1997-98 San Jose Sharks Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 34-38-10 - 78 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Dallas Stars 4-2
Coach: Darryl Sutter (34-38-10)
Location: San Jose, California
1997-98 San Jose Sharks RosterTeam Record: 34-38-10 - 78 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Pacific Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Dallas Stars 4-2
Coach: Darryl Sutter (34-38-10)
Location: San Jose, California
1997-98 San Jose Sharks Results
The San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 34 wins and 38 losses and 10 ties for 78 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Pacific Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Sharks scored 210 goals and yielded 216. Jeff Friesen netted 31 goals for San Jose and contributed 32 assists. Mike Vernon earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.46 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Darryl Sutter coached the team. The 1997-98 San Jose Sharks 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Friesen | L | 79 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 40 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 186 | 16.7 |
| Owen Nolan | R | 75 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 144 | -2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 192 | 7.3 |
| John MacLean | R | 51 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 139 | 9.4 |
| Patrick Marleau | C | 74 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 14.4 |
| Bill Houlder | D | 82 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 102 | 6.9 |
| Marco Sturm | L | 74 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | -2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 8.5 |
| Stephane Matteau | L | 73 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 19.0 |
| Murray Craven | L | 67 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 107 | 11.2 |
| Bernie Nicholls | C | 60 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 26 | -4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 7.4 |
| Tony Granato | R | 59 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 70 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 13.4 |
| Marcus Ragnarsson | D | 79 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 65 | -11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 91 | 5.5 |
| Mike Ricci | C | 59 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 30 | -4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 10.5 |
| Todd Gill | D | 64 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 31 | -13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 8.0 |
| Mike Rathje | D | 81 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 59 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 4.9 |
| Andrei Zyuzin | D | 56 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 8.3 |
| Shawn Burr | L | 42 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 9.5 |
| Marty McSorley | D | 56 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 140 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 28 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 |
| Jarrod Skalde | C | 22 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13.3 |
| Joe Murphy | R | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 17.2 |
| Ron Sutter | C | 57 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 3.5 |
| Al Iafrate | D | 21 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 28 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.4 |
| Dave Lowry | L | 50 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 8.5 |
| Viktor Kozlov | C | 18 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 9.8 |
| Shean Donovan | R | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 |
| Alexander Korolyuk | R | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8.7 |
| Rich Brennan | D | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 |
| Bryan Marchment | D | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Steve Guolla | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Andrei Nazarov | L | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 112 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Mike Vernon | G | 62 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Potomski | L | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Niklas Andersson | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Muzzatti | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Sutton | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Dody Wood | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1567 | 210 | 338 | 548 | 1397 | -6 | 54 | 98 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 2169 | 9.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Vernon | 62 | 3564 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 146 | 2.46 | 1401 | 1255 | .896 |
| Kelly Hrudey | 28 | 1360 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 2.74 | 600 | 538 | .897 |
| Jason Muzzatti | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.44 | 13 | 11 | .846 |
| Totals | 91 | 4951 | 34 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 210 | 2.54 | 2224 | 2014 | .906 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Friesen | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Owen Nolan | R | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| John MacLean | R | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 | |
| Patrick Marleau | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Bill Houlder | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Marco Sturm | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Stephane Matteau | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Murray Craven | L | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Bernie Nicholls | C | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Tony Granato | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Marcus Ragnarsson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Ricci | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Mike Rathje | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Andrei Zyuzin | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Shawn Burr | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Joe Murphy | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Ron Sutter | C | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Al Iafrate | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | |
| Dave Lowry | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Bryan Marchment | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Vernon | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 115 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 152 | -16 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 131 | 9.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Vernon | 6 | 348 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2.41 | 138 | 124 | .899 |
| Kelly Hrudey | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 6 | 5 | .833 |
| Totals | 7 | 368 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2.45 | 159 | 144 | .906 |
