1997-98 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 42-29-11 - 95 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Wayne Cashman (32-20-9)
Coach: Roger Neilson (10-9-2)
1997-98 Philadelphia Flyers RosterTeam Record: 42-29-11 - 95 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Wayne Cashman (32-20-9)
Coach: Roger Neilson (10-9-2)
The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 42 wins and 29 losses and 11 ties for 95 points in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The team scored 242 goals and surrendered 193. John LeClair netted 51 goals for the squad, while Rod Brind'Amour and Eric Lindros tallied 30 or more, too. Eric Lindros contributed 41 assists. Ron Hextall topped the team with 21 wins and a team-best 2.17 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Wayne Cashman and Roger Neilson coached the team. The 1997-98 Philadelphia Flyers 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John LeClair | L | 82 | 51 | 36 | 87 | 32 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 303 | 16.8 |
| Rod Brind'Amour | C | 82 | 36 | 38 | 74 | 54 | -2 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 205 | 17.6 |
| Eric Lindros | C | 63 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 134 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 202 | 14.9 |
| Chris Gratton | C | 82 | 22 | 40 | 62 | 159 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 182 | 12.1 |
| Trent Klatt | R | 82 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 143 | 9.8 |
| Janne Niinimaa | D | 66 | 3 | 31 | 34 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 2.6 |
| Dainius Zubrus | R | 69 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 42 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 101 | 7.9 |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 77 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 4.0 |
| Paul Coffey | D | 57 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 107 | 1.9 |
| Alexandre Daigle | R | 37 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 6 | -1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 78 | 11.5 |
| Shjon Podein | L | 82 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 8.7 |
| Mike Sillinger | C | 27 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 27.5 |
| Colin Forbes | L | 63 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 12.9 |
| Chris Therien | D | 78 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 2.9 |
| Vaclav Prospal | C | 41 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 17 | -10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 8.3 |
| Petr Svoboda | D | 56 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 83 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 |
| Pat Falloon | R | 30 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 7.9 |
| Joel Otto | C | 68 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 78 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 5.7 |
| Dan McGillis | D | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 35 | -4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Luke Richardson | D | 81 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 139 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3.5 |
| Daniel Lacroix | L | 56 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| John Druce | R | 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Kjell Samuelsson | D | 49 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Dan Kordic | L | 61 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 210 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Craig Darby | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Chris Joseph | D | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Sean Burke | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Babych | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Ron Hextall | G | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Healey | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garth Snow | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brantt Myhres | L | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1562 | 242 | 414 | 656 | 1748 | 141 | 71 | 133 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 2352 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Burke | 11 | 632 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2.56 | 311 | 284 | .913 |
| Ron Hextall | 46 | 2688 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 97 | 2.17 | 1089 | 992 | .911 |
| Garth Snow | 29 | 1651 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 2.43 | 682 | 615 | .902 |
| Totals | 86 | 4971 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 191 | 2.31 | 2082 | 1891 | .908 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John LeClair | L | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5.3 | |
| Rod Brind'Amour | C | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Eric Lindros | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Chris Gratton | C | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | |
| Trent Klatt | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Dainius Zubrus | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | |
| Alexandre Daigle | R | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Shjon Podein | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Sillinger | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | |
| Colin Forbes | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Therien | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | |
| Petr Svoboda | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Joel Otto | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Dan McGillis | D | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | |
| Luke Richardson | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Daniel Lacroix | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Druce | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Kjell Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Joseph | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Sean Burke | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Babych | D | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Ron Hextall | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 95 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 86 | -15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 5.1 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Burke | 5 | 283 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.60 | 138 | 121 | .877 |
| Ron Hextall | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 9 | 8 | .889 |
| Totals | 6 | 303 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.56 | 147 | 129 | .878 |
