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Edmonton Oilers, 1997-98

Be the GM of the Edmonton Oilers Take over the 2026-27 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Pacific Division, Western Conference Made the playoffs

1997-98 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
15 82 35-37-10 80 0.488 215 224 -9 20-16-5 15-21-5

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Conference Quarterfinals Colorado Avalanche Won 4-3
Conference Semifinals Dallas Stars Lost 1-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats in those games.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Doug Weight C 79 26 44 70 1 69 205 59
Dean McAmmond C 77 19 31 50 9 46 128 109
Boris Mironov D 81 16 30 46 -8 100 203 193
Todd Marchant C 76 14 21 35 9 71 194 120
Ryan Smyth L 65 20 13 33 -24 44 205 108
Bill Guerin R 40 13 16 29 1 80 130 85
Mats Lindgren C 82 13 13 26 0 42 131 116
Roman Hamrlik D 41 6 20 26 3 48 112 60
Dan Mcgillis D 67 10 15 25 -17 74 119 281
Andrei Kovalenko R 59 6 17 23 -14 28 89 88
Kelly Buchberger R 82 6 17 23 -10 122 86 133
Scott Fraser R 29 12 11 23 6 6 61 31
Tony Hrkac C 36 8 11 19 3 10 43 17
Jason Arnott C 35 5 13 18 -16 78 100 102
Rem Murray L 61 9 9 18 -9 39 59 61
Mike Grier R 66 9 6 15 -3 73 90 163
Valeri Zelepukin L 33 2 10 12 -2 57 47 58
Greg De Vries D 65 7 4 11 -17 80 53 90
Janne Niinimaa D 11 1 8 9 7 6 19 9
Bobby Dollas D 30 2 5 7 6 22 27 36
Drake Berehowsky D 67 1 6 7 1 169 58 108
Boyd Devereaux C 38 1 4 5 -5 6 27 39
Bryan Marchment D 27 0 4 4 -2 58 23 84
Craig Millar D 11 4 0 4 -3 8 10 14
Joe Hulbig L 17 2 2 4 -1 2 8 24
Ray Whitney L 9 1 3 4 -1 0 19 1
Frantisek Musil D 17 1 2 3 1 8 8 22
Mike Watt L 14 1 2 3 -4 4 14 25
Drew Bannister D 34 0 2 2 -7 42 27 74
Steve Kelly C 19 0 2 2 -4 8 5 22
Bill Huard L 30 0 1 1 -5 72 12 41
Sean Brown D 18 0 1 1 -1 43 9 57
Bryan Muir D 7 0 0 0 0 17 6 20
Dennis Bonvie R 4 0 0 0 0 27 0 3
Doug Friedman L 16 0 0 0 0 20 8 25
Georges Laraque R 11 0 0 0 -4 59 4 12
Jason Bowen D 4 0 0 0 0 10 3 6
Kevin Lowe D 7 0 0 0 -3 22 5 11
Ladislav Benysek D 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3
Scott Ferguson D 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Terran Sandwith D 8 0 0 0 -4 6 4 13
Goalie GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
Curtis Joseph 71 1901 1720 181 0.905
Bob Essensa 16 404 369 35 0.913

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 18, 1998 vs TOR W 4-3 31 37
Apr 15, 1998 vs ANA W 5-3 40 28
Apr 11, 1998 @ CGY W 5-4 32 30
Apr 9, 1998 @ LAK W 4-0 31 14
Apr 8, 1998 @ ANA L 2-4 32 24
Apr 6, 1998 vs VAN W 3-2 30 25
Apr 3, 1998 vs DAL W 4-1 30 31
Apr 1, 1998 @ VAN L 2-4 44 17
Mar 30, 1998 vs CGY W 3-1 38 21
Mar 27, 1998 vs BUF L 0-1 20 29
Mar 25, 1998 vs WSH W 4-2 34 25
Mar 22, 1998 vs NYI L 1-3 33 30
Mar 21, 1998 vs STL W 2-0 25 20
Mar 18, 1998 @ PIT L 2-4 22 35
Mar 17, 1998 @ DET L 3-4 31 46
Mar 15, 1998 @ CAR L 1-4 29 30
Mar 13, 1998 @ FLA W 4-0 34 23
Mar 11, 1998 @ TBL W 2-0 32 20
Mar 9, 1998 @ CHI W 4-3 (OT) 19 35
Mar 7, 1998 @ TOR L 1-4 35 35
Mar 4, 1998 vs TBL W 4-2 24 28
Mar 2, 1998 @ COL W 5-4 (OT) 25 33
Feb 28, 1998 vs SJS W 4-1 30 27
Feb 27, 1998 vs ANA L 0-4 26 18
Feb 25, 1998 vs OTT W 5-2 26 36
Feb 7, 1998 @ CGY L 2-4 27 28
Feb 6, 1998 @ VAN L 4-5 40 32
Feb 4, 1998 vs SJS L 0-3 21 19
Feb 2, 1998 vs LAK W 1-0 28 30
Jan 31, 1998 vs VAN L 3-6 36 21
Jan 28, 1998 vs NJD T 1-1 (OT) 20 31
Jan 26, 1998 @ COL L 1-2 (OT) 20 28
Jan 24, 1998 @ PHX W 5-2 23 29
Jan 23, 1998 @ SJS L 2-3 21 28
Jan 20, 1998 vs PHX W 6-2 36 29
Jan 14, 1998 vs CGY W 5-2 28 42
Jan 12, 1998 vs STL W 2-1 23 29
Jan 10, 1998 @ LAK W 4-3 46 31
Jan 9, 1998 @ ANA W 5-1 28 18
Jan 7, 1998 vs FLA W 3-2 39 21
Jan 4, 1998 vs LAK L 2-3 38 35
Jan 2, 1998 vs MTL L 3-5 25 37
Dec 30, 1997 vs PHI L 1-3 30 27
Dec 27, 1997 vs COL L 1-5 24 26
Dec 23, 1997 @ TOR L 4-5 33 29
Dec 22, 1997 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 38 26
Dec 20, 1997 vs DAL L 1-2 (OT) 25 25
Dec 17, 1997 vs CHI T 0-0 (OT) 30 28
Dec 13, 1997 @ STL W 4-1 27 37
Dec 12, 1997 @ DET W 3-2 26 36
Dec 10, 1997 @ NJD L 2-4 29 30
Dec 7, 1997 @ CHI T 3-3 (OT) 22 29
Dec 5, 1997 vs DET W 3-1 23 28
Dec 3, 1997 @ DAL L 1-4 19 31
Dec 2, 1997 @ COL L 2-4 20 41
Nov 30, 1997 vs SJS W 6-1 30 20
Nov 28, 1997 vs ANA L 1-3 33 15
Nov 25, 1997 vs CHI T 2-2 (OT) 31 23
Nov 22, 1997 @ OTT W 1-0 19 26
Nov 20, 1997 @ STL W 3-0 19 22
Nov 19, 1997 @ DAL L 2-3 15 29
Nov 17, 1997 @ PHX L 3-6 21 29
Nov 15, 1997 vs CGY T 2-2 (OT) 34 22
Nov 12, 1997 vs CAR L 4-6 32 27
Nov 10, 1997 @ BUF T 4-4 (OT) 25 40
Nov 8, 1997 @ WSH L 1-2 18 25
Nov 6, 1997 @ PHI L 2-6 20 32
Nov 5, 1997 @ NYI T 4-4 (OT) 29 24
Nov 3, 1997 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 26 28
Nov 1, 1997 @ BOS L 1-3 23 34
Oct 29, 1997 vs PHX W 3-2 34 23
Oct 24, 1997 vs PIT W 4-3 28 29
Oct 21, 1997 vs BOS L 1-2 28 32
Oct 19, 1997 @ LAK W 3-2 (OT) 27 29
Oct 17, 1997 @ ANA L 1-2 27 23
Oct 15, 1997 vs COL L 2-6 50 19
Oct 13, 1997 @ VAN L 0-3 33 25
Oct 11, 1997 vs TOR W 2-1 30 29
Oct 8, 1997 vs NYR T 3-3 (OT) 31 29
Oct 5, 1997 vs COL L 0-3 34 28
Oct 3, 1997 vs DET L 2-8 30 34
Oct 1, 1997 @ SJS W 5-3 27 39