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Calle Johansson's 1997-1998 season

Points
35
Swedish flag#9NHL#150
Goals
15
Swedish flag#8NHL#123
Assists
20
Swedish flag#11NHL#169
Plus/minus
-11
NHL#677
Games
73
89%
89% of 82

Defenceman Calle Johansson was 30 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 73 of a possible 82 games and scored 15 goals and 20 assists for 35 points, 0.48 points per game. That was 9th among the Swedes and 150th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 21 games for 10 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Calle Johansson plays the 1997-1998 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Calle was 30 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 10th season with the team. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH4–1TOR
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP21:00TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–6WSH
      W
      game 2/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP22:52TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–4WSH
      W
      game 3/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG21:06TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–3NYI
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG24:35TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5BUF
      L
      game 5/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG26:33TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–3WSH
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG26:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0CHI
      W
      game 7/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG21:21TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      W
      game 8/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG27:04TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4COL
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP23:18TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–3PHX
      game 10/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP32:09TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5STL
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG22:29TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL4–3WSH
      L
      game 12/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:01TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–2WSH
      game 13/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP26:38TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • November 1997
    • The game
      WSH1–3NJD
      L
      game 14/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG22:42TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–2WSH
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP24:54TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–2BOS
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG27:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–2WSH
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP25:39TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3FLA
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–1PIT
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:44TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      game 20/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP25:49TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      14
      points
      Swedish flag#4NHL#66
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#1NHL#35
      7
      assists
      Swedish flag#8NHL#91
      +7
      +/-
      Swedish flag#1NHL#16
      WSH
      12-7-0W-L-OT26Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      COL6–6WSH
      game 22/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG27:29TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS5–2WSH
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG21:28TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2FLA
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP20:15TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–5WSH
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG25:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3OTT
      L
      game 26/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–1BOS
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG27:54TOI
      View the game
    • December 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP25:54TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–3WSH
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG30:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5FLA
      L
      game 30/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG28:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–3SJS
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP28:40TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–6ANA
      L
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2LAK
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG29:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2WSH
      game 34/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG24:54TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–0WSH
      L
      game 35/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:05TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1CAR
      W
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:58TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–1WSH
      game 37/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG28:22TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1WSH
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–0WSH
      L
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG23:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–4WSH
      W
      game 40/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:20TOI
      View the game
    Milestone

    Calle Johansson reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · December 29

    • The game
      ANA2–3WSH
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG25:39TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      21
      points
      Swedish flag#5NHL#104
      10
      goals
      Swedish flag#4NHL#70
      11
      assists
      Swedish flag#8NHL#140
      -1
      +/-
      Swedish flag#10NHL#122
      WSH
      18-15-0W-L-OT44Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–2WSH
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG24:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–5WSH
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP22:34TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-7SOG28:23TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–4WSH
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–2DET
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT0–4WSH
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP17:33TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • February 1998
    • The game
      TBL4–3WSH
      L
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG21:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5TBL
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-7SOG1PPP28:43TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF3–0WSH
      L
      game 59/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG27:38TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–0WSH
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG25:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      L
      game 61/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-5SOG1PPP26:33TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–6WSH
      W
      game 62/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP26:50TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8253 of 62 played
      29
      points
      Swedish flag#8NHL#127
      13
      goals
      Swedish flag#6NHL#97
      16
      assists
      Swedish flag#11NHL#155
      -8
      +/-
      Swedish flag#14NHL#208
      WSH
      27-24-0W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY2–5WSH
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP23:39TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG25:24TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–4OTT
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG25:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX1–2WSH
      W
      game 66/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR0–1WSH
      W
      game 67/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD0–2WSH
      W
      game 68/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP21:04TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG26:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–4EDM
      L
      game 70/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP23:18TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3CGY
      L
      game 71/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG25:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2VAN
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP19:42TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5WSH
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:25TOI
      View the game
    • April 1998
    • The game
      TBL1–4WSH
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG17:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–3WSH
      W
      game 75/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 76/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP34:08TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2DAL
      L
      game 77/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG27:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4PHI
      L
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG24:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0NYI
      W
      game 79/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG27:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3CAR
      W
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG23:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–2WSH
      W
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG25:41TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Calle Johansson closes the 1997-1998 season with 35 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    35
    #9NHL#150
    Games
    73of 82
    89%
    Goals
    15
    #8NHL#123
    Assists
    20
    #11NHL#169
    P/GP
    0.48
    #9NHL#170
    +/-
    -11
    #33NHL#677
    Events
    15
    career best in goals
    750
    NHL games
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins

    WSHvsBOS
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      BOS1–3WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG27:36TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS4–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP30:12TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG38:30TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–0BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP24:48TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • May 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BOS4–0WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG25:23TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG31:26TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    WSH4–2BOS
    Advance
    6Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    4 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet Ottawa Senators

    WSHvsOTT
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      OTT2–4WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG25:13TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 2
      OTT1–6WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP22:28TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 3
      WSH3–4OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG28:09TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 4
      WSH2–0OTT
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG28:37TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 5
      OTT0–3WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG26:22TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Second round

    Washington Capitals knock Ottawa Senators out 4–1

    WSH4–1OTT
    Advance
    5Games5Points1Goals4Assists
    8 days later
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals meet Buffalo Sabres

    WSHvsBUF
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      BUF2–0WSH
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:46TOI
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3WSH
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG27:12TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      WSH4–3BUF
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP27:58TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      WSH2–0BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG26:05TOI
      View the game
    • June 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF2–1WSH
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG21:51TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG30:05TOI
      View the game
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    WSH4–2BUF
    Advance
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    5 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Washington Capitals play the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit Red Wings

    WSHvsDET
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      WSH1–2DET
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG26:34TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH4–5DET
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG35:36TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      DET2–1WSH
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG26:46TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      DET4–1WSH
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:32TOI
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Final

    Detroit Red Wings knock Washington Capitals out 4–0

    WSH0–4DET
    Eliminated
    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Calle Johansson ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 10 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    10
    #4NHL#24
    Games
    21
    Goals
    2
    #5NHL#60
    Assists
    8
    #3NHL#13
    P/GP
    0.48
    #4NHL#47
    +/-
    +9
    #2NHL#4
    Events
    10
    playoff goals
    2 points
    best game
    BOS4–2→OTT4–1→BUF4–2→DET0–4