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Doug Bodger's 1997-1998 season

Points
20
NHL#290
Goals
9
NHL#228
Assists
11
NHL#311
Plus/minus
-1
NHL#384
Games
77
91%
91% of 84

Defenceman Doug Bodger was 31 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for San Jose Sharks och New Jersey Devils. He played 77 of a possible 84 games and scored 9 goals and 11 assists for 20 points, 0.26 points per game. He moved from San Jose Sharks to New Jersey Devils in December. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 0 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Doug Bodger opens the 1997-1998 season with San Jose Sharks

    Doug was 31 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 14th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      EDM5–3SJS
      L
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP16:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–3SJS
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP12:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT1–0SJS
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:39TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–3COL
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:57TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5SJS
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      +4+/-2SOG21:27TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–2SJS
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG25:24TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–2SJS
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG21:57TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5PHX
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG22:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT5–2SJS
      L
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:16TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–3NJD
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP20:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–1NYI
      W
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:50TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–4DET
      L
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:23TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5CHI
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG20:47TOI
      +1 goal
    • November 1997
    • The game
      SJS0–2STL
      L
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG29:16TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–0SJS
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG27:10TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3SJS
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP17:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–2SJS
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG25:55TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–6LAK
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG19:53TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–2SJS
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:15TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played
      6
      points
      NHL#232
      2
      goals
      NHL#211
      4
      assists
      NHL#217
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#49
      SJS
      6-14-0W-L-OT13Points
      5th in the Pacific·11th in the Western Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA2–4SJS
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:38TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0PHI
      W
      game 23/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG20:44TOI
      +2 goals
    Milestone

    Doug Bodger reaches 500 career points

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · November 20

    • The game
      SJS5–2WSH
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG21:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–2MTL
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG25:54TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–3TOR
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG23:01TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2SJS
      L
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:06TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–6EDM
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG21:55TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      SJS2–3CGY
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP21:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–2VAN
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:12TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–5NJD
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:00TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–0TOR
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG19:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–4NJD
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG16:57TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD4–4STL
      game 33/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:01TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–5DET
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:03TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1WSH
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:15TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–1BUF
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:20TOI
    • The game
      CHI6–2NJD
      L
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG14:36TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–2FLA
      L
      game 39/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:53TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–4NJD
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:03TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–3NJD
      L
      game 41/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG15:31TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      12
      points
      NHL#250
      5
      goals
      NHL#202
      7
      assists
      NHL#257
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#123
      NJD
      26-13-0W-L-OT54Points
      2nd in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–3NJD
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:26TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–4NJD
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:30TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–4PIT
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG12:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–1BOS
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:40TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–4NJD
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:51TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3NJD
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG15:32TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–2NJD
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:24TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–3NYR
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG12:14TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–1MTL
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:09TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1EDM
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:18TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–3VAN
      L
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:02TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–2CGY
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG16:48TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      NJD1–0OTT
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:19TOI
    • The game
      OTT0–2NJD
      W
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:15TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYI
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG16:25TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Doug Bodger reaches 100 career goals

    in the game against New York Islanders · February 7

    • The game
      NJD3–2FLA
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:25TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      PHI3–4NJD
      W
      game 60/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:02TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–1NJD
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:25TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–6NJD
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG16:03TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      14
      points
      NHL#302
      6
      goals
      NHL#248
      8
      assists
      NHL#315
      +5
      +/-
      NHL#57
      NJD
      39-16-0W-L-OT85Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 63/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG16:06TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–2PHI
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:32TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–0CAR
      W
      game 65/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:29TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–4MTL
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA0–3NJD
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:45TOI
    • The game
      NJD0–2WSH
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:26TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG2PPP21:21TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI2–3NJD
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:32TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–0COL
      W
      game 71/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:47TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–0PHX
      W
      game 72/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG15:17TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–3DAL
      L
      game 73/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP18:41TOI
      +1 goal
    • April 1998
    • The game
      CAR4–0NJD
      L
      game 74/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG20:54TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–2NJD
      L
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG23:33TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–3NJD
      W
      game 76/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP18:20TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–3NYI
      L
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:55TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2BOS
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP19:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–5NJD
      W
      game 80/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG17:30TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1CHI
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:27TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–1NJD
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG17:01TOI
    The season in numbers

    Doug Bodger closes the 1997-1998 season with 20 points

    Points
    20
    NHL#290
    Games
    77of 82
    94%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#228
    Assists
    11
    NHL#311
    P/GP
    0.26
    NHL#344
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#384
    Events
    500
    career points
    100
    career goals
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    New Jersey Devils are in the playoffs

    First round

    New Jersey Devils meet Ottawa Senators

    NJDvsOTT
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      OTT2–1NJD
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG20:25TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      OTT1–3NJD
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:28TOI
    • New Jersey Devilsare1–1withOttawa Senators
    • Game 3
      NJD1–2OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:25TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      NJD3–4OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:50TOI
    • May 1998
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 6
      NJD1–3OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG15:54TOI
    First round

    Ottawa Senators knock New Jersey Devils out 4–2

    NJD2–4OTT
    Eliminated
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Doug Bodger ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#254
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    0
    NHL#210
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#328
    OTT2–4