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Detroit Red Wings, 1997-98

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Central Division, Western Conference Stanley Cup champions Made the playoffs

1997-98 record

League rank	GP	Record	Points	Points %	Goals for	Goals against	Diff	Home	Away
3	82	44-23-15	103	0.628	250	196	+54	25-8-8	19-15-7

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
Conference Quarterfinals	Phoenix Coyotes	Won 4-2
Conference Semifinals	St. Louis Blues	Won 4-2
Conference Finals	Dallas Stars	Won 4-2
Stanley Cup Final	Washington Capitals	Won 4-0

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits
Steve Yzerman	C	75	24	45	69	3	46	188	51
Nicklas Lidstrom	D	80	17	42	59	22	18	205	38
Brendan Shanahan	L	75	28	29	57	6	154	266	56
Larry Murphy	D	82	11	41	52	35	37	129	26
Vyacheslav Kozlov	L	80	25	27	52	14	46	221	54
Igor Larionov	C	69	8	39	47	14	40	93	12
Doug Brown	R	80	19	23	42	17	12	145	53
Darren McCarty	R	71	15	22	37	0	157	166	231
Martin Lapointe	R	79	15	19	34	0	106	154	194
Brent Gilchrist	L	61	13	14	27	4	40	124	24
Kirk Maltby	L	65	14	9	23	11	89	106	175
Kris Draper	C	64	13	10	23	5	45	96	97
Tomas Holmstrom	L	57	5	17	22	6	44	48	53
Anders Eriksson	D	66	7	14	21	21	32	91	75
Mathieu Dandenault	R	68	5	12	17	5	43	75	108
Sergei Fedorov	C	21	6	11	17	10	25	68	14
Viacheslav Fetisov	D	58	2	12	14	4	72	55	52
Mike Knuble	R	53	7	6	13	2	16	54	79
Bob Rouse	D	71	1	11	12	-9	57	54	92
Joey Kocur	R	63	6	5	11	7	92	53	57
Aaron Ward	D	52	5	5	10	-1	47	47	154
Dmitri Mironov	D	11	2	5	7	0	4	28	16
Jamie Pushor	D	54	2	5	7	2	71	43	140
Yan Golubovsky	D	12	0	2	2	1	6	9	12
Darryl Laplante	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Jamie Macoun	D	7	0	0	0	0	2	11	7

Goalie	GP	W	L	T	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
Chris Osgood	64	33	20	11	6	1605	1465	140	2.21	0.913
Kevin Hodson	21	9	3	3	2	444	400	44	2.67	0.901
Norm Maracle	4	2	0	1	0	63	57	6	2.02	0.905

Results

Date	Opponent	Result	Shots for	Shots against
Apr 18, 1998	@ COL	L 3-4	38	21
Apr 15, 1998	@ DAL	L 1-3	45	16
Apr 14, 1998	@ PHX	L 1-2	26	23
Apr 11, 1998	vs NYR	W 5-2	28	19
Apr 9, 1998	vs PHX	W 5-1	38	20
Apr 7, 1998	vs STL	W 5-3	24	24
Apr 4, 1998	@ CHI	W 3-2	35	27
Apr 1, 1998	vs COL	W 2-0	28	14
Mar 29, 1998	vs BUF	W 4-2	38	26
Mar 28, 1998	@ STL	L 2-3	35	28
Mar 26, 1998	vs ANA	T 3-3 (OT)	44	28
Mar 23, 1998	vs CHI	T 5-5 (OT)	45	23
Mar 21, 1998	@ NYR	W 4-3	25	22
Mar 18, 1998	@ TOR	W 5-2	31	22
Mar 17, 1998	vs EDM	W 4-3	46	31
Mar 14, 1998	@ PHI	L 1-6	25	30
Mar 12, 1998	vs CHI	W 3-0	26	26
Mar 10, 1998	vs BOS	L 3-6	37	38
Mar 7, 1998	@ LAK	L 1-2	31	27
Mar 5, 1998	@ SJS	L 4-5	27	16
Mar 4, 1998	@ ANA	W 2-0	33	35
Mar 2, 1998	@ PHX	W 3-1	36	37
Feb 27, 1998	vs FLA	W 3-1	34	29
Feb 25, 1998	vs LAK	T 1-1 (OT)	29	17
Feb 7, 1998	@ STL	L 1-4	22	29
Feb 5, 1998	@ TBL	W 5-4	31	28
Feb 3, 1998	@ FLA	T 1-1 (OT)	32	27
Feb 1, 1998	@ WSH	W 4-2	30	25
Jan 31, 1998	@ PIT	L 2-4	53	21
Jan 28, 1998	vs PHX	T 4-4 (OT)	32	24
Jan 24, 1998	vs PHI	W 1-0	25	20
Jan 21, 1998	vs TOR	L 0-3	28	29
Jan 20, 1998	@ NJD	L 1-3	17	36
Jan 14, 1998	vs VAN	W 4-0	28	26
Jan 12, 1998	@ NYI	T 1-1 (OT)	31	29
Jan 11, 1998	vs WSH	W 2-0	39	15
Jan 9, 1998	@ DAL	T 3-3 (OT)	26	23
Jan 6, 1998	vs PHX	W 2-0	26	28
Jan 4, 1998	@ CHI	L 1-3	26	29
Jan 2, 1998	vs SJS	L 1-4	36	35
Dec 31, 1997	vs STL	W 5-2	30	19
Dec 29, 1997	vs DAL	T 2-2 (OT)	22	32
Dec 27, 1997	@ TOR	W 8-1	32	30
Dec 26, 1997	vs TOR	W 4-1	34	21
Dec 23, 1997	@ BUF	W 3-1	30	27
Dec 22, 1997	@ BOS	W 4-2	25	35
Dec 19, 1997	vs NJD	W 5-4	32	31
Dec 17, 1997	@ COL	T 2-2 (OT)	40	28
Dec 16, 1997	@ SJS	L 1-5	25	19
Dec 14, 1997	@ PHX	T 3-3 (OT)	34	27
Dec 12, 1997	vs EDM	L 2-3	36	26
Dec 9, 1997	vs VAN	W 7-5	44	32
Dec 5, 1997	@ EDM	L 1-3	28	23
Dec 3, 1997	@ CGY	W 4-3	26	26
Dec 1, 1997	@ VAN	T 3-3 (OT)	25	24
Nov 28, 1997	vs MTL	W 2-0	30	21
Nov 26, 1997	vs OTT	W 4-1	32	22
Nov 22, 1997	@ MTL	W 5-2	25	28
Nov 21, 1997	vs DAL	W 4-2	22	24
Nov 19, 1997	vs NYI	L 2-3	32	19
Nov 16, 1997	@ CHI	T 3-3 (OT)	39	26
Nov 15, 1997	@ STL	L 2-5	29	28
Nov 13, 1997	@ OTT	W 4-2	23	35
Nov 11, 1997	vs COL	L 0-2	32	20
Nov 9, 1997	vs CGY	W 6-3	33	27
Nov 7, 1997	vs PIT	T 1-1 (OT)	24	17
Nov 5, 1997	@ CAR	L 1-3	20	29
Nov 2, 1997	vs ANA	W 4-3	32	18
Oct 31, 1997	vs LAK	L 1-5	28	27
Oct 29, 1997	vs SJS	W 4-3	29	34
Oct 26, 1997	@ VAN	W 5-1	21	18
Oct 23, 1997	@ LAK	W 4-1	32	24
Oct 22, 1997	@ ANA	W 4-1	42	21
Oct 20, 1997	vs STL	T 3-3 (OT)	28	27
Oct 18, 1997	vs CAR	W 4-2	23	30
Oct 15, 1997	vs TOR	L 3-4	34	29
Oct 14, 1997	@ TOR	W 3-2	24	32
Oct 12, 1997	vs CGY	T 4-4 (OT)	37	28
Oct 10, 1997	vs TBL	W 3-0	36	29
Oct 8, 1997	vs DAL	W 3-1	21	26
Oct 3, 1997	@ EDM	W 8-2	34	30
Oct 1, 1997	@ CGY	W 3-1	20	26