1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes season

The 1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes season was the Coyotes' second season in Phoenix. The Coyotes made the playoffs, losing in the first round.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
3 	W	October 5, 1997 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	2–1–0
4 	L	October 8, 1997 	2–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	2–2–0
5 	T	October 11, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	2–2–1
6 	W	October 13, 1997 	2–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	3–2–1
7 	W	October 19, 1997 	5–3 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	4–2–1
8 	L	October 21, 1997 	3–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	4–3–1
9 	T	October 23, 1997 	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	4–3–2
10 	W	October 26, 1997 	6–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	5–3–2
11 	L	October 29, 1997 	2–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	5–4–2
12 	L	October 30, 1997 	2–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	5–5–2
13 	W	November 2, 1997 	3–1 	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	6–5–2
14 	L	November 5, 1997 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	6–6–2
15 	L	November 6, 1997 	1–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	6–7–2
16 	W	November 8, 1997 	3–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	7–7–2
17 	W	November 11, 1997	5–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	8–7–2
18 	L	November 13, 1997	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	8–8–2
19 	W	November 15, 1997	3–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	9–8–2
20 	W	November 17, 1997	6–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	10–8–2
21 	L	November 20, 1997	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	10–9–2
22 	W	November 22, 1997	2–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	11–9–2
23 	W	November 25, 1997	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	12–9–2
24 	L	November 27, 1997	1–4 	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	12–10–2
25 	L	November 29, 1997	2–5 	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	12–11–2
26 	W	December 1, 1997 	3–2 	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	13–11–2
27 	L	December 3, 1997 	1–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	13–12–2
28 	T	December 5, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	13–12–3
29 	L	December 6, 1997 	0–4 	@ New York Islanders (1997–98) 	13–13–3
30 	L	December 8, 1997 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	13–14–3
31 	T	December 10, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	13–14–4
32 	T	December 12, 1997	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	13–14–5
33 	T	December 14, 1997	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	13–14–6
34 	L	December 17, 1997	1–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	13–15–6
35 	W	December 19, 1997	6–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	14–15–6
36 	L	December 20, 1997	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	14–16–6
37 	T	December 23, 1997	2–2 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	14–16–7
38 	W	December 26, 1997	4–0 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	15–16–7
39 	W	December 27, 1997	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	16–16–7
40 	W	December 29, 1997	5–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	17–16–7
41 	W	January 1, 1998 	4–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	18–16–7
42 	W	January 3, 1998 	2–1 	New York Islanders (1997–98) 	19–16–7
43 	L	January 6, 1998 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	19–17–7
44 	L	January 8, 1998 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	19–18–7
45 	W	January 9, 1998 	4–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	20–18–7
46 	T	January 11, 1998 	4–4 OT	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	20–18–8
47 	W	January 14, 1998 	3–2 	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	21–18–8
48 	L	January 20, 1998 	2–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	21–19–8
49 	W	January 21, 1998 	6–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	22–19–8
50 	L	January 24, 1998 	2–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	22–20–8
51 	W	January 26, 1998 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	23–20–8
52 	T	January 28, 1998 	4–4 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	23–20–9
53 	T	January 30, 1998 	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	23–20–10
54 	W	January 31, 1998 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	24–20–10
55 	L	February 3, 1998 	2–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	24–21–10
56 	L	February 5, 1998 	2–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	24–22–10
57 	T	February 7, 1998 	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	24–22–11
58 	L	February 25, 1998	2–4 	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	24–23–11
59 	L	February 26, 1998	0–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	24–24–11
60 	L	February 28, 1998	0–4 	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	24–25–11
61 	L	March 2, 1998 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	24–26–11
62 	L	March 6, 1998 	4–5 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	24–27–11
63 	T	March 8, 1998 	1–1 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	24–27–12
64 	L	March 10, 1998 	3–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	24–28–12
65 	W	March 12, 1998 	5–4 	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	25–28–12
66 	W	March 14, 1998 	2–0 	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	26–28–12
67 	L	March 16, 1998 	1–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	26–29–12
68 	L	March 19, 1998 	3–4 	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	26–30–12
69 	L	March 21, 1998 	2–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	26–31–12
70 	W	March 22, 1998 	3–1 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	27–31–12
71 	W	March 24, 1998 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	28–31–12
72 	L	March 28, 1998 	0–3 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	28–32–12
73 	W	April 1, 1998 	5–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	29–32–12
74 	W	April 3, 1998 	6–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	30–32–12
75 	L	April 5, 1998 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	30–33–12
76 	W	April 7, 1998 	2–1 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	31–33–12
77 	L	April 9, 1998 	1–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	31–34–12
78 	W	April 11, 1998 	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	32–34–12
79 	W	April 12, 1998 	2–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	33–34–12
80 	W	April 14, 1998 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	34–34–12
81 	W	April 16, 1998 	3–2 	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	35–34–12
82 	L	April 18, 1998 	4–5 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	35–35–12
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	69	40	26	66 	147	9 	11 	0 	8
 	C 	79	24	32	56 	103	5 	6 	1 	3
 	C 	80	11	44	55 	36 	5 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	68	10	43	53 	12 	5 	4 	0 	0
 	D 	82	11	40	51 	30 	25 	6 	0 	2
 	RW 	68	26	19	45 	157	1 	8 	0 	6
 	RW 	60	11	29	40 	71 	17 	3 	0 	2
 	RW 	60	12	15	27 	24 	-4 	4 	0 	2
 	C 	76	12	9 	21 	28 	-7 	0 	5 	0
 	D 	46	7 	12	19 	12 	1 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	78	8 	10	18 	118	14 	1 	0 	4
 	LW 	66	9 	8 	17 	102	4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	55	3 	14	17 	24 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	58	2 	12	14 	26 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	55	1 	11	12 	10 	-3 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	33	5 	6 	11 	35 	-3 	0 	0 	3
 	D 	32	4 	7 	11 	16 	-6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	41	5 	5 	10 	53 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	64	5 	5 	10 	36 	-4 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	41	2 	6 	8 	38 	-11	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	64	3 	4 	7 	146	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	1 	6 	7 	18 	5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	32	4 	2 	6 	77 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	30	3 	3 	6 	27 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	45	1 	5 	6 	106	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	2 	1 	3 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1 	2 	3 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	70	0 	2 	2 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1 	0 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	1 	1 	14 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	0 	0 	0 	47 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	2 	0 	0 	0 	5 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	4026	70	30	28	10	184	2.74	4 	1835	1651	.900
 	793 	17	5 	6 	1 	28 	2.12	1 	322 	294 	.913
 	137 	3 	0 	1 	1 	10 	4.38	0 	60 	50 	.833
Team: 	4956	82	35	35	12	222	2.69	5 	2217	1995	.900
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	6 	6	2	8 	25 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	5	3	8 	4 	2 	2 	2
 	D 	6 	0	7	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	3	3	6 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	3	4 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	3	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	2	2 	20 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	0	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	18 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	185	4 	2	1	13	4.22	0 	106	93 	.877
 	171	4 	0	3	11	3.86	0 	97 	86 	.887
Team: 	356	6 	2	4	24	4.04	0 	203	179	.882
Note: 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==
===Trades===
March 4, 1998 	To Chicago BlackhawksChad Kilger Jay More 	To Phoenix CoyotesKeith Carney Jim Cummins
March 24, 1998	To New York Islanders9th round pick in 1998 - Jason Doyle 	To Phoenix CoyotesMark Janssens
June 11, 1998 	To Tampa Bay LightningCraig Janney 	To Phoenix CoyotesLouie DeBrusk 5th round pick in 1998 - Jay Leach
June 18, 1998 	To Anaheim Mighty DucksJim McKenzie 	To Phoenix CoyotesJean-Francois Jomphe
June 27, 1998 	To San Jose Sharks5th round pick in 1999 - Marc-Andre Thinel	To Phoenix Coyotes5th round pick in 1998 - Josh Blackburn
===Waivers===
September 28, 1997	From Chicago BlackhawksJimmy Waite
===Free agents===
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Player 	Former Team
Ted Crowley 	Boston Bruins
Rick Tocchet 	Washington Capitals
Darin Kimble 	New Jersey Devils
Jeff Christian	Pittsburgh Penguins
Martin Simard 	Colorado Avalanche
John Slaney 	Los Angeles Kings
Brad Tiley 	Los Angeles Kings
Radoslav Suchy	Undrafted Free Agent
Michel Petit 	Philadelphia Flyers
{| cellspacing="10"
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Player 	New Team
Kris King 	Toronto Maple Leafs
Jeff Finley 	New York Rangers
Pat Jablonski 	Carolina Hurricanes
Brent Thompson	New York Rangers
Kevin Dahl 	Calgary Flames
Igor Korolev 	Toronto Maple Leafs
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*1997–98 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Phoenix Coyotes season, 1997–98
Phoenix Coyotes season, 1997–98
Category:Phoenix Coyotes seasons