1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division 6th Pacific
1997–98 record 26–43–13
Goals for 205
Goals against 261
Team information
General Manager Jack Ferreira
Coach Pierre Page
Captain Paul Kariya
Teemu Selanne (interim)
Arena Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim

The 1997–98 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the fifth season in franchise history. The Ducks finished sixth in the Pacific and missed the playoffs.

Regular season

The Mighty Ducks were shut out a league high 11 times, tied with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Tampa Bay Lightning.[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

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 3, 19972–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 0–1–0
2WOctober 4, 19973–2 Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 1–1–0
3TOctober 10, 19971–1 OT Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 1–1–1
4LOctober 13, 19970–3 Boston Bruins (1997–98) 1–2–1
5TOctober 15, 19972–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 1–2–2
6WOctober 17, 19972–1 Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 2–2–2
7LOctober 19, 19972–5 New York Islanders (1997–98) 2–3–2
8WOctober 21, 19974–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 3–3–2
9LOctober 22, 19971–4 Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 3–4–2
10WOctober 25, 19974–2 @ New York Islanders (1997–98) 4–4–2
11TOctober 26, 19973–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1997–98) 4–4–3
12TOctober 28, 19972–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 4–4–4
13WOctober 30, 19973–0 @ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 5–4–4
14LNovember 2, 19973–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 5–5–4
15WNovember 5, 19975–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 6–5–4
16WNovember 7, 19974–3 OT @ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 7–5–4
17WNovember 8, 19973–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 8–5–4
18LNovember 10, 19974–6 San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 8–6–4
19LNovember 12, 19973–4 OT Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 8–7–4
20TNovember 14, 19973–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 8–7–5
21LNovember 16, 19970–4 Dallas Stars (1997–98) 8–8–5
22LNovember 18, 19972–4 @ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 8–9–5
23LNovember 19, 19970–4 Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 8–10–5
24WNovember 22, 19972–0 @ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 9–10–5
25LNovember 24, 19970–5 @ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 9–11–5
26WNovember 26, 19972–0 New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 10–11–5
27WNovember 28, 19973–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 11–11–5
28LNovember 29, 19972–3 OT @ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 11–12–5
29TDecember 2, 19973–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 11–12–6
30LDecember 3, 19970–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 11–13–6
31LDecember 6, 19972–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 11–14–6
32LDecember 10, 19970–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 11–15–6
33WDecember 12, 19976–4 Washington Capitals (1997–98) 12–15–6
34LDecember 17, 19972–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 12–16–6
35LDecember 19, 19972–6 Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 12–17–6
36LDecember 21, 19972–4 San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 12–18–6
37WDecember 22, 19975–1 Calgary Flames (1997–98) 13–18–6
38TDecember 27, 19975–5 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 13–18–7
39LDecember 28, 19970–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 13–19–7
40LDecember 30, 19971–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 13–20–7
41LJanuary 1, 19982–3 @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 13–21–7
42WJanuary 3, 19984–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 14–21–7
43TJanuary 4, 19983–3 OT @ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 14–21–8
44LJanuary 7, 19982–3 Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 14–22–8
45LJanuary 9, 19981–5 Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 14–23–8
46WJanuary 11, 19982–1 OT Dallas Stars (1997–98) 15–23–8
47LJanuary 12, 19982–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 15–24–8
48LJanuary 14, 19980–2 Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 15–25–8
49WJanuary 21, 19988–3 Florida Panthers (1997–98) 16–25–8
50WJanuary 22, 19984–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 17–25–8
51TJanuary 24, 19983–3 OT Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 17–25–9
52LJanuary 27, 19982–4 @ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 17–26–9
53LJanuary 28, 19982–5 Calgary Flames (1997–98) 17–27–9
54WFebruary 1, 19984–3 OT Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 18–27–9
55WFebruary 4, 19983–2 New York Rangers (1997–98) 19–27–9
56LFebruary 7, 19982–5 Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 19–28–9
57LFebruary 25, 19982–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 19–29–9
58WFebruary 27, 19984–0 @ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 20–29–9
59LMarch 1, 19982–6 St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 20–30–9
60LMarch 4, 19980–2 Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 20–31–9
61LMarch 6, 19980–3 San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 20–32–9
62LMarch 8, 19981–3 Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 20–33–9
63LMarch 9, 19983–4 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 20–34–9
64LMarch 11, 19981–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 20–35–9
65LMarch 13, 19983–6 @ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 20–36–9
66WMarch 15, 19985–3 Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 21–36–9
67LMarch 18, 19980–3 @ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 21–37–9
68TMarch 19, 19983–3 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 21–37–10
69WMarch 21, 19985–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 22–37–10
70WMarch 22, 19985–2 @ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 23–37–10
71WMarch 25, 19983–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 24–37–10
72TMarch 26, 19983–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 24–37–11
73LMarch 28, 19983–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 24–38–11
74LApril 1, 19981–5 Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 24–39–11
75LApril 3, 19983–6 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 24–40–11
76TApril 5, 19983–3 OT Calgary Flames (1997–98) 24–40–12
77WApril 8, 19984–2 Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 25–40–12
78LApril 9, 19982–5 @ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 25–41–12
79TApril 13, 19982–2 OT Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 25–41–13
80LApril 15, 19983–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 25–42–13
81WApril 18, 19984–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 26–42–13
82LApril 19, 19983–5 St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 26–43–13

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Playoffs

The Mighty Ducks failed to qualify for the playoffs despite qualifying the previous year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne 73 52 34 86 30
Rucchin, SteveSteve Rucchin 72 17 36 53 13
Mironov, DmitriDmitri Mironov 66 6 30 36 115
Young, ScottScott Young 73 13 20 33 22
Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya 22 17 14 31 23
Cullen, MattMatt Cullen 61 6 21 27 23
Pronger, SeanSean Pronger 62 5 15 20 30
Sacco, JoeJoe Sacco 55 8 11 19 24
Sandstrom, TomasTomas Sandstrom 77 9 8 17 64
Daigneault, J.J.J.J. Daigneault 53 2 15 17 28
Drury, TedTed Drury 73 6 10 16 82
Green, TravisTravis Green 22 5 11 16 16
Salei, RuslanRuslan Salei 66 5 10 15 70
Karpa, DaveDave Karpa 78 1 11 12 217
Banham, FrankFrank Banham 21 9 2 11 12
Marha, JosefJosef Marha 12 7 4 11 0
Rychel, WarrenWarren Rychel 63 5 6 11 198
Todd, KevinKevin Todd 27 4 7 11 12
Janssens, MarkMark Janssens 55 4 5 9 116
Nielsen, JeffJeff Nielsen 32 4 5 9 16
Marshall, JasonJason Marshall 72 3 6 9 189
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson 45 3 5 8 101
Trnka, PavelPavel Trnka 48 3 4 7 40
Bannister, DrewDrew Bannister 27 0 6 6 47
Crowley, MikeMike Crowley 8 2 2 4 8
Jomphe, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Jomphe 9 1 3 4 8
Severyn, BrentBrent Severyn 37 1 3 4 133
Van Impe, DarrenDarren Van Impe 19 1 3 4 4
Knutsen, EspenEspen Knutsen 19 3 0 3 6
Houda, DougDoug Houda 24 1 2 3 52
LeBoutillier, PeterPeter LeBoutillier 12 1 1 2 55
Park, RichardRichard Park 15 0 2 2 8
Pushor, JamieJamie Pushor 10 0 2 2 10
Antoski, ShawnShawn Antoski 9 1 0 1 18
Dollas, BobbyBobby Dollas 22 0 1 1 27
Hebert, GuyGuy Hebert 46 0 1 1 4
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov 40 0 1 1 0
Trebil, DanDan Trebil 21 0 1 1 2
Aalto, AnttiAntti Aalto 3 0 0 0 0
Askey, TomTom Askey 7 0 0 0 0
Leclerc, MikeMike Leclerc 7 0 0 0 6
Moro, MarcMarc Moro 1 0 0 0 0
Nieckar, BarryBarry Nieckar 1 0 0 0 2
Tuzzolino, TonyTony Tuzzolino 1 0 0 0 2
Wren, BobBob Wren 3 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Hebert, GuyGuy Hebert 2660 46 13 24 6 130 2.93 1339 1209 .903 3
Shtalenkov, MikhailMikhail Shtalenkov 2049 40 13 18 5 110 3.22 1031 921 .893 1
Askey, TomTom Askey 273 7 0 1 2 12 2.64 113 101 .894 0
Team: 4982 82 26 43 13 252 3.03 2483 2231 .899 4

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See also

Other Anaheim–based teams in 1997–98

*Played Occasional Games in Anaheim

References

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