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Kirk McLean's 1997-1998 season

Wins

NHL#28

Save pct

.881

NHL#66

GAA

3.54

NHL#68

Shutouts

NHL#34

Games

54% of 81

Goaltender Kirk McLean was 31 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 13th in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks och Carolina Hurricanes och Florida Panthers. He played 44 games and won 14 of them, at .881. He moved from Vancouver Canucks to Carolina Hurricanes in January. Florida Panthers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1997-1998

Year 1997
29 years ago
Season opener
October 3
Kirk McLean opens the 1997-1998 season with Vancouver Canucks
VANVancouver Canucks
Kirk was 31 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 11th season with the team. His 13th NHL season in all.
- The game
  ANA2–3VAN
  W
  October 3game 1/823
  His night
  .941SV%
  32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .941
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- The game
  VAN2–3ANA
  L
  October 4game 2/823
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA59:05TOIL
  .875
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- The game
  TOR2–2VAN
  October 9game 3/823
  His night
  .938SV%
  30SV32SA2GA65:00TOI
  .938
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- The game
  NYR6–3VAN
  L
  October 11game 4/824
  His night
  .813SV%
  26SV32SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .813
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  EDM0–3VAN
  W
  October 13game 5/823
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  33SV33SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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  BOS2–0VAN
  L
  October 17game 6/823
  His night
  .900SV%
  18SV20SA2GA58:48TOIL
  .900
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- The game
  COL4–4VAN
  October 19game 7/823
  His night
  .833SV%
  20SV24SA4GA63:51TOI
  .833
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Milestone
Kirk McLean reaches 500 NHL games
in the game against Colorado Avalanche · October 19
- The game
  VAN1–4STL
  L
  October 23game 9/822
  His night
  .885SV%
  23SV26SA3GA59:14TOIL
  .885
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- The game
  PIT3–2VAN
  L
  October 25game 10/824
  His night
  .914SV%
  32SV35SA3GA60:41TOIL
  .914
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  DET5–1VAN
  L
  October 26game 11/824
  His night
  .762SV%
  16SV21SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .762
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  VAN1–8NJD
  L
  October 30game 13/822
  His night
  .840SV%
  21SV25SA4GA25:12TOIL
  .840
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- November 1997
- The game
  VAN6–7PIT
  L
  November 1game 14/824
  His night
  .833SV%
  35SV42SA7GA63:52TOIL
  .833
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- The game
  VAN1–2WSH
  L
  November 4game 16/823
  His night
  .951SV%
  39SV41SA2GA58:56TOIL
  .951
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- The game
  ANA3–2VAN
  L
  November 8game 17/824
  His night
  .903SV%
  28SV31SA3GA58:58TOIL
  .903
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  VAN2–8LAK
  L
  November 11game 18/823
  His night
  .700SV%
  14SV20SA6GA43:41TOIL
  .700
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- The game
  VAN3–3ANA
  November 14game 20/823
  His night
  .909SV%
  30SV33SA3GA65:00TOI
  .909
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- The game
  CAR1–4VAN
  W
  November 16game 21/822
  His night
  .957SV%
  22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .957
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- Checkpoint
  November 16
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8217 of 21 started
  3
  wins
  NHL#28
  .887
  SV%
  NHL#28
  3.4
  GAA
  NHL#29
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#7
  VAN
  5-13-0W-L-OT13Points
  6th in the Pacific·12th in the Western Conference·24th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PHX2–4VAN
  W
  November 20game 22/822
  His night
  .935SV%
  29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .935
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- The game
  CHI5–4VAN
  L
  November 22game 23/822
  His night
  .848SV%
  28SV33SA5GA61:22TOIL
  .848
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- The game
  VAN4–2NYR
  W
  November 25game 24/825
  His night
  .920SV%
  23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .920
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  VAN5–2BOS
  W
  November 28game 25/823
  His night
  .939SV%
  31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .939
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- The game
  VAN4–2TOR
  W
  November 29game 26/825
  His night
  .778SV%
  7SV9SA2GA11:27TOI
  .778
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- December 1997
- The game
  DET3–3VAN
  December 1game 27/825
  His night
  .880SV%
  22SV25SA3GA65:00TOI
  .880
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- The game
  SJS3–2VAN
  L
  December 4game 28/823
  His night
  .850SV%
  17SV20SA3GA59:38TOIL
  .850
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- The game
  VAN4–6COL
  L
  December 6game 29/823
  His night
  .864SV%
  19SV22SA3GA26:56TOI
  .864
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  VAN1–5STL
  L
  December 8game 30/822
  His night
  .750SV%
  15SV20SA5GA59:37TOIL
  .750
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- The game
  VAN5–7DET
  L
  December 9game 31/824
  His night
  .841SV%
  37SV44SA7GA58:36TOIL
  .841
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- The game
  COL5–2VAN
  L
  December 13game 32/823
  His night
  .733SV%
  11SV15SA4GA20:00TOIL
  .733
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- The game
  DAL3–1VAN
  L
  December 23game 37/822
  His night
  .889SV%
  24SV27SA3GA58:22TOIL
  .889
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- Checkpoint
  December 23
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8229 of 41 started
  6
  wins
  NHL#30
  .879
  SV%
  NHL#31
  3.7
  GAA
  NHL#31
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#20
  VAN
  11-24-0W-L-OT28Points
  7th in the Pacific·13th in the Western Conference·25th in the whole NHL
Year 1998
28 years ago
- The game
  OTT1–4CAR
  W
  January 5game 43/822
  His night
  .957SV%
  22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .957
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- The game
  CAR2–4NYR
  L
  January 6game 44/821
  His night
  .765SV%
  13SV17SA4GA58:15TOIL
  .765
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- The game
  CAR4–2OTT
  W
  January 22game 50/823
  His night
  .939SV%
  31SV33SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .939
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- The game
  CAR4–3MTL
  W
  January 24game 51/821
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA59:55TOIW
  .875
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- The game
  CAR0–3FLA
  L
  January 27game 52/82
  His night
  .824SV%
  14SV17SA3GA59:32TOIL
  .824
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- February 1998
- The game
  MTL6–3CAR
  L
  February 1game 55/821
  His night
  .667SV%
  6SV9SA3GA19:59TOI
  .667
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- March 1998
- The game
  CAR5–4PHX
  W
  March 6game 61/82
  His night
  .920SV%
  46SV50SA4GA62:28TOIW
  .920
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- Checkpoint
  March 6
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8236 of 62 started
  10
  wins
  NHL#27
  .880
  SV%
  NHL#31
  3.6
  GAA
  NHL#31
  1
  shutouts
  NHL#24
  CAR
  25-30-0W-L-OT57Points
  6th in the Northeast·9th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CAR1–6DAL
  L
  March 20game 67/82
  His night
  .750SV%in relief
  6SV8SA2GA20:31TOI
  in relief
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- The game
  MTL4–5FLA
  W
  March 26game 70/823
  His night
  .857SV%
  24SV28SA4GA59:09TOIW
  .857
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- The game
  FLA3–2BOS
  W
  March 28game 71/822
  His night
  .941SV%
  32SV34SA2GA62:49TOIW
  .941
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- April 1998
- The game
  MTL4–3FLA
  L
  April 1game 73/823
  His night
  .862SV%
  25SV29SA4GA59:22TOIL
  .862
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- The game
  PIT1–3FLA
  W
  April 5game 75/822
  His night
  .971SV%
  33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .971
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- The game
  PHI2–3FLA
  W
  April 9game 77/821
  His night
  .920SV%
  23SV25SA2GA59:51TOIW
  .920
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- The game
  FLA5–5NJD
  April 12game 79/82
  His night
  .872SV%
  34SV39SA5GA65:00TOI
  .872
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- The game
  PHI7–3FLA
  L
  April 16game 81/822
  His night
  .778SV%
  14SV18SA4GA39:54TOIL
  .778
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The season in numbers
April 16
Kirk McLean closes the 1997-1998 season with 14 wins
VANVancouver Canucks CARCarolina Hurricanes FLAFlorida Panthers
Vancouver Canucks did not reach the playoffs
Wins
14
Games
44of 82
54%
Shutouts
1
SV%
.881
GAA
3.54
Starts
43
Events
500
NHL games

Kirk McLean opens the 1997-1998 season with Vancouver Canucks

Kirk McLean reaches 500 NHL games

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1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Kirk McLean closes the 1997-1998 season with 14 wins