1997-98 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 25-39-18 - 68 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Colin Campbell (17-24-16)
Coach: John Muckler (8-15-2)
Location: New York, New York
1997-98 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 25-39-18 - 68 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Colin Campbell (17-24-16)
Coach: John Muckler (8-15-2)
Location: New York, New York
1997-98 New York Rangers Results
The New York Rangers of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 25 wins and 39 losses and 18 ties for 68 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The Rangers netted 197 goals and allowed 231. Pat LaFontaine, Adam Graves, Alex Kovalev and Wayne Gretzky scored 23 goals for New York each, and Wayne Gretzky contributed 67 assists. Mike Richter topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.66 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Colin Campbell and John Muckler coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 82 | 23 | 67 | 90 | 28 | -11 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 201 | 11.4 |
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 67 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 36 | -16 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 160 | 14.4 |
| Alex Kovalev | R | 73 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 44 | -22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 173 | 13.3 |
| Brian Leetch | D | 76 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 32 | -36 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 230 | 7.4 |
| Niklas Sundstrom | R | 70 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 16.5 |
| Kevin Stevens | L | 80 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 130 | -7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 144 | 9.7 |
| Adam Graves | L | 72 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 41 | -30 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 10.2 |
| Tim Sweeney | L | 56 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 14.7 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 75 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 46 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 4.3 |
| Mike Keane | R | 70 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 47 | -12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 7.1 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 73 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 5.1 |
| Brian Skrudland | C | 59 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 39 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Mike Eastwood | C | 48 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 14.7 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 47 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 38 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 6.5 |
| Bill Berg | L | 67 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 55 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.4 |
| Jeff Finley | D | 63 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 55 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Darren Langdon | L | 70 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Marc Savard | C | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| P.J. Stock | C | 38 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 63 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 195 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Vladimir Vorobiev | R | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Johan Lindbom | R | 38 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Doug Lidster | D | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Eric Cairns | D | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 92 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Goneau | L | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Geoff Smith | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Ryan VandenBussche | R | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Mike Richter | G | 72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maxim Galanov | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sylvain Blouin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Cloutier | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Sevigny | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Harry York | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bob Errey | L | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Brad Smyth | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Peter Ferraro | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ronnie Sundin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Muzzatti | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1564 | 197 | 352 | 549 | 1536 | -203 | 62 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 2075 | 9.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | 72 | 4143 | 21 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 184 | 2.66 | 1888 | 1704 | .903 |
| Dan Cloutier | 12 | 551 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2.50 | 248 | 225 | .907 |
| Jason Muzzatti | 6 | 313 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3.26 | 156 | 139 | .891 |
| Totals | 90 | 5007 | 25 | 39 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 224 | 2.68 | 2516 | 2292 | .911 |
