Eastern · Atlantic
1997–98 Florida Panthers
24-43-0, 63 pts
2026–272025–262024–252023–242022–232021–222020–212019–202018–192017–182016–172015–162014–152013–142012–132011–122010–112009–102008–092007–082006–072005–062003–042002–032001–022000–011999–001998–991997–981996–97
Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | TOI/GP | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Whitney | L | 68 | 32 | 29 | 61 | +10 | 28 | 12 | 156 | 20.5 | 16:58 | 7 | 4 |
| Dave Gagner | C | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | -21 | 55 | 5 | 165 | 12.1 | 16:42 | 33 | 22 |
| Robert Svehla | D | 79 | 9 | 34 | 43 | -3 | 113 | 3 | 144 | 6.3 | 25:10 | 82 | 72 |
| Scott Mellanby | R | 79 | 15 | 24 | 39 | -14 | 127 | 6 | 188 | 8.0 | 17:04 | 52 | 7 |
| Radek Dvorak | R | 64 | 12 | 24 | 36 | -1 | 33 | 2 | 112 | 10.7 | 14:22 | 29 | 11 |
| Ray Sheppard | R | 61 | 14 | 17 | 31 | -13 | 21 | 5 | 136 | 10.3 | 15:42 | 7 | 4 |
| Kirk Muller | L | 70 | 8 | 21 | 29 | -14 | 54 | 1 | 115 | 7.0 | 15:24 | 63 | 10 |
| Bill Lindsay | L | 82 | 12 | 16 | 28 | -2 | 80 | 0 | 150 | 8.0 | 14:33 | 77 | 17 |
| Ed Jovanovski | D | 81 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 158 | 2 | 142 | 6.3 | 19:30 | 148 | 32 |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | -1 | 14 | 3 | 114 | 10.5 | 16:39 | 16 | 12 |
| David Nemirovsky | R | 41 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -3 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 14.5 | 12:18 | 6 | 5 |
| Steve Washburn | C | 58 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -6 | 32 | 4 | 61 | 18.0 | 12:56 | 41 | 13 |
| Gord Murphy | D | 79 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 46 | 3 | 123 | 4.9 | 21:23 | 41 | 100 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 28 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 28 | 2 | 57 | 8.8 | 15:43 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Fitzgerald | R | 69 | 10 | 5 | 15 | -4 | 57 | 0 | 105 | 9.5 | 14:13 | 62 | 26 |
| Chris Wells | C | 61 | 5 | 10 | 15 | +4 | 47 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 | 12:03 | 52 | 19 |
| Rob Niedermayer | C | 33 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 41 | 5 | 64 | 12.5 | 18:14 | 46 | 4 |
| Paul Laus | D | 77 | 0 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 293 | 0 | 64 | 0.0 | 14:02 | 67 | 30 |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 28 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 | 15:18 | 10 | 3 |
| Terry Carkner | D | 74 | 1 | 7 | 8 | +6 | 63 | 0 | 34 | 2.9 | 18:21 | 51 | 41 |
| Jeff Norton | D | 19 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -7 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 | 18:31 | 3 | 11 |
| Johan Garpenlov | L | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 4.7 | 13:39 | 11 | 6 |
| Rhett Warrener | D | 79 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -16 | 99 | 0 | 66 | 0.0 | 16:55 | 87 | 27 |
| Jody Hull | R | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 | 12:11 | 8 | 2 |
| Ryan Johnson | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 10:39 | 6 | 4 |
| Dallas Eakins | D | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 44 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | 11:34 | 14 | 8 |
| Peter Worrell | L | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 153 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | 7:02 | 33 | 0 |
| Dave Lowry | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 11:05 | 10 | 0 |
| John Jakopin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10:12 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Allen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18:00 | 3 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | 79 | 58 | 18 | 29 | 0 | 1638 | .899 | 2.87 | 4 |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | 43 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 265 | .879 | 3.00 | 1 |
| Kevin Weekes | 22 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 247 | .870 | 3.96 | 0 |
| Kirk McLean | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 207 | .894 | 3.25 | 0 |
| Todd MacDonald | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | @ PHI | L 1–3 | Final |
| Oct 4 | @ PIT | W 5–3 | Final |
| Oct 11 | @ STL | L 3–5 | Final |
| Oct 13 | vs NYI | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Oct 15 | vs TBL | W 2–1 | Final |
| Oct 16 | @ DAL | L 0–4 | Final |
| Oct 19 | vs PIT | L 1–4 | Final |
| Oct 22 | @ MTL | L 0–3 | Final |
| Oct 23 | @ OTT | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Oct 25 | @ BOS | W 5–4 | Final |
| Oct 28 | vs LAK | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Oct 30 | vs OTT | L 2–5 | Final |
| Nov 1 | vs BUF | L 3–4 | Final/OT |
| Nov 5 | vs NJD | L 2–4 | Final |
| Nov 6 | @ BUF | W 4–2 | Final |
| Nov 9 | vs WSH | W 3–2 | Final |
| Nov 12 | vs NYI | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Nov 14 | vs PHI | L 2–5 | Final |
| Nov 15 | @ NYI | W 1–0 | Final |
| Nov 18 | vs NYR | L 1–3 | Final |
| Nov 20 | vs CGY | L 1–2 | Final |
| Nov 22 | @ NJD | W 2–1 | Final/OT |
| Nov 23 | vs WSH | L 2–5 | Final |
| Nov 26 | vs BOS | W 10–5 | Final |
| Nov 28 | vs COL | L 2–3 | Final |
| Nov 30 | @ NYR | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Dec 1 | vs PHX | L 2–3 | Final |
| Dec 5 | @ WSH | L 2–3 | Final/OT |
| Dec 7 | vs WSH | W 5–4 | Final |
| Dec 10 | @ CAR | W 5–2 | Final |
| Dec 12 | @ NYR | W 4–3 | Final |
| Dec 13 | @ NYI | L 1–4 | Final |
| Dec 15 | vs BOS | L 2–6 | Final |
| Dec 17 | vs NYR | L 2–4 | Final |
| Dec 18 | @ WSH | W 4–0 | Final |
| Dec 20 | @ PHI | L 0–2 | Final |
| Dec 23 | vs STL | L 2–3 | Final |
| Dec 26 | @ CAR | W 5–2 | Final |
| Dec 27 | @ NYI | W 6–2 | Final |
| Dec 30 | vs SJS | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Jan 1 | vs NJD | W 2–1 | Final/OT |
| Jan 2 | @ TBL | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Jan 4 | vs ANA | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Jan 7 | @ EDM | L 2–3 | Final |
| Jan 9 | @ CGY | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Jan 10 | @ VAN | T 2–2 | Final/OT |
| Jan 12 | @ COL | L 1–3 | Final |
| Jan 14 | @ PHX | L 2–3 | Final |
| Jan 21 | @ ANA | L 3–8 | Final |
| Jan 22 | @ LAK | L 1–3 | Final |
| Jan 24 | @ SJS | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Jan 27 | vs CAR | W 3–0 | Final |
| Jan 29 | vs DAL | W 3–2 | Final |
| Jan 31 | vs TBL | W 2–0 | Final |
| Feb 1 | vs BUF | L 2–5 | Final |
| Feb 3 | vs DET | T 1–1 | Final/OT |
| Feb 7 | @ TOR | L 2–3 | Final |
| Feb 25 | vs NJD | L 2–3 | Final |
| Feb 27 | @ DET | L 1–3 | Final |
| Mar 4 | vs NYR | L 3–4 | Final |
| Mar 7 | @ WSH | L 3–6 | Final |
| Mar 9 | @ MTL | L 1–6 | Final |
| Mar 11 | @ OTT | L 3–5 | Final |
| Mar 13 | vs EDM | L 0–4 | Final |
| Mar 15 | vs CHI | L 4–8 | Final |
| Mar 17 | vs VAN | L 2–4 | Final |
| Mar 19 | @ BUF | L 1–6 | Final |
| Mar 21 | @ TBL | L 1–5 | Final |
| Mar 23 | vs CAR | L 3–5 | Final |
| Mar 26 | vs MTL | W 5–4 | Final |
| Mar 28 | @ BOS | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Mar 29 | @ CHI | W 4–0 | Final |
| Apr 1 | vs MTL | L 3–4 | Final |
| Apr 4 | @ PHI | W 4–1 | Final |
| Apr 5 | vs PIT | W 3–1 | Final |
| Apr 7 | vs TOR | L 1–3 | Final |
| Apr 9 | vs PHI | W 3–2 | Final |
| Apr 11 | @ PIT | T 3–3 | Final/OT |
| Apr 12 | @ NJD | T 5–5 | Final/OT |
| Apr 14 | vs OTT | L 2–3 | Final |
| Apr 16 | vs PHI | L 3–7 | Final |
| Apr 18 | @ TBL | T 2–2 | Final/OT |