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Nikolai Khabibulin's 1997-1998 season

Wins
30
NHL#8
Save pct
.900
NHL#47
GAA
2.74
NHL#46
Shutouts
4
NHL#13
Games
70
85%
85% of 82

Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin was 24 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Phoenix Coyotes. He played 70 games and won 30 of them, at .900. In the playoffs he played 4 games and won 2.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Nikolai Khabibulin plays the 1997-1998 season for Phoenix Coyotes

    Nikolai was 24 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CHI2–6PHX
      W
      game 1/82
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
    • The game
      PHX2–7STL
      L
      game 2/82
      His night
      .667SV%
      8SV12SA4GA40:00TOIL
      .667
    • The game
      PHX2–1PHI
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
    • The game
      BOS3–2PHX
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      .813SV%
      13SV16SA3GA61:52TOIL
      .813
    • The game
      PHX3–3COL
      game 5/821
      His night
      .938SV%
      45SV48SA3GA64:33TOI
      .938
    • The game
      CHI1–2PHX
      W
      game 6/82
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
    • The game
      SJS3–5PHX
      W
      game 7/821
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .903
    • The game
      ANA4–3PHX
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .846
    • The game
      WSH3–3PHX
      game 9/821
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA64:56TOI
      .885
    • The game
      BUF1–6PHX
      W
      game 10/82
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
    • The game
      PHX2–3EDM
      L
      game 11/821
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA58:39TOIL
      .912
    • The game
      PHX2–4CGY
      L
      game 12/823
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA59:12TOIL
      .912
    • November 1997
    • The game
      CGY1–3PHX
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA59:44TOIW
      .958
    • The game
      PHX2–4MTL
      L
      game 14/821
      His night
      .789SV%
      15SV19SA4GA32:32TOIL
      .789
    • The game
      PHX1–4OTT
      L
      game 15/822
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .889
    • The game
      PHX3–0TOR
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      25SV25SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      TBL2–5PHX
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA59:44TOIW
      .913
    • The game
      MTL5–2PHX
      L
      game 18/821
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA59:56TOIL
      .792
    • The game
      EDM3–6PHX
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .857
    • The game
      PHX2–4VAN
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      .692SV%
      9SV13SA4GA32:16TOIL
      .692
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 started
      9
      wins
      NHL#6
      .898
      SV%
      NHL#23
      2.9
      GAA
      NHL#23
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      PHX
      10-9-0W-L-OT22Points
      4th in the Central·6th in the Western Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR0–2PHX
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      STL2–3PHX
      W
      game 23/82
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA59:54TOIW
      .929
    • The game
      DAL4–1PHX
      L
      game 24/82
      His night
      .800SV%
      12SV15SA3GA57:47TOIL
      .800
    • December 1997
    • The game
      PHX3–2FLA
      W
      game 26/821
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
    • The game
      PHX1–2TBL
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA59:13TOIL
      .895
    • The game
      PHX2–2CAR
      game 28/82
      His night
      .889SV%
      16SV18SA2GA65:00TOI
      .889
    • The game
      PHX1–3NYR
      L
      game 30/822
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA57:19TOIL
      .897
    • The game
      PHX3–3CHI
      game 31/82
      His night
      .600SV%
      3SV5SA2GA04:42TOI
      .600
    • The game
      PIT2–2PHX
      game 32/821
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA64:56TOI
      .895
    • The game
      DET3–3PHX
      game 33/822
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA64:40TOI
      .912
    • The game
      VAN5–1PHX
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      .783SV%
      18SV23SA5GA59:56TOIL
      .783
    • The game
      TOR3–2PHX
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:25TOIL
      .893
    • The game
      CGY2–2PHX
      game 37/823
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA65:00TOI
      .929
    • The game
      PHX4–0SJS
      W
      game 38/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      30SV30SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • The game
      PHX4–2LAK
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
    • The game
      PHX5–3CGY
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      .786SV%
      11SV14SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .786
    • The game
      LAK0–4PHX
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      23SV23SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 started
      16
      wins
      NHL#6
      .903
      SV%
      NHL#21
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#20
      4
      shutouts
      NHL#4
      PHX
      18-16-0W-L-OT43Points
      4th in the Central·5th in the Western Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI1–2PHX
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      PHX0–2DET
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA56:40TOIL
      .923
    • The game
      PHX2–5BOS
      L
      game 44/821
      His night
      .853SV%
      29SV34SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .853
    • The game
      OTT4–4PHX
      game 46/823
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA65:00TOI
      .852
    • The game
      FLA2–3PHX
      W
      game 47/821
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
    • The game
      PHX2–6EDM
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      .828SV%
      24SV29SA5GA48:15TOIL
      .828
    • The game
      PHX6–1VAN
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      .966SV%
      28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .966
    • The game
      EDM5–2PHX
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      .783SV%
      18SV23SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .783
    • The game
      VAN2–4PHX
      W
      game 51/823
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
    • The game
      PHX4–4DET
      game 52/822
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA64:55TOI
      .875
    • The game
      PHX5–2TOR
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      .950SV%
      38SV40SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .950
    • February 1998
    • The game
      CHI4–2PHX
      L
      game 55/82
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA59:59TOIL
      .867
    • The game
      NYR1–1PHX
      game 57/823
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA64:55TOI
      .944
    • The game
      COL4–2PHX
      L
      game 58/821
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA58:38TOIL
      .875
    • The game
      PHX0–3COL
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .914
    • The game
      PHX0–4DAL
      L
      game 60/82
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .867
    • March 1998
    • The game
      DET3–1PHX
      L
      game 61/823
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA59:16TOIL
      .943
    • The game
      CAR5–4PHX
      L
      game 62/82
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA62:34TOIL
      .839
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8255 of 62 started
      21
      wins
      NHL#9
      .900
      SV%
      NHL#25
      2.7
      GAA
      NHL#24
      4
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      PHX
      24-27-0W-L-OT59Points
      4th in the Central·6th in the Western Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHX1–1DAL
      game 63/82
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA65:00TOI
      .957
    • The game
      LAK4–3PHX
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      .556SV%
      5SV9SA4GA20:00TOIL
      .556
    • The game
      DAL4–5PHX
      W
      game 65/82
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .852
    • The game
      COL4–3PHX
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      .789SV%
      15SV19SA4GA59:12TOIL
      .789
    • The game
      SJS1–3PHX
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA59:59TOIW
      .960
    • The game
      TOR2–4PHX
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA59:51TOIW
      .920
    • The game
      NJD3–0PHX
      L
      game 72/82
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA57:44TOIL
      .913
    • April 1998
    • The game
      PHX5–1ANA
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
    • The game
      ANA3–6PHX
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA59:55TOIW
      .875
    • The game
      PHX2–1PIT
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA59:53TOIW
      .967
    • The game
      PHX1–5DET
      L
      game 77/823
      His night
      .868SV%
      33SV38SA5GA59:14TOIL
      .868
    • The game
      PHX4–3STL
      W
      game 78/82
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
    • The game
      PHX2–1CHI
      W
      game 79/82
      His night
      .967SV%
      29SV30SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .967
    • The game
      DAL2–3PHX
      W
      game 81/82
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
    • The game
      STL5–4PHX
      L
      game 82/82
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA33:43TOI
      .778
    The season in numbers

    Nikolai Khabibulin closes the 1997-1998 season with 30 wins

    Wins
    30
    Games
    70of 82
    85%
    Shutouts
    4
    SV%
    .900
    GAA
    2.74
    Starts
    70
    Events
    10
    career shutouts
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Phoenix Coyotes are in the playoffs

    First round

    Phoenix Coyotes meet Detroit Red Wings

    PHXvsDET
    Swedes on Phoenix Coyotes
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PHX3–6DET
      L
      3
      His night
      .773SV%
      17SV22SA5GA36:11TOIL
      .773
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 2
      PHX7–4DET
      W
      3
      His night
      .895SV%
      34SV38SA4GA59:58TOIW
      .895
    • Phoenix Coyotesare1–1withDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 3
      DET2–3PHX
      W
      2
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
    • Phoenix Coyoteslead2–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 4
      DET4–2PHX
      L
      3
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA29:10TOI
      .895
    First round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Phoenix Coyotes out 4–2

    PHX2–4DET
    Eliminated
    4Games2Wins.877SV%4.2GAA
    The run in numbers

    Nikolai Khabibulin ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 2 wins

    Wins
    2
    Games
    4
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .877
    GAA
    4.21
    Starts
    4
    DET2–4