1997–98 San Jose Sharks season

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1997–98 San Jose Sharks
Division 4th Pacific
1997–98 record 34–38–10
Goals for 210
Goals against 216
Team information
General Manager Dean Lombardi
Coach Darryl Sutter
Captain Todd Gill (Oct-Mar)
Vacant (Mar-Apr)
Team leaders
<1996–97 1998–99>

The 1997–98 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' seventh season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Sharks qualified for the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Dallas Stars. The season, most notably, marked the debut of Patrick Marleau. Marleau, the second overall pick of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, currently holds most of the Sharks' major franchise records.

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Offseason

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Regular season

Captain Todd Gill is traded to the St. Louis Blues, in March.

Final standings

Pacific Division
No. GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 Colorado Avalanche 82 39 26 17 231 205 95
2 Los Angeles Kings 82 38 33 11 227 225 87
3 Edmonton Oilers 82 35 37 10 215 224 80
4 San Jose Sharks 82 34 38 10 210 216 78
5 Calgary Flames 82 26 41 15 217 252 67
6 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 82 26 43 13 205 261 65
7 Vancouver Canucks 82 25 43 14 224 273 64

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[1]
R Div GP W L T GF GA Pts
1 p – Dallas Stars CEN 82 49 22 11 242 167 109
2 x – Colorado Avalanche PAC 82 39 26 17 231 205 95
3 Detroit Red Wings CEN 82 44 23 15 250 196 103
4 St. Louis Blues CEN 82 45 29 8 256 204 98
5 Los Angeles Kings PAC 82 38 33 11 227 225 87
6 Phoenix Coyotes CEN 82 35 35 12 224 227 82
7 Edmonton Oilers PAC 82 35 37 10 215 224 80
8 San Jose Sharks PAC 82 34 38 10 210 216 78
9 Chicago Blackhawks CEN 82 30 39 13 192 199 73
10 Toronto Maple Leafs CEN 82 30 43 9 194 237 69
11 Calgary Flames PAC 82 26 41 15 217 252 67
12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PAC 82 26 43 13 205 261 65
13 Vancouver Canucks PAC 82 25 43 14 224 273 64

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific

bold – Qualified for playoffs; x – Won Division; p – Won Presidents' Trophy


Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

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Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Jeff Friesen LW 79 31 32 63 40 8 7 6 7
Owen Nolan RW 75 14 27 41 144 -2 3 1 1
John MacLean RW 51 13 19 32 28 0 5 0 2
Patrick Marleau C 74 13 19 32 14 5 1 0 2
Bill Houlder D 82 7 25 32 48 13 4 0 2
Marco Sturm LW 74 10 20 30 40 -2 2 0 3
Stephane Matteau LW 73 15 14 29 60 4 1 0 2
Murray Craven LW 67 12 17 29 25 4 2 3 3
Bernie Nicholls C 60 6 22 28 26 -4 3 0 0
Tony Granato RW 59 16 9 25 70 3 3 0 2
Marcus Ragnarsson D 79 5 20 25 65 -11 3 0 2
Mike Ricci C 59 9 14 23 30 -4 5 0 2
Todd Gill D 64 8 13 21 31 -13 4 0 1
Mike Rathje D 81 3 12 15 59 -4 1 0 0
Andrei Zyuzin D 56 6 7 13 66 8 2 0 2
Shawn Burr LW/C 42 6 6 12 50 2 0 0 0
Marty McSorley D 56 2 10 12 140 10 0 0 0
Doug Bodger D 28 4 6 10 32 0 0 0 1
Jarrod Skalde C 22 4 6 10 14 -2 0 0 0
Joe Murphy RW 10 5 4 9 14 1 2 0 0
Al Iafrate D 21 2 7 9 28 -1 2 0 0
Ron Sutter C 57 2 7 9 22 -2 0 0 1
Dave Lowry LW 50 4 4 8 51 0 0 0 1
Viktor Kozlov C 18 5 2 7 2 -2 2 0 0
Shean Donovan RW 20 3 3 6 22 3 0 0 0
Alexander Korolyuk LW 19 2 3 5 6 -5 1 0 0
Rich Brennan D 11 1 2 3 2 -4 1 0 0
Bryan Marchment D 12 0 3 3 43 2 0 0 0
Steve Guolla C 7 1 1 2 0 -2 0 0 0
Andrei Nazarov LW 40 1 1 2 112 -4 0 0 0
Mike Vernon G 62 0 2 2 24 0 0 0 0
Barry Potomski LW 9 0 1 1 30 1 0 0 0
Niklas Andersson LW 5 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Kelly Hrudey G 28 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jason Muzzatti G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Sutton D 8 0 0 0 15 -4 0 0 0
Dody Wood C 8 0 0 0 40 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Mike Vernon 3564 62 30 22 8 146 2.46 5 1401 1255 .896
Kelly Hrudey 1360 28 4 16 2 62 2.74 1 600 538 .897
Jason Muzzatti 27 1 0 0 0 2 4.44 0 13 11 .846
Team: 4951 82 34 38 10 210 2.54 6 2014 1804 .896
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
John MacLean RW 6 2 3 5 4 1 1 0 0
Bernie Nicholls C 6 0 5 5 8 -2 0 0 0
Owen Nolan RW 6 2 2 4 26 -1 2 0 1
Mike Ricci C 6 1 3 4 6 0 0 0 0
Bill Houlder D 6 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
Murray Craven LW 6 1 1 2 0 -2 0 0 0
Joe Murphy RW 6 1 1 2 20 -1 1 0 0
Al Iafrate D 6 1 0 1 10 -4 1 0 0
Mike Rathje D 6 1 0 1 6 -3 1 0 0
Ron Sutter C 6 1 0 1 14 -1 0 0 0
Andrei Zyuzin D 6 1 0 1 14 -2 0 0 1
Jeff Friesen LW 6 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Patrick Marleau C 5 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Stephane Matteau LW 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Shawn Burr LW/C 6 0 0 0 8 -1 0 0 0
Tony Granato RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelly Hrudey G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Lowry LW 6 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0
Bryan Marchment D 6 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 0
Marcus Ragnarsson D 6 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0
Marco Sturm LW 2 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Mike Vernon G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Mike Vernon 348 6 2 4 14 2.41 1 138 124 .899
Kelly Hrudey 20 1 0 0 1 3.00 0 6 5 .833
Team: 368 6 2 4 15 2.45 1 144 129 .896

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Note: Pos = Position; 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

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Transactions

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Roster

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Draft picks

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
1 2 Patrick Marleau Center  Canada Seattle Thunderbirds
1 23 Scott Hannan Defence  Canada Kelowna Rockets
4 82 Adam Colagiacomo Right Wing  Canada Oshawa Generals
5 107 Adam Spylo Right Wing  Canada Erie Otters
7 163 Joe Dusbabek Right Wing  United States Notre Dame
8 192 Cam Severson Left Wing  Canada Prince Albert Raiders
9 219 Mark Smith Center  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes

Farm teams

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See also

References

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External links

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