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Michael Peca's 1997-1998 season

Points

NHL#122

Goals

NHL#85

Assists

NHL#142

Plus/minus

+12

NHL#63

Games

74% of 82

Centre Michael Peca was 23 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 61 of a possible 82 games and scored 18 goals and 22 assists for 40 points, 0.66 points per game. In the playoffs he played 13 games for 5 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs

Year 1997
29 years ago
Season opener
October 28
Michael Peca plays the 1997-1998 season for Buffalo Sabres
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Michael was 23 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.
A late start
October 28
Michael Peca's season starts in game 12 of 82
Buffalo Sabres have played 11 games11 of 82 without him
- The game
  BUF2–3COL
  L
  October 28game 12/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG14:25TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–2CAR
  W
  October 31game 13/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG18:49TOI
  +1 assist
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- November 1997
- The game
  BUF4–3FLA
  W
  November 1game 14/821
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-1SOG2PPP22:27TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  FLA4–2BUF
  L
  November 6game 15/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG18:48TOI
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- The game
  NJD3–2BUF
  L
  November 15game 19/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP22:45TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF5–0BOS
  W
  November 20game 20/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG14:41TOI
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- The game
  NYI1–6BUF
  W
  November 22game 21/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG2PPP18:27TOI
  +2 points
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- Checkpoint
  November 22
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 827 of 21 played
  7
  points
  NHL#222
  3
  goals
  NHL#174
  4
  assists
  NHL#247
  BUF
  7-10-0W-L-OT18Points
  6th in the Northeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·21st in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF1–5PIT
  L
  November 24game 22/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG17:23TOI
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- The game
  PHI3–1BUF
  L
  November 26game 23/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-6SOG20:12TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Michael Peca reaches 100 career points
in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · November 26
- The game
  NYR3–3BUF
  November 28game 24/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG22:33TOI
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- December 1997
- The game
  BUF1–1PHI
  December 1game 25/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG23:45TOI
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- The game
  ANA0–4BUF
  W
  December 3game 26/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP20:38TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TBL0–4BUF
  W
  December 5game 27/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG13:59TOI
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- The game
  BUF0–3OTT
  L
  December 6game 28/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG18:02TOI
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- The game
  BUF1–2BOS
  L
  December 11game 29/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG18:22TOI
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- The game
  CAR2–3BUF
  W
  December 12game 30/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP21:21TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF4–8DAL
  L
  December 15game 31/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP18:14TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF0–4NYI
  L
  December 17game 32/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG22:34TOI
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- The game
  MTL0–1BUF
  W
  December 19game 33/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG20:40TOI
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- The game
  BUF2–0NYR
  W
  December 21game 34/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG18:11TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  DET3–1BUF
  L
  December 23game 35/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG20:06TOI
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- The game
  NYR0–3BUF
  W
  December 26game 36/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG22:00TOI
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- The game
  BUF1–4CAR
  L
  December 27game 37/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG17:03TOI
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- The game
  NJD3–1BUF
  L
  December 29game 38/82
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP19:03TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  OTT0–3BUF
  W
  December 31game 39/821
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-3SOG2SHP21:01TOI
  +2 goals
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Year 1998
28 years ago
- The game
  COL2–2BUF
  January 2game 40/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG24:07TOI
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- The game
  BUF3–2ANA
  W
  January 7game 41/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG17:32TOI
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- Checkpoint
  January 7
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8227 of 41 played
  15
  points
  NHL#204
  10
  goals
  NHL#80
  5
  assists
  NHL#329
  BUF
  15-19-0W-L-OT37Points
  5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF2–2LAK
  January 8game 42/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG1SHP21:44TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–5SJS
  L
  January 10game 43/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG18:27TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF4–1TOR
  W
  January 14game 44/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP19:32TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN2–6BUF
  W
  January 15game 45/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG22:05TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF0–3PHI
  L
  January 20game 46/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG26:05TOI
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- The game
  CAR1–2BUF
  W
  January 21game 47/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG20:32TOI
  View the game
- The game
  TBL1–4BUF
  W
  January 23game 48/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG19:20TOI
  View the game
- The game
  STL3–3BUF
  January 27game 49/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG23:43TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHX3–3BUF
  January 30game 50/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG21:12TOI
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- February 1998
- The game
  BUF5–2FLA
  W
  February 1game 51/82
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG1PPP19:27TOI
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  BUF7–3TBL
  W
  February 2game 52/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-3SOG15:32TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–2BUF
  February 4game 53/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG22:22TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  PIT2–2BUF
  February 6game 54/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG23:53TOI
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- The game
  BUF4–1MTL
  W
  February 7game 55/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG22:16TOI
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- The game
  TOR2–2BUF
  February 25game 56/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP23:10TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF1–1BOS
  February 26game 57/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG17:46TOI
  +1 assist
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- March 1998
- The game
  BUF3–0WSH
  W
  March 1game 58/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG19:23TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BUF1–0NYR
  W
  March 2game 59/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG22:39TOI
  View the game
- The game
  NYI4–2BUF
  L
  March 6game 60/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG15:08TOI
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- The game
  BUF2–1MTL
  W
  March 7game 61/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG25:38TOI
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- The game
  BUF2–2NYI
  March 10game 62/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG23:28TOI
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- Checkpoint
  March 10
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8248 of 62 played
  27
  points
  NHL#156
  12
  goals
  NHL#113
  15
  assists
  NHL#179
  BUF
  25-22-0W-L-OT65Points
  4th in the Northeast·7th in the Eastern Conference·12th in the whole NHL
- The game
  SJS1–3BUF
  W
  March 12game 63/821
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-2SOG18:23TOI
  +2 points
  View the game
Milestone
Michael Peca reaches 50 career goals
in the game against San Jose Sharks · March 12
- The game
  BUF1–2PIT
  L
  March 14game 64/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG22:48TOI
  View the game
- The game
  PIT0–3BUF
  W
  March 15game 65/821
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +2+/-4SOG2PPP23:42TOI
  +3 points
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- The game
  CHI5–3BUF
  L
  March 17game 66/82
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG18:18TOI
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- The game
  FLA1–6BUF
  W
  March 19game 67/82
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-3SOG2SHP15:19TOI
  +3 points
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- The game
  BOS2–1BUF
  L
  March 21game 68/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG19:18TOI
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- The game
  BUF2–0CGY
  W
  March 24game 69/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG20:27TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BUF5–2VAN
  W
  March 26game 70/822
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP15:31TOI
  +2 goals
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- April 1998
- The game
  BOS4–5BUF
  W
  April 3game 74/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG21:36TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  OTT1–0BUF
  L
  April 5game 75/824
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG21:03TOI
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- The game
  CAR1–3BUF
  W
  April 8game 76/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP08:20TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI1–2BUF
  W
  April 13game 79/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG22:37TOI
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- The game
  BUF4–5NJD
  L
  April 15game 80/82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1SHP04:32TOI
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 15
Michael Peca closes the 1997-1998 season with 40 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
40
NHL#122
Games
61of 82
74%
Goals
18
NHL#85
Assists
22
NHL#142
P/GP
0.66
NHL#81
+/-
+12
NHL#63
Events
100
career points
50
career goals
4 i rad
games with a point · 4 pts
7 days later
Playoffs
April 22
Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs
First round
April 22
Buffalo Sabres meet Philadelphia Flyers
BUFvsPHI
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
Kjell Samuelsson
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- Game 3
  PHI1–6BUF
  W
  April 27
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG16:12TOI
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- Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 4
  PHI1–4BUF
  W
  April 29
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG12:17TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- May 1998
- Buffalo Sabreslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 5
  BUF3–2PHI
  W
  May 1
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP23:01TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
First round
May 1
Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1
BUF4–1PHI
Advance
3Games2Points0Goals2Assists
7 days later
Second round
May 8
Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens
BUFvsMTL
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Peter Popovic
Jonas Höglund
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- Game 1
  MTL2–3BUF
  W
  May 82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG18:50TOI
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- Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 2
  MTL3–6BUF
  W
  May 102
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG18:27TOI
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- Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 3
  BUF5–4MTL
  W
  May 122
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-5SOG30:01TOI
  +2 goals
  View the game
- Buffalo Sabreslead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 4
  BUF3–1MTL
  W
  May 142
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG10:42TOI
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Second round
May 14
Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0
BUF4–0MTL
Advance
4Games2Points2Goals0Assists
9 days later
Conference final
May 23
Buffalo Sabres meet Washington Capitals
BUFvsWSH
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Calle Johansson
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- Game 1
  BUF2–0WSH
  W
  May 231
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG19:09TOI
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- Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 2
  BUF2–3WSH
  L
  May 251
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG20:18TOI
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- Buffalo Sabresare1–1withWashington Capitals
- Game 3
  WSH4–3BUF
  L
  May 281
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG20:16TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 4
  WSH2–0BUF
  L
  May 301
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG21:23TOI
  View the game
- June 1998
- Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 5
  BUF2–1WSH
  W
  June 21
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG20:25TOI
  View the game
- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 6
  WSH3–2BUF
  L
  June 41
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG21:07TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
Conference final
June 4
Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2
BUF2–4WSH
Eliminated
6Games1Points1Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
June 4
Michael Peca ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 5 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
5
NHL#67
Games
13
Goals
3
NHL#36
Assists
2
NHL#101
P/GP
0.38
NHL#58
+/-
+4
NHL#27
Events
25
playoff games
1
First playoff goal
2 points
best game
PHI4–1→MTL4–0→WSH2–4

Michael Peca plays the 1997-1998 season for Buffalo Sabres

Michael Peca's season starts in game 12 of 82

1/4 into the season

Michael Peca reaches 100 career points

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Michael Peca reaches 50 career goals

Michael Peca closes the 1997-1998 season with 40 points

Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

Buffalo Sabres meet Philadelphia Flyers

Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0

Buffalo Sabres meet Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

Michael Peca ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 5 points