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Dale Hunter's 1997-1998 season

Points
26
NHL#223
Goals
8
NHL#256
Assists
18
NHL#209
Plus/minus
+1
NHL#252
Games
82
100%
100% of 82

Centre Dale Hunter was 37 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 18th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 82 games and scored 8 goals and 18 assists for 26 points, 0.32 points per game. In the playoffs he played 21 games for 4 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dale Hunter plays the 1997-1998 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Dale was 37 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 11th season with the team. His 18th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH4–1TOR
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:36TOI
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    • The game
      BUF2–6WSH
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG11:14TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NJD1–4WSH
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG08:57TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      WSH6–3NYI
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:43TOI
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    • The game
      WSH2–5BUF
      L
      game 5/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG11:37TOI
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    • The game
      NYI1–3WSH
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:16TOI
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    • The game
      WSH2–0CHI
      W
      game 7/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG09:54TOI
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    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP12:56TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH3–4COL
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG09:17TOI
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    • The game
      WSH3–3PHX
      game 10/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG13:04TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5STL
      L
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:11TOI
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    • The game
      DAL4–3WSH
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:16TOI
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    • The game
      PHI2–2WSH
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:06TOI
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    • November 1997
    • The game
      WSH1–3NJD
      L
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG12:46TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      VAN1–2WSH
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:04TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–2BOS
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–2WSH
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:54TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3FLA
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG10:23TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–1PIT
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG12:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG13:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:34TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      6
      points
      NHL#232
      2
      goals
      NHL#211
      4
      assists
      NHL#217
      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 22/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG09:57TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS5–2WSH
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG10:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2FLA
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG13:35TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–5WSH
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG10:30TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3OTT
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG12:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–1BOS
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:19TOI
      View the game
    • December 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      W
      game 28/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–3WSH
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG11:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5FLA
      L
      game 30/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG11:26TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–3SJS
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:46TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–6ANA
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG06:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2LAK
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2WSH
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–0WSH
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG13:05TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1CAR
      W
      game 36/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–1WSH
      game 37/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1SHP14:31TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1WSH
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG10:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–0WSH
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–4WSH
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG13:21TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3WSH
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:07TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      12
      points
      NHL#242
      4
      goals
      NHL#235
      8
      assists
      NHL#216
      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 42/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG10:33TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–5WSH
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP13:08TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG10:15TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–4WSH
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-0SOG12:15TOI
      +3 assists
      View the game
    Milestone

    Dale Hunter reaches 1,000 career points

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · January 9

    • The game
      WSH0–2DET
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT0–4WSH
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:16TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–3WSH
      W
      game 48/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG11:52TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2TBL
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG08:27TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–4WSH
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:12TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2NYR
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–2WSH
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:46TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2PHI
      W
      game 53/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:52TOI
      View the game
    • February 1998
    • The game
      DET4–2WSH
      L
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:18TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2PIT
      game 55/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP11:30TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–3WSH
      L
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:53TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–3WSH
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG10:36TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5TBL
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:25TOI
      View the game
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF3–0WSH
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG17:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–0WSH
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      L
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG11:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–6WSH
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG14:26TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      21
      points
      NHL#207
      5
      goals
      NHL#277
      16
      assists
      NHL#155
      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 63/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG15:08TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG10:46TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–4OTT
      L
      game 65/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX1–2WSH
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR0–1WSH
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD0–2WSH
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–4EDM
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP10:26TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3CGY
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:05TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2VAN
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG13:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5WSH
      W
      game 73/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:24TOI
      View the game
    • April 1998
    • The game
      TBL1–4WSH
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–3WSH
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG09:38TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 76/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2DAL
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG06:06TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4PHI
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG08:37TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0NYI
      W
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      game 80/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3CAR
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG07:59TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–2WSH
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:01TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Dale Hunter closes the 1997-1998 season with 26 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    26
    NHL#223
    Games
    82of 82
    100%
    Goals
    8
    NHL#256
    Assists
    18
    NHL#209
    P/GP
    0.32
    NHL#284
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#252
    Events
    1,000
    career points
    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
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:16TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS4–3WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:02TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG12:15TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–0BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:46TOI
      View the game
    • May 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BOS4–0WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:23TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:38TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    WSH4–2BOS
    Advance
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    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
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG06:04TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 2
      OTT1–6WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:44TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 3
      WSH3–4OTT
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG03:41TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 4
      WSH2–0OTT
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG06:33TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 5
      OTT0–3WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:16TOI
      View the game
    Second round

    Washington Capitals knock Ottawa Senators out 4–1

    WSH4–1OTT
    Advance
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    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
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:33TOI
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG09:09TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      WSH4–3BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG10:28TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      WSH2–0BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG06:42TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • June 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF2–1WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG07:12TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:49TOI
      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
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:58TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH4–5DET
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG12:28TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      DET2–1WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:20TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      DET4–1WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:41TOI
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Final

    Detroit Red Wings knock Washington Capitals out 4–0

    WSH0–4DET
    Eliminated
    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Dale Hunter ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 4 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    4
    NHL#82
    Games
    21
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    4
    NHL#42
    P/GP
    0.19
    NHL#102
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#178
    Events
    150
    playoff games
    BOS4–2→OTT4–1→BUF4–2→DET0–4