1997–98 New York Rangers season

The 1997–98 New York Rangers season was the 72nd season for the team in the National Hockey League. The Rangers posted a 25–39–18 record in the regular season and finished in fifth place in the Atlantic Division. New York missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 1992–93 season.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	Oct 3, 1997 	2–2 OT	New York Islanders 	0–0–1
2 	T	Oct 5, 1997 	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings 	0–0–2
3 	T	Oct 8, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers 	0–0–3
4 	T	Oct 9, 1997 	1–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames 	0–0–4
5 	W	Oct 11, 1997	6–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks 	1–0–4
6 	L	Oct 14, 1997	0–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1–1–4
7 	L	Oct 15, 1997	1–5 	@ Ottawa Senators 	1–2–4
8 	L	Oct 18, 1997	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues 	1–3–4
9 	W	Oct 20, 1997	4–2 	Carolina Hurricanes 	2–3–4
10	L	Oct 22, 1997	0–1 	Chicago Blackhawks 	2–4–4
11	W	Oct 24, 1997	4–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	3–4–4
12	T	Oct 26, 1997	3–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	3–4–5
13	L	Oct 28, 1997	2–3 	Dallas Stars 	3–5–5
14	L	Oct 30, 1997	3–5 	@ New York Islanders 	3–6–5
15	T	Nov 3, 1997 	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers 	3–6–6
16	W	Nov 5, 1997 	4–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche 	4–6–6
17	T	Nov 7, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Dallas Stars 	4–6–7
18	L	Nov 12, 1997	2–3 	New Jersey Devils 	4–7–7
19	W	Nov 14, 1997	3–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	5–7–7
20	W	Nov 16, 1997	4–1 	Colorado Avalanche 	6–7–7
21	W	Nov 18, 1997	3–1 	@ Florida Panthers 	7–7–7
22	L	Nov 19, 1997	3–6 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	7–8–7
23	W	Nov 21, 1997	4–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes 	8–8–7
24	L	Nov 22, 1997	3–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	8–9–7
25	L	Nov 25, 1997	2–4 	Vancouver Canucks 	8–10–7
26	L	Nov 26, 1997	1–4 	@ New York Islanders 	8–11–7
27	T	Nov 28, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres 	8–11–8
28	T	Nov 30, 1997	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers 	8–11–9
29	L	Dec 2, 1997 	2–3 OT	Washington Capitals 	8–12–9
30	T	Dec 5, 1997 	4–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers 	8–12–10
31	T	Dec 6, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens 	8–12–11
32	W	Dec 8, 1997 	3–1 	Phoenix Coyotes 	9–12–11
33	L	Dec 10, 1997	1–4 	Calgary Flames 	9–13–11
34	L	Dec 12, 1997	3–4 	Florida Panthers 	9–14–11
35	L	Dec 16, 1997	3–4 	@ New Jersey Devils 	9–15–11
36	W	Dec 17, 1997	4–2 	@ Florida Panthers 	10–15–11
37	T	Dec 20, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	10–15–12
38	L	Dec 21, 1997	0–2 	Buffalo Sabres 	10–16–12
39	W	Dec 23, 1997	4–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	11–16–12
40	L	Dec 26, 1997	0–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres 	11–17–12
41	W	Dec 28, 1997	4–3 	Boston Bruins 	12–17–12
42	L	Dec 31, 1997	0–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning 	12–18–12
43	W	Jan 3, 1998 	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals 	13–18–12
44	W	Jan 6, 1998 	4–2 	Carolina Hurricanes 	14–18–12
45	L	Jan 8, 1998 	3–5 	Washington Capitals 	14–19–12
46	W	Jan 12, 1998	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	15–19–12
47	L	Jan 14, 1998	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils 	15–20–12
48	W	Jan 20, 1998	3–1 	St. Louis Blues 	16–20–12
49	L	Jan 22, 1998	3–4 	Philadelphia Flyers 	16–21–12
50	T	Jan 24, 1998	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils 	16–21–13
51	T	Jan 26, 1998	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals 	16–21–14
52	T	Jan 29, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Ottawa Senators 	16–21–15
53	L	Jan 31, 1998	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins 	16–22–15
54	W	Feb 2, 1998 	3–2 	@ San Jose Sharks 	17–22–15
55	L	Feb 4, 1998 	2–3 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	17–23–15
56	L	Feb 5, 1998 	1–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings 	17–24–15
57	T	Feb 7, 1998 	1–1 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes 	17–24–16
58	W	Feb 26, 1998	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs 	18–24–16
59	L	Feb 28, 1998	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers 	18–25–16
60	L	Mar 2, 1998 	0–1 	Buffalo Sabres 	18–26–16
61	W	Mar 4, 1998 	4–3 	@ Florida Panthers 	19–26–16
62	L	Mar 7, 1998 	3–6 	@ New Jersey Devils 	19–27–16
63	T	Mar 9, 1998 	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils 	19–27–17
64	W	Mar 11, 1998	5–3 	San Jose Sharks 	20–27–17
65	L	Mar 12, 1998	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens 	20–28–17
66	L	Mar 14, 1998	1–5 	@ Boston Bruins 	20–29–17
67	W	Mar 16, 1998	5–4 	Ottawa Senators 	21–29–17
68	W	Mar 18, 1998	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens 	22–29–17
69	L	Mar 21, 1998	3–4 	Detroit Red Wings 	22–30–17
70	L	Mar 22, 1998	4–5 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	22–31–17
71	L	Mar 25, 1998	2–3 OT	Ottawa Senators 	22–32–17
72	L	Mar 26, 1998	1–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes 	22–33–17
73	T	Mar 28, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins 	22–33–18
74	L	Mar 30, 1998	1–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	22–34–18
75	L	Apr 1, 1998 	2–4 	Boston Bruins 	22–35–18
76	L	Apr 4, 1998 	0–3 	@ New York Islanders 	22–36–18
77	W	Apr 5, 1998 	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks 	23–36–18
78	L	Apr 7, 1998 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens 	23–37–18
79	L	Apr 11, 1998	2–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings 	23–38–18
80	L	Apr 14, 1998	1–3 	@ Washington Capitals 	23–39–18
81	W	Apr 15, 1998	4–2 	New York Islanders 	24–39–18
82	W	Apr 18, 1998	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers 	25–39–18
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	23	67	90 	28 	-11	6 	0 	4
 	C 	67	23	39	62 	36 	-16	11 	0 	2
 	RW 	73	23	30	53 	44 	-22	8 	0 	3
 	D 	76	17	33	50 	32 	-36	11 	0 	2
 	RW 	70	19	28	47 	24 	0 	4 	0 	1
 	LW 	80	14	27	41 	130	-7 	5 	0 	3
 	LW 	72	23	12	35 	41 	-30	10 	0 	2
 	LW 	56	11	18	29 	26 	7 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	75	5 	15	20 	46 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	70	8 	10	18 	47 	-12	2 	0 	0
 	D 	73	3 	9 	12 	122	1 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	59	5 	6 	11 	39 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	48	5 	5 	10 	16 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	47	3 	7 	10 	38 	-1 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	67	1 	9 	10 	55 	-15	1 	0 	0
 	D 	63	1 	6 	7 	55 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	70	3 	3 	6 	197	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	28	1 	5 	6 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	38	2 	3 	5 	114	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	63	0 	5 	5 	195	-25	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	2 	2 	4 	6 	-10	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	38	1 	3 	4 	28 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	36	0 	4 	4 	24 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	39	0 	3 	3 	92 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	11	2 	0 	2 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	15	1 	1 	2 	6 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	1 	0 	1 	38 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	1 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	72	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0 	0 	0 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	0 	0 	0 	7 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
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; 
==See also==
*1997–98 NHL season
==References==
*1997-98 New York Rangers Statistics
;Notes
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