1997-98 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-24-18 - 98 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Kevin Constantine (40-24-18)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1997-98 Pittsburgh Penguins RosterTeam Record: 40-24-18 - 98 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Northeast Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-2
Coach: Kevin Constantine (40-24-18)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1997-98 Pittsburgh Penguins Results
The Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 40 wins and 24 losses and 18 ties for 98 points, finishing first in the NHL's Northeast Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Penguins netted 228 goals and conceded 188. Jaromir Jagr scored 35 goals for Pittsburgh, and Stu Barnes tallied 30 or more, too. Jaromir Jagr contributed 67 assists. Tom Barrasso earned 31 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.07 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Kevin Constantine coached the team. The 1997-98 Pittsburgh Penguins 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaromir Jagr | R | 77 | 35 | 67 | 102 | 64 | 17 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 262 | 13.4 |
| Ron Francis | C | 81 | 25 | 62 | 87 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 189 | 13.2 |
| Stu Barnes | C | 78 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 196 | 15.3 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 74 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 66 | -3 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 169 | 11.2 |
| Martin Straka | C | 75 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 28 | -1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 117 | 16.2 |
| Rob Brown | R | 82 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 59 | -1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 172 | 8.7 |
| Fredrik Olausson | D | 76 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 6.7 |
| Aleksey Morozov | R | 76 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 8 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 16.3 |
| Ed Olczyk | C | 56 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 35 | -9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 123 | 8.9 |
| Robert Lang | C | 51 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 14.1 |
| Alex Hicks | L | 58 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 9.0 |
| Brad Werenka | D | 71 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6.0 |
| Jiri Slegr | D | 73 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 109 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 3.8 |
| Andreas Johansson | C | 50 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 10.2 |
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 81 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 5.6 |
| Robert Dome | R | 30 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17.2 |
| Chris Ferraro | C | 46 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 43 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 |
| Peter Ferraro | R | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 |
| Tyler Wright | C | 82 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 112 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 6.5 |
| Ian Moran | D | 37 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Chris Tamer | D | 79 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 181 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0.0 |
| Neil Wilkinson | D | 34 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Garry Valk | L | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6.3 |
| Tuomas Gronman | D | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Pronger | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Greg Johnson | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Peter Skudra | G | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Wregget | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sven Butenschon | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1570 | 228 | 400 | 628 | 1215 | 75 | 67 | 133 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 8 | 2176 | 10.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | 63 | 3542 | 31 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 122 | 2.07 | 1556 | 1434 | .922 |
| Peter Skudra | 17 | 851 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1.83 | 341 | 315 | .924 |
| Ken Wregget | 15 | 611 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2.75 | 293 | 265 | .904 |
| Totals | 95 | 5004 | 40 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 176 | 2.11 | 2366 | 2190 | .926 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaromir Jagr | R | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17.4 | |
| Ron Francis | C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | |
| Stu Barnes | C | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 25.0 | |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Martin Straka | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Rob Brown | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Fredrik Olausson | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | |
| Aleksey Morozov | R | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Ed Olczyk | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Robert Lang | C | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Alex Hicks | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Brad Werenka | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Jiri Slegr | D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Andreas Johansson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darius Kasparaitis | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Tyler Wright | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Ian Moran | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Tamer | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Tuomas Gronman | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Barrasso | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sean Pronger | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 114 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 70 | -14 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 159 | 9.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | 6 | 376 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2.71 | 171 | 154 | .901 |
| Totals | 6 | 376 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2.71 | 188 | 171 | .910 |
