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Michal Handzus's 1998-1999 season

Points
16
NHL#333
Goals
4
NHL#363
Assists
12
NHL#301
Plus/minus
-9
NHL#685
Games
66
80%
80% of 82

Centre Michal Handzus was 21 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for St. Louis Blues. He played 66 of a possible 82 games and scored 4 goals and 12 assists for 16 points, 0.24 points per game. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 2 points.

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

1998-1999Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Michal Handzus makes his NHL debut in the 3–⁠3 draw against Boston Bruins

    Michal was 21 years old · FleetCenter, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    14:13
    TOI

    Swedes on the ice: Per-Johan Axelsson and Peter Nordström.

    • The game
      STL3–3BOS
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:13TOI
    • The game
      STL4–2NYR
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:43TOI
    • The game
      STL1–4DET
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:01TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–0STL
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:14TOI
    • The game
      STL5–3OTT
      W
      game 5/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG13:59TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Michal Handzus records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Ottawa Senators · October 22

    • The game
      CGY3–4STL
      W
      game 6/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG12:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–2PHI
      L
      game 7/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:37TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3STL
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP15:07TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      ANA2–2STL
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:38TOI
    • November 1998
    • The game
      STL3–1ANA
      W
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:06TOI
    • The game
      STL2–2LAK
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG14:50TOI
    • The game
      STL2–2SJS
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:13TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–5STL
      W
      game 13/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:50TOI
    • The game
      STL2–6DET
      L
      game 14/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:10TOI
    • The game
      NSH1–5STL
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG15:55TOI
    • The game
      STL2–3NSH
      L
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG15:17TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–3STL
      game 17/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:23TOI
    • The game
      NSH0–4STL
      W
      game 18/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:29TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–2STL
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:12TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–4STL
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG15:32TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Michal Handzus scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Washington Capitals · November 28

    • The game
      STL0–2COL
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:18TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      5
      points
      NHL#301
      1
      goals
      NHL#320
      4
      assists
      NHL#238
      STL
      9-7-0W-L-OT23Points
      2nd in the Central·5th in the Western Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      COL3–1STL
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:51TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–2STL
      game 23/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:19TOI
    • The game
      PIT4–3STL
      L
      game 24/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:13TOI
    • The game
      STL0–0COL
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:50TOI
    • The game
      STL3–7DAL
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:56TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–3STL
      W
      game 27/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG13:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–5STL
      W
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG18:29TOI
    • The game
      STL3–3NYI
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG18:20TOI
    • The game
      STL2–4NJD
      L
      game 30/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG19:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–4STL
      W
      game 31/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:25TOI
    • The game
      STL4–4DET
      game 32/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG14:17TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL6–5NSH
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG16:37TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR1–0STL
      L
      game 34/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:35TOI
    • The game
      VAN0–4STL
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:06TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–4STL
      W
      game 36/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG16:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–2PIT
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:53TOI
    • The game
      STL1–3MTL
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:26TOI
    • The game
      STL4–2BUF
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:55TOI
    • The game
      STL0–2COL
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:21TOI
    • The game
      STL2–4PHX
      L
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:24TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      11
      points
      NHL#274
      2
      goals
      NHL#354
      9
      assists
      NHL#218
      STL
      16-16-0W-L-OT41Points
      2nd in the Central·7th in the Western Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–2STL
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG10:36TOI
    • The game
      STL3–0SJS
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:35TOI
    • The game
      STL4–2VAN
      W
      game 44/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG12:18TOI
    • The game
      STL3–4CGY
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:11TOI
    • February 1999
    • The game
      STL4–3EDM
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG17:04TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–0STL
      L
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:14TOI
    • The game
      ANA4–3STL
      L
      game 48/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:44TOI
    • The game
      STL5–4FLA
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:22TOI
    • The game
      STL5–4TBL
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG11:24TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–1STL
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG11:57TOI
    • The game
      EDM3–2STL
      L
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:14TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–8STL
      W
      game 53/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG17:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA0–0STL
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:51TOI
    • The game
      NSH4–3STL
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG09:31TOI
    • The game
      LAK1–5STL
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG10:54TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI3–1STL
      L
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:23TOI
    • The game
      STL4–2CGY
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG15:21TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      14
      points
      NHL#308
      3
      goals
      NHL#358
      11
      assists
      NHL#269
      STL
      26-26-0W-L-OT62Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Central·6th in the Western Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • March 1999
    • The game
      MTL3–0STL
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG09:57TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–6STL
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG13:14TOI
    • The game
      STL5–2CHI
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG16:14TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–5STL
      W
      game 67/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG19:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX2–2STL
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:52TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–2STL
      L
      game 69/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:40TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–5STL
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:20TOI
    • The game
      STL4–1VAN
      W
      game 71/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:49TOI
    The season in numbers

    Michal Handzus closes the 1998-1999 season with 16 points

    Points
    16
    NHL#333
    Games
    66of 82
    80%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#363
    Assists
    12
    NHL#301
    P/GP
    0.24
    NHL#353
    +/-
    -9
    NHL#685
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    28 days later
    Playoffs

    St. Louis Blues are in the playoffs

    First round

    St. Louis Blues meet Phoenix Coyotes

    STLvsPHX
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    Swedes on Phoenix Coyotes
    No Swedes
    • Game 3
      PHX5–4STL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG13:13TOI
    • Phoenix Coyoteslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      PHX2–1STL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:09TOI
    • Phoenix Coyoteslead3–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      STL2–1PHX
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG18:39TOI
    • May 1999
    • Phoenix Coyoteslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      PHX3–5STL
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • St. Louis Bluesare3–3withPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 7
      STL1–0PHX
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:23TOI
    First round

    St. Louis Blues knock Phoenix Coyotes out 4–3

    STL4–3PHX
    Advance
    5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    2 days later
    Second round

    St. Louis Blues meet Dallas Stars

    STLvsDAL
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    Swedes on Dallas Stars
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      STL0–3DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG17:35TOI
    • Dallas Starslead1–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 2
      STL4–5DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:58TOI
    • Dallas Starslead2–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 3
      DAL2–3STL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:54TOI
    • Dallas Starslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      DAL2–3STL
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG18:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • St. Louis Bluesare2–2withDallas Stars
    • Game 5
      STL1–3DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:37TOI
    • Dallas Starslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      DAL2–1STL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:04TOI
    Second round

    Dallas Stars knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

    STL2–4DAL
    Eliminated
    6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Michal Handzus ends the 1998-1999 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#143
    Games
    11
    Goals
    0
    NHL#167
    Assists
    2
    NHL#109
    P/GP
    0.18
    NHL#104
    +/-
    0
    NHL#123
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    PHX4–3→DAL2–4