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Joe Thornton's 1998-1999 season

Points
41
NHL#130
Goals
16
NHL#112
Assists
25
NHL#123
Plus/minus
+3
NHL#208
Games
81
98%
98% of 82

Centre Joe Thornton was 19 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 16 goals and 25 assists for 41 points, 0.51 points per game. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 9 points.

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

1998-1999Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Joe Thornton plays the 1998-1999 season for Boston Bruins

    BOSBoston Bruins

    Joe was 19 years old when the 1998-1999 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      STL3–3BOS
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:52TOI
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    • The game
      NYI0–3BOS
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG12:28TOI
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    • The game
      BOS3–0COL
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP10:35TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BOS1–2LAK
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:34TOI
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    • The game
      BOS3–0SJS
      W
      game 5/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:50TOI
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    • The game
      BOS1–3PHX
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:34TOI
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    • The game
      BOS0–3ANA
      L
      game 7/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:56TOI
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    • The game
      BOS1–3NJD
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:03TOI
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    • The game
      BOS9–2MTL
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP14:45TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      MTL1–1BOS
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:43TOI
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    • The game
      CAR2–0BOS
      L
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG08:46TOI
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    • November 1998
    • The game
      BOS2–4BUF
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP14:11TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      TOR1–4BOS
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG13:00TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BOS0–0PIT
      game 14/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:16TOI
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    • The game
      BOS5–2CAR
      W
      game 15/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:26TOI
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    • The game
      BOS3–3NYR
      game 16/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:32TOI
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    • The game
      DAL3–1BOS
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG11:10TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      FLA5–5BOS
      game 18/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP15:09TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      WSH4–5BOS
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG15:25TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BOS4–1TBL
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:41TOI
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    • The game
      BOS1–0FLA
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:21TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      9
      points
      NHL#141
      2
      goals
      NHL#198
      7
      assists
      NHL#92
      BOS
      9-7-0W-L-OT23Points
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL1–5BOS
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:22TOI
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    • December 1998
    • The game
      VAN1–1BOS
      game 23/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:18TOI
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    • The game
      PIT1–2BOS
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:41TOI
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    • The game
      BOS3–2CAR
      W
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:34TOI
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    • The game
      BUF4–1BOS
      L
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:07TOI
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    • The game
      BOS3–5DET
      L
      game 27/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:08TOI
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    • The game
      OTT2–5BOS
      W
      game 28/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP10:28TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      DET1–4BOS
      W
      game 29/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:45TOI
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    • The game
      TBL2–3BOS
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG10:17TOI
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    • The game
      PHI2–1BOS
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG13:11TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BOS2–4NYI
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG10:49TOI
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    • The game
      BOS1–5WSH
      L
      game 33/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:12TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BOS5–2NSH
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG14:39TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BOS1–6DAL
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:37TOI
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    • The game
      ANA1–2BOS
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP14:52TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY1–5BOS
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG13:56TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      TOR1–2BOS
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:35TOI
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    • The game
      BOS3–6TOR
      L
      game 39/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP17:47TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–2BUF
      L
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG13:25TOI
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    • The game
      TBL2–2BOS
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG15:03TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      16
      points
      NHL#187
      7
      goals
      NHL#144
      9
      assists
      NHL#214
      BOS
      19-15-0W-L-OT45Points
      4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NSH1–8BOS
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG18:22TOI
      +2 points
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    • The game
      OTT3–1BOS
      L
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:23TOI
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    • The game
      BOS1–4NYI
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:32TOI
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    • The game
      NJD2–0BOS
      L
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG16:51TOI
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    • The game
      BOS2–5PIT
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG14:17TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR0–0BOS
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:15TOI
      View the game
    • February 1999
    • The game
      COL3–2BOS
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:42TOI
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    • The game
      NYI5–4BOS
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG16:57TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–3BOS
      W
      game 51/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG18:16TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BOS2–0EDM
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:27TOI
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    • The game
      BOS3–4CGY
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG15:01TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BOS1–3VAN
      L
      game 54/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:22TOI
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    • The game
      BOS0–2OTT
      L
      game 55/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:25TOI
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    • The game
      BOS6–3CHI
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP16:54TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–5BOS
      W
      game 57/826
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP16:24TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      NJD3–3BOS
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG17:02TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4BOS
      W
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:15TOI
      View the game
    • March 1999
    • The game
      PHX2–3BOS
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–2CAR
      L
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:01TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–1NJD
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG15:23TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      27
      points
      NHL#160
      11
      goals
      NHL#140
      16
      assists
      NHL#168
      BOS
      27-25-0W-L-OT64Points
      4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–1BOS
      L
      game 63/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG16:17TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      FLA0–2BOS
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG17:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS5–4NYR
      W
      game 65/825
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG21:07TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–3BUF
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP19:57TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–1TOR
      W
      game 67/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG20:53TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–2BOS
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–1WSH
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP21:53TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–0OTT
      W
      game 70/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:59TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI3–3BOS
      game 71/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP23:34TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–2TOR
      game 72/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG18:24TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–1BOS
      L
      game 73/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG18:32TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • April 1999
    • The game
      BOS3–2MTL
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG17:59TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI0–3BOS
      W
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–3BOS
      W
      game 76/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP13:55TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS5–2FLA
      W
      game 77/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:17TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS0–3TBL
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:30TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–3BOS
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP19:06TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–4BOS
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP18:03TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF1–2BOS
      W
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG21:46TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Joe Thornton closes the 1998-1999 season with 41 points

    BOSBoston Bruins
    Points
    41
    NHL#130
    Games
    81of 82
    99%
    Goals
    16
    NHL#112
    Assists
    25
    NHL#123
    P/GP
    0.51
    NHL#168
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#208
    Events
    100
    NHL games
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Boston Bruins meet Carolina Hurricanes

    BOSvsCAR
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Carolina Hurricanes
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      BOS2–3CAR
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:12TOI
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    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 3
      CAR3–2BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG16:01TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Carolina Hurricaneslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      CAR1–4BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP19:00TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 5
      BOS4–3CAR
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG34:43TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • May 1999
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 6
      CAR0–2BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP17:54TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    First round

    Boston Bruins knock Carolina Hurricanes out 4–2

    BOS4–2CAR
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Second round

    Boston Bruins meet Buffalo Sabres

    BOSvsBUF
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      BUF2–4BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:43TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      BUF3–1BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:47TOI
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      BOS2–3BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP17:12TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS0–3BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:51TOI
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    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BUF3–5BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:39TOI
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      BOS2–3BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG21:31TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    BOS2–4BUF
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Joe Thornton ends the 1998-1999 playoffs with 9 points

    BOSBoston Bruins
    Points
    9
    NHL#37
    Games
    11
    Goals
    3
    NHL#41
    Assists
    6
    NHL#33
    P/GP
    0.82
    NHL#21
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#78
    Events
    1
    First playoff goal
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    5 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    CAR4–2→BUF2–4