1997-98 New Jersey Devils Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 48-23-11 - 107 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Ottawa Senators 4-2
Coach: Jacques Lemaire (48-23-11)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
1997-98 New Jersey Devils RosterTeam Record: 48-23-11 - 107 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Ottawa Senators 4-2
Coach: Jacques Lemaire (48-23-11)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
1997-98 New Jersey Devils Results
The New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 48 wins and 23 losses and 11 ties for 107 points, finishing first in the NHL's Atlantic Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Devils topped the league with just 166 goals allowed. New Jersey scored 225 goals. Bobby Holik netted 29 goals for the team, while Scott Niedermayer recorded 43 assists. Martin Brodeur recorded 43 wins for the squad and a team-best 1.89 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Jacques Lemaire coached the team. The 1997-98 New Jersey Devils 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Holik | C | 82 | 29 | 36 | 65 | 100 | 23 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 238 | 12.2 |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 81 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 175 | 8.0 |
| Doug Gilmour | C | 63 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 94 | 13.8 |
| Randy McKay | R | 74 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 86 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 141 | 17.0 |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 75 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 7.8 |
| Patrik Elias | L | 74 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 147 | 12.2 |
| Petr Sykora | R | 58 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 130 | 12.3 |
| Brian Rolston | C | 76 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 8.6 |
| Denis Pederson | C | 80 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 97 | -6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 11.1 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 80 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 80 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 4.3 |
| Steve Thomas | R | 55 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 111 | 12.6 |
| Lyle Odelein | D | 79 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 171 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 5.3 |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 66 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 22 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 11.1 |
| Jason Arnott | C | 35 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 21 | -8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 5.1 |
| John MacLean | R | 26 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 4.1 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 49 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 25 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 9.1 |
| Bill Guerin | R | 19 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 10.4 |
| Sheldon Souray | D | 60 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 85 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 4.1 |
| Valeri Zelepukin | L | 35 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 3.7 |
| Brendan Morrison | C | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 26.3 |
| Kevin Dean | D | 50 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Brad Bombardir | D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 |
| Krzysztof Oliwa | L | 73 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 295 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 3.8 |
| Sergei Brylin | C | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Jay Pandolfo | L | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Scott Daniels | L | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Peter Zezel | C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Martin Brodeur | G | 70 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Daneyko | D | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Mike Dunham | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vlastimil Kroupa | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reid Simpson | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Ken Sutton | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Richard Shulmistra | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sasha Lakovic | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1563 | 225 | 384 | 609 | 1480 | 174 | 63 | 117 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 6 | 2401 | 9.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Brodeur | 70 | 4128 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 130 | 1.89 | 1569 | 1439 | .917 |
| Mike Dunham | 15 | 773 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 2.25 | 332 | 303 | .913 |
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 8 | 7 | .875 |
| Richard Shulmistra | 1 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.94 | 30 | 28 | .933 |
| Totals | 87 | 4983 | 48 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 162 | 1.95 | 2101 | 1939 | .923 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Holik | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Niedermayer | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Gilmour | C | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 41.7 | |
| Randy McKay | R | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Andreychuk | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Patrik Elias | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Petr Sykora | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Rolston | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | |
| Denis Pederson | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Scott Stevens | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Steve Thomas | R | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Lyle Odelein | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Jason Arnott | C | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Bodger | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Sheldon Souray | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Brendan Morrison | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Dean | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Krzysztof Oliwa | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Jay Pandolfo | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Daniels | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Brodeur | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Daneyko | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 114 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 92 | -2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 174 | 6.9 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Brodeur | 6 | 366 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1.97 | 164 | 152 | .927 |
| Totals | 6 | 366 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1.97 | 176 | 164 | .932 |
