1997–98 New York Rangers season

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1997–98 New York Rangers
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	11th Eastern
1997–98 record	25–39–18
Goals for	197
Goals against	231
Team information
General Manager	Neil Smith
Coach	Colin Campbell John Muckler
Captain	Brian Leetch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Wayne Gretzky/Alexei Kovalev/Pat LaFontaine/Brian Leetch (23)
Assists	Wayne Gretzky (67)
Points	Wayne Gretzky (90)
Penalties in minutes	Darren Langdon (197)
Wins	Mike Richter (21)
Goals against average	Dan Cloutier (2.50)

<1996–97	1998–99>

The 1997–98 New York Rangers season was the 72nd season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers posted a 25–39–18 record in the regular season and finished in fifth place in the Atlantic Division.^[1] New York missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 1992–93 season.^[2]

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Final standings
- 2.2 Schedule and Results
3 Playoffs
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Skaters
- 4.2 Goaltenders
5 Draft picks
6 See also
7 References

Offseason

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Regular season

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

Schedule and Results

1997-98 Game Log

October: 3-6-5 (Home: 2-3-3; Road: 1-3-2)

November: 5-5-4 (Home: 2-2-2; Road: 3-3-2)

December: 4-7-3 (Home: 3-4-1; Road: 1-3-2)

January: 4-4-3 (Home: 3-2-2; Road: 1-2-1)

February: 2-3-1 (Home: 0-1-0; Road: 2-2-1)

March: 4-9-2 (Home: 3-4-1; Road: 1-5-1)

April: 3-5-0 (Home: 1-2-0; Road: 2-3-0)

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the playoffs for the first time since winning the Stanley Cup in 1994.^[3]

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	82	23	67	90	-11	28
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	67	23	39	62	-16	36
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev	73	23	30	53	-22	44
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	76	17	33	50	-36	32
Sundstrom, NiklasNiklas Sundstrom	70	19	28	47	0	24
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	80	14	27	41	-7	130
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	72	23	12	35	-30	41
Sweeney, TimTim Sweeney	56	11	18	29	7	26
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	75	5	15	20	-3	46
Keane, MikeMike Keane^‡	70	8	10	18	-12	47
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	73	3	9	12	1	122
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland^‡	59	5	6	11	-4	39
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood^‡	48	5	5	10	-2	16
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	47	3	7	10	-1	38
Berg, BillBill Berg	67	1	9	10	-15	55
Finley, JeffJeff Finley	63	1	6	7	-3	55
Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon	70	3	3	6	0	197
Savard, MarcMarc Savard	28	1	5	6	-4	4
Stock, P.J.P.J. Stock	38	2	3	5	4	114
Beukeboom, JeffJeff Beukeboom	63	0	5	5	-25	195
Vorobiev, VladimirVladimir Vorobiev	15	2	2	4	-10	6
Lindbom, JohanJohan Lindbom	38	1	3	4	4	28
Lidster, DougDoug Lidster	36	0	4	4	2	24
Cairns, EricEric Cairns	39	0	3	3	-3	92
Goneau, DanielDaniel Goneau	11	2	0	2	-4	4
Smith, GeoffGeoff Smith	15	1	1	2	-4	6
VandenBussche, RyanRyan VandenBussche^‡	16	1	0	1	-2	38
Galanov, MaximMaxim Galanov	6	0	1	1	1	2
Blouin, SylvainSylvain Blouin	1	0	0	0	0	5
Ferraro, PeterPeter Ferraro^†	1	0	0	0	-2	2
Smyth, BradBrad Smyth^†	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sundin, RonnieRonnie Sundin	1	0	0	0	0	0
York, HarryHarry York^†	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Sevigny, PierrePierre Sevigny	3	0	0	0	0	2
Errey, BobBob Errey^†	12	0	0	0	-5	7

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; G= Goals; A= Assists; PIM= Penalties in Minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%
Richter, MikeMike Richter	72	4143	21	31	15	184	2.66	2072	.903
Cloutier, DanDan Cloutier	12	551	4	5	1	23	2.50	271	.907
Muzzatti, JasonJason Muzzatti^‡	6	313	0	3	2	17	3.26	173	.891

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

^[4]

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	19	Stefan Cherneski	RW	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2	46	Wes Jarvis	D	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3	73	Burke Henry	D	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
4	93	Tomi Kallarsson	D	Finland	HPK Junior (Finland)
5	126	Jason McLean	G	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5	134	Johan Lindbom	RW	Sweden	HV71 Jonkoping (SEL)
6	136	Mike York	C	United States	Michigan State University (NCAA)
6	154	Shawn Degagne	G	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	175	Johan Holmqvist	G	Sweden	Brynas IF (SEL)
7	182	Mike Mottau	D	United States	Boston College (NCAA)
8	210	Andrew Proskurnicki	LW	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
9	236	Richard Miller	D	United States	Providence College (NCAA)

References

^ "1997–98 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/1998.html. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
^ Sandomir, Richard (1998-04-08). "Hockey; For Garden, No Playoffs Means No Payoff". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/08/sports/hockey-for-garden-no-playoffs-means-no-payoff.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
^ "New York Rangers Franchise Index". Hockey-Reference. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYR/. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
^ "1997-98 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000481998.html. Retrieved 2010-08-01.

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v t e 1997–98 NHL season by team

Northeast Division	Boston • Buffalo • Carolina • Montreal • Ottawa • Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida • New Jersey • NY Islanders • NY Rangers • Philadelphia • Tampa Bay • Washington

Central Division	Chicago • Dallas • Detroit • Phoenix • St. Louis • Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim • Calgary • Colorado • Edmonton • L.A.• San Jose • Vancouver

See also	1997 NHL Entry Draft • Stanley Cup Playoffs • Stanley Cup Finals

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