Regular season and playoffsBOS

Joe Thornton's 1997-1998 season

Points

NHL#478

Goals

NHL#407

Assists

NHL#484

Plus/minus

-6

NHL#594

Games

67% of 82

Centre Joe Thornton was 18 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 55 of a possible 82 games and scored 3 goals and 4 assists for 7 points, 0.13 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

Year 1997
29 years ago
NHL debut
October 8
Joe Thornton makes his NHL debut
BOSBoston Bruins3–2PHXPhoenix Coyotes
Joe was 18 years old · America West Arena, USA
Other Swedes on the ice: Mattias Timander and Per-Johan Axelsson.
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- The game
  BOS3–2PHX
  W
  October 8game 4/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG09:43TOI
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- The game
  BOS2–5SJS
  L
  October 11game 5/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG13:35TOI
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- The game
  BOS3–0ANA
  W
  October 13game 6/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG05:09TOI
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- The game
  BOS5–3LAK
  W
  October 15game 7/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG06:18TOI
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- The game
  BOS2–0VAN
  W
  October 17game 8/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG07:04TOI
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- The game
  BOS3–0CGY
  W
  October 18game 9/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG07:10TOI
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- The game
  BOS2–1EDM
  W
  October 21game 10/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG09:07TOI
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- The game
  FLA5–4BOS
  L
  October 25game 12/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG08:16TOI
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- The game
  ANA3–0BOS
  L
  October 30game 13/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG11:18TOI
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- November 1997
- The game
  EDM1–3BOS
  W
  November 1game 14/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG05:02TOI
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- The game
  WSH0–2BOS
  W
  November 6game 16/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG05:41TOI
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- The game
  BOS0–2NJD
  L
  November 8game 17/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG09:30TOI
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- The game
  BOS3–3DAL
  November 12game 18/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG09:02TOI
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- The game
  OTT3–3BOS
  November 15game 20/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG08:11TOI
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- Checkpoint
  November 15
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8214 of 21 played
  0
  points
  NHL#543
  0
  goals
  NHL#434
  0
  assists
  NHL#510
  BOS
  11-7-0W-L-OT25Points
  2nd in the Northeast·5th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BOS3–3PIT
  November 19game 22/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG09:37TOI
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- The game
  BUF5–0BOS
  L
  November 20game 23/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG07:01TOI
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- The game
  DAL2–0BOS
  L
  November 22game 24/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG08:00TOI
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- The game
  BOS5–10FLA
  L
  November 26game 25/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG08:22TOI
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- The game
  VAN5–2BOS
  L
  November 28game 26/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG05:26TOI
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- The game
  WSH1–1BOS
  November 29game 27/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG07:01TOI
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- December 1997
- The game
  BOS1–3CAR
  L
  December 1game 28/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG09:46TOI
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- The game
  BOS3–0PHI
  W
  December 3game 29/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG06:10TOI
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Joe Thornton scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · December 3
- The game
  CAR1–4BOS
  W
  December 6game 30/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG13:24TOI
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- The game
  BUF1–2BOS
  W
  December 11game 31/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG07:44TOI
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- The game
  MTL2–4BOS
  W
  December 13game 32/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG05:36TOI
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- Checkpoint
  December 13
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8225 of 41 played
  1
  points
  NHL#556
  1
  goals
  NHL#413
  0
  assists
  NHL#579
  BOS
  17-16-0W-L-OT42Points
  3rd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
Year 1998
28 years ago
- The game
  BOS2–1MTL
  W
  January 7game 43/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG05:44TOI
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- The game
  PHX2–5BOS
  W
  January 8game 44/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG10:56TOI
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- The game
  NJD1–1BOS
  January 12game 45/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG08:24TOI
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- The game
  PIT2–5BOS
  W
  January 14game 46/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG03:57TOI
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- The game
  BOS2–4MTL
  L
  January 21game 47/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG07:57TOI
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- The game
  BOS2–4PIT
  L
  January 24game 48/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG07:31TOI
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- The game
  BOS1–4WSH
  L
  January 25game 49/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP15:18TOI
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Joe Thornton records his first NHL assist
in the game against Washington Capitals · January 25
- The game
  OTT1–6BOS
  W
  January 27game 50/824
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG12:35TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT4–2BOS
  L
  January 29game 51/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG12:11TOI
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- The game
  NYR2–4BOS
  W
  January 31game 52/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG06:30TOI
  +1 assist
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- February 1998
- The game
  BOS2–2NYI
  February 1game 53/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG06:50TOI
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- The game
  BOS2–2BUF
  February 4game 54/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG07:03TOI
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- The game
  STL3–1BOS
  L
  February 5game 55/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG14:15TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CAR3–1BOS
  L
  February 7game 56/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG11:15TOI
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- The game
  BUF1–1BOS
  February 26game 57/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG08:46TOI
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- The game
  PIT2–6BOS
  W
  February 28game 58/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG07:28TOI
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- March 1998
- The game
  BOS5–4NYI
  W
  March 1game 59/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG09:15TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS3–0WSH
  W
  March 3game 60/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG08:25TOI
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- The game
  CHI2–1BOS
  L
  March 7game 62/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG09:38TOI
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- Checkpoint
  March 7
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8244 of 62 played
  6
  points
  NHL#447
  3
  goals
  NHL#357
  3
  assists
  NHL#474
  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
  March 10game 63/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG05:46TOI
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- The game
  CGY5–2BOS
  L
  March 12game 64/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG10:05TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR0–4BOS
  W
  March 19game 67/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG09:26TOI
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- The game
  BOS2–1BUF
  W
  March 21game 68/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG05:05TOI
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- The game
  BOS0–1CHI
  L
  March 22game 69/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG08:07TOI
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- The game
  PHI2–4BOS
  W
  March 26game 70/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG05:42TOI
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- The game
  FLA3–2BOS
  L
  March 28game 71/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG04:33TOI
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- April 1998
- The game
  NJD3–2BOS
  L
  April 11game 78/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG03:58TOI
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- The game
  BOS3–2CAR
  W
  April 13game 79/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG04:52TOI
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- The game
  BOS6–2MTL
  W
  April 15game 80/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG07:17TOI
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- The game
  PHI1–2BOS
  W
  April 19game 82/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG02:42TOI
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The season in numbers
April 19
Joe Thornton closes the 1997-1998 season with 7 points
BOSBoston Bruins
Points
7
NHL#478
Games
55of 82
67%
Goals
3
NHL#407
Assists
4
NHL#484
P/GP
0.13
NHL#481
+/-
-6
NHL#594
Events
1
First NHL assist
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL goal
3 days later
Playoffs
April 22
Boston Bruins are in the playoffs
First round
April 22
Boston Bruins meet Washington Capitals
BOSvsWSH
Swedes on Boston Bruins
Joe Thornton
Per-Johan Axelsson
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Calle Johansson
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- Game 1
  BOS1–3WSH
  L
  April 222
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG03:23TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 2
  BOS4–3WSH
  W
  April 242
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG06:28TOI
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- Boston Bruinsare1–1withWashington Capitals
- Game 3
  WSH3–2BOS
  L
  April 262
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG06:12TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
- Game 4
  WSH3–0BOS
  L
  April 282
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG11:00TOI
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- May 1998
- Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
- Game 5
  BOS4–0WSH
  W
  May 12
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG08:23TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
- Game 6
  WSH3–2BOS
  L
  May 32
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG04:01TOI
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First round
May 3
Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2
BOS2–4WSH
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
May 3
Joe Thornton ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 0 points
BOSBoston Bruins
Points
0
NHL#254
Games
6
Goals
0
NHL#171
Assists
0
NHL#210
P/GP
0.00
+/-
0
NHL#110
WSH2–4

Joe Thornton makes his NHL debut

1/4 into the season

Joe Thornton scores his first NHL goal

1/2 into the season

Joe Thornton records his first NHL assist

3/4 into the season

Joe Thornton closes the 1997-1998 season with 7 points

Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

Boston Bruins meet Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

Joe Thornton ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 0 points