1997–98 Boston Bruins season

1997–98 Boston Bruins
1997–98 record	39-30-13
Goals for	221
Goals against	194
Team information
General Manager	Mike O'Connell
Coach	Pat Burns
Captain	Ray Bourque
Alternate captains	Ken Baumgartner
Arena	Fleet Center
Team leaders
Goals	Jason Allison (33)
Assists	Jason Allison (50)
Points	Jason Allison (83)
Penalties in minutes	Ken Baumgartner (199)
Wins	Byron Dafoe (30)
Goals against average	Rob Tallas (1.83)
<1996–97	1998–99>

The 1997–98 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 74th season. The season involved drafting Joe Thornton first overall.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Boston's picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Joe Thornton	(C)	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)

Regular season

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	24	18	228	188	98
2	Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	221	194	91
3	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	29	17	211	187	89
4	Montreal Canadiens	82	37	32	13	235	208	87
5	Ottawa Senators	82	34	33	15	193	200	83
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	33	41	8	200	219	74

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 2, 1997	6–5	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	1–0–0
2	L	October 4, 1997	1–4	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	1–1–0
3	L	October 7, 1997	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	1–2–0
4	W	October 8, 1997	3–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	2–2–0
5	L	October 11, 1997	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	2–3–0
6	W	October 13, 1997	3–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	3–3–0
7	W	October 15, 1997	5–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	4–3–0
8	W	October 17, 1997	2–0	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	5–3–0
9	W	October 18, 1997	3–0	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	6–3–0
10	W	October 21, 1997	2–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	7–3–0
11	T	October 23, 1997	2–2 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	7–3–1
12	L	October 25, 1997	4–5	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	7–4–1
13	L	October 30, 1997	0–3	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	7–5–1
14	W	November 1, 1997	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	8–5–1
15	W	November 2, 1997	3–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	9–5–1
16	W	November 6, 1997	2–0	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	10–5–1
17	L	November 8, 1997	0–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	10–6–1
18	T	November 12, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	10–6–2
19	L	November 13, 1997	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	10–7–2
20	T	November 15, 1997	3–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	10–7–3
21	W	November 17, 1997	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	11–7–3
22	T	November 19, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	11–7–4
23	L	November 20, 1997	0–5	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	11–8–4
24	L	November 22, 1997	0–2	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	11–9–4
25	L	November 26, 1997	5–10	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	11–10–4
26	L	November 28, 1997	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	11–11–4
27	T	November 29, 1997	1–1 OT	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	11–11–5
28	L	December 1, 1997	1–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	11–12–5
29	W	December 3, 1997	3–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	12–12–5
30	W	December 6, 1997	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	13–12–5
31	W	December 11, 1997	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	14–12–5
32	W	December 13, 1997	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	15–12–5
33	W	December 15, 1997	6–2	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	16–12–5
34	L	December 17, 1997	0–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	16–13–5
35	T	December 18, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	16–13–6
36	L	December 20, 1997	3–4	New York Islanders (1997–98)	16–14–6
37	L	December 22, 1997	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	16–15–6
38	W	December 27, 1997	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	17–15–6
39	L	December 28, 1997	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	17–16–6
40	T	December 31, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	17–16–7
41	T	January 1, 1998	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	17–16–8
42	W	January 3, 1998	3–0	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	18–16–8
43	W	January 7, 1998	2–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	19–16–8
44	W	January 8, 1998	5–2	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	20–16–8
45	T	January 12, 1998	1–1 OT	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	20–16–9
46	W	January 14, 1998	5–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	21–16–9
47	L	January 21, 1998	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	21–17–9
48	L	January 24, 1998	2–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	21–18–9
49	L	January 25, 1998	1–4	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	21–19–9
50	W	January 27, 1998	6–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	22–19–9
51	L	January 29, 1998	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	22–20–9
52	W	January 31, 1998	4–2	New York Rangers (1997–98)	23–20–9
53	T	February 1, 1998	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	23–20–10
54	T	February 4, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	23–20–11
55	L	February 5, 1998	1–3	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	23–21–11
56	L	February 7, 1998	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	23–22–11
57	T	February 26, 1998	1–1 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	23–22–12
58	W	February 28, 1998	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	24–22–12
59	W	March 1, 1998	5–4	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	25–22–12
60	W	March 3, 1998	3–0	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	26–22–12
61	T	March 5, 1998	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	26–22–13
62	L	March 7, 1998	1–2	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	26–23–13
63	W	March 10, 1998	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	27–23–13
64	L	March 12, 1998	2–5	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	27–24–13
65	W	March 14, 1998	5–1	New York Rangers (1997–98)	28–24–13
66	W	March 16, 1998	4–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	29–24–13
67	W	March 19, 1998	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	30–24–13
68	W	March 21, 1998	2–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	31–24–13
69	L	March 22, 1998	0–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	31–25–13
70	W	March 26, 1998	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	32–25–13
71	L	March 28, 1998	2–3 OT	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	32–26–13
72	W	March 30, 1998	4–1	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	33–26–13
73	W	April 1, 1998	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	34–26–13
74	L	April 3, 1998	4–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98)	34–27–13
75	L	April 6, 1998	0–3	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	34–28–13
76	W	April 7, 1998	4–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	35–28–13
77	W	April 9, 1998	4–1	New York Islanders (1997–98)	36–28–13
78	L	April 11, 1998	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	36–29–13
79	W	April 13, 1998	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	37–29–13
80	W	April 15, 1998	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	38–29–13
81	L	April 18, 1998	2–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	38–30–13
82	W	April 19, 1998	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	39–30–13

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Allison, JasonJason Allison	C	81	33	50	83	60	33	5	0	8
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich	LW/C	82	29	37	66	42	25	13	2	1
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	82	13	35	48	80	2	9	0	3
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	LW	81	22	25	47	8	9	7	0	3
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze	RW	61	26	20	46	54	8	9	0	6
Carter, AnsonAnson Carter	RW	78	16	27	43	31	7	6	0	4
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	79	16	23	39	54	6	3	0	5
Taylor, TimTim Taylor	C	79	20	11	31	57	-16	1	3	0
DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio	RW	79	10	17	27	82	-13	0	0	4
Axelsson, P.J.P.J. Axelsson	LW	82	8	19	27	38	-14	2	0	1
McLaren, KyleKyle McLaren	D	66	5	20	25	56	13	2	0	0
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	82	3	20	23	67	3	2	0	1
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	C	77	5	13	18	34	-1	0	0	2
Sweeney, DonDon Sweeney	D	59	1	15	16	24	12	0	0	0
Van Impe, DarrenDarren Van Impe	D	50	2	8	10	36	4	2	0	0
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	22	2	7	9	6	-2	1	0	0
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	C	55	3	4	7	19	-6	0	0	1
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	68	2	4	6	47	4	0	0	0
Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	RW	28	1	5	6	7	3	0	0	0
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	G	65	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Bates, ShawnShawn Bates	C	13	2	0	2	2	-3	0	0	0
Timander, MattiasMattias Timander	D	23	1	1	2	6	-9	0	0	0
Malkoc, DeanDean Malkoc	D	40	1	0	1	86	-12	0	0	0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	LW	82	0	1	1	199	-14	0	0	0
Mann, CameronCameron Mann	RW	9	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Carey, JimJim Carey	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chynoweth, DeanDean Chynoweth	D	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
Lang, RobertRobert Lang	C	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0
Nielsen, KirkKirk Nielsen	RW	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Prpic, JoelJoel Prpic	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Robitaille, RandyRandy Robitaille	C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Roy, Jean-YvesJean-Yves Roy	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tallas, RobbieRobbie Tallas	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	3693	65	30	25	9	138	2.24	6	1602	1464	.914
Tallas, RobbieRobbie Tallas	788	14	6	3	3	24	1.83	1	326	302	.926
Carey, JimJim Carey	496	10	3	2	1	24	2.90	2	225	201	.893
Team:	4977	82	39	30	13	186	2.24	9	2153	1967	.914

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Allison, JasonJason Allison	C	6	2	6	8	4	0	1	0	0
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	LW	6	2	5	7	0	1	0	0	1
Bourque, RaymondRaymond Bourque	D	6	1	4	5	2	-2	1	0	0
Khristich, DmitriDmitri Khristich	LW/C	6	2	2	4	2	1	2	0	0
Van Impe, DarrenDarren Van Impe	D	6	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	1
Carter, AnsonAnson Carter	RW	6	1	1	2	0	-3	0	0	0
Axelsson, P.J.P.J. Axelsson	LW	6	1	0	1	0	-3	0	0	0
DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio	RW	6	1	0	1	8	-3	0	0	0
McLaren, KyleKyle McLaren	D	6	1	0	1	4	-3	1	0	0
Ellett, DaveDave Ellett	D	6	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	C	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Baumgartner, KenKen Baumgartner	LW	6	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	5	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	6	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Heinze, SteveSteve Heinze	RW	6	0	0	0	6	-4	0	0	0
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	6	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Taylor, TimTim Taylor	C	6	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	C	6	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Dafoe, ByronByron Dafoe	422	6	2	4	14	1.99	1	159	145	.912
Team:	422	6	2	4	14	1.99	1	159	145	.912

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

Washington Capitals 4, Boston Bruins 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 22	Boston Bruins	1–3	Washington Capitals	0–1
2	April 24	Boston Bruins	4–3 (2OT)	Washington Capitals	1–1
3	April 26	Washington Capitals	3–2 (2OT)	Boston Bruins	1–2
4	April 28	Washington Capitals	3–0	Boston Bruins	1–3
5	May 1	Boston Bruins	4–0	Washington Capitals	2–3
6	May 3	Washington Capitals	3–2 (OT)	Boston Bruins	2–4

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References

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