1997-98 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 42-29-11 - 95 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 4-1
Coach: Wayne Cashman (32-20-9)
Coach: Roger Neilson (10-9-2)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1997-98 Philadelphia Flyers Roster
1997-98 Philadelphia Flyers Results

The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 42 wins and 29 losses and 11 ties for 95 points, finishing second in the NHL's Atlantic Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.

The Flyers scored 242 goals and surrendered 193. John LeClair netted 51 goals for Philadelphia, while Rod Brind'Amour and Eric Lindros tallied 30 or more, too. Eric Lindros contributed 41 assists. Ron Hextall topped the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.17 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Wayne Cashman and Roger Neilson coached the team. The 1997-98 Philadelphia Flyers 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%
John LeClair	L	82	51	36	87	32	30	16	12	0	0	9	1	303	16.8
Rod Brind'Amour	C	82	36	38	74	54	-2	10	13	2	2	8	0	205	17.6
Eric Lindros	C	63	30	41	71	134	14	10	14	1	0	4	0	202	14.9
Chris Gratton	C	82	22	40	62	159	11	5	8	0	0	2	0	182	12.1
Trent Klatt	R	82	14	28	42	16	2	5	6	0	1	3	0	143	9.8
Janne Niinimaa	D	66	3	31	34	56	6	2	17	0	0	1	0	115	2.6
Dainius Zubrus	R	69	8	25	33	42	29	1	3	0	0	5	0	101	7.9
Eric Desjardins	D	77	6	27	33	36	11	2	14	1	0	0	0	150	4.0
Paul Coffey	D	57	2	27	29	30	3	1	19	0	0	1	0	107	1.9
Alexandre Daigle	R	37	9	17	26	6	-1	4	3	0	0	3	1	78	11.5
Shjon Podein	L	82	11	13	24	53	8	1	2	1	0	2	0	126	8.7
Mike Sillinger	C	27	11	11	22	16	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	40	27.5
Colin Forbes	L	63	12	7	19	59	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	93	12.9
Chris Therien	D	78	3	16	19	80	5	1	2	0	1	1	0	102	2.9
Vaclav Prospal	C	41	5	13	18	17	-10	4	5	0	0	0	0	60	8.3
Petr Svoboda	D	56	3	15	18	83	19	2	6	0	0	0	0	44	6.8
Pat Falloon	R	30	5	7	12	8	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	63	7.9
Joel Otto	C	68	3	4	7	78	-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	53	5.7
Dan McGillis	D	13	1	5	6	35	-4	1	2	0	1	0	0	18	5.6
Luke Richardson	D	81	2	3	5	139	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	57	3.5
Daniel Lacroix	L	56	1	4	5	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	3.6
John Druce	R	23	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	5.6
Kjell Samuelsson	D	49	0	3	3	28	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0.0
Dan Kordic	L	61	1	1	2	210	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3
Chris Joseph	D	15	1	0	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	5.0
Craig Darby	C	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Dave Babych	D	6	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Paul Healey	R	4	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Hextall	G	46	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Burke	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garth Snow	G	29	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brantt Myhres	L	23	0	0	0	169	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1562	242	414	656	1748	141	71	133	7	7	42	3	2352	10.3

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ron Hextall	46	2688	21	17	7	2	4	97	2.17	1089	992	.911
Garth Snow	29	1651	14	9	4	0	1	67	2.43	682	615	.902
Sean Burke	11	632	7	3	0	0	1	27	2.56	311	284	.913
Totals	86	4971	42	29	11	2	6	191	2.31	2273	2082	.916

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	GWG	SOG	SG%
John LeClair	L	5	1	1	2	8	-4	1	0	1	19	5.3
Rod Brind'Amour	C	5	2	2	4	7	2	0	1	0	15	13.3
Eric Lindros	C	5	1	2	3	17	-3	0	1	0	13	7.7
Chris Gratton	C	5	2	0	2	10	-1	0	0	0	16	12.5
Trent Klatt	R	5	0	0	0	0	-6	0	0	0	6	0.0
Dainius Zubrus	R	5	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	6	0.0
Eric Desjardins	D	5	0	1	1	0	-3	0	1	0	17	0.0
Alexandre Daigle	R	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Shjon Podein	L	5	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0	5	0.0
Mike Sillinger	C	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	14.3
Colin Forbes	L	5	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	9	0.0
Chris Therien	D	5	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0	15	0.0
Petr Svoboda	D	3	0	1	1	4	-1	0	1	0	1	0.0
Joel Otto	C	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	8	0.0
Dan McGillis	D	5	1	2	3	10	0	1	0	0	14	7.1
Luke Richardson	D	5	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2	0.0
Daniel Lacroix	L	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Druce	R	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kjell Samuelsson	D	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Joseph	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Babych	D	5	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	12	8.3
Ron Hextall	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Burke	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		95	9	13	22	86	-15	3	4	1	176	5.1

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ron Hextall	1	20	0	0	1	3.00	8	7	.875
Sean Burke	5	283	1	4	17	3.60	121	104	.860
Totals	6	303	1	4	18	3.56	147	129	.878