1997–98 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1997–98 Detroit Red Wings season was the 72nd National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The highlight of the Red Wings season was winning the Stanley Cup.
==Offseason==
===NHL Draft===
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
2 	49	Yuri Butsayev (LW)	 	HC Lada Togliatti (Russian Pro Hockey League)
==Regular season==
===Sergei Fedorov's Holdout===
After a lengthy holdout to start the 1997–1998 season, Fedorov, a restricted free-agent, signed an offer sheet with the Carolina Hurricanes worth up to $38 million (with bonuses). The Red Wings matched the offer on February 26, 1998, ending Fedorov's holdout. The offer broke down as: $14 million for signing, $2 million for 21 regular season games, $12 million for the team reaching conference finals. $28 million for 43 total games in 1997–98 is the largest single season amount paid to an NHL athlete. Fedorov helped the Red Wings win their second consecutive Stanley Cup that year.
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 1, 1997 	3–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 3, 1997 	8–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 8, 1997 	3–1 	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	3–0–0
4 	W	October 10, 1997 	3–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	4–0–0
5 	T	October 12, 1997 	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	4–0–1
6 	W	October 14, 1997 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	5–0–1
7 	L	October 15, 1997 	3–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	5–1–1
8 	W	October 18, 1997 	4–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	6–1–1
9 	T	October 20, 1997 	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	6–1–2
10 	W	October 22, 1997 	4–1 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	7–1–2
11 	W	October 23, 1997 	4–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	8–1–2
12 	W	October 26, 1997 	5–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	9–1–2
13 	W	October 29, 1997 	4–3 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	10–1–2
14 	L	October 31, 1997 	1–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	10–2–2
15 	W	November 2, 1997 	4–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	11–2–2
16 	L	November 5, 1997 	1–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	11–3–2
17 	T	November 7, 1997 	1–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	11–3–3
18 	W	November 9, 1997 	6–3 	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	12–3–3
19 	L	November 11, 1997	0–2 	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	12–4–3
20 	W	November 13, 1997	4–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	13–4–3
21 	L	November 15, 1997	2–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	13–5–3
22 	T	November 16, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	13–5–4
23 	L	November 19, 1997	2–3 	New York Islanders (1997–98) 	13–6–4
24 	W	November 21, 1997	4–2 	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	14–6–4
25 	W	November 22, 1997	5–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	15–6–4
26 	W	November 26, 1997	4–1 	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	16–6–4
27 	W	November 28, 1997	2–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	17–6–4
28 	T	December 1, 1997 	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	17–6–5
29 	W	December 3, 1997 	4–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	18–6–5
30 	L	December 5, 1997 	1–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	18–7–5
31 	W	December 9, 1997 	7–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	19–7–5
32 	L	December 12, 1997	2–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	19–8–5
33 	T	December 14, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	19–8–6
34 	L	December 16, 1997	1–5 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	19–9–6
35 	T	December 17, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	19–9–7
36 	W	December 19, 1997	5–4 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	20–9–7
37 	W	December 22, 1997	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	21–9–7
38 	W	December 23, 1997	3–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	22–9–7
39 	W	December 26, 1997	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	23–9–7
40 	W	December 27, 1997	8–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	24–9–7
41 	T	December 29, 1997	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	24–9–8
42 	W	December 31, 1997	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	25–9–8
43 	L	January 2, 1998 	1–4 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	25–10–8
44 	L	January 4, 1998 	1–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	25–11–8
45 	W	January 6, 1998 	2–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	26–11–8
46 	T	January 9, 1998 	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	26–11–9
47 	W	January 11, 1998 	2–0 	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	27–11–9
48 	T	January 12, 1998 	1–1 OT	@ New York Islanders (1997–98) 	27–11–10
49 	W	January 14, 1998 	4–0 	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	28–11–10
50 	L	January 20, 1998 	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	28–12–10
51 	L	January 21, 1998 	0–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	28–13–10
52 	W	January 24, 1998 	1–0 	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	29–13–10
53 	T	January 28, 1998 	4–4 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	29–13–11
54 	L	January 31, 1998 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	29–14–11
55 	W	February 1, 1998 	4–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	30–14–11
56 	T	February 3, 1998 	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	30–14–12
57 	W	February 5, 1998 	5–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	31–14–12
58 	L	February 7, 1998 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	31–15–12
59 	T	February 25, 1998	1–1 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	31–15–13
60 	W	February 27, 1998	3–1 	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	32–15–13
61 	W	March 2, 1998 	3–1 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	33–15–13
62 	W	March 4, 1998 	2–0 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	34–15–13
63 	L	March 5, 1998 	4–5 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	34–16–13
64 	L	March 7, 1998 	1–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	34–17–13
65 	L	March 10, 1998 	3–6 	Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	34–18–13
66 	W	March 12, 1998 	3–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	35–18–13
67 	L	March 14, 1998 	1–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	35–19–13
68 	W	March 17, 1998 	4–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	36–19–13
69 	W	March 18, 1998 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	37–19–13
70 	W	March 21, 1998 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	38–19–13
71 	T	March 23, 1998 	5–5 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	38–19–14
72 	T	March 26, 1998 	3–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	38–19–15
73 	L	March 28, 1998 	2–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	38–20–15
74 	W	March 29, 1998 	4–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	39–20–15
75 	W	April 1, 1998 	2–0 	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	40–20–15
76 	W	April 4, 1998 	3–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	41–20–15
77 	W	April 7, 1998 	5–3 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	42–20–15
78 	W	April 9, 1998 	5–1 	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	43–20–15
79 	W	April 11, 1998 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	44–20–15
80 	L	April 14, 1998 	1–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	44–21–15
81 	L	April 15, 1998 	1–3 	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	44–22–15
82 	L	April 18, 1998 	3–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 	44–23–15
==Player stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Steve Yzerman 	75	24	45	69 	46
Brendan Shanahan 	75	28	29	57 	154
Vyacheslav Kozlov 	80	25	27	52 	46
Igor Larionov 	69	8 	39	47 	40
Doug Brown 	80	19	23	42 	12
Darren McCarty 	71	15	22	37 	157
Martin Lapointe 	79	15	19	34 	106
Brent Gilchrist 	61	13	14	27 	40
Kirk Maltby 	65	14	9 	23 	89
Kris Draper 	64	13	10	23 	45
Tomas Holmstrom 	57	5 	17	22 	44
Sergei Fedorov 	21	6 	11	17 	25
Joey Kocur 	63	6 	5 	11 	92
Mathieu Dandenault	68	5 	12	17 	43
Mike Knuble 	53	7 	6 	13 	16
Darryl Laplante 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Defencemen===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Nicklas Lidstrom 	80	17	42	59 	18
Larry Murphy 	82	11	41	52 	37
Anders Eriksson 	66	7 	14	21 	32
Viacheslav Fetisov	58	2 	12	14 	72
Bob Rouse 	71	1 	11	12 	57
Aaron Ward 	52	5 	5 	10 	47
Dmitri Mironov 	11	2 	5 	7 	4
Jamie Pushor 	54	2 	5 	7 	71
Yan Golubovsky 	12	0 	2 	2 	6
Jamie Macoun 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2
===Goaltending===
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T 	SO	GAA
Mike Vernon 	64	33	20	11	6 	2.21
Chris Osgood	21	9 	3 	3 	2 	2.67
Norm Maracle	4 	2 	0 	1 	0 	2.02
==Playoffs==
===Stanley Cup Finals===
The 1998 Stanley Cup Finals were played in the 105th year of the Stanley Cup. The series was played between the Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings and the Eastern Conference champion Washington Capitals. The Red Wings were led by Captain Steve Yzerman, Coach Scotty Bowman, and Goalie Mike Vernon. The Capitals were led by captain Dale Hunter, coach Ron Wilson, and goalie Olaf Kolzig.
Washington vs. Detroit 	Washington vs. Detroit 	Washington vs. Detroit 	Washington vs. Detroit
Date 	Away 	Home 	
June 9 	Washington 1 	2 Detroit 	
June 11 	Washington 4 	5 Detroit 	OT
June 13 	Detroit 2 	1 Washington 	
June 16 	Detroit 4 	1 Washington 	
Detroit wins series 4–0and Stanley Cup 	Detroit wins series 4–0and Stanley Cup 	Detroit wins series 4–0and Stanley Cup 	Detroit wins series 4–0and Stanley Cup
Steve Yzerman (Detroit)wins Conn Smythe Trophy	Steve Yzerman (Detroit)wins Conn Smythe Trophy	Steve Yzerman (Detroit)wins Conn Smythe Trophy	Steve Yzerman (Detroit)wins Conn Smythe Trophy
===1998 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions===
Doug Brown, Mathieu Dandenault, Kris Draper, Anders Eriksson, Sergei Fedorov, Slava Fetisov, Brent Gilchrist, Kevin Hodson, Tomas Holmstrom, Mike Knuble, Joey Kocur, Slava Kozlov, Martin Lapointe, Igor Larionov, Nicklas Lidstrom, Jamie Macoun, Kirk Maltby, Darren McCarty, Dmitri Mironov, Larry Murphy, Chris Osgood, Bob Rouse, Brendan Shanahan, Mike Vernon, Steve Yzerman. (Head Coach: Scotty Bowman)
==Awards and records==
* Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: || Detroit Red Wings
* Conn Smythe Trophy: || Steve Yzerman
* Norris Trophy Runner-Up: || Niklas LidstromNational Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
==References==
* Red Wings on Hockey Database
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