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Eric Desjardins's 1997-1998 season

Points
33
NHL#166
Goals
6
NHL#292
Assists
27
NHL#91
Plus/minus
+11
NHL#70
Games
77
93%
93% of 82

Defenceman Eric Desjardins was 28 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played 77 of a possible 82 games and scored 6 goals and 27 assists for 33 points, 0.43 points per game. 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

    Eric Desjardins plays the 1997-1998 season for Philadelphia Flyers

    Eric was 28 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Eric Desjardins's season starts in game 6 of 82

    Philadelphia Flyers have played 5 games5 of 82 without him
    • The game
      PHI6–2MTL
      W
      game 6/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG20:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–2SJS
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG21:54TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–2ANA
      game 8/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:29TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–5LAK
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG24:56TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–7PHI
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP21:43TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY3–4PHI
      W
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:14TOI
    • The game
      NJD5–0PHI
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:45TOI
    • The game
      STL3–2PHI
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG24:14TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–2WSH
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP23:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • November 1997
    • The game
      DAL3–3PHI
      game 15/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG27:32TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–1STL
      W
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:42TOI
    • The game
      EDM2–6PHI
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–3OTT
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP22:54TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      OTT0–1PHI
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:25TOI
    • The game
      COL2–1PHI
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:10TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–2FLA
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP19:01TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8216 of 21 played
      7
      points
      NHL#185
      3
      goals
      NHL#141
      4
      assists
      NHL#211
      +5
      +/-
      NHL#29
      PHI
      12-6-0W-L-OT27Points
      1st in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL2–3PHI
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG22:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–3TOR
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:43TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0PHI
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:18TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1BUF
      W
      game 25/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG21:16TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–4PHI
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG13:28TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–3TBL
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:46TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1PHI
      game 28/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:04TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–0PHI
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:13TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYR
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG23:18TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–4PHI
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:17TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–2CHI
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG23:36TOI
    • The game
      TBL0–3PHI
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG21:42TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1MTL
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP26:27TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 35/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA0–2PHI
      W
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:49TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–4PHI
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG26:05TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI2–5CGY
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:48TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1EDM
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:50TOI
    • The game
      PHI8–0VAN
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG21:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI7–2OTT
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG22:08TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8236 of 41 played
      15
      points
      NHL#193
      5
      goals
      NHL#198
      10
      assists
      NHL#173
      +15
      +/-
      NHL#8
      PHI
      24-10-0W-L-OT55Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI3–3CAR
      game 42/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:36TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–4WSH
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG22:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI5–2TBL
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:23TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–3PHI
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG25:31TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      W
      game 46/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP21:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYR
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG23:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI0–1DET
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:39TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–3PHI
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:38TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYI
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG19:30TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–2PHI
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG20:36TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–2PHI
      L
      game 52/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:30TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      PHI0–1DAL
      L
      game 53/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:30TOI
    • The game
      PHI6–2PHX
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG23:52TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3COL
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:04TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1NYR
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:33TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      PHI3–4NJD
      L
      game 57/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG25:23TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–3NYI
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG27:15TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG23:00TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–6PIT
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-5SOG1PPP21:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–4PHI
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG24:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–2PHI
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG28:14TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8257 of 62 played
      20
      points
      NHL#223
      5
      goals
      NHL#280
      15
      assists
      NHL#179
      +8
      +/-
      NHL#41
      PHI
      32-20-0W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN2–3PHI
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:47TOI
    • The game
      DET1–6PHI
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-2SOG3PPP27:41TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      TOR1–4PHI
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:10TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–3PHI
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG26:37TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–4PIT
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG27:30TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR4–5PHI
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP29:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG21:48TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–4BOS
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG27:14TOI
    • The game
      CAR4–2PHI
      L
      game 71/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP25:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–1CAR
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG25:34TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Eric Desjardins reaches 250 career assists

    in the game against Carolina Hurricanes · March 29

    • The game
      CHI2–3PHI
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG23:18TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      LAK0–3PHI
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:37TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–1PHI
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG25:47TOI
    • The game
      PHI6–1TBL
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG23:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–3FLA
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG29:31TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–4PHI
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP30:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–2BUF
      L
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG29:49TOI
    • The game
      PHI7–3FLA
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP30:59TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG28:34TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2BOS
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP28:54TOI
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Eric Desjardins closes the 1997-1998 season with 33 points

    Points
    33
    NHL#166
    Games
    77of 82
    94%
    Goals
    6
    NHL#292
    Assists
    27
    NHL#91
    P/GP
    0.43
    NHL#204
    +/-
    +11
    NHL#70
    Events
    250
    career assists
    3 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
      -2+/-0SOG31:14TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3PHI
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP31:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • Philadelphia Flyersare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:49TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–4BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG26:38TOI
    • May 1998
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      BUF3–2PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG31:33TOI
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    PHI1–4BUF
    Eliminated
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Eric Desjardins ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#178
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    1
    NHL#149
    P/GP
    0.20
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#275
    BUF1–4