1997–98 Colorado Avalanche season

The 1997–98 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's third season.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 1, 1997 	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	0–0–1
2 	W	October 3, 1997 	4–1 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	1–0–1
3 	W	October 5, 1997 	3–0 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	2–0–1
4 	W	October 7, 1997 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	3–0–1
5 	W	October 9, 1997 	3–2 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	4–0–1
6 	T	October 11, 1997 	3–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	4–0–2
7 	W	October 15, 1997 	6–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	5–0–2
8 	L	October 17, 1997 	5–6 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	5–1–2
9 	T	October 19, 1997 	4–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	5–1–3
10 	W	October 22, 1997 	4–3 	Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	6–1–3
11 	T	October 24, 1997 	3–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	6–1–4
12 	L	October 25, 1997 	1–3 	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	6–2–4
13 	W	October 28, 1997 	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	7–2–4
14 	T	October 30, 1997 	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	7–2–5
15 	T	November 1, 1997 	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	7–2–6
16 	L	November 5, 1997 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1997–98) 	7–3–6
17 	W	November 8, 1997 	4–1 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	8–3–6
18 	W	November 11, 1997	2–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	9–3–6
19 	W	November 13, 1997	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	10–3–6
20 	L	November 14, 1997	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	10–4–6
21 	L	November 16, 1997	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1997–98) 	10–5–6
22 	T	November 18, 1997	6–6 OT	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98) 	10–5–7
23 	W	November 21, 1997	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	11–5–7
24 	L	November 23, 1997	1–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	11–6–7
25 	T	November 26, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	11–6–8
26 	W	November 28, 1997	3–2 	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	12–6–8
27 	W	November 29, 1997	3–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98) 	13–6–8
28 	W	December 2, 1997 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	14–6–8
29 	W	December 4, 1997 	2–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	15–6–8
30 	W	December 6, 1997 	6–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	16–6–8
31 	L	December 8, 1997 	2–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	16–7–8
32 	T	December 10, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	16–7–9
33 	L	December 12, 1997	1–3 	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	16–8–9
34 	W	December 13, 1997	5–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	17–8–9
35 	W	December 15, 1997	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	18–8–9
36 	T	December 17, 1997	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	18–8–10
37 	T	December 19, 1997	3–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	18–8–11
38 	W	December 23, 1997	5–1 	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	19–8–11
39 	W	December 27, 1997	5–1 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	20–8–11
40 	T	December 29, 1997	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98) 	20–8–12
41 	W	December 31, 1997	3–1 	New York Islanders (1997–98) 	21–8–12
42 	T	January 2, 1998 	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (1997–98) 	21–8–13
43 	W	January 3, 1998 	5–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98) 	22–8–13
44 	L	January 6, 1998 	1–3 	Calgary Flames (1997–98) 	22–9–13
45 	T	January 8, 1998 	4–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	22–9–14
46 	T	January 10, 1998 	3–3 OT	Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	22–9–15
47 	W	January 12, 1998 	3–1 	Florida Panthers (1997–98) 	23–9–15
48 	W	January 14, 1998 	2–0 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	24–9–15
49 	T	January 15, 1998 	2–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	24–9–16
50 	L	January 21, 1998 	2–3 	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	24–10–16
51 	L	January 22, 1998 	3–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	24–11–16
52 	L	January 24, 1998 	2–3 	Dallas Stars (1997–98) 	24–12–16
53 	W	January 26, 1998 	2–1 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	25–12–16
54 	W	January 28, 1998 	6–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	26–12–16
55 	L	January 31, 1998 	2–5 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	26–13–16
56 	W	February 2, 1998 	2–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98) 	27–13–16
57 	W	February 5, 1998 	4–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	28–13–16
58 	W	February 7, 1998 	3–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98) 	29–13–16
59 	W	February 25, 1998	4–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	30–13–16
60 	W	February 26, 1998	3–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	31–13–16
61 	L	February 28, 1998	0–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	31–14–16
62 	L	March 2, 1998 	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98) 	31–15–16
63 	W	March 4, 1998 	5–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98) 	32–15–16
64 	L	March 5, 1998 	2–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98) 	32–16–16
65 	W	March 7, 1998 	4–2 	@ New York Islanders (1997–98) 	33–16–16
66 	L	March 9, 1998 	1–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98) 	33–17–16
67 	W	March 11, 1998 	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	34–17–16
68 	L	March 14, 1998 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	34–18–16
69 	L	March 15, 1998 	3–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	34–19–16
70 	W	March 19, 1998 	4–3 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98) 	35–19–16
71 	W	March 21, 1998 	2–0 	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	36–19–16
72 	L	March 26, 1998 	0–2 	New Jersey Devils (1997–98) 	36–20–16
73 	W	March 28, 1998 	5–3 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98) 	37–20–16
74 	L	March 30, 1998 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98) 	37–21–16
75 	L	April 1, 1998 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	37–22–16
76 	L	April 2, 1998 	1–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98) 	37–23–16
77 	L	April 4, 1998 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98) 	37–24–16
78 	L	April 6, 1998 	1–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	37–25–16
79 	L	April 11, 1998 	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98) 	37–26–16
80 	T	April 13, 1998 	2–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	37–26–17
81 	W	April 16, 1998 	4–1 	San Jose Sharks (1997–98) 	38–26–17
82 	W	April 18, 1998 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98) 	39–26–17
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	72	25	66	91 	94 	6 	7 	3 	7
 	LW 	75	26	40	66 	60 	-2 	8 	0 	4
 	C 	64	27	36	63 	50 	0 	12 	1 	2
 	RW 	78	26	27	53 	115	-7 	11 	1 	1
 	D 	66	13	38	51 	65 	-12	9 	0 	2
 	RW 	73	22	21	43 	125	0 	10 	0 	6
 	LW 	82	16	15	31 	84 	0 	5 	0 	6
 	D 	78	9 	22	31 	38 	21 	5 	0 	2
 	LW 	68	16	12	28 	133	8 	4 	0 	4
 	C 	81	7 	15	22 	48 	-10	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	70	5 	17	22 	12 	6 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	77	3 	14	17 	124	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	62	4 	12	16 	20 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	67	6 	8 	14 	30 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	72	4 	10	14 	42 	9 	0 	1 	1
 	RW 	68	5 	8 	13 	213	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	47	5 	7 	12 	48 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	3 	7 	10 	22 	-4 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	81	0 	10	10 	48 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2 	5 	7 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	55	2 	2 	4 	51 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	4 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	2 	1 	3 	22 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	50	1 	2 	3 	140	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	65	0 	3 	3 	39 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	1 	1 	2 	27 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	18 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	23	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	23 	-1 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	7 	6	5	11 	12 	3 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	7	7 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	3	3	6 	8 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	7 	2	3	5 	18 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	2	3	5 	6 	0 	0 	1 	2
 	RW 	7 	2	0	2 	4 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1	0	1 	12 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	1	1 	20 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	23 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	0	0 	13 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0	0	0 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	0	0 	25 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	24 	-2 	0 	0 	0
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==
===Team trophies===
===Player awards and trophies===
==Transactions==
====Trades====
===Other transactions===
==Draft picks==
==See also==
*1997–98 NHL season
*1997 NHL Entry Draft
*List of Colorado Avalanche seasons
*List of Colorado Avalanche players
*List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks
==References==
===General===
*The Internet Hockey Database
*Colorado Avalanche Database
*Official National Hockey League Site
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