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Al MacInnis's 1997-1998 season

Points
49
NHL#69
Goals
19
NHL#76
Assists
30
NHL#70
Plus/minus
+6
NHL#142
Games
71
86%
86% of 82

Defenceman Al MacInnis was 34 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 17th in the NHL, and played it for St. Louis Blues. He played 71 of a possible 82 games and scored 19 goals and 30 assists for 49 points, 0.69 points per game. In the playoffs he played 8 games for 8 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Al MacInnis plays the 1997-1998 season for St. Louis Blues

    Al was 34 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 17th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BUF3–1STL
      L
      game 1/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP27:04TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHX2–7STL
      W
      game 2/82
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-2SOG2PPP26:21TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      STL2–1DAL
      W
      game 3/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG27:14TOI
    • The game
      LAK2–3STL
      W
      game 4/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG2PPP32:38TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      FLA3–5STL
      W
      game 5/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG1PPP26:26TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      CAR1–3STL
      W
      game 6/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–0CHI
      W
      game 7/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:29TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–5STL
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP27:34TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      STL3–3DET
      game 9/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG20:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–4CAR
      L
      game 10/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG23:51TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–4STL
      W
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:46TOI
    Milestone

    Al MacInnis reaches 1,000 NHL games

    in the game against Vancouver Canucks · October 23

    • The game
      WSH2–5STL
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG25:57TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–2PHI
      W
      game 13/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG30:15TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL2–2STL
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG33:28TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      SJS0–2STL
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG31:00TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–1STL
      L
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG24:55TOI
    • The game
      STL1–2CHI
      L
      game 17/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG25:23TOI
    • The game
      STL1–4COL
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG23:36TOI
    • The game
      STL7–1DAL
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG2PPP23:48TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS2–4STL
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG27:20TOI
    • The game
      DET2–5STL
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP26:31TOI
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      18
      points
      NHL#29
      9
      goals
      NHL#16
      9
      assists
      NHL#50
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#24
      STL
      14-5-0W-L-OT30Points
      1st in the Central·1st in the Western Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–2TOR
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG28:04TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM3–0STL
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG30:29TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–0STL
      L
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG29:16TOI
    • The game
      STL2–3PHX
      L
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG28:53TOI
    • The game
      LAK2–2STL
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG29:06TOI
    • The game
      STL2–4NYI
      L
      game 27/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP17:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 1997
    • The game
      STL3–1NJD
      W
      game 28/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG26:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–4STL
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-6SOG26:13TOI
    • The game
      CGY3–4STL
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP29:25TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–5STL
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG30:19TOI
    • The game
      STL3–4MTL
      L
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG26:32TOI
    • The game
      STL2–1OTT
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG26:44TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–1STL
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG16:34TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8234 of 41 played
      22
      points
      NHL#87
      10
      goals
      NHL#65
      12
      assists
      NHL#112
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#71
      STL
      22-13-0W-L-OT50Points
      3rd in the Central·4th in the Western Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY3–4STL
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:29TOI
    • The game
      STL5–1SJS
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +4+/-1SOG26:30TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      STL3–2VAN
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG29:18TOI
    • The game
      STL5–1CGY
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG2PPP16:00TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      STL1–2EDM
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG29:15TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–1STL
      L
      game 49/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG28:39TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL1–3NYR
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG31:00TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–3STL
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG32:56TOI
    • The game
      STL4–5CHI
      L
      game 52/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG16:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–4PIT
      L
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG29:58TOI
    • The game
      STL3–3BUF
      game 54/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG29:46TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–2STL
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL3–6STL
      W
      game 56/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG26:44TOI
      +2 points
    • February 1998
    • The game
      STL2–3TOR
      L
      game 57/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG16:15TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–1BOS
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG25:10TOI
    • The game
      DET1–4STL
      W
      game 59/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP30:19TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      STL1–3SJS
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG30:21TOI
    • The game
      STL5–2LAK
      W
      game 61/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-7SOG1PPP29:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 1998
    • The game
      STL6–2ANA
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG03:45TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8253 of 62 played
      35
      points
      NHL#75
      16
      goals
      NHL#58
      19
      assists
      NHL#107
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#63
      STL
      32-22-0W-L-OT72Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Central·4th in the Western Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI3–5STL
      W
      game 63/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP29:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL0–4STL
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG27:34TOI
    • The game
      DAL1–2STL
      W
      game 65/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG30:51TOI
    • The game
      STL4–0VAN
      W
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG26:20TOI
    • The game
      STL2–3COL
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG28:53TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–0STL
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG30:53TOI
    • The game
      STL0–2EDM
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:23TOI
    • The game
      STL3–5CGY
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-8SOG1PPP30:23TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TBL2–3STL
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP27:14TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–3STL
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP26:51TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS2–6STL
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP24:10TOI
      +2 assists
    • April 1998
    • The game
      STL6–4TOR
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG27:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL1–4STL
      W
      game 75/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP27:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–5DET
      L
      game 76/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP22:23TOI
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Al MacInnis reaches 1,000 career points

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · April 7

    • The game
      CHI2–3STL
      W
      game 77/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:49TOI
    • The game
      PHX4–3STL
      L
      game 78/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG12:43TOI
    • The game
      STL7–3LAK
      W
      game 80/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP26:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL5–4PHX
      W
      game 81/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP27:06TOI
      +2 assists
    The season in numbers

    Al MacInnis closes the 1997-1998 season with 49 points

    Points
    49
    NHL#69
    Games
    71of 82
    87%
    Goals
    19
    NHL#76
    Assists
    30
    NHL#70
    P/GP
    0.69
    NHL#68
    +/-
    +6
    NHL#142
    Events
    1,000
    career points
    1,000
    NHL games
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 10 pts
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    St. Louis Blues are in the playoffs

    First round

    St. Louis Blues meet Los Angeles Kings

    STLvsLAK
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    • Game 1
      LAK3–8STL
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-6SOG25:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • St. Louis Blueslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 2
      LAK1–2STL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG29:02TOI
    • St. Louis Blueslead2–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 3
      STL4–3LAK
      W
      1
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-4SOG3PPP31:25TOI
      +3 assists
    • St. Louis Blueslead3–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 4
      STL2–1LAK
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG27:31TOI
    First round

    St. Louis Blues knock Los Angeles Kings out 4–0

    STL4–0LAK
    Advance
    4Games4Points0Goals4Assists
    9 days later
    Second round

    St. Louis Blues meet Detroit Red Wings

    STLvsDET
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    No Swedes
    • Game 3
      DET3–2STL
      L
      2
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP38:14TOI
      +2 goals
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      DET5–2STL
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG28:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      STL3–1DET
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG26:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      DET6–1STL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:54TOI
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

    STL2–4DET
    Eliminated
    4Games4Points2Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Al MacInnis ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 8 points

    Points
    8
    NHL#38
    Games
    8
    Goals
    2
    NHL#60
    Assists
    6
    NHL#25
    P/GP
    1.00
    NHL#3
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#79
    Events
    3 points
    best game
    LAK4–0→DET2–4