League: | NHL |
Season: | 1997–98 |
Year: | 1997 |
Team: | Ottawa Senators |
Conference: | Eastern |
Conferencerank: | 8th |
Division: | Northeast |
Divisionrank: | 5th |
Record: | 34–33–15 |
Homerecord: | 18–16–7 |
Roadrecord: | 16–17–8 |
Goalsfor: | 193 |
Goalsagainst: | 200 |
Generalmanager: | Pierre Gauthier |
Coach: | Jacques Martin |
Captain: | Randy Cunneyworth |
Altcaptain: | Daniel Alfredsson Alexei Yashin |
Arena: | Corel Centre |
Attendance: | 16,686 (667,454 total) |
Minorleague: | Worcester IceCats Raleigh IceCaps |
Goalsleader: | Alexei Yashin (33) |
Assistsleader: | Alexei Yashin (39) |
Pointsleader: | Alexei Yashin (72) |
Plusminusleader: | Wade Redden (+17) |
Pimleader: | Denny Lambert (250) |
Winsleader: | Damian Rhodes (19) |
Gaaleader: | Ron Tugnutt (2.25) |
The 1997–98 Ottawa Senators season was the sixth season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The season saw the Senators face the challenge of improving on their very successful 1996–97 season, when they made the playoffs for the first time in team history. The 1997–98 season was even more successful, as Ottawa finished over .500 for the first time in club history, qualified for the playoffs for the second straight year, and won their first playoff series in modern club history. The Senators defeated the top-seeded New Jersey Devils in six games in the first round before falling to the Washington Capitals in five games in the second round.
Alexei Yashin led the club offensively, with 72 points (33 goals, 39 assists) in 82 games. Damian Rhodes and Ron Tugnutt once again performed solidly in the Senators' net, helping set a club record for fewest goals allowed (200).
The Alexandre Daigle era came to an end midway through the season, as the Senators traded him to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Václav Prospal and Pat Falloon.
The Ottawa Senators ended the 1997–98 regular season as the Eastern Conference's eighth seed. Daniel Alfredsson, who missed 27 games in the regular season due to injuries, led the team with nine points (seven goals, two assists) in the playoffs and the club won its first round matchup, an upset win over the New Jersey Devils
On paper, the series was a big mismatch, as the Devils had finished 24 points ahead in the standings. One American newspaper covering the playoffs did not even preview the series, expecting an easy win for the Devils.[1] The Devils were characterized as arrogant, although the Devils and the Senators had split their season series. Devil Randy McKay, when asked which player on the Senators he respected, said, "To be honest, I'd have to see their (roster) list."[2]
The series opened in New Jersey. In Game 1, the Senators got a 1–0 lead and held onto it until 3:24 was left in the third period, when Doug Gilmour scored to tie the game. After the goal, the Devils got several penalties in a row, including some in overtime. Although the Senators went 0–6 on the power play, they managed to win the game on an overtime winner from Bruce Gardiner at 5:58.[3] In Game 2, the Devils won the game in large part due to the offence of Doug Gilmour, who assisted on the first goal and scored the second, game-winning goal and an empty netter to tie the series.[4]
The series now moved to Ottawa for Games 3 and 4. In Game 3, Damian Rhodes played outstanding and Alexei Yashin scored the winner, 2:47 into overtime on the power play. According to Devils' goaltender Martin Brodeur, "It's Rhodes, that's the bottom line. He has been tremendous. We're getting the puck to him, we're getting rebounds, but he closes the door every time." Devils Head Coach Jacques Lemaire refused to appear for the post-game press conference.[5] The Senators won Game 4, 4–3, on the strength of a hat-trick by Daniel Alfredsson. The Senators had led 4–1, but late goals by Scott Stevens and Doug Gilmour, with 69 seconds left, made it a close contest.[6]
The series now returned to New Jersey, with the Devils on the brink of elimination. In Game 5, Brodeur stopped 22 of 23 shots and even assisted on a short-handed goal as the Devils won 3–1. Gilmour scored the game-winner and the Devils staved off elimination.[7]
In Game 6, Janne Laukkanen scored the winner, giving the Senators the lead that was solidified when Igor Kravchuk scored into an empty net to complete the series upset, 4–2, for the Senators. After the game, Scott Stevens commented, "The bottom line is that they're an average team that played great. And we're an above average team that played poorly."[1] The headlines from other newspapers labelled the playoff win a "titanic upset"[8] and "sensational upset."[9]
The Senators did not capitalize on their first-round win, and the Capitals took the series in five games.
|- style="text-align:center;"|1||T||October 1, 1997||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) ||0–0–1||20,673 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|2||L||October 3, 1997||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) ||0–1–1||19,231 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|3||W||October 4, 1997||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) ||1–1–1||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|4||W||October 7, 1997||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) ||2–1–1||16,073 || |- style="text-align:center;"|5||T||October 10, 1997||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) ||2–1–2||17,174 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|6||L||October 12, 1997||4–7 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) ||2–2–2||16,005 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|7||W||October 15, 1997||5–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1997–98) ||3–2–2||17,111 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|8||W||October 17, 1997||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1997–98) ||4–2–2||13,681 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|9||W||October 19, 1997||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Dallas Stars (1997–98) ||5–2–2||14,354 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|10||W||October 22, 1997||6–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) ||6–2–2||15,726 || |- style="text-align:center;"|11||T||October 23, 1997||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (1997–98) ||6–2–3||15,168 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|12||L||October 25, 1997||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) ||6–3–3||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|13||W||October 29, 1997||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) ||7–3–3||10,776 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|14||W||October 30, 1997||5–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Florida Panthers (1997–98) ||8–3–3||14,703 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|15||L||November 2, 1997||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1997–98) ||8–4–3||16,753 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|16||W||November 6, 1997||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) ||9–4–3||13,437 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|17||L||November 8, 1997||3–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) ||9–5–3||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|18||L||November 9, 1997||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) ||9–6–3||5,551 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|19||L||November 11, 1997||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) ||9–7–3||19,314 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|20||L||November 13, 1997||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) ||9–8–3||18,136 || |- style="text-align:center;"|21||T||November 15, 1997||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1997–98) ||9–8–4||14,761 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|22||L||November 17, 1997||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1997–98) ||9–9–4||15,742 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|23||L||November 20, 1997||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) ||9–10–4||14,097 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|24||L||November 22, 1997||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) ||9–11–4||17,113 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|25||L||November 26, 1997||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) ||9–12–4||19,983 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|26||W||November 27, 1997||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1997–98) ||10–12–4||13,671 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|27||L||November 29, 1997||2–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) ||10–13–4||18,251 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|28||W||December 2, 1997||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1997–98) ||11–13–4||8,141 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|29||W||December 4, 1997||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) ||12–13–4||14,108 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|30||W||December 6, 1997||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) ||13–13–4||15,285 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|31||L||December 11, 1997||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues (1997–98) ||13–14–4||14,961 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|32||L||December 13, 1997||1–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) ||13–15–4||14,290 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|33||W||December 15, 1997||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) ||14–15–4||14,155 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|34||L||December 16, 1997||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) ||14–16–4||7,317 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|35||W||December 18, 1997||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) ||15–16–4||14,437 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|36||L||December 20, 1997||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) ||15–17–4||20,910 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|37||W||December 22, 1997||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (1997–98) ||16–17–4||10,227 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|38||W||December 23, 1997||4–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) ||17–17–4||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|39||W||December 27, 1997||3–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) ||18–17–4||17,921 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|40||L||December 31, 1997||0–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) ||18–18–4||15,636 || |-|- style="text-align:center;"|41||T||January 1, 1998||0–0 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1997–98) ||18–18–5||13,714 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|42||L||January 3, 1998||2–7 || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) ||18–19–5||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|43||L||January 5, 1998||1–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) ||18–20–5||6,055 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|44||W||January 7, 1998||2–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (1997–98) ||19–20–5||16,928 || |- style="text-align:center;"|45||T||January 10, 1998||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) ||19–20–6||16,061 || |- style="text-align:center;"|46||T||January 11, 1998||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) ||19–20–7||13,963 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|47||L||January 13, 1998||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) ||19–21–7||11,109 || |- style="text-align:center;"|48||T||January 20, 1998||0–0 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) ||19–21–8||13,116 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|49||L||January 22, 1998||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) ||19–22–8||15,491 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|50||W||January 24, 1998||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1997–98) ||20–22–8||18,327 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|51||W||January 26, 1998||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) ||21–22–8||13,804 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|52||L||January 27, 1998||1–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Boston Bruins (1997–98) ||21–23–8||14,183 || |- style="text-align:center;"|53||T||January 29, 1998||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Rangers (1997–98) ||21–23–9||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|54||W||January 31, 1998||4–3 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) ||22–23–9||21,273 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|55||L||February 2, 1998||0–1 || style="text-align:left;"| New Jersey Devils (1997–98) ||22–24–9||15,675 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|56||L||February 4, 1998||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) ||22–25–9||15,302 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|57||W||February 5, 1998||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) ||23–25–9||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center;"|58||T||February 7, 1998||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) ||23–25–10||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|59||L||February 25, 1998||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) ||23–26–10||16,142 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|60||L||February 28, 1998||4–6 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) ||23–27–10||17,233 || |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|61||L||March 1, 1998||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Calgary Flames (1997–98) ||23–28–10||17,463 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|62||W||March 5, 1998||4–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) ||24–28–10||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|63||W||March 7, 1998||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Calgary Flames (1997–98) ||25–28–10||18,036 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|64||W||March 11, 1998||5–3 || style="text-align:left;"| Florida Panthers (1997–98) ||26–28–10||15,539 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|65||W||March 14, 1998||4–0 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (1997–98) ||27–28–10||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|66||L||March 16, 1998||4–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1997–98) ||27–29–10||18,200 || |- style="text-align:center;"|67||T||March 18, 1998||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders (1997–98) ||27–29–11||17,403 || |- style="text-align:center;"|68||T||March 20, 1998||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) ||27–29–12||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|69||L||March 22, 1998||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) ||27–30–12||17,177 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|70||W||March 25, 1998||3–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Rangers (1997–98) ||28–30–12||18,200 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|71||L||March 27, 1998||1–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) ||28–31–12||19,172 || |- style="text-align:center;"|72||T||March 29, 1998||1–1 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) ||28–31–13||14,322 || |-|- style="text-align:center;"|73||T||April 2, 1998||3–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| San Jose Sharks (1997–98) ||28–31–14||18,119 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|74||W||April 3, 1998||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) ||29–31–14||17,313 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|75||W||April 5, 1998||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) ||30–31–14||15,661 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|76||L||April 7, 1998||2–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Boston Bruins (1997–98) ||30–32–14||18,226 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|77||W||April 9, 1998||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) ||31–32–14||17,895 || |- style="text-align:center;"|78||T||April 11, 1998||4–4 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) ||31–32–15||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|79||W||April 13, 1998||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) ||32–32–15||12,387 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|80||W||April 14, 1998||3–2 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Florida Panthers (1997–98) ||33–32–15||14,703 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"|81||L||April 16, 1998||0–2 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) ||33–33–15||18,500 || |- style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;"|82||W||April 19, 1998||2–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) ||34–33–15||18,595 || |-|-| Legend:
|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1 ||W|| April 22, 1998 || 2–1 OT || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || Senators lead 1–0 || 18,457 || |- style="background:#fbb;"| 2 ||L|| April 24, 1998 || 1–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || Series tied 1–1 || 19,040 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 3 ||W|| April 26, 1998 || 2–1 OT || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || Senators lead 2–1 || 18,500 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 4 ||W|| April 28, 1998 || 4–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || Senators lead 3–1 || 18,500 || |- style="background:#fbb;"| 5 ||L|| April 30, 1998 || 1–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils || Senators lead 3–2 || 19,040 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 6 ||W|| May 2, 1998 || 3–1 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils || Senators win 4–2 || 18,500 || |-|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1 ||L|| May 7, 1998 || 2–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals || Capitals lead 1–0 || 17,941 || |- style="background:#fbb;"| 2 ||L|| May 9, 1998 || 1–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals || Capitals lead 2–0 || 19,740 || |- style="background:#cfc;"| 3 ||W|| May 11, 1998 || 4–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals || Capitals lead 2–1 || 18,500 || |- style="background:#fbb;"| 4 ||L|| May 13, 1998 || 0–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals || Capitals lead 3–1 || 18,500 || |- style="background:#fbb;"| 5 ||L|| May 15, 1998 || 0–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals || Capitals win 4–1 || 19,740 || |-|-| Legend:
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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Player | |||||||||||||||
19 | C | 82 | 33 | 39 | 72 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | −6 | 8 | ||
15 | RW | 81 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 1 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −6 | 8 | ||
11 | RW | 55 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 | −4 | 20 | ||
29 | D | 81 | 8 | 27 | 35 | −19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 | ||
10 | RW | 82 | 15 | 18 | 33 | −11 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 2 | ||
20 | LW | 61 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 6 | ||
16 | C | 78 | 10 | 13 | 23 | −7 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | ||
6 | D | 80 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 2 | ||
27 | D | 60 | 4 | 17 | 21 | −15 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 8 | ||
28 | LW | 72 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 250 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | ||
22 | C | 80 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 10 | ||
25 | RW | 55 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −2 | 2 | ||
14 | C | 65 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −13 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | ||
9 | C | 38 | 7 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 8 | ||||||||
4 | D | 72 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | ||
33 | D | 73 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 7 | ||
7 | LW | 71 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −14 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
2 | D | 69 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 17 | ||
17 | RW | 46 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 96 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 8 | ||
13 | C | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | ||
12 | RW | 28 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | D | 60 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −14 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | ||
26 | LW | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | ||||||||
42 | C | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
4 | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 6 | ||||||||
3 | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | ||
18 | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | ||||||||
1 | G | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
23 | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
48 | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
31 | G | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
21 | LW | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | ||||||||
38 | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Player | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 50 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 1148 | 107 | 2.34 | .907 | 5 | 2743 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 236 | 21 | 2.14 | .911 | 0 | 590 | ||
31 | 42 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 882 | 84 | 2.25 | .905 | 3 | 2236 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 4.86 | .760 | 0 | 74 |
Type | Award/honour | Recipient | Ref | |
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League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Daniel Alfredsson | [10] | |
Igor Kravchuk | ||||
Team | Molson Cup | Alexei Yashin | [11] |
Re-signed Jason Zent to a 1-year, $350,000 contract. | ||
Acquired a 3rd round draft pick in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft - (Jani Hurme) and a 3rd round draft pick in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft - (Josh Langfeld) from the New Jersey Devils for a 2nd round draft pick in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft - (Stanislav Gron) |
Signed free agent Marc LaBelle from the Dallas Stars to a 1-year contract. | ||
Signed free agent Clayton Beddoes from the Boston Bruins to a 1-year contract. | ||
Re-signed Denny Lambert to a 1-year, $243,750 contract. Signed free agent Derek Armstrong from the New York Islanders to a 1-year contract. | ||
Re-signed Jason York to a 2-year, $1.4 million contract. | ||
Signed Justin Hocking to a 1-year contract. Signed Mike Prokopec to a 1-year contract. |
Re-signed Janne Laukkanen to a 2-year, $1.4 million contract. Re-signed Phil Crowe to a 1-year contract. | ||
Re-signed Mike Maneluk to a multi-year contract. | ||
Acquired Igor Kravchuk from the St. Louis Blues for Steve Duchesne. | ||
Re-signed Lance Pitlick to a 2-year, $881,250 contract. |
Re-signed Stanislav Neckář to a 1-year, $650,000 contract. | ||
Acquired a 6th round draft pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft - (Chris Neil) from the Chicago Blackhawks for Kirk Daubenspeck. | ||
Lost Tom Chorske in 1997 NHL Waiver Draft to the New York Islanders. |
Re-signed Shaun Van Allen to a 2-year, $975,000 contract extension beginning in 1998-99 to 1999-2000. | ||
Re-signed Daniel Alfredsson to a 4-year, $10 million contract. | ||
Traded Mike Maneluk to the Philadelphia Flyers for future considerations. |
Re-signed Alexandre Daigle to a 1-year, $1.9 million contract extension for the 1998-99 season. | ||
Acquired Chris Murray from the Carolina Hurricanes for Sean Hill. |
Acquired Václav Prospal, Pat Falloon and a 2nd round pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft - (Chris Bala) from the Philadelphia Flyers for Alexandre Daigle. |
Acquired Scott Ferguson from the Edmonton Oilers for Frank Musil. | ||
Acquired Per Gustafsson from the Toronto Maple Leafs for an 8th round pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft - (Dwight Wolfe). |
Ottawa's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[20]
Round | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 12 | Dukla Trencin (Slovak Extraliga) | |||
3 | 58 | TPS (SM-liiga) | |||
3 | 66 | Lincoln Stars (USHL) | |||
5 | 119 | Farjestad BK (Elitserien) | |||
6 | 146 | Jeff Sullivan | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) | ||
7 | 173 | Slavia Prague (Czech Extraliga) | |||
8 | 203 | Nick Gillis | Cushing Academy (USHS-MA) | ||
9 | 229 | Zlin ZPS (Czech Extraliga) |