1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning season

1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	7th Atlantic
Conference	Eastern
1997–98 record	17–55–10
Goals for	151
Goals against	269
Team information
Coach	Terry Crisp, Rick Paterson, Jacques Demers
Captain	Paul Ysebaert (Oct) Mikael Renberg (Oct–Apr)

The 1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the Lightning's sixth season of operation.

Regular season

The Lightning struggled offensively during the regular season, being shut out a league-high 11 times (tied with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) and finishing 26th in goals scored (151), power-play goals scored (33) and power-play percentage (9.35%). The 9.35% power play is the lowest in NHL history in one season by any team.

Final standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	New Jersey Devils	82	48	23	11	225	166	107
2	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	42	29	11	242	193	95
3	4	Washington Capitals	82	40	30	12	219	202	92
4	10	New York Islanders	82	30	41	11	212	225	71
5	11	New York Rangers	82	25	39	18	197	231	68
6	12	Florida Panthers	82	24	43	15	203	256	63
7	13	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	17	55	10	151	269	44

Eastern Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	48	23	11	225	166	107
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	40	24	18	228	188	98
3	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	42	29	11	242	193	95
4	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	40	30	12	219	202	92
5	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	221	194	91
6	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	36	29	17	211	187	89
7	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	37	32	13	235	208	87
8	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	34	33	15	193	200	83
9	Carolina Hurricanes	NE	82	33	41	8	200	219	74
10	New York Islanders	ATL	82	30	41	11	212	225	71
11	New York Rangers	ATL	82	25	39	18	197	231	68
12	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	24	43	15	203	256	63
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	17	55	10	151	269	44

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Game log

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

Playoffs

The Lightning missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Paul Ysebaert	C	82	13	27	40	32	-43	2	1	0
Mikael Renberg	RW	68	16	22	38	34	-37	6	3	0
Alex Selivanov	RW	70	16	19	35	85	-38	4	0	3
Rob Zamuner	LW	77	14	12	26	41	-31	0	3	4
Daymond Langkow	C	68	8	14	22	62	-9	2	0	1
Stephane Richer	RW	26	9	11	20	36	-7	3	0	2
Dino Ciccarelli	RW	34	11	6	17	42	-14	3	0	3
Jason Wiemer	C	67	8	9	17	132	-9	2	0	0
Mikael Andersson	LW	72	6	11	17	29	-4	0	1	1
Roman Hamrlik	D	37	3	12	15	22	-18	1	0	0
Darcy Tucker	RW	35	6	8	14	89	-8	1	1	0
Karl Dykhuis	D	78	5	9	14	110	-8	0	1	0
Jeff Norton	D	37	4	6	10	26	-25	4	0	0
Jason Bonsignore	C	35	2	8	10	22	-11	0	0	0
Cory Cross	D	74	3	6	9	77	-24	0	1	0
Patrick Poulin	C	44	2	7	9	19	-3	0	0	0
Igor Ulanov	D	45	2	7	9	85	-5	1	0	0
Yves Racine	D	60	0	8	8	41	-23	0	0	0
Brian Bradley	C	14	2	5	7	6	-9	2	0	0
Jody Hull	RW	28	2	4	6	4	2	0	0	2
Bryan Marchment	D	22	2	4	6	43	-3	0	0	0
Vladimir Vujtek	LW	30	2	4	6	16	-2	0	0	1
David Wilkie	D	29	1	5	6	17	-21	0	0	0
Brent Peterson	LW	19	5	0	5	2	-2	0	0	0
Sandy McCarthy	RW	14	0	5	5	71	-1	0	0	0
Steve Kelly	C	24	2	1	3	15	-9	1	0	0
Jassen Cullimore	D	25	1	2	3	22	-4	1	0	0
Louie DeBrusk	LW	54	1	2	3	166	-2	0	0	0
Pavel Kubina	D	10	1	2	3	22	-1	0	0	0
Jeff Toms	C	13	1	2	3	7	-6	0	0	0
Jamie Huscroft	D	44	0	3	3	122	-4	0	0	0
Andrei Nazarov	LW	14	1	1	2	58	-9	0	0	0
Paul Brousseau	RW	11	0	2	2	27	0	0	0	0
David Shaw	D	14	0	2	2	12	-2	0	0	0
Corey Spring	RW	8	1	0	1	10	-1	0	0	0
Mick Vukota	RW	42	1	0	1	116	0	0	0	0
Mark Fitzpatrick	G	34	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Mike McBain	D	27	0	1	1	8	-10	0	0	0
Zac Bierk	G	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enrico Ciccone	D	12	0	0	0	45	-3	0	0	0
Allan Egeland	C	8	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Troy Mallette	LW	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Daren Puppa	G	26	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Corey Schwab	G	16	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Derek Wilkinson	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Mark Fitzpatrick	1938	34	7	24	1	102	3.16	1	975	873	.895
Daren Puppa	1456	26	5	14	6	66	2.72	0	660	594	.900
Corey Schwab	821	16	2	9	1	40	2.92	1	370	330	.892
Derek Wilkinson	311	8	2	4	1	17	3.28	0	148	131	.885
Zac Bierk	433	13	1	4	1	30	4.16	0	210	180	.857
Team:	4959	82	17	55	10	255	3.09	2	2363	2108	.892

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;

Draft picks

Tampa Bay'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	7	Paul Mara	United States	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	33	Kyle Kos	Canada	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
3	61	Matt Elich	United States	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
5	108	Mark Thompson	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
5	109	Jan Sulc	Czech Republic	HC Chemopetrol Jr. (Czech Republic)
5	112	Karel Betik	Czech Republic	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
6	153	Andrei Skopintsev	Russia	TPS (Finland)
7	168	Justin Jack	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
7	170	Eero Somervuori	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)
7	185	Samuel St. Pierre	Canada	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)
8	198	Shawn Skolney	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
9	224	Paul Comrie	Canada	University of Denver (WCHA)

See also

• 1997–98 NHL season

References

• "1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.