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1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning season

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Division
  
7th Atlantic

Goals for
  
151

1997–98 record
  
17–55–10

Goals against
  
269

Coach
  
Terry Crisp, Rick Paterson, Jacques Demers

Captain
  
Paul Ysebaert (Oct) Mikael Renberg (Oct–Apr)

Regular season

The Lightning struggled offensively during the regular season, being shut out a league-high 11 times (tied with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim) and finishing 26th in goals scored (151), power-play goals scored (33) and power-play percentage (9.35%).

Contents

Final standings

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Playoffs

The Lightning missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Regular season

Scoring
Goaltending

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

References

1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning season Wikipedia