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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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |