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Mattias Öhlund's 1997-1998 season

Points
30
Swedish flag#14NHL#191
Goals
7
Swedish flag#18NHL#273
Assists
23
Swedish flag#8NHL#134
Plus/minus
+3
Swedish flag#14NHL#203
Games
77
93%
93% of 82

Defenceman Mattias Öhlund was 21 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks. He played 77 of a possible 82 games and scored 7 goals and 23 assists for 30 points, 0.39 points per game. That was 14th among the Swedes and 191th in the NHL. Vancouver Canucks did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1997-1998
  1. NHL debut

    Mattias Öhlund makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠2 win against Anaheim Ducks

    Mattias was 21 years old · Yoyogi Arena, Canada

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-

    Other Swedes on the ice: Tomas Sandström and Markus Näslund.

    • The game
      ANA2–3VAN
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–3ANA
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–2VAN
      game 3/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG23:06TOI
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Mattias Öhlund records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · October 9

    Milestone

    Mattias Öhlund scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · October 9

    • The game
      NYR6–3VAN
      L
      game 4/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG19:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM0–3VAN
      W
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:02TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–0VAN
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG24:53TOI
    • The game
      COL4–4VAN
      game 7/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP25:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–1DAL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG17:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–4STL
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG16:45TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–2VAN
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:40TOI
    • The game
      DET5–1VAN
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG20:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN0–3CHI
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:03TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–8NJD
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:07TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      VAN6–7PIT
      L
      game 14/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP23:45TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      VAN3–5CAR
      L
      game 15/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP26:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–2WSH
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:13TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–2VAN
      L
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:31TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–8LAK
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:26TOI
    • The game
      VAN5–2SJS
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:47TOI
    • The game
      VAN3–3ANA
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:58TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–4VAN
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      9
      points
      Swedish flag#12NHL#144
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#16NHL#300
      8
      assists
      Swedish flag#6NHL#74
      +1
      +/-
      Swedish flag#9NHL#76
      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
      game 22/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP19:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI5–4VAN
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG20:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN4–2NYR
      W
      game 24/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG23:28TOI
    • The game
      VAN5–2BOS
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG21:03TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–2TOR
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG24:31TOI
      +1 goal
    • December 1997
    • The game
      DET3–3VAN
      game 27/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG26:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–2VAN
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG28:08TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–6COL
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-7SOG1PPP27:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–5STL
      L
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:13TOI
    • The game
      COL5–2VAN
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG16:34TOI
    • The game
      LAK0–7VAN
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-7SOG25:44TOI
    • The game
      VAN5–1PHX
      W
      game 34/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG21:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN0–0SJS
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG28:05TOI
    • The game
      CHI5–0VAN
      L
      game 36/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG29:00TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–1VAN
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG25:57TOI
    • The game
      VAN3–3DAL
      game 38/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG34:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–5LAK
      L
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG26:23TOI
    • The game
      PHI8–0VAN
      L
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG26:45TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG26:07TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      16
      points
      Swedish flag#11NHL#179
      2
      goals
      Swedish flag#21NHL#345
      14
      assists
      Swedish flag#5NHL#96
      +6
      +/-
      Swedish flag#6NHL#35
      VAN
      11-24-0W-L-OT28Points
      7th in the Pacific·13th in the Western Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK2–3VAN
      W
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:34TOI
    • The game
      STL3–2VAN
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:36TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–4COL
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG29:21TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–2VAN
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1SHP13:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–3CHI
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP26:57TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN0–4DET
      L
      game 47/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG21:32TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–6BUF
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG22:07TOI
    • The game
      PHX6–1VAN
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG29:22TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–5CGY
      L
      game 50/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:24TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–4PHX
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG28:31TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–6COL
      L
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG23:28TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–3VAN
      W
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG27:52TOI
    • The game
      VAN6–3EDM
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP27:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 1998
    • The game
      COL2–1VAN
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG27:54TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–5VAN
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP27:01TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS3–6VAN
      W
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:04TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–5VAN
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG22:30TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN4–4CGY
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:32TOI
    • The game
      OTT4–6VAN
      W
      game 60/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP24:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 1998
    • The game
      VAN2–2LAK
      game 61/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG24:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY6–2VAN
      L
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG23:41TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      24
      points
      Swedish flag#13NHL#171
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#17NHL#274
      19
      assists
      Swedish flag#6NHL#116
      +1
      +/-
      Swedish flag#8NHL#95
      VAN
      18-34-0W-L-OT46Points
      7th in the Pacific·13th in the Western Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL2–5VAN
      W
      game 63/824
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG24:09TOI
    • The game
      STL4–0VAN
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:48TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–2MTL
      game 65/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG24:34TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN2–3PHI
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1SHP17:20TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN6–2NYI
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG24:57TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–2FLA
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG25:38TOI
    • The game
      VAN2–4TBL
      L
      game 69/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:13TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–1OTT
      game 70/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG24:03TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–1TOR
      game 71/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG22:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–4VAN
      W
      game 72/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG21:09TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–2VAN
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:31TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      VAN6–3CGY
      W
      game 78/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP21:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–1SJS
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG23:14TOI
    • The game
      LAK2–0VAN
      L
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG23:14TOI
    • The game
      CGY4–2VAN
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP22:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–1VAN
      L
      game 82/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:51TOI
    The season in numbers

    Mattias Öhlund closes the 1997-1998 season with 30 points

    Vancouver Canucks did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    30
    #14NHL#191
    Games
    77of 82
    94%
    Goals
    7
    #18NHL#273
    Assists
    23
    #8NHL#134
    P/GP
    0.39
    #15NHL#235
    +/-
    +3
    #14NHL#203
    Events
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL assist