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New Jersey Devils, 1997-98

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Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference Best record in the Eastern Conference Won the Atlantic Division Made the playoffs

1997-98 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
2 82 48-23-11 107 0.652 225 166 +59 29-10-2 19-13-9

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Conference Quarterfinals Ottawa Senators Lost 2-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Bobby Holik C 82 29 36 65 23 100 238 180
Scott Niedermayer D 81 14 43 57 5 27 175 58
Doug Gilmour C 63 13 40 53 10 68 94 57
Dave Andreychuk L 75 14 34 48 19 26 180 36
Randy Mckay R 74 24 24 48 30 86 141 115
Patrik Elias C 74 18 19 37 18 28 147 39
Petr Sykora R 58 16 20 36 0 22 130 21
Brian Rolston R 76 16 14 30 7 16 185 61
Denis Pederson C 80 15 13 28 -6 97 135 75
Scott Stevens D 80 4 22 26 19 80 94 132
Steve Thomas R 55 14 10 24 4 32 111 51
Lyle Odelein D 79 4 19 23 11 171 76 55
Bobby Carpenter C 66 9 9 18 -4 22 81 49
Jason Arnott C 35 5 10 15 -8 21 99 74
John MacLean R 26 3 8 11 -6 14 74 15
Bill Guerin R 19 5 5 10 0 13 48 27
Doug Bodger D 49 5 5 10 -1 25 55 40
Sheldon Souray D 60 3 7 10 18 85 74 65
Valeri Zelepukin L 35 2 8 10 0 32 54 46
Brendan Morrison C 11 5 4 9 3 0 19 17
Kevin Dean D 50 1 8 9 12 12 28 35
Brad Bombardir D 43 1 5 6 11 8 16 20
Krzysztof Oliwa L 73 2 3 5 3 295 53 91
Sergei Brylin L 18 2 3 5 4 0 20 12
Jay Pandolfo L 23 1 3 4 -4 4 23 27
Peter Zezel C 5 0 3 3 2 0 3 1
Scott Daniels L 26 0 3 3 1 102 17 47
Ken Daneyko D 37 0 1 1 3 57 18 45
Vlastimil Kroupa D 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
Ken Sutton D 13 0 0 0 1 6 5 11
Reid Simpson L 6 0 0 0 -2 16 5 13
Sasha Lakovic L 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 1
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Martin Brodeur 70 43178010 1569 1439 130 1.89 0.917
Mike Dunham 15 55301 332 303 29 2.25 0.913
Peter Sidorkiewicz 1 00000 8 7 1 3.00 0.875
Richard Shulmistra 1 01000 30 28 2 1.94 0.933

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 18, 1998 vs NYI L 1-2 47 24
Apr 16, 1998 @ CHI T 1-1 (OT) 30 24
Apr 15, 1998 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 41 20
Apr 12, 1998 vs FLA T 5-5 (OT) 39 28
Apr 11, 1998 @ BOS W 3-2 33 29
Apr 8, 1998 @ NYI L 2-3 26 22
Apr 5, 1998 vs PHX W 3-2 23 15
Apr 3, 1998 vs OTT L 2-3 36 17
Apr 1, 1998 vs CAR L 0-4 37 18
Mar 29, 1998 @ DAL L 1-3 33 29
Mar 28, 1998 @ PHX W 3-0 24 26
Mar 26, 1998 @ COL W 2-0 29 23
Mar 24, 1998 vs PHI W 3-2 25 25
Mar 21, 1998 vs WSH W 3-2 25 21
Mar 20, 1998 @ WSH L 0-2 33 16
Mar 18, 1998 vs ANA W 3-0 28 25
Mar 14, 1998 @ MTL L 2-4 19 22
Mar 12, 1998 @ CAR W 2-0 25 21
Mar 10, 1998 @ PHI T 2-2 (OT) 35 19
Mar 9, 1998 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 35 20
Mar 7, 1998 vs NYR W 6-3 37 18
Mar 5, 1998 vs BOS T 1-1 (OT) 21 22
Mar 2, 1998 vs PHI W 4-3 27 20
Feb 28, 1998 vs CAR W 4-3 21 24
Feb 26, 1998 @ TBL W 4-1 34 22
Feb 25, 1998 @ FLA W 3-2 29 25
Feb 7, 1998 @ NYI W 3-2 35 34
Feb 4, 1998 vs OTT W 2-0 25 19
Feb 2, 1998 @ OTT W 1-0 26 21
Jan 31, 1998 @ CGY T 2-2 (OT) 24 24
Jan 30, 1998 @ VAN L 1-3 32 14
Jan 28, 1998 @ EDM T 1-1 (OT) 31 20
Jan 25, 1998 @ MTL W 3-1 41 20
Jan 24, 1998 @ NYR T 3-3 (OT) 44 27
Jan 22, 1998 vs PIT L 2-3 26 20
Jan 20, 1998 vs DET W 3-1 36 17
Jan 14, 1998 vs NYR W 4-1 22 19
Jan 12, 1998 @ BOS T 1-1 (OT) 33 32
Jan 10, 1998 @ PIT L 1-4 26 34
Jan 9, 1998 vs TBL W 4-1 27 18
Jan 7, 1998 vs PIT W 3-1 33 21
Jan 5, 1998 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 13 33
Jan 3, 1998 vs TOR W 4-2 28 31
Jan 1, 1998 @ FLA L 1-2 (OT) 20 30
Dec 30, 1997 vs CHI L 2-6 27 37
Dec 29, 1997 @ BUF W 3-1 19 23
Dec 26, 1997 vs NYI W 4-3 22 20
Dec 23, 1997 @ WSH T 1-1 (OT) 24 34
Dec 19, 1997 @ DET L 4-5 31 32
Dec 18, 1997 @ STL T 4-4 (OT) 18 24
Dec 16, 1997 vs NYR W 4-3 33 17
Dec 13, 1997 @ TOR W 3-0 36 25
Dec 12, 1997 vs MTL W 5-2 33 31
Dec 10, 1997 vs EDM W 4-2 30 29
Dec 6, 1997 vs TBL W 4-2 40 22
Dec 4, 1997 @ PIT W 4-0 20 28
Dec 2, 1997 vs STL L 1-3 28 27
Nov 29, 1997 @ LAK L 1-4 20 26
Nov 28, 1997 @ SJS W 4-2 21 16
Nov 26, 1997 @ ANA L 0-2 29 19
Nov 22, 1997 vs FLA L 1-2 (OT) 29 32
Nov 20, 1997 vs NYI W 5-1 43 28
Nov 18, 1997 vs CGY W 2-1 41 12
Nov 15, 1997 @ BUF W 3-2 32 24
Nov 14, 1997 vs COL W 4-1 27 21
Nov 12, 1997 @ NYR W 3-2 19 19
Nov 10, 1997 @ NYI W 3-1 27 30
Nov 8, 1997 vs BOS W 2-0 21 17
Nov 5, 1997 @ FLA W 4-2 35 26
Nov 4, 1997 vs LAK L 0-3 36 21
Nov 1, 1997 vs WSH W 3-1 28 25
Oct 30, 1997 vs VAN W 8-1 47 23
Oct 27, 1997 @ PHI W 5-0 21 20
Oct 25, 1997 vs SJS L 3-4 24 22
Oct 23, 1997 vs MTL W 2-1 (OT) 33 31
Oct 18, 1997 vs TBL W 5-0 29 27
Oct 17, 1997 @ OTT L 2-4 26 25
Oct 11, 1997 vs BUF W 3-2 30 26
Oct 10, 1997 @ CAR L 1-2 17 27
Oct 8, 1997 vs PHI W 4-1 40 19
Oct 4, 1997 @ WSH L 1-4 24 29
Oct 3, 1997 @ TBL W 4-3 27 21