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Bruce Driver's 1997-1998 season

Points
20
NHL#290
Goals
5
NHL#330
Assists
15
NHL#238
Plus/minus
-3
NHL#485
Games
75
91%
91% of 82

Defenceman Bruce Driver was 35 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 75 of a possible 82 games and scored 5 goals and 15 assists for 20 points, 0.27 points per game. New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1997-1998
  1. Season opener

    Bruce Driver plays the 1997-1998 season for New York Rangers

    Bruce was 35 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–2NYR
      game 1/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP22:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–2NYR
      game 2/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG22:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–3EDM
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG17:43TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–1CGY
      game 4/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:50TOI
    • The game
      NYR6–3VAN
      W
      game 5/824
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +5+/-4SOG17:38TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PIT1–0NYR
      L
      game 6/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:39TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–5OTT
      L
      game 7/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:07TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–5STL
      L
      game 8/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG24:16TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–4NYR
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG13:41TOI
    • The game
      CHI1–0NYR
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:21TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–4NYR
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG14:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA3–3NYR
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:44TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–2NYR
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:31TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–5NYI
      L
      game 14/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:38TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      EDM2–2NYR
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:48TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–2COL
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:17TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–2DAL
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG20:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYR
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:45TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–3NYR
      W
      game 19/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:37TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played
      6
      points
      NHL#241
      2
      goals
      NHL#222
      4
      assists
      NHL#228
      +10
      +/-
      NHL#6
      NYR
      7-7-0W-L-OT21Points
      4th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–6TBL
      L
      game 22/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:41TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–3CAR
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:59TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–4PIT
      L
      game 24/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:23TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–2NYR
      L
      game 25/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:25TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–3BUF
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:03TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–1NYR
      game 28/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:41TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      L
      game 29/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:42TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 31/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:20TOI
    • The game
      PHX1–3NYR
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:17TOI
    • The game
      CGY4–1NYR
      L
      game 33/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:42TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–3NYR
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG22:48TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–4NJD
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG17:56TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–2FLA
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:12TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–2TBL
      game 37/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG21:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–0NYR
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:46TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–4NYR
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:38TOI
    • The game
      NYR0–3BUF
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:21TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYR
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:20TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
      8
      points
      NHL#305
      3
      goals
      NHL#279
      5
      assists
      NHL#305
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#85
      NYR
      12-17-0W-L-OT36Points
      4th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR0–2TBL
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:31TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–2WSH
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG26:39TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR2–4NYR
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG26:06TOI
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG27:07TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR2–3NYR
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG27:21TOI
    • The game
      STL1–3NYR
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:07TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYR
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:24TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–3NYR
      game 50/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP25:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–2NYR
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG24:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–2OTT
      game 52/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:55TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–4BOS
      L
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG24:46TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      NYR3–2SJS
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:40TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3ANA
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG29:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–3LAK
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG22:22TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–1PHX
      game 57/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP29:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–2TOR
      W
      game 58/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG20:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–1NYR
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG21:28TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF1–0NYR
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:41TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–3FLA
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG25:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6NJD
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:17TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8257 of 62 played
      17
      points
      NHL#253
      5
      goals
      NHL#277
      12
      assists
      NHL#230
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#63
      NYR
      19-27-0W-L-OT54Points
      4th in the Atlantic·10th in the Eastern Conference·19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 63/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG25:10TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5NYR
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:25TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–4MTL
      L
      game 65/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG25:22TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–5BOS
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:46TOI
    • The game
      OTT4–5NYR
      W
      game 67/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG25:23TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2NYR
      W
      game 68/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG25:05TOI
    • The game
      DET4–3NYR
      L
      game 69/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-0SOG2PPP21:28TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR4–5PHI
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG30:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT3–2NYR
      L
      game 71/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG27:42TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–4CAR
      L
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:57TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–2PIT
      game 73/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG22:35TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–1NYR
      L
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG22:34TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      BOS4–2NYR
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:10TOI
    • The game
      NYR0–3NYI
      L
      game 76/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:59TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–1CHI
      W
      game 77/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:37TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–2NYR
      L
      game 78/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:55TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–5DET
      L
      game 79/826
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:22TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      W
      game 82/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:10TOI
    The season in numbers

    Bruce Driver closes the 1997-1998 season with 20 points

    New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    20
    NHL#290
    Games
    75of 82
    91%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#330
    Assists
    15
    NHL#238
    P/GP
    0.27
    NHL#339
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#485