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Niklas Sundström's 1998-1999 season

Points
43
Swedish flag#8NHL#118
Goals
13
Swedish flag#12NHL#158
Assists
30
Swedish flag#6NHL#78
Plus/minus
-2
NHL#463
Games
81
98%
98% of 82

Right winger Niklas Sundström was 23 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 13 goals and 30 assists for 43 points, 0.53 points per game. That was 8th among the Swedes and 118th in the NHL. New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1998-1999
  1. Season opener

    Niklas Sundström plays the 1998-1999 season for New York Rangers

    Niklas was 23 years old when the 1998-1999 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHI1–0NYR
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:34TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–7MTL
      L
      game 2/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG18:05TOI
    • The game
      STL4–2NYR
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG23:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–1NYR
      L
      game 4/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG23:50TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–3PIT
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:19TOI
    • The game
      EDM2–3NYR
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP20:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–3NYR
      W
      game 7/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG20:53TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–2PHI
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:57TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–0NYR
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:07TOI
    • The game
      CAR0–1NYR
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:41TOI
    • November 1998
    • The game
      NYR1–3NJD
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:30TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYR
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG16:10TOI
    • The game
      NYR6–6TOR
      game 13/824
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG19:49TOI
    • The game
      NYR10–2TBL
      W
      game 14/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG19:17TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR1–4FLA
      L
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:30TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–3NYR
      game 16/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP22:41TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR1–3ANA
      L
      game 17/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG23:30TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–1LAK
      W
      game 18/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP18:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–2SJS
      game 19/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG21:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–4BUF
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG18:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–2PIT
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:45TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      9
      points
      Swedish flag#11NHL#148
      4
      goals
      Swedish flag#10NHL#115
      5
      assists
      Swedish flag#11NHL#169
      NYR
      5-9-0W-L-OT17Points
      5th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NSH1–5NYR
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG15:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 1998
    • The game
      FLA4–5NYR
      W
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:15TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–1OTT
      W
      game 25/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG16:49TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR2–6NYR
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-2SOG16:36TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      COL2–1NYR
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:35TOI
    • The game
      NYR0–2BUF
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:42TOI
    • The game
      CGY2–5NYR
      W
      game 29/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG17:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6NJD
      L
      game 30/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG16:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–7TOR
      L
      game 31/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG14:38TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CAR1–0NYR
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:57TOI
    • The game
      NYR6–3CAR
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG18:40TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR1–3PHX
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG18:24TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR6–3COL
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP21:27TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR1–0STL
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:32TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–4NYR
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG21:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD5–2NYR
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG15:58TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–5WSH
      L
      game 39/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:46TOI
    • The game
      TBL2–5NYR
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:28TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–4NYR
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG21:37TOI
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      26
      points
      Swedish flag#5NHL#69
      8
      goals
      Swedish flag#8NHL#118
      18
      assists
      Swedish flag#4NHL#45
      NYR
      17-17-0W-L-OT41Points
      4th in the Atlantic·9th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI3–1NYR
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG22:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR0–3MTL
      L
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:02TOI
    • The game
      OTT2–1NYR
      L
      game 44/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:06TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–1NYR
      L
      game 45/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:50TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–1WSH
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP20:38TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–3CAR
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:39TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–2DET
      W
      game 48/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG22:52TOI
      +1 goal
    • February 1999
    • The game
      WSH3–1NYR
      L
      game 49/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG20:19TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–8NYR
      W
      game 50/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG18:35TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–3BOS
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:15TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–1NYR
      L
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:50TOI
    • The game
      DET4–2NYR
      L
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:44TOI
    • The game
      NYR7–4NSH
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:54TOI
    • The game
      MTL6–3NYR
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:03TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–6NYR
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG23:39TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–1EDM
      W
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:31TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–6CGY
      L
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:21TOI
    • The game
      PHX0–3NYR
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI5–6NYR
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:01TOI
    • March 1999
    • The game
      DAL2–2NYR
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:05TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–2WSH
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-2SOG19:28TOI
      +3 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      37
      points
      Swedish flag#6NHL#86
      11
      goals
      Swedish flag#8NHL#138
      26
      assists
      Swedish flag#5NHL#54
      NYR
      26-28-0W-L-OT60Points
      4th in the Atlantic·10th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–1BOS
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP18:54TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR2–3NYR
      W
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:54TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–0NYR
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:49TOI
    • The game
      BOS5–4NYR
      L
      game 66/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:51TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–2NYI
      W
      game 67/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:28TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–1NYR
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:56TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYR
      L
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:13TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–2NYR
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:21TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–6TBL
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG15:28TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–1FLA
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:12TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–3PHI
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:08TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–3NYR
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • April 1999
    • The game
      ANA4–1NYR
      L
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG21:31TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–4NJD
      L
      game 76/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG16:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–1PHI
      W
      game 77/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG14:15TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–6CHI
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:59TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–3DAL
      L
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG17:54TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–2NYR
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG21:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–2OTT
      game 81/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG20:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–1NYR
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:08TOI
    The season in numbers

    Niklas Sundström closes the 1998-1999 season with 43 points

    New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    43
    #8NHL#118
    Games
    81of 82
    99%
    Goals
    13
    #12NHL#158
    Assists
    30
    #6NHL#78
    P/GP
    0.53
    #12NHL#154
    +/-
    -2
    #21NHL#463
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
  2. 2 months and 8 days later
    Trade

    Niklas Sundström is traded from New York Rangers to Tampa Bay Lightning

    Here he joins Swedes Michael Nylander and Kjell Samuelsson.

    His spell with New York Rangers · 1995–96 to 1998–99
    315
    Games
    65
    Goals
    98
    Assists
    163
    Points
    Tampa Bay Lightning received
    New York Rangers received
    • 1999 draft pick, round 1 (#4)