1997–98 Dallas Stars season

The 1997–98 Dallas Stars season was Star's fifth season. The aspect of the season was winning the Presidents' Trophy.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 1, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	0–0–1
2 	L	October 4, 1997 	1–2 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	0–1–1
3 	W	October 7, 1997 	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	1–1–1
4 	L	October 8, 1997 	1–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	1–2–1
5 	W	October 10, 1997 	7–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	2–2–1
6 	W	October 14, 1997 	5–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	3–2–1
7 	W	October 16, 1997 	4–0 	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	4–2–1
8 	W	October 18, 1997 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	5–2–1
9 	L	October 19, 1997 	1–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	5–3–1
10 	L	October 21, 1997 	1–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	5–4–1
11 	W	October 24, 1997 	2–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	6–4–1
12 	W	October 25, 1997 	3–1 	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	7–4–1
13 	W	October 28, 1997 	3–2 	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	8–4–1
14 	W	October 29, 1997 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	9–4–1
15 	T	November 2, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	9–4–2
16 	L	November 3, 1997 	4–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	9–5–2
17 	W	November 5, 1997 	5–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	10–5–2
18 	T	November 7, 1997 	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	10–5–3
19 	L	November 10, 1997	1–7 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	10–6–3
20 	T	November 12, 1997	3–3 OT	Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	10–6–4
21 	W	November 15, 1997	5–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	11–6–4
22 	W	November 16, 1997	4–0 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	12–6–4
23 	W	November 19, 1997	3–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	13–6–4
24 	L	November 21, 1997	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	13–7–4
25 	W	November 22, 1997	2–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	14–7–4
26 	W	November 24, 1997	5–0 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	15–7–4
27 	W	November 26, 1997	4–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	16–7–4
28 	W	November 27, 1997	4–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	17–7–4
29 	W	November 29, 1997	5–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	18–7–4
30 	W	December 3, 1997 	4–1 	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	19–7–4
31 	W	December 5, 1997 	4–1 	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	20–7–4
32 	L	December 8, 1997 	0–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	20–8–4
33 	W	December 10, 1997	3–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	21–8–4
34 	L	December 12, 1997	0–1 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	21–9–4
35 	W	December 15, 1997	8–4 	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	22–9–4
36 	W	December 18, 1997	2–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	23–9–4
37 	W	December 20, 1997	2–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	24–9–4
38 	W	December 23, 1997	3–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	25–9–4
39 	T	December 27, 1997	3–3 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	25–9–5
40 	T	December 29, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	25–9–6
41 	T	December 31, 1997	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	25–9–7
42 	W	January 2, 1998 	2–1 	New York Islanders (1997–98) 	26–9–7
43 	W	January 3, 1998 	6–1 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	27–9–7
44 	W	January 5, 1998 	4–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	28–9–7
45 	L	January 7, 1998 	0–2 	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	28–10–7
46 	T	January 9, 1998 	3–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	28–10–8
47 	L	January 11, 1998 	1–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	28–11–8
48 	W	January 12, 1998 	3–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	29–11–8
49 	W	January 14, 1998 	2–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	30–11–8
50 	W	January 21, 1998 	3–2 	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	31–11–8
51 	W	January 24, 1998 	3–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	32–11–8
52 	W	January 26, 1998 	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	33–11–8
53 	L	January 29, 1998 	2–3 	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	33–12–8
54 	L	January 31, 1998 	3–6 	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	33–13–8
55 	W	February 2, 1998 	5–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	34–13–8
56 	W	February 4, 1998 	1–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	35–13–8
57 	W	February 7, 1998 	3–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	36–13–8
58 	W	February 25, 1998	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (1997–98) 	37–13–8
59 	W	February 28, 1998	4–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	38–13–8
60 	T	March 1, 1998 	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	38–13–9
61 	L	March 4, 1998 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	38–14–9
62 	L	March 7, 1998 	1–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	38–15–9
63 	T	March 8, 1998 	1–1 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	38–15–10
64 	L	March 12, 1998 	4–5 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	38–16–10
65 	W	March 13, 1998 	6–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	39–16–10
66 	W	March 17, 1998 	4–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	40–16–10
67 	W	March 18, 1998 	3–1 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	41–16–10
68 	W	March 20, 1998 	6–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	42–16–10
69 	T	March 22, 1998 	0–0 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	42–16–11
70 	L	March 26, 1998 	0–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	42–17–11
71 	L	March 28, 1998 	1–4 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	42–18–11
72 	W	March 29, 1998 	3–1 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	43–18–11
73 	L	April 1, 1998 	1–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	43–19–11
74 	L	April 3, 1998 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	43–20–11
75 	L	April 4, 1998 	3–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	43–21–11
76 	W	April 6, 1998 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	44–21–11
77 	W	April 8, 1998 	2–1 OT	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	45–21–11
78 	W	April 11, 1998 	5–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	46–21–11
79 	W	April 12, 1998 	4–3 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	47–21–11
80 	W	April 15, 1998 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	48–21–11
81 	L	April 16, 1998 	2–3 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	48–22–11
82 	W	April 18, 1998 	3–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	49–22–11
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	73	39	30	69 	30 	16 	14 	0 	11
 	C 	52	21	38	59 	32 	25 	7 	5 	2
 	RW 	82	31	26	57 	170	15 	9 	0 	8
 	D 	73	10	47	57 	16 	16 	5 	1 	2
 	RW 	81	23	29	52 	61 	9 	8 	0 	6
 	D 	79	11	35	46 	51 	17 	4 	1 	1
 	RW 	72	23	19	42 	20 	19 	7 	2 	6
 	LW 	49	14	18	32 	20 	11 	7 	0 	1
 	D 	70	6 	25	31 	132	9 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	77	7 	17	24 	40 	3 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	57	2 	22	24 	26 	11 	1 	1 	0
 	C 	53	6 	16	22 	35 	7 	3 	0 	1
 	RW/C	59	9 	10	19 	104	5 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	72	9 	10	19 	96 	-2 	3 	0 	1
 	LW 	65	6 	12	18 	14 	-15	3 	0 	1
 	D 	74	3 	15	18 	63 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	59	2 	9 	11 	46 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	5 	3 	8 	0 	0 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	58	3 	4 	7 	57 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	80	0 	7 	7 	131	21 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	4 	2 	6 	2 	8 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	13	2 	3 	5 	5 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	39	2 	3 	5 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	1 	2 	3 	26 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	2 	0 	2 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	40	1 	1 	2 	25 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	4 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	61	0 	0 	0 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	19 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	15 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	7 	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	23	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3581	61	37	12	10	112	1.88	9 	1335	1223	.916
 	1324	23	11	10	1 	49 	2.22	1 	496 	447 	.901
 	69 	2 	1 	0 	0 	2 	1.74	0 	35 	33 	.943
Team: 	4974	82	49	22	11	163	1.97	10	1866	1703	.913
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	17	4	10	14 	12 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	17	4	5 	9 	2 	3 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	17	4	4 	8 	0 	7 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	12	3	5 	8 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	17	4	2 	6 	16 	0 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	17	3	3 	6 	39 	-1 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	3	2 	5 	26 	-3 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	16	1	4 	5 	14 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	17	0	5 	5 	14 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	3	1 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	2	2 	4 	0 	4 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	15	2	2 	4 	8 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	14	0	3 	3 	20 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	3 	3 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	1	1 	2 	14 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	17	0	2 	2 	47 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	1	0 	1 	12 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	1	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0	1 	1 	22 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	17	0	1 	1 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0	0 	0 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0 	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0 	0 	0 	3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1039	17	10	7	31	1.79	1 	399	368	.922
 	2 	1 	0 	0	0 	0.00	0 	0 	0 	
Team: 	1041	17	10	7	31	1.79	1 	399	368	.922
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; 
==Playoffs==
San Jose vs. Dallas 	San Jose vs. Dallas 	San Jose vs. Dallas 	San Jose vs. Dallas
Date 	Away 	Home 	
April 22 	San Jose 1 	4 Dallas 	
April 24 	San Jose 2 	5 Dallas 	
April 26 	Dallas 1 	4 San Jose 	
April 28 	Dallas 0 	1 San Jose 	OT
April 30 	San Jose 2 	3 Dallas 	
May 2 	Dallas 3 	2 San Jose 	OT
Dallas wins series 4–2	Dallas wins series 4–2	Dallas wins series 4–2	Dallas wins series 4–2
==Awards and records==
* Presidents' Trophy
* Neal Broten, Lester Patrick Trophy
* Jere Lehtinen, Frank J. Selke Trophy
==References==
* Stars on Hockey Database
Dallas Stars season, 1997–98
Dallas Stars season, 1997–98
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