1997-98 New York Islanders Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 30-41-11 - 71 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Rick Bowness (22-32-9)
Coach: Mike Milbury (8-9-2)
Location: New York, New York
1997-98 New York Islanders RosterTeam Record: 30-41-11 - 71 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Rick Bowness (22-32-9)
Coach: Mike Milbury (8-9-2)
Location: New York, New York
1997-98 New York Islanders Results
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, finishing fourth in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The Islanders scored 212 goals and yielded 225. Ziggy Palffy netted 45 goals for New York 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 |
| Jason Dawe | R | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Doug Houda | D | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 47 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| 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 | |
| Tommy Salo | G | 62 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Schultz | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| John Namestnikov | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jason Strudwick | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Vladimir Orszagh | R | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Wade Flaherty | G | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Plante | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Zdeno Chara | D | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Mark Janssens | C | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Gino Odjick | L | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Eric Fichaud | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Webb | R | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Mark Lawrence | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sean Haggerty | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Libby | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Holland | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Warren Luhning | R | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Salo | 62 | 3461 | 23 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 152 | 2.64 | 1617 | 1465 | .906 |
| 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 |
| Totals | 95 | 4962 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 215 | 2.60 | 2563 | 2348 | .916 |
