1997–98 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1997–98 NHL season was the Toronto Maple Leafs last full season at Maple Leaf Gardens. Just a few days before the season's start, Mats Sundin became their 17th captain and their first European captain in their 80-year history.

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division
R	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Dallas Stars	82	49	22	11	242	167	109
2	3	Detroit Red Wings	82	44	23	15	250	196	103
3	4	St. Louis Blues	82	45	29	8	256	204	98
4	7	Phoenix Coyotes	82	35	35	12	224	227	82
5	9	Chicago Blackhawks	82	30	39	13	192	199	73
6	12	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	43	9	194	237	69

Western Conference^[1]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Dallas Stars	CEN	82	49	22	11	242	167	109
2	x – Colorado Avalanche	PAC	82	39	26	17	231	205	95
3	Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	44	23	15	250	196	103
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	45	29	8	256	204	98
5	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	38	33	11	227	225	87
6	Phoenix Coyotes	CEN	82	35	35	12	224	227	82
7	Edmonton Oilers	PAC	82	35	37	10	215	224	80
8	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	34	38	10	210	216	78

9	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	30	39	13	192	199	73
10	Toronto Maple Leafs	CEN	82	30	43	9	194	237	69
11	Calgary Flames	PAC	82	26	41	15	217	252	67
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	26	43	13	205	261	65
13	Vancouver Canucks	PAC	82	25	43	14	224	273	64

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won Division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

Schedule and results

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	82	33	41	74	49	−3	9	1	5
Johnson, MikeMike Johnson	82	15	32	47	24	−4	5	0	0
King, DerekDerek King	77	21	25	46	43	−7	4	0	3
Korolev, IgorIgor Korolev	78	17	22	39	22	−18	6	3	5
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	76	11	26	37	44	−12	4	1	1
Modin, FredrikFredrik Modin	74	16	16	32	32	−5	1	0	4
Berezin, SergeiSergei Berezin	68	16	15	31	10	−3	3	0	3
Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan	63	10	18	28	40	−8	1	0	1
Clark, WendelWendel Clark	47	12	7	19	80	−21	4	0	3
McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley	60	6	10	16	6	−7	0	0	1
Smith, JasonJason Smith	81	3	13	16	100	−5	0	0	0
Domi, TieTie Domi	80	4	10	14	365	−5	0	0	0
Warriner, ToddTodd Warriner	45	5	8	13	20	5	0	0	1
Hendrickson, DarbyDarby Hendrickson	80	8	4	12	67	−20	0	0	0
Yushkevich, DmitryDmitry Yushkevich	72	0	12	12	78	−13	0	0	0
Cote, SylvainSylvain Cote	12	3	6	9	6	2	1	0	1
Brown, JeffJeff Brown	19	1	8	9	10	2	1	0	0
Markov, DannyDanny Markov	25	2	5	7	28	0	1	0	0
Macoun, JamieJamie Macoun	67	0	7	7	63	−17	0	0	0
Zettler, RobRob Zettler	59	0	7	7	108	−8	0	0	0
Bohonos, LonnyLonny Bohonos	6	3	3	6	4	1	0	0	0
King, KrisKris King	82	3	3	6	199	−13	0	0	2
Prochazka, MartinMartin Prochazka	29	2	4	6	8	−1	0	0	0
Tremblay, YannickYannick Tremblay	38	2	4	6	6	−6	1	0	0
Gustafsson, PerPer Gustafsson	22	1	4	5	10	−5	0	0	0
Baker, JamieJamie Baker	13	0	5	5	10	1	0	0	0
Cooper, DavidDavid Cooper	9	0	4	4	8	2	0	0	0
Kennedy, MikeMike Kennedy	13	0	1	1	14	−2	0	0	0
Adams, KevynKevyn Adams	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Cousineau, MarcelMarcel Cousineau	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	67	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Ware, JeffJeff Ware	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Wolanin, CraigCraig Wolanin	10	0	0	0	6	−9	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	3864	67	26	33	7	176	2.73	5	1882	1706	.906
Healy, GlennGlenn Healy	1068	21	4	10	2	53	2.98	0	453	400	.883
Cousineau, MarcelMarcel Cousineau	17	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	9	9	1.000
Team:	4949	82	30	43	9	229	2.78	5	2344	2115	.902

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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

The Maple Leafs did not qualify for the Playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Roster

1997–98 Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

Defensemen

2 – Rob Zettler
3 – Sylvain Cote
23 – Jeff Ware
24 – Per Gustafsson
25 – Jason Smith
29 – Felix Potvin
26 – Craig Wolanin
33 – David Cooper
34 – Jamie Macoun
36 – Dmitry Yushkevich
38 – Yannick Tremblay
55 – Danny Markov
72 – Mathieu Schneider

Wingers

7 – Derek King
8 – Todd Warriner
12 – Kris King
17 – Wendel Clark
19 – Fredrik Modin
20 – Mike Johnson
21 – Martin Prochazka
28 – Tie Domi
94 – Sergei Berezin

Centres

11 – Steve Sullivan
13 – Mats Sundin - C
14 – Darby Hendrickson
16 – Jamie Baker
16 – Lonny Bohonos
18 – Alyn McCauley
22 – Igor Korolev
39 – Mike Kennedy
42 – Kevyn Adams
GM: Ken Dryden
Coach: Mike Murphy

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1997–98 season.

Trades

September 30, 1997	To St. Louis Blues Kelly Chase	To Toronto Maple Leafs Future Considerations
January 2, 1998	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th round pick in 1999 - Yevgeny Pavlov	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jeff Brown
March 7, 1998	To Vancouver Canucks Brandon Convery	To Toronto Maple Leafs Lonny Bohonos
March 17, 1998	To Ottawa Senators Per Gustafsson	To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th round pick in 1998 - Dwight Wolfe
March 24, 1998	To Dallas Stars Mike Kennedy	To Toronto Maple Leafs 8th round pick in 1998 - Mikhail Travnicek
March 24, 1998	To Detroit Red Wings Jamie Macoun	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 1998 - Alexei Ponikarovsky
March 24, 1998	To Washington Capitals Jeff Brown	To Toronto Maple Leafs Sylvain Cote
June 27, 1998	To Chicago Blackhawks 1st round pick in 1998 - Mark Bell 4th round pick in 1998 - Matthias Trattnig	To Toronto Maple Leafs 1st round pick in 1998 - Nik Antropov 3rd round pick in 1998 - Jamie Hodson 5th round pick in 1998 - Morgan Warren

Expansion Draft

June 26, 1998	To Nashville Predators Rob Zettler

Free agents

Player	Former Team
Mike Kennedy	Dallas Stars
Derek King	Hartford Whalers
Kris King	Phoenix Coyotes
Glenn Healy	New York Rangers
Kevyn Adams	Grand Rapids Griffins (IHL)
Igor Korolev	Phoenix Coyotes

Player	New Team
Jamie Heward	Philadelphia Flyers
Mike Craig	San Jose Sharks

Draft picks

NHL Draft

#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team
3	57	Jeff Farkas (Center)	United States	Boston College
4	84	Adam Mair (Right Wing)	Canada
5	111	František Mrázek (Left Wing)	Czech Republic
6	138	Eric Gooldy (Left Wing)		Detroit Whalers
7	165	Hugo Marchand (Defense)	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres
7	190	Shawn Thornton (Right wing)	Canada	Peterborough Petes
8	194	Russ Bartlett (Center)	United States	Phillips-Exeter Academy
9	221	Jonathan Hedstrom (Left Wing)	Sweden	Skelleftea

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Farm Teams

The Maple Leafs farm team was the St. John's Maple Leafs in St. John's, Newfoundland.

References

Maple Leafs on Hockey Database

↑ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
↑ "1997-98 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl1997e.html

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

Toronto Maple Leafs

Founded in 1917 Based in Toronto, Ontario

Franchise	Franchise GMs Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six All-time roster Records Award winners Broadcasters

Personnel	Owners The Arena Gardens of Toronto, Limited Charles Querrie 1919-1927 Conn Smythe 1927-1961 Harold Ballard (with Stafford Smythe and John Bassett until 1970-1971) 1961-1990 Steve Stavro 1991-1996 Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (Larry Tanenbaum, chairman) 1996-present President Brendan Shanahan General manager Lou Lamoriello Head coach Mike Babcock Team captain Vacant Current roster

Arenas	Arena Gardens Maple Leaf Gardens MasterCard Centre (practice) Air Canada Centre

Rivalries	Ottawa Senators Montreal Canadiens

Affiliates	AHL Toronto Marlies ECHL Orlando Solar Bears

General managers	Querrie C. Smythe S. Smythe Imlach Gregory Imlach McNamara Stellick Smith Fletcher Dryden Quinn Ferguson Fletcher Burke Nonis Lamoriello

Head coaches	Romeril Smythe Duncan Irvin Day Primeau Clancy Meeker Reay Imlach McLellan Kelly Neilson Smith Duff Crozier Nykoluk Maloney Brophy Armstrong Carpenter Watt Burns Beverley Murphy Quinn Maurice Wilson Carlyle Horachek Babcock

Media	TV Leafs TV Sportsnet Ontario TSN4 Radio Sportsnet 590 The Fan TSN Radio 1050

Championships	1918 1922 1932 1942 1945 1947 1948 1949 1951 1962 1963 1964 1967

Culture/Lore	Toronto Blueshirts Toronto Arenas Toronto St. Patricks Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. 2014 NHL Winter Classic NHL Centennial Classic Fifty Mission Cap J. P. Bickell Memorial Award Carlton the Bear The Kid Line The Love Guru

Toronto Maple Leafs seasons

1910s	1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 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

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