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John MacLean's 1997-1998 season

Points
43
NHL#99
Goals
16
NHL#105
Assists
27
NHL#91
Plus/minus
-6
NHL#594
Games
77
95%
95% of 81

Right winger John MacLean was 32 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for New Jersey Devils och San Jose Sharks. He played 77 of a possible 81 games and scored 16 goals and 27 assists for 43 points, 0.56 points per game. He moved from New Jersey Devils to San Jose Sharks in December. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 5 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    John MacLean opens the 1997-1998 season with New Jersey Devils

    John was 32 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 14th season with the team. His 14th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NJD4–3TBL
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG17:48TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD1–4WSH
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG15:57TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–4NJD
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP18:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–2CAR
      L
      game 4/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:27TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3NJD
      W
      game 5/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:14TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–4OTT
      L
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP20:01TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TBL0–5NJD
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–2NJD
      W
      game 8/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:45TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–3NJD
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP22:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD5–0PHI
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP21:43TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      VAN1–8NJD
      W
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:19TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      WSH1–3NJD
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG22:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–0NJD
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:58TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2FLA
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG19:18TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS0–2NJD
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG14:20TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–1NYI
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG17:56TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYR
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:27TOI
    • The game
      COL1–4NJD
      W
      game 18/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG18:15TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2BUF
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:11TOI
    • The game
      CGY1–2NJD
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:20TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–5NJD
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:16TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      11
      points
      NHL#116
      3
      goals
      NHL#166
      8
      assists
      NHL#88
      NJD
      16-5-0W-L-OT32Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA2–1NJD
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG17:20TOI
    • The game
      NJD0–2ANA
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:57TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2SJS
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:56TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–4LAK
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:36TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      STL3–1NJD
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG18:44TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–3SJS
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG22:41TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–0DAL
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:49TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–1CHI
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG07:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–5SJS
      W
      game 34/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:42TOI
    • The game
      VAN0–0SJS
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG19:29TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–2ANA
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP19:56TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PHX4–0SJS
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG16:58TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–2TBL
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG18:34TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–2FLA
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:20TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–1DET
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG18:04TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      SJS0–3BOS
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG20:03TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
      17
      points
      NHL#156
      6
      goals
      NHL#160
      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
      -2+/-2SOG17:38TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5SJS
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP18:28TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      DAL3–1SJS
      L
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:57TOI
    • The game
      LAK4–2SJS
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:26TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–2COL
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG17:11TOI
    • The game
      CGY1–7SJS
      W
      game 47/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG13:33TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM2–3SJS
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG20:56TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–1SJS
      game 49/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP20:22TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ANA2–4SJS
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:27TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–0SJS
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:52TOI
    • The game
      COL2–5SJS
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP16:47TOI
      +2 assists
    • February 1998
    • The game
      NYR3–2SJS
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG21:03TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0EDM
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG15:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–4CGY
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:04TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–6VAN
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG14:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–3SJS
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP15:15TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      SJS1–4EDM
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:34TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      CAR3–1SJS
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:43TOI
    • The game
      DET4–5SJS
      W
      game 60/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP13:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–0ANA
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG13:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–3SJS
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG20:25TOI
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      32
      points
      NHL#111
      9
      goals
      NHL#173
      23
      assists
      NHL#76
      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
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG14:07TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–3BUF
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG14:35TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS2–1CAR
      W
      game 65/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK1–2SJS
      W
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:10TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–1SJS
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG14:36TOI
    • The game
      COL2–0SJS
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG17:25TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–3PHX
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:44TOI
    • The game
      LAK4–3SJS
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1SHP19:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS5–2LAK
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG20:24TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS4–1DAL
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:51TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–6STL
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG13:18TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      SJS3–2PIT
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG19:45TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS3–3OTT
      game 75/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG19:18TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS5–3TOR
      W
      game 76/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP18:59TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY0–6SJS
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP18:05TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      ANA2–5SJS
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG17:10TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN1–1SJS
      game 79/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP19:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–3CGY
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG20:34TOI
    • The game
      CGY1–4SJS
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:46TOI
    The season in numbers

    John MacLean closes the 1997-1998 season with 43 points

    Points
    43
    NHL#99
    Games
    77of 82
    94%
    Goals
    16
    NHL#105
    Assists
    27
    NHL#91
    P/GP
    0.56
    NHL#120
    +/-
    -6
    NHL#594
    Events
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    5 i rad
    games with a goal
    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
      0+/-2SOG18:09TOI
    • Dallas Starslead1–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 2
      SJS2–5DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:05TOI
    • Dallas Starslead2–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 3
      DAL1–4SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP16:38TOI
      +3 points
    • Dallas Starslead2–1againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 4
      DAL0–1SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG18:13TOI
    • San Jose Sharksare2–2withDallas Stars
    • Game 5
      SJS2–3DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP19:43TOI
      +1 goal
    • May 1998
    • Dallas Starslead3–2againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 6
      DAL3–2SJS
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG19:45TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    Dallas Stars knock San Jose Sharks out 4–2

    SJS2–4DAL
    Eliminated
    6Games5Points2Goals3Assists
    The run in numbers

    John MacLean ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 5 points

    Points
    5
    NHL#67
    Games
    6
    Goals
    2
    NHL#60
    Assists
    3
    NHL#63
    P/GP
    0.83
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#79
    Events
    3 points
    best game
    DAL2–4