1997–98 Edmonton Oilers season

The 1997–98 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 19th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 36–37–9 record in 1996–97, earning their first Stanley Cup playoff spot in five seasons. The Oilers then defeated the heavily-favoured Colorado Avalanche before losing to the Dallas Stars in the second round.

Edmonton began the season slowly, and on January 4, with a record of 11–22–9, the Oilers traded Jason Arnott and Bryan Muir to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Bill Guerin and Valeri Zelepukin. The trade seemed to spark Edmonton, as they would finish the year 24–15–1, making the playoffs for the second-straight season after finishing in seventh place in the Western Conference.

Offensively, Doug Weight had another solid season, leading the Oilers in goals (26), assists (44) and points (70). Ryan Smyth would be the only other player to score at least 20 goals for the team. Dean McAmmond had a breakout season, finishing second to Weight with 50 points, as well as third in goals, with 19. Bill Guerin had a solid half season in Edmonton, scoring 13 goals and 29 points in 40 games. Boris Mironov would lead the defence with 16 goals and 46 points, while Drake Berehowsky would lead the team with 169 penalty minutes.

In goal, Curtis Joseph would get the majority of playing time, winning 29 games, posting a goals against average (GAA) of 2.63 and setting the club record with shutouts in a season at eight. Bob Essensa would back him up once again, contributing a solid GAA of 2.55 and winning six games. The Oilers also tied the Dallas Stars for most power-play goals scored (77) and finished with the most power-play opportunities (483) in the League.^[1]

On March 2, 1998, Scott Fraser scored just 11 seconds into the overtime period to give the Oilers a 5-4 road win over the Colorado Avalanche.^[2] It would prove to be the fastest overtime goal scored during the 1997–98 regular season.^[3]

The Oilers would open the playoffs against the Pacific Division-winning Colorado Avalanche, who eliminated Edmonton from the playoffs the previous spring, and finished with 15 more points during the regular season. The Oilers, however, would surprise the Avalanche in the opening game, winning 3–2, but Colorado would storm back to win three in a row to go up 3–1 in the series. The Oilers would hold off the Avalanche in Game 5 with a 3–1 in Denver, then would return home for the sixth game to shut-out Colorado 4–0, forcing a deciding Game 7. Curtis Joseph would earn his second-straight shutout in the game, as Edmonton would win 2–0 and the series 4–2, eliminating the heavily-favoured Avalanche.

In the second round, Edmonton would play against Dallas, whom the Oilers defeated the previous year in the opening round. The Stars finished with an NHL-best 109 points in the regular season. The Stars would beat Edmonton in the first game, but Curtis Joseph would shut-out Dallas in Game 2, evening the series as it returned to Edmonton for the next two games. The third game would be scoreless in regulation time, though the Stars would score in the first overtime period to take a 2–1 series lead. The Oilers' offence then went dry as they would score only two goals in the next two games, losing them both, and the series 4–1.

Season 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^[4]
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

1997–98 Game Log

October: 5–6–1 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 1	Edmonton Oilers	5 – 3	San Jose Sharks		Joseph	16,769	1–0–0	2	^[5]
2	October 3	Detroit Red Wings	8 – 2	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	1–1–0	2	^[6]
3	October 5	Colorado Avalanche	3 – 0	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	16,093	1–2–0	2	^[7]
4	October 8	New York Rangers	3 – 3	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Joseph	16,573	1–2–1	3	^[8]
5	October 11	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 – 2	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	2–2–1	5	^[9]
6	October 13	Edmonton Oilers	0 – 3	Vancouver Canucks		Essensa	14,535	2–3–1	5	^[10]
7	October 15	Colorado Avalanche	6 – 2	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	15,972	2–4–1	5	^[11]
8	October 17	Edmonton Oilers	1 – 2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim		Essensa	16,565	2–5–1	5	^[12]
9	October 19	Edmonton Oilers	3 – 2	Los Angeles Kings	OT	Joseph	11,279	3–5–1	7	^[13]
10	October 21	Boston Bruins	2 – 1	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	14,870	3–6–1	7	^[14]
11	October 24	Pittsburgh Penguins	3 – 4	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	4–6–1	9	^[15]
12	October 29	Phoenix Coyotes	2 – 3	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	14,390	5–6–1	11	^[16]

November: 3–7–5 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 2–5–3)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Edmonton Oilers	1 – 3	Boston Bruins		Joseph	13,969	5–7–1	11	^[17]
14	November 3	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 2	New York Rangers	OT	Joseph	18,200	5–7–2	12	^[18]
15	November 5	Edmonton Oilers	4 – 4	New York Islanders	OT	Joseph	9,036	5–7–3	13	^[19]
16	November 6	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 6	Philadelphia Flyers		Essensa	19,348	5–8–3	13	^[20]
17	November 8	Edmonton Oilers	1 – 2	Washington Capitals		Joseph	10,397	5–9–3	13	^[21]
18	November 10	Edmonton Oilers	4 – 4	Buffalo Sabres	OT	Joseph	13,628	5–9–4	14	^[22]
19	November 12	Carolina Hurricanes	6 – 4	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	14,240	5–10–4	14	^[23]
20	November 15	Calgary Flames	2 – 2	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Joseph	17,099	5–10–5	15	^[24]
21	November 17	Edmonton Oilers	3 – 6	Phoenix Coyotes		Joseph	14,686	5–11–5	15	^[25]
22	November 19	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 3	Dallas Stars		Joseph	15,783	5–12–5	15	^[26]
23	November 20	Edmonton Oilers	3 – 0	St. Louis Blues		Joseph	15,988	6–12–5	17	^[27]
24	November 22	Edmonton Oilers	1 – 0	Ottawa Senators		Joseph	17,113	7–12–5	19	^[28]
25	November 25	Chicago Blackhawks	2 – 2	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Joseph	14,473	7–12–6	20	^[29]
26	November 28	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	3 – 1	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	7–13–6	20	^[30]
27	November 30	San Jose Sharks	1 – 6	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	14,739	8–13–6	22	^[31]

December: 3–7–3 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–4–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
28	December 2	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 4	Colorado Avalanche		Joseph	16,061	8–14–6	22	^[32]
29	December 3	Edmonton Oilers	1 – 4	Dallas Stars		Joseph	14,241	8–15–6	22	^[33]
30	December 5	Detroit Red Wings	1 – 3	Edmonton Oilers		Essensa	17,099	9–15–6	24	^[34]
31	December 7	Edmonton Oilers	3 – 3	Chicago Blackhawks	OT	Joseph	15,591	9–15–7	25	^[35]
32	December 10	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 4	New Jersey Devils		Joseph	13,831	9–16–7	25	^[36]
33	December 12	Edmonton Oilers	3 – 2	Detroit Red Wings		Essensa	19,983	10–16–7	27	^[37]
34	December 13	Edmonton Oilers	4 – 1	St. Louis Blues		Joseph	17,207	11–16–7	29	^[38]
35	December 17	Chicago Blackhawks	0 – 0	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Joseph	15,431	11–16–8	30	^[39]
36	December 20	Dallas Stars	2 – 1	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Joseph	17,099	11–17–8	30	^[40]
37	December 22	Edmonton Oilers	3 – 3	Montreal Canadiens	OT	Essensa	20,731	11–17–9	31	^[41]
38	December 23	Edmonton Oilers	4 – 5	Toronto Maple Leafs		Joseph	15,726	11–18–9	31	^[42]
39	December 27	Colorado Avalanche	5 – 1	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	11–19–9	31	^[43]
40	December 30	Philadelphia Flyers	3 – 1	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	11–20–9	31	^[44]

January: 8–5–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
41	January 2	Montreal Canadiens	5 – 3	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	11–21–9	31	^[45]
42	January 4	Los Angeles Kings	3 – 2	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	16,266	11–22–9	31	^[46]
43	January 7	Florida Panthers	2 – 3	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	14,797	12–22–9	33	^[47]
44	January 9	Edmonton Oilers	5 – 1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim		Joseph	17,174	13–22–9	35	^[48]
45	January 10	Edmonton Oilers	4 – 3	Los Angeles Kings		Joseph	16,005	14–22–9	37	^[49]
46	January 12	St. Louis Blues	1 – 2	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	14,872	15–22–9	39	^[50]
47	January 14	Calgary Flames	2 – 5	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	16–22–9	41	^[51]
48	January 20	Phoenix Coyotes	2 – 6	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	14,842	17–22–9	43	^[52]
49	January 23	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 3	San Jose Sharks		Joseph	17,483	17–23–9	43	^[53]
50	January 24	Edmonton Oilers	5 – 2	Phoenix Coyotes		Essensa	15,826	18–23–9	45	^[54]
51	January 26	Edmonton Oilers	1 – 2	Colorado Avalanche	OT	Joseph	16,061	18–24–9	45	^[55]
52	January 28	New Jersey Devils	1 – 1	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Joseph	17,099	18–24–10	46	^[56]
53	January 31	Vancouver Canucks	6 – 3	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	18–25–10	46	^[57]

February: 3–4–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
54	February 2	Los Angeles Kings	0 – 1	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	14,403	19–25–10	48	^[58]
55	February 4	San Jose Sharks	3 – 0	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	15,251	19–26–10	48	^[59]
56	February 6	Edmonton Oilers	4 – 5	Vancouver Canucks		Joseph	17,421	19–27–10	48	^[60]
57	February 7	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 4	Calgary Flames		Essensa	18,719	19–28–10	48	^[61]
58	February 25	Ottawa Senators	2 – 5	Edmonton Oilers		Essensa	16,142	20–28–10	50	^[62]
59	February 27	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	4 – 0	Edmonton Oilers		Essensa	17,099	20–29–10	50	^[63]
60	February 28	San Jose Sharks	1 – 4	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	21–29–10	52	^[64]

March: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
61	March 2	Edmonton Oilers	5 – 4	Colorado Avalanche	OT	Essensa	16,061	22–29–10	54	^[65]
62	March 4	Tampa Bay Lightning	2 – 4	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	14,640	23–29–10	56	^[66]
63	March 7	Edmonton Oilers	1 – 4	Toronto Maple Leafs		Joseph	15,726	23–30–10	56	^[67]
64	March 9	Edmonton Oilers	4 – 3	Chicago Blackhawks	OT	Joseph	17,900	24–30–10	58	^[68]
65	March 11	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 0	Tampa Bay Lightning		Joseph	15,319	25–30–10	60	^[69]
66	March 13	Edmonton Oilers	4 – 0	Florida Panthers		Joseph	14,703	26–30–10	62	^[70]
67	March 15	Edmonton Oilers	1 – 4	Carolina Hurricanes		Joseph	7,853	26–31–10	62	^[71]
68	March 17	Edmonton Oilers	3 – 4	Detroit Red Wings		Essensa	19,983	26–32–10	62	^[72]
69	March 18	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 4	Pittsburgh Penguins		Joseph	14,327	26–33–10	62	^[73]
70	March 21	St. Louis Blues	0 – 2	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	27–33–10	64	^[74]
71	March 22	New York Islanders	3 – 1	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	16,731	27–34–10	64	^[75]
72	March 25	Washington Capitals	2 – 4	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	15,130	28–34–10	66	^[76]
73	March 27	Buffalo Sabres	1 – 0	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	28–35–10	66	^[77]
74	March 30	Calgary Flames	1 – 3	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	29–35–10	68	^[78]

April: 6–2–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
75	April 1	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 4	Vancouver Canucks		Joseph	15,662	29–36–10	68	^[79]
76	April 3	Dallas Stars	1 – 4	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	30–36–10	70	^[80]
77	April 6	Vancouver Canucks	2 – 3	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	31–36–10	72	^[81]
78	April 8	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim		Joseph	17,174	31–37–10	72	^[82]
79	April 9	Edmonton Oilers	4 – 0	Los Angeles Kings		Joseph	14,450	32–37–10	74	^[83]
80	April 11	Edmonton Oilers	5 – 4	Calgary Flames		Joseph	18,719	33–37–10	76	^[84]
81	April 15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	3 – 5	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	34–37–10	78	^[85]
82	April 18	Toronto Maple Leafs	3 – 4	Edmonton Oilers		Essensa	17,099	35–37–10	80	^[86]

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

1998 Stanley Cup Playoffs

1998 Western Conference Quarter-final
Edmonton Oilers won series 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 22	Edmonton Oilers	3 – 2	Colorado Avalanche		Joseph	16,061	1–0	^[87]
2	April 24	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 5	Colorado Avalanche		Joseph	16,061	1–1	^[88]
3	April 26	Colorado Avalanche	5 – 4	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Joseph	17,099	1–2	^[89]
4	April 28	Colorado Avalanche	3 – 1	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	1–3	^[90]
5	April 30	Edmonton Oilers	3 – 1	Colorado Avalanche		Joseph	16,061	2–3	^[91]
6	May 2	Colorado Avalanche	0 – 2	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	3–3	^[92]
7	May 4	Edmonton Oilers	4 – 0	Colorado Avalanche		Joseph	16,061	4–3	^[93]

1998 Western Conference Semi-final
Dallas Stars won series 4–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	May 7	Edmonton Oilers	1 – 3	Dallas Stars		Joseph	16,928	0–1	^[94]
2	May 9	Edmonton Oilers	2 – 0	Dallas Stars		Joseph	16,928	1–1	^[95]
3	May 11	Dallas Stars	1 – 0	Edmonton Oilers	OT	Joseph	17,099	1–2	^[96]
4	May 13	Dallas Stars	3 – 1	Edmonton Oilers		Joseph	17,099	1–3	^[97]
5	May 16	Edmonton Oilers	1 – 2	Dallas Stars		Joseph	16,928	1–4	^[98]

Season stats

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Doug Weight	79	26	44	70	69
Dean McAmmond	77	19	31	50	46
Boris Mironov	81	16	30	46	100
Todd Marchant	76	14	21	35	71
Ryan Smyth	65	20	13	33	44

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Bob Essensa	16	825	6	6	1	35	0	.913	2.53
Curtis Joseph	71	4132	29	31	9	181	8	.905	2.63

Playoff stats

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Doug Weight	12	2	7	9	14
Bill Guerin	12	7	1	8	17
Boris Mironov	12	3	3	6	27
Roman Hamrlik	12	0	6	6	12
Rem Murray	11	1	4	5	2

Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Curtis Joseph	12	716	5	7	23	3	.928	1.93
Bob Essensa	1	27	0	0	1	0	.909	2.22

Awards and records

Records

14: An Oilers record for most shutouts in a career by Curtis Joseph.

10: A new Oilers record for most shutouts in a career by Curtis Joseph on February 2, 1998.

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Todd Marchant	100th NHL Point	October 1, 1997
Boyd Devereaux	1st NHL Game	October 5, 1997
Bryan Marchment	1,300th NHL PIM	October 11, 1997
Jason Bowen	100th NHL PIM	October 21, 1997
Steve Kelly	1st NHL Assist	October 24, 1997
Drake Berehowsky	200th NHL PIM	October 29, 1997
Boyd Devereaux	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	November 3, 1997
Craig Millar	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	November 5, 1997
Curtis Joseph	400th NHL Game	November 8, 1997
Ladislav Benysek	1st NHL Game	November 15, 1997
Georges Laraque	1st NHL Game
Mike Watt	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point
Sean Brown	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	November 17, 1997
Joe Hulbig	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point
Mike Grier	100th NHL Game	November 19, 1997
Bill Huard	200th NHL Game	November 19, 1997
Mike Watt	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	November 22, 1997
Doug Friedman	1st NHL Game	November 25, 1997
Doug Weight	400th NHL Point	November 28, 1997
Jason Arnott	100th NHL Goal	November 30, 1997
Greg de Vries	100th NHL PIM	December 2, 1997
Dean McAmmond	100th NHL Point	December 3, 1997
Joe Hulbig	1st NHL Goal	December 5, 1997
Dan McGillis	100th NHL Game
Rem Murray	100th NHL Game
Mats Lindgren	100th NHL Game	December 7, 1997
Doug Weight	300th NHL Assist	December 10, 1997
Kelly Buchberger	1,600th NHL PIM	December 20, 1997
Bryan Marchment	100th NHL Point	December 20, 1997
Kelly Buchberger	700th NHL Game	December 27, 1997
Dean McAmmond	200th NHL Game
Doug Weight	400th NHL PIM
Boyd Devereaux	1st NHL Goal	January 20, 1998
Dan McGillis	100th NHL PIM	January 23, 1998
Greg de Vries	100th NHL Game	January 31, 1998
Curtis Joseph	200th NHL Win	February 2, 1998
Terran Sandwith	1st NHL Game	February 2, 1998
Boris Mironov	100th NHL Assist	February 6, 1998
Roman Hamrlik	200th NHL Point	February 25, 1998
Boris Mironov	400th NHL PIM 300th NHL Game	February 27, 1998
Bill Guerin	500th NHL PIM	February 28, 1998
Scott Ferguson	1st NHL Game	March 4, 1998
Bill Guerin	400th NHL Game	March 4, 1998
Drake Berehowsky	300th NHL PIM	March 7, 1998
Mike Grier	100th NHL PIM
Roman Hamrlik	400th NHL Game
Valeri Zelepukin	400th NHL PIM
Scott Fraser	1st NHL Assist	March 9, 1998
Roman Hamrlik	500th NHL PIM	March 13, 1998
Dean McAmmond	100th NHL PIM	March 15, 1998
Valeri Zelepukin	400th NHL Game	March 15, 1998
Frank Musil	100th NHL Assist	March 18, 1998
Todd Marchant	200th NHL PIM	March 25, 1998
Ryan Smyth	100th NHL Point	April 1, 1998
Bobby Dollas	500th NHL Game	April 3, 1998
Doug Weight	500th NHL Game	April 8, 1998
Frank Musil	1,200th NHL PIM	April 11, 1998

Playoffs
Player	Milestone	Reached
Drake Berehowsky	1st NHL Assist 1st NHL Point	April 22, 1998
Dean McAmmond	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point
Scott Fraser	1st NHL Game
Kelly Buchberger	100th NHL PIM	April 24, 1998
Curtis Joseph	50th NHL Game	April 28, 1998
Drake Berehowsky	1st NHL Goal	May 2, 1998
Bill Guerin	100th NHL PIM
Curtis Joseph	5th NHL Shutout
Dean McAmmond	1st NHL Assist
Mats Lindgren	1st NHL Goal	May 4, 1998
Scott Fraser	1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	May 13, 1998
Scott Fraser	1st NHL Assist	May 16, 1998

Transactions

Trades

June 18, 1997	To Philadelphia Flyers Matt Cerven	To Edmonton Oilers 7th round pick in 1997–Chad Hinz
July 16, 1997	To Tampa Bay Lightning Vladimir Vujtek 3rd round pick in 1998–Dmitry Afanasenkov	To Edmonton Oilers Brantt Myhres 3rd round pick in 1998–Alex Henry
August 12, 1997	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jiri Slegr	To Edmonton Oilers *3rd round pick in 1998–Brian Gionta
August 25, 1997	To New York Islanders Mariusz Czerkawski	To Edmonton Oilers Dan LaCouture
October 15, 1997	To Philadelphia Flyers Brantt Myhres	To Edmonton Oilers Jason Bowen
December 30, 1997	To Tampa Bay Lightning Bryan Marchment Steve Kelly Jason Bonsignore	To Edmonton Oilers Roman Hamrlik Paul Comrie
January 4, 1998	To New Jersey Devils Jason Arnott Bryan Muir	To Edmonton Oilers Bill Guerin Valeri Zelepukin
January 9, 1998	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Drew Bannister	To Edmonton Oilers Bobby Dollas
March 9, 1998	To Ottawa Senators Scott Ferguson	To Edmonton Oilers Frank Musil
March 24, 1998	To Philadelphia Flyers Dan McGillis 2nd round pick in 1998–Jason Beckett	To Edmonton Oilers Janne Niinimaa

*Later traded to the New Jersey Devils

Free agents

Player	Former team
F Doug Friedman	Colorado Avalanche
F Bill Huard	Dallas Stars
F Scott Fraser	Calgary Flames
G Jean-Francois Labbe	Colorado Avalanche
D Drake Berehowsky	Pittsburgh Penguins
F Ray Whitney	San Jose Sharks

Player	New team
D Luke Richardson	Philadelphia Flyers
F Louie DeBrusk	Tampa Bay Lightning

Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	14	Michel Riesen	Switzerland	EHC Biel (Switzerland)
2	41	Patrick Dovigi	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
3	68	Sergei Yerkovich	Belarus	Las Vegas Thunder (IHL)
4	94	Jonas Elofsson	Sweden	Farjestad BK (Sweden)
5	121	Jason Chimera	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
6	141	Peter Sarno	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7	176	Kevin Bolibruck	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
7	187	Chad Hinz	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
8	205	Chris Kerr	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
9	231	Alexander Fomitchev	Russia	St. Albert Saints (AJHL)

Roster

1997-98 Edmonton Oilers

Goaltenders

30 – Bob Essensa
31 – Curtis Joseph

Defensemen

2 – Boris Mironov
4 – Kevin Lowe
5 – Greg de Vries
6 – Bobby Dollas
6 – Bryan Muir
8 – Frank Musil
15 – Drake Berehowsky
21 – Ladislav Benysek
22 – Roman Hamrlik
23 – Sean Brown
23 – Dan McGillis
24 – Bryan Marchment
24 – Janne Niinimaa
29 – Jason Bowen
32 – Craig Millar
38 – Terran Sandwith
40 – Scott Ferguson
55 – Drew Bannister

Wingers

7 – Jason Arnott
8 – Doug Friedman
8 – Ray Whitney
9 – Bill Guerin
15 – Joe Hulbig
16 – Kelly Buchberger - C
18 – Scott Fraser
21 – Valeri Zelepukin
25 – Mike Grier
26 – Todd Marchant
27 – Georges Laraque
28 – Bill Huard
36 – Dennis Bonvie
37 – Dean McAmmond
51 – Andrei Kovalenko
94 – Ryan Smyth

Centres

10 – Steve Kelly
14 – Mats Lindgren
14 – Rem Murray
19 – Boyd Devereaux
20 – Tony Hrkac
39 – Doug Weight
GM: Glen Sather
Coach: Ron Low

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