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1997–98 New Jersey Devils season

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97-98NJDev
1997–98 New Jersey Devils
Division 1st Atlantic
Conference 1st Eastern
1997–98 record 48-23-11
Home record 29-10-2
Road record 19-13-9
Goals for 225
Goals against 166
Team information
General manager Lou Lamoriello
Coach Jacques Lemaire
Captain Scott Stevens
Arena Continental Airlines Arena
Team leaders
Goals Bobby Holik (29)
Assists Scott Niedermeyer (43)
Points Bobby Holik (65)
Penalty minutes Krzysztof Oliwa (295)
Plus/minus Randy McKay (+30)
Wins Martin Brodeur (43)
Goals against average Martin Brodeur (1.89)

The 1997–98 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 16th in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. The Devils won the Atlantic Division title, but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Ottawa Senators.

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Atlantic Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
New Jersey Devils 82 48 23 11 225 166 107
Philadelphia Flyers 82 42 29 11 242 193 95
Washington Capitals 82 40 30 12 219 202 92
New York Islanders 82 30 41 11 212 225 71
New York Rangers 82 25 39 18 197 231 68
Florida Panthers 82 24 43 15 203 256 63
Tampa Bay Lightning 82 17 55 10 151 269 44

Game log[]

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 3, 1997 4–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 1–0–0
2 L October 4, 1997 1–4 @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 1–1–0
3 W October 8, 1997 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 2–1–0
4 L October 10, 1997 1–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 2–2–0
5 W October 11, 1997 3–2 Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 3–2–0
6 L October 17, 1997 2–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 3–3–0
7 W October 18, 1997 5–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 4–3–0
8 W October 23, 1997 2–1 OT Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 5–3–0
9 L October 25, 1997 3–4 San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 5–4–0
10 W October 27, 1997 5–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 6–4–0
11 W October 30, 1997 8–1 Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 7–4–0
12 W November 1, 1997 3–1 Washington Capitals (1997–98) 8–4–0
13 L November 4, 1997 0–3 Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 8–5–0
14 W November 5, 1997 4–2 @ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 9–5–0
15 W November 8, 1997 2–0 Boston Bruins (1997–98) 10–5–0
16 W November 10, 1997 3–1 @ New York Islanders (1997–98) 11–5–0
17 W November 12, 1997 3–2 @ New York Rangers (1997–98) 12–5–0
18 W November 14, 1997 4–1 Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 13–5–0
19 W November 15, 1997 3–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 14–5–0
20 W November 18, 1997 2–1 Calgary Flames (1997–98) 15–5–0
21 W November 20, 1997 5–1 New York Islanders (1997–98) 16–5–0
22 L November 22, 1997 1–2 OT Florida Panthers (1997–98) 16–6–0
23 L November 26, 1997 0–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 16–7–0
24 W November 28, 1997 4–2 @ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 17–7–0
25 L November 29, 1997 1–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 17–8–0
26 L December 2, 1997 1–3 St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 17–9–0
27 W December 4, 1997 4–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 18–9–0
28 W December 6, 1997 4–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 19–9–0
29 W December 10, 1997 4–2 Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 20–9–0
30 W December 12, 1997 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 21–9–0
31 W December 13, 1997 3–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 22–9–0
32 W December 16, 1997 4–3 New York Rangers (1997–98) 23–9–0
33 T December 18, 1997 4–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 23–9–1
34 L December 19, 1997 4–5 @ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 23–10–1
35 T December 23, 1997 1–1 OT @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 23–10–2
36 W December 26, 1997 4–3 New York Islanders (1997–98) 24–10–2
37 W December 29, 1997 3–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 25–10–2
38 L December 30, 1997 2–6 Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 25–11–2
39 L January 1, 1998 1–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 25–12–2
40 W January 3, 1998 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 26–12–2
41 L January 5, 1998 3–4 OT Dallas Stars (1997–98) 26–13–2
42 W January 7, 1998 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 27–13–2
43 W January 9, 1998 4–1 Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 28–13–2
44 L January 10, 1998 1–4 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 28–14–2
45 T January 12, 1998 1–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 28–14–3
46 W January 14, 1998 4–1 New York Rangers (1997–98) 29–14–3
47 W January 20, 1998 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 30–14–3
48 L January 22, 1998 2–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 30–15–3
49 T January 24, 1998 3–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1997–98) 30–15–4
50 W January 25, 1998 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 31–15–4
51 T January 28, 1998 1–1 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 31–15–5
52 L January 30, 1998 1–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 31–16–5
53 T January 31, 1998 2–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 31–16–6
54 W February 2, 1998 1–0 @ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 32–16–6
55 W February 4, 1998 2–0 Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 33–16–6
56 W February 7, 1998 3–2 @ New York Islanders (1997–98) 34–16–6
57 W February 25, 1998 3–2 @ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 35–16–6
58 W February 26, 1998 4–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 36–16–6
59 W February 28, 1998 4–3 Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 37–16–6
60 W March 2, 1998 4–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 38–16–6
61 T March 5, 1998 1–1 OT Boston Bruins (1997–98) 38–16–7
62 W March 7, 1998 6–3 New York Rangers (1997–98) 39–16–7
63 T March 9, 1998 2–2 OT @ New York Rangers (1997–98) 39–16–8
64 T March 10, 1998 2–2 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 39–16–9
65 W March 12, 1998 2–0 @ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 40–16–9
66 L March 14, 1998 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 40–17–9
67 W March 18, 1998 3–0 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 41–17–9
68 L March 20, 1998 0–2 @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 41–18–9
69 W March 21, 1998 3–2 Washington Capitals (1997–98) 42–18–9
70 W March 24, 1998 3–2 Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 43–18–9
71 W March 26, 1998 2–0 @ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98) 44–18–9
72 W March 28, 1998 3–0 @ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 45–18–9
73 L March 29, 1998 1–3 @ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 45–19–9
74 L April 1, 1998 0–4 Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 45–20–9
75 L April 3, 1998 2–3 Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 45–21–9
76 W April 5, 1998 3–2 Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 46–21–9
77 L April 8, 1998 2–3 @ New York Islanders (1997–98) 46–22–9
78 W April 11, 1998 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 47–22–9
79 T April 12, 1998 5–5 OT Florida Panthers (1997–98) 47–22–10
80 W April 15, 1998 5–4 OT Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 48–22–10
81 T April 16, 1998 1–1 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 48–22–11
82 L April 18, 1998 1–2 New York Islanders (1997–98) 48–23–11

Playoffs[]

Player stats[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik C 82 29 36 65 100 23 8 0 8
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer D 81 14 43 57 27 5 11 0 1
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour C 63 13 40 53 68 10 3 0 5
McKay, RandyRandy McKay RW 74 24 24 48 86 30 8 0 5
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk LW 75 14 34 48 26 19 4 0 2
Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias LW 74 18 19 37 28 18 5 0 6
Sykora, PetrPetr Sykora RW 58 16 20 36 22 0 3 1 4
Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston C/RW 76 16 14 30 16 7 0 2 1
Pederson, DenisDenis Pederson C/RW 80 15 13 28 97 -6 7 0 1
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens D 80 4 22 26 80 19 1 0 1
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas LW 55 14 10 24 32 4 3 0 4
Odelein, LyleLyle Odelein D 79 4 19 23 171 11 1 0 0
Carpenter, BobBob Carpenter C 66 9 9 18 22 -4 0 1 1
Arnott, JasonJason Arnott C 35 5 10 15 21 -8 3 0 2
MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean RW 26 3 8 11 14 -6 1 0 1
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger D 49 5 5 10 25 -1 3 0 0
Guerin, BillBill Guerin RW 19 5 5 10 13 0 1 0 2
Souray, SheldonSheldon Souray D 60 3 7 10 85 18 0 0 1
Zelepukin, ValeriValeri Zelepukin LW 35 2 8 10 32 0 0 0 0
Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison C 11 5 4 9 0 3 0 0 1
Dean, KevinKevin Dean D 50 1 8 9 12 12 1 0 0
Bombardir, BradBrad Bombardir D 43 1 5 6 8 11 0 0 0
Brylin, SergeiSergei Brylin LW 18 2 3 5 0 4 0 0 0
Oliwa, KrzysztofKrzysztof Oliwa LW 73 2 3 5 295 3 0 0 2
Pandolfo, JayJay Pandolfo LW 23 1 3 4 4 -4 0 0 0
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur G 70 0 3 3 10 0 0 0 0
Daniels, ScottScott Daniels LW 26 0 3 3 102 1 0 0 0
Zezel, PeterPeter Zezel C 5 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko D 37 0 1 1 57 3 0 0 0
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham G 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kroupa, VlastimilVlastimil Kroupa D 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Lakovic, SashaSasha Lakovic RW 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Shulmistra, RichardRichard Shulmistra G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simpson, ReidReid Simpson LW 6 0 0 0 16 -2 0 0 0
Sutton, KenKen Sutton D 13 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur 4128 70 43 17 8 130 1.89 10 1569 1439 .917
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham 773 15 5 5 3 29 2.25 1 332 303 .913
Shulmistra, RichardRichard Shulmistra 62 1 0 1 0 2 1.94 0 30 28 .933
Sidorkiewicz, PeterPeter Sidorkiewicz 20 1 0 0 0 1 3.00 0 8 7 .875
Team: 4983 82 48 23 11 162 1.95 11 1939 1777 .916

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Gilmour, DougDoug Gilmour C 6 5 2 7 4 1 0 1
Thomas, SteveSteve Thomas LW 6 0 3 3 2 0 0 0
Odelein, LyleLyle Odelein D 6 1 1 2 21 1 0 1
Pederson, DenisDenis Pederson C/RW 6 1 1 2 2 0 1 0
Arnott, JasonJason Arnott C 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer D 6 0 2 2 4 0 0 0
Pandolfo, JayJay Pandolfo LW 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Andreychuk, DaveDave Andreychuk LW 6 1 0 1 4 1 0 0
Carpenter, BobBob Carpenter C 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dean, KevinKevin Dean D 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston C/RW 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 0
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens D 6 1 0 1 8 0 0 0
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur G 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Daneyko, KenKen Daneyko D 6 0 1 1 10 0 0 0
Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias LW 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
McKay, RandyRandy McKay RW 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Souray, SheldonSheldon Souray D 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
Bodger, DougDoug Bodger D 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniels, ScottScott Daniels LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik C 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Oliwa, KrzysztofKrzysztof Oliwa LW 6 0 0 0 23 0 0 0
Sykora, PetrPetr Sykora RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur 366 6 2 4 12 1.97 0 164 152 .927
Team: 366 6 2 4 12 1.97 0 164 152 .927

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

Draft picks[]

Team's picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Civic Arena.

Rd # Pick # Player Nat Pos Team (league) Notes
1 24 Jean-Francois Damphousse Flag of Canada Canada G Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
2 38 Stanislav Gron Flag of Slovakia Slovakia LW Bratislava (Slovak Extraliga) [2]
3 78 No third-round pick[3]
4 104 Lucas Nehrling Flag of Canada Canada D Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5 131 Jiri Bicek Flag of Slovakia Slovakia LW HC Košice (Slovak Extraliga)
6 159 Sascha Goc Flag of Germany Germany D Schwenningen Wild Wings (DEL)
7 188 Mathieu Benoit Flag of Canada Canada RW Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
8 215 Scott Clemmensen Flag of the United States United States of America G Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
9 241 Jan Sorinko Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic D ? (Czech Extraliga)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1997-98 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-06-02.
  2. ↑ The Devils acquired the 1997 second-round pick from Ottawa for the Devils' 1997 third-round pick (used on Jani Hurme) and the Senators' 1997 third-round pick (used on Josh Langfeld) on June 21, 1997. The Devils had originally received the pick from Ottawa in a trade for Tom Chorske on October 5, 1995. Gron's game with the Devils is the only NHL game in his career. The Devils traded their original 1997 second-round pick, along with Jim Dowd, to Hartford in a trade for Jocelyn Lemieux and a 1998 second-round pick (later transferred to Dallas and used on John Erskine) on December 19, 1995.
  3. ↑ The Devils traded their 1997 third-round pick (later transferred to Colorado and used on Ville Nieminen) to St. Louis for Esa Tikkanen on November 1, 1995.
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1997–98 NHL season by team
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See also1997 NHL Entry Draft • Stanley Cup Playoffs • Stanley Cup Finals



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