1997-98 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics

Record: 39-30-13 (91 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Northeast Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Pat Burns (39-30-13)

Primary Arena: FleetCenter

Goals For: 221 (12th of 26), Goals Against: 194 (6th of 26)
SRS: 0.33 (7th of 26), SOS: 0.00 (13th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) to Washington Capitals

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +15000

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	91	.555	221	194	0.33	0.00	2.70	2.37	62	359	17.27	44	285	84.56	5	3	2230	9.9	2161	.910		9
League Average	82	35	35	13	82	.500	216	216					57	380	15.08	57	380	84.92	10	10	2242	9.6	2242	.904		6

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Boston Bruins
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
41	Jason Allison	ca	C	22	6-3	215	R/-	4	May 29, 1975	33 G, 50 A, 83 P
11-57	P.J. Axelsson	se	LW	22	6-1	188	L/-	R	February 26, 1975	8 G, 19 A, 27 P
17	Shawn Bates	us	C	22	6-0	210	R/-	R	April 3, 1975	2 G, 0 A, 2 P
22	Ken Baumgartner	ca	LW	31	6-1	205	L/-	10	March 11, 1966	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
77	Ray Bourque (C)	ca	D	37	5-11	219	L/-	18	December 28, 1960	13 G, 35 A, 48 P
30	Jim Carey	us	G	23	6-2	205	-/L	3	May 31, 1974	3-2-1, 2.90 GAA
33	Anson Carter	ca	C	23	6-1	210	R/-	1	June 6, 1974	16 G, 27 A, 43 P
28	Dean Chynoweth	ca	D	29	6-1	191	R/-	8	October 30, 1968	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
34	Byron Dafoe	gb	G	26	5-11	200	-/L	5	February 25, 1971	30-25-9, 2.24 GAA
19	Rob DiMaio	ca	RW	29	5-10	190	R/-	9	February 19, 1968	10 G, 17 A, 27 P
21	Ted Donato	us	LW	28	5-10	180	L/-	6	April 28, 1969	16 G, 23 A, 39 P
44	Dave Ellett	us	D	33	6-2	205	L/-	13	March 30, 1964	3 G, 20 A, 23 P
25-75	Hal Gill	us	D	22	6-7	243	L/-	R	April 6, 1975	2 G, 4 A, 6 P
23	Steve Heinze	us	RW	28	5-11	202	R/-	6	January 30, 1970	26 G, 20 A, 46 P
12	Dmitri Khristich	su	RW	28	6-2	195	R/-	7	July 23, 1969	29 G, 37 A, 66 P
45	Robert Lang	cs	C	27	6-3	217	R/-	4	December 19, 1970	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
36	Grant Ledyard	ca	D	36	6-2	195	L/-	13	November 19, 1961	2 G, 7 A, 9 P
29	Dean Malkoc	ca	D	28	6-3	215	L/-	2	January 26, 1970	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
10	Cameron Mann	ca	RW	20	6-0	195	R/-	R	April 20, 1977	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
18	Kyle McLaren	ca	D	20	6-4	235	L/-	2	June 18, 1977	5 G, 20 A, 25 P
60	Kirk Nielsen	us	RW	24	6-1	205	R/-	R	October 19, 1973	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
39	Joel Prpic	ca	C	23	6-6	225	L/-	R	September 25, 1974	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
16	Randy Robitaille	ca	C	22	5-11	200	L/-	1	October 12, 1975	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
43	Jean-Yves Roy	ca	RW	28	6-0	195	L/-	3	February 17, 1969	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
14	Sergei Samsonov	su	LW	19	5-8	188	R/-	R	October 27, 1978	22 G, 25 A, 47 P
42	Mike Sullivan	us	C	29	6-2	204	L/-	6	February 27, 1968	5 G, 13 A, 18 P
32	Don Sweeney	ca	D	31	5-10	185	L/-	9	August 17, 1966	1 G, 15 A, 16 P
35	Robbie Tallas	ca	G	24	5-11	185	-/L	2	March 20, 1973	6-3-3, 1.83 GAA
26	Tim Taylor	ca	C	28	6-1	190	L/-	4	February 6, 1969	20 G, 11 A, 31 P
6	Joe Thornton	ca	C	18	6-4	220	L/-	R	July 2, 1979	3 G, 4 A, 7 P
37	Mattias Timander	se	D	23	6-2	230	L/-	1	April 16, 1974	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
20	Darren Van Impe	ca	D	24	6-1	205	L/-	3	May 18, 1973	2 G, 8 A, 10 P
27	Landon Wilson	us	RW	22	6-3	224	R/-	2	March 13, 1975	1 G, 5 A, 6 P

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Jason Allison	22	C	81	33	50	83	33	60	28	5	0	8	28	20	2	158	20.9			8.9	2.4	11.3
2	Dmitri Khristich	28	RW	82	29	37	66	25	42	14	13	2	1	27	10	0	144	20.1			6.7	2.1	8.8
3	Ray Bourque*	37	D	82	13	35	48	2	80	4	9	0	3	12	21	2	264	4.9			4.6	4.9	9.5
4	Sergei Samsonov	19	LW	81	22	25	47	9	8	15	7	0	3	17	8	0	159	13.8			4.1	1.5	5.5
5	Steve Heinze	28	RW	61	26	20	46	8	54	17	9	0	6	13	7	0	160	16.3			5.1	1.2	6.3
6	Anson Carter	23	C	78	16	27	43	7	31	10	6	0	4	21	6	0	179	8.9			3.1	1.4	4.5
7	Ted Donato	28	LW	79	16	23	39	6	54	13	3	0	5	16	7	0	129	12.4			2.7	1.3	4.0
8	Tim Taylor	28	C	79	20	11	31	-16	57	16	1	3	0	9	2	0	127	15.7			2.3	0.5	2.8
9	Rob DiMaio	29	RW	79	10	17	27	-13	82	10	0	0	4	13	3	1	112	8.9			0.8	0.6	1.4
10	P.J. Axelsson	22	LW	82	8	19	27	-14	38	6	2	0	1	19	0	0	144	5.6			0.5	0.6	1.1
11	Kyle McLaren	20	D	66	5	20	25	13	56	3	2	0	0	14	6	0	101	5.0			1.7	4.8	6.5
12	Dave Ellett	33	D	82	3	20	23	3	67	1	2	0	1	11	8	1	129	2.3			1.0	4.9	5.9
13	Mike Sullivan	29	C	77	5	13	18	-1	34	5	0	0	2	12	1	0	83	6.0			-0.5	1.0	0.5
14	Don Sweeney	31	D	59	1	15	16	12	24	1	0	0	0	14	1	0	55	1.8			0.5	4.3	4.8
15	Darren Van Impe	24	D	50	2	8	10	4	36	0	2	0	0	3	4	1	50	4.0			0.2	3.2	3.4
16	Grant Ledyard	36	D	22	2	7	9	-2	6	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	33	6.1			0.7	1.1	1.8
17	Joe Thornton	18	C	55	3	4	7	-6	19	3	0	0	1	3	1	0	33	9.1			-1.1	0.5	-0.5
18	Hal Gill	22	D	68	2	4	6	4	47	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	56	3.6			-0.6	4.2	3.6
19	Landon Wilson	22	RW	28	1	5	6	3	7	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	26	3.8			-0.3	0.5	0.2
20	Byron Dafoe	26	G	65	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0				0		3693	56:49	0.0	0.0	10.8
21	Shawn Bates	22	C	13	2	0	2	-3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16.7			-0.1	0.1	0.0
22	Mattias Timander	23	D	23	1	1	2	-9	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	5.9			-0.2	0.6	0.4
23	Dean Malkoc	28	D	40	1	0	1	-12	86	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7			-0.6	1.4	0.7
24	Ken Baumgartner	31	LW	82	0	1	1	-14	199	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	0.0			-3.0	0.6	-2.4
25	Cameron Mann	20	RW	9	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0.0			-0.2	0.2	-0.1
26	Jim Carey	23	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		496	49:37	0.0	0.0	1.0
27	Dean Chynoweth	29	D	2	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			0.0	-0.2	-0.2
28	Robert Lang	27	C	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
29	Kirk Nielsen	24	RW	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
30	Joel Prpic	23	C	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
31	Randy Robitaille	22	C	4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.2
32	Jean-Yves Roy	28	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.0	0.0
33	Robbie Tallas	24	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		788	56:18	0.0	0.0	2.6
	Team Total			82	221	366	587	34	1105	154	62	5	39	241	115	7	2230	9.9			35.6	43.8	93.9

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Byron Dafoe	26	65		30	25	9	138	1602	1464	.914	2.24	6	3693				92	12.2	2.65	10.8
2	Robbie Tallas	24	14		6	3	3	24	326	302	.926	1.83	1	788						2.13	2.6
3	Jim Carey	23	10		3	2	1	24	225	201	.893	2.90	2	496						3.39	1.0
	Team Total				39	30	13	186	2153	1967	.914	2.24	9	4977				92	15.9	2.64	14.5