1997–98 Los Angeles Kings season

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.

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.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	26	17	231	205	95
2	Los Angeles Kings	82	38	33	11	227	225	87
3	Edmonton Oilers	82	35	37	10	215	224	80
4	San Jose Sharks	82	34	38	10	210	216	78
5	Calgary Flames	82	26	41	15	217	252	67
6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	26	43	13	205	261	65
7	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.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Stumpel, JozefJozef Stumpel	C	77	21	58	79	53	17	4	0	2
Murray, GlenGlen Murray	RW	81	29	31	60	54	6	7	3	7
Tsyplakov, VladimirVladimir Tsyplakov	LW	73	18	34	52	18	15	2	0	1
Blake, RobRob Blake	D	81	23	27	50	94	-3	11	0	4
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault	C	79	28	20	48	32	6	3	2	3
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	LW	57	16	24	40	66	5	5	0	7
Johnson, CraigCraig Johnson	LW	74	17	21	38	42	9	6	0	2
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	74	9	28	37	63	-5	7	0	0
Moger, SandySandy Moger	C	62	11	13	24	70	4	1	0	2
Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere	RW	77	6	15	21	131	0	0	1	1
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	58	12	6	18	27	-2	1	4	4
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell	D	80	2	15	17	179	7	0	0	1
Boucher, PhilippePhilippe Boucher	D	45	6	10	16	49	6	1	0	0
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	C	40	6	9	15	42	-10	0	0	2
Norstrom, MattiasMattias Norstrom	D	73	1	12	13	90	14	0	0	0
Bylsma, DanDan Bylsma	RW	65	3	9	12	33	9	0	0	0
LaFayette, NathanNathan LaFayette	C	34	5	3	8	32	2	1	0	1
McKenna, SteveSteve McKenna	LW	62	4	4	8	150	-9	1	0	0
Berg, AkiAki Berg	D	72	0	8	8	61	3	0	0	0
Zmolek, DougDoug Zmolek	D	46	0	8	8	111	0	0	0	0
MacLean, DonDon MacLean	C	22	5	2	7	4	-1	2	0	0
Johnson, MattMatt Johnson	LW	66	2	4	6	249	-8	0	0	0
Vopat, JanJan Vopat	D	21	1	5	6	10	8	0	0	1
Smyth, BradBrad Smyth	RW	9	1	3	4	4	-1	0	0	0
Vopat, RomanRoman Vopat	C	25	0	3	3	55	-7	0	0	0
Morgan, JasonJason Morgan	C	11	1	0	1	4	-7	0	0	0
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset	G	60	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Yachmenev, VitaliVitali Yachmenev	LW	4	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Chabot, FredericFrederic Chabot	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jokinen, OlliOlli Jokinen	C	8	0	0	0	6	-5	0	0	0
Storr, JamieJamie Storr	G	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset	3497	60	26	25	8	158	2.71	2	1728	1570	.909
Storr, JamieJamie Storr	920	17	9	5	1	34	2.22	2	482	448	.929
Chabot, FredericFrederic 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
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault	C	4	1	2	3	6	-1	1
Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille	LW	4	1	2	3	6	1	0
Stumpel, JozefJozef Stumpel	C	4	1	2	3	2	2	0
Berg, AkiAki Berg	D	4	0	3	3	0	3	0
Murray, GlenGlen Murray	RW	4	2	0	2	6	2	0
Johnson, CraigCraig Johnson	LW	4	1	0	1	4	0	0
Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere	RW	4	1	0	1	6	0	0
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell	D	4	1	0	1	36	1	0
Ferraro, RayRay Ferraro	C	3	0	1	1	2	1	0
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	4	0	1	1	2	-2	0
McKenna, SteveSteve McKenna	LW	3	0	1	1	8	1	0
Tsyplakov, VladimirVladimir Tsyplakov	LW	4	0	1	1	8	-1	0
Vopat, JanJan Vopat	D	2	0	1	1	2	1	0
Blake, RobRob Blake	D	4	0	0	0	6	-4	0
Bylsma, DanDan Bylsma	RW	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0
Courtnall, RussRuss Courtnall	RW	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johnson, MattMatt Johnson	LW	4	0	0	0	6	-1	0
LaFayette, NathanNathan LaFayette	C	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0
Norstrom, MattiasMattias Norstrom	D	4	0	0	0	2	-1	0
Storr, JamieJamie Storr	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zmolek, DougDoug Zmolek	D	2	0	0	0	2	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Fiset, StephaneStephane Fiset	93	2	2	7	4.52	61	54	.885
Storr, JamieJamie Storr	145	3	2	9	3.72	77	68	.883
Team:	238	4	4	16	4.03	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;

References

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

"1997–98 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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1997–98 Los Angeles Kings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

See also

References

External links