1997–98 Florida Panthers season

The Panthers' penalty kill struggled during the regular season and they allowed the most power-play goals in the NHL (82) and had the lowest penalty-kill percentage (79.65%). They also tied the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins for the most short-handed goals allowed, with 16.^[1]

On November 26, 1997, the Panthers defeated the Boston Bruins at home by a score of 10-5.^[2] Veteran forward Ray Sheppard had a hat trick in the game. It was the first time in franchise history that the Panthers had scored 10 goals in a regular-season game.^[3] It also came exactly one year after the last NHL team had scored 10 goals in a regular-season game, as the Edmonton Oilers had defeated their provincial rival Calgary Flames on the road by a score of 10-1 on November 26, 1996.^[4]

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^[5]
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

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

Playoffs

After making the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1997, the Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs in 1998.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Whitney, RayRay Whitney	LW	68	32	29	61	28	10	12	0	2
Gagner, DaveDave Gagner	C	78	20	28	48	55	-21	5	1	1
Svehla, RobertRobert Svehla	D	79	9	34	43	113	-3	3	0	0
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby	RW	79	15	24	39	127	-14	6	0	1
Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak	RW	64	12	24	36	33	-1	2	3	0
Sheppard, RayRay Sheppard	RW	61	14	17	31	21	-13	5	0	1
Muller, KirkKirk Muller	LW	70	8	21	29	54	-14	1	0	3
Lindsay, BillBill Lindsay	RW	82	12	16	28	80	-2	0	2	5
Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov	C	46	12	11	23	14	-1	3	2	0
Jovanovski, EdEd Jovanovski	D	81	9	14	23	158	-12	2	1	3
Nemirovsky, DavidDavid Nemirovsky	RW	41	9	12	21	8	-3	2	0	1
Washburn, SteveSteve Washburn	C	58	11	8	19	32	-6	4	0	2
Murphy, GordGord Murphy	D	79	6	11	17	46	-3	3	0	0
Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli	RW	28	5	11	16	28	-2	2	0	1
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	RW	69	10	5	15	57	-4	0	1	1
Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer	C	33	8	7	15	41	-9	5	0	2
Wells, ChrisChris Wells	C	61	5	10	15	47	4	0	1	0
Laus, PaulPaul Laus	D	77	0	11	11	293	-5	0	0	0
Tikkanen, EsaEsa Tikkanen	LW	28	1	8	9	16	-7	0	0	0
Carkner, TerryTerry Carkner	D	74	1	7	8	63	6	0	0	1
Norton, JeffJeff Norton	D	19	0	7	7	18	-7	0	0	0
Garpenlov, JohanJohan Garpenlov	LW	39	2	3	5	8	-6	0	0	0
Warrener, RhettRhett Warrener	D	79	0	4	4	99	-16	0	0	0
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	G	60	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
Hull, JodyJody Hull	RW	21	2	0	2	4	1	0	1	0
Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson	C	10	0	2	2	0	-4	0	0	0
Eakins, DallasDallas Eakins	D	23	0	1	1	44	1	0	0	0
Allen, ChrisChris Allen	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick	G	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jakopin, JohnJohn Jakopin	D	2	0	0	0	4	-3	0	0	0
Lowry, DaveDave Lowry	LW	7	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
McLean, KirkKirk McLean	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Weekes, KevinKevin Weekes	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Worrell, PeterPeter Worrell	LW	19	0	0	0	153	-4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Vanbiesbrouck, JohnJohn Vanbiesbrouck	3451	60	18	29	11	165	2.87	4	1638	1473	.899
McLean, KirkKirk McLean	406	7	4	2	1	22	3.25	0	207	185	.894
Fitzpatrick, MarkMark Fitzpatrick	640	12	2	7	2	32	3.00	1	265	233	.879
Weekes, KevinKevin Weekes	485	11	0	5	1	32	3.96	0	247	215	.870
Team:	4982	82	24	43	15	251	3.02	5	2357	2106	.894

^[6]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1998.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199711260FLA.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/FLA/
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199611260CGY.html
↑ "1997–1998 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
↑ "1997-98 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

"1997–98 Florida Panthers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

Florida Panthers

Founded in 1993 Based in Sunrise, Florida

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Sunrise Sports and Entertainment (Vincent Viola, chairman) General manager Dale Tallon Head coach Gerard Gallant Team captain Willie Mitchell Current roster

Arenas	Miami Arena BB&T Center

Affiliates	AHL Portland Pirates

General Managers	Clarke Murray Torrey Fletcher Dudley Keenan Martin Sexton Tallon

Head Coaches	Neilson MacLean B. Murray T. Murray Sutter Keenan Dudley Torchetti Martin DeBoer Dineen Horachek Gallant

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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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