1997-98 San Jose Sharks Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 34-38-10 - 78 points
in the NHL's Pacific Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Darryl Sutter (34-38-10)
1997-98 San Jose Sharks RosterTeam Record: 34-38-10 - 78 points
in the NHL's Pacific Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Darryl Sutter (34-38-10)
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 in the NHL's Pacific Division.
The team scored 210 goals and yielded 216. Jeff Friesen netted 31 goals for the team 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 in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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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 |
| Andrei Nazarov | L | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 112 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Steve Guolla | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 |
| 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 |
| Ken Sutton | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Niklas Andersson | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Jason Muzzatti | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Hrudey | G | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 28 | 1360 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 2.74 | 600 | 538 | .897 |
| Mike Vernon | 62 | 3564 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 146 | 2.46 | 1401 | 1255 | .896 |
| Jason Muzzatti | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.44 | 13 | 11 | .846 | ||
| Totals | 91 | 4951 | 34 | 38 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 210 | 2.54 | 2014 | 1804 | .896 |
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/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hrudey | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | 6 | .857 |
| Mike Vernon | 6 | 348 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2.41 | 152 | 138 | .908 |
| Totals | 7 | 368 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2.45 | 159 | 144 | .906 |
