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48-23-11 (107 points), Finished 1st in NHL Atlantic Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 225 goals, Allowed 166 goals, SRS: 0.66 (2nd of 26)
Coached by Jacques Lemaire (48-23-11)
Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) to Ottawa Senators
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Devils | 82 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 107 | .652 | 225 | 166 | 0.66 | 4.77 | 63 | 333 | 18.92 | 41 | 309 | 86.73 | 4 | 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 | Bobby Holik | C | 6-4 | 230 | 27 | 82 | 29 | 36 | 65 | 0.79 | 25 | 0.31 | 89 | 37 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 100 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 238 | 2.90 | 12.2 | ||
| 2 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | 81 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 0.70 | 20 | 0.24 | 115 | 53 | 71 | 14 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 2.16 | 8.0 | ||
| 3 | Doug Gilmour | C | 5-11 | 177 | 34 | 63 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 0.84 | 18 | 0.29 | 81 | 35 | 51 | 15 | 10 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 94 | 1.49 | 13.8 | ||
| 4 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 34 | 75 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 0.64 | 17 | 0.23 | 78 | 27 | 46 | 14 | 19 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 180 | 2.40 | 7.8 | ||
| 5 | Randy McKay | RW | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | 74 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 0.65 | 19 | 0.26 | 70 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 30 | 86 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 141 | 1.91 | 17.0 | ||
| 6 | Patrik Elias | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 74 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 0.50 | 15 | 0.20 | 60 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 147 | 1.99 | 12.2 | ||
| 7 | Petr Sykora | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | 58 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 0.62 | 14 | 0.24 | 50 | 22 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 130 | 2.24 | 12.3 | ||
| 8 | Brian Rolston | C/RW | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | 76 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 0.39 | 12 | 0.16 | 48 | 7 | 49 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 185 | 2.43 | 8.6 | ||
| 9 | Denis Pederson | C/RW | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | 80 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 0.35 | 11 | 0.14 | 44 | 17 | 40 | 7 | -6 | 97 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 1.69 | 11.1 | ||
| 10 | Scott Stevens | D | 6-2 | 215 | 33 | 80 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 0.33 | 8 | 0.11 | 62 | 2 | 71 | 30 | 19 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 1.18 | 4.3 | ||
| 11 | Steve Thomas | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 34 | 55 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 0.44 | 10 | 0.18 | 38 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 111 | 2.02 | 12.6 | ||
| 12 | Lyle Odelein | D | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | 79 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 0.29 | 8 | 0.10 | 71 | 13 | 64 | 17 | 11 | 171 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0.96 | 5.3 | ||
| 13 | Bob Carpenter | C | 6-0 | 200 | 34 | 66 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0.27 | 7 | 0.11 | 30 | 1 | 49 | 16 | -4 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 1.23 | 11.1 | ||
| 14 | Jason Arnott | C | 6-4 | 220 | 23 | 35 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.43 | 5 | 0.16 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 0 | -8 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 2.83 | 5.1 | ||
| 15 | John MacLean | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.42 | 4 | 0.15 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 5 | -6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 2.85 | 4.1 | ||
| 16 | Bill Guerin | RW | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.53 | 4 | 0.21 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 2.53 | 10.4 | ||
| 17 | Sheldon Souray | D | 6-4 | 233 | 21 | 60 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.17 | 4 | 0.06 | 39 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 1.23 | 4.1 | ||
| 18 | Doug Bodger | D | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.08 | 31 | 9 | 25 | 2 | -1 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1.12 | 9.1 | ||
| 19 | Valeri Zelepukin | LW | 6-1 | 200 | 29 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0.29 | 3 | 0.10 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 1.54 | 3.7 | ||
| 20 | Kevin Dean | D | 6-3 | 210 | 28 | 50 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.18 | 3 | 0.06 | 32 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.56 | 3.6 | ||
| 21 | Brendan Morrison | C | 5-11 | 181 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0.82 | 4 | 0.33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1.73 | 26.3 | ||
| 22 | Brad Bombardir | D | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.14 | 2 | 0.05 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.37 | 6.3 | ||
| 23 | Sergei Brylin | LW | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.28 | 2 | 0.10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.11 | 10.0 | ||
| 24 | Krzysztof Oliwa | LW | 6-5 | 245 | 24 | 73 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.03 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 295 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 0.73 | 3.8 | ||
| 25 | Jay Pandolfo | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.06 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | -4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1.00 | 4.3 | ||
| 26 | Scott Daniels | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.03 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.65 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Peter Zezel | C | 5-11 | 220 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.60 | 1 | 0.18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.60 | 0.0 | ||
| 28 | Ken Daneyko | D | 6-1 | 215 | 33 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.01 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.49 | 0.0 | ||
| 29 | Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 6-3 | 215 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 30 | Sasha Lakovic | RW | 6-0 | 220 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 31 | Ken Sutton | D | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.38 | 0.0 | ||
| 32 | Reid Simpson | LW | 6-2 | 216 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.83 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 82 | 225 | 384 | 609 | 7.43 | 225 | 2.74 | 225 | 63 | 166 | 41 | 37 | 1480 | 158 | 63 | 4 | 48 | 2401 | 29.28 | 9.4 |
| 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 | Martin Brodeur | G | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | 70 | 4128 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 94 | .691 | 10 | 130 | 1.89 | 1569 | 1439 | .917 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Mike Dunham | G | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | 15 | 773 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .500 | 1 | 29 | 2.25 | 332 | 303 | .913 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Richard Shulmistra | G | 6-2 | 185 | 26 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 1.94 | 30 | 28 | .933 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 5-9 | 180 | 34 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 8 | 7 | .875 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 4983 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 162 | 1.95 | 1939 | 1777 | .916 |
| 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 Gilmour | C | 5-11 | 177 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1.17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2.00 | 41.7 | ||
| 2 | Steve Thomas | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | Lyle Odelein | D | 6-0 | 210 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.17 | 14.3 | ||
| 5 | Jay Pandolfo | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Denis Pederson | C/RW | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1.33 | 12.5 | ||
| 7 | Jason Arnott | C | 6-4 | 220 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.20 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Brian Rolston | C/RW | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2.33 | 7.1 | ||
| 9 | Sheldon Souray | D | 6-4 | 233 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Scott Stevens | D | 6-2 | 215 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.83 | 9.1 | ||
| 11 | Brendan Morrison | C | 5-11 | 181 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.33 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Randy McKay | RW | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.17 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Dave Andreychuk | LW | 6-4 | 220 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.83 | 5.9 | ||
| 14 | Bob Carpenter | C | 6-0 | 200 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.50 | 33.3 | ||
| 15 | Ken Daneyko | D | 6-1 | 215 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.17 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Kevin Dean | D | 6-3 | 210 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.80 | 25.0 | ||
| 17 | Patrik Elias | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.25 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2.25 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Scott Daniels | LW | 6-3 | 215 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 19 | Krzysztof Oliwa | LW | 6-5 | 245 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.83 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Doug Bodger | D | 6-2 | 210 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.60 | 0.0 | ||
| 21 | Petr Sykora | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.50 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Bobby Holik | C | 6-4 | 230 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.60 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 6 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 5.17 | 92 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 174 | 29.00 | 6.9 |
| 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 | Martin Brodeur | G | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | 6 | 366 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .333 | 0 | 12 | 1.97 | 164 | 152 | .927 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 82 | 366 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1.97 | 164 | 152 | .927 |