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Dave Ellett's 1997-1998 season

Points
23
NHL#252
Goals
3
NHL#407
Assists
20
NHL#169
Plus/minus
+3
NHL#203
Games
82
100%
100% of 82

Defenceman Dave Ellett was 33 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played all 82 games and scored 3 goals and 20 assists for 23 points, 0.28 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 1 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dave Ellett plays the 1997-1998 season for Boston Bruins

    Dave was 33 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 14th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      LAK5–6BOS
      W
      game 1/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP25:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–1BOS
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG23:14TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–3COL
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:11TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–2PHX
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:24TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5SJS
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-1SOG1PPP21:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–0ANA
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG21:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3LAK
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG26:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–0VAN
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG25:39TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–0CGY
      W
      game 9/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:21TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–1EDM
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP25:29TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL2–2BOS
      game 11/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG27:52TOI
    • The game
      FLA5–4BOS
      L
      game 12/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:41TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–0BOS
      L
      game 13/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:29TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      EDM1–3BOS
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG25:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–1OTT
      W
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:54TOI
    • The game
      WSH0–2BOS
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP23:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS0–2NJD
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:32TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–3DAL
      game 18/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP27:40TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–4STL
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG20:11TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–3BOS
      game 20/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG20:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–2OTT
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG20:35TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      9
      points
      NHL#148
      2
      goals
      NHL#215
      7
      assists
      NHL#97
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#45
      BOS
      11-7-0W-L-OT25Points
      2nd in the Northeast·5th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS3–3PIT
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG26:07TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–0BOS
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG23:56TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–0BOS
      L
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:44TOI
    • The game
      BOS5–10FLA
      L
      game 25/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP26:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–2BOS
      L
      game 26/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG20:02TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–1BOS
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:26TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      BOS1–3CAR
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:26TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–0PHI
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG28:22TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–4BOS
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG30:38TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–2BOS
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:30TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–4BOS
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG26:32TOI
    • The game
      BOS6–2FLA
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG21:57TOI
    • The game
      BOS0–2TBL
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:25TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG29:36TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–3BOS
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:39TOI
    • The game
      DET4–2BOS
      L
      game 37/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-5SOG1PPP22:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–1TBL
      W
      game 38/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:36TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYR
      L
      game 39/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP25:42TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS2–2TOR
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG26:49TOI
    • The game
      OTT0–0BOS
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG25:19TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      13
      points
      NHL#222
      3
      goals
      NHL#287
      10
      assists
      NHL#168
      -5
      +/-
      NHL#188
      BOS
      17-16-0W-L-OT42Points
      3rd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS0–3BOS
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:31TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–1MTL
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG24:33TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–5BOS
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG30:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–1BOS
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:02TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–5BOS
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG22:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–4MTL
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG24:12TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4PIT
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:44TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–4WSH
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:10TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–6BOS
      W
      game 50/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:06TOI
    • The game
      PIT4–2BOS
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:32TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–4BOS
      W
      game 52/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG15:10TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      BOS2–2NYI
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:06TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–2BUF
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:27TOI
    • The game
      STL3–1BOS
      L
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:35TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–1BOS
      L
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:50TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–1BOS
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:56TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–6BOS
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1SHP17:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BOS5–4NYI
      W
      game 59/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG25:22TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Dave Ellett reaches 1,000 NHL games

    in the game against New York Islanders · March 1

    • The game
      BOS3–0WSH
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG23:55TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–1NJD
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:02TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–1BOS
      L
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:24TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      17
      points
      NHL#253
      3
      goals
      NHL#357
      14
      assists
      NHL#196
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#131
      BOS
      26-23-0W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS6–3DET
      W
      game 63/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP24:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY5–2BOS
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG23:43TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–5BOS
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG18:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL3–4BOS
      W
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:16TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–4BOS
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG24:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–1BUF
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP24:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS0–1CHI
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:09TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–4BOS
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:45TOI
    • The game
      FLA3–2BOS
      L
      game 71/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG24:08TOI
    • The game
      COL1–4BOS
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG28:40TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      BOS4–2NYR
      W
      game 73/823
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG19:56TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–5BUF
      L
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:02TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–0BOS
      L
      game 75/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:27TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–2OTT
      W
      game 76/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG17:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–4BOS
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:40TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2BOS
      L
      game 78/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG23:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–2CAR
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG23:46TOI
    • The game
      BOS6–2MTL
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:18TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5PIT
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG19:41TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2BOS
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG01:05TOI
    The season in numbers

    Dave Ellett closes the 1997-1998 season with 23 points

    Points
    23
    NHL#252
    Games
    82of 82
    100%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#407
    Assists
    20
    NHL#169
    P/GP
    0.28
    NHL#319
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#203
    Events
    1,000
    NHL games
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Boston Bruins meet Washington Capitals

    BOSvsWSH
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    • Game 1
      BOS1–3WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG14:26TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS4–3WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:27TOI
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH3–2BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG18:42TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–0BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:45TOI
    • May 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BOS4–0WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG12:04TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG21:52TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    BOS2–4WSH
    Eliminated
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Dave Ellett ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#178
    Games
    6
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    1
    NHL#149
    P/GP
    0.17
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#178
    Events
    100
    playoff games
    WSH2–4