1997-98 Dallas Stars Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 49-22-11 - 109 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Central Division
Postseason: 10-7
Lost NHL conference finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated San Jose Sharks 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-2
Coach: Ken Hitchcock (49-22-11)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1997-98 Dallas Stars RosterTeam Record: 49-22-11 - 109 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Central Division
Postseason: 10-7
Lost NHL conference finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Defeated San Jose Sharks 4-2
Conference Semi-Finals - Defeated Edmonton Oilers 4-1
Conference Finals - Lost to Detroit Red Wings 4-2
Coach: Ken Hitchcock (49-22-11)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1997-98 Dallas Stars Results
The Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 49 wins and 22 losses and 11 ties for 109 points, finishing first in the NHL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 10-7.
The Stars scored 242 goals and conceded 167. Joe Nieuwendyk netted 39 goals for Dallas, and Pat Verbeek tallied 30 or more, too. Sergei Zubov contributed 47 assists. Ed Belfour earned 37 wins for the squad and a team-best 1.88 goals against average, best among qualifying goaltenders.
Ken Hitchcock coached the team. The 1997-98 Dallas Stars lost in the NHL conference finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Nieuwendyk | C | 73 | 39 | 30 | 69 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 203 | 19.2 |
| Mike Modano | C | 52 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 191 | 11.0 |
| Pat Verbeek | R | 82 | 31 | 26 | 57 | 170 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 190 | 16.3 |
| Sergei Zubov | D | 73 | 10 | 47 | 57 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 148 | 6.8 |
| Jamie Langenbrunner | R | 81 | 23 | 29 | 52 | 61 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 159 | 14.5 |
| Darryl Sydor | D | 79 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 6.6 |
| Jere Lehtinen | R | 72 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 201 | 11.4 |
| Greg Adams | L | 49 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 18.7 |
| Derian Hatcher | D | 70 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 132 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 8.1 |
| Guy Carbonneau | C | 77 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 8.6 |
| Shawn Chambers | D | 57 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2.7 |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 53 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 10.9 |
| Todd Harvey | R | 59 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 10.2 |
| Grant Marshall | R | 72 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 96 | -2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 9.9 |
| Dave Reid | L | 65 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | -15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 6.7 |
| Richard Matvichuk | D | 74 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 4.2 |
| Bob Errey | L | 59 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Tony Hrkac | C | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35.7 |
| Bob Bassen | C | 58 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 57 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Craig Ludwig | D | 80 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 131 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.0 |
| Jamie Wright | L | 21 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 26.7 |
| Juha Lind | L | 39 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Mike Keane | R | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 |
| Dan Keczmer | D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| Brian Skrudland | C | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 |
| Craig Muni | D | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Brad Lukowich | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Chris Tancill | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Patrick Cote | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mike Kennedy | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peter Douris | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Jarrod Skalde | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Fernandez | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sergey Gusev | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Ed Belfour | G | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Botterill | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Roman Turek | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Petr Buzek | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Mitchell | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1562 | 242 | 405 | 647 | 1287 | 183 | 77 | 145 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 5 | 2200 | 11.0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Belfour | 61 | 3581 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 112 | 1.88 | 1335 | 1223 | .916 |
| Roman Turek | 23 | 1324 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 2.22 | 496 | 447 | .901 |
| Manny Fernandez | 2 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.74 | 35 | 33 | .943 |
| Totals | 86 | 4974 | 49 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 163 | 1.97 | 2029 | 1866 | .920 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Nieuwendyk | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | |
| Mike Modano | C | 17 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 8.2 | |
| Pat Verbeek | R | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 26 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12.0 | |
| Sergei Zubov | D | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 11.8 | |
| Jamie Langenbrunner | R | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 2.9 | |
| Darryl Sydor | D | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0.0 | |
| Jere Lehtinen | R | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9.7 | |
| Greg Adams | L | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Derian Hatcher | D | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 39 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 | |
| Guy Carbonneau | C | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | |
| Shawn Chambers | D | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | |
| Benoit Hogue | L | 17 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 17.4 | |
| Grant Marshall | R | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Reid | L | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Richard Matvichuk | D | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | |
| Bob Bassen | C | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Craig Ludwig | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Jamie Wright | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Juha Lind | L | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Mike Keane | R | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17.4 | |
| Dan Keczmer | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Skrudland | C | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | |
| Craig Muni | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Manny Fernandez | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Belfour | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 324 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 296 | 22 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 427 | 8.4 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Belfour | 17 | 1039 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1.79 | 399 | 368 | .922 |
| Manny Fernandez | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 18 | 1041 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1.79 | 430 | 399 | .928 |
