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1997–98 New Jersey Devils season
National Hockey League season
National Hockey League season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| League | NHL |
| Season | 1997–98 |
| year | 1997 |
| Team | New Jersey Devils |
| Conference | Eastern |
| ConferenceRank | 1st |
| Division | Atlantic |
| DivisionRank | 1st |
| Record | 48–23–11 |
| HomeRecord | 29–10–2 |
| RoadRecord | 19–13–9 |
| GoalsFor | 225 |
| GoalsAgainst | 166 |
| GeneralManager | Lou Lamoriello |
| Coach | Jacques Lemaire |
| Captain | Scott Stevens |
| AltCaptain | Doug Gilmour |
| Scott Niedermeyer | |
| Arena | Continental Airlines Arena |
| Attendance | 17,296 |
| MinorLeague | Albany River Rats |
| Raleigh IceCaps | |
| GoalsLeader | Bobby Holík (29) |
| AssistsLeader | Scott Niedermeyer (43) |
| PointsLeader | Bobby Holik (65) |
| PlusMinusLeader | Randy McKay (+30) |
| PIMLeader | Krzysztof Oliwa (295) |
| WinsLeader | Martin Brodeur (43) |
| GAALeader | Martin Brodeur (1.89) |
| DivisionWin | yes |
Scott Niedermeyer Raleigh IceCaps The 1997–98 New Jersey Devils season was the 24th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 16th season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season. The Devils won the Atlantic Division title with the best record in the Eastern Conference, but were eliminated in the first round of the 1998 Stanley Cup playoffs by the Ottawa Senators.
Regular season
The Devils once again led the NHL in defense, allowing a League-low 166 goals in the 82-game regular season. Although the Devils had the fewest power play opportunities in the League, with just 333, they finished second in power play percentage, with 18.92% (63 for 333).
Final standings
Playoffs
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
The first two games were played at the Meadowlands. In Game 1, Ottawa won 2–1 in overtime, but in Game 2, the Devils were victorious by a score of 3–1. Games 3 and 4 were played in Ottawa. The Senators won Game 3, 2–1, in overtime and Game 4, 4–3. Game 5 was back in New Jersey, where the Devils won 3–1. Game 6 went back to Ottawa, where the Senators won 3–1 and the series 4–2.
Schedule and results
Regular season
|- |1||October 3, 1997||4–3 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) ||1–0–0 || |- |2||October 4, 1997||1–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1997–98) ||1–1–0 || |- |3||October 8, 1997||4–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) ||2–1–0 || |- |4||October 10, 1997||1–2 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) ||2–2–0 || |- |5||October 11, 1997||3–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) ||3–2–0 || |- |6||October 17, 1997||2–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) ||3–3–0 || |- |7||October 18, 1997||5–0 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) ||4–3–0 || |- |8||October 23, 1997||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) ||5–3–0 || |- |9||October 25, 1997||3–4 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (1997–98) ||5–4–0 || |- |10||October 27, 1997||5–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) ||6–4–0 || |- |11||October 30, 1997||8–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) ||7–4–0 ||
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Playoffs
|- | 1 || April 22, 1998 || 1–2 OT || align="left"| Ottawa Senators || Senators lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 24, 1998 || 3–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 26, 1998 || 1–2 OT || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators || Senators lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 28, 1998 || 3–4 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators || Senators lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 30, 1998 || 3–1 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators || Senators lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || May 2, 1998 || 1–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators || Senators win 4–2 ||
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.*
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- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.*
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | C | 82 | 29 | 36 | 65 | 23 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 8 | |||
| 27 | D | 81 | 14 | 43 | 57 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 93 | C | 63 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 10 | 68 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 21 | RW | 74 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 30 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 23 | LW | 75 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | |||
| 26 | LW | 74 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | |||
| 17 | RW | 58 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | LW | 76 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 10 | C | 80 | 15 | 13 | 28 | −6 | 97 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 4 | D | 80 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 80 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 32 | LW | 55 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 24 | D | 79 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 171 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 | |||
| 19 | C | 66 | 9 | 9 | 18 | −4 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | C | 35 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 15 | RW | 26 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −6 | 14 | |||||||||
| 5 | D | 49 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −1 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 | |||
| 12 | RW | 19 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| 2 | D | 60 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 25 | LW | 35 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 32 | |||||||||
| 9 | C | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |||
| 28 | D | 50 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |||
| 6 | D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||
| 18 | LW | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 | LW | 73 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 295 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |||
| 20 | LW | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 30 | G | 70 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | LW | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | C | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 3 | D | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 1 | G | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 7 | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 35 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 31 | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 33 | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 16 | |||||||||
| 5 | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Goaltending
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- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.*
| No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Martin Brodeur | 70 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 1569 | 130 | 1.89 | .917 | 10 | 4128 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 164 | 12 | 1.97 | .927 | 0 | 366 | ||
| 1 | Mike Dunham | 15 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 332 | 29 | 2.25 | .913 | 1 | 773 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 31 | Richard Shulmistra | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 1.94 | .933 | 0 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 35 | Peter Sidorkiewicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3.00 | .875 | 0 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Martin Brodeur was a runner-up for the Vezina Trophy and Patrik Elias was a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy.
| Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref | League | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (annual) | League | ||||||||
| (in-season) | Team | ||||||||
| NHL All-Rookie Team | Patrik Elias (Forward) | title=Postseason All-Star Teams | url=https://records.nhl.com/awards/phwa-all-star-teams?season=19971998 | website=records.nhl.com | access-date=July 9, 2023}} | ||||
| NHL Second All-Star Team | Martin Brodeur (Goaltender) | ||||||||
| Scott Niedermayer (Defense) | |||||||||
| William M. Jennings Trophy | Martin Brodeur | ||||||||
| [NHL All-Star Game](1998-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection | Martin Brodeur | ||||||||
| Bobby Holik | |||||||||
| Jacques Lemaire (coach) | |||||||||
| Scott Niedermayer | |||||||||
| Scott Stevens | |||||||||
| Devils' Players' Player | Doug Gilmour | title=2009-10 New Jersey Devils Media Guide | publisher=New Jersey Devils Hockey Club | editor=Levine, Mike | page=225}} | ||||
| Hugh Delano Unsung Hero | Denis Pederson | ||||||||
| Most Valuable Devil | Martin Brodeur | ||||||||
| Three-Star Award | Martin Brodeur |
Milestones
| Milestone | Player | Date | Ref | First game | 25th shutout | 600th assist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Bombardir | October 4, 1997 | |||||
| Sheldon Souray | October 17, 1997 | |||||
| Brendan Morrison | December 4, 1997 | |||||
| Richard Shulmistra | January 1, 1998 | |||||
| Martin Brodeur | December 4, 1997 | |||||
| Scott Stevens | February 7, 1998 |
Draft picks
New Jersey's picks at the 1997 NHL entry draft, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Civic Arena.
| 9 | 241 | Jan Srdinko | CZE | D | ? (Czech Republic) |
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Media
This was the first season of television broadcast coverage on Fox Sports Net New York.
Notes
References
References
- National Hockey League. (2010). "The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011". Triumph Books.
- "1997-98 NHL Summary".
- "1997-98 New Jersey Devils Schedule".
- "Postseason All-Star Teams".
- "William M. Jennings Trophy".
- "1998 NHL All-Star Game Rosters".
- "2009-10 New Jersey Devils Media Guide". New Jersey Devils Hockey Club.
- "1997-98 NHL Debuts".
- (December 5, 1997). "Devils' Brodeur stops Penguins point-blank".
- (March 1, 1998). "HOCKEY; Devils Fall Behind, Squander a Lead and Wind Up Winning Anyway".
- "1997 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".
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