1997–98 San Jose Sharks season

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.
==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
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==
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	79	31	32	63 	40 	8 	7 	6 	7
 	RW 	75	14	27	41 	144	-2 	3 	1 	1
 	RW 	51	13	19	32 	28 	0 	5 	0 	2
 	C 	74	13	19	32 	14 	5 	1 	0 	2
 	D 	82	7 	25	32 	48 	13 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	74	10	20	30 	40 	-2 	2 	0 	3
 	LW 	73	15	14	29 	60 	4 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	67	12	17	29 	25 	4 	2 	3 	3
 	C 	60	6 	22	28 	26 	-4 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	59	16	9 	25 	70 	3 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	79	5 	20	25 	65 	-11	3 	0 	2
 	C 	59	9 	14	23 	30 	-4 	5 	0 	2
 	D 	64	8 	13	21 	31 	-13	4 	0 	1
 	D 	81	3 	12	15 	59 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	56	6 	7 	13 	66 	8 	2 	0 	2
 	LW/C	42	6 	6 	12 	50 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	56	2 	10	12 	140	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	28	4 	6 	10 	32 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	22	4 	6 	10 	14 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	5 	4 	9 	14 	1 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	21	2 	7 	9 	28 	-1 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	57	2 	7 	9 	22 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	50	4 	4 	8 	51 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	18	5 	2 	7 	2 	-2 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	20	3 	3 	6 	22 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	2 	3 	5 	6 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	2 	3 	2 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	3 	3 	43 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1 	1 	2 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	40	1 	1 	2 	112	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	62	0 	2 	2 	24 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	1 	1 	30 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	28	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	15 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	0 	0 	40 	-3 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	6 	2	3	5 	4 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	5	5 	8 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	2	2	4 	26 	-1 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	6 	1	3	4 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	2	3 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	1	2 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	1	2 	20 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	10 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	6 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	1	0	1 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	0	1 	14 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	6 	0	1	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW/C	6 	0	0	0 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0	0	0 	18 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	10 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	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==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*1997–98 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
San Jose Sharks season, 1997–98
San Jose Sharks season, 1997–98
category:San Jose Sharks seasons