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39-30-13 (91 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 221 goals, Allowed 194 goals, SRS: 0.33 (7th of 26)
Coached by Pat Burns (39-30-13)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) to Washington Capitals
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1997-98 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 82 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 91 | .555 | 221 | 194 | 0.33 | 5.06 | 62 | 359 | 17.27 | 44 | 285 | 84.56 | 5 | 3 |
| League Average | 82 | 35 | 35 | 13 | 82 | .500 | 216 | 216 | 0.00 | 5.28 | 57 | 380 | 15.08 | 57 | 380 | 84.92 | 10 | 10 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Allison | C | 6-3 | 215 | 22 | 81 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 1.02 | 32 | 0.39 | 113 | 40 | 44 | 4 | 33 | 60 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 158 | 1.95 | 20.9 | ||
| 2 | Dmitri Khristich | LW/C | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | 82 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 0.80 | 26 | 0.31 | 99 | 37 | 42 | 5 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 144 | 1.76 | 20.1 | ||
| 3 | Raymond Bourque | D | 5-11 | 219 | 37 | 82 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 0.59 | 17 | 0.21 | 117 | 54 | 87 | 26 | 2 | 80 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 264 | 3.22 | 4.9 | ||
| 4 | Sergei Samsonov | LW | 5-8 | 188 | 19 | 81 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 0.58 | 19 | 0.23 | 64 | 22 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 1.96 | 13.8 | ||
| 5 | Steve Heinze | RW | 5-11 | 202 | 28 | 61 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 0.75 | 19 | 0.31 | 58 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 54 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 160 | 2.62 | 16.3 | ||
| 6 | Anson Carter | RW | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | 78 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 0.55 | 16 | 0.21 | 66 | 20 | 41 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 179 | 2.29 | 8.9 | ||
| 7 | Ted Donato | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | 79 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 0.49 | 15 | 0.19 | 64 | 20 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 129 | 1.63 | 12.4 | ||
| 8 | Tim Taylor | C | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | 79 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 0.39 | 13 | 0.17 | 44 | 7 | 73 | 20 | -16 | 57 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 127 | 1.61 | 15.7 | ||
| 9 | P.J. Axelsson | LW | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | 82 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 0.33 | 10 | 0.12 | 43 | 5 | 74 | 22 | -14 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 1.76 | 5.6 | ||
| 10 | Rob DiMaio | RW | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | 79 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 0.34 | 10 | 0.13 | 42 | 7 | 64 | 16 | -13 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 112 | 1.42 | 8.9 | ||
| 11 | Kyle McLaren | D | 6-4 | 235 | 20 | 66 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 0.38 | 9 | 0.13 | 78 | 23 | 54 | 12 | 13 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 1.53 | 5.0 | ||
| 12 | Dave Ellett | D | 6-2 | 205 | 33 | 82 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 0.28 | 8 | 0.09 | 85 | 24 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 1.57 | 2.3 | ||
| 13 | Mike Sullivan | C | 6-2 | 204 | 29 | 77 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.23 | 6 | 0.08 | 32 | 1 | 45 | 13 | -1 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 1.08 | 6.0 | ||
| 14 | Don Sweeney | D | 5-10 | 185 | 31 | 59 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0.27 | 5 | 0.09 | 53 | 2 | 46 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0.93 | 1.8 | ||
| 15 | Darren Van Impe | D | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | 50 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.20 | 3 | 0.07 | 37 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1.00 | 4.0 | ||
| 16 | Grant Ledyard | D | 6-2 | 195 | 36 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.41 | 3 | 0.14 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 5 | -2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1.50 | 6.1 | ||
| 17 | Joe Thornton | C | 6-4 | 235 | 18 | 55 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.13 | 3 | 0.05 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 0 | -6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0.60 | 9.1 | ||
| 18 | Landon Wilson | RW | 6-3 | 226 | 22 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.07 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.93 | 3.8 | ||
| 19 | Hal Gill | D | 6-7 | 250 | 22 | 68 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.03 | 35 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0.82 | 3.6 | ||
| 20 | Mattias Timander | D | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.03 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 2 | -9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.74 | 5.9 | ||
| 21 | Shawn Bates | C | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.08 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.92 | 16.7 | ||
| 22 | Cameron Mann | RW | 6-0 | 195 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 0.03 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Ken Baumgartner | LW | 6-1 | 205 | 31 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | -14 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.34 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Dean Malkoc | D | 6-3 | 215 | 28 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.01 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | -12 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.38 | 6.7 | ||
| 25 | Kirk Nielsen | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ||
| 26 | Dean Chynoweth | D | 6-1 | 191 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Robert Lang | C | 6-3 | 216 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Jean-Yves Roy | RW | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Randy Robitaille | C | 5-11 | 200 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.25 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Joel Prpic | C | 6-6 | 225 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Total | 82 | 221 | 366 | 587 | 7.16 | 221 | 2.70 | 221 | 62 | 194 | 44 | 9 | 1105 | 154 | 62 | 5 | 39 | 2230 | 27.20 | 9.9 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byron Dafoe | G | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | 65 | 3693 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 69 | .539 | 6 | 138 | 2.24 | 1602 | 1464 | .914 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Robbie Tallas | G | 6-0 | 170 | 24 | 14 | 788 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | .625 | 1 | 24 | 1.83 | 326 | 302 | .926 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Jim Carey | G | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | 10 | 496 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .583 | 2 | 24 | 2.90 | 225 | 201 | .893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4977 | 39 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 186 | 2.24 | 2153 | 1967 | .914 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Allison | C | 6-3 | 215 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1.33 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.17 | 15.4 | ||
| 2 | Sergei Samsonov | LW | 5-8 | 188 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3.00 | 11.1 | ||
| 3 | Raymond Bourque | D | 5-11 | 219 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.83 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.00 | 2.4 | ||
| 4 | Dmitri Khristich | LW/C | 6-2 | 195 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.67 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.50 | 13.3 | ||
| 5 | Darren Van Impe | D | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3.17 | 10.5 | ||
| 6 | Anson Carter | RW | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3.17 | 5.3 | ||
| 7 | Dave Ellett | D | 6-2 | 205 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.83 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Rob DiMaio | RW | 5-10 | 190 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | -3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.33 | 7.1 | ||
| 9 | Kyle McLaren | D | 6-4 | 235 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | -3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3.50 | 4.8 | ||
| 10 | P.J. Axelsson | LW | 6-1 | 188 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2.17 | 7.7 | ||
| 11 | Mike Sullivan | C | 6-2 | 204 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Tim Taylor | C | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.67 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Joe Thornton | C | 6-4 | 235 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Grant Ledyard | D | 6-2 | 195 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Steve Heinze | RW | 5-11 | 202 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Hal Gill | D | 6-7 | 250 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Ted Donato | LW | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.60 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Ken Baumgartner | LW | 6-1 | 205 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Landon Wilson | RW | 6-3 | 226 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 6 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 5.67 | 75 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 239 | 39.83 | 5.4 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Byron Dafoe | G | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | 6 | 422 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .333 | 1 | 14 | 1.99 | 159 | 145 | .912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 422 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1.99 | 159 | 145 | .912 |