• Steve finished the season 22nd overall in scoring, despite missing 7 full games. He was 11th in assists, and finished with a positive looking +3. He was 5th in faceoff win percentages overall.
• Steve dropped his time in the penalty box this year, going from 78 PIMs in the box last year, to only 46 PIMs this year. His shot percentage also increased from 9.48% to 12.8%.
• Steve's goal production has risen, from 22 goals in 81 games, to 24 goals in 75 games.
• On the team, he was 1st in points and assists, and was 3rd in goals. He also had the greatest percentage of faceoffs won, and was 3rd on the team in takeaways.
• Because of Steve's slow production in the first half of the season, he was held off the North American all-star team, but he rebounded in the second half of the season, with an incredible 26 points(11 g, 15 a) in 19 games, only Jaromir Jagr and Zigmund Palffy having more points in that span.
• When the Hockey News rated its top 50 players of all time, Stevie wasn't included in the list. Th list was voted on April 1997, 2 months before Stevie won his 1st Stanley Cup. He was one of the 86 candidates.
• It was a disappointing period in Nagano, as Team Canada failed to bring home a medal, after losing to the Czech Republic in the semifinals and then to the Finns in the bronze medal match.

 

GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	S Pct.
22	6	18	24	22	+10	8.45

 

• Stevie won his second stanley cup on June 16th, 1998, just 374 days after winning his first on June 7th, 1997. He's a two-time champion, just like Bobby Orr and Mario Lemieux.
• He was unanimously voted Conn Smythe winner as playoff MVP. He was 1st overall in goals and assists.
• Although the Wings won at the MCI Center in Washington this time, and there wasn't as big a celebration, this was just as special as in 1997.

Detroit vs. Phoenix 
Game 1: Detroit 6, Phoenix 3 
Game 2: Phoenix 7, Detroit 4 
Game 3: Phoenix 3, Detroit 2 
Game 4: Detroit 4, Phoenix 2 
Game 5: Detroit 3, Phoenix 2 
Game 6: Detorit 5, Phoenix 2 
(1 goal and 6 assists in 6 games in the Phoenix series for Yzerman) 

     Conference Semifinals 

Detroit vs. St. Louis 
Game 1: St. Louis 4, Detroit 2 
Game 2: Detroit 6, St. Louis 1 
Game 3: Detroit 3, St. Louis 2 
Game 4: Detroit 5, Phoenix 2 
Game 5: St. Louis 3, Detroit 1 
Game 6: Detroit 6, St. Louis 1 
(Detroit outscored St. Louis 23-13. Yzerman had 1 goal and 3 assists in game 6, by then, his 3 goals and 13 assists were tops in the league. His 13 assists alone totalled more than anyone else's points except for Sergei Fedorov's.) 

     Conference Finals 

Detroit vs. Dallas 
Game 1: Deetroit 2, Dallas 0 
Game 2: Dallas 3, Detroit 1 
Game 3: Detroit 5, Dallas 3 
Game 4: Detroit 3, Dallas 2 
Game 5: Dallas 3, Detroit 2(Guy Carbonneau made 3 fantastic moves in the remaining minutes of the 3rd period to lift the Stars hopes up, when they(Stars) were trailing 2-1. Guy is an excellent playmaker.) 
Game 6: Detroit 2, Dallas 0!!! 

     Stanley Cup Finals 

DETROIT RED WINGS VS. WASHINGTON CAPITALS 
Game 1: Detroit 2, Washington 1
Game 2: Detroit 5, Washington 4(OT) (The Wings came back from a 3-1 deficit late in the third, when Stevie started the goals. Stevie scored 2 goals that game.
Game 3: Detroit 2, Dallas 1
Game 4: Detroit 4, Dallas 1!!! (Repeat champions!! They are the absolute team of the 90's. Could they begin a dynasty? A dynasty is when you win 3 stanley cups one after the other.)