1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes season was the first for the franchise in North Carolina after leaving Hartford.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 1, 1997 	2–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	0–1–0
2 	L	October 3, 1997 	3–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	0–2–0
3 	L	October 4, 1997 	2–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	0–3–0
4 	T	October 7, 1997 	3–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	0–3–1
5 	W	October 10, 1997 	2–1 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	1–3–1
6 	L	October 11, 1997 	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	1–4–1
7 	L	October 13, 1997 	1–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	1–5–1
8 	T	October 15, 1997 	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	1–5–2
9 	L	October 18, 1997 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	1–6–2
10 	L	October 20, 1997 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	1–7–2
11 	W	October 22, 1997 	4–3 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	2–7–2
12 	T	October 24, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	2–7–3
13 	W	October 26, 1997 	3–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	3–7–3
14 	L	October 31, 1997 	2–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	3–8–3
15 	W	November 3, 1997 	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	4–8–3
16 	W	November 5, 1997 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	5–8–3
17 	L	November 7, 1997 	2–3 	New York Islanders (1997–98) 	5–9–3
18 	W	November 9, 1997 	4–1 	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	6–9–3
19 	W	November 12, 1997	6–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	7–9–3
20 	W	November 13, 1997	4–2 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	8–9–3
21 	L	November 16, 1997	1–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	8–10–3
22 	W	November 19, 1997	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	9–10–3
23 	L	November 21, 1997	3–4 	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	9–11–3
24 	T	November 23, 1997	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	9–11–4
25 	L	November 26, 1997	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	9–12–4
26 	W	November 28, 1997	2–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	10–12–4
27 	L	November 29, 1997	2–3 	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	10–13–4
28 	W	December 1, 1997 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	11–13–4
29 	W	December 3, 1997 	5–3 	New York Islanders (1997–98) 	12–13–4
30 	T	December 5, 1997 	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	12–13–5
31 	L	December 6, 1997 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	12–14–5
32 	L	December 10, 1997	2–5 	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	12–15–5
33 	L	December 12, 1997	2–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	12–16–5
34 	W	December 16, 1997	2–1 	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	13–16–5
35 	L	December 18, 1997	2–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	13–17–5
36 	L	December 20, 1997	1–2 	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	13–18–5
37 	L	December 23, 1997	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	13–19–5
38 	L	December 26, 1997	2–5 	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	13–20–5
39 	W	December 27, 1997	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	14–20–5
40 	W	December 30, 1997	2–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	15–20–5
41 	L	December 31, 1997	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	15–21–5
42 	L	January 3, 1998 	1–6 	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	15–22–5
43 	W	January 5, 1998 	4–1 	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	16–22–5
44 	L	January 6, 1998 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	16–23–5
45 	T	January 8, 1998 	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	16–23–6
46 	W	January 10, 1998 	2–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1997–98) 	17–23–6
47 	L	January 12, 1998 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	17–24–6
48 	L	January 14, 1998 	1–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	17–25–6
49 	L	January 21, 1998 	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	17–26–6
50 	W	January 22, 1998 	4–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	18–26–6
51 	W	January 24, 1998 	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	19–26–6
52 	L	January 27, 1998 	0–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	19–27–6
53 	W	January 28, 1998 	3–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	20–27–6
54 	L	January 30, 1998 	0–2 	@ New York Islanders (1997–98) 	20–28–6
55 	L	February 1, 1998 	3–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	20–29–6
56 	T	February 4, 1998 	3–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	20–29–7
57 	W	February 7, 1998 	3–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	21–29–7
58 	L	February 28, 1998	3–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	21–30–7
59 	W	March 2, 1998 	3–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	22–30–7
60 	W	March 5, 1998 	2–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	23–30–7
61 	W	March 6, 1998 	5–4 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	24–30–7
62 	W	March 8, 1998 	3–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	25–30–7
63 	L	March 12, 1998 	0–2 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	25–31–7
64 	L	March 14, 1998 	1–2 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	25–32–7
65 	W	March 15, 1998 	4–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	26–32–7
66 	L	March 18, 1998 	0–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	26–33–7
67 	L	March 20, 1998 	1–6 	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	26–34–7
68 	W	March 23, 1998 	5–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	27–34–7
69 	W	March 26, 1998 	4–1 	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	28–34–7
70 	W	March 28, 1998 	4–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	29–34–7
71 	L	March 29, 1998 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	29–35–7
72 	T	March 31, 1998 	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	29–35–8
73 	W	April 1, 1998 	4–0 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	30–35–8
74 	W	April 4, 1998 	1–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	31–35–8
75 	W	April 6, 1998 	3–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	32–35–8
76 	L	April 8, 1998 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	32–36–8
77 	W	April 9, 1998 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	33–36–8
78 	L	April 11, 1998 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	33–37–8
79 	L	April 13, 1998 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	33–38–8
80 	L	April 16, 1998 	1–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	33–39–8
81 	L	April 18, 1998 	3–4 	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	33–40–8
82 	L	April 19, 1998 	1–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	33–41–8
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	81	26	37	63 	16 	9 	4 	0 	5
 	C 	81	26	37	63 	110	19 	7 	3 	2
 	LW 	61	20	29	49 	103	3 	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	81	21	24	45 	50 	-17	6 	0 	4
 	RW 	74	19	20	39 	67 	-8 	7 	1 	4
 	LW 	81	16	20	36 	12 	-8 	4 	0 	2
 	D 	66	7 	27	34 	65 	-2 	6 	0 	0
 	LW 	40	12	14	26 	30 	1 	2 	1 	4
 	D 	82	6 	19	25 	36 	7 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	54	7 	16	23 	105	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	40	7 	10	17 	14 	-4 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	73	5 	9 	14 	28 	-11	0 	1 	2
 	D 	32	3 	10	13 	16 	-1 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	73	2 	10	12 	45 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	76	1 	11	12 	106	-6 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	45	4 	5 	9 	42 	-19	1 	1 	2
 	C 	77	4 	4 	8 	31 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	65	3 	5 	8 	94 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	82	3 	4 	7 	204	0 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	10	4 	2 	6 	2 	2 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	33	2 	4 	6 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	47	2 	4 	6 	38 	-16	0 	0 	0
 	D 	42	0 	5 	5 	48 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	3 	3 	83 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	2 	2 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	0 	2 	2 	44 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	25	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	22 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2685	47	21	21	3	97 	2.17	3 	1237	1140	.922
 	1415	25	7 	11	5	66 	2.80	1 	655 	589 	.899
 	401 	8 	4 	2 	0	22 	3.29	0 	181 	159 	.878
 	279 	5 	1 	4 	0	14 	3.01	0 	115 	101 	.878
 	163 	3 	0 	3 	0	10 	3.68	0 	68 	58 	.853
Team: 	4943	82	33	41	8	209	2.54	4 	2256	2047	.907
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==
*Peter Karmanos, Lester Patrick TrophyCollins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.426, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
==See also==
*1997–98 NHL season
==References==
* 
Carolina Hurricanes season, 1997–98
Carolina Hurricanes season, 1997–98
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