1997-98 Los Angeles Kings Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-33-11 - 87 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to St. Louis Blues 4-0
Coach: Larry Robinson (38-33-11)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1997-98 Los Angeles Kings RosterTeam Record: 38-33-11 - 87 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 0-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to St. Louis Blues 4-0
Coach: Larry Robinson (38-33-11)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1997-98 Los Angeles Kings Results
The Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 38 wins and 33 losses and 11 ties for 87 points, finishing second in the NHL's Pacific Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.
The Kings netted 227 goals and yielded 225. Glen Murray scored 29 goals for Los Angeles, and Jozef Stumpel contributed 58 assists. Stephane Fiset earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.71 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Larry Robinson coached the team. The 1997-98 Los Angeles Kings lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jozef Stumpel | C | 77 | 21 | 58 | 79 | 53 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 162 | 13.0 |
| Glen Murray | R | 81 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 54 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 193 | 15.0 |
| Vladimir Tsyplakov | L | 73 | 18 | 34 | 52 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 113 | 15.9 |
| Rob Blake | D | 81 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 94 | -3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 261 | 8.8 |
| Yanic Perreault | C | 79 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 206 | 13.6 |
| Luc Robitaille | L | 57 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 66 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 130 | 12.3 |
| Craig Johnson | L | 74 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 42 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 13.6 |
| Garry Galley | D | 74 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 63 | -5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 7.0 |
| Sandy Moger | R | 62 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 12.4 |
| Ian Laperriere | C | 77 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 8.1 |
| Russ Courtnall | R | 58 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 27 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 97 | 12.4 |
| Sean O'Donnell | D | 80 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 179 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 2.8 |
| Philippe Boucher | D | 45 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 7.5 |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 40 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 42 | -10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 13.3 |
| Mattias Norstrom | D | 73 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 90 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1.6 |
| Dan Bylsma | R | 65 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 5.3 |
| Nathan LaFayette | C | 34 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 8.3 |
| Steve McKenna | L | 62 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 150 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 9.5 |
| Doug Zmolek | D | 46 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Aki Berg | D | 72 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0.0 |
| Don MacLean | C | 22 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 20.0 |
| Matt Johnson | L | 66 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 249 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Jan Vopat | D | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Brad Smyth | R | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Roman Vopat | C | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 55 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 |
| Jason Morgan | C | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Stephane Fiset | G | 60 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vitali Yachmenev | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Olli Jokinen | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Jamie Storr | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frederic Chabot | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1565 | 227 | 374 | 601 | 1741 | 54 | 52 | 95 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 2200 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephane Fiset | 60 | 3497 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 158 | 2.71 | 1728 | 1570 | .909 |
| Jamie Storr | 17 | 920 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 2.22 | 482 | 448 | .929 |
| Frederic Chabot | 12 | 554 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3.14 | 267 | 238 | .891 |
| Totals | 89 | 4971 | 38 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 221 | 2.67 | 2698 | 2477 | .918 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jozef Stumpel | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Glen Murray | R | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | |
| Vladimir Tsyplakov | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Rob Blake | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Yanic Perreault | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Luc Robitaille | L | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Craig Johnson | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Garry Galley | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Ian Laperriere | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Russ Courtnall | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Sean O'Donnell | D | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Ray Ferraro | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Mattias Norstrom | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Dan Bylsma | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Nathan LaFayette | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Steve McKenna | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Zmolek | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aki Berg | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Johnson | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jan Vopat | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Stephane Fiset | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Storr | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 108 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 7.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephane Fiset | 2 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.52 | 61 | 54 | .885 |
| Jamie Storr | 3 | 145 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3.72 | 77 | 68 | .883 |
| Totals | 5 | 238 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4.03 | 154 | 138 | .896 |
