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49-22-11 (109 points), Finished 1st in NHL Central Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 242 goals, Allowed 167 goals, SRS: 0.88 (1st of 26)
Coached by Ken Hitchcock (49-22-11)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Finals (4-2) to Detroit Red Wings
Won Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) over Edmonton Oilers
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) over San Jose Sharks
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Stars | 82 | 49 | 22 | 11 | 109 | .665 | 242 | 167 | 0.88 | 4.99 | 77 | 385 | 20.00 | 42 | 351 | 88.03 | 11 | 9 |
| 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 | Joe Nieuwendyk | C | 6-2 | 205 | 31 | 73 | 39 | 30 | 69 | 0.95 | 28 | 0.39 | 88 | 38 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 203 | 2.78 | 19.2 | ||
| 2 | Mike Modano | C | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | 52 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 1.13 | 22 | 0.42 | 76 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 191 | 3.67 | 11.0 | ||
| 3 | Pat Verbeek | RW | 5-9 | 192 | 33 | 82 | 31 | 26 | 57 | 0.70 | 23 | 0.28 | 90 | 37 | 38 | 0 | 15 | 170 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 190 | 2.32 | 16.3 | ||
| 4 | Sergei Zubov | D | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | 73 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 0.78 | 19 | 0.26 | 122 | 61 | 58 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 148 | 2.03 | 6.8 | ||
| 5 | Jamie Langenbrunner | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 81 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 0.64 | 20 | 0.25 | 80 | 33 | 42 | 4 | 9 | 61 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 159 | 1.96 | 14.5 | ||
| 6 | Darryl Sydor | D | 6-1 | 211 | 25 | 79 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 0.58 | 16 | 0.20 | 109 | 54 | 45 | 7 | 17 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 166 | 2.10 | 6.6 | ||
| 7 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 6-0 | 192 | 24 | 72 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 0.58 | 17 | 0.24 | 80 | 30 | 42 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 201 | 2.79 | 11.4 | ||
| 8 | Greg Adams | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 34 | 49 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 0.65 | 12 | 0.25 | 55 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 1.53 | 18.7 | ||
| 9 | Derian Hatcher | D | 6-5 | 235 | 25 | 70 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 0.44 | 10 | 0.15 | 72 | 17 | 62 | 16 | 9 | 132 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 1.06 | 8.1 | ||
| 10 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 5-11 | 186 | 37 | 77 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 0.31 | 9 | 0.11 | 38 | 1 | 54 | 20 | 3 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 1.05 | 8.6 | ||
| 11 | Shawn Chambers | D | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | 57 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 0.42 | 8 | 0.13 | 60 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 1.28 | 2.7 | ||
| 12 | Benoit Hogue | C | 5-10 | 194 | 31 | 53 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 0.42 | 8 | 0.15 | 38 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 1.04 | 10.9 | ||
| 13 | Todd Harvey | RW/C | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | 59 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0.32 | 7 | 0.13 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 1.49 | 10.2 | ||
| 14 | Grant Marshall | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | 72 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0.26 | 7 | 0.10 | 23 | 7 | 18 | 0 | -2 | 96 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 1.26 | 9.9 | ||
| 15 | Dave Reid | LW | 6-1 | 217 | 33 | 65 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0.28 | 7 | 0.10 | 29 | 12 | 45 | 13 | -15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 1.38 | 6.7 | ||
| 16 | Richard Matvichuk | D | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | 74 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 0.24 | 6 | 0.08 | 58 | 6 | 69 | 24 | 7 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0.96 | 4.2 | ||
| 17 | Bob Errey | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 33 | 59 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.19 | 4 | 0.06 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.58 | 5.9 | ||
| 18 | Tony Hrkac | C | 5-10 | 190 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.62 | 3 | 0.26 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.08 | 35.7 | ||
| 19 | Craig Ludwig | D | 6-3 | 220 | 36 | 80 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.09 | 2 | 0.03 | 45 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 21 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.58 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Bob Bassen | C | 5-10 | 185 | 32 | 58 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.12 | 3 | 0.05 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 5 | -4 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0.69 | 7.5 | ||
| 21 | Jamie Wright | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.29 | 3 | 0.12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.71 | 26.7 | ||
| 22 | Mike Keane | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.38 | 2 | 0.15 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1.15 | 13.3 | ||
| 23 | Juha Lind | C | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.05 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.69 | 7.4 | ||
| 24 | Dan Keczmer | D | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.18 | 1 | 0.06 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.53 | 11.1 | ||
| 25 | Craig Muni | D | 6-3 | 208 | 35 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.02 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.30 | 8.3 | ||
| 26 | Brian Skrudland | C | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 | 1 | 0.08 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | -2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.00 | 15.4 | ||
| 27 | Brad Lukowich | D | 6-1 | 201 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.08 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Chris Tancill | C | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Patrick Cote | LW | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Jarrod Skalde | C | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 31 | Jeff Mitchell | C/RW | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.43 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | Mike Kennedy | C | 6-1 | 195 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 33 | Jason Botterill | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 34 | Sergey Gusev | D | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.56 | 0.0 | ||
| 35 | Petr Buzek | D | 6-1 | 220 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 36 | Peter Douris | RW | 6-1 | 195 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.00 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 242 | 405 | 647 | 7.89 | 242 | 2.95 | 242 | 77 | 167 | 42 | 40 | 1287 | 154 | 77 | 11 | 49 | 2200 | 26.83 | 11.0 |
| 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 | Ed Belfour | G | 5-11 | 202 | 32 | 61 | 3581 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 84 | .712 | 9 | 112 | 1.88 | 1335 | 1223 | .916 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Roman Turek | G | 6-3 | 220 | 27 | 23 | 1324 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 23 | .523 | 1 | 49 | 2.22 | 496 | 447 | .901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Manny Fernandez | G | 6-0 | 207 | 23 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 1.74 | 35 | 33 | .943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 82 | 4974 | 49 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 163 | 1.97 | 1866 | 1703 | .913 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Modano | C | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0.82 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 2.88 | 8.2 | ||
| 2 | Sergei Zubov | D | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0.53 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 2.00 | 11.8 | ||
| 3 | Mike Keane | RW | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.47 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1.35 | 17.4 | ||
| 4 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 6-0 | 192 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.67 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2.58 | 9.7 | ||
| 5 | Derian Hatcher | D | 6-5 | 235 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.35 | -1 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1.29 | 13.6 | ||
| 6 | Benoit Hogue | C | 5-10 | 194 | 31 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.35 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1.35 | 17.4 | ||
| 7 | Darryl Sydor | D | 6-1 | 211 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.29 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.24 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Pat Verbeek | RW | 5-9 | 192 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.29 | -3 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1.47 | 12.0 | ||
| 9 | Jamie Langenbrunner | RW | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.31 | -5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 2.19 | 2.9 | ||
| 10 | Juha Lind | C | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.27 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1.00 | 13.3 | ||
| 11 | Greg Adams | LW | 6-3 | 195 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.33 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1.17 | 14.3 | ||
| 12 | Guy Carbonneau | C | 5-11 | 186 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.19 | 15.8 | ||
| 13 | Shawn Chambers | D | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.21 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.14 | 0.0 | ||
| 14 | Dave Reid | LW | 6-1 | 217 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.60 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.60 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Grant Marshall | RW | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.12 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.47 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Richard Matvichuk | D | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.13 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.25 | 5.0 | ||
| 17 | Brian Skrudland | C | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.82 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Joe Nieuwendyk | C | 6-2 | 205 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 100.0 | ||
| 19 | Bob Bassen | C | 5-10 | 185 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | -3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.76 | 7.7 | ||
| 20 | Craig Ludwig | D | 6-3 | 220 | 36 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.59 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Jamie Wright | LW | 6-0 | 195 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.20 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Dan Keczmer | D | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Craig Muni | D | 6-3 | 208 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 17 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 5.41 | 296 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 427 | 25.12 | 8.4 |
| 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 | Ed Belfour | G | 5-11 | 202 | 32 | 17 | 1039 | 10 | 7 | 20 | .588 | 1 | 31 | 1.79 | 399 | 368 | .922 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| 2 | Manny Fernandez | G | 6-0 | 207 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 82 | 1041 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1.79 | 399 | 368 | .922 |