1997–98 Los Angeles Kings season

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1997–98 Los Angeles Kings
Division2nd Pacific
ConferenceWestern
1997–98 record38–33–11
Goals for227
Goals against225
Team information
General managerDave Taylor
CoachLarry Robinson
CaptainRob Blake

The 1997–98 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' thirty-first season of operation in the National Hockey League. The Kings qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to St. Louis in four straight games.

Offseason

Regular season

On Saturday, April 11, 1998, the Kings scored three short-handed goals in 4-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche.[1]

Final standings

Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 2 Colorado Avalanche 82 39 26 17 231 205 95
2 5 Los Angeles Kings 82 38 33 11 227 225 87
3 7 Edmonton Oilers 82 35 37 10 215 224 80
4 8 San Jose Sharks 82 34 38 10 210 216 78
5 11 Calgary Flames 82 26 41 15 217 252 67
6 12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 82 26 43 13 205 261 65
7 13 Vancouver Canucks 82 25 43 14 224 273 64

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[2]
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 3–3 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 0–0–1
2 L October 2, 1997 5–6 @ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 0–1–1
3 T October 5, 1997 2–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1997–98) 0–1–2
4 T October 7, 1997 3–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 0–1–3
5 L October 9, 1997 2–3 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 0–2–3
6 W October 12, 1997 7–4 Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 1–2–3
7 L October 15, 1997 3–5 Boston Bruins (1997–98) 1–3–3
8 W October 17, 1997 5–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 2–3–3
9 L October 19, 1997 2–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 2–4–3
10 W October 21, 1997 3–2 New York Islanders (1997–98) 3–4–3
11 L October 23, 1997 1–4 Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 3–5–3
12 W October 26, 1997 3–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 4–5–3
13 T October 28, 1997 2–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 4–5–4
14 W October 31, 1997 5–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 5–5–4
15 L November 1, 1997 2–4 @ New York Islanders (1997–98) 5–6–4
16 W November 4, 1997 3–0 @ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 6–6–4
17 W November 6, 1997 5–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 7–6–4
18 L November 8, 1997 1–4 Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 7–7–4
19 W November 11, 1997 8–2 Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 8–7–4
20 W November 13, 1997 6–3 San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 9–7–4
21 L November 15, 1997 1–5 Dallas Stars (1997–98) 9–8–4
22 W November 20, 1997 4–3 Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 10–8–4
23 W November 23, 1997 2–1 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 11–8–4
24 L November 26, 1997 1–4 @ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 11–9–4
25 T November 27, 1997 2–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 11–9–5
26 W November 29, 1997 4–1 New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 12–9–5
27 L December 3, 1997 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 12–10–5
28 L December 4, 1997 2–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 12–11–5
29 L December 6, 1997 2–7 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 12–12–5
30 L December 9, 1997 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 12–13–5
31 T December 13, 1997 2–2 OT Washington Capitals (1997–98) 12–13–6
32 L December 15, 1997 0–7 @ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 12–14–6
33 W December 18, 1997 5–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 13–14–6
34 W December 20, 1997 4–1 @ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 14–14–6
35 W December 22, 1997 1–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 15–14–6
36 L December 23, 1997 1–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 15–15–6
37 L December 27, 1997 2–4 Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 15–16–6
38 W December 29, 1997 5–2 Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 16–16–6
39 T December 31, 1997 2–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 16–16–7
40 L January 1, 1998 0–4 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 16–17–7
41 W January 4, 1998 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 17–17–7
42 L January 5, 1998 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 17–18–7
43 T January 8, 1998 2–2 OT Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 17–18–8
44 L January 10, 1998 3–4 Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 17–19–8
45 W January 12, 1998 3–2 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 18–19–8
46 W January 14, 1998 4–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 19–19–8
47 W January 20, 1998 4–3 Calgary Flames (1997–98) 20–19–8
48 W January 22, 1998 3–1 Florida Panthers (1997–98) 21–19–8
49 T January 24, 1998 3–3 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 21–19–9
50 W January 29, 1998 5–3 Calgary Flames (1997–98) 22–19–9
51 W January 31, 1998 3–0 Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 23–19–9
52 L February 2, 1998 0–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 23–20–9
53 W February 3, 1998 6–3 @ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 24–20–9
54 W February 5, 1998 3–1 New York Rangers (1997–98) 25–20–9
55 W February 7, 1998 5–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 26–20–9
56 T February 25, 1998 1–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 26–20–10
57 W February 26, 1998 7–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 27–20–10
58 L February 28, 1998 2–5 St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 27–21–10
59 T March 2, 1998 2–2 OT Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 27–21–11
60 L March 5, 1998 1–2 Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 27–22–11
61 W March 7, 1998 2–1 Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 28–22–11
62 W March 9, 1998 4–3 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 29–22–11
63 W March 10, 1998 4–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 30–22–11
64 L March 12, 1998 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 30–23–11
65 W March 14, 1998 5–2 Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 31–23–11
66 L March 16, 1998 1–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 31–24–11
67 L March 17, 1998 3–4 Dallas Stars (1997–98) 31–25–11
68 W March 21, 1998 3–2 Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 32–25–11
69 W March 24, 1998 4–3 @ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 33–25–11
70 L March 26, 1998 2–5 San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 33–26–11
71 L March 28, 1998 2–5 @ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 33–27–11
72 W March 30, 1998 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 34–27–11
73 L April 1, 1998 0–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 34–28–11
74 L April 2, 1998 0–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 34–29–11
75 L April 4, 1998 2–3 @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 34–30–11
76 W April 6, 1998 3–1 @ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 35–30–11
77 L April 9, 1998 0–4 Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 35–31–11
78 W April 11, 1998 4–3 Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 36–31–11
79 W April 13, 1998 4–2 Calgary Flames (1997–98) 37–31–11
80 W April 15, 1998 2–0 @ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 38–31–11
81 L April 16, 1998 3–7 St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 38–32–11
82 L April 18, 1998 1–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 38–33–11

Playoffs

The Kings were swept by the St. Louis Blues in 4 games in the 1st Round. It should be noted at home (game 3) LA were leading 3-0, until Storr was run by Geoff Courtnall with 11:27 remaining in the 3rd period. Kings player Sean O'Donnell stuck up for Storr resulting in a 5-minute major for the Blues. St. Louis went on to score 4 PP goals in a 3:07 span. Jamie likely had a concussion or some injury from the charge as his reactions and play were sluggishly uncoordinated contributing to the goals especially the 4th one.


April 23 Los Angeles Kings 3–8 St. Louis Blues Kiel Center Recap  
Craig Johnson (1) – 05:00 First period 01:42 – Pavol Demitra (1)
04:42 – pp – Geoff Courtnall (1)
No scoring Second period 05:46 – pp – Pierre Turgeon (1)
09:17 – Jim Campbell (1)
13:41 – pp – Jim Campbell (2)
15:12 – Pierre Turgeon (2)
Glen Murray (1) – 03:19
Luc Robitaille (1) – 07:05 		Third period 00:16 – Brett Hull (1)
01:08 – Pavol Demitra (2)
Stephane Fiset 22 saves / 27 shots
Jamie Storr 10 saves / 13 shots 		Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 24 saves / 27 shots
April 25 Los Angeles Kings 1–2 St. Louis Blues Kiel Center Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Glen Murray (2) – 07:49 Second period 01:43 – Chris Pronger (1)
No scoring Third period 11:37 – pp – Jim Campbell (3)
Jamie Storr 25 saves / 27 shots Goalie stats Grant Fuhr 26 saves / 27 shots
April 27 St. Louis Blues 4–3 Los Angeles Kings Great Western Forum Recap  
No scoring First period 11:01 – Ian Laperriere (1)
19:51 – pp – Yanic Perreault (1)
No scoring Second period 11:03 – Sean O'Donnell (1)
Pascal Rheaume (1) – pp – 09:59
Brett Hull (2) – pp – 11:03
Pierre Turgeon (3) – pp – 11:59
Terry Yake (1) – pp – 13:06 		Third period No scoring
Grant Fuhr 25 saves / 28 shots Goalie stats Jamie Storr 33 saves / 37 shots
April 29 St. Louis Blues 2–1 Los Angeles Kings Great Western Forum Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Pavol Demitra (3) – 08:05 Second period No scoring
Craig Conroy (1) – 03:22 Third period 08:00 – Jozef Stumpel (1)
Grant Fuhr 29 saves / 30 shots Goalie stats Stephane Fiset 32 saves / 34 shots
St. Louis won series 4–0


Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Jozef Stumpel C 77 21 58 79 53 17 4 0 2
Glen Murray RW 81 29 31 60 54 6 7 3 7
Vladimir Tsyplakov LW 73 18 34 52 18 15 2 0 1
Rob Blake D 81 23 27 50 94 -3 11 0 4
Yanic Perreault C 79 28 20 48 32 6 3 2 3
Luc Robitaille LW 57 16 24 40 66 5 5 0 7
Craig Johnson LW 74 17 21 38 42 9 6 0 2
Garry Galley D 74 9 28 37 63 -5 7 0 0
Sandy Moger C 62 11 13 24 70 4 1 0 2
Ian Laperriere RW 77 6 15 21 131 0 0 1 1
Russ Courtnall RW 58 12 6 18 27 -2 1 4 4
Sean O'Donnell D 80 2 15 17 179 7 0 0 1
Philippe Boucher D 45 6 10 16 49 6 1 0 0
Ray Ferraro C 40 6 9 15 42 -10 0 0 2
Mattias Norstrom D 73 1 12 13 90 14 0 0 0
Dan Bylsma RW 65 3 9 12 33 9 0 0 0
Nathan LaFayette C 34 5 3 8 32 2 1 0 1
Steve McKenna LW 62 4 4 8 150 -9 1 0 0
Aki Berg D 72 0 8 8 61 3 0 0 0
Doug Zmolek D 46 0 8 8 111 0 0 0 0
Don MacLean C 22 5 2 7 4 -1 2 0 0
Matt Johnson LW 66 2 4 6 249 -8 0 0 0
Jan Vopat D 21 1 5 6 10 8 0 0 1
Brad Smyth RW 9 1 3 4 4 -1 0 0 0
Roman Vopat C 25 0 3 3 55 -7 0 0 0
Jason Morgan C 11 1 0 1 4 -7 0 0 0
Stephane Fiset G 60 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0
Vitali Yachmenev LW 4 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0
Frederic Chabot G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Olli Jokinen C 8 0 0 0 6 -5 0 0 0
Jamie Storr G 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Stephane Fiset 3497 60 26 25 8 158 2.71 2 1728 1570 .909
Jamie Storr 920 17 9 5 1 34 2.22 2 482 448 .929
Frederic Chabot 554 12 3 3 2 29 3.14 0 267 238 .891
Team: 4971 82 38 33 11 221 2.67 4 2477 2256 .911
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Yanic Perreault C 4 1 2 3 6 -1 1 0 0
Luc Robitaille LW 4 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 0
Jozef Stumpel C 4 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0
Aki Berg D 4 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
Glen Murray RW 4 2 0 2 6 2 0 0 0
Craig Johnson LW 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
Ian Laperriere RW 4 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0
Sean O'Donnell D 4 1 0 1 36 1 0 0 0
Ray Ferraro C 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Garry Galley D 4 0 1 1 2 -2 0 0 0
Steve McKenna LW 3 0 1 1 8 1 0 0 0
Vladimir Tsyplakov LW 4 0 1 1 8 -1 0 0 0
Jan Vopat D 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Rob Blake D 4 0 0 0 6 -4 0 0 0
Dan Bylsma RW 2 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Russ Courtnall RW 4 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Stephane Fiset G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Johnson LW 4 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0
Nathan LaFayette C 4 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Mattias Norstrom D 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Jamie Storr G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Doug Zmolek D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Stephane Fiset 93 2 0 2 7 4.52 0 61 54 .885
Jamie Storr 145 3 0 2 9 3.72 0 77 68 .883
Team: 238 4 0 4 16 4.03 0 138 122 .884

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Los Angeles'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 3 Olli Jokinen  Finland HIFK (Finland)
1 15 Matt Zultek  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
2 29 Scott Barney  Canada Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4 83 Joe Corvo  United States Western Michigan University (CCHA)
4 99 Sean Blanchard  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6 137 Richard Seeley  Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6 150 Jeff Katcher  Canada Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
8 193 Jay Kopischke  United States North Iowa Huskies (USHL)
9 220 Konrad Brand  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199804110LAK.html
  2. ^ "1997-1998 Conference Standings Standings - NHL.com - Standings". NHL.
  3. ^ "1997-98 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

External links

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