1997-98 Edmonton Oilers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 35-37-10 - 80 points
in the NHL's Pacific Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Ron Low (35-37-10)
1997-98 Edmonton Oilers RosterTeam Record: 35-37-10 - 80 points
in the NHL's Pacific Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Ron Low (35-37-10)
The Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 35 wins and 37 losses and 10 ties for 80 points in the NHL's Pacific Division.
The team scored 215 goals and surrendered 224. Doug Weight netted 26 goals for the team and contributed 44 assists. Curtis Joseph earned 29 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.63 goals against average, leading regular goalies.
Ron Low coached the team. The 1997-98 Edmonton Oilers lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Weight | C | 79 | 26 | 44 | 70 | 69 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 205 | 12.7 |
| Dean McAmmond | L | 77 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 14.8 |
| Boris Mironov | D | 81 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 100 | -8 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 203 | 7.9 |
| Todd Marchant | C | 76 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 71 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 194 | 7.2 |
| Ryan Smyth | L | 65 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 44 | -24 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 205 | 9.8 |
| Bill Guerin | R | 40 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 80 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 10.0 |
| Mats Lindgren | C | 82 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 131 | 9.9 |
| Roman Hamrlik | D | 41 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 5.4 |
| Dan McGillis | D | 67 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 74 | -17 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 119 | 8.4 |
| Scott Fraser | R | 29 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 19.7 |
| Andrei Kovalenko | R | 59 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 28 | -14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 89 | 6.7 |
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 82 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 122 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 7.0 |
| Tony Hrkac | C | 36 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 |
| Rem Murray | L | 61 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 39 | -9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 15.3 |
| Jason Arnott | C | 35 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 78 | -16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 5.0 |
| Mike Grier | R | 66 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 73 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 10.0 |
| Valeri Zelepukin | L | 33 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 57 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4.3 |
| Greg de Vries | D | 65 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 80 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 13.2 |
| Janne Niinimaa | D | 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Bobby Dollas | D | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7.4 |
| Drake Berehowsky | D | 67 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 169 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 1.7 |
| Boyd Devereaux | C | 38 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Craig Millar | D | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 40.0 |
| Joe Hulbig | L | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Ray Whitney | L | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Bryan Marchment | D | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 58 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Mike Watt | L | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Curtis Joseph | G | 71 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drew Bannister | D | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Steve Kelly | C | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Bill Huard | L | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 72 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Sean Brown | D | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Doug Friedman | L | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Ladislav Benysek | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Lowe | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Scott Ferguson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Muir | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Bob Essensa | G | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Bonvie | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Georges Laraque | R | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jason Bowen | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Terran Sandwith | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1563 | 215 | 345 | 560 | 1680 | -118 | 77 | 140 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 2351 | 9.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Essensa | 16 | 825 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2.55 | 404 | 369 | .913 |
| Curtis Joseph | 71 | 4132 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 181 | 2.63 | 1901 | 1720 | .905 |
| Totals | 87 | 4957 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 216 | 2.61 | 2305 | 2089 | .906 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Weight | C | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 7.7 | |
| Dean McAmmond | L | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | |
| Boris Mironov | D | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 27 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 11.5 | |
| Todd Marchant | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Ryan Smyth | L | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 | |
| Bill Guerin | R | 12 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 17 | -6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 14.9 | |
| Mats Lindgren | C | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Roman Hamrlik | D | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | |
| Scott Fraser | R | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Andrei Kovalenko | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Tony Hrkac | C | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Rem Murray | L | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Mike Grier | R | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Valeri Zelepukin | L | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Greg de Vries | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Janne Niinimaa | D | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5.0 | |
| Bobby Dollas | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Drake Berehowsky | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Frantisek Musil | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Joseph | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Huard | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Lowe | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Essensa | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 229 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 241 | -8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 316 | 7.6 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Essensa | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.22 | 12 | 11 | .917 |
| Curtis Joseph | 12 | 716 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 1.93 | 342 | 319 | .933 |
| Totals | 13 | 743 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 1.94 | 354 | 330 | .932 |
