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Dave Babych's 1997-1998 season

Points
9
NHL#441
Goals
0
NHL#598
Assists
9
NHL#361
Plus/minus
-9
NHL#647
Games
53
62%
62% of 85

Defenceman Dave Babych was 36 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 18th in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks och Philadelphia Flyers. He played 53 of a possible 85 games and scored 0 goals and 9 assists for 9 points, 0.17 points per game. He moved from Vancouver Canucks to Philadelphia Flyers in March. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 1 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dave Babych opens the 1997-1998 season with Vancouver Canucks

    Dave was 36 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 7th season with the team. His 18th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      ANA2–3VAN
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–3ANA
      L
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–2VAN
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG08:15TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–8NJD
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG16:08TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      VAN6–7PIT
      L
      game 14/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:48TOI
    • The game
      VAN3–5CAR
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:38TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–2WSH
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:18TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 827 of 21 played
      1
      points
      NHL#478
      0
      goals
      NHL#432
      1
      assists
      NHL#420
      -2
      +/-
      NHL#142
      VAN
      5-13-0W-L-OT13Points
      6th in the Pacific·12th in the Western Conference·24th in the whole NHL
    • December 1997
    • The game
      COL5–2VAN
      L
      game 32/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG31:30TOI
    • The game
      LAK0–7VAN
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP27:08TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      VAN5–1PHX
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP19:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN0–0SJS
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG25:33TOI
    • The game
      CHI5–0VAN
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:30TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–1VAN
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:16TOI
    • The game
      VAN3–3DAL
      game 38/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG27:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–5LAK
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:40TOI
    • The game
      PHI8–0VAN
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG28:49TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      L
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:14TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8217 of 41 played
      5
      points
      NHL#412
      0
      goals
      NHL#522
      5
      assists
      NHL#325
      -6
      +/-
      NHL#195
      VAN
      11-24-0W-L-OT28Points
      7th in the Pacific·13th in the Western Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK2–3VAN
      W
      game 42/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:03TOI
    • The game
      STL3–2VAN
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:44TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–4COL
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:30TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–2VAN
      game 45/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:43TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–3CHI
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:12TOI
    • The game
      VAN0–4DET
      L
      game 47/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:10TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–6BUF
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG20:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX6–1VAN
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG19:21TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–5CGY
      L
      game 50/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:22TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–4PHX
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG21:02TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–6COL
      L
      game 52/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG18:55TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–3VAN
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:46TOI
    • The game
      VAN6–3EDM
      W
      game 54/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:34TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      COL2–1VAN
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:49TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–5VAN
      W
      game 56/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG16:39TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–6VAN
      W
      game 57/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG10:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA2–5VAN
      W
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:24TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–4CGY
      game 59/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:47TOI
    • The game
      OTT4–6VAN
      W
      game 60/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG15:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 1998
    • The game
      VAN2–2LAK
      game 61/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:00TOI
    • The game
      CGY6–2VAN
      L
      game 62/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG19:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8238 of 62 played
      9
      points
      NHL#388
      0
      goals
      NHL#565
      9
      assists
      NHL#288
      -15
      +/-
      NHL#237
      VAN
      18-34-0W-L-OT46Points
      7th in the Pacific·13th in the Western Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL2–5VAN
      W
      game 63/825
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG18:23TOI
    • The game
      STL4–0VAN
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:57TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–2MTL
      game 65/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:06TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–3PHI
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG12:54TOI
    • The game
      VAN6–2NYI
      W
      game 67/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:16TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–2FLA
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:07TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–4TBL
      L
      game 69/825
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG13:17TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–1OTT
      game 70/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:29TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–1TOR
      game 71/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:01TOI
    • The game
      CAR4–2PHI
      L
      game 71/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG14:49TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1CAR
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG20:51TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–3PHI
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:27TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      LAK0–3PHI
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:20TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–1PHI
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:10TOI
    • The game
      PHI6–1TBL
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:31TOI
    The season in numbers

    Dave Babych closes the 1997-1998 season with 9 points

    Points
    9
    NHL#441
    Games
    53of 82
    65%
    Goals
    0
    NHL#598
    Assists
    9
    NHL#361
    P/GP
    0.17
    NHL#435
    +/-
    -9
    NHL#647
    14 days later
    Playoffs

    Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Buffalo Sabres

    PHIvsBUF
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF3–2PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:34TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3PHI
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG24:53TOI
    • Philadelphia Flyersare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:18TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–4BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-8SOG16:38TOI
    • May 1998
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      BUF3–2PHI
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP42:55TOI
      +1 goal
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    PHI1–4BUF
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Dave Babych ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#178
    Games
    5
    Goals
    1
    NHL#91
    Assists
    0
    NHL#210
    P/GP
    0.20
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#53
    BUF1–4