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Mike Rathje's 1997-1998 season

Points
15
NHL#355
Goals
3
NHL#407
Assists
12
NHL#293
Plus/minus
-4
NHL#531
Games
81
98%
98% of 82

Defenceman Mike Rathje was 23 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for San Jose Sharks. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 3 goals and 12 assists for 15 points, 0.19 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 1 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Mike Rathje plays the 1997-1998 season for San Jose Sharks

    Mike was 23 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      EDM5–3SJS
      L
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG21:33TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–3SJS
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:39TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–0SJS
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:50TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–3COL
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG23:09TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS2–5SJS
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG23:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–2SJS
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG31:49TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–2SJS
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:09TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5PHX
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG17:17TOI
    • The game
      PIT5–2SJS
      L
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:17TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–3NJD
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:05TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–1NYI
      W
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:31TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–4DET
      L
      game 12/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG21:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–5CHI
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG19:44TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      SJS0–2STL
      L
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:21TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–0SJS
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG28:28TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3SJS
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG21:59TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–3SJS
      W
      game 17/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG20:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS6–4ANA
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG21:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–2SJS
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:23TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–6LAK
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG09:05TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–2SJS
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:45TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      6
      points
      NHL#232
      1
      goals
      NHL#294
      5
      assists
      NHL#160
      -9
      +/-
      NHL#210
      SJS
      6-14-0W-L-OT13Points
      5th in the Pacific·11th in the Western Conference·23rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ANA2–4SJS
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG20:42TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0PHI
      W
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:40TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–2WSH
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG21:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–2MTL
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:33TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–3TOR
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG20:27TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2SJS
      L
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:22TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–6EDM
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:09TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      SJS2–3CGY
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:57TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–2VAN
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:44TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–3SJS
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG26:51TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–0DAL
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:56TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–1CHI
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG07:25TOI
    • The game
      DET1–5SJS
      W
      game 34/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP22:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN0–0SJS
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:45TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–2ANA
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:48TOI
    • The game
      PHX4–0SJS
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:15TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–2TBL
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:16TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–2FLA
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:14TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–1DET
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:10TOI
    • The game
      SJS0–3BOS
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG19:00TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      8
      points
      NHL#333
      1
      goals
      NHL#418
      7
      assists
      NHL#255
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#205
      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
      -1+/-0SOG17:29TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5SJS
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:30TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–1SJS
      L
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG16:55TOI
    • The game
      LAK4–2SJS
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:57TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–2COL
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:41TOI
    • The game
      CGY1–7SJS
      W
      game 47/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP19:15TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM2–3SJS
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:00TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–1SJS
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:47TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–4SJS
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:54TOI
    • The game
      CHI3–0SJS
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:02TOI
    • The game
      COL2–5SJS
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:57TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      NYR3–2SJS
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG22:22TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0EDM
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG19:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–4CGY
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:17TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–6VAN
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:15TOI
    • The game
      STL1–3SJS
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG19:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS1–4EDM
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG18:20TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      CAR3–1SJS
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG17:37TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–5SJS
      W
      game 60/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:48TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0ANA
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG17:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–3SJS
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG18:21TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      13
      points
      NHL#320
      3
      goals
      NHL#360
      10
      assists
      NHL#272
      -2
      +/-
      NHL#142
      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
      0+/-0SOG18:08TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–3BUF
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:15TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–1CAR
      W
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–2SJS
      W
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:31TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–1SJS
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:21TOI
    • The game
      COL2–0SJS
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:59TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–3PHX
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:19TOI
    • The game
      LAK4–3SJS
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG18:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS5–2LAK
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:24TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–1DAL
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:02TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–6STL
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:42TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      SJS3–2PIT
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG18:49TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–3OTT
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG22:41TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–3TOR
      W
      game 76/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY0–6SJS
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG17:08TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–5SJS
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:56TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–1SJS
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:03TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–3CGY
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG19:02TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–4COL
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:36TOI
    The season in numbers

    Mike Rathje closes the 1997-1998 season with 15 points

    Points
    15
    NHL#355
    Games
    81of 82
    99%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#407
    Assists
    12
    NHL#293
    P/GP
    0.19
    NHL#418
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#531
    6 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
      -1+/-0SOG17:26TOI
    • Dallas Starslead1–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 2
      SJS2–5DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:18TOI
    • Dallas Starslead2–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 3
      DAL1–4SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP15:43TOI
      +1 goal
    • Dallas Starslead2–1againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 4
      DAL0–1SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:17TOI
    • San Jose Sharksare2–2withDallas Stars
    • Game 5
      SJS2–3DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:53TOI
    • May 1998
    • Dallas Starslead3–2againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 6
      DAL3–2SJS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:08TOI
    First round

    Dallas Stars knock San Jose Sharks out 4–2

    SJS2–4DAL
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Mike Rathje ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#178
    Games
    6
    Goals
    1
    NHL#91
    Assists
    0
    NHL#210
    P/GP
    0.17
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#275
    DAL2–4