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1997-98 Edmonton Oilers Roster and Statistics

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Record: 35-37-10 (80 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Pacific Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Ron Low (35-37-10)

Captain: Kelly Buchberger

Primary Arena: Edmonton Coliseum

Goals For: 215 (15th of 26), Goals Against: 224 (16th of 26)
SRS: -0.13 (17th of 26), SOS: -0.02 (18th of 26)

Playoffs:
Lost Conference Semi-Finals (4-1) to Dallas Stars
Won Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3) over Colorado Avalanche

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +3000

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Edmonton Oilers	82	35	37	10	80	.488	215	224	-0.13	-0.02	2.62	2.73	77	483	15.94	66	406	83.74	10	11	2351	9.1	2313	.903		8
League Average	82	35	35	13	82	.500	216	216					57	380	15.08	57	380	84.92	10	10	2242	9.6	2242	.904		6

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Edmonton Oilers
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
7	Jason Arnott	ca CA	RW	23	6-5	220	R/-	4	October 11, 1974	5 G, 13 A, 18 P
55	Drew Bannister	ca CA	D	23	6-2	198	R/-	2	April 9, 1974	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
21	Ladislav Benýšek	cs CS	D	22	6-2	190	L/-	R	March 24, 1975	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
15	Drake Berehowsky	ca CA	D	26	6-2	225	R/-	6	January 3, 1972	1 G, 6 A, 7 P
36	Dennis Bonvie	ca CA	RW	24	5-11	205	R/-	2	July 23, 1973	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
29	Jason Bowen	ca CA	D	24	6-4	220	L/-	5	November 9, 1973	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
23	Sean Brown	ca CA	D	21	6-3	215	L/-	1	November 5, 1976	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
16	Kelly Buchberger (C)	ca CA	RW	31	6-2	210	L/-	10	December 2, 1966	6 G, 17 A, 23 P
5	Greg de Vries	ca CA	D	25	6-2	215	L/-	2	January 4, 1973	7 G, 4 A, 11 P
19	Boyd Devereaux	ca CA	C	19	6-2	195	L/-	R	April 16, 1978	1 G, 4 A, 5 P
6	Bobby Dollas	ca CA	D	33	6-2	212	L/-	12	January 31, 1965	2 G, 5 A, 7 P
30	Bob Essensa	ca CA	G	33	6-0	190	-/L	7	January 14, 1965	6-6-1, 2.54 GAA
40	Scott Ferguson	ca CA	D	25	6-1	195	L/-	R	January 6, 1973	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
18	Scott Fraser	ca CA	RW	25	6-1	178	R/-	1	May 3, 1972	12 G, 11 A, 23 P
8	Doug Friedman	us US	LW	26	6-1	200	L/-	R	September 1, 1971	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
25	Mike Grier	us US	RW	23	6-1	224	R/-	1	January 5, 1975	9 G, 6 A, 15 P
9	Bill Guerin	us US	RW	27	6-2	220	R/-	6	November 9, 1970	13 G, 16 A, 29 P
22	Roman Hamrlík	cs CS	D	23	6-2	206	L/-	5	April 12, 1974	6 G, 20 A, 26 P
20	Tony Hrkac	ca CA	C	31	5-10	190	L/-	6	July 7, 1966	8 G, 11 A, 19 P
28	Bill Huard	ca CA	LW	30	6-1	215	L/-	5	June 24, 1967	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
12	Joe Hulbig	us US	LW	24	6-4	215	L/-	1	September 29, 1973	2 G, 2 A, 4 P
31	Curtis Joseph	ca CA	G	30	5-11	193	-/L	8	April 29, 1967	29-31-9, 2.63 GAA
10	Steve Kelly	ca CA	C	21	6-2	205	L/-	1	October 26, 1976	0 G, 2 A, 2 P
51	Andrei Kovalenko	su SU	RW	27	5-10	200	L/-	5	June 7, 1970	6 G, 17 A, 23 P
27	Georges Laraque	ca CA	RW	21	6-3	253	R/-	R	December 7, 1976	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
14	Mats Lindgren	se SE	C	23	6-2	202	L/-	1	October 1, 1974	13 G, 13 A, 26 P
4	Kevin Lowe	ca CA	D	38	6-2	200	L/-	18	April 15, 1959	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
26	Todd Marchant	us US	LW	24	5-10	179	L/-	4	August 12, 1973	14 G, 21 A, 35 P
24	Bryan Marchment	ca CA	D	28	6-1	200	L/-	9	May 1, 1969	0 G, 4 A, 4 P
37	Dean McAmmond	ca CA	LW	24	5-11	195	L/-	5	June 15, 1973	19 G, 31 A, 50 P
33	Dan McGillis	ca CA	D	25	6-3	220	L/-	1	July 1, 1972	10 G, 15 A, 25 P
32	Craig Millar	ca CA	D	21	6-2	212	L/-	1	July 12, 1976	4 G, 0 A, 4 P
2	Boris Mironov	su SU	D	25	6-3	223	R/-	4	March 21, 1972	16 G, 30 A, 46 P
6	Bryan Muir	ca CA	D	24	6-3	224	L/-	1	June 8, 1973	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
17	Rem Murray	ca CA	C	25	6-2	200	L/-	1	October 9, 1972	9 G, 9 A, 18 P
8	František Musil	cs CS	D	33	6-3	215	L/-	11	December 17, 1964	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
24	Janne Niinimaa	fi FI	D	22	6-1	220	L/-	1	May 22, 1975	1 G, 8 A, 9 P
38	Terran Sandwith	ca CA	D	25	6-4	210	L/-	R	April 17, 1972	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
94	Ryan Smyth	ca CA	LW	21	6-1	192	L/-	3	February 21, 1976	20 G, 13 A, 33 P
9	Mike Watt	ca CA	C	21	6-2	212	L/-	R	March 31, 1976	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
39	Doug Weight	us US	C	27	5-11	202	L/-	6	January 21, 1971	26 G, 44 A, 70 P
8	Ray Whitney	ca CA	LW	25	5-10	180	R/-	6	May 8, 1972	1 G, 3 A, 4 P
21	Valeri Zelepukin	su SU	LW	29	6-1	200	L/-	6	September 17, 1968	2 G, 10 A, 12 P

Standard Stats

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Doug Weight	27	C	79	26	44	70	1	69	17	9	0	4	23	20	1	205	12.7	1721:41	21:48	ASG
2	Dean McAmmond	24	LW	77	19	31	50	9	46	11	8	0	3	19	12	0	128	14.8	1172:14	15:13
3	Boris Mironov	25	D	81	16	30	46	-8	100	5	10	1	1	11	19	0	203	7.9	2035:43	25:08	ASnhl-19,Norris-16
4	Todd Marchant	24	LW	76	14	21	35	9	71	11	2	1	3	14	4	3	194	7.2	1293:28	17:01
5	Ryan Smyth	21	LW	65	20	13	33	-24	44	10	10	0	2	6	7	0	205	9.8	1155:18	17:46
6	Bill Guerin	27	RW	40	13	16	29	1	80	5	8	0	2	9	7	0	130	10.0	781:21	19:32
7	Mats Lindgren	23	C	82	13	13	26	0	42	9	1	3	3	9	3	1	131	9.9	1301:49	15:53
8	Roman Hamrlík	23	D	41	6	20	26	3	48	1	4	1	3	7	13	0	112	5.4	1033:10	25:12
9	Dan McGillis	25	D	67	10	15	25	-17	74	5	5	0	3	8	7	0	119	8.4	1481:33	22:07
10	Kelly Buchberger	31	RW	82	6	17	23	-10	122	4	1	1	1	17	0	0	86	7.0	1288:23	15:43
11	Andrei Kovalenko	27	RW	59	6	17	23	-14	28	5	1	0	2	8	9	0	89	6.7	807:54	13:42
12	Scott Fraser	25	RW	29	12	11	23	6	6	6	6	0	2	4	7	0	61	19.7	348:30	12:01
13	Tony Hrkac	31	C	36	8	11	19	3	10	4	4	0	1	7	4	0	43	18.6	433:04	12:02
14	Rem Murray	25	C	61	9	9	18	-9	39	5	2	2	0	6	3	0	59	15.3	761:34	12:29
15	Jason Arnott	23	RW	35	5	13	18	-16	78	4	1	0	0	7	6	0	100	5.0	685:09	19:35
16	Mike Grier	23	RW	66	9	6	15	-3	73	8	1	0	1	6	0	0	90	10.0	708:25	10:44
17	Valeri Zelepukin	29	LW	33	2	10	12	-2	57	2	0	0	0	6	4	0	47	4.3	416:22	12:37
18	Greg de Vries	25	D	65	7	4	11	-17	80	6	1	0	0	3	0	1	53	13.2	1134:10	17:27
19	Janne Niinimaa	22	D	11	1	8	9	7	6	0	1	0	0	3	4	1	19	5.3	229:48	20:53
20	Bobby Dollas	33	D	30	2	5	7	6	22	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	27	7.4	575:08	19:10
21	Drake Berehowsky	26	D	67	1	6	7	1	169	0	1	0	1	5	1	0	58	1.7	1019:52	15:13
22	Boyd Devereaux	19	C	38	1	4	5	-5	6	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	27	3.7	337:04	8:52
23	Joe Hulbig	24	LW	17	2	2	4	-1	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	8	25.0	121:14	7:08
24	Craig Millar	21	D	11	4	0	4	-3	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	40.0	192:59	17:33
25	Ray Whitney	25	LW	9	1	3	4	-1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	19	5.3	105:14	11:42	ASnhl-7
26	Bryan Marchment	28	D	27	0	4	4	-2	58	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	23	0.0	537:24	19:54
27	František Musil	33	D	17	1	2	3	1	8	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	8	12.5	273:36	16:06
28	Mike Watt	21	C	14	1	2	3	-4	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	14	7.1	176:41	12:37
29	Curtis Joseph	30	G	71	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		4132:20	58:12	Hart-20
30	Steve Kelly	21	C	19	0	2	2	-4	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0.0	134:18	7:04
31	Drew Bannister	23	D	34	0	2	2	-7	42	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	27	0.0	528:54	15:33
32	Bill Huard	30	LW	30	0	1	1	-5	72	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	0.0	191:17	6:23
33	Sean Brown	21	D	18	0	1	1	-1	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0.0	247:52	13:46
34	Kevin Lowe	38	D	7	0	0	0	-3	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	101:03	14:26
35	Georges Laraque	21	RW	11	0	0	0	-4	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	52:00	4:44
36	Bryan Muir	24	D	7	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	105:40	15:06
37	Doug Friedman	26	LW	16	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	98:33	6:10
38	Scott Ferguson	25	D	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:18	16:18
39	Bob Essensa	33	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0		825:29	51:36
40	Terran Sandwith	25	D	8	0	0	0	-4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	107:02	13:23
41	Jason Bowen	24	D	4	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	14:02	3:31
42	Dennis Bonvie	24	RW	4	0	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8:41	2:10
43	Ladislav Benýšek	22	D	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		27:46	13:53
	Team Totals			82	215	345	560	-118	1682	128	77	10	35	196	140	7	2351	9.1	28720:03	18:22

Standard Stats Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists			Shots		Ice Time
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EVG	PPG	SHG	GWG	EV	PP	SH	SOG	SPCT	TOI	ATOI	Awards
1	Doug Weight	27	C	12	2	7	9	-4	14	0	2	0	1				26	7.7	271:02	22:35
2	Bill Guerin	27	RW	12	7	1	8	-6	17	3	4	0	0				47	14.9	240:29	20:02
3	Boris Mironov	25	D	12	3	3	6	-3	27	2	1	0	1				26	11.5	305:23	25:27
4	Roman Hamrlík	23	D	12	0	6	6	-4	12	0	0	0	0				19	0.0	318:21	26:32
5	Rem Murray	25	C	11	1	4	5	-1	2	1	0	0	0				15	6.7	174:25	15:51
6	Dean McAmmond	24	C	12	1	4	5	0	12	1	0	0	0				22	4.5	185:20	15:27
7	Ryan Smyth	21	LW	12	1	3	4	-2	16	0	1	0	0				24	4.2	165:54	13:50
8	Mike Grier	23	RW	12	2	2	4	4	13	2	0	0	1				14	14.3	153:44	12:49
9	Kelly Buchberger	31	RW	12	1	2	3	0	25	1	0	0	0				13	7.7	161:56	13:30
10	Valeri Zelepukin	29	LW	8	1	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	0				8	12.5	95:13	11:54
11	Tony Hrkac	31	C	12	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0				11	0.0	104:55	8:45
12	Drake Berehowsky	26	D	12	1	2	3	1	14	1	0	0	1				4	25.0	202:06	16:51
13	Mats Lindgren	23	C	12	1	1	2	0	10	1	0	0	0				16	6.3	189:37	15:48
14	Todd Marchant	24	C	12	1	1	2	0	10	1	0	0	0				17	5.9	197:06	16:26
15	Scott Fraser	25	C	11	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0				17	5.9	115:25	10:30
16	Janne Niinimaa	22	D	11	1	1	2	3	12	1	0	0	1				20	5.0	267:23	24:18
17	Bill Huard	30	LW	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				3	0.0	18:09	4:32
18	Curtis Joseph	30	G	12	0	0	0		2	0	0	0		0	0	0			715:52	59:39
19	Andrei Kovalenko	27	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0				2	0.0	12:24	12:24
20	Kevin Lowe	38	D	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0				0		3:10	3:10
21	Bob Essensa	33	G	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0			26:35	26:35
22	František Musil	33	D	7	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0				0		109:49	15:41
23	Bobby Dollas	33	D	11	0	0	0	2	16	0	0	0	0				10	0.0	188:33	17:08
24	Greg de Vries	25	D	7	0	0	0	-4	21	0	0	0	0				2	0.0	88:41	12:40
	Team Totals			12	24	43	67	-8	241	16	8	0	5	0	0	0	316	7.6	4311:32	18:50

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Goalie Stats

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats															Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	GAA/A	GPS	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Curtis Joseph	30	71	29	31	9	181	1901	1720	.905	2.63	8	4132:20	102	-2.8	3.12	11.0	0	2	2	4	Hart-20
2	Bob Essensa	33	16	6	6	1	35	404	369	.913	2.54	0	825:29	92	2.9	3.05	2.7	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		82	35	37	10	216	2305	2089	.906	2.61	8	4957:49	100	0.1	3.11	13.7	0	2	2	4

Goalie Stats Table
			Goalie Stats													Scoring
Rk	Player	Age	GP	W	L	T/O	GA	Shots	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	GA%-	GSAA	G	A	PTS	PIM	Awards
1	Curtis Joseph	30	12	5	7	0	23	319	296	.928	1.93	3	715:52	77	6.9	0	0	0	2
2	Bob Essensa	33	1				1	11	10	.909	2.26	0	26:35	97	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals		12	5	7	0	24	330	306	.927	1.94	3	742:27	78	6.9	0	0	0	2

Penalty Shots (1)

* - postseason

Miscellaneous Stats

Miscellaneous Stats Table
					Adjusted				Plus/Minus					Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	TGF	PGF	TGA	PGA	+/-	OPS	DPS	PS	Awards
1	Doug Weight	27	C	79	30	50	80	30.0	103	50	61	9	1	7.1	1.2	8.3	ASG
2	Dean McAmmond	24	LW	77	22	35	57	21.6	78	36	33	0	9	4.3	1.5	5.8
3	Boris Mironov	25	D	81	18	34	52	19.1	108	51	93	28	-8	4.8	3.7	8.5	ASnhl-19,Norris-16
4	Todd Marchant	24	LW	76	16	24	40	15.3	56	10	57	20	9	2.3	1.4	3.7
5	Ryan Smyth	21	LW	65	23	15	38	16.6	51	29	46	0	-24	3.1	0.0	3.1
6	Bill Guerin	27	RW	40	15	18	33	13.1	50	25	24	0	1	2.9	0.6	3.5
7	Mats Lindgren	23	C	82	15	15	30	12.3	41	6	59	24	0	1.0	1.2	2.2
8	Roman Hamrlík	23	D	41	7	23	30	10.1	60	31	40	14	3	2.5	2.4	4.9
9	Dan McGillis	25	D	67	11	17	28	10.6	58	23	75	23	-17	2.3	2.2	4.5
10	Kelly Buchberger	31	RW	82	7	19	26	9.0	37	3	79	35	-10	-0.1	0.8	0.7
11	Andrei Kovalenko	27	RW	59	7	19	26	9.0	38	19	33	0	-14	0.8	0.3	1.1
12	Scott Fraser	25	RW	29	14	13	27	11.2	30	16	8	0	6	2.6	0.6	3.2
13	Tony Hrkac	31	C	36	9	13	22	8.5	25	10	12	0	3	1.5	0.6	2.1
14	Jason Arnott	23	RW	35	6	15	21	7.4	26	13	32	3	-16	1.1	-0.1	1.0
15	Rem Murray	25	C	61	10	10	20	8.2	27	7	46	17	-9	0.5	0.5	1.0
16	Mike Grier	23	RW	66	10	7	17	7.4	25	3	28	3	-3	0.0	0.8	0.8
17	Valeri Zelepukin	29	LW	33	2	11	13	4.1	19	8	14	1	-2	0.2	0.4	0.6
18	Greg de Vries	25	D	65	8	5	13	5.7	30	1	65	19	-17	0.5	2.1	2.6
19	Janne Niinimaa	22	D	11	1	9	10	3.0	19	9	7	4	7	0.8	1.1	1.9
20	Bobby Dollas	33	D	30	2	6	8	2.7	25	7	16	4	6	0.3	2.0	2.4
21	Drake Berehowsky	26	D	67	1	7	8	2.5	39	8	33	3	1	-0.6	3.6	3.0
22	Boyd Devereaux	19	C	38	1	5	6	1.9	9	0	20	6	-5	-0.8	0.4	-0.5
23	Joe Hulbig	24	LW	17	2	2	4	1.6	6	2	5	0	-1	0.0	0.2	0.2
24	Craig Millar	21	D	11	5	0	5	2.7	10	3	14	4	-3	0.6	0.3	1.0
25	Bryan Marchment	28	D	27	0	5	5	1.4	17	2	26	9	-2	-0.2	1.3	1.1
26	Ray Whitney	25	LW	9	1	3	4	1.4	6	4	3	0	-1	0.2	0.1	0.3	ASnhl-7
27	František Musil	33	D	17	1	2	3	1.1	11	1	17	8	1	0.1	1.0	1.0
28	Mike Watt	21	C	14	1	2	3	1.1	6	3	7	0	-4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
29	Steve Kelly	21	C	19	0	2	2	0.6	5	0	9	0	-4	-0.5	0.1	-0.4
30	Drew Bannister	23	D	34	0	2	2	0.6	16	1	33	11	-7	-0.5	1.3	0.7
31	Bill Huard	30	LW	30	0	1	1	0.3	5	1	9	0	-5	-1.0	0.2	-0.8
32	Sean Brown	21	D	18	0	1	1	0.3	7	0	11	3	-1	-0.3	0.9	0.6
33	Kevin Lowe	38	D	7	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	5	0	-3	-0.1	0.1	0.0
34	Georges Laraque	21	RW	11	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	6	1	-4	-0.4	0.0	-0.4
35	Bryan Muir	24	D	7	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	3	1	0	-0.1	0.4	0.2
36	Doug Friedman	26	LW	16	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	5	2	0	-0.6	0.2	-0.4
37	Scott Ferguson	25	D	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	0	1	0.0	0.1	0.1
38	Terran Sandwith	25	D	8	0	0	0	0.0	3	0	8	1	-4	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
39	Jason Bowen	24	D	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1	0.2	0.1
40	Dennis Bonvie	24	RW	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2	0.1	-0.1
41	Ladislav Benýšek	22	D	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	3	0	-2	0.0	0.0	-0.1

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