1997–98 Los Angeles Kings season

The 1997–98 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 31st season in the National Hockey League. The Kings qualified for the playoffs for the first time in five years, losing in the first round to St. Louis in four straight games.

1997–98 Los Angeles Kings
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	5th Western
1997–98 record	38–33–11
Goals for	227
Goals against	225
Team information
General manager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Larry Robinson
Captain	Rob Blake
Alternate captains	Luc Robitaille Garry Galley
Arena	Great Western Forum

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. 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

[3]

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;

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)

See also

• 1997–98 NHL season

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.

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

External links