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Darryl Shannon's 1997-1998 season

Points
22
NHL#269
Goals
3
NHL#407
Assists
19
NHL#192
Plus/minus
+26
NHL#7
Games
76
92%
92% of 82

Defenceman Darryl Shannon was 29 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 76 of a possible 82 games and scored 3 goals and 19 assists for 22 points, 0.29 points per game. In the playoffs he played 15 games for 6 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Darryl Shannon plays the 1997-1998 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Darryl was 29 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BUF3–1STL
      W
      game 1/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG21:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–6WSH
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:01TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–1TBL
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG29:23TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–2BUF
      L
      game 4/82
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG22:39TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–5BUF
      W
      game 5/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG21:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–3NJD
      L
      game 6/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP20:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–3CAR
      game 7/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP25:48TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL5–1BUF
      L
      game 8/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:59TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5CHI
      L
      game 9/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG24:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY1–4BUF
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP21:57TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF1–6PHX
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG21:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–3COL
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:35TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–2CAR
      W
      game 13/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:32TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      BUF4–3FLA
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:11TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–2BUF
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:41TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–2PIT
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:24TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–4BUF
      game 17/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-4SOG25:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG20:32TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2BUF
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:42TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–0BOS
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG24:13TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYI1–6BUF
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG23:09TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      11
      points
      NHL#125
      1
      goals
      NHL#327
      10
      assists
      NHL#54
      +11
      +/-
      NHL#3
      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
      0+/-2SOG20:51TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1BUF
      L
      game 23/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:01TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–3BUF
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG22:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1PHI
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:22TOI
    • The game
      ANA0–4BUF
      W
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:40TOI
    • The game
      TBL0–4BUF
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:46TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–3OTT
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG21:31TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–2BOS
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG24:49TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–3BUF
      W
      game 30/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:11TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–8DAL
      L
      game 31/82
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG21:09TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–4NYI
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG21:05TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–1BUF
      W
      game 33/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:50TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–0NYR
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:41TOI
    • The game
      DET3–1BUF
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:57TOI
    • The game
      NYR0–3BUF
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG23:11TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–4CAR
      L
      game 37/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:23TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–1BUF
      L
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:07TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8238 of 41 played
      12
      points
      NHL#254
      1
      goals
      NHL#425
      11
      assists
      NHL#154
      +7
      +/-
      NHL#30
      BUF
      15-19-0W-L-OT37Points
      5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–5SJS
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:17TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–1TOR
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:39TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–6BUF
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG20:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      L
      game 46/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:19TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–2BUF
      W
      game 47/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG23:05TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–4BUF
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG19:43TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–3BUF
      game 49/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG26:02TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–3BUF
      game 50/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG24:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 1998
    • The game
      BUF5–2FLA
      W
      game 51/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG21:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–2BUF
      game 53/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG23:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–2BUF
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG25:21TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–1MTL
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG27:38TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–2BUF
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG24:04TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–1BOS
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:22TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF3–0WSH
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:55TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–0NYR
      W
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG23:22TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–2BUF
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:25TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–1MTL
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG26:43TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYI
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG25:04TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8257 of 62 played
      17
      points
      NHL#257
      2
      goals
      NHL#415
      15
      assists
      NHL#179
      +18
      +/-
      NHL#10
      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
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG24:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–2PIT
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:01TOI
    • The game
      PIT0–3BUF
      W
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:10TOI
    • The game
      CHI5–3BUF
      L
      game 66/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:49TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–6BUF
      W
      game 67/82
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG21:10TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–1BUF
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:12TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–0CGY
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:57TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–2VAN
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG23:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–0EDM
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:20TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG27:51TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      LAK0–4BUF
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:17TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–5BUF
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG22:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT1–0BUF
      L
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:17TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–3BUF
      W
      game 76/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:03TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:11TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–4OTT
      game 78/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:44TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2BUF
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:59TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–5NJD
      L
      game 80/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG24:58TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 81/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG12:28TOI
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Darryl Shannon closes the 1997-1998 season with 22 points

    Points
    22
    NHL#269
    Games
    76of 82
    93%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#407
    Assists
    19
    NHL#192
    P/GP
    0.29
    NHL#311
    +/-
    +26
    NHL#7
    4 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
      -1+/-0SOG25:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG23:42TOI
    • Buffalo Sabresare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6BUF
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG1SHP20:48TOI
      +1 goal
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–4BUF
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP19:33TOI
      +2 assists
    • May 1998
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      BUF3–2PHI
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG25:09TOI
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    BUF4–1PHI
    Advance
    5Games4Points1Goals3Assists
    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+/-0SOG22:08TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL3–6BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:13TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      BUF5–4MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG30:37TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      BUF3–1MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP22:41TOI
      +1 assist
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0

    BUF4–0MTL
    Advance
    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    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+/-1SOG20:10TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:44TOI
    • Buffalo Sabresare1–1withWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH4–3BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:07TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      WSH2–0BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:39TOI
    • June 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF2–1WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG22:06TOI
      +1 goal
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG27:01TOI
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    BUF2–4WSH
    Eliminated
    6Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Darryl Shannon ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 6 points

    Points
    6
    NHL#54
    Games
    15
    Goals
    2
    NHL#60
    Assists
    4
    NHL#42
    P/GP
    0.40
    NHL#54
    +/-
    0
    NHL#110
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    10
    playoff points
    2 points
    best game
    PHI4–1→MTL4–0→WSH2–4