1997-98 New Jersey Devils Roster and Statistics

Record: 48-23-11 (107 points), Finished 1st in NHL Atlantic Division (Schedule and Results)

Primary Arena: Continental Airlines Arena

Goals For: 225 (9th of 26), Goals Against: 166 (1st of 26)
SRS: 0.66 (2nd of 26), SOS: -0.06 (25th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2) to Ottawa Senators

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +600

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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
New Jersey Devils	82	48	23	11	107	.652	225	166	0.66	-0.06	2.74	2.02	63	333	18.92	41	309	86.73	4	9	2401	9.4	1943	.915		11
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%
New Jersey Devils
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
23	Dave Andreychuk	ca CA	LW	34	6-4	220	R/-	15	September 29, 1963
25	Jason Arnott	ca CA	RW	23	6-5	220	R/-	4	October 11, 1974
5	Doug Bodger	ca CA	D	31	6-2	210	L/-	13	June 18, 1966
6	Brad Bombardir	ca CA	D	25	6-1	205	L/-	R	May 5, 1972
30	Martin Brodeur	ca CA	G	25	6-2	220	-/L	5	May 6, 1972
18	Sergei Brylin	su SU	C	24	5-10	190	L/-	3	January 13, 1974
19	Bobby Carpenter	us US	LW	34	6-0	200	L/-	16	July 13, 1963
3	Ken Daneyko	ca CA	D	33	6-1	215	L/-	14	April 17, 1964
22	Scott Daniels	ca CA	LW	28	6-3	215	L/-	4	September 19, 1969
28	Kevin Dean	us US	D	28	6-3	210	L/-	3	April 1, 1969
1	Mike Dunham	us US	G	25	6-3	200	-/L	1	June 1, 1972
26	Patrik Eliáš	cs CS	LW	21	6-1	190	L/-	2	April 13, 1976
93	Doug Gilmour	ca CA	C	34	5-11	177	L/-	14	June 25, 1963
12	Bill Guerin	us US	RW	27	6-2	220	R/-	6	November 9, 1970
16	Bobby Holík	cs CS	C	27	6-4	230	R/-	7	January 1, 1971
7	Vlastimil Kroupa	cs CS	D	22	6-3	215	L/-	4	April 27, 1975
8	Sasha Lakovic	ca CA	LW	26	6-0	220	L/-	1	September 7, 1971
15	John MacLean	ca CA	RW	33	6-0	200	R/-	13	November 20, 1964
21	Randy McKay	ca CA	RW	31	6-2	210	R/-	9	January 25, 1967
9	Brendan Morrison	ca CA	C	22	5-11	185	L/-	R	August 15, 1975
27	Scott Niedermayer	ca CA	D	24	6-1	194	L/-	6	August 31, 1973
24	Lyle Odelein	ca CA	D	29	6-0	210	R/-	8	July 21, 1968
29	Krzysztof Oliwa	pl PL	RW	24	6-5	245	L/-	1	April 12, 1973
20	Jay Pandolfo	us US	LW	23	6-1	190	L/-	1	December 27, 1974
10	Denis Pederson	ca CA	C	22	6-2	205	R/-	2	September 10, 1975
14	Brian Rolston	us US	LW	24	6-2	215	L/-	3	February 21, 1973
35	Richard Shulmistra	ca CA	G	26	6-2	185	-/R	R	April 1, 1971
31	Peter Sidorkiewicz	pl PL	G	34	5-9	180	-/L	7	June 29, 1963
33	Reid Simpson	ca CA	LW	28	6-2	216	L/-	5	May 21, 1969
2	Sheldon Souray	ca CA	D	21	6-4	231	L/-	R	July 13, 1976
4	Scott Stevens (C)	ca CA	D	33	6-2	215	L/-	15	April 1, 1964
5	Ken Sutton	ca CA	D	28	6-1	205	L/-	6	November 5, 1969
17	Petr Sýkora	cs CS	C	21	6-0	190	L/-	2	November 19, 1976
32	Steve Thomas	gb GB	RW	34	5-10	185	L/-	13	July 15, 1963
25	Valeri Zelepukin	su SU	LW	29	6-1	200	L/-	6	September 17, 1968
18	Peter Zezel	ca CA	C	32	5-11	220	L/-	13	April 22, 1965

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	Bobby Holík	27	C	82	29	36	65	23	100	21	8	0	8	18	18	0	238	12.2	1360	16:35	6.5	2.1	8.6
2	Scott Niedermayer*	24	D	81	14	43	57	5	27	3	11	0	1	25	18	0	175	8.0	1957	24:09	5.5	5.3	10.8
3	Doug Gilmour*	34	C	63	13	40	53	10	68	10	3	0	5	19	20	1	94	13.8	1431	22:43	4.4	1.3	5.7
4	Randy McKay	31	RW	74	24	24	48	30	86	16	8	0	5	21	3	0	141	17.0	1069	14:27	4.5	2.2	6.8
5	Dave Andreychuk*	34	LW	75	14	34	48	19	26	10	4	0	2	22	12	0	180	7.8	1250	16:40	3.5	1.8	5.3
6	Patrik Eliáš	21	LW	74	18	19	37	18	28	13	5	0	6	13	6	0	147	12.2	1111	15:01	2.8	1.8	4.6
7	Petr Sýkora	21	C	58	16	20	36	0	22	12	3	1	4	10	10	0	130	12.3	902	15:33	3.1	0.8	4.0
8	Brian Rolston	24	LW	76	16	14	30	7	16	14	0	2	1	11	3	0	185	8.6	1326	17:27	1.8	1.4	3.2
9	Denis Pederson	22	C	80	15	13	28	-6	97	8	7	0	1	9	4	0	135	11.1	1012	12:39	1.4	0.9	2.3
10	Scott Stevens*	33	D	80	4	22	26	19	80	3	1	0	1	20	1	1	94	4.3	1875	23:26	1.4	6.3	7.7
11	Steve Thomas	34	RW	55	14	10	24	4	32	11	3	0	4	9	1	0	111	12.6	792	14:24	1.8	1.0	2.7
12	Lyle Odelein	29	D	79	4	19	23	11	171	3	1	0	0	12	6	1	76	5.3	1706	21:35	1.1	5.6	6.7
13	Bobby Carpenter	34	LW	66	9	9	18	-4	22	8	0	1	1	6	1	2	81	11.1	1018	15:25	0.2	0.8	1.1
14	Jason Arnott	23	RW	35	5	10	15	-8	21	2	3	0	2	6	4	0	99	5.1	622	17:46	0.7	0.2	0.9
15	John MacLean	33	RW	26	3	8	11	-6	14	2	1	0	1	5	3	0	74	4.1	477	18:21	0.4	0.1	0.6
16	Doug Bodger	31	D	49	5	5	10	-1	25	2	3	0	0	3	2	0	55	9.1	832	16:58	0.5	2.9	3.4
17	Bill Guerin	27	RW	19	5	5	10	0	13	4	1	0	2	4	1	0	48	10.4	272	14:18	0.8	0.3	1.1
18	Sheldon Souray	21	D	60	3	7	10	18	85	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	74	4.1	824	13:44	0.1	5.0	5.1
19	Valeri Zelepukin	29	LW	35	2	8	10	0	32	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	54	3.7	425	12:08	-0.1	0.5	0.4
20	Brendan Morrison	22	C	11	5	4	9	3	0	5	0	0	1	3	1	0	19	26.3	156	14:10	1.0	0.3	1.3
21	Kevin Dean	28	D	50	1	8	9	12	12	0	1	0	0	6	1	1	28	3.6	801	16:01	0.0	4.0	3.9
22	Brad Bombardir	25	D	43	1	5	6	11	8	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	16	6.3	598	13:54	-0.2	3.5	3.3
23	Sergei Brylin	24	C	18	2	3	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	10.0	172	9:33	0.0	0.4	0.4
24	Krzysztof Oliwa	24	RW	73	2	3	5	3	295	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	53	3.8	389	5:20	-2.1	1.2	-0.9
25	Jay Pandolfo	23	LW	23	1	3	4	-4	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	23	4.3	283	12:19	-0.4	0.2	-0.2
26	Martin Brodeur*	25	G	70	0	3	3	0	10	0	0	0	0				0		4128	58:59	0.0	0.0	11.1
27	Scott Daniels	28	LW	26	0	3	3	1	102	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	17	0.0	209	8:03	-0.7	0.4	-0.3
28	Peter Zezel	32	C	5	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0.0	61	12:06	0.1	0.2	0.3
29	Ken Daneyko	33	D	37	0	1	1	3	57	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	0.0	597	16:09	-0.7	2.5	1.8
30	Mike Dunham	25	G	15	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		773	51:30	0.0	0.0	2.2
31	Vlastimil Kroupa	22	D	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	32	16:04	0.1	0.2	0.3
32	Sasha Lakovic	26	LW	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	12	5:56	-0.1	0.0	0.0
33	Richard Shulmistra	26	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		62	61:53	0.0	0.0	0.3
34	Peter Sidorkiewicz	34	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		20	20:00	0.0	0.0	0.0
35	Reid Simpson	28	LW	6	0	0	0	-2	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	48	8:01	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
36	Ken Sutton	28	D	13	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	199	15:18	-0.3	0.9	0.6
	Team Total			82	225	384	609	174	1480	158	63	4	48	258	116	6	2401	9.4			37.0	54.0	104.7

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	Martin Brodeur*	25	70		43	17	8	130	1569	1439	.917	1.89	10	4128				88	17.1	2.22	11.1
2	Mike Dunham	25	15		5	5	3	29	332	303	.913	2.25	1	773				93	2.1	2.64	2.2
3	Peter Sidorkiewicz	34	1		0	0	0	1	8	7	.875	3.00	0	20						3.00	0.0
4	Richard Shulmistra	26	1		0	1	0	2	30	28	.933	1.94	0	62						1.94	0.3
	Team Total				48	23	11	162	1939	1777	.916	1.95	11	4983				89	19.8	2.29	13.6