1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning season

==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 1, 1997 	4–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 3, 1997 	3–4 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	1–1–0
3 	T	October 5, 1997 	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	1–1–1
4 	W	October 9, 1997 	4–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	2–1–1
5 	L	October 10, 1997 	0–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	2–2–1
6 	L	October 15, 1997 	1–2 	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	2–3–1
7 	L	October 17, 1997 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	2–4–1
8 	L	October 18, 1997 	0–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	2–5–1
9 	L	October 21, 1997 	1–7 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	2–6–1
10 	T	October 23, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	2–6–2
11 	L	October 24, 1997 	3–4 	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	2–7–2
12 	L	October 26, 1997 	1–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	2–8–2
13 	L	October 29, 1997 	2–5 	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	2–9–2
14 	L	November 5, 1997 	2–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	2–10–2
15 	L	November 6, 1997 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	2–11–2
16 	L	November 8, 1997 	1–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	2–12–2
17 	L	November 11, 1997	2–5 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	2–13–2
18 	L	November 14, 1997	1–4 	New York Islanders (1997–98) 	2–14–2
19 	L	November 16, 1997	2–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	2–15–2
20 	L	November 17, 1997	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	2–16–2
21 	W	November 19, 1997	6–3 	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	3–16–2
22 	W	November 22, 1997	4–3 	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	4–16–2
23 	T	November 26, 1997	3–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	4–16–3
24 	L	November 28, 1997	0–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	4–17–3
25 	T	November 29, 1997	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	4–17–4
26 	W	December 3, 1997 	2–1 	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	5–17–4
27 	L	December 5, 1997 	0–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	5–18–4
28 	L	December 6, 1997 	2–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	5–19–4
29 	L	December 10, 1997	0–3 	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	5–20–4
30 	W	December 13, 1997	3–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	6–20–4
31 	L	December 14, 1997	0–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	6–21–4
32 	T	December 16, 1997	1–1 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	6–21–5
33 	W	December 17, 1997	2–0 	Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	7–21–5
34 	T	December 20, 1997	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	7–21–6
35 	T	December 22, 1997	2–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	7–21–7
36 	L	December 23, 1997	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	7–22–7
37 	L	December 27, 1997	1–3 	Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	7–23–7
38 	W	December 29, 1997	2–1 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	8–23–7
39 	W	December 31, 1997	2–0 	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	9–23–7
40 	T	January 2, 1998 	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	9–23–8
41 	L	January 3, 1998 	1–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	9–24–8
42 	L	January 7, 1998 	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	9–25–8
43 	L	January 9, 1998 	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	9–26–8
44 	L	January 11, 1998 	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	9–27–8
45 	L	January 12, 1998 	3–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	9–28–8
46 	L	January 14, 1998 	1–7 	New York Islanders (1997–98) 	9–29–8
47 	L	January 21, 1998 	2–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	9–30–8
48 	L	January 23, 1998 	1–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	9–31–8
49 	L	January 24, 1998 	2–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	9–32–8
50 	L	January 26, 1998 	1–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	9–33–8
51 	L	January 28, 1998 	2–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	9–34–8
52 	L	January 31, 1998 	0–2 	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	9–35–8
53 	L	February 2, 1998 	3–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	9–36–8
54 	T	February 4, 1998 	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	9–36–9
55 	L	February 5, 1998 	4–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	9–37–9
56 	W	February 7, 1998 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	10–37–9
57 	W	February 25, 1998	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	11–37–9
58 	L	February 26, 1998	1–4 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	11–38–9
59 	W	February 28, 1998	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	12–38–9
60 	L	March 3, 1998 	1–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	12–39–9
61 	L	March 4, 1998 	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	12–40–9
62 	L	March 7, 1998 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	12–41–9
63 	W	March 9, 1998 	2–1 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	13–41–9
64 	L	March 11, 1998 	0–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	13–42–9
65 	W	March 14, 1998 	1–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	14–42–9
66 	L	March 16, 1998 	3–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	14–43–9
67 	W	March 18, 1998 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	15–43–9
68 	W	March 21, 1998 	5–1 	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	16–43–9
69 	L	March 25, 1998 	1–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	16–44–9
70 	L	March 26, 1998 	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	16–45–9
71 	L	March 28, 1998 	2–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	16–46–9
72 	W	March 30, 1998 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	17–46–9
73 	L	April 1, 1998 	0–4 	@ New York Islanders (1997–98) 	17–47–9
74 	L	April 2, 1998 	1–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	17–48–9
75 	L	April 4, 1998 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	17–49–9
76 	L	April 6, 1998 	0–3 	New York Islanders (1997–98) 	17–50–9
77 	L	April 8, 1998 	1–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	17–51–9
78 	L	April 11, 1998 	1–5 	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	17–52–9
79 	L	April 13, 1998 	2–3 	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	17–53–9
80 	L	April 15, 1998 	1–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	17–54–9
81 	L	April 16, 1998 	0–4 	@ New York Islanders (1997–98) 	17–55–9
82 	T	April 18, 1998 	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	17–55–10
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	13	27	40 	32 	-43	2 	1 	0
 	RW 	68	16	22	38 	34 	-37	6 	3 	0
 	RW 	70	16	19	35 	85 	-38	4 	0 	3
 	LW 	77	14	12	26 	41 	-31	0 	3 	4
 	C 	68	8 	14	22 	62 	-9 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	26	9 	11	20 	36 	-7 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	34	11	6 	17 	42 	-14	3 	0 	3
 	C 	67	8 	9 	17 	132	-9 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	72	6 	11	17 	29 	-4 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	37	3 	12	15 	22 	-18	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	35	6 	8 	14 	89 	-8 	1 	1 	0
 	D 	78	5 	9 	14 	110	-8 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	37	4 	6 	10 	26 	-25	4 	0 	0
 	C 	35	2 	8 	10 	22 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	D 	74	3 	6 	9 	77 	-24	0 	1 	0
 	C 	44	2 	7 	9 	19 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	2 	7 	9 	85 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	60	0 	8 	8 	41 	-23	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	2 	5 	7 	6 	-9 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	28	2 	4 	6 	4 	2 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	22	2 	4 	6 	43 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	30	2 	4 	6 	16 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	29	1 	5 	6 	17 	-21	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	5 	0 	5 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	0 	5 	5 	71 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	24	2 	1 	3 	15 	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	25	1 	2 	3 	22 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	54	1 	2 	3 	166	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1 	2 	3 	22 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	1 	2 	3 	7 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	44	0 	3 	3 	122	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	1 	1 	2 	58 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	0 	2 	2 	27 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	2 	2 	12 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1 	0 	1 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	42	1 	0 	1 	116	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	34	0 	1 	1 	14 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	0 	1 	1 	8 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	G 	13	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	0 	0 	45 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	0 	0 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	26	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	16	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1938	34	7 	24	1 	102	3.16	1 	975 	873 	.895
 	1456	26	5 	14	6 	66 	2.72	0 	660 	594 	.900
 	821 	16	2 	9 	1 	40 	2.92	1 	370 	330 	.892
 	311 	8 	2 	4 	1 	17 	3.28	0 	148 	131 	.885
 	433 	13	1 	4 	1 	30 	4.16	0 	210 	180 	.857
Team: 	4959	82	17	55	10	255	3.09	2 	2363	2108	.892
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; 
==Awards and records==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*1997–98 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Tampa Bay Lightning season, 1997–98
Tampa Bay Lightning season, 1997–98
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