Regular season and playoffsWSHFLA

Esa Tikkanen's 1997-1998 season

Points

NHL#282

Goals

NHL#407

Assists

NHL#209

Plus/minus

-11

NHL#677

Games

59% of 81

Left winger Esa Tikkanen was 32 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for Florida Panthers och Washington Capitals. He played 48 of a possible 81 games and scored 3 goals and 18 assists for 21 points, 0.44 points per game. He moved from Florida Panthers to Washington Capitals in March. In the playoffs he played 21 games for 6 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs

Year 1997
29 years ago
Season opener
October 1
Esa Tikkanen opens the 1997-1998 season with Florida Panthers
FLAFlorida Panthers
Esa was 32 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 14th NHL season in all.
- The game
  FLA1–3PHI
  L
  October 1game 1/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG19:18TOI
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- The game
  FLA5–3PIT
  W
  October 4game 2/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG16:26TOI
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- The game
  FLA3–5STL
  L
  October 11game 3/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP19:33TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI2–2FLA
  October 13game 4/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG18:48TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL1–2FLA
  W
  October 15game 5/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP18:10TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  FLA0–4DAL
  L
  October 16game 6/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG15:58TOI
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- The game
  PIT4–1FLA
  L
  October 19game 7/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG12:13TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  FLA0–3MTL
  L
  October 22game 8/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG14:55TOI
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- The game
  FLA2–2OTT
  October 23game 9/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG14:41TOI
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- The game
  FLA5–4BOS
  W
  October 25game 10/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP16:17TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  LAK2–2FLA
  October 28game 11/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG24:14TOI
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- The game
  OTT5–2FLA
  L
  October 30game 12/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG13:27TOI
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- November 1997
- The game
  BUF4–3FLA
  L
  November 1game 13/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP16:17TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NJD4–2FLA
  L
  November 5game 14/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG01:24TOI
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- Checkpoint
  November 5
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8214 of 21 played
  7
  points
  NHL#211
  1
  goals
  NHL#315
  6
  assists
  NHL#144
  FLA
  6-11-0W-L-OT16Points
  6th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
Year 1998
28 years ago
- The game
  NJD1–2FLA
  W
  January 1game 41/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG13:47TOI
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- Checkpoint
  January 1
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8215 of 41 played
  7
  points
  NHL#359
  1
  goals
  NHL#413
  6
  assists
  NHL#281
  FLA
  15-20-0W-L-OT36Points
  4th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·15th in the whole NHL
- The game
  FLA2–2TBL
  January 2game 42/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG14:46TOI
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- The game
  ANA3–3FLA
  January 4game 43/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG13:46TOI
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- The game
  FLA2–3EDM
  L
  January 7game 44/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG11:40TOI
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- The game
  FLA2–3PHX
  L
  January 14game 48/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG16:33TOI
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- The game
  FLA3–8ANA
  L
  January 21game 49/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG12:41TOI
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- The game
  CAR0–3FLA
  W
  January 27game 52/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG16:26TOI
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- The game
  DAL2–3FLA
  W
  January 29game 53/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG15:30TOI
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- The game
  TBL0–2FLA
  W
  January 31game 54/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG11:01TOI
  +1 assist
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- February 1998
- The game
  DET1–1FLA
  February 3game 56/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG16:26TOI
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- The game
  NJD3–2FLA
  L
  February 25game 58/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG18:40TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  FLA1–3DET
  L
  February 27game 59/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG14:03TOI
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- March 1998
- The game
  NYR4–3FLA
  L
  March 4game 60/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG15:20TOI
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- The game
  FLA3–6WSH
  L
  March 7game 61/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG16:06TOI
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- The game
  CGY2–5WSH
  W
  March 9game 63/823
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-1SOG2PPP20:18TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  WSH2–1NYI
  W
  March 12game 64/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG20:48TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH0–4OTT
  L
  March 14game 65/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG19:37TOI
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- The game
  PHX1–2WSH
  W
  March 16game 66/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP20:13TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CAR0–1WSH
  W
  March 18game 67/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG22:22TOI
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- The game
  NJD0–2WSH
  W
  March 20game 68/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG21:50TOI
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- The game
  WSH2–3NJD
  L
  March 21game 69/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG20:16TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–4EDM
  L
  March 25game 70/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP25:25TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–3CGY
  L
  March 26game 71/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG23:45TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–2VAN
  W
  March 28game 72/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG21:16TOI
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- The game
  NYI2–5WSH
  W
  March 31game 73/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP19:56TOI
  +1 goal
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- April 1998
- The game
  TBL1–4WSH
  W
  April 2game 74/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG17:13TOI
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- The game
  LAK2–3WSH
  W
  April 4game 75/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG20:44TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL2–2WSH
  April 6game 76/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG21:53TOI
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- The game
  WSH1–2DAL
  L
  April 8game 77/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG22:17TOI
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- The game
  WSH3–4PHI
  L
  April 11game 78/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG21:17TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–0NYI
  W
  April 13game 79/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG17:59TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR1–3WSH
  W
  April 14game 80/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG20:11TOI
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- The game
  WSH4–3CAR
  W
  April 18game 81/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG17:10TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CAR1–2WSH
  W
  April 19game 82/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG17:33TOI
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The season in numbers
April 19
Esa Tikkanen closes the 1997-1998 season with 21 points
FLAFlorida Panthers WSHWashington Capitals
Points
21
NHL#282
Games
48of 82
59%
Goals
3
NHL#407
Assists
18
NHL#209
P/GP
0.44
NHL#196
+/-
-11
NHL#677
3 days later
Playoffs
April 22
Washington Capitals are in the playoffs
First round
April 22
Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins
WSHvsBOS
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Calle Johansson
Swedes on Boston Bruins
Per-Johan Axelsson
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- Game 1
  BOS1–3WSH
  W
  April 222
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG20:01TOI
  +1 goal
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- Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 2
  BOS4–3WSH
  L
  April 242
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP29:42TOI
  +1 goal
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- Washington Capitalsare1–1withBoston Bruins
- Game 3
  WSH3–2BOS
  W
  April 262
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG28:09TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
- Game 4
  WSH3–0BOS
  W
  April 282
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG17:51TOI
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- May 1998
- Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
- Game 5
  BOS4–0WSH
  L
  May 12
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG16:44TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
- Game 6
  WSH3–2BOS
  W
  May 32
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG25:52TOI
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First round
May 3
Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2
WSH4–2BOS
Advance
6Games2Points2Goals0Assists
4 days later
Second round
May 7
Washington Capitals meet Ottawa Senators
WSHvsOTT
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Calle Johansson
Swedes on Ottawa Senators
Daniel Alfredsson
Andreas Dackell
Magnus Arvedson
Per Gustafsson
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- Game 1
  OTT2–4WSH
  W
  May 75
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG18:58TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
- Game 2
  OTT1–6WSH
  W
  May 94
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG19:27TOI
  +1 assist
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- Washington Capitalslead2–0againstOttawa Senators
- Game 3
  WSH3–4OTT
  L
  May 114
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG15:07TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstOttawa Senators
- Game 4
  WSH2–0OTT
  W
  May 134
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG1SHP20:28TOI
  +1 assist
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- Washington Capitalslead3–1againstOttawa Senators
- Game 5
  OTT0–3WSH
  W
  May 154
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG19:03TOI
  +1 assist
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Second round
May 15
Washington Capitals knock Ottawa Senators out 4–1
WSH4–1OTT
Advance
5Games3Points0Goals3Assists
8 days later
Conference final
May 23
Washington Capitals meet Buffalo Sabres
WSHvsBUF
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Calle Johansson
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  BUF2–0WSH
  L
  May 231
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG18:26TOI
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- Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 2
  BUF2–3WSH
  W
  May 251
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG16:50TOI
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- Washington Capitalsare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
- Game 3
  WSH4–3BUF
  W
  May 281
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG17:49TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 4
  WSH2–0BUF
  W
  May 301
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG12:29TOI
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- June 1998
- Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 5
  BUF2–1WSH
  L
  June 21
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG12:49TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 6
  WSH3–2BUF
  W
  June 41
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG16:11TOI
  +1 goal
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Conference final
June 4
Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2
WSH4–2BUF
Advance
6Games1Points1Goals0Assists
5 days later
Stanley Cup Final
June 9
Washington Capitals play the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit Red Wings
WSHvsDET
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Calle Johansson
Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
Tomas Holmström
Nicklas Lidström
Anders Eriksson
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- Game 1
  WSH1–2DET
  L
  June 94
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG17:02TOI
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- Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 2
  WSH4–5DET
  L
  June 114
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG22:43TOI
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- Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 3
  DET2–1WSH
  L
  June 134
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG12:13TOI
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- Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 4
  DET4–1WSH
  L
  June 164
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:18TOI
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Stanley Cup Final
June 16
Detroit Red Wings knock Washington Capitals out 4–0
WSH0–4DET
Eliminated
4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
June 16
Esa Tikkanen ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 6 points
FLAFlorida Panthers WSHWashington Capitals
Points
6
NHL#54
Games
21
Goals
3
NHL#36
Assists
3
NHL#63
P/GP
0.29
NHL#75
+/-
-2
NHL#232
BOS4–2→OTT4–1→BUF4–2→DET0–4

Esa Tikkanen opens the 1997-1998 season with Florida Panthers

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

Esa Tikkanen closes the 1997-1998 season with 21 points

Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins

Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

Washington Capitals meet Ottawa Senators

Washington Capitals knock Ottawa Senators out 4–1

Washington Capitals meet Buffalo Sabres

Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

Washington Capitals play the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings knock Washington Capitals out 4–0

Esa Tikkanen ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 6 points