1997–98 Boston Bruins season

The Bruins allowed the fewest shorthanded goals (3) and were the most disciplined team during the regular season, being short-handed only 285 times.^[1]

Final standings

Northeast Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	24	18	228	188	98
2	Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	221	194	91
3	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	29	17	211	187	89
4	Montreal Canadiens	82	37	32	13	235	208	87
5	Ottawa Senators	82	34	33	15	193	200	83
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	33	41	8	200	219	74

Eastern Conference^[2]
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

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 2, 1997	6–5	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	1–0–0
2	L	October 4, 1997	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	1–1–0
3	L	October 7, 1997	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	1–2–0
4	W	October 8, 1997	3–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	2–2–0
5	L	October 11, 1997	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	2–3–0
6	W	October 13, 1997	3–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	3–3–0
7	W	October 15, 1997	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	4–3–0
8	W	October 17, 1997	2–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	5–3–0
9	W	October 18, 1997	3–0	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	6–3–0
10	W	October 21, 1997	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	7–3–0
11	T	October 23, 1997	2–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	7–3–1
12	L	October 25, 1997	4–5	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	7–4–1
13	L	October 30, 1997	0–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	7–5–1
14	W	November 1, 1997	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	8–5–1
15	W	November 2, 1997	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	9–5–1
16	W	November 6, 1997	2–0	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	10–5–1
17	L	November 8, 1997	0–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	10–6–1
18	T	November 12, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	10–6–2
19	L	November 13, 1997	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	10–7–2
20	T	November 15, 1997	3–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	10–7–3
21	W	November 17, 1997	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	11–7–3
22	T	November 19, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	11–7–4
23	L	November 20, 1997	0–5	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	11–8–4
24	L	November 22, 1997	0–2	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	11–9–4
25	L	November 26, 1997	5–10	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	11–10–4
26	L	November 28, 1997	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	11–11–4
27	T	November 29, 1997	1–1 OT	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	11–11–5
28	L	December 1, 1997	1–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	11–12–5
29	W	December 3, 1997	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	12–12–5
30	W	December 6, 1997	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	13–12–5
31	W	December 11, 1997	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	14–12–5
32	W	December 13, 1997	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	15–12–5
33	W	December 15, 1997	6–2	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	16–12–5
34	L	December 17, 1997	0–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	16–13–5
35	T	December 18, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	16–13–6
36	L	December 20, 1997	3–4	New York Islanders (1997–98)	16–14–6
37	L	December 22, 1997	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	16–15–6
38	W	December 27, 1997	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	17–15–6
39	L	December 28, 1997	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	17–16–6
40	T	December 31, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	17–16–7
41	T	January 1, 1998	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	17–16–8
42	W	January 3, 1998	3–0	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	18–16–8
43	W	January 7, 1998	2–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	19–16–8
44	W	January 8, 1998	5–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	20–16–8
45	T	January 12, 1998	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	20–16–9
46	W	January 14, 1998	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	21–16–9
47	L	January 21, 1998	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	21–17–9
48	L	January 24, 1998	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	21–18–9
49	L	January 25, 1998	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	21–19–9
50	W	January 27, 1998	6–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	22–19–9
51	L	January 29, 1998	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	22–20–9
52	W	January 31, 1998	4–2	New York Rangers (1997–98)	23–20–9
53	T	February 1, 1998	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	23–20–10
54	T	February 4, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	23–20–11
55	L	February 5, 1998	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	23–21–11
56	L	February 7, 1998	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	23–22–11
57	T	February 26, 1998	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	23–22–12
58	W	February 28, 1998	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	24–22–12
59	W	March 1, 1998	5–4	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	25–22–12
60	W	March 3, 1998	3–0	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	26–22–12
61	T	March 5, 1998	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	26–22–13
62	L	March 7, 1998	1–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	26–23–13
63	W	March 10, 1998	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	27–23–13
64	L	March 12, 1998	2–5	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	27–24–13
65	W	March 14, 1998	5–1	New York Rangers (1997–98)	28–24–13
66	W	March 16, 1998	4–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	29–24–13
67	W	March 19, 1998	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	30–24–13
68	W	March 21, 1998	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	31–24–13
69	L	March 22, 1998	0–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	31–25–13
70	W	March 26, 1998	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	32–25–13
71	L	March 28, 1998	2–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	32–26–13
72	W	March 30, 1998	4–1	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	33–26–13
73	W	April 1, 1998	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	34–26–13
74	L	April 3, 1998	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	34–27–13
75	L	April 6, 1998	0–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	34–28–13
76	W	April 7, 1998	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	35–28–13
77	W	April 9, 1998	4–1	New York Islanders (1997–98)	36–28–13
78	L	April 11, 1998	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	36–29–13
79	W	April 13, 1998	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	37–29–13
80	W	April 15, 1998	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	38–29–13
81	L	April 18, 1998	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	38–30–13
82	W	April 19, 1998	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	39–30–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Allison, JasonJason Allison	C	81	33	50	83	60	33	5	0	8
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich	LW/C	82	29	37	66	42	25	13	2	1
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	82	13	35	48	80	2	9	0	3
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	LW	81	22	25	47	8	9	7	0	3
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze	RW	61	26	20	46	54	8	9	0	6
Carter, AnsonAnson Carter	RW	78	16	27	43	31	7	6	0	4
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	79	16	23	39	54	6	3	0	5
Taylor, TimTim Taylor	C	79	20	11	31	57	-16	1	3	0
DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio	RW	79	10	17	27	82	-13	0	0	4
Axelsson, P.J.P.J. Axelsson	LW	82	8	19	27	38	-14	2	0	1
McLaren, KyleKyle McLaren	D	66	5	20	25	56	13	2	0	0
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	82	3	20	23	67	3	2	0	1
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	C	77	5	13	18	34	-1	0	0	2
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney	D	59	1	15	16	24	12	0	0	0
Van Impe, DarrenDarren Van Impe	D	50	2	8	10	36	4	2	0	0
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	22	2	7	9	6	-2	1	0	0
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	C	55	3	4	7	19	-6	0	0	1
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	68	2	4	6	47	4	0	0	0
Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	RW	28	1	5	6	7	3	0	0	0
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	G	65	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Bates, ShawnShawn Bates	C	13	2	0	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Timander, MattiasMattias Timander	D	23	1	1	2	6	-9	0	0	0
Malkoc, DeanDean Malkoc	D	40	1	0	1	86	-12	0	0	0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	LW	82	0	1	1	199	-14	0	0	0
Mann, CameronCameron Mann	RW	9	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Carey, JimJim Carey	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chynoweth, DeanDean Chynoweth	D	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Lang, RobertRobert Lang	C	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Nielsen, KirkKirk Nielsen	RW	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Prpic, JoelJoel Prpic	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Robitaille, RandyRandy Robitaille	C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Roy, Jean-YvesJean-Yves Roy	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tallas, RobbieRobbie Tallas	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	3693	65	30	25	9	138	2.24	6	1602	1464	.914
Tallas, RobbieRobbie Tallas	788	14	6	3	3	24	1.83	1	326	302	.926
Carey, JimJim Carey	496	10	3	2	1	24	2.90	2	225	201	.893
Team:	4977	82	39	30	13	186	2.24	9	2153	1967	.914

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG
Allison, JasonJason Allison	C	6	2	6	8	4	0	1	0
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	LW	6	2	5	7	0	1	0	1
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	6	1	4	5	2	-2	1	0
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich	LW/C	6	2	2	4	2	1	2	0
Van Impe, DarrenDarren Van Impe	D	6	2	1	3	0	0	1	1
Carter, AnsonAnson Carter	RW	6	1	1	2	0	-3	0	0
Axelsson, P.J.P.J. Axelsson	LW	6	1	0	1	0	-3	0	0
DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio	RW	6	1	0	1	8	-3	0	0
McLaren, KyleKyle McLaren	D	6	1	0	1	4	-3	1	0
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	6	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	C	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	LW	6	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	5	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	6	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze	RW	6	0	0	0	6	-4	0	0
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	6	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0
Taylor, TimTim Taylor	C	6	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	C	6	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	422	6	2	4	14	1.99	1	159	145	.912
Team:	422	6	2	4	14	1.99	1	159	145	.912

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

Washington Capitals 4, Boston Bruins 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Attendance	Record
1	April 22	Boston Bruins	1–3	Washington Capitals	15,117	0–1
2	April 24	Boston Bruins	4–3 (2OT)	Washington Capitals	19,740	1–1
3	April 26	Washington Capitals	3–2 (2OT)	Boston Bruins	15,520	1–2
4	April 28	Washington Capitals	3–0	Boston Bruins	17,131	1–3
5	May 1	Boston Bruins	4–0	Washington Capitals	19,740	2–3
6	May 3	Washington Capitals	3–2 (OT)	Boston Bruins	15,163	2–4

Roster

THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST

Boston Bruins

Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

GM:
Coach:

References

Bruins on Hockey Database

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1998.html
↑ "1997–1998 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
↑ "1997-98 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

Boston Bruins

Founded in 1924 Based in Boston, Massachusetts

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	All-time roster Records Award Winners 1956 exhibition game in Newfoundland

Personnel	Owner Jeremy Jacobs President Cam Neely General manager Don Sweeney Head coach Claude Julien Team captain Zdeno Chára Current roster

Arenas	Boston Arena Boston Garden TD Garden

Rivalries	Montreal Canadiens

Retired numbers	2 3 4 5 7 8 9 15 24 77

Affiliates	AHL Providence Bruins ECHL Atlanta Gladiators

General managers	Ross Patrick Emms Schmidt Sinden O'Connell Gorton Chiarelli Sweeney

Head coaches	Ross Denneny Ross Patrick Ross Weiland Ross Clapper Boucher Patrick Schmidt Watson Schmidt Sinden Johnson Guidolin Cherry Creighton Sinden Cheevers Sinden Goring O'Reilly Milbury Bowness Sutter Kasper Burns Keenan Ftorek O'Connell Sullivan Lewis Julien

Media	NESN WBZ-FM/Radio Network Broadcasters

Culture	Rene Rancourt The Goal Willie O'Ree North Station The Sports Museum of New England Original Six The Big Bad Bruins The Kraut Line "Time to Go"

Boston Bruins seasons

1920s	1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

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

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

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

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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