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Hal Gill's 1997-1998 season

Points
6
NHL#504
Goals
2
NHL#460
Assists
4
NHL#484
Plus/minus
+4
NHL#178
Games
68
82%
82% of 82

Defenceman Hal Gill was 22 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 68 of a possible 82 games and scored 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points, 0.09 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 0 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. A late start

    Hal Gill's season starts in game 8 of 82

    Boston Bruins have played 7 games7 of 82 without him
    NHL debut

    Hal Gill makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠0 win against Vancouver Canucks

    Hal was 22 years old · General Motors Place, Canada

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    5:09
    TOI

    Swedes on the ice: Per-Johan Axelsson, Markus Näslund and Mattias Öhlund.

    • The game
      BOS2–0VAN
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:09TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      BOS3–1OTT
      W
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG17:15TOI
    • The game
      WSH0–2BOS
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG21:17TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Hal Gill records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Washington Capitals · November 6

    • The game
      BOS0–2NJD
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:53TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–3DAL
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:14TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4STL
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG17:40TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Hal Gill scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · November 13

    • The game
      OTT3–3BOS
      game 20/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:03TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–2OTT
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:01TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 828 of 21 played
      2
      points
      NHL#420
      1
      goals
      NHL#303
      1
      assists
      NHL#422
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#67
      BOS
      11-7-0W-L-OT25Points
      2nd in the Northeast·5th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS3–3PIT
      game 22/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–0BOS
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:57TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–0BOS
      L
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:32TOI
    • The game
      BOS5–10FLA
      L
      game 25/823
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG16:00TOI
    • The game
      VAN5–2BOS
      L
      game 26/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG17:48TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–1BOS
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:05TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      BOS1–3CAR
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:48TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–0PHI
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG00:07TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–4BOS
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:31TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–2BOS
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:34TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–4BOS
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG04:33TOI
    • The game
      BOS6–2FLA
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG13:10TOI
    • The game
      BOS0–2TBL
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:04TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG12:10TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–3BOS
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:28TOI
    • The game
      DET4–2BOS
      L
      game 37/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:22TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–1TBL
      W
      game 38/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG07:33TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYR
      L
      game 39/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG07:00TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–2TOR
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG10:25TOI
    • The game
      OTT0–0BOS
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:40TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8228 of 41 played
      3
      points
      NHL#465
      1
      goals
      NHL#413
      2
      assists
      NHL#454
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#122
      BOS
      17-16-0W-L-OT42Points
      3rd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS0–3BOS
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:23TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–1MTL
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:55TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–5BOS
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:07TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1BOS
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:34TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–5BOS
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:04TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4PIT
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG15:16TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–4WSH
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:16TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–6BOS
      W
      game 50/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG17:00TOI
    • The game
      PIT4–2BOS
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG23:42TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–4BOS
      W
      game 52/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG19:25TOI
      +1 goal
    • February 1998
    • The game
      BOS2–2NYI
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG23:04TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–2BUF
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:44TOI
    • The game
      STL3–1BOS
      L
      game 55/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:42TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–1BOS
      L
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:10TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–1BOS
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:47TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–6BOS
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:39TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BOS5–4NYI
      W
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:56TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–0WSH
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:31TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–1NJD
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:53TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–1BOS
      L
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:52TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8248 of 62 played
      4
      points
      NHL#502
      2
      goals
      NHL#409
      2
      assists
      NHL#513
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#81
      BOS
      26-23-0W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS6–3DET
      W
      game 63/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:05TOI
    • The game
      CGY5–2BOS
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG19:26TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–5BOS
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG17:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL3–4BOS
      W
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG16:26TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–4BOS
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG20:12TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–1BUF
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:35TOI
    • The game
      BOS0–1CHI
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:49TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–4BOS
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-1SOG22:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA3–2BOS
      L
      game 71/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG22:49TOI
    • The game
      COL1–4BOS
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:25TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      BOS4–2NYR
      W
      game 73/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:54TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–5BUF
      L
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:09TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–0BOS
      L
      game 75/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:47TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–2OTT
      W
      game 76/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:18TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–4BOS
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:15TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2BOS
      L
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:18TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–2CAR
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:44TOI
    • The game
      BOS6–2MTL
      W
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:12TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5PIT
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:46TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2BOS
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:38TOI
    The season in numbers

    Hal Gill closes the 1997-1998 season with 6 points

    Points
    6
    NHL#504
    Games
    68of 82
    83%
    Goals
    2
    NHL#460
    Assists
    4
    NHL#484
    P/GP
    0.09
    NHL#523
    +/-
    +4
    NHL#178
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Boston Bruins meet Washington Capitals

    BOSvsWSH
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    • Game 1
      BOS1–3WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:27TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS4–3WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:01TOI
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH3–2BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:11TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–0BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:57TOI
    • May 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BOS4–0WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:41TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:12TOI
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    BOS2–4WSH
    Eliminated
    6Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Hal Gill ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#254
    Games
    6
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    0
    NHL#210
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#178
    WSH2–4