1997–98 Detroit Red Wings season

1997–98 Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup champions
Western Conference champions
Division	2nd Central
Conference	3rd Western
1997–98 record	44–23–15
Home record	25–8–8
Road record	19–15–7
Goals for	250
Goals against	196
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Nicklas Lidstrom Brendan Shanahan
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	19,983 (100%) Total: 819,303
Minor league affiliate(s)	Adirondack Red Wings (AHL) Toledo Storm (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brendan Shanahan (28)
Assists	Steve Yzerman (45)
Points	Steve Yzerman (69)
Penalty minutes	Darren McCarty (157)
Plus/minus	Larry Murphy (35)
Wins	Chris Osgood (33)
Goals against average	Chris Osgood (2.21)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

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 for a second season in a row.

Regular season[]

Sergei Fedorov's holdout[]

After a lengthy holdout to start the 1997–98 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 and $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[]

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^[1]

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

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, Head Coach Scotty Bowman and goaltender Chris Osgood. The Capitals were led by captain Dale Hunter, head coach Ron Wilson and goaltender Olaf Kolzig. The Red Wings swept the Capitals to capture their second consecutive Stanley Cup. During the presentation of the Stanley Cup, Vladimir Konstantinov was wheeled onto the ice in his wheelchair and captain Steve Yzerman gave him the cup while his teammates surrounded him.

Schedule and results[]

Regular season[]

1997-98 game log: 44-23-15 (Home: 25–8–8; Road: 19–15–7)
October: 10-2-2 (Home: 4-2-2 ; Road: 6-0-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 1 October 1 Detroit 3–1 Calgary Osgood 1–0–0 2 2 October 3 Detroit 8–2 Edmonton Osgood 2–0–0 4 3 October 8 Dallas 1–3 Detroit Osgood 3–0–0 6 4 October 10 Tampa Bay 0–3 Detroit Osgood 4–0–0 8 5 October 12 Calgary 4–4 Detroit OT Osgood 4–0–1 9 6 October 14 Detroit 3–2 Toronto Osgood 5–0–1 11 7 October 15 Toronto 4–3 Detroit Osgood 5–1–1 11 8 October 18 Carolina 2–4 Detroit Osgood 6–1–1 13 9 October 20 St. Louis 3–3 Detroit OT Osgood 6–1–2 14 10 October 22 Detroit 4–1 Anaheim Osgood 7–1–2 16 11 October 23 Detroit 4–1 Los Angeles Hodson 8–1–2 18 12 October 26 Detroit 5–1 Vancouver Osgood 9–1–2 20 13 October 29 San Jose 3–4 Detroit Osgood 10–1–2 22 14 October 31 Los Angeles 5–1 Detroit Hodson 10–2–2 22
November: 7-4-2 (Home: 5-2-1 ; Road: 2-2-1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 15 November 2 Anaheim 3–4 Detroit Osgood 11–2–2 24 16 November 5 Detroit 1–3 Carolina Osgood 11–3–2 24 17 November 7 Pittsburgh 1–1 Detroit OT Osgood 11–3–3 25 18 November 9 Calgary 3–6 Detroit Osgood 12–3–3 27 19 November 11 Colorado 2–0 Detroit Osgood 12–4–3 27 20 November 13 Detroit 4–2 Ottawa Hodson 13–4–3 29 21 November 15 Detroit 2–5 St. Louis Osgood 13–5–3 29 22 November 16 Detroit 3–3 Chicago OT Hodson 13–5–4 30 23 November 19 NY Islanders 3–2 Detroit Osgood 13–6–4 30 24 November 21 Dallas 2–4 Detroit Osgood 14–6–4 32 25 November 22 Detroit 5–2 Montreal Osgood 15–6–4 34 26 November 26 Ottawa 1–4 Detroit Hodson 16–6–4 36 27 November 28 Montreal 0–2 Detroit Osgood 17–6–4 38
December: 8-3-4 (Home: 4-1-1 ; Road: 4-2-3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 28 December 1 Detroit 3–3 Vancouver OT Osgood 17–6–5 39 29 December 3 Detroit 4–3 Calgary Osgood 18–6–5 41 30 December 5 Detroit 1–3 Edmonton Osgood 18–7–5 41 31 December 9 Vancouver 5–7 Detroit Hodson 19–7–5 43 32 December 12 Edmonton 3–2 Detroit Osgood 19–8–5 43 33 December 14 Detroit 3–3 Phoenix OT Osgood 19–8–6 44 34 December 16 Detroit 1–5 San Jose Hodson 19–9–6 44 35 December 17 Detroit 2–2 Colorado OT Osgood 19–9–7 45 36 December 19 New Jersey 4–5 Detroit Osgood 20–9–7 47 37 December 22 Detroit 4–2 Boston Osgood 21–9–7 49 38 December 23 Detroit 3–1 Buffalo Osgood 22–9–7 51 39 December 26 Toronto 1–4 Detroit Osgood 23–9–7 53 40 December 27 Detroit 8–1 Toronto Osgood 24–9–7 55 41 December 29 Dallas 2–2 Detroit OT Osgood 24–9–8 56 42 December 31 St. Louis 2–5 Detroit Osgood 25–9–8 58
January: 4-5-3 (Home: 4-2-1 ; Road: 0-3-2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 43 January 2 San Jose 4–1 Detroit Osgood 25–10–8 58 44 January 4 Detroit 1–3 Chicago Osgood 25–11–8 58 45 January 6 Phoenix 0–2 Detroit Hodson 26–11–8 60 46 January 9 Detroit 3–3 Dallas OT Osgood 26–11–9 61 47 January 11 Washington 0–2 Detroit Osgood 27–11–9 63 48 January 12 Detroit 1–1 NY Islanders OT Hodson 27–11–10 64 49 January 14 Vancouver 0–4 Detroit Osgood 28–11–10 66 50 January 20 Detroit 1–3 New Jersrey Osgood 28–12–10 66 51 January 21 Toronto 3–0 Detroit Osgood 28–13–10 66 52 January 24 Philadelphia 0–1 Detroit Osgood 29–13–10 68 53 January 28 Phoenix 4–4 Detroit OT Osgood 29–13–11 69 54 January 31 Detroit 2–4 Pittsburgh Osgood 29–14–11 69
February: 3-1-2 (Home: 1-0-1 ; Road: 2-1-1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 55 February 1 Detroit 4–2 Washington Hodson 30–14–11 71 56 February 3 Detroit 1–1 Florida OT Osgood 30–14–12 72 57 February 5 Detroit 5–4 Tampa Bay Osgood 31–14–12 74 58 February 7 Detroit 1–4 St. Louis Osgood 31–15–12 74 59 February 25 Los Angeles 1–1 Detroit OT Osgood 31–15–13 75 60 February 27 Florida 1–3 Detroit Osgood 32–15–13 77
March: 7-5-2 (Home: 3-1-2 ; Road: 4-4-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 61 March 2 Detroit 3–1 Phoenix Osgood 33–15–13 79 62 March 4 Detroit 2–0 Anaheim Hodson 34–15–13 81 63 March 5 Detroit 4–5 San Jose Osgood 34–16–13 81 64 March 7 Detroit 1–2 Los Angeles Osgood 34–17–13 81 65 March 10 Boston 6–3 Detroit Osgood 34–18–13 81 66 March 12 Chicago 0–3 Detroit Osgood 35–18–13 83 67 March 14 Detroit 1–6 Philadelphia Osgood 35–19–13 83 68 March 17 Edmonton 3–4 Detroit Maracle 36–19–13 85 69 March 18 Detroit 5–2 Toronto Maracle 37–19–13 87 70 March 21 Detroit 4–3 NY Rangers Hodson 38–19–13 89 71 March 23 Chicago 5–5 Detroit OT Maracle 38–19–14 90 72 March 26 Anaheim 3–3 Detroit OT Hodson 38–19–15 91 73 March 28 Detroit 2–3 St. Louis Osgood 38–20–15 91 74 March 29 Buffalo 2–4 Detroit Osgood 39–20–15 93
April: 5-3-0 (Home: 4-0-0 ; Road: 1-3-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Pts 75 April 1 Colorado 0–2 Detroit Osgood 40–20–15 95 76 April 4 Detroit 3–2 Chicago Osgood 41–20–15 97 77 April 7 St. Louis 3–5 Detroit Osgood 42–20–15 99 78 April 9 Phoenix 1–5 Detroit Osgood 43–20–15 101 79 April 11 NY Rangers 2–5 Detroit Osgood 44–20–15 103 80 April 14 Detroit 1–2 Phoenix Osgood 44–21–15 103 81 April 15 Detroit 1–3 Dallas Osgood 44–22–15 103 82 April 18 Detroit 3–4 Colorado Hodson 44–23–15 103 Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs[]

1998 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Phoenix Coyotes: Detroit won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series 1 April 22 Phoenix 3–6 Detroit Osgood 1–0 2 April 24 Phoenix 7–4 Detroit Osgood 1–1 3 April 26 Detroit 2–3 Phoenix Osgood 1–2 4 April 28 Detroit 4–2 Phoenix Osgood 2–2 5 April 30 Phoenix 1–3 Detroit Osgood 3–2 6 May 3 Detroit 5–2 Phoenix Osgood 4–2
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (4) St. Louis Blues: Detroit won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series 1 May 8 St. Louis 4–2 Detroit Osgood 0–1 2 May 10 St. Louis 1–6 Detroit Osgood 1–1 3 May 12 Detroit 3–2 St. Louis 2OT Osgood 2–1 4 May 14 Detroit 5–2 St. Louis Osgood 3–1 5 May 17 St. Louis 3–1 Detroit Osgood 3–2 6 May 19 Detroit 6–1 St. Louis Osgood 4–2
Western Conference Finals vs. (1) Dallas Stars: Detroit won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series 1 May 24 Detroit 2–0 Dallas Osgood 1–0 2 May 26 Detroit 1–3 Dallas Osgood 1–1 3 May 29 Dallas 3–5 Detroit Osgood 2–1 4 May 31 Dallas 2–3 Detroit Osgood 3–1 5 June 3 Detroit 2–3 Dallas OT Osgood 3–2 6 June 5 Dallas 0–2 Detroit Osgood 4–2
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (E4) Washington Capltals: Detroit won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series 1 June 9 Washington 1–2 Detroit Osgood 1–0 2 June 11 Washington 4–5 Detroit OT Osgood 2–0 3 June 13 Detroit 2–1 Washington Osgood 3–0 4 June 16 Detroit 4–1 Washington Osgood 4–0 Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics[]

Skaters[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltending[]

Note: GP = Games played; GS = Games started; TOI = Time on Ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots Against; SV% = Save Percentage;
SO = Shutouts; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Chris Osgood	64	64	3,806:39	33	20	11	140	2.21	1,605	.913	6	0	0	31
Kevin Hodson	21	16	987:49	9	3	3	44	2.67	444	.901	2	0	0	2
Norm Maracle	4	2	178:15	2	0	1	6	2.02	63	.905	0	0	0	0
Total			4,972:43	44	23	15	190	2.29	2,112	.910	8	0	0	33

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Chris Osgood	22	22	1,361:04	16	6	48	2.12	588	.918	2	0	1	12
Kevin Hodson	1	0	0:16	0	0	0	0.00	0		0	0	0	0
Total			1,361:20	16	6	48	2.12	588	.918	2	0	1	12

† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Red Wings. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.

Roster[]

1997-98 Detroit Red Wings
Goaltenders 30 – Chris Osgood  31 – Kevin Hodson  34 – Norm Maracle		Defensemen 2 – Viacheslav Fetisov  3 – Bob Rouse  4 – Jamie Pushor  5 – Nicklas Lidstrom  (A) 15 – Dmitri Mironov  27 – Aaron Ward  28 – Yan Golubovsky  34 – Jamie Macoun  44 – Anders Eriksson  55 – Larry Murphy		Wingers 11 – Mathieu Dandenault  13 – Vyacheslav Kozlov  14 – Brendan Shanahan  (A) 17 – Doug Brown  18 – Kirk Maltby  20 – Martin Lapointe  22 – Mike Knuble  25 – Darren McCarty  26 – Joey Kocur  41 – Brent Gilchrist  96 – Tomas Holmstrom		Centers 8 – Igor Larionov  19 – Steve Yzerman  (C) 21 – Darryl Laplante  33 – Kris Draper  91 – Sergei Fedorov  General Manager Ken Holland Head Coach Scotty Bowman Assistant Coaches Dave Lewis Barry Smith

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Transactions[]

The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 1997-98 season.

Draft picks[]

Below are the Detroit Red Wings' selections at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 21, 1997 at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
2	49	Yuri Butsayev	LW	Russia	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
3	76	Petr Sykora	C	Czech Republic	HC Pardubice (Czech Republic)
4	102	Quintin Laing	LW	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
5	129		D	Sweden	Lulea HF (Sweden)
6	157	B. J. Young	RW	United States	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
7	186	Mike Laceby	C	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
8	213	Steve Wilejto	C	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
9	239	Greg Willers	D	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)

Notes

• The Red Wings first-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes (formerly the Hartford Whalers) as the result of a trade on October 9, 1996 that sent Brendan Shanahan and Brian Glynn to Detroit in exchange for Paul Coffey, Keith Primeau and this pick (22nd overall).

Awards and records[]

• Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: || Detroit Red Wings
• Conn Smythe Trophy: || Steve Yzerman
• James Norris Memorial Trophy Runner-Up: || Nicklas Lidstrom^[3]

References[]

• Red Wings on Hockey Database