1997-98 Boston Bruins Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 39-30-13 - 91 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Washington Capitals 4-2
Coach: Pat Burns (39-30-13)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts

1997-98 Boston Bruins Roster
1997-98 Boston Bruins Results

The Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 39 wins and 30 losses and 13 ties for 91 points, finishing second in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Bruins scored 221 goals and surrendered 194. Jason Allison netted 33 goals for Boston and contributed 50 assists. Byron Dafoe earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.24 goals against average, leading qualifying goaltenders.

Pat Burns coached the team. The 1997-98 Boston Bruins lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Jason Allison	C	81	33	50	83	60	33	5	20	0	2	8	2	158	20.9
Dmitri Khristich	R	82	29	37	66	42	25	13	10	2	0	1	0	144	20.1
Raymond Bourque	D	82	13	35	48	80	2	9	21	0	2	3	1	264	4.9
Sergei Samsonov	L	81	22	25	47	8	9	7	8	0	0	3	0	159	13.8
Steve Heinze	R	61	26	20	46	54	8	9	7	0	0	6	0	160	16.3
Anson Carter	C	78	16	27	43	31	7	6	6	0	0	4	0	179	8.9
Ted Donato	L	79	16	23	39	54	6	3	7	0	0	5	1	129	12.4
Tim Taylor	C	79	20	11	31	57	-16	1	2	3	0	0	1	127	15.7
Rob DiMaio	R	79	10	17	27	82	-13	0	3	0	1	4	1	112	8.9
P.J. Axelsson	L	82	8	19	27	38	-14	2	0	0	0	1	0	144	5.6
Kyle McLaren	D	66	5	20	25	56	13	2	6	0	0	0	0	101	5.0
Dave Ellett	D	82	3	20	23	67	3	2	8	0	1	1	0	129	2.3
Mike Sullivan	C	77	5	13	18	34	-1	0	1	0	0	2	0	83	6.0
Don Sweeney	D	59	1	15	16	24	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	55	1.8
Darren Van Impe	D	50	2	8	10	36	4	2	4	0	1	0	0	50	4.0
Grant Ledyard	D	22	2	7	9	6	-2	1	7	0	0	0	0	33	6.1
Joe Thornton	C	55	3	4	7	19	-6	0	1	0	0	1	0	33	9.1
Hal Gill	D	68	2	4	6	47	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	3.6
Landon Wilson	R	28	1	5	6	7	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	26	3.8
Byron Dafoe	G	65	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shawn Bates	C	13	2	0	2	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	16.7
Mattias Timander	D	23	1	1	2	6	-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9
Dean Malkoc	D	40	1	0	1	86	-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	6.7
Ken Baumgartner	L	82	0	1	1	199	-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	0.0
Cameron Mann	R	9	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Joel Prpic	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Robitaille	C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Jean-Yves Roy	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Lang	C	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jim Carey	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Robbie Tallas	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dean Chynoweth	D	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kirk Nielsen	R	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1565	221	366	587	1105	34	62	116	5	7	39	6	2230	9.9

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Byron Dafoe	65	3693	30	25	9	8	6	138	2.24	1602	1464	.914
Robbie Tallas	14	788	6	3	3	0	1	24	1.83	326	302	.926
Jim Carey	10	496	3	2	1	0	2	24	2.90	225	201	.893
Totals	89	4977	39	30	13	8	9	186	2.24	2339	2153	.920

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	GWG	SOG	SG%
Jason Allison	C	6	2	6	8	4	0	1	3	0	13	15.4
Dmitri Khristich	R	6	2	2	4	2	1	2	0	0	15	13.3
Raymond Bourque	D	6	1	4	5	2	-2	1	3	0	42	2.4
Sergei Samsonov	L	6	2	5	7	0	1	0	4	1	18	11.1
Steve Heinze	R	6	0	0	0	6	-4	0	0	0	15	0.0
Anson Carter	C	6	1	1	2	0	-3	0	0	0	19	5.3
Ted Donato	L	5	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	3	0.0
Tim Taylor	C	6	0	0	0	10	-2	0	0	0	10	0.0
Rob DiMaio	R	6	1	0	1	8	-3	0	0	0	14	7.1
P.J. Axelsson	L	6	1	0	1	0	-3	0	0	0	13	7.7
Kyle McLaren	D	6	1	0	1	4	-3	1	0	0	21	4.8
Dave Ellett	D	6	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0	11	0.0
Mike Sullivan	C	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	10	0.0
Darren Van Impe	D	6	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	1	19	10.5
Grant Ledyard	D	6	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0	8	0.0
Joe Thornton	C	6	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Hal Gill	D	6	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Landon Wilson	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Byron Dafoe	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Baumgartner	L	6	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		114	13	21	34	75	-26	6	12	2	239	5.4

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Byron Dafoe	6	422	2	4	0	1	1	14	1.99	159	145	.912
Totals	6	422	2	4	0	1	1	14	1.99	173	159	.919