1997-98 Florida Panthers Statistics
Team Record: 24-43-15 - 63 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Doug MacLean (7-12-4)
Coach: Bryan Murray (17-31-11)
The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 24 wins and 43 losses and 15 ties for 63 points in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The team scored 203 goals and yielded 256. Ray Whitney netted 32 goals for the team, while Robert Svehla contributed 34 assists. John Vanbiesbrouck topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 2.87 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Doug MacLean and Bryan Murray coached the team.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Whitney | L | 68 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 156 | 20.5 |
Dave Gagner | C | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 55 | -21 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 165 | 12.1 |
Robert Svehla | D | 79 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 113 | -3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 6.3 |
Scott Mellanby | R | 79 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 127 | -14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 8.0 |
Radek Dvorak | R | 64 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 33 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 10.7 |
Ray Sheppard | R | 61 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 21 | -13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 10.3 |
Kirk Muller | C | 70 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 54 | -14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 115 | 7.0 |
Bill Lindsay | L | 82 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 80 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 150 | 8.0 |
Viktor Kozlov | C | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 14 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 10.5 |
Ed Jovanovski | D | 81 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 158 | -12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 142 | 6.3 |
David Nemirovsky | R | 41 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | -3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 14.5 |
Steve Washburn | C | 58 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 18.0 |
Gord Murphy | D | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 46 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 4.9 |
Dino Ciccarelli | R | 28 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 28 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 8.8 |
Tom Fitzgerald | C | 69 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 57 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 9.5 |
Rob Niedermayer | C | 33 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 41 | -9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 12.5 |
Chris Wells | C | 61 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 |
Paul Laus | D | 77 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 293 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0.0 |
Esa Tikkanen | L | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
Terry Carkner | D | 74 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
Jeff Norton | D | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
Johan Garpenlov | L | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 |
Rhett Warrener | D | 79 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 99 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0.0 |
John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jody Hull | R | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
Ryan Johnson | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
Dallas Eakins | D | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
John Jakopin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chris Allen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Kevin Weekes | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kirk McLean | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Lowry | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
Peter Worrell | L | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1566 | 203 | 328 | 531 | 1656 | -139 | 55 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 2278 | 8.9 |
Goaltenders:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kirk McLean | 7 | 406 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3.25 | 207 | 185 | .894 |
Mark Fitzpatrick | 12 | 640 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 3.00 | 265 | 233 | .879 |
John Vanbiesbrouck | 60 | 3451 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 165 | 2.87 | 1638 | 1473 | .899 |
Kevin Weekes | 11 | 485 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3.96 | 247 | 215 | .870 |
Totals | 90 | 4982 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 251 | 3.02 | 2357 | 2106 | .894 |