1997-98 Edmonton Oilers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-37-10 - 80 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 5-7
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Colorado Avalanche 4-3
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Dallas Stars 4-1
Coach: Ron Low (35-37-10)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1997-98 Edmonton Oilers RosterTeam Record: 35-37-10 - 80 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 5-7
Lost NHL conference semi-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated Colorado Avalanche 4-3
Conference Semi-Finals - Lost to Dallas Stars 4-1
Coach: Ron Low (35-37-10)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1997-98 Edmonton Oilers Results
The Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 35 wins and 37 losses and 10 ties for 80 points, finishing third in the NHL's Pacific Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-7.
The Oilers scored 215 goals and surrendered 224. Doug Weight netted 26 goals for Edmonton and contributed 44 assists. Curtis Joseph earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.63 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Ron Low coached the team. The 1997-98 Edmonton Oilers lost in the NHL conference semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Weight | C | 79 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 69 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 205 | 12.7 |
| Dean McAmmond | L | 77 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 14.8 |
| Boris Mironov | D | 81 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 100 | -8 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 203 | 7.9 |
| Todd Marchant | C | 76 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 71 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 194 | 7.2 |
| Ryan Smyth | L | 65 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 44 | -24 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 205 | 9.8 |
| Bill Guerin | R | 40 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 80 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 10.0 |
| Mats Lindgren | C | 82 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 9.9 |
| Roman Hamrlik | D | 41 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 5.4 |
| Dan McGillis | D | 67 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 74 | -17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 119 | 8.4 |
| Scott Fraser | R | 29 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 19.7 |
| Andrei Kovalenko | R | 59 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 28 | -14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 6.7 |
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 82 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 122 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 7.0 |
| Tony Hrkac | C | 36 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 |
| Rem Murray | L | 61 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 39 | -9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 15.3 |
| Jason Arnott | C | 35 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 78 | -16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 5.0 |
| Mike Grier | R | 66 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 73 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 10.0 |
| Valeri Zelepukin | L | 33 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 57 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4.3 |
| Greg de Vries | D | 65 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 80 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 13.2 |
| Janne Niinimaa | D | 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Bobby Dollas | D | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Drake Berehowsky | D | 67 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 169 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 1.7 |
| Boyd Devereaux | C | 38 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Craig Millar | D | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 40.0 |
| Joe Hulbig | L | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Ray Whitney | L | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Bryan Marchment | D | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 58 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Mike Watt | L | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Curtis Joseph | G | 71 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Kelly | C | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Drew Bannister | D | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Bill Huard | L | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Sean Brown | D | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Bob Essensa | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Muir | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Scott Ferguson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ladislav Benysek | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Georges Laraque | R | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Doug Friedman | L | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Dennis Bonvie | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Lowe | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jason Bowen | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Terran Sandwith | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1563 | 215 | 345 | 560 | 1680 | -118 | 77 | 140 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 2351 | 9.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Joseph | 71 | 4132 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 181 | 2.63 | 1901 | 1720 | .905 |
| Bob Essensa | 16 | 825 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2.55 | 404 | 369 | .913 |
| Totals | 87 | 4957 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 216 | 2.61 | 2521 | 2305 | .914 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Weight | C | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7.7 | |
| Dean McAmmond | L | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | |
| Boris Mironov | D | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 27 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 11.5 | |
| Todd Marchant | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Ryan Smyth | L | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 | |
| Bill Guerin | R | 12 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 14.9 | |
| Mats Lindgren | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Roman Hamrlik | D | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Fraser | R | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Andrei Kovalenko | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Tony Hrkac | C | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Rem Murray | L | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Mike Grier | R | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Valeri Zelepukin | L | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Greg de Vries | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Janne Niinimaa | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5.0 | |
| Bobby Dollas | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Drake Berehowsky | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Joseph | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Huard | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Essensa | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Lowe | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 229 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 241 | -8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 316 | 7.6 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Joseph | 12 | 716 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 1.93 | 319 | 296 | .928 |
| Bob Essensa | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.22 | 11 | 10 | .909 |
| Totals | 13 | 743 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 1.94 | 354 | 330 | .932 |
