Regular season and playoffsEDMPHI

Janne Niinimaa's 1997-1998 season

Points

NHL#99

Goals

NHL#369

Assists

NHL#32

Plus/minus

+13

NHL#55

Games

96% of 80

Defenceman Janne Niinimaa was 22 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers och Edmonton Oilers. He played 77 of a possible 80 games and scored 4 goals and 39 assists for 43 points, 0.56 points per game. He moved from Philadelphia Flyers to Edmonton Oilers in March. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 2 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1997-1998Playoffs

Year 1997
29 years ago
Season opener
October 1
Janne Niinimaa opens the 1997-1998 season with Philadelphia Flyers
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Janne was 22 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.
- The game
  FLA1–3PHI
  W
  October 1game 1/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG22:35TOI
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- The game
  OTT3–5PHI
  W
  October 3game 2/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG21:53TOI
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- The game
  PHX2–1PHI
  L
  October 5game 3/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG24:34TOI
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- The game
  PHI1–4NJD
  L
  October 8game 4/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG21:45TOI
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- The game
  PIT1–3PHI
  W
  October 9game 5/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP21:09TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI6–2MTL
  W
  October 11game 6/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG19:37TOI
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- The game
  PHI3–2SJS
  W
  October 13game 7/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG17:20TOI
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- The game
  PHI2–2ANA
  October 15game 8/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG20:52TOI
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- The game
  PHI1–5LAK
  L
  October 17game 9/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -3+/-1SOG1PPP21:22TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL1–7PHI
  W
  October 21game 10/823
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-5SOG1PPP22:15TOI
  +3 points
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- The game
  CGY3–4PHI
  W
  October 23game 11/823
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG20:54TOI
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- The game
  NJD5–0PHI
  L
  October 27game 12/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG18:12TOI
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- The game
  STL3–2PHI
  L
  October 29game 13/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG23:53TOI
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- The game
  PHI2–2WSH
  October 31game 14/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG20:16TOI
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- November 1997
- The game
  DAL3–3PHI
  November 2game 15/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP20:45TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI5–1STL
  W
  November 3game 16/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-1SOG20:20TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  EDM2–6PHI
  W
  November 6game 17/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP11:24TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI4–3OTT
  W
  November 8game 18/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG16:30TOI
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- The game
  COL2–1PHI
  L
  November 13game 20/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG22:31TOI
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- The game
  PHI5–2FLA
  W
  November 14game 21/821
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-3SOG19:10TOI
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- Checkpoint
  November 14
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
  9
  points
  NHL#135
  1
  goals
  NHL#288
  8
  assists
  NHL#63
  -1
  +/-
  NHL#120
  PHI
  12-6-0W-L-OT27Points
  1st in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
- The game
  TBL2–3PHI
  W
  November 16game 22/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG22:24TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI1–3TOR
  L
  November 19game 23/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG22:57TOI
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- The game
  SJS3–0PHI
  L
  November 20game 24/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG22:56TOI
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- The game
  PHI3–1BUF
  W
  November 26game 25/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP20:19TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI1–4PHI
  W
  November 28game 26/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG16:04TOI
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- The game
  PHI3–3TBL
  November 29game 27/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG25:25TOI
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- December 1997
- The game
  BUF1–1PHI
  December 1game 28/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG22:15TOI
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- The game
  BOS3–0PHI
  L
  December 3game 29/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG19:49TOI
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- The game
  PHI4–4NYR
  December 5game 30/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP19:28TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI3–4PHI
  W
  December 11game 31/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG23:35TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI3–2CHI
  W
  December 12game 32/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG19:10TOI
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- The game
  TBL0–3PHI
  W
  December 14game 33/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP20:39TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI3–1MTL
  W
  December 15game 34/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP21:13TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS2–2PHI
  December 18game 35/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG20:25TOI
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- The game
  FLA0–2PHI
  W
  December 20game 36/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG22:20TOI
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- The game
  CAR2–4PHI
  W
  December 23game 37/82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG23:07TOI
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- The game
  PHI2–5CGY
  L
  December 27game 38/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG20:00TOI
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- The game
  PHI3–1EDM
  W
  December 30game 39/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP20:52TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PHI8–0VAN
  W
  December 31game 40/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-2SOG22:36TOI
  +1 assist
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Year 1998
28 years ago
- The game
  PHI7–2OTT
  W
  January 3game 41/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG17:07TOI
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- Checkpoint
  January 3
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
  17
  points
  NHL#156
  2
  goals
  NHL#345
  15
  assists
  NHL#79
  0
  +/-
  NHL#104
  PHI
  24-10-0W-L-OT55Points
  1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PHI3–3CAR
  January 8game 42/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP21:26TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PHI1–4WSH
  L
  January 9game 43/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG23:15TOI
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- The game
  PHI5–2TBL
  W
  January 11game 44/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG21:32TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL3–3PHI
  January 14game 45/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP20:25TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF0–3PHI
  W
  January 20game 46/82
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-1SOG22:31TOI
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- The game
  PHI4–3NYR
  W
  January 22game 47/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP17:59TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI0–1DET
  L
  January 24game 48/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG16:48TOI
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- The game
  NYI1–3PHI
  W
  January 26game 49/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG22:52TOI
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- The game
  PHI1–6NYI
  L
  January 28game 50/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG18:39TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL3–2PHI
  L
  January 29game 51/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG23:21TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–2PHI
  L
  January 31game 52/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG20:42TOI
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- February 1998
- The game
  PHI0–1DAL
  L
  February 4game 53/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG19:26TOI
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- The game
  PHI6–2PHX
  W
  February 5game 54/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP17:38TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  PHI2–3COL
  L
  February 7game 55/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP22:42TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI3–1NYR
  W
  February 28game 56/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG18:17TOI
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- March 1998
- The game
  PHI3–4NJD
  L
  March 2game 57/82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG16:37TOI
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- The game
  WSH2–3PHI
  W
  March 5game 59/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG25:05TOI
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- The game
  PHI4–6PIT
  L
  March 7game 60/823
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-6SOG1PPP21:36TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  PIT3–4PHI
  W
  March 8game 61/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG26:26TOI
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- The game
  NJD2–2PHI
  March 10game 62/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG20:55TOI
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- Checkpoint
  March 10
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8260 of 62 played
  28
  points
  NHL#145
  3
  goals
  NHL#360
  25
  assists
  NHL#62
  +7
  +/-
  NHL#45
  PHI
  32-20-0W-L-OT74Points
  Playoff spot
  2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  VAN2–3PHI
  W
  March 12game 63/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG18:02TOI
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- The game
  DET1–6PHI
  W
  March 14game 64/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP18:56TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR1–4PHI
  W
  March 16game 65/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG21:49TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  ANA3–3PHI
  March 19game 66/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-2SOG23:40TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  PHI3–4PIT
  L
  March 21game 67/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:44TOI
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- The game
  NYR4–5PHI
  W
  March 22game 68/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-3SOG2PPP22:02TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–4EDM
  W
  March 25game 72/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG22:24TOI
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- The game
  BUF1–0EDM
  L
  March 27game 73/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG21:33TOI
  View the game
- The game
  CGY1–3EDM
  W
  March 30game 74/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG20:04TOI
  View the game
- April 1998
- The game
  EDM2–4VAN
  L
  April 1game 75/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG22:07TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  DAL1–4EDM
  W
  April 3game 76/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG15:27TOI
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- The game
  VAN2–3EDM
  W
  April 6game 77/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG21:33TOI
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- The game
  EDM2–4ANA
  L
  April 8game 78/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-0SOG1PPP20:46TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  EDM4–0LAK
  W
  April 9game 79/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1SHP19:25TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  EDM5–4CGY
  W
  April 11game 80/822
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  -1+/-4SOG3PPP26:26TOI
  +3 points
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- The game
  ANA3–5EDM
  W
  April 15game 81/821
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +2+/-1SOG1PPP21:17TOI
  +3 assists
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- The game
  TOR3–4EDM
  W
  April 18game 82/823
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG18:46TOI
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The season in numbers
April 18
Janne Niinimaa closes the 1997-1998 season with 43 points
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers EDMEdmonton Oilers
Points
43
NHL#99
Games
77of 82
94%
Goals
4
NHL#369
Assists
39
NHL#32
P/GP
0.56
NHL#120
+/-
+13
NHL#55
Events
100
NHL games
50
career assists
50
career points
4 i rad
games with a point · 8 pts
4 days later
Playoffs
April 22
Edmonton Oilers are in the playoffs
First round
April 22
Edmonton Oilers meet Colorado Avalanche
EDMvsCOL
Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
Mats Lindgren
Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
Peter Forsberg
View the whole round
- Game 1
  EDM3–2COL
  W
  April 222
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-4SOG20:46TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- Edmonton Oilerslead1–0againstColorado Avalanche
- Game 3
  COL5–4EDM
  L
  April 262
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-5SOG32:02TOI
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- Colorado Avalanchelead2–1againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 4
  COL3–1EDM
  L
  April 282
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG20:02TOI
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- Colorado Avalanchelead3–1againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 5
  EDM3–1COL
  W
  April 302
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG26:04TOI
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- May 1998
- Colorado Avalanchelead3–2againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 6
  COL0–2EDM
  W
  May 22
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG24:54TOI
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- Edmonton Oilersare3–3withColorado Avalanche
- Game 7
  EDM4–0COL
  W
  May 42
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +3+/-1SOG23:49TOI
  +1 goal
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First round
May 4
Edmonton Oilers knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–3
EDM4–3COL
Advance
6Games2Points1Goals1Assists
3 days later
Second round
May 7
Edmonton Oilers meet Dallas Stars
EDMvsDAL
Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
Mats Lindgren
Swedes on Dallas Stars
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  EDM1–3DAL
  L
  May 71
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG21:54TOI
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- Dallas Starslead1–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 2
  EDM2–0DAL
  W
  May 91
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG24:21TOI
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- Edmonton Oilersare1–1withDallas Stars
- Game 3
  DAL1–0EDM
  L
  May 111
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG27:05TOI
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- Dallas Starslead2–1againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 4
  DAL3–1EDM
  L
  May 131
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG21:38TOI
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- Dallas Starslead3–1againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 5
  EDM1–2DAL
  L
  May 161
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG24:48TOI
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Second round
May 16
Dallas Stars knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–1
EDM1–4DAL
Eliminated
5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
May 16
Janne Niinimaa ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 2 points
PHIPhiladelphia Flyers EDMEdmonton Oilers
Points
2
NHL#141
Games
11
Goals
1
NHL#91
Assists
1
NHL#149
P/GP
0.18
NHL#103
+/-
+3
NHL#41
Events
25
playoff games
COL4–3→DAL1–4

Janne Niinimaa opens the 1997-1998 season with Philadelphia Flyers

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Janne Niinimaa closes the 1997-1998 season with 43 points

Edmonton Oilers are in the playoffs

Edmonton Oilers meet Colorado Avalanche

Edmonton Oilers knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–3

Edmonton Oilers meet Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–1

Janne Niinimaa ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 2 points