1997-98 NHL Time on Ice / Game Leaders

1997-98 regular-season time on ice / game leaders. Average total ice time per game — the workhorse metric (minimum 40 games).

#	Player	Team	TOI
1	Alexei Zhitnik		26:37
2	Brian Leetch		26:36
3	Ray Bourque		26:35
4	Nicklas Lidstrom		26:07
5	Rob Blake		26:07
6	Chris Chelios		25:20
7	Larry Murphy		25:11
8	Robert Svehla		25:09
9	Al MacInnis		25:07
10	Boris Mironov		25:07
11	Chris Pronger		25:03
12	Calle Johansson		24:42
13	Mathieu Schneider		24:26
14	Teppo Numminen	PHX	24:20
15	Kevin Hatcher		24:20
16	Derian Hatcher		24:18
17	Sergei Zubov		24:09
18	Scott Niedermayer		24:09
19	Kenny Jonsson		24:04
20	Theo Fleury		23:55
21	Dmitri Mironov		23:46
22	Steve Duchesne		23:44
23	Roman Hamrlik		23:42
24	Scott Stevens		23:26
25	Eric Desjardins		23:26
26	Bryan McCabe		23:20
27	Jyrki Lumme		23:11
28	Gary Suter		23:11
29	Adam Oates		23:08
30	Joe Sakic		23:05
31	Igor Kravchuk		23:01
32	Teemu Selanne		22:44
33	Richard Smehlik		22:44
34	Doug Gilmour		22:43
35	Jaromir Jagr		22:42
36	Bryan Berard		22:32
37	Mattias Ohlund		22:30
38	Janne Laukkanen		22:24
39	Vladimir Malakhov		22:24
40	Bill Houlder		22:23
41	Ron Francis		22:20
42	Steve Chiasson		22:19
43	Dave Ellett		22:18
44	Eric Lindros		22:18
45	Scott Lachance		22:16
46	Richard Matvichuk		22:14
47	Pavel Bure		22:14
48	Peter Forsberg		22:12
49	Dan McGillis		22:10
50	Darryl Shannon		22:06