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Nicklas Lidström's 1998-1999 season

Points
57
Swedish flag#4NHL#45
Goals
14
Swedish flag#11NHL#141
Assists
43
Swedish flag#3NHL#23
Plus/minus
+14
Swedish flag#5NHL#61
Games
81
98%
98% of 82

Defenceman Nicklas Lidström was 28 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 14 goals and 43 assists for 57 points, 0.70 points per game. That was 4th among the Swedes and 45th in the NHL. He also finished third in the Swedish assist race. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 11 points.

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

1998-1999Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Nicklas Lidström plays the 1998-1999 season for Detroit Red Wings

    Nicklas was 28 years old when the 1998-1999 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DET1–2TOR
      L
      game 1/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG28:40TOI
    • The game
      DET3–2WSH
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG23:36TOI
    • The game
      STL1–4DET
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP23:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY0–2DET
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:30TOI
    • The game
      NSH2–5DET
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP24:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR5–3DET
      L
      game 6/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG27:21TOI
    • The game
      DET3–0MTL
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG23:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET7–2FLA
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-2SOG2PPP22:14TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      DET1–3STL
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG27:33TOI
    • The game
      DET2–3DAL
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG29:36TOI
    • November 1998
    • The game
      CGY5–2DET
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG26:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–3PHX
      L
      game 12/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP27:38TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–2ANA
      W
      game 13/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP28:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–6DET
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG20:51TOI
    • The game
      DAL5–1DET
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG24:27TOI
    • The game
      DET3–5CGY
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG26:14TOI
    • The game
      DET6–2EDM
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG22:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–2VAN
      W
      game 18/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG24:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA2–5DET
      W
      game 19/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG25:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–7DET
      W
      game 20/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP26:03TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      SJS1–4DET
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:48TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      14
      points
      Swedish flag#4NHL#75
      2
      goals
      Swedish flag#14NHL#221
      12
      assists
      Swedish flag#3NHL#32
      +9
      +/-
      Swedish flag#1NHL#9
      DET
      13-8-0W-L-OT26Points
      1st in the Central·2nd in the Western Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • December 1998
    • The game
      DET2–4COL
      L
      game 22/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP26:28TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET2–2SJS
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG29:50TOI
    • The game
      DET4–3LAK
      W
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG27:33TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–3DET
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG28:27TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM2–3DET
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP26:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET0–3CAR
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG26:07TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–5DET
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP24:40TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL3–1DET
      L
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG24:52TOI
    • The game
      DET1–4BOS
      L
      game 30/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG28:34TOI
    • The game
      PHX6–2DET
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG28:37TOI
    • The game
      DET3–5NSH
      L
      game 32/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG26:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–4STL
      L
      game 33/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG27:29TOI
    • The game
      STL4–4DET
      game 34/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP31:53TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR4–2DET
      L
      game 35/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG27:12TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–5DET
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG25:42TOI
    • The game
      DET3–1CHI
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP29:59TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      OTT2–0DET
      L
      game 38/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG29:29TOI
    • The game
      COL2–3DET
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP16:52TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET1–4OTT
      L
      game 40/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG25:21TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–5DET
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP21:45TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      27
      points
      Swedish flag#4NHL#55
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#11NHL#136
      20
      assists
      Swedish flag#3NHL#35
      +12
      +/-
      Swedish flag#2NHL#15
      DET
      21-18-0W-L-OT44Points
      1st in the Central·2nd in the Western Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NSH1–2DET
      W
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG25:59TOI
    • The game
      DET2–2VAN
      game 43/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG28:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–4EDM
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG24:30TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3CGY
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG26:46TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–4DET
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP25:57TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET4–1NSH
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG26:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–2DET
      L
      game 48/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG27:42TOI
    • February 1999
    • The game
      DET2–2NJD
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG29:55TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–5DET
      W
      game 50/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP24:35TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      COL3–1DET
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG29:58TOI
    • The game
      DET1–2PIT
      L
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG29:10TOI
    • The game
      DET5–2NSH
      W
      game 53/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG23:41TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM2–4DET
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG31:11TOI
    • The game
      DET2–1CHI
      W
      game 55/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP29:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–2NYR
      W
      game 56/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG30:38TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS1–3DET
      W
      game 57/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG29:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–3DET
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG25:44TOI
    • The game
      DET4–4BUF
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG30:37TOI
    • The game
      LAK3–2DET
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG24:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA5–5DET
      game 61/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP31:42TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET1–3NYI
      L
      game 62/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG26:50TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      40
      points
      Swedish flag#5NHL#61
      10
      goals
      Swedish flag#9NHL#151
      30
      assists
      Swedish flag#3NHL#32
      +14
      +/-
      Swedish flag#1NHL#16
      DET
      31-25-0W-L-OT68Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Central·3rd in the Western Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • March 1999
    • The game
      DET7–2PHX
      W
      game 63/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG2PPP22:04TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET1–3ANA
      L
      game 64/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP26:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–4LAK
      L
      game 65/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1SHP29:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET0–2SJS
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG26:12TOI
    • The game
      DET3–1COL
      W
      game 67/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP26:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX4–3DET
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP24:26TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET5–3TBL
      W
      game 69/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP29:17TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      DET4–5PHI
      L
      game 70/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG24:14TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–2DET
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG24:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL1–6DET
      W
      game 72/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP21:12TOI
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Nicklas Lidström reaches 100 career goals

    in the game against Tampa Bay Lightning · March 26

    • The game
      PHI2–3DET
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG28:07TOI
    • The game
      LAK1–2DET
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:20TOI
    • April 1999
    • The game
      CHI3–5DET
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG24:30TOI
    • The game
      DET3–0DAL
      W
      game 76/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG27:27TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–3DET
      W
      game 77/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG27:15TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN1–6DET
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP19:03TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET1–1STL
      game 79/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP29:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–0DET
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG23:13TOI
    • The game
      NSH2–4DET
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG23:18TOI
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Nicklas Lidström closes the 1998-1999 season with 57 points

    Points
    57
    #4NHL#45
    Games
    81of 82
    99%
    Goals
    14
    #11NHL#141
    Assists
    43
    #3NHL#23
    P/GP
    0.70
    #5NHL#71
    +/-
    +14
    #5NHL#61
    Events
    100
    career goals
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    7 days later
    Playoffs

    Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

    First round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Anaheim Ducks

    DETvsANA
    • Game 1
      ANA3–5DET
      W
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG25:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 2
      ANA1–5DET
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP27:25TOI
      +2 assists
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 3
      DET4–2ANA
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP34:37TOI
      +2 assists
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 4
      DET3–0ANA
      W
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP28:05TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–0

    DET4–0ANA
    Advance
    4Games6Points0Goals6Assists
    10 days later
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Colorado Avalanche

    DETvsCOL
    Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
    • Game 1
      DET3–2COL
      W
      3
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP33:29TOI
      +2 assists
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 2
      DET4–0COL
      W
      3
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP28:52TOI
      +2 points
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 3
      COL5–3DET
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG29:47TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 4
      COL6–2DET
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG29:58TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingsare2–2withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 5
      DET0–3COL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG33:49TOI
    • Colorado Avalanchelead3–2againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 6
      COL5–2DET
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP31:36TOI
      +1 goal
    Second round

    Colorado Avalanche knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–2

    DET2–4COL
    Eliminated
    6Games5Points2Goals3Assists
    The run in numbers

    Nicklas Lidström ends the 1998-1999 playoffs with 11 points

    Points
    11
    #3NHL#28
    Games
    10
    Goals
    2
    #4NHL#66
    Assists
    9
    #2NHL#10
    P/GP
    1.10
    #2NHL#6
    +/-
    0
    #7NHL#123
    Events
    75
    playoff points
    50
    playoff assists
    6 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    ANA4–0→COL2–4