NHL Playoff Plus Minus Leaders 1997-98

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Plus/minus compares goals for and goals against while the player is on the ice. Higher means the player's team outscored opponents more with him on the ice. Below are the top 331 NHL playoff players ranked by Playoff Plus Minus for 1997-98.

#	Player	Team	+/-
1	L. MurphyLarry Murphy 36YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	12
2	N. LidstromNicklas Lidstrom 27YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	12
3	S. YzermanSteve Yzerman 32YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	10
4	D. McCartyDarren McCarty 25YRW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	9
5	T. HolmstromTomas Holmstrom 24YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	9
6	C. JohanssonCalle Johansson 30YD	WashingtonWashington Capitals	9
7	B. BoughnerBob Boughner 26YD	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	9
8	A. OatesAdam Oates 34YC	WashingtonWashington Capitals	8
9	D. WardDixon Ward 28YLW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	8
10	A. ErikssonAnders Eriksson 22YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	7
11	M. KeaneMike Keane 30YRW	DallasDallas Stars	7
12	B. BellowsBrian Bellows 32YLW	WashingtonWashington Capitals	6
13	M. TinordiMark Tinordi 31YD	WashingtonWashington Capitals	6
14	J. JuneauJoe Juneau 29YC	WashingtonWashington Capitals	6
15	M. LapointeMartin Lapointe 23YRW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	6
16	M. BarnabyMatthew Barnaby 24YRW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	6
17	C. BrownCurtis Brown 21YC	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	6
18	I. LarionovIgor Larionov 36YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	5
19	B. ShanahanBrendan Shanahan 28YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	5
20	D. SydorDarryl Sydor 25YD	DallasDallas Stars	5
21	M. GrosekMichal Grosek 22YLW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	5
22	S. ChambersShawn Chambers 30YD	DallasDallas Stars	5
23	M. PivonkaMichal Pivonka 31YC	WashingtonWashington Capitals	5
24	R. FrancisRon Francis 34YC	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	5
25	J. JagrJaromir Jagr 25YRW	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	5
26	V. KozlovVyacheslav Kozlov 25YLW	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	4
27	V. FetisovViacheslav Fetisov 39YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	4
28	J. ReekieJoe Reekie 32YD	WashingtonWashington Capitals	4
29	A. NikolishinAndrei Nikolishin 24YC	WashingtonWashington Capitals	4
30	K. DraperKris Draper 26YC	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	4
31	P. BondraPeter Bondra 29YRW	WashingtonWashington Capitals	4
32	M. ModanoMike Modano 27YC	DallasDallas Stars	4
33	J. LindJuha Lind 23YLW	DallasDallas Stars	4
34	M. PecaMichael Peca 23YC	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	4
35	G. AdamsGreg Adams 33YLW	DallasDallas Stars	4
36	M. GrierMike Grier 22YRW	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	4
37	D. GilmourDoug Gilmour 34YC	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	4
38	S. StevensScott Stevens 33YD	New JerseyNew Jersey Devils	4
39	S. KoivuSaku Koivu 22YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	4
40	J. MacounJamie Macoun 35YD	DetroitDetroit Red Wings	3
41	S. ZubovSergei Zubov 26YD	DallasDallas Stars	3
42	R. SmehlikRichard Smehlik 27YD	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	3
43	V. VaradaVaclav Varada 21YRW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	3
44	J. NiinimaaJanne Niinimaa 22YD	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	3
45	S. CorsonShayne Corson 30YLW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	3
46	I. UlanovIgor Ulanov 27YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	3
47	V. ZelepukinValeri Zelepukin 28YLW	EdmontonEdmonton Oilers	3
48	P. ForsbergPeter Forsberg 23YC	ColoradoColorado Avalanche	3
49	J. WrightJamie Wright 21YLW	DallasDallas Stars	3
50	A. BergAki Berg 19YD	Los AngelesLos Angeles Kings	3