1997–98 New York Islanders season

The 1997-98 New York Islanders season was the twenty-sixth season in the franchise's history.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 3, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	0–0–1
2 	W	October 4, 1997 	3–0 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	1–0–1
3 	L	October 8, 1997 	3–6 	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	1–1–1
4 	L	October 11, 1997 	1–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	1–2–1
5 	T	October 13, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	1–2–2
6 	W	October 16, 1997 	5–2 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	2–2–2
7 	W	October 19, 1997 	5–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	3–2–2
8 	L	October 21, 1997 	2–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	3–3–2
9 	L	October 25, 1997 	2–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	3–4–2
10 	L	October 27, 1997 	1–2 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	3–5–2
11 	W	October 29, 1997 	5–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	4–5–2
12 	W	October 30, 1997 	5–3 	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	5–5–2
13 	W	November 1, 1997 	4–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	6–5–2
14 	T	November 5, 1997 	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	6–5–3
15 	W	November 7, 1997 	3–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	7–5–3
16 	L	November 8, 1997 	2–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	7–6–3
17 	L	November 10, 1997	1–3 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	7–7–3
18 	T	November 12, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	7–7–4
19 	W	November 14, 1997	4–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	8–7–4
20 	L	November 15, 1997	0–1 	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	8–8–4
21 	W	November 19, 1997	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	9–8–4
22 	L	November 20, 1997	1–5 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	9–9–4
23 	L	November 22, 1997	1–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	9–10–4
24 	W	November 26, 1997	4–1 	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	10–10–4
25 	L	November 28, 1997	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	10–11–4
26 	W	November 29, 1997	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	11–11–4
27 	L	December 2, 1997 	2–4 	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	11–12–4
28 	L	December 3, 1997 	3–5 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	11–13–4
29 	W	December 6, 1997 	4–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	12–13–4
30 	L	December 9, 1997 	1–3 	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	12–14–4
31 	L	December 11, 1997	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	12–15–4
32 	W	December 13, 1997	4–1 	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	13–15–4
33 	T	December 16, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	13–15–5
34 	W	December 17, 1997	4–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	14–15–5
35 	W	December 20, 1997	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	15–15–5
36 	L	December 22, 1997	1–4 	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	15–16–5
37 	L	December 26, 1997	3–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	15–17–5
38 	L	December 27, 1997	2–6 	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	15–18–5
39 	L	December 29, 1997	1–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	15–19–5
40 	L	December 31, 1997	1–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	15–20–5
41 	L	January 2, 1998 	1–2 	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	15–21–5
42 	L	January 3, 1998 	1–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	15–22–5
43 	L	January 6, 1998 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	15–23–5
44 	L	January 8, 1998 	2–8 	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	15–24–5
45 	L	January 10, 1998 	1–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	15–25–5
46 	T	January 12, 1998 	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	15–25–6
47 	W	January 14, 1998 	7–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	16–25–6
48 	L	January 20, 1998 	2–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	16–26–6
49 	T	January 22, 1998 	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	16–26–7
50 	L	January 24, 1998 	2–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	16–27–7
51 	L	January 26, 1998 	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	16–28–7
52 	W	January 28, 1998 	6–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	17–28–7
53 	W	January 30, 1998 	2–0 	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	18–28–7
54 	T	February 1, 1998 	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	18–28–8
55 	W	February 2, 1998 	4–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	19–28–8
56 	W	February 4, 1998 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	20–28–8
57 	L	February 7, 1998 	2–3 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	20–29–8
58 	L	February 25, 1998	1–4 	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	20–30–8
59 	L	March 1, 1998 	4–5 	Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	20–31–8
60 	W	March 3, 1998 	3–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	21–31–8
61 	W	March 6, 1998 	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	22–31–8
62 	L	March 7, 1998 	2–4 	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	22–32–8
63 	T	March 10, 1998 	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	22–32–9
64 	L	March 12, 1998 	1–2 	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	22–33–9
65 	L	March 14, 1998 	2–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	22–34–9
66 	T	March 18, 1998 	4–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	22–34–10
67 	L	March 20, 1998 	1–4 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	22–35–10
68 	W	March 22, 1998 	3–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	23–35–10
69 	L	March 24, 1998 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	23–36–10
70 	W	March 26, 1998 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	24–36–10
71 	L	March 28, 1998 	3–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	24–37–10
72 	L	March 31, 1998 	2–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	24–38–10
73 	W	April 1, 1998 	4–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	25–38–10
74 	W	April 4, 1998 	3–0 	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	26–38–10
75 	W	April 6, 1998 	3–0 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	27–38–10
76 	W	April 8, 1998 	3–2 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	28–38–10
77 	L	April 9, 1998 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	28–39–10
78 	T	April 11, 1998 	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	28–39–11
79 	L	April 13, 1998 	0–2 	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	28–40–11
80 	L	April 15, 1998 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	28–41–11
81 	W	April 16, 1998 	4–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	29–41–11
82 	W	April 18, 1998 	2–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	30–41–11
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	82	45	42	87 	34 	-2 	17 	2 	5
 	C 	82	25	40	65 	32 	-11	8 	0 	2
 	D 	75	14	32	46 	59 	-32	8 	1 	2
 	C 	81	13	30	43 	34 	-16	3 	0 	4
 	D 	81	14	26	40 	58 	-2 	6 	0 	2
 	LW 	82	12	23	35 	39 	7 	1 	4 	2
 	LW 	74	10	19	29 	24 	3 	2 	1 	1
 	C 	54	14	12	26 	66 	-19	8 	0 	2
 	RW 	68	12	13	25 	23 	11 	2 	0 	1
 	LW/C	78	10	10	20 	47 	-9 	0 	1 	3
 	RW 	52	7 	11	18 	58 	-19	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	25	10	7 	17 	33 	-1 	3 	2 	1
 	D 	63	2 	11	13 	45 	-11	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	74	5 	7 	12 	27 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	56	3 	9 	12 	145	9 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	62	6 	1 	7 	138	-12	0 	0 	2
 	D 	76	0 	7 	7 	291	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	25	3 	3 	6 	10 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	6 	6 	21 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	37	3 	1 	4 	101	1 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	9 	1 	3 	4 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	1 	2 	3 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	31	1 	2 	3 	47 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	0 	3 	3 	12 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1 	1 	2 	4 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	2 	0 	2 	2 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	25	0 	1 	1 	50 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	16	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	0 	1 	1 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	62	0 	1 	1 	31 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	1 	1 	45 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	1 	1 	36 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	0 	0 	0 	34 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	13	0 	0 	0 	31 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	0 	0 	0 	35 	-2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3461	62	23	29	5 	152	2.64	4 	1617	1465	.906
 	694 	16	4 	4 	3 	23 	1.99	3 	309 	286 	.926
 	807 	17	3 	8 	3 	40 	2.97	0 	422 	382 	.905
Team: 	4962	82	30	41	11	215	2.60	7 	2348	2133	.908
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==
New York Islanders season, 1997–98
New York Islanders season, 1997–98
category:New York Islanders seasons