1997-98 New York Islanders Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 30-41-11 - 71 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Rick Bowness (22-32-9)
Coach: Mike Milbury (8-9-2)
1997-98 New York Islanders RosterTeam Record: 30-41-11 - 71 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Rick Bowness (22-32-9)
Coach: Mike Milbury (8-9-2)
The New York Islanders of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 30 wins and 41 losses and 11 ties for 71 points in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The team scored 212 goals and yielded 225. Ziggy Palffy netted 45 goals for the team and contributed 42 assists. Tommy Salo earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.64 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Rick Bowness and Mike Milbury coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziggy Palffy | R | 82 | 45 | 42 | 87 | 34 | -2 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 277 | 16.2 |
| Robert Reichel | C | 82 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 32 | -11 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 201 | 12.4 |
| Bryan Berard | D | 75 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 59 | -32 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 192 | 7.3 |
| Bryan Smolinski | C | 81 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 34 | -16 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 203 | 6.4 |
| Kenny Jonsson | D | 81 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 58 | -2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 13.0 |
| Tom Chorske | L | 82 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 9.1 |
| Sergei Nemchinov | C | 74 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 10.6 |
| Travis Green | C | 54 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 66 | -19 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 14.1 |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | R | 68 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 8.8 |
| Claude Lapointe | C | 78 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 47 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 12.2 |
| Todd Bertuzzi | R | 52 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 58 | -19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 11.1 |
| Trevor Linden | C | 25 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 33 | -1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 16.9 |
| Scott Lachance | D | 63 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 45 | -11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3.2 |
| Mike Hough | L | 74 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 11.4 |
| Bryan McCabe | D | 56 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 145 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3.7 |
| Paul Kruse | L | 62 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 138 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 13.6 |
| Rich Pilon | D | 76 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 291 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0.0 |
| Joe Sacco | R | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9.4 |
| J.J. Daigneault | D | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Ken Belanger | L | 37 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 30.0 |
| Kip Miller | C | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Doug Houda | D | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 47 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Jason Dawe | R | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Dennis Vaske | D | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Dane Jackson | R | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Vladimir Chebaturkin | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Namestnikov | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Wade Flaherty | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Schultz | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Tommy Salo | G | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vladimir Orszagh | R | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Zdeno Chara | D | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Dan Plante | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jason Strudwick | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Libby | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Warren Luhning | R | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Steve Webb | R | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jason Holland | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Eric Fichaud | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Haggerty | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Gino Odjick | L | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Mark Lawrence | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Mark Janssens | C | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1570 | 212 | 331 | 543 | 1636 | -127 | 61 | 110 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 2119 | 10.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Flaherty | 16 | 694 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 1.99 | 309 | 286 | .926 |
| Eric Fichaud | 17 | 807 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2.97 | 422 | 382 | .905 |
| Tommy Salo | 62 | 3461 | 23 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 152 | 2.64 | 1617 | 1465 | .906 |
| Totals | 95 | 4962 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 215 | 2.60 | 2348 | 2133 | .908 |
