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Jan Mertzig's 1998-1999 season

Points
2
Swedish flag#36NHL#613
Goals
0
NHL#606
Assists
2
Swedish flag#35NHL#568
Plus/minus
-5
NHL#582
Games
23
28%
28% of 82

Defenceman Jan Mertzig was 28 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 23 of a possible 82 games and scored 0 goals and 2 assists for 2 points, 0.09 points per game. That was 36th among the Swedes and 613th in the NHL. New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1998-1999
  1. NHL debut

    Jan Mertzig makes his NHL debut in 0–⁠1 loss against Philadelphia Flyers

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers1–0NYRNew York Rangers

    Jan was 28 years old · Madison Square Garden, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    7:02
    TOI

    Other Swedes on the ice: Niklas Sundström, Peter Popovic and Ulf Samuelsson.

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    • The game
      PHI1–0NYR
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:02TOI
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    • The game
      NYR1–7MTL
      L
      game 2/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG15:36TOI
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    • The game
      NJD2–1NYR
      L
      game 4/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:35TOI
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    • The game
      NYR3–3PIT
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG08:25TOI
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    • The game
      EDM2–3NYR
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:41TOI
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    • The game
      NYI2–3NYR
      W
      game 7/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:26TOI
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    • The game
      NYR2–2PHI
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:02TOI
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    • The game
      BUF0–0NYR
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:18TOI
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    • The game
      CAR0–1NYR
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:02TOI
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    • November 1998
    • The game
      NYR1–3NJD
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG11:46TOI
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    • The game
      MTL4–1NYR
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG14:24TOI
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    • The game
      NYR6–6TOR
      game 13/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:52TOI
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    • The game
      NYR10–2TBL
      W
      game 14/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:08TOI
      +1 assist
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    Milestone

    Jan Mertzig records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Tampa Bay Lightning · November 10

    • The game
      NYR1–4FLA
      L
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG14:22TOI
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    • The game
      BOS3–3NYR
      game 16/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:43TOI
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    • The game
      NYR1–3ANA
      L
      game 17/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:50TOI
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    • The game
      NYR5–1LAK
      W
      game 18/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG14:45TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYR2–2SJS
      game 19/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:10TOI
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    • The game
      NYR2–4BUF
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:47TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8219 of 41 played
      2
      points
      Swedish flag#32NHL#512
      0
      goals
      Swedish flag#31NHL#506
      2
      assists
      Swedish flag#30NHL#468
      -2
      +/-
      Swedish flag#9NHL#153
      NYR
      17-17-0W-L-OT41Points
      4th in the Atlantic·9th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI3–1NYR
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:51TOI
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    • The game
      NYR0–3MTL
      L
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:19TOI
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    • The game
      OTT2–1NYR
      L
      game 44/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:50TOI
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    • The game
      FLA2–1NYR
      L
      game 45/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG12:58TOI
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    The season in numbers

    Jan Mertzig closes the 1998-1999 season with 2 points

    NYRNew York Rangers
    New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    2
    #36NHL#613
    Games
    23of 82
    28%
    Goals
    0
    #35NHL#606
    Assists
    2
    #35NHL#568
    P/GP
    0.09
    +/-
    -5
    #23NHL#582
    Events
    2
    career best in points
    2
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist