1997–98 Dallas Stars season

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1997–98 Dallas Stars
Central Division champions
Division1st Central
Conference1st Western
1997–98 record49–22–11
Home record26–8–7
Road record23–14–4
Goals for242
Goals against167
Team information
General managerBob Gainey
CoachKen Hitchcock
CaptainDerian Hatcher
ArenaReunion Arena
Average attendance16,489[1]
(41 games)
Team leaders
GoalsJoe Nieuwendyk (39)
AssistsSergei Zubov (47)
PointsJoe Nieuwendyk (69)
Penalty minutesPat Verbeek (170)
Plus/minusMike Modano (+25)
WinsEd Belfour (37)
Goals against averageManny Fernandez (1.74)

The 1997–98 Dallas Stars season was the fifth National Hockey League season in Dallas, Texas (and 31st overall). The most notable aspect of the season was winning the Presidents' Trophy.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

The Stars tied the Edmonton Oilers for most power-play goals scored, with 77, and had the best power-play percentage in the league, at 20.00%.[2]

Final standings[]

Central Division
R CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 1 Dallas Stars 82 49 22 11 242 167 109
2 3 Detroit Red Wings 82 44 23 15 250 196 103
3 4 St. Louis Blues 82 45 29 8 256 204 98
4 7 Phoenix Coyotes 82 35 35 12 224 227 82
5 9 Chicago Blackhawks 82 30 39 13 192 199 73
6 12 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 30 43 9 194 237 69


Western Conference[3]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – Dallas Stars CEN 82 49 22 11 242 167 109
2 x – Colorado Avalanche PAC 82 39 26 17 231 205 95
3 Detroit Red Wings CEN 82 44 23 15 250 196 103
4 St. Louis Blues CEN 82 45 29 8 256 204 98
5 Los Angeles Kings PAC 82 38 33 11 227 225 87
6 Phoenix Coyotes CEN 82 35 35 12 224 227 82
7 Edmonton Oilers PAC 82 35 37 10 215 224 80
8 San Jose Sharks PAC 82 34 38 10 210 216 78
9 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 82 30 39 13 192 199 73
10 Toronto Maple Leafs CEN 82 30 43 9 194 237 69
11 Calgary Flames PAC 82 26 41 15 217 252 67
12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 82 26 43 13 205 261 65
13 Vancouver Canucks PAC 82 25 43 14 224 273 64

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won Division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy


Schedule and results[]

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 statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Joe Nieuwendyk C 73 39 30 69 30 16 14 0 11
Mike Modano C 52 21 38 59 32 25 7 5 2
Pat Verbeek RW 82 31 26 57 170 15 9 0 8
Sergei Zubov D 73 10 47 57 16 16 5 1 2
Jamie Langenbrunner RW 81 23 29 52 61 9 8 0 6
Darryl Sydor D 79 11 35 46 51 17 4 1 1
Jere Lehtinen RW 72 23 19 42 20 19 7 2 6
Greg Adams LW 49 14 18 32 20 11 7 0 1
Derian Hatcher D 70 6 25 31 132 9 3 0 2
Guy Carbonneau C 77 7 17 24 40 3 0 1 1
Shawn Chambers D 57 2 22 24 26 11 1 1 0
Benoit Hogue C 53 6 16 22 35 7 3 0 1
Todd Harvey RW/C 59 9 10 19 104 5 0 0 1
Grant Marshall RW 72 9 10 19 96 -2 3 0 1
Dave Reid LW 65 6 12 18 14 -15 3 0 1
Richard Matvichuk D 74 3 15 18 63 7 0 0 0
Bob Errey LW 59 2 9 11 46 7 0 0 0
Tony Hrkac C 13 5 3 8 0 0 3 0 0
Bob Bassen C 58 3 4 7 57 -4 0 0 1
Craig Ludwig D 80 0 7 7 131 21 0 0 0
Jamie Wright LW 21 4 2 6 2 8 0 0 2
Mike Keane RW 13 2 3 5 5 0 0 0 1
Juha Lind C 39 2 3 5 6 4 0 0 0
Dan Keczmer D 17 1 2 3 26 5 0 0 0
Brian Skrudland C 13 2 0 2 10 -2 0 0 0
Craig Muni D 40 1 1 2 25 0 0 0 1
Brad Lukowich D 4 0 1 1 2 -2 0 0 0
Chris Tancill C 2 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Ed Belfour G 61 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0
Jason Botterill LW 4 0 0 0 19 -1 0 0 0
Petr Buzek D 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Patrick Cote LW 3 0 0 0 15 -1 0 0 0
Peter Douris RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Manny Fernandez G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sergey Gusev D 9 0 0 0 2 -5 0 0 0
Mike Kennedy C 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Jeff Mitchell C/RW 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
Jarrod Skalde C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roman Turek G 23 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Ed Belfour 3581 61 37 12 10 112 1.88 9 1335 1223 .916
Roman Turek 1324 23 11 10 1 49 2.22 1 496 447 .901
Manny Fernandez 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
Mike Modano C 17 4 10 14 12 4 1 0 1
Sergei Zubov D 17 4 5 9 2 3 3 0 1
Mike Keane RW 17 4 4 8 0 7 0 1 1
Jere Lehtinen RW 12 3 5 8 2 0 1 0 0
Benoit Hogue C 17 4 2 6 16 0 1 0 2
Derian Hatcher D 17 3 3 6 39 -1 2 0 0
Pat Verbeek RW 17 3 2 5 26 -3 2 0 1
Jamie Langenbrunner RW 16 1 4 5 14 -5 0 0 1
Darryl Sydor D 17 0 5 5 14 5 0 0 0
Guy Carbonneau C 16 3 1 4 6 0 0 0 0
Greg Adams LW 12 2 2 4 0 4 0 0 2
Juha Lind C 15 2 2 4 8 4 0 0 1
Shawn Chambers D 14 0 3 3 20 5 0 0 0
Dave Reid LW 5 0 3 3 2 -2 0 0 0
Richard Matvichuk D 16 1 1 2 14 2 0 0 0
Grant Marshall RW 17 0 2 2 47 0 0 0 0
Bob Bassen C 17 1 0 1 12 -3 0 0 0
Joe Nieuwendyk C 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Craig Ludwig D 17 0 1 1 22 0 0 0 0
Brian Skrudland C 17 0 1 1 16 0 0 0 0
Ed Belfour G 17 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0
Manny Fernandez G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Keczmer D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Craig Muni D 5 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0
Jamie Wright LW 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Ed Belfour 1039 17 10 7 31 1.79 1 399 368 .922
Manny Fernandez 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
Team: 1041 17 10 7 31 1.79 1 399 368 .922

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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
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
Edmonton vs. Dallas
Date Away Home
May 7 Edmonton 1 3 Dallas
May 9 Edmonton 2 0 Dallas
May 11 Dallas 1 0 Edmonton OT
May 13 Dallas 3 1 Edmonton
May 16 Edmonton 1 2 Dallas
Dallas wins series 4–1
Detroit vs. Dallas
Date Away Home
May 24 Detroit 2 0 Dallas
May 26 Detroit 1 3 Dallas
May 29 Dallas 3 5 Detroit
May 31 Dallas 2 3 Detroit
June 3 Detroit 2 3 Dallas OT
June 5 Dallas 0 2 Detroit
Detroit wins series 4–2

Awards and records[]

Draft picks[]

Dallas's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft held at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 25 Brenden Morrow  Canada Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2 52 Roman Lyashenko  Russia Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
3 77 Steve Gainey  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
4 105 Marcus Kristoffersson  Sweden Mora IK (Sweden)
5 132 Teemu Elomo  Finland TPS (Finland)
6 160  Ukraine Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
7 189 Jeff McKercher  Canada Barrie Colts (OHL)
8 216 Alexei Komarov  Russia Torpedo Yaroslavl (Russia)
9 242 Brett McLean  Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

References[]

  1. ^ "1997-98 NHL Attendance – National Hockey League – ESPN". ESPN.
  2. ^ "1997-98 NHL Summary".
  3. ^ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  4. ^ "1997-98 Dallas Stars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
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