | 6-3 | 230 | 32 | 80 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 0.51 | 15 | 0.18 | 60 | 17 | 50 | 0 | -7 | 130 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 1.80 | 9.7 | ||
| 7 | Adam Graves | LW | 6-0 | 205 | 29 | 72 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 0.49 | 15 | 0.21 | 60 | 33 | 73 | 16 | -30 | 41 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 226 | 3.14 | 10.2 | ||
| 8 | Tim Sweeney | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 30 | 56 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 0.52 | 11 | 0.19 | 42 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 1.34 | 14.7 | ||
| 9 | Bruce Driver | D | 6-0 | 185 | 35 | 75 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0.27 | 7 | 0.09 | 66 | 21 | 65 | 17 | -3 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 1.55 | 4.3 | ||
| 10 | Mike Keane | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | 70 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 0.26 | 7 | 0.10 | 25 | 5 | 56 | 24 | -12 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 1.61 | 7.1 | ||
| 11 | Ulf Samuelsson | D | 6-1 | 205 | 33 | 73 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.16 | 4 | 0.06 | 38 | 1 | 54 | 18 | 1 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 0.81 | 5.1 | ||
| 12 | Brian Skrudland | C | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | 59 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.19 | 4 | 0.07 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 14 | -4 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 0.71 | 11.9 | ||
| 13 | Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 6-3 | 221 | 27 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.21 | 3 | 0.07 | 31 | 7 | 35 | 10 | -1 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 0.98 | 6.5 | ||
| 14 | Bill Berg | LW | 6-1 | 205 | 30 | 67 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.15 | 3 | 0.05 | 15 | 1 | 47 | 18 | -15 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.10 | 1.4 | ||
| 15 | Mike Eastwood | C | 6-3 | 216 | 30 | 48 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.21 | 4 | 0.08 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 9 | -2 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.71 | 14.7 | ||
| 16 | Jeff Finley | D | 6-2 | 205 | 30 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.11 | 2 | 0.03 | 33 | 2 | 43 | 9 | -3 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.51 | 3.1 | ||
| 17 | Marc Savard | C | 5-10 | 191 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.07 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | -4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.14 | 3.1 | ||
| 18 | Darren Langdon | LW | 6-1 | 205 | 27 | 70 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.03 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.21 | 20.0 | ||
| 19 | P.J. Stock | C | 5-10 | 197 | 22 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.05 | 4 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.24 | 22.2 | ||||||
| 20 | Jeff Beukeboom | D | 6-5 | 230 | 32 | 63 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.02 | 30 | 1 | 71 | 17 | -25 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.37 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Vladimir Vorobiev | LW | 6-0 | 184 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.27 | 2 | 0.10 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | -10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1.80 | 7.4 | ||
| 22 | Doug Lidster | D | 6-1 | 190 | 37 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.03 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.69 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Johan Lindbom | LW | 6-2 | 216 | 26 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.04 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1.00 | 2.6 | ||
| 24 | Eric Cairns | D | 6-6 | 230 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.02 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 2 | -3 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.44 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Daniel Goneau | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.18 | 1 | 0.09 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1.18 | 15.4 | ||
| 26 | Geoff Smith | D | 6-3 | 194 | 28 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.05 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 5 | -4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.73 | 9.1 | ||
| 27 | Ryan VandenBussche | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.13 | 50.0 | ||
| 28 | Maxim Galanov | D | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.05 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.83 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Bob Errey | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | -5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.92 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Peter Ferraro | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Brad Smyth | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | Sylvain Blouin | LW | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 33 | Harry York | C | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 34 | Ronnie Sundin | D | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 35 | Pierre Sevigny | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 197 | 352 | 549 | 6.70 | 197 | 2.40 | 197 | 62 | 231 | 55 | -41 | 1536 | 135 | 62 | 0 | 25 | 2075 | 25.30 | 9.5 |
| 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 | Mike Richter | G | 5-11 | 185 | 31 | 72 | 4143 | 21 | 31 | 15 | 57 | .425 | 0 | 184 | 2.66 | 1888 | 1704 | .903 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Dan Cloutier | G | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 12 | 551 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .450 | 0 | 23 | 2.50 | 248 | 225 | .907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | Jason Muzzatti | G | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | 6 | 313 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 17 | 3.26 | 156 | 139 | .891 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Team Total | 82 | 5007 | 25 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 224 | 2.68 | 2292 | 2068 | .902 |