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Grant Fuhr's 1997-1998 season

Wins
29
NHL#11
Save pct
.898
NHL#49
GAA
2.53
NHL#33
Shutouts
3
NHL#18
Games
58
70%
70% of 82

Goaltender Grant Fuhr was 35 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 17th in the NHL, and played it for St. Louis Blues. He played 58 games and won 29 of them, at .898. In the playoffs he played 10 games and won 6.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Grant Fuhr plays the 1997-1998 season for St. Louis Blues

    Grant was 35 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 17th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BUF3–1STL
      L
      game 1/82
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA59:43TOIL
      .842
    • The game
      PHX2–7STL
      W
      game 2/82
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
    Milestone

    Grant Fuhr reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Phoenix Coyotes · October 3

    • The game
      LAK2–3STL
      W
      game 4/82
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA63:16TOIW
      .917
    • The game
      FLA3–5STL
      W
      game 5/82
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .850
    • The game
      CAR1–3STL
      W
      game 6/82
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .944
    • The game
      STL2–0CHI
      W
      game 7/82
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      STL3–3DET
      game 9/822
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA65:00TOI
      .893
    • The game
      VAN1–4STL
      W
      game 11/822
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      WSH2–5STL
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .889
    • The game
      STL3–2PHI
      W
      game 13/821
      His night
      .667SV%in relief
      4SV6SA2GA30:42TOIW
      in relief
    • The game
      COL2–2STL
      game 14/821
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA64:56TOI
      .935
    • November 1997
    • The game
      SJS0–2STL
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      24SV24SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHI5–1STL
      L
      game 16/821
      His night
      .808SV%
      21SV26SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .808
    • The game
      STL1–2CHI
      L
      game 17/82
      His night
      .875SV%
      14SV16SA2GA58:45TOIL
      .875
    • The game
      BOS2–4STL
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      .846SV%
      11SV13SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .846
    • The game
      DET2–5STL
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8215 of 21 started
      11
      wins
      NHL#2
      .910
      SV%
      NHL#12
      2.0
      GAA
      NHL#5
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#2
      STL
      14-5-0W-L-OT30Points
      1st in the Central·1st in the Western Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–2TOR
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .943
    • The game
      EDM3–0STL
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA59:34TOIL
      .889
    • The game
      ANA2–0STL
      L
      game 24/821
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA59:19TOIL
      .905
    • The game
      STL2–3PHX
      L
      game 25/82
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA58:44TOIL
      .889
    • The game
      LAK2–2STL
      game 26/821
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA65:00TOI
      .931
    • December 1997
    • The game
      STL3–1NJD
      W
      game 28/82
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA59:55TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      TOR3–4STL
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .857
    • The game
      CGY3–4STL
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA64:38TOIW
      .880
    • The game
      VAN1–5STL
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .944
    • The game
      STL3–4MTL
      L
      game 32/821
      His night
      .840SV%
      21SV25SA4GA60:55TOIL
      .840
    • The game
      EDM4–1STL
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA59:25TOIL
      .885
    • The game
      OTT3–1STL
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA58:42TOIL
      .885
    • The game
      NJD4–4STL
      game 36/82
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA64:57TOI
      .778
    • The game
      PIT1–4STL
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
    • The game
      STL2–2TBL
      game 38/82
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA65:00TOI
      .933
    • The game
      CHI4–1STL
      L
      game 40/82
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .882
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8231 of 41 started
      17
      wins
      NHL#4
      .906
      SV%
      NHL#18
      2.3
      GAA
      NHL#9
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#12
      STL
      22-13-0W-L-OT50Points
      3rd in the Central·4th in the Western Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL2–4WSH
      L
      game 42/821
      His night
      .692SV%
      9SV13SA4GA20:00TOIL
      .692
    • The game
      STL2–5DET
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA59:12TOIL
      .862
    • The game
      CGY3–4STL
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA59:47TOIW
      .917
    • The game
      STL5–1SJS
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA59:45TOIW
      .941
    • The game
      STL5–1CGY
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA59:47TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      STL1–2EDM
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA59:06TOIL
      .913
    • The game
      DAL2–1STL
      L
      game 49/82
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:57TOIL
      .933
    • The game
      STL1–3NYR
      L
      game 50/822
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA58:47TOIL
      .870
    • The game
      NYI3–3STL
      game 51/822
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA64:39TOI
      .870
    • The game
      STL4–5CHI
      L
      game 52/82
      His night
      .815SV%
      22SV27SA5GA58:58TOIL
      .815
    • The game
      STL2–4PIT
      L
      game 53/821
      His night
      .500SV%
      2SV4SA2GA05:44TOI
      .500
    • The game
      TOR0–2STL
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      23SV23SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      DAL3–6STL
      W
      game 56/82
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
    • February 1998
    • The game
      STL2–3TOR
      L
      game 57/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA59:11TOIL
      .857
    • The game
      DET1–4STL
      W
      game 59/822
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA59:35TOIW
      .955
    • The game
      STL1–3SJS
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      .824SV%
      14SV17SA3GA32:31TOIL
      .824
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8247 of 62 started
      23
      wins
      NHL#6
      .901
      SV%
      NHL#24
      2.4
      GAA
      NHL#14
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#15
      STL
      32-22-0W-L-OT72Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Central·4th in the Western Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • March 1998
    • The game
      STL0–2EDM
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      .857SV%in relief
      12SV14SA2GA20:00TOIL
      in relief
    • The game
      STL3–5CGY
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA58:49TOIL
      .871
    • The game
      TBL2–3STL
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA59:58TOIW
      .895
    • The game
      DET2–3STL
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA59:56TOIW
      .943
    • The game
      SJS2–6STL
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA59:55TOIW
      .905
    • April 1998
    • The game
      COL1–4STL
      W
      game 75/82
      His night
      .952SV%
      20SV21SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .952
    • The game
      STL3–5DET
      L
      game 76/823
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA59:50TOIL
      .826
    • The game
      PHX4–3STL
      L
      game 78/82
      His night
      .818SV%
      9SV11SA2GA20:00TOI
      .818
    • The game
      STL5–4PHX
      W
      game 81/82
      His night
      .810SV%
      17SV21SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .810
    • The game
      STL5–3ANA
      W
      game 82/82
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:30TOIW
      .893
    The season in numbers

    Grant Fuhr closes the 1997-1998 season with 29 wins

    Wins
    29
    Games
    58of 82
    71%
    Shutouts
    3
    SV%
    .898
    GAA
    2.53
    Starts
    56
    Events
    750
    NHL games
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    St. Louis Blues are in the playoffs

    First round

    St. Louis Blues meet Los Angeles Kings

    STLvsLAK
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    • Game 1
      LAK3–8STL
      W
      1
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA59:57TOIW
      .889
    • St. Louis Blueslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 2
      LAK1–2STL
      W
      1
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA59:53TOIW
      .963
    • St. Louis Blueslead2–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 3
      STL4–3LAK
      W
      1
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
    • St. Louis Blueslead3–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 4
      STL2–1LAK
      W
      1
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
    First round

    St. Louis Blues knock Los Angeles Kings out 4–0

    STL4–0LAK
    Advance
    4Games4Wins.929SV%2.0GAA
    9 days later
    Second round

    St. Louis Blues meet Detroit Red Wings

    STLvsDET
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      STL4–2DET
      W
      3
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA59:58TOIW
      .931
    • St. Louis Blueslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      STL1–6DET
      L
      3
      His night
      .848SV%
      28SV33SA5GA59:26TOIL
      .848
    • St. Louis Bluesare1–1withDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 3
      DET3–2STL
      L
      2
      His night
      .933SV%
      42SV45SA3GA91:12TOIL
      .933
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      DET5–2STL
      L
      2
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA59:27TOIL
      .826
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      STL3–1DET
      W
      2
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA59:49TOIW
      .967
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      DET6–1STL
      L
      3
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA45:52TOIL
      .800
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

    STL2–4DET
    Eliminated
    6Games2Wins.892SV%3.2GAA
    The run in numbers

    Grant Fuhr ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 6 wins

    Wins
    6
    Games
    10
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .906
    GAA
    2.73
    Starts
    10
    LAK4–0→DET2–4