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Chris Chelios's 1997-1998 season

Points
42
NHL#108
Goals
3
NHL#407
Assists
39
NHL#32
Plus/minus
-7
NHL#614
Games
81
98%
98% of 82

Defenceman Chris Chelios was 35 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for Chicago Blackhawks. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 3 goals and 39 assists for 42 points, 0.52 points per game. Chicago Blackhawks did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1997-1998
  1. Season opener

    Chris Chelios plays the 1997-1998 season for Chicago Blackhawks

    Chris was 35 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI2–6PHX
      L
      game 1/82
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG26:54TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–3SJS
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP26:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL4–1CHI
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG29:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI0–7DAL
      L
      game 4/82
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG27:53TOI
    • The game
      CHI1–2PHX
      L
      game 5/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–0CHI
      L
      game 6/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG31:48TOI
    • The game
      STL2–0CHI
      L
      game 7/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG26:58TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5CHI
      W
      game 8/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP17:05TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI1–0NYR
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:09TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–0CHI
      L
      game 10/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:25TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–2CHI
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG26:55TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–4MTL
      L
      game 12/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG31:26TOI
    • The game
      VAN0–3CHI
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG28:39TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5CHI
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG26:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • November 1997
    • The game
      PIT1–3CHI
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG28:32TOI
    • The game
      STL1–2CHI
      W
      game 16/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG16:18TOI
    • The game
      CHI4–2NYI
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG27:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY1–1CHI
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG29:46TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–5TOR
      L
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG28:20TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–1CHI
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG24:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–3CHI
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:56TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      8
      points
      NHL#169
      0
      goals
      NHL#432
      8
      assists
      NHL#74
      -6
      +/-
      NHL#197
      CHI
      7-12-0W-L-OT16Points
      5th in the Central·8th in the Western Conference·19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI4–0ANA
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG27:16TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI3–4LAK
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG23:08TOI
    • The game
      CHI5–4VAN
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG26:20TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–2EDM
      game 25/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG31:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–2CGY
      game 26/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG31:33TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–2OTT
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP16:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 1997
    • The game
      COL2–1CHI
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG30:18TOI
    • The game
      EDM3–3CHI
      game 29/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP18:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX3–3CHI
      game 30/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP34:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–2CHI
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG28:39TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–1CHI
      L
      game 32/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP12:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI3–4CGY
      L
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG31:15TOI
    • The game
      CHI0–0EDM
      game 34/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG33:52TOI
    • The game
      CHI5–0VAN
      W
      game 35/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP17:31TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      LAK1–0CHI
      L
      game 36/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:50TOI
    • The game
      CHI4–1STL
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP26:27TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ANA0–2CHI
      W
      game 38/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG22:40TOI
    • The game
      CHI6–2NJD
      W
      game 39/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-2SOG2PPP30:44TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR3–3CHI
      game 40/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG20:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–3CHI
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-4SOG26:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      22
      points
      NHL#98
      2
      goals
      NHL#345
      20
      assists
      NHL#30
      +5
      +/-
      NHL#49
      CHI
      15-18-0W-L-OT38Points
      5th in the Central·7th in the Western Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY1–1CHI
      game 42/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP18:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX4–2CHI
      L
      game 43/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG31:29TOI
    • The game
      CHI4–3TOR
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP28:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–3CHI
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI4–1CAR
      W
      game 46/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP28:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–3WSH
      L
      game 47/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG29:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–5CHI
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG26:39TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–0CHI
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG28:43TOI
    • The game
      STL4–5CHI
      W
      game 50/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP17:20TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI3–0SJS
      W
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG28:15TOI
    • The game
      CHI0–3LAK
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG23:57TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      CHI3–4ANA
      L
      game 53/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP31:31TOI
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Chris Chelios reaches 750 career points

    in the game against Anaheim Ducks · February 1

    • The game
      CHI4–2PHX
      W
      game 54/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP30:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–4COL
      L
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG31:33TOI
    • The game
      CHI1–3DAL
      L
      game 56/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG26:59TOI
    • The game
      LAK7–4CHI
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP31:06TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI4–0COL
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP30:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 1998
    • The game
      DAL2–2CHI
      game 59/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP17:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI3–5STL
      L
      game 60/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG22:06TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–1BOS
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG31:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      36
      points
      NHL#75
      3
      goals
      NHL#357
      33
      assists
      NHL#20
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#131
      CHI
      24-27-0W-L-OT59Points
      5th in the Central·7th in the Western Conference·15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      EDM4–3CHI
      L
      game 63/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP18:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI0–3DET
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG28:23TOI
    • The game
      CHI0–1TBL
      L
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG16:24TOI
    • The game
      CHI8–4FLA
      W
      game 66/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG25:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI5–3BUF
      W
      game 67/82
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG29:07TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–1CHI
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG31:00TOI
    • The game
      BOS0–1CHI
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG31:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI5–5DET
      game 70/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG29:34TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–2CHI
      L
      game 71/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP31:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT1–2CHI
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG31:07TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–0CHI
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG11:01TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–3PHI
      L
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG27:47TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      COL1–2CHI
      W
      game 75/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG17:14TOI
    • The game
      DET3–2CHI
      L
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG16:45TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–1CHI
      L
      game 77/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG29:28TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–3STL
      L
      game 78/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG26:52TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–1CHI
      L
      game 79/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP30:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–3TOR
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG16:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–1CHI
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG23:07TOI
    Milestone

    Chris Chelios reaches 1,000 NHL games

    in the game against New Jersey Devils · April 16

    • The game
      CHI1–3DAL
      L
      game 82/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG25:48TOI
    The season in numbers

    Chris Chelios closes the 1997-1998 season with 42 points

    Chicago Blackhawks did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    42
    NHL#108
    Games
    81of 82
    99%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#407
    Assists
    39
    NHL#32
    P/GP
    0.52
    NHL#144
    +/-
    -7
    NHL#614
    Events
    1,000
    NHL games
    750
    career points
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts