1997-98 Ottawa Senators Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 34-33-15 - 83 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 5-6
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated New Jersey Devils 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Washington Capitals 4-1
Coach: Jacques Martin (34-33-15)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1997-98 Ottawa Senators RosterTeam Record: 34-33-15 - 83 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 5-6
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated New Jersey Devils 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Washington Capitals 4-1
Coach: Jacques Martin (34-33-15)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1997-98 Ottawa Senators Results
The Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 34 wins and 33 losses and 15 ties for 83 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.
The Senators scored 193 goals and allowed 200. Alexei Yashin netted 33 goals for Ottawa and contributed 39 assists. Damian Rhodes topped the squad with 19 wins, while Ron Tugnutt added 15 or more wins, too. Ron Tugnutt recorded a 2.25 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Jacques Martin coached the team. The 1997-98 Ottawa Senators lost in the NHL conference semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexei Yashin | C | 82 | 33 | 39 | 72 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 291 | 11.3 |
| Shawn McEachern | L | 81 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 42 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 229 | 10.5 |
| Daniel Alfredsson | R | 55 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 149 | 11.4 |
| Igor Kravchuk | D | 81 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 8 | -19 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 191 | 4.2 |
| Andreas Dackell | R | 82 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 24 | -11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 130 | 11.5 |
| Magnus Arvedson | L | 61 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 12.2 |
| Sergei Zholtok | C | 78 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 16 | -7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 127 | 7.9 |
| Wade Redden | D | 80 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 7.8 |
| Janne Laukkanen | D | 60 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 64 | -15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 5.8 |
| Denny Lambert | L | 72 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 11.8 |
| Shaun Van Allen | C | 80 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 3.8 |
| Bruce Gardiner | R | 55 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 10.9 |
| Radek Bonk | C | 65 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 16 | -13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 7.5 |
| Alexandre Daigle | R | 38 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 8 | -7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 10.3 |
| Chris Phillips | D | 72 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 107 | 4.7 |
| Jason York | D | 73 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 2.8 |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 71 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 63 | -14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 2.5 |
| Lance Pitlick | D | 69 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 3.0 |
| Chris Murray | R | 46 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 10.4 |
| Vaclav Prospal | C | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Pat Falloon | R | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 4.1 |
| Stan Neckar | D | 60 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 31 | -14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 |
| Phil Crowe | R | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 50.0 |
| Derek Armstrong | C | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Sean Hill | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Damian Rhodes | G | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Per Gustafsson | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Marian Hossa | R | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Ron Tugnutt | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivan Ciernik | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Vial | D | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jason Zent | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Radim Bicanek | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1568 | 193 | 309 | 502 | 1077 | -47 | 48 | 90 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 2401 | 8.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Rhodes | 50 | 2743 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 107 | 2.34 | 1148 | 1041 | .907 |
| Ron Tugnutt | 42 | 2236 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 84 | 2.25 | 882 | 798 | .905 |
| Totals | 92 | 4979 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 191 | 2.30 | 2221 | 2030 | .914 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexei Yashin | C | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 11.9 | |
| Shawn McEachern | L | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 | |
| Daniel Alfredsson | R | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 20 | -4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 19.4 | |
| Igor Kravchuk | D | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8.3 | |
| Andreas Dackell | R | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | |
| Magnus Arvedson | L | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | |
| Sergei Zholtok | C | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 | |
| Wade Redden | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Janne Laukkanen | D | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Denny Lambert | L | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Shaun Van Allen | C | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Bruce Gardiner | R | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| Radek Bonk | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Phillips | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.0 | |
| Jason York | D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Lance Pitlick | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Murray | R | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Vaclav Prospal | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Pat Falloon | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Stan Neckar | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Damian Rhodes | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Per Gustafsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Tugnutt | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 210 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 133 | -60 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 333 | 6.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Rhodes | 10 | 590 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2.14 | 236 | 215 | .911 |
| Ron Tugnutt | 2 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.86 | 25 | 19 | .760 |
| Totals | 12 | 664 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2.44 | 288 | 261 | .906 |
