1997–98 Boston Bruins | |
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Division | 2nd Northeast |
Conference | 5th Eastern |
1997–98 record | 39–30–13 |
Home record | 19–16–6 |
Road record | 20–14–7 |
Goals for | 221 |
Goals against | 194 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike O'Connell |
Coach | Pat Burns |
Captain | Ray Bourque |
Alternate captains |
Ken Baumgartner Don Sweeney |
Arena | Fleet Center |
Average attendance | 15,097 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Providence Bruins Charlotte Checkers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Jason Allison (33) |
Assists | Jason Allison (50) |
Points | Jason Allison (83) |
Penalty minutes | Ken Baumgartner (199) |
Plus/minus | Jason Allison (+33) |
Wins | Byron Dafoe (30) |
Goals against average | Rob Tallas (1.83) |
The 1997–98 Boston Bruins season was the team's 74th season. The season involved drafting Joe Thornton first overall.
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The Bruins allowed the fewest shorthanded goals (3) and were the most disciplined team during the regular season, being short-handed only 285 times. [1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 40 | 24 | 18 | 228 | 188 | 98 |
2 | 5 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 221 | 194 | 91 |
3 | 6 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 36 | 29 | 17 | 211 | 187 | 89 |
4 | 7 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 235 | 208 | 87 |
5 | 8 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 193 | 200 | 83 |
6 | 9 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 33 | 41 | 8 | 200 | 219 | 74 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
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October: 7–5–1 (home: 1–3–1; road: 6–2–0)
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November: 4–6–4 (home: 2–3–2; road: 2–3–2)
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December: 6–5–2 (home: 3–2–0; road: 3–3–2)
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January: 6–4–2 (home: 5–1–2; road: 1–3–0)
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February: 1–2–3 (home: 1–2–1; road: 0–0–2)
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March: 9–4–1 (home: 5–3–0; road: 4–1–1)
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April: 6–4–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 4–2–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) |
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (4) Washington Capitals – Capitals win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
41 | Jason Allison | C | 81 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 33 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
12 | Dmitri Khristich | RW | 82 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 25 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
77 | Ray Bourque | D | 82 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 2 | 80 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
14 | Sergei Samsonov | LW | 81 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
23 | Steve Heinze | RW | 61 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 8 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 |
33 | Anson Carter | RW | 78 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 7 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 0 |
21 | Ted Donato | LW | 79 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 6 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
26 | Tim Taylor | C | 79 | 20 | 11 | 31 | −16 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 10 |
19 | Rob DiMaio | RW | 79 | 10 | 17 | 27 | −13 | 82 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 8 |
11 [a] | P. J. Axelsson | LW | 82 | 8 | 19 | 27 | −14 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
18 | Kyle McLaren | D | 66 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
44 | Dave Ellett | D | 82 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
42 | Mike Sullivan | C | 77 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −1 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
32 | Don Sweeney | D | 59 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Darren Van Impe† | D | 50 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Grant Ledyard† | D | 22 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
6 | Joe Thornton | C | 55 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
25 [b] | Hal Gill | D | 68 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
27 | Landon Wilson | RW | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Byron Dafoe | G | 65 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | Shawn Bates | C | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Mattias Timander | D | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Dean Malkoc | D | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −12 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
22 | Ken Baumgartner | LW | 82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −14 | 199 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
10 | Cameron Mann | RW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Jim Carey | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
28 | Dean Chynoweth | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
45 | Robert Lang‡ | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
60 | Kirk Nielsen | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Joel Prpic | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Randy Robitaille | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
43 | Jean-Yves Roy | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Robbie Tallas | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
34 | Byron Dafoe | 65 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 1602 | 138 | 2.24 | .914 | 6 | 3693 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 159 | 14 | 1.99 | .912 | 1 | 422 |
35 | Robbie Tallas | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 326 | 24 | 1.83 | .926 | 1 | 788 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Jim Carey | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 225 | 24 | 2.90 | .893 | 2 | 496 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Calder Memorial Trophy | Sergei Samsonov | [4] |
Jack Adams Award | Pat Burns | [5] | |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Sergei Samsonov ( Forward) | [6] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Ray Bourque [c] | [8] |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Sergei Samsonov (January) | [9] | |
Team | Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy | Jason Allison | [10] |
Seventh Player Award | Jason Allison | [10] | |
Three Stars Awards | Byron Dafoe (1st) | [11] | |
Jason Allison (2nd) | |||
Ray Bourque (3rd) |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | David Ellett | March 1, 1998 | [12] |
Boston's picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [13]
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 1 | Joe Thornton | Center | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds ( OHL) |
1 | 8 | Sergei Samsonov | Left wing | Russia | Detroit Vipers ( IHL) |
2 | 27 | Ben Clymer | Right wing | United States | University of Wisconsin ( WCHA) |
3 | 54 | Mattias Karlin | Center | Sweden | Modo Hockey (Sweden) |
3 | 63 | Lee Goren | Right wing | Canada | University of North Dakota (WCHA) |
4 | 81 | Karol Bartanus | Right wing | Slovakia | Drummondville Voltigeurs ( QMJHL) |
6 | 135 | Denis Timofeyev | Defense | Russia | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
7 | 162 | Joel Trottier | Right wing | Canada | Ottawa 67's (OHL) |
7 | 180 | Jim Baxter | Defense | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |
8 | 191 | Antti Laaksonen | Left wing | Finland | University of Denver (WCHA) |
9 | 218 | Eric Van Acker | Defense | Canada | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
9 | 246 | Jay Henderson | Left wing | Canada | Edmonton Ice (WHL) |
Played his 1,000th career NHL game for Boston on March 1, 1998, at N.Y. Islanders.