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John LeClair's 1997-1998 season

Points
87
NHL#5
Goals
51
NHL#3
Assists
36
NHL#45
Plus/minus
+30
NHL#4
Games
82
100%
100% of 82

Left winger John LeClair was 28 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played all 82 games and scored 51 goals and 36 assists for 87 points, 1.06 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 2 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    John LeClair plays the 1997-1998 season for Philadelphia Flyers

    John was 28 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      FLA1–3PHI
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP19:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT3–5PHI
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG21:38TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      PHX2–1PHI
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG24:20TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–4NJD
      L
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:02TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–3PHI
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:37TOI
    • The game
      PHI6–2MTL
      W
      game 6/821
      His night
      +5P+3G+2A
      +5+/-8SOG22:18TOI
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      PHI3–2SJS
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP19:23TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–2ANA
      game 8/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP23:26TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI1–5LAK
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP15:15TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL1–7PHI
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-7SOG1PPP21:47TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      CGY3–4PHI
      W
      game 11/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG20:49TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD5–0PHI
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG20:15TOI
    • The game
      STL3–2PHI
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG21:44TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–2WSH
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG24:13TOI
      +1 goal
    • November 1997
    • The game
      DAL3–3PHI
      game 15/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG23:23TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI5–1STL
      W
      game 16/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-1SOG19:34TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM2–6PHI
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      +5P+2G+3A
      +1+/-4SOG3PPP20:40TOI
      +5 points
    • The game
      PHI4–3OTT
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG18:58TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT0–1PHI
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG20:40TOI
    • The game
      COL2–1PHI
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:30TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–2FLA
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG1PPP22:39TOI
      +3 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      29
      points
      NHL#1
      18
      goals
      NHL#2
      11
      assists
      NHL#24
      PHI
      12-6-0W-L-OT27Points
      1st in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL2–3PHI
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG22:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–3TOR
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG21:34TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0PHI
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG22:20TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1BUF
      W
      game 25/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG19:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–4PHI
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP16:28TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PHI3–3TBL
      game 27/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG29:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1PHI
      game 28/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG24:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–0PHI
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:01TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYR
      game 30/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-7SOG21:29TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYI3–4PHI
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG19:50TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI3–2CHI
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG21:48TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      TBL0–3PHI
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP20:54TOI
      +2 goals
    Milestone

    John LeClair reaches 200 career goals

    in the game against Tampa Bay Lightning · December 14

    • The game
      PHI3–1MTL
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP18:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:35TOI
    • The game
      FLA0–2PHI
      W
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG19:47TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–4PHI
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG23:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–5CGY
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG23:42TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI3–1EDM
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG19:54TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PHI8–0VAN
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-4SOG2PPP21:30TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PHI7–2OTT
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG21:38TOI
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      51
      points
      NHL#2
      32
      goals
      NHL#1
      19
      assists
      NHL#36
      PHI
      24-10-0W-L-OT55Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI3–3CAR
      game 42/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP21:45TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      PHI1–4WSH
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG23:22TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–2TBL
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG19:34TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–3PHI
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:59TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      W
      game 46/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:41TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYR
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP18:45TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI0–1DET
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:59TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–3PHI
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP22:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYI
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:25TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–2PHI
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG22:02TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–2PHI
      L
      game 52/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-6SOG19:16TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 1998
    • The game
      PHI0–1DAL
      L
      game 53/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG21:14TOI
    • The game
      PHI6–2PHX
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP20:20TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      PHI2–3COL
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:26TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI3–1NYR
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG18:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 1998
    • The game
      PHI3–4NJD
      L
      game 57/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:31TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–3NYI
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:21TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:53TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–6PIT
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:00TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–4PHI
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG22:40TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–2PHI
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG22:02TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      66
      points
      NHL#7
      39
      goals
      NHL#2
      27
      assists
      NHL#48
      PHI
      32-20-0W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN2–3PHI
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG18:50TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–6PHI
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG19:51TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR1–4PHI
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-7SOG20:03TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–3PHI
      game 66/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP23:18TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI3–4PIT
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP21:00TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–5PHI
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG22:25TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG24:02TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–4BOS
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-5SOG21:01TOI
    • The game
      CAR4–2PHI
      L
      game 71/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP24:11TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI3–1CAR
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP21:11TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI2–3PHI
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP19:38TOI
      +2 goals
    • April 1998
    • The game
      LAK0–3PHI
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:44TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–1PHI
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:33TOI
    Milestone

    John LeClair reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Florida Panthers · April 4

    • The game
      PHI6–1TBL
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG24:08TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PHI2–3FLA
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG18:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4PHI
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG19:26TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI1–2BUF
      L
      game 79/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP22:03TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI7–3FLA
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      +5P+1G+4A
      +2+/-3SOG2PPP18:20TOI
      +5 points
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG24:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–2BOS
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:10TOI
    The season in numbers

    John LeClair closes the 1997-1998 season with 87 points

    Points
    87
    NHL#5
    Games
    82of 82
    100%
    Goals
    51
    NHL#3
    Assists
    36
    NHL#45
    P/GP
    1.06
    NHL#11
    +/-
    +30
    NHL#4
    Events
    51
    career best in goals
    1
    hat trick
    500
    NHL games
    200
    career goals
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 11 pts
    6 i rad
    games with a goal
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Buffalo Sabres

    PHIvsBUF
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF3–2PHI
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG24:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3PHI
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG1PPP24:02TOI
      +1 goal
    • Philadelphia Flyersare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-5SOG21:24TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–4BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:13TOI
    • May 1998
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      BUF3–2PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:05TOI
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    PHI1–4BUF
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    John LeClair ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#141
    Games
    5
    Goals
    1
    NHL#91
    Assists
    1
    NHL#149
    P/GP
    0.40
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#309
    BUF1–4