1997–98 Florida Panthers season

1997–98 Florida Panthers
Division	6th Atlantic
1997–98 record	24–43–15
Goals for	203
Goals against	256
Team information
Coach	Doug MacLean, Bryan Murray
Captain	Scott Mellanby

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New Jersey Devils	82	48	23	11	225	166	107
Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	29	11	242	193	95
Washington Capitals	82	40	30	12	219	202	92
New York Islanders	82	30	41	11	212	225	71
New York Rangers	82	25	39	18	197	231	68
Florida Panthers	82	24	43	15	203	256	63
Tampa Bay Lightning	82	17	55	10	151	269	44

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 1, 1997	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	0–1–0
2	W	October 4, 1997	5–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	1–1–0
3	L	October 11, 1997	3–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	1–2–0
4	T	October 13, 1997	2–2 OT	New York Islanders (1997–98)	1–2–1
5	W	October 15, 1997	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	2–2–1
6	L	October 16, 1997	0–4	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	2–3–1
7	L	October 19, 1997	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	2–4–1
8	L	October 22, 1997	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	2–5–1
9	T	October 23, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	2–5–2
10	W	October 25, 1997	5–4	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	3–5–2
11	T	October 28, 1997	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	3–5–3
12	L	October 30, 1997	2–5	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	3–6–3
13	L	November 1, 1997	3–4 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	3–7–3
14	L	November 5, 1997	2–4	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	3–8–3
15	W	November 6, 1997	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	4–8–3
16	W	November 9, 1997	3–2	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	5–8–3
17	T	November 12, 1997	2–2 OT	New York Islanders (1997–98)	5–8–4
18	L	November 14, 1997	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	5–9–4
19	W	November 15, 1997	1–0	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	6–9–4
20	L	November 18, 1997	1–3	New York Rangers (1997–98)	6–10–4
21	L	November 20, 1997	1–2	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	6–11–4
22	W	November 22, 1997	2–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	7–11–4
23	L	November 23, 1997	2–5	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	7–12–4
24	W	November 26, 1997	10–5	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	8–12–4
25	L	November 28, 1997	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	8–13–4
26	T	November 30, 1997	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	8–13–5
27	L	December 1, 1997	2–3	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	8–14–5
28	L	December 5, 1997	2–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	8–15–5
29	W	December 7, 1997	5–4	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	9–15–5
30	W	December 10, 1997	5–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	10–15–5
31	W	December 12, 1997	4–3	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	11–15–5
32	L	December 13, 1997	1–4	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	11–16–5
33	L	December 15, 1997	2–6	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	11–17–5
34	L	December 17, 1997	2–4	New York Rangers (1997–98)	11–18–5
35	W	December 18, 1997	4–0	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	12–18–5
36	L	December 20, 1997	0–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	12–19–5
37	L	December 23, 1997	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	12–20–5
38	W	December 26, 1997	5–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	13–20–5
39	W	December 27, 1997	6–2	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	14–20–5
40	T	December 30, 1997	2–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	14–20–6
41	W	January 1, 1998	2–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	15–20–6
42	T	January 2, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	15–20–7
43	T	January 4, 1998	3–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	15–20–8
44	L	January 7, 1998	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	15–21–8
45	T	January 9, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	15–21–9
46	T	January 10, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	15–21–10
47	L	January 12, 1998	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	15–22–10
48	L	January 14, 1998	2–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	15–23–10
49	L	January 21, 1998	3–8	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	15–24–10
50	L	January 22, 1998	1–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	15–25–10
51	T	January 24, 1998	1–1 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	15–25–11
52	W	January 27, 1998	3–0	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	16–25–11
53	W	January 29, 1998	3–2	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	17–25–11
54	W	January 31, 1998	2–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	18–25–11
55	L	February 1, 1998	2–5	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	18–26–11
56	T	February 3, 1998	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	18–26–12
57	L	February 7, 1998	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	18–27–12
58	L	February 25, 1998	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	18–28–12
59	L	February 27, 1998	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	18–29–12
60	L	March 4, 1998	3–4	New York Rangers (1997–98)	18–30–12
61	L	March 7, 1998	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	18–31–12
62	L	March 9, 1998	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	18–32–12
63	L	March 11, 1998	3–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	18–33–12
64	L	March 13, 1998	0–4	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	18–34–12
65	L	March 15, 1998	4–8	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	18–35–12
66	L	March 17, 1998	2–4	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	18–36–12
67	L	March 19, 1998	1–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	18–37–12
68	L	March 21, 1998	1–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	18–38–12
69	L	March 23, 1998	3–5	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	18–39–12
70	W	March 26, 1998	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	19–39–12
71	W	March 28, 1998	3–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	20–39–12
72	W	March 29, 1998	4–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	21–39–12
73	L	April 1, 1998	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	21–40–12
74	W	April 4, 1998	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	22–40–12
75	W	April 5, 1998	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	23–40–12
76	L	April 7, 1998	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	23–41–12
77	W	April 9, 1998	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	24–41–12
78	T	April 11, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	24–41–13
79	T	April 12, 1998	5–5 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	24–41–14
80	L	April 14, 1998	2–3	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	24–42–14
81	L	April 16, 1998	3–7	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	24–43–14
82	T	April 18, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	24–43–15

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Whitney, RayRay Whitney LW 68 32 29 61 28 10 12 0 2 Gagner, DaveDave Gagner C 78 20 28 48 55 -21 5 1 1 Svehla, RobertRobert Svehla D 79 9 34 43 113 -3 3 0 0 Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby RW 79 15 24 39 127 -14 6 0 1 Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak RW 64 12 24 36 33 -1 2 3 0 Sheppard, RayRay Sheppard RW 61 14 17 31 21 -13 5 0 1 Muller, KirkKirk Muller LW 70 8 21 29 54 -14 1 0 3 Lindsay, BillBill Lindsay RW 82 12 16 28 80 -2 0 2 5 Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov C 46 12 11 23 14 -1 3 2 0 Jovanovski, EdEd Jovanovski D 81 9 14 23 158 -12 2 1 3 Nemirovsky, DavidDavid Nemirovsky RW 41 9 12 21 8 -3 2 0 1 Washburn, SteveSteve Washburn C 58 11 8 19 32 -6 4 0 2 Murphy, GordGord Murphy D 79 6 11 17 46 -3 3 0 0 Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli RW 28 5 11 16 28 -2 2 0 1 Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald RW 69 10 5 15 57 -4 0 1 1 Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer C 33 8 7 15 41 -9 5 0 2 Wells, ChrisChris Wells C 61 5 10 15 47 4 0 1 0 Laus, PaulPaul Laus D 77 0 11 11 293 -5 0 0 0 Tikkanen, EsaEsa Tikkanen LW 28 1 8 9 16 -7 0 0 0 Carkner, TerryTerry Carkner D 74 1 7 8 63 6 0 0 1 Norton, JeffJeff Norton D 19 0 7 7 18 -7 0 0 0 Garpenlov, JohanJohan Garpenlov LW 39 2 3 5 8 -6 0 0 0 Warrener, RhettRhett Warrener D 79 0 4 4 99 -16 0 0 0 Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck G 60 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 Hull, JodyJody Hull RW 21 2 0 2 4 1 0 1 0 Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson C 10 0 2 2 0 -4 0 0 0 Eakins, DallasDallas Eakins D 23 0 1 1 44 1 0 0 0 Allen, ChrisChris Allen D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick G 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jakopin, JohnJohn Jakopin D 2 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0 Lowry, DaveDave Lowry LW 7 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 McLean, KirkKirk McLean G 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Weekes, KevinKevin Weekes G 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Worrell, PeterPeter Worrell LW 19 0 0 0 153 -4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck 3451 60 18 29 11 165 2.87 4 1638 1473 .899 McLean, KirkKirk McLean 406 7 4 2 1 22 3.25 0 207 185 .894 Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick 640 12 2 7 2 32 3.00 1 265 233 .879 Weekes, KevinKevin Weekes 485 11 0 5 1 32 3.96 0 247 215 .870 Team: 4982 82 24 43 15 251 3.02 5 2357 2106 .894

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;

See also

• 1997–98 NHL season

References

• 1997–98 Florida Panthers Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.