1997–98 New York Rangers season

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The 1997–98 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 72nd season. The Rangers posted a 25–39–18 record in the regular season and finished in fifth place in the Atlantic Division.[1] New York missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 1992–93 season.[2]

The Rangers fired head coach Colin Campbell during the season and replaced him with former Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup-winning coach John Muckler.[3] This was also the first season since the 1990–91 campaign that the Rangers did not have Mark Messier; after a contentious negotiating period, the Rangers elected not to re-sign Messier and he instead joined the Vancouver Canucks.[4]

Regular season

The Rangers were the only team in the league not to score a short-handed goal.[5]

Final standings

Atlantic Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 New Jersey Devils 82 48 23 11 225 166 107
2 3 Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 29 11 242 193 95
3 4 Washington Capitals 82 40 30 12 219 202 92
4 10 New York Islanders 82 30 41 11 212 225 71
5 11 New York Rangers 82 25 39 18 197 231 68
6 12 Florida Panthers 82 24 43 15 203 256 63
7 13 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 17 55 10 151 269 44

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Schedule and results

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied | 1 || October 3, 1997 || New York Islanders || 2–2 OT || 0–0–1 || T |- Template:Game-tied | 2 || October 5, 1997 || Los Angeles Kings || 2–2 OT || 0–0–2 || T |- Template:Game-tied | 3 || October 8, 1997 || @ Edmonton Oilers || 3–3 OT || 0–0–3 || T |- Template:Game-tied | 4 || October 9, 1997 || @ Calgary Flames || 1–1 OT || 0–0–4 || T |- Template:Game-won | 5 || October 11, 1997 || @ Vancouver Canucks || 6–3 || 1–0–4 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 6 || October 14, 1997 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 1–0 || 1–1–4 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 7 || October 15, 1997 || @ Ottawa Senators || 5–1 || 1–2–4 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 8 || October 18, 1997 || @ St. Louis Blues || 5–3 || 1–3–4 || L |- Template:Game-won | 9 || October 20, 1997 || Carolina Hurricanes || 4–2 || 2–3–4 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 10 || October 22, 1997 || Chicago Blackhawks || 1–0 || 2–4–4 || L |- Template:Game-won | 11 || October 24, 1997 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 4–3 || 3–4–4 || W |- Template:Game-tied | 12 || October 26, 1997 || Mighty Ducks of Anaheim || 3–3 OT || 3–4–5 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 13 || October 28, 1997 || Dallas Stars || 3–2 || 3–5–5 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 14 || October 30, 1997 || @ New York Islanders || 5–3 || 3–6–5 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-tied | 15 || November 3, 1997 || Edmonton Oilers || 2–2 OT || 3–6–6 || T |- Template:Game-won | 16 || November 5, 1997 || @ Colorado Avalanche || 4–2 || 4–6–6 || W |- Template:Game-tied | 17 || November 7, 1997 || @ Dallas Stars || 2–2 OT || 4–6–7 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 18 || November 12, 1997 || New Jersey Devils || 3–2 || 4–7–7 || L |- Template:Game-won | 19 || November 14, 1997 || Pittsburgh Penguins || 3–1 || 5–7–7 || W |- Template:Game-won | 20 || November 16, 1997 || Colorado Avalanche || 4–1 || 6–7–7 || W |- Template:Game-won | 21 || November 18, 1997 || @ Florida Panthers || 3–1 || 7–7–7 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 22 || November 19, 1997 || @ Tampa Bay Lightning || 6–3 || 7–8–7 || L |- Template:Game-won | 23 || November 21, 1997 || @ Carolina Hurricanes || 4–3 || 8–8–7 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 24 || November 22, 1997 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 4–3 OT || 8–9–7 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 25 || November 25, 1997 || Vancouver Canucks || 4–2 || 8–10–7 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 26 || November 26, 1997 || @ New York Islanders || 4–1 || 8–11–7 || L |- Template:Game-tied | 27 || November 28, 1997 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3–3 OT || 8–11–8 || T |- Template:Game-tied | 28 || November 30, 1997 || Florida Panthers || 1–1 OT || 8–11–9 || T |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost | 29 || December 2, 1997 || Washington Capitals || 3–2 OT || 8–12–9 || L |- Template:Game-tied | 30 || December 5, 1997 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4–4 OT || 8–12–10 || T |- Template:Game-tied | 31 || December 6, 1997 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 3–3 OT || 8–12–11 || T |- Template:Game-won | 32 || December 8, 1997 || Phoenix Coyotes || 3–1 || 9–12–11 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 33 || December 10, 1997 || Calgary Flames || 4–1 || 9–13–11 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 34 || December 12, 1997 || Florida Panthers || 4–3 || 9–14–11 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 35 || December 16, 1997 || @ New Jersey Devils || 4–3 || 9–15–11 || L |- Template:Game-won | 36 || December 17, 1997 || @ Florida Panthers || 4–2 || 10–15–11 || W |- Template:Game-tied | 37 || December 20, 1997 || @ Tampa Bay Lightning || 2–2 OT || 10–15–12 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 38 || December 21, 1997 || Buffalo Sabres || 2–0 || 10–16–12 || L |- Template:Game-won | 39 || December 23, 1997 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 4–1 || 11–16–12 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 40 || December 26, 1997 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3–0 || 11–17–12 || L |- Template:Game-won | 41 || December 28, 1997 || Boston Bruins || 4–3 || 12–17–12 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 42 || December 31, 1997 || @ Tampa Bay Lightning || 2–0 || 12–18–12 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won | 43 || January 3, 1998 || @ Washington Capitals || 3–2 || 13–18–12 || W |- Template:Game-won | 44 || January 6, 1998 || Carolina Hurricanes || 4–2 || 14–18–12 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 45 || January 8, 1998 || Washington Capitals || 5–3 || 14–19–12 || L |- Template:Game-won | 46 || January 12, 1998 || Toronto Maple Leafs || 3–2 || 15–19–12 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 47 || January 14, 1998 || @ New Jersey Devils || 4–1 || 15–20–12 || L |- Template:Game-won | 48 || January 20, 1998 || St. Louis Blues || 3–1 || 16–20–12 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 49 || January 22, 1998 || Philadelphia Flyers || 4–3 || 16–21–12 || L |- Template:Game-tied | 50 || January 24, 1998 || New Jersey Devils || 3–3 OT || 16–21–13 || T |- Template:Game-tied | 51 || January 26, 1998 || Washington Capitals || 2–2 OT || 16–21–14 || T |- Template:Game-tied | 52 || January 29, 1998 || @ Ottawa Senators || 2–2 OT || 16–21–15 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 53 || January 31, 1998 || @ Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 16–22–15 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won | 54 || February 2, 1998 || @ San Jose Sharks || 3–2 || 17–22–15 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 55 || February 4, 1998 || @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim || 3–2 || 17–23–15 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 56 || February 5, 1998 || @ Los Angeles Kings || 3–1 || 17–24–15 || L |- Template:Game-tied | 57 || February 7, 1998 || @ Phoenix Coyotes || 1–1 OT || 17–24–16 || T |- Template:Game-won | 58 || February 26, 1998 || @ Toronto Maple Leafs || 5–2 || 18–24–16 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 59 || February 28, 1998 || Philadelphia Flyers || 3–1 || 18–25–16 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost | 60 || March 2, 1998 || Buffalo Sabres || 1–0 || 18–26–16 || L |- Template:Game-won | 61 || March 4, 1998 || @ Florida Panthers || 4–3 || 19–26–16 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 62 || March 7, 1998 || @ New Jersey Devils || 6–3 || 19–27–16 || L |- Template:Game-tied | 63 || March 9, 1998 || New Jersey Devils || 2–2 OT || 19–27–17 || T |- Template:Game-won | 64 || March 11, 1998 || San Jose Sharks || 5–3 || 20–27–17 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 65 || March 12, 1998 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 20–28–17 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 66 || March 14, 1998 || @ Boston Bruins || 5–1 || 20–29–17 || L |- Template:Game-won | 67 || March 16, 1998 || Ottawa Senators || 5–4 || 21–29–17 || W |- Template:Game-won | 68 || March 18, 1998 || Montreal Canadiens || 2–1 OT || 22–29–17 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 69 || March 21, 1998 || Detroit Red Wings || 4–3 || 22–30–17 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 70 || March 22, 1998 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 5–4 OT || 22–31–17 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 71 || March 25, 1998 || Ottawa Senators || 3–2 OT || 22–32–17 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 72 || March 26, 1998 || @ Carolina Hurricanes || 4–1 || 22–33–17 || L |- Template:Game-tied | 73 || March 28, 1998 || @ Pittsburgh Penguins || 2–2 OT || 22–33–18 || T |- Template:Game-lost | 74 || March 30, 1998 || Tampa Bay Lightning || 3–1 || 22–34–18 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost | 75 || April 1, 1998 || Boston Bruins || 4–2 || 22–35–18 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 76 || April 4, 1998 || @ New York Islanders || 3–0 || 22–36–18 || L |- Template:Game-won | 77 || April 5, 1998 || @ Chicago Blackhawks || 2–1 OT || 23–36–18 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 78 || April 7, 1998 || Montreal Canadiens || 3–2 || 23–37–18 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 79 || April 11, 1998 || @ Detroit Red Wings || 5–2 || 23–38–18 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 80 || April 14, 1998 || @ Washington Capitals || 3–1 || 23–39–18 || L |- Template:Game-won | 81 || April 15, 1998 || New York Islanders || 4–2 || 24–39–18 || W |- Template:Game-won | 82 || April 18, 1998 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 2–1 || 25–39–18 || W |- 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Player statistics

Scoring

No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
99 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 82 23 67 90 −11 28
16 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 67 23 39 62 −16 36
27 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 73 23 30 53 −22 44
2 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 76 17 33 50 −36 32
24 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 70 19 28 47 0 24
17 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 80 14 27 41 −7 130
9 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 72 23 12 35 −30 41
37 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 56 11 18 29 7 26
33 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 75 5 15 20 −3 46
12 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger RW 70 8 10 18 −12 47
5 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 73 3 9 12 1 122
20 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger C 59 5 6 11 −4 39
32 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger C 48 5 5 10 −2 16
25 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 47 3 7 10 −1 38
18 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 67 1 9 10 −15 55
26 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 63 1 6 7 −3 55
15 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 70 3 3 6 0 197
10 Script error: No such module "Sort". C 28 1 5 6 −4 4
28 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger C 38 2 3 5 4 114
23 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 63 0 5 5 −25 195
39 Script error: No such module "Sort". RW 15 2 2 4 −10 6
21 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 38 1 3 4 4 28
6 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 36 0 4 4 2 24
29 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 39 0 3 3 −3 92
36 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 11 2 0 2 −4 4
14 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 15 1 1 2 −4 6
8 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Double-dagger RW 16 1 0 1 −2 38
4 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 6 0 1 1 1 2
35 Script error: No such module "Sort". G 72 0 1 1 2
30 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 1 0 0 0 0 5
34 Script error: No such module "Sort". G 12 0 0 0 19
12 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger RW 12 0 0 0 −5 7
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36 Script error: No such module "Sort". LW 3 0 0 0 0 2
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38 Script error: No such module "Sort". D 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 Script error: No such module "Sort".Template:Dagger C 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Goaltending

  • Template:Double-dagger = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
35 Mike Richter 72 21 31 15 1888 184 2.66 .903 0 4143
34 Dan Cloutier 12 4 5 1 248 23 2.50 .907 0 551
31 Jason MuzzattiTemplate:Double-dagger 6 0 3 2 156 17 3.26 .891 0 313

Sources:[1][6]

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		NHL Second All-Star Team Wayne Gretzky (Center) [7]
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Wayne Gretzky [8]
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Team Ceil Saidel Memorial Award Adam Graves [9]
Frank Boucher Trophy Wayne Gretzky [9]
Good Guy Award Alexei Kovalev [9]
Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award Marc Savard [9]
Players' Player Award Darren Langdon [9]
Rangers MVP Wayne Gretzky [9]
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award Wayne Gretzky [9]

Milestones

Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Marc Savard October 3, 1997 [10]
Johan Lindbom November 12, 1997
P. J. Stock November 21, 1997
Dan Cloutier January 3, 1998
Ronnie Sundin January 14, 1998
Maxim Galanov April 4, 1998
1,000th point Pat LaFontaine January 22, 1998 [11]

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1997 NHL entry draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Civic Arena.[12][13]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 19 Stefan Cherneski RW File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2 46 Wes Jarvis D File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3 73 Burke Henry D File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
4 93 Tomi Kallarsson D File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland HPK Junior (Finland)
5 126 Jason McLean G File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5 134 Johan Lindbom RW File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden HV71 (SEL)
6 136 Mike York C File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Michigan State University (NCAA)
6 154 Shawn Degagne G File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7 175 Johan Holmqvist G File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Brynäs IF (SEL)
7 182 Mike Mottau D File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Boston College (NCAA)
8 210 Andrew Proskurnicki LW File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Sarnia Sting (OHL)
9 236 Richard Miller D File:Flag of the United States.svg United States Providence College (NCAA)

See also

Notes

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References

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