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Derek Plante's 1997-1998 season

Points
34
NHL#158
Goals
13
NHL#152
Assists
21
NHL#155
Plus/minus
+8
NHL#113
Games
72
87%
87% of 82

Centre Derek Plante was 26 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 72 of a possible 82 games and scored 13 goals and 21 assists for 34 points, 0.47 points per game. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 3 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Derek Plante plays the 1997-1998 season for Buffalo Sabres

    BUFBuffalo Sabres

    Derek was 26 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BUF3–1STL
      W
      game 1/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:31TOI
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    • The game
      BUF2–6WSH
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:44TOI
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    • The game
      BUF1–1TBL
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG19:03TOI
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    • The game
      BUF3–3CAR
      game 7/82
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-6SOG3PPP17:18TOI
      +3 points
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    • The game
      MTL5–1BUF
      L
      game 8/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:37TOI
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    • The game
      BUF2–5CHI
      L
      game 9/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP18:30TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      CGY1–4BUF
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP19:20TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      BUF1–6PHX
      L
      game 11/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG21:41TOI
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    • The game
      BUF2–3COL
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG18:20TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BUF3–2CAR
      W
      game 13/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG19:38TOI
      +1 assist
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    • November 1997
    • The game
      BUF4–3FLA
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP17:19TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      FLA4–2BUF
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG19:19TOI
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    • The game
      BUF2–2PIT
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:22TOI
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    • The game
      EDM4–4BUF
      game 17/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG16:44TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG21:45TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      NJD3–2BUF
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:19TOI
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    • The game
      BUF5–0BOS
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG21:40TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      NYI1–6BUF
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:07TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      13
      points
      NHL#91
      4
      goals
      NHL#125
      9
      assists
      NHL#78
      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
      -2+/-1SOG18:31TOI
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    • The game
      PHI3–1BUF
      L
      game 23/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:11TOI
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    • The game
      NYR3–3BUF
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG16:09TOI
      +1 goal
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    • December 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1PHI
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:29TOI
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    • The game
      ANA0–4BUF
      W
      game 26/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG16:16TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      TBL0–4BUF
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG18:16TOI
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    • The game
      BUF0–3OTT
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:42TOI
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    • The game
      BUF1–2BOS
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:39TOI
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    • The game
      CAR2–3BUF
      W
      game 30/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:09TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BUF4–8DAL
      L
      game 31/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG17:36TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BUF0–4NYI
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:04TOI
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    • The game
      MTL0–1BUF
      W
      game 33/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:28TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BUF2–0NYR
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:21TOI
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    • The game
      DET3–1BUF
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG20:48TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      NYR0–3BUF
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:47TOI
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    • The game
      BUF1–4CAR
      L
      game 37/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:13TOI
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    • The game
      NJD3–1BUF
      L
      game 38/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP17:59TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      OTT0–3BUF
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:53TOI
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    • The game
      COL2–2BUF
      game 40/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP21:28TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BUF3–2ANA
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:12TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8238 of 41 played
      21
      points
      NHL#115
      8
      goals
      NHL#111
      13
      assists
      NHL#113
      BUF
      15-19-0W-L-OT37Points
      5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–2LAK
      game 42/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:07TOI
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    • The game
      BUF2–5SJS
      L
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:42TOI
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    • The game
      BUF4–1TOR
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG17:57TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      VAN2–6BUF
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-0SOG20:16TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      L
      game 46/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG19:25TOI
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    • The game
      CAR1–2BUF
      W
      game 47/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:55TOI
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    • The game
      TBL1–4BUF
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG18:10TOI
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    • The game
      STL3–3BUF
      game 49/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:05TOI
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    • The game
      PHX3–3BUF
      game 50/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG15:16TOI
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    • February 1998
    • The game
      BUF5–2FLA
      W
      game 51/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP13:25TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BUF7–3TBL
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:22TOI
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    • The game
      BOS2–2BUF
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:56TOI
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    • The game
      PIT2–2BUF
      game 54/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP14:59TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BUF4–1MTL
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1SHP13:06TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      TOR2–2BUF
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:24TOI
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    • The game
      BUF1–1BOS
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:51TOI
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    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYI
      game 62/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP16:20TOI
      +1 assist
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    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8255 of 62 played
      28
      points
      NHL#145
      10
      goals
      NHL#148
      18
      assists
      NHL#132
      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
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:04TOI
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    • The game
      BUF1–2PIT
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:28TOI
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    • The game
      PIT0–3BUF
      W
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:37TOI
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    • The game
      CHI5–3BUF
      L
      game 66/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP14:46TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      FLA1–6BUF
      W
      game 67/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG14:23TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BOS2–1BUF
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP17:34TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BUF2–0CGY
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG14:40TOI
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    • The game
      BUF5–2VAN
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG17:34TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      BUF1–0EDM
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:54TOI
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    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:19TOI
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    • April 1998
    • The game
      LAK0–4BUF
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:42TOI
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    • The game
      BOS4–5BUF
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–0BUF
      L
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG16:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–4OTT
      game 78/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG16:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 81/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG15:49TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–1BUF
      L
      game 82/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:28TOI
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    The season in numbers

    Derek Plante closes the 1997-1998 season with 34 points

    BUFBuffalo Sabres
    Points
    34
    NHL#158
    Games
    72of 82
    88%
    Goals
    13
    NHL#152
    Assists
    21
    NHL#155
    P/GP
    0.47
    NHL#172
    +/-
    +8
    NHL#113
    3 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
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    • Game 1
      BUF3–2PHI
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG21:51TOI
      +1 assist
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    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP21:34TOI
      +1 assist
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    • Buffalo Sabresare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG12:57TOI
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    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–4BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:50TOI
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    • May 1998
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      BUF3–2PHI
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:49TOI
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    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    BUF4–1PHI
    Advance
    5Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    7 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

    BUFvsMTL
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL2–3BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG19:38TOI
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    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL3–6BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:44TOI
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    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      BUF3–1MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP12:52TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0

    BUF4–0MTL
    Advance
    3Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    9 days later
    Conference final

    Buffalo Sabres meet Washington Capitals

    BUFvsWSH
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    View the whole round
    • Game 3
      WSH4–3BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:27TOI
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    • June 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF2–1WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:35TOI
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    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:59TOI
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    Conference final

    Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    BUF2–4WSH
    Eliminated
    3Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Derek Plante ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 3 points

    BUFBuffalo Sabres
    Points
    3
    NHL#108
    Games
    11
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    3
    NHL#63
    P/GP
    0.27
    NHL#80
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#79
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    PHI4–1→MTL4–0→WSH2–4