1997-98 New York Rangers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 25-39-18 - 68 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Colin Campbell (17-24-16)
Coach: John Muckler (8-15-2)
1997-98 New York Rangers RosterTeam Record: 25-39-18 - 68 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Colin Campbell (17-24-16)
Coach: John Muckler (8-15-2)
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 in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The club netted 197 goals and allowed 231. Pat LaFontaine, Alex Kovalev, Wayne Gretzky and Adam Graves scored 23 goals for the squad each, and Wayne Gretzky contributed 67 assists. Mike Richter topped the team 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 | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 82 | 23 | 67 | 90 | 28 | -11 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 201 | 11.4 |
| Pat LaFontaine | C | 67 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 36 | -16 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 160 | 14.4 |
| Alex Kovalev | R | 73 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 44 | -22 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 173 | 13.3 |
| Brian Leetch | D | 76 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 32 | -36 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 230 | 7.4 |
| Niklas Sundstrom | R | 70 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 16.5 |
| Kevin Stevens | L | 80 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 130 | -7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 144 | 9.7 |
| Adam Graves | L | 72 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 41 | -30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 10.2 |
| Tim Sweeney | L | 56 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 14.7 |
| Bruce Driver | D | 75 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 46 | -3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 4.3 |
| Mike Keane | R | 70 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 47 | -12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 7.1 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | D | 73 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 122 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 5.1 |
| Brian Skrudland | C | 59 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 39 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 11.9 |
| Mike Eastwood | C | 48 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 14.7 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 47 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 38 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 6.5 |
| Bill Berg | L | 67 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 55 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 1.4 |
| Jeff Finley | D | 63 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 55 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| Darren Langdon | L | 70 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 20.0 |
| Marc Savard | C | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3.1 |
| P.J. Stock | C | 38 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 63 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 195 | -25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Vladimir Vorobiev | R | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Johan Lindbom | R | 38 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Doug Lidster | D | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Eric Cairns | D | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 92 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Goneau | L | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Geoff Smith | D | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Ryan VandenBussche | R | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Maxim Galanov | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Mike Richter | G | 72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Ferraro | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jason Muzzatti | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Sundin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pierre Sevigny | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Sylvain Blouin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry York | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bob Errey | L | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Brad Smyth | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Dan Cloutier | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1564 | 197 | 352 | 549 | 1536 | -203 | 62 | 115 | 25 | 11 | 2075 | 9.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Cloutier | 12 | 551 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2.50 | 248 | 225 | .907 |
| Mike Richter | 72 | 4143 | 21 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 184 | 2.66 | 1888 | 1704 | .903 |
| 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 | 2292 | 2068 | .902 |
