Rob Blake scored the most goals by a defenseman in 1997-98, with 23 scored.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	GP	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Rob Blake R. Blake	23	1997-98	LAK	81	27	50	-3	94	11	11	0	1	4	0	261	8.8
2	Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	19	1997-98	PIT	74	29	48	-3	66	13	12	1	2	3	1	169	11.2
3	Al MacInnis A. MacInnis	19	1997-98	STL	71	30	49	+6	80	9	17	1	1	2	0	227	8.4
4	Brian Leetch B. Leetch	17	1997-98	NYR	76	33	50	-36	32	11	23	0	0	2	0	230	7.4
5	Nicklas Lidstrom N. Lidstrom	17	1997-98	DET	80	42	59	+22	18	7	26	1	2	1	0	205	8.3
6	Boris Mironov B. Mironov	16	1997-98	EDM	81	30	46	-8	100	10	19	1	0	1	0	203	7.9
7	Calle Johansson C. Johansson	15	1997-98	WSH	73	20	35	-11	30	10	10	1	1	1	0	163	9.2
8	Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	15	1997-98	BUF	78	30	45	+19	102	2	15	3	2	3	0	191	7.9
9	Bryan Berard B. Berard	14	1997-98	NYI	75	32	46	-32	59	8	21	1	0	2	0	192	7.3
10	Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	14	1997-98	STL	80	42	56	+9	32	5	24	1	1	1	0	153	9.2
11	Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	14	1997-98	NYI	81	26	40	-2	58	6	12	0	2	2	0	108	13.0
12	Scott Niedermayer S. Niedermayer	14	1997-98	NJD	81	43	57	+5	27	11	18	0	0	1	0	175	8.0
13	Gary Suter G. Suter	14	1997-98	CHI	73	28	42	+1	74	5	18	2	0	0	0	199	7.0
14	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	13	1997-98	BOS	82	35	48	+2	80	9	21	0	2	3	0	264	4.9
15	Todd Gill T. Gill	13	1997-98	TOT	75	17	30	-11	41	7	9	0	0	2	0	122	10.7
16	Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	13	1997-98	MTL	74	31	44	+16	70	8	17	0	1	2	0	166	7.8
17	Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	13	1997-98	COL	66	38	51	-12	65	9	26	0	0	2	0	135	9.6
18	Dan McGillis D. McGillis	11	1997-98	TOT	80	20	31	-21	109	6	9	0	1	3	0	137	8.0
19	Larry Murphy L. Murphy	11	1997-98	DET	82	41	52	+35	37	2	12	1	2	2	0	129	8.5
20	Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	11	1997-98	PHX	82	40	51	+25	30	6	16	0	2	2	0	126	8.7
21	Mathieu Schneider M. Schneider	11	1997-98	TOR	76	26	37	-12	44	4	14	1	0	1	0	181	6.1
22	Darryl Sydor D. Sydor	11	1997-98	DAL	79	35	46	+17	51	4	24	1	0	1	0	166	6.6
23	Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	10	1997-98	MTL	79	27	37	+16	67	5	12	0	1	1	1	125	8.0
24	Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	10	1997-98	DAL	73	47	57	+16	16	5	29	1	1	2	1	148	6.8
25	Doug Bodger D. Bodger	9	1997-98	TOT	77	11	20	-1	57	3	7	0	0	1	0	96	9.4