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Jari Kurri's 1997-1998 season

Points
22
NHL#269
Goals
5
NHL#330
Assists
17
NHL#219
Plus/minus
+6
NHL#142
Games
70
85%
85% of 82

Right winger Jari Kurri was 37 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 17th in the NHL, and played it for Colorado Avalanche. He played 70 of a possible 82 games and scored 5 goals and 17 assists for 22 points, 0.31 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 0 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Jari Kurri plays the 1997-1998 season for Colorado Avalanche

    Jari was 37 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 17th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DAL2–2COL
      game 1/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG18:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL4–1CGY
      W
      game 2/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG12:27TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL3–0EDM
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:34TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–3COL
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP20:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–3COL
      W
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:11TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–3COL
      game 6/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:08TOI
    • The game
      COL6–2EDM
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP13:06TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      COL5–6CGY
      L
      game 8/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG23:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL4–4VAN
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:25TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–4COL
      W
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:56TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–3COL
      game 11/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG18:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL1–3DAL
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:05TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3COL
      W
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:07TOI
    • The game
      COL2–2STL
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:11TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      CGY3–3COL
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:46TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–2COL
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:57TOI
    • The game
      STL1–4COL
      W
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG18:42TOI
    • The game
      COL2–0DET
      W
      game 18/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:15TOI
    • The game
      COL2–1PHI
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG14:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL1–4NJD
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG10:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL1–4NYR
      L
      game 21/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:48TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      9
      points
      NHL#144
      2
      goals
      NHL#215
      7
      assists
      NHL#94
      COL
      10-5-0W-L-OT26Points
      1st in the Pacific·4th in the Western Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR1–3COL
      W
      game 23/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:40TOI
    • The game
      LAK2–1COL
      L
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:54TOI
    • The game
      COL3–3TBL
      game 25/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG09:55TOI
    • The game
      COL3–2FLA
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:28TOI
    • The game
      COL3–2CAR
      W
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:05TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      EDM2–4COL
      W
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:12TOI
    • The game
      COL2–1CHI
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:08TOI
    • The game
      COL2–4MTL
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:30TOI
    • The game
      COL2–2TOR
      game 32/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:45TOI
    • The game
      COL1–3CGY
      L
      game 33/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:44TOI
    • The game
      COL5–2VAN
      W
      game 34/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG17:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR2–3COL
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:54TOI
    • The game
      DET2–2COL
      game 36/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:47TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–3COL
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:48TOI
    • The game
      LAK1–5COL
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG18:36TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Jari Kurri reaches 600 career goals

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · December 23

    • The game
      COL5–1EDM
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:45TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–1COL
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:58TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–3COL
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG19:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      12
      points
      NHL#242
      4
      goals
      NHL#233
      8
      assists
      NHL#216
      COL
      21-8-0W-L-OT54Points
      1st in the Pacific·3rd in the Western Conference·3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      COL2–2BUF
      game 42/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP20:36TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      COL5–4PIT
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:05TOI
    • The game
      CGY3–1COL
      L
      game 44/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:23TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–4COL
      game 45/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG15:52TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–3COL
      game 46/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:15TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–3COL
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP16:01TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL2–0ANA
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP17:42TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      SJS2–2COL
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:09TOI
    • The game
      COL2–3DAL
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG12:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA4–3COL
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:13TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–2COL
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:23TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–6COL
      W
      game 54/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG13:50TOI
    • The game
      COL2–5SJS
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:35TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      COL2–1VAN
      W
      game 56/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:50TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3COL
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1SHP10:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX0–3COL
      W
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:12TOI
    • The game
      CHI4–0COL
      L
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:48TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8256 of 62 played
      19
      points
      NHL#224
      5
      goals
      NHL#272
      14
      assists
      NHL#180
      COL
      31-15-0W-L-OT78Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Pacific·3rd in the Western Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • March 1998
    • The game
      COL5–3TOR
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP13:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL2–4OTT
      L
      game 64/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:15TOI
    • The game
      COL4–2NYI
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:40TOI
    • The game
      STL2–3COL
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:46TOI
    • The game
      COL2–5LAK
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG10:25TOI
    • The game
      COL3–5ANA
      L
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:56TOI
    • The game
      COL4–3PHX
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG09:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL2–0SJS
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:55TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–0COL
      L
      game 72/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:40TOI
    • The game
      COL1–4BOS
      L
      game 74/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP11:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • April 1998
    • The game
      COL1–2CHI
      L
      game 76/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:55TOI
    • The game
      LAK3–1COL
      L
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:10TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–4COL
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:11TOI
    Milestone

    Jari Kurri reaches 1,250 NHL games

    in the game against San Jose Sharks · April 16

    • The game
      DET3–4COL
      W
      game 82/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG17:16TOI
    The season in numbers

    Jari Kurri closes the 1997-1998 season with 22 points

    Points
    22
    NHL#269
    Games
    70of 82
    85%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#330
    Assists
    17
    NHL#219
    P/GP
    0.31
    NHL#288
    +/-
    +6
    NHL#142
    Events
    1,250
    NHL games
    600
    career goals
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Colorado Avalanche are in the playoffs

    First round

    Colorado Avalanche meet Edmonton Oilers

    COLvsEDM
    Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
    Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
    • Game 1
      EDM3–2COL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:38TOI
    • Edmonton Oilerslead1–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 2
      EDM2–5COL
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:33TOI
    • Colorado Avalancheare1–1withEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 3
      COL5–4EDM
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG09:45TOI
    • May 1998
    • Colorado Avalanchelead2–1againstEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 6
      COL0–2EDM
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:07TOI
    First round

    Edmonton Oilers knock Colorado Avalanche out 4–3

    COL3–4EDM
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Jari Kurri ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#254
    Games
    4
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    0
    NHL#210
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#178
    EDM3–4