1997-98 Florida Panthers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 24-43-15 - 63 points
Finishing 6th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Doug MacLean (7-12-4)
Coach: Bryan Murray (17-31-11)
Location: Miami, Florida
1997-98 Florida Panthers RosterTeam Record: 24-43-15 - 63 points
Finishing 6th in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Coach: Doug MacLean (7-12-4)
Coach: Bryan Murray (17-31-11)
Location: Miami, Florida
1997-98 Florida Panthers Results
The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 24 wins and 43 losses and 15 ties for 63 points, finishing sixth in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The Panthers scored 203 goals and yielded 256. Ray Whitney netted 32 goals for Florida, while Robert Svehla contributed 34 assists. John Vanbiesbrouck topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 2.87 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Doug MacLean and Bryan Murray coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Whitney | L | 68 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 156 | 20.5 |
| Dave Gagner | C | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 55 | -21 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 165 | 12.1 |
| Robert Svehla | D | 79 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 113 | -3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 6.3 |
| Scott Mellanby | R | 79 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 127 | -14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 8.0 |
| Radek Dvorak | R | 64 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 33 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 10.7 |
| Ray Sheppard | R | 61 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 21 | -13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 10.3 |
| Kirk Muller | C | 70 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 54 | -14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 115 | 7.0 |
| Bill Lindsay | L | 82 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 80 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 150 | 8.0 |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 14 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 10.5 |
| Ed Jovanovski | D | 81 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 158 | -12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 142 | 6.3 |
| David Nemirovsky | R | 41 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | -3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 14.5 |
| Steve Washburn | C | 58 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 18.0 |
| Gord Murphy | D | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 46 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 4.9 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 28 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 28 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 8.8 |
| Tom Fitzgerald | C | 69 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 57 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 9.5 |
| Rob Niedermayer | C | 33 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 41 | -9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 12.5 |
| Chris Wells | C | 61 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 |
| Paul Laus | D | 77 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 293 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0.0 |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Terry Carkner | D | 74 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Jeff Norton | D | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | -7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Johan Garpenlov | L | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 79 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 99 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0.0 |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | G | 60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jody Hull | R | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Ryan Johnson | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dallas Eakins | D | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Dave Lowry | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirk McLean | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Weekes | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Jakopin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Chris Allen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Peter Worrell | L | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1566 | 203 | 328 | 531 | 1656 | -139 | 55 | 99 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 2278 | 8.9 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 60 | 3451 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 165 | 2.87 | 1638 | 1473 | .899 |
| Kirk McLean | 7 | 406 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3.25 | 207 | 185 | .894 |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | 12 | 640 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 3.00 | 265 | 233 | .879 |
| Kevin Weekes | 11 | 485 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3.96 | 247 | 215 | .870 |
| Totals | 90 | 4982 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 251 | 3.02 | 2608 | 2357 | .904 |
