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1997-98 Edmonton Oilers

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35-37-10 (80 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Pacific Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 215 goals, Allowed 224 goals, SRS: -0.13 (17th of 26)
Coached by Ron Low (35-37-10)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) to Dallas Stars
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Colorado Avalanche

1997-98 Statistics / Games

Team Statistics

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Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Edmonton Oilers 82 35 37 10 80 .488 215 224 -0.13 5.35 77 483 15.94 66 406 83.74 10 11
League Average 82 35 35 13 82 .500 216 216 0.00 5.28 57 380 15.08 57 380 84.92 10 10

Player Statistics

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Skaters Regular Season

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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 Doug Weight C 5-11 196 27 79 26 44 70 0.89 27 0.34 103 50 61 9 1 69 17 9 0 4 205 2.59 12.7
2 Dean McAmmond C 5-11 195 24 77 19 31 50 0.65 19 0.25 78 36 33 0 9 46 11 8 0 3 128 1.66 14.8
3 Boris Mironov D 6-3 223 25 81 16 30 46 0.57 17 0.21 108 51 93 28 -8 100 5 10 1 1 203 2.51 7.9
4 Todd Marchant C 5-10 180 24 76 14 21 35 0.46 14 0.18 56 10 57 20 9 71 11 2 1 3 194 2.55 7.2
5 Ryan Smyth LW 6-1 190 21 65 20 13 33 0.51 14 0.22 51 29 46 0 -24 44 10 10 0 2 205 3.15 9.8
6 Bill Guerin RW 6-2 220 27 40 13 16 29 0.73 11 0.29 50 25 24 0 1 80 5 8 0 2 130 3.25 10.0
7 Mats Lindgren C/LW 6-2 202 23 82 13 13 26 0.32 11 0.13 41 6 59 24 0 42 9 1 3 3 131 1.60 9.9
8 Roman Hamrlik D 6-2 215 23 41 6 20 26 0.63 9 0.23 60 31 40 14 3 48 1 4 1 3 112 2.73 5.4
9 Dan McGillis D 6-3 220 25 67 10 15 25 0.37 10 0.14 58 23 75 23 -17 74 5 5 0 3 119 1.78 8.4
10 Andrei Kovalenko RW 5-10 200 27 59 6 17 23 0.39 8 0.14 38 19 33 0 -14 28 5 1 0 2 89 1.51 6.7
11 Scott Fraser C 6-1 178 25 29 12 11 23 0.79 9 0.33 30 16 8 0 6 6 6 6 0 2 61 2.10 19.7
12 Kelly Buchberger RW 6-2 210 31 82 6 17 23 0.28 8 0.10 37 3 79 35 -10 122 4 1 1 1 86 1.05 7.0
13 Tony Hrkac C 5-10 190 31 36 8 11 19 0.53 7 0.21 25 10 12 0 3 10 4 4 0 1 43 1.19 18.6
14 Rem Murray C/LW 6-2 200 25 61 9 9 18 0.30 7 0.12 27 7 46 17 -9 39 5 2 2 0 59 0.97 15.3
15 Jason Arnott C 6-4 220 23 35 5 13 18 0.51 7 0.19 26 13 32 3 -16 78 4 1 0 0 100 2.86 5.0
16 Mike Grier RW 6-1 225 23 66 9 6 15 0.23 6 0.10 25 3 28 3 -3 73 8 1 0 1 90 1.36 10.0
17 Valeri Zelepukin LW 6-1 200 29 33 2 10 12 0.36 4 0.12 19 8 14 1 -2 57 2 0 0 0 47 1.42 4.3
18 Greg de Vries D 6-2 215 25 65 7 4 11 0.17 5 0.07 30 1 65 19 -17 80 6 1 0 0 53 0.82 13.2
19 Janne Niinimaa D 6-1 220 22 11 1 8 9 0.82 3 0.27 19 9 7 4 7 6 0 1 0 0 19 1.73 5.3
20 Drake Berehowsky D 6-2 225 26 67 1 6 7 0.10 2 0.04 39 8 33 3 1 169 0 1 0 1 58 0.87 1.7
21 Bobby Dollas D 6-2 212 33 30 2 5 7 0.23 3 0.09 25 7 16 4 6 22 2 0 0 0 27 0.90 7.4
22 Boyd Devereaux C 6-2 195 19 38 1 4 5 0.13 2 0.05 9 0 20 6 -5 6 1 0 0 0 27 0.71 3.7
23 Joe Hulbig LW 6-4 215 24 17 2 2 4 0.24 2 0.10 6 2 5 0 -1 2 2 0 0 1 8 0.47 25.0
24 Ray Whitney LW 5-10 180 25 9 1 3 4 0.44 1 0.16 6 4 3 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 19 2.11 5.3
25 Bryan Marchment D 6-1 200 28 27 0 4 4 0.15 1 0.05 17 2 26 9 -2 58 0 0 0 0 23 0.85 0.0
26 Craig Millar D 6-2 212 21 11 4 0 4 0.36 2 0.18 10 3 14 4 -3 8 3 1 0 0 10 0.91 40.0
27 Frantisek Musil D 6-3 215 33 17 1 2 3 0.18 1 0.07 11 1 17 8 1 8 0 0 1 1 8 0.47 12.5
28 Mike Watt LW 6-2 212 21 14 1 2 3 0.21 1 0.08 6 3 7 0 -4 4 1 0 0 1 14 1.00 7.1
29 Steve Kelly C 6-2 205 21 19 0 2 2 0.11 1 0.03 5 0 9 0 -4 8 0 0 0 0 5 0.26 0.0
30 Drew Bannister D 6-2 200 23 34 0 2 2 0.06 1 0.02 16 1 33 11 -7 42 0 0 0 0 27 0.79 0.0
31 Bill Huard LW 6-1 215 30 30 0 1 1 0.03 0 0.01 5 1 9 0 -5 72 0 0 0 0 12 0.40 0.0
32 Sean Brown D 6-3 215 21 18 0 1 1 0.06 0 0.02 7 0 11 3 -1 43 0 0 0 0 9 0.50 0.0
33 Ladislav Benysek D 6-2 190 22 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
34 Dennis Bonvie RW 5-11 205 24 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
35 Terran Sandwith D 6-4 210 25 8 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 0 8 1 -4 6 0 0 0 0 4 0.50 0.0
36 Bryan Muir D 6-3 224 24 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 3 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 6 0.86 0.0
37 Georges Laraque RW 6-3 243 21 11 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1 6 1 -4 59 0 0 0 0 4 0.36 0.0
38 Kevin Lowe D 6-2 200 38 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 0 5 0 -3 22 0 0 0 0 5 0.71 0.0
39 Doug Friedman LW 6-1 200 26 16 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 3 0 5 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 8 0.50 0.0
40 Scott Ferguson D 6-1 195 25 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
41 Jason Bowen D 6-4 220 24 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 0.75 0.0
Team Total 82 215 345 560 6.83 215 2.62 215 77 224 66 -20 1680 128 77 10 35 2351 28.67 9.1

Goalies Regular Season

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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 Curtis Joseph G 5-11 193 30 71 4132 29 31 9 67 .486 8 181 2.63 1901 1720 .905 0 2 2 4
2 Bob Essensa G 6-0 190 33 16 825 6 6 1 13 .500 0 35 2.55 404 369 .913 0 0 0 0
Team Total 82 4957 35 37 10 8 216 2.61 2305 2089 .906

Skaters Playoffs

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Doug Weight C 5-11 196 27 12 2 7 9 0.75 -4 14 0 2 0 1 26 2.17 7.7
2 Bill Guerin RW 6-2 220 27 12 7 1 8 0.67 -6 17 3 4 0 0 47 3.92 14.9
3 Boris Mironov D 6-3 223 25 12 3 3 6 0.50 -3 27 2 1 0 1 26 2.17 11.5
4 Roman Hamrlik D 6-2 215 23 12 0 6 6 0.50 -4 12 0 0 0 0 19 1.58 0.0
5 Rem Murray C/LW 6-2 200 25 11 1 4 5 0.45 -1 2 1 0 0 0 15 1.36 6.7
6 Dean McAmmond C 5-11 195 24 12 1 4 5 0.42 0 12 1 0 0 0 22 1.83 4.5
7 Mike Grier RW 6-1 225 23 12 2 2 4 0.33 4 13 2 0 0 1 14 1.17 14.3
8 Ryan Smyth LW 6-1 190 21 12 1 3 4 0.33 -2 16 0 1 0 0 24 2.00 4.2
9 Valeri Zelepukin LW 6-1 200 29 8 1 2 3 0.38 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 1.00 12.5
10 Tony Hrkac C 5-10 190 31 12 0 3 3 0.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 0.92 0.0
11 Drake Berehowsky D 6-2 225 26 12 1 2 3 0.25 1 14 1 0 0 1 4 0.33 25.0
12 Kelly Buchberger RW 6-2 210 31 12 1 2 3 0.25 0 25 1 0 0 0 13 1.08 7.7
13 Todd Marchant C 5-10 180 24 12 1 1 2 0.17 0 10 1 0 0 0 17 1.42 5.9
14 Mats Lindgren C/LW 6-2 202 23 12 1 1 2 0.17 0 10 1 0 0 0 16 1.33 6.3
15 Scott Fraser C 6-1 178 25 11 1 1 2 0.18 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 1.55 5.9
16 Janne Niinimaa D 6-1 220 22 11 1 1 2 0.18 3 12 1 0 0 1 20 1.82 5.0
17 Frantisek Musil D 6-3 215 33 7 0 0 0 0.00 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
18 Kevin Lowe D 6-2 200 38 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
19 Andrei Kovalenko RW 5-10 200 27 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2.00 0.0
20 Bill Huard LW 6-1 215 30 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.75 0.0
21 Bobby Dollas D 6-2 212 33 11 0 0 0 0.00 2 16 0 0 0 0 10 0.91 0.0
22 Greg de Vries D 6-2 215 25 7 0 0 0 0.00 -4 21 0 0 0 0 2 0.29 0.0
Team Total 12 24 43 67 5.58 241 16 8 0 5 316 26.33 7.6

Goalies Playoffs

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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 Curtis Joseph G 5-11 193 30 12 716 5 7 10 .417 3 23 1.93 319 296 .928 0 0 0 2
2 Bob Essensa G 6-0 190 33 1 27 0 0 0 0 1 2.22 11 10 .909 0 0 0 0
Team Total 82 743 5 7 3 24 1.94 330 306 .927