1997–98 New York Rangers season

The 1997–98 New York Rangers season was the 72nd season for the team in the National Hockey League. 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.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	82	48	23	11	225	166	107
2	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	29	11	242	193	95
3	Washington Capitals	82	40	30	12	219	202	92
4	New York Islanders	82	30	41	11	212	225	71
5	New York Rangers	82	25	39	18	197	231	68
6	Florida Panthers	82	24	43	15	203	256	63
7	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	17	55	10	151	269	44

Eastern Conference^[6]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	48	23	11	225	166	107
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	40	24	18	228	188	98
3	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	42	29	11	242	193	95
4	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	40	30	12	219	202	92
5	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	221	194	91
6	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	36	29	17	211	187	89
7	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	37	32	13	235	208	87
8	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	34	33	15	193	200	83

9	Carolina Hurricanes	NE	82	33	41	8	200	219	74
10	New York Islanders	ATL	82	30	41	11	212	225	71
11	New York Rangers	ATL	82	25	39	18	197	231	68
12	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	24	43	15	203	256	63
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	17	55	10	151	269	44

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

1997-98 Game Log

October: 3-6-5 (Home: 2-3-3; Road: 1-3-2)

November: 5-5-4 (Home: 2-2-2; Road: 3-3-2)

December: 4-7-3 (Home: 3-4-1; Road: 1-3-2)

January: 4-4-3 (Home: 3-2-2; Road: 1-2-1)

February: 2-3-1 (Home: 0-1-0; Road: 2-2-1)

March: 4-9-2 (Home: 3-4-1; Road: 1-5-1)

April: 3-5-0 (Home: 1-2-0; Road: 2-3-0)

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the playoffs for the first time since winning the Stanley Cup in 1994.^[7]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Gretzky, WayneWayne Gretzky	82	23	67	90	-11	28
LaFontaine, PatPat LaFontaine	67	23	39	62	-16	36
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev	73	23	30	53	-22	44
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	76	17	33	50	-36	32
Sundstrom, NiklasNiklas Sundstrom	70	19	28	47	0	24
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	80	14	27	41	-7	130
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	72	23	12	35	-30	41
Sweeney, TimTim Sweeney	56	11	18	29	7	26
Driver, BruceBruce Driver	75	5	15	20	-3	46
Keane, MikeMike Keane^‡	70	8	10	18	-12	47
Samuelsson, UlfUlf Samuelsson	73	3	9	12	1	122
Skrudland, BrianBrian Skrudland^‡	59	5	6	11	-4	39
Eastwood, MikeMike Eastwood^‡	48	5	5	10	-2	16
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	47	3	7	10	-1	38
Berg, BillBill Berg	67	1	9	10	-15	55
Finley, JeffJeff Finley	63	1	6	7	-3	55
Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon	70	3	3	6	0	197
Savard, MarcMarc Savard	28	1	5	6	-4	4
Stock, P.J.P.J. Stock	38	2	3	5	4	114
Beukeboom, JeffJeff Beukeboom	63	0	5	5	-25	195
Vorobiev, VladimirVladimir Vorobiev	15	2	2	4	-10	6
Lindbom, JohanJohan Lindbom	38	1	3	4	4	28
Lidster, DougDoug Lidster	36	0	4	4	2	24
Cairns, EricEric Cairns	39	0	3	3	-3	92
Goneau, DanielDaniel Goneau	11	2	0	2	-4	4
Smith, GeoffGeoff Smith	15	1	1	2	-4	6
VandenBussche, RyanRyan VandenBussche^‡	16	1	0	1	-2	38
Galanov, MaximMaxim Galanov	6	0	1	1	1	2
Blouin, SylvainSylvain Blouin	1	0	0	0	0	5
Ferraro, PeterPeter Ferraro^†	1	0	0	0	-2	2
Smyth, BradBrad Smyth^†	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sundin, RonnieRonnie Sundin	1	0	0	0	0	0
York, HarryHarry York^†	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Sevigny, PierrePierre Sevigny	3	0	0	0	0	2
Errey, BobBob Errey^†	12	0	0	0	-5	7

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%
Richter, MikeMike Richter	72	4143	21	31	15	184	2.66	2072	.903
Cloutier, DanDan Cloutier	12	551	4	5	1	23	2.50	271	.907
Muzzatti, JasonJason Muzzatti^‡	6	313	0	3	2	17	3.26	173	.891

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Civic Arena.^[9]^[10]

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

References

↑ "1997–98 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
↑ Sandomir, Richard (1998-04-08). "Hockey; For Garden, No Playoffs Means No Payoff". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
↑ "Veteran Muckler Hired To Coach N.Y. Rangers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. February 20, 1998. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
↑ Diamos, Jason (July 29, 1997). "A Bad Feeling Chases Messier Out of New York". The New York Times. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
↑ "1997–98 NHL Season Summary". Hockey Reference. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
↑ "1997–1998 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
↑ "New York Rangers Franchise Index". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
↑ "1997-98 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
↑ "1997 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-07-14.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-07-14.

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1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

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1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1997–98 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Carolina Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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