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Jeff Friesen's 1997-1998 season

Points
63
NHL#32
Goals
31
NHL#15
Assists
32
NHL#59
Plus/minus
+8
NHL#113
Games
79
96%
96% of 82

Left winger Jeff Friesen was 21 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for San Jose Sharks. He played 79 of a possible 82 games and scored 31 goals and 32 assists for 63 points, 0.80 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 1 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Jeff Friesen plays the 1997-1998 season for San Jose Sharks

    Jeff was 21 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      SJS2–3COL
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG17:13TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5SJS
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG18:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–2SJS
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG21:42TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–2SJS
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG16:16TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–5PHX
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG18:13TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT5–2SJS
      L
      game 9/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG21:46TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS4–3NJD
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP16:34TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS2–1NYI
      W
      game 11/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG23:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–4DET
      L
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG21:17TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5CHI
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP16:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • November 1997
    • The game
      SJS0–2STL
      L
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG19:06TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–0SJS
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:26TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3SJS
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG23:14TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–3SJS
      W
      game 17/824
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-4SOG15:29TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      SJS6–4ANA
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP19:29TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      VAN5–2SJS
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-5SOG18:49TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–6LAK
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP17:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX3–2SJS
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:25TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      13
      points
      NHL#73
      7
      goals
      NHL#35
      6
      assists
      NHL#120
      SJS
      6-14-0W-L-OT13Points
      5th in the Pacific·11th in the Western Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA2–4SJS
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG1SHP17:49TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      SJS3–0PHI
      W
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:00TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–2WSH
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG18:42TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS2–2MTL
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:53TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–3TOR
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:28TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2SJS
      L
      game 27/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP20:30TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS1–6EDM
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:29TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      SJS2–3CGY
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG17:02TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–2VAN
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG15:00TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–3SJS
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG20:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS1–0DAL
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:04TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–1CHI
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG06:10TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–5SJS
      W
      game 34/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG17:55TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN0–0SJS
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:27TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–2ANA
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP16:25TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      PHX4–0SJS
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:26TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–2TBL
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:39TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–2FLA
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:39TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–1DET
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG16:15TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS0–3BOS
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:25TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8238 of 41 played
      27
      points
      NHL#62
      16
      goals
      NHL#18
      11
      assists
      NHL#144
      SJS
      15-21-0W-L-OT35Points
      3rd in the Pacific·8th in the Western Conference·18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL5–1SJS
      L
      game 42/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG17:19TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5SJS
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP17:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL3–1SJS
      L
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:47TOI
    • The game
      LAK4–2SJS
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG17:46TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      SJS2–2COL
      game 46/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG16:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY1–7SJS
      W
      game 47/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG18:57TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM2–3SJS
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:15TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–1SJS
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG16:05TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–4SJS
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP14:23TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI3–0SJS
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG17:22TOI
    • The game
      COL2–5SJS
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP16:08TOI
      +2 points
    • February 1998
    • The game
      NYR3–2SJS
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–0EDM
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG14:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–4CGY
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:27TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–6VAN
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG17:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–3SJS
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP15:32TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS1–4EDM
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1SHP19:05TOI
      +1 goal
    • March 1998
    • The game
      CAR3–1SJS
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG19:10TOI
    • The game
      DET4–5SJS
      W
      game 60/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1SHP16:35TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      SJS3–0ANA
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP15:38TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR2–3SJS
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:53TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8259 of 62 played
      45
      points
      NHL#50
      23
      goals
      NHL#23
      22
      assists
      NHL#86
      SJS
      25-30-0W-L-OT57Points
      4th in the Pacific·9th in the Western Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS3–5NYR
      L
      game 63/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP16:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS1–3BUF
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:08TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–1CAR
      W
      game 65/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK1–2SJS
      W
      game 66/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG16:32TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Jeff Friesen reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · March 16

    • The game
      DAL3–1SJS
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG17:49TOI
    • The game
      COL2–0SJS
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:39TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–3PHX
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP08:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–3SJS
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1SHP15:29TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS5–2LAK
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP15:26TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      SJS4–1DAL
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP18:24TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS2–6STL
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:10TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      SJS3–2PIT
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP16:30TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS3–3OTT
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG17:42TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–3TOR
      W
      game 76/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP14:48TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CGY0–6SJS
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP16:52TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      ANA2–5SJS
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG17:19TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      VAN1–1SJS
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:37TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–3CGY
      game 80/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG2PPP19:35TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS1–4COL
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:52TOI
    • The game
      CGY1–4SJS
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG18:10TOI
    The season in numbers

    Jeff Friesen closes the 1997-1998 season with 63 points

    Points
    63
    NHL#32
    Games
    79of 82
    96%
    Goals
    31
    NHL#15
    Assists
    32
    NHL#59
    P/GP
    0.80
    NHL#41
    +/-
    +8
    NHL#113
    Events
    63
    career best in points
    31
    career best in goals
    250
    NHL games
    100
    career assists
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    San Jose Sharks are in the playoffs

    First round

    San Jose Sharks meet Dallas Stars

    SJSvsDAL
    Swedes on San Jose Sharks
    Swedes on Dallas Stars
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      SJS1–4DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG18:22TOI
    • Dallas Starslead1–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 2
      SJS2–5DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • Dallas Starslead2–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 3
      DAL1–4SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:13TOI
    • Dallas Starslead2–1againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 4
      DAL0–1SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:08TOI
    • San Jose Sharksare2–2withDallas Stars
    • Game 5
      SJS2–3DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:56TOI
    • May 1998
    • Dallas Starslead3–2againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 6
      DAL3–2SJS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:43TOI
    First round

    Dallas Stars knock San Jose Sharks out 4–2

    SJS2–4DAL
    Eliminated
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Jeff Friesen ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#178
    Games
    6
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    1
    NHL#149
    P/GP
    0.17
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#178
    DAL2–4