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Murray Craven's 1997-1998 season

Points
29
NHL#198
Goals
12
NHL#173
Assists
17
NHL#219
Plus/minus
+4
NHL#178
Games
67
81%
81% of 82

Left winger Murray Craven was 33 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 16th in the NHL, and played it for San Jose Sharks. He played 67 of a possible 82 games and scored 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points, 0.43 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 2 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Murray Craven plays the 1997-1998 season for San Jose Sharks

    Murray was 33 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 16th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      EDM5–3SJS
      L
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:27TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–3SJS
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG22:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT1–0SJS
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:19TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–3COL
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:40TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5SJS
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG17:35TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI3–2SJS
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG18:46TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–2SJS
      L
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG14:31TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5PHX
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:01TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–5CHI
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG19:41TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      TBL1–3SJS
      W
      game 17/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG16:21TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS6–4ANA
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG19:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–2SJS
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG20:52TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–6LAK
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:39TOI
    • The game
      PHX3–2SJS
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:29TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8214 of 21 played
      5
      points
      NHL#281
      2
      goals
      NHL#211
      3
      assists
      NHL#269
      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
      0+/-3SOG22:51TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0PHI
      W
      game 23/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG21:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS5–2WSH
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG19:13TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS2–2MTL
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG07:09TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2SJS
      L
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:31TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–6EDM
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG18:48TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      SJS2–3CGY
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP21:46TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      SJS3–2VAN
      W
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:53TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–3SJS
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG19:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS1–0DAL
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP18:21TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS2–1CHI
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG08:12TOI
    • The game
      DET1–5SJS
      W
      game 34/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP18:54TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN0–0SJS
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:52TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–2ANA
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP16:27TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHX4–0SJS
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:15TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–2TBL
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:56TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–2FLA
      game 39/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG17:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS4–1DET
      W
      game 40/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:37TOI
    • The game
      SJS0–3BOS
      L
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:49TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8233 of 41 played
      15
      points
      NHL#193
      8
      goals
      NHL#102
      7
      assists
      NHL#255
      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+/-1SOG12:06TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–5SJS
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG14:40TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DAL3–1SJS
      L
      game 44/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–2SJS
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:50TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–2COL
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG14:35TOI
    • The game
      CGY1–7SJS
      W
      game 47/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG14:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM2–3SJS
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG13:23TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA1–1SJS
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:58TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–4SJS
      W
      game 50/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG18:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI3–0SJS
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:09TOI
    • The game
      COL2–5SJS
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:19TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      NYR3–2SJS
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG18:10TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0EDM
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–4CGY
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:12TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–6VAN
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG15:56TOI
    • The game
      STL1–3SJS
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG18:36TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–4EDM
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:18TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      CAR3–1SJS
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG20:23TOI
    • The game
      DET4–5SJS
      W
      game 60/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP18:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS3–0ANA
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:41TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–3SJS
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:29TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8254 of 62 played
      23
      points
      NHL#194
      10
      goals
      NHL#147
      13
      assists
      NHL#212
      SJS
      25-30-0W-L-OT57Points
      4th in the Pacific·9th in the Western Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS2–1CAR
      W
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–2SJS
      W
      game 66/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP17:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL3–1SJS
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:10TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–6STL
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:47TOI
    Milestone

    Murray Craven reaches 1,000 NHL games

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · March 30

    • The game
      SJS3–2PIT
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG17:59TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–3OTT
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:03TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–3TOR
      W
      game 76/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG16:52TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY0–6SJS
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG13:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA2–5SJS
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG15:50TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN1–1SJS
      game 79/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:45TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–3CGY
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:58TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–4COL
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:36TOI
    • The game
      CGY1–4SJS
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP14:11TOI
      +2 assists
    The season in numbers

    Murray Craven closes the 1997-1998 season with 29 points

    Points
    29
    NHL#198
    Games
    67of 82
    82%
    Goals
    12
    NHL#173
    Assists
    17
    NHL#219
    P/GP
    0.43
    NHL#199
    +/-
    +4
    NHL#178
    Events
    1,000
    NHL games
    4 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+/-1SOG16:33TOI
    • Dallas Starslead1–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 2
      SJS2–5DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG18:51TOI
      +1 goal
    • Dallas Starslead2–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 3
      DAL1–4SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:02TOI
    • Dallas Starslead2–1againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 4
      DAL0–1SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:37TOI
    • San Jose Sharksare2–2withDallas Stars
    • Game 5
      SJS2–3DAL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:03TOI
    • May 1998
    • Dallas Starslead3–2againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 6
      DAL3–2SJS
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP16:30TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    Dallas Stars knock San Jose Sharks out 4–2

    SJS2–4DAL
    Eliminated
    6Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Murray Craven ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#141
    Games
    6
    Goals
    1
    NHL#91
    Assists
    1
    NHL#149
    P/GP
    0.33
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#232
    DAL2–4