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Bob Boughner's 1997-1998 season

Points
4
NHL#549
Goals
1
NHL#524
Assists
3
NHL#524
Plus/minus
+5
NHL#157
Games
69
84%
84% of 82

Defenceman Bob Boughner was 26 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 69 of a possible 82 games and scored 1 goals and 3 assists for 4 points, 0.06 points per game. In the playoffs he played 14 games for 4 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Bob Boughner plays the 1997-1998 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Bob was 26 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BUF3–1STL
      W
      game 1/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:56TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–6WSH
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:09TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–1TBL
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:37TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–2BUF
      L
      game 4/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG17:23TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–5BUF
      W
      game 5/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:25TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3NJD
      L
      game 6/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:49TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–3CAR
      game 7/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:52TOI
    • The game
      MTL5–1BUF
      L
      game 8/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG16:11TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5CHI
      L
      game 9/82
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG15:57TOI
    • The game
      CGY1–4BUF
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:43TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–6PHX
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:55TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      BUF2–2PIT
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:39TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG10:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–2BUF
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:23TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–0BOS
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:13TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–6BUF
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:44TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8216 of 21 played
      1
      points
      NHL#491
      0
      goals
      NHL#454
      1
      assists
      NHL#438
      -4
      +/-
      NHL#178
      BUF
      7-10-0W-L-OT18Points
      6th in the Northeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF1–5PIT
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG11:48TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–3BUF
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:59TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1PHI
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:37TOI
    • The game
      ANA0–4BUF
      W
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG10:25TOI
    • The game
      TBL0–4BUF
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG14:40TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF0–3OTT
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:14TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–2BOS
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG10:49TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–3BUF
      W
      game 30/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:53TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–8DAL
      L
      game 31/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:38TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–4NYI
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:48TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–1BUF
      W
      game 33/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG13:04TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–0NYR
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:10TOI
    • The game
      DET3–1BUF
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG12:40TOI
    • The game
      NYR0–3BUF
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG13:16TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–4CAR
      L
      game 37/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:33TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–1BUF
      L
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:41TOI
    • The game
      OTT0–3BUF
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:18TOI
    • The game
      COL2–2BUF
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:04TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–2ANA
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG13:27TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8235 of 41 played
      2
      points
      NHL#519
      1
      goals
      NHL#425
      1
      assists
      NHL#515
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#158
      BUF
      15-19-0W-L-OT37Points
      5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–2LAK
      game 42/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG16:27TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5SJS
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:43TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–1TOR
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG14:49TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–6BUF
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG11:17TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      L
      game 46/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:52TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–2BUF
      W
      game 47/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG09:49TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–4BUF
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG13:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–3BUF
      game 49/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:10TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–3BUF
      game 50/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:30TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      BUF7–3TBL
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:40TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–2BUF
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:53TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–2BUF
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:14TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–1MTL
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG01:41TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF3–0WSH
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:38TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–0NYR
      W
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:11TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–2BUF
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG11:35TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–1MTL
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG11:47TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYI
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:00TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8253 of 62 played
      3
      points
      NHL#534
      1
      goals
      NHL#486
      2
      assists
      NHL#514
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#50
      BUF
      25-22-0W-L-OT65Points
      4th in the Northeast·7th in the Eastern Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS1–3BUF
      W
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:27TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–6BUF
      W
      game 67/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG16:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–1BUF
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:07TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–0CGY
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:57TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–2VAN
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:07TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–0EDM
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:26TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:30TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      LAK0–4BUF
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG12:38TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–5BUF
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:24TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–0BUF
      L
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:44TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–3BUF
      W
      game 76/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:50TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG09:56TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2BUF
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG11:20TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–5NJD
      L
      game 80/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:52TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG06:34TOI
    • The game
      OTT2–1BUF
      L
      game 82/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:04TOI
    The season in numbers

    Bob Boughner closes the 1997-1998 season with 4 points

    Points
    4
    NHL#549
    Games
    69of 82
    84%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#524
    Assists
    3
    NHL#524
    P/GP
    0.06
    NHL#543
    +/-
    +5
    NHL#157
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Philadelphia Flyers

    BUFvsPHI
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    • Game 1
      BUF3–2PHI
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG09:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG07:38TOI
    • Buffalo Sabresare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:49TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–4BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:51TOI
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    BUF4–1PHI
    Advance
    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    7 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

    BUFvsMTL
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      MTL2–3BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:04TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL3–6BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG14:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      BUF5–4MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:35TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      BUF3–1MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG09:00TOI
      +1 assist
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0

    BUF4–0MTL
    Advance
    4Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    9 days later
    Conference final

    Buffalo Sabres meet Washington Capitals

    BUFvsWSH
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    • Game 1
      BUF2–0WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG10:39TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:09TOI
    • Buffalo Sabresare1–1withWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH4–3BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:48TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      WSH2–0BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:06TOI
    • June 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF2–1WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG10:34TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG13:39TOI
      +1 assist
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    BUF2–4WSH
    Eliminated
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Bob Boughner ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 4 points

    Points
    4
    NHL#82
    Games
    14
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    4
    NHL#42
    P/GP
    0.29
    NHL#75
    +/-
    +9
    NHL#4
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    PHI4–1→MTL4–0→WSH2–4