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Per-Johan Axelsson's 1997-1998 season

Points
27
Swedish flag#15NHL#214
Goals
8
Swedish flag#17NHL#256
Assists
19
Swedish flag#14NHL#192
Plus/minus
-14
NHL#710
Games
82
100%
100% of 82

Left winger Per-Johan Axelsson was 22 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played all 82 games and scored 8 goals and 19 assists for 27 points, 0.33 points per game. That was 15th among the Swedes and 214th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 1 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Per-Johan Axelsson makes his NHL debut in 6–⁠5 win against Los Angeles Kings

    Per-Johan was 22 years old · FleetCenter, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    11:07
    TOI

    Other Swedes on the ice: Mattias Norström and Mattias Timander.

    • The game
      LAK5–6BOS
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG11:07TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–1BOS
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG12:47TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–3COL
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG12:29TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–2PHX
      W
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:21TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5SJS
      L
      game 5/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-1SOG1PPP14:26TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Per-Johan Axelsson scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against San Jose Sharks · October 11

    • The game
      BOS3–0ANA
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG21:59TOI
    • The game
      BOS5–3LAK
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG19:25TOI
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Per-Johan Axelsson records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 15

    • The game
      BOS2–0VAN
      W
      game 8/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:25TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–0CGY
      W
      game 9/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:27TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–1EDM
      W
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG13:55TOI
    • The game
      TBL2–2BOS
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:36TOI
    • The game
      FLA5–4BOS
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:22TOI
    • The game
      ANA3–0BOS
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG15:16TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      EDM1–3BOS
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG19:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–1OTT
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH0–2BOS
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:28TOI
    • The game
      BOS0–2NJD
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG13:26TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–3DAL
      game 18/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:47TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4STL
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG15:40TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–3BOS
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:40TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–2OTT
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG16:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      6
      points
      Swedish flag#16NHL#235
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#16NHL#303
      5
      assists
      Swedish flag#13NHL#166
      BOS
      11-7-0W-L-OT25Points
      2nd in the Northeast·5th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS3–3PIT
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG18:35TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–0BOS
      L
      game 23/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG15:44TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–0BOS
      L
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:05TOI
    • The game
      BOS5–10FLA
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG20:31TOI
    • The game
      VAN5–2BOS
      L
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:38TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–1BOS
      game 27/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG16:50TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 1997
    • The game
      BOS1–3CAR
      L
      game 28/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:10TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–0PHI
      W
      game 29/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG16:54TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      CAR1–4BOS
      W
      game 30/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:17TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–2BOS
      W
      game 31/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG13:50TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–4BOS
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:44TOI
    • The game
      BOS6–2FLA
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG17:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS0–2TBL
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:57TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 35/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG21:37TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI4–3BOS
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:54TOI
    • The game
      DET4–2BOS
      L
      game 37/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:14TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–1TBL
      W
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:58TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYR
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG18:20TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–2TOR
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG16:45TOI
    • The game
      OTT0–0BOS
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:55TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      11
      points
      Swedish flag#17NHL#254
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#18NHL#287
      8
      assists
      Swedish flag#15NHL#216
      BOS
      17-16-0W-L-OT42Points
      3rd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS0–3BOS
      W
      game 42/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG17:25TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS2–1MTL
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:05TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–5BOS
      W
      game 44/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG16:42TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1BOS
      game 45/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG19:36TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–5BOS
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG19:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–4MTL
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:05TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4PIT
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG15:47TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–4WSH
      L
      game 49/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG13:23TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–6BOS
      W
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:02TOI
    • The game
      PIT4–2BOS
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:41TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–4BOS
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG17:59TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      BOS2–2NYI
      game 53/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG14:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–2BUF
      game 54/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:58TOI
    • The game
      STL3–1BOS
      L
      game 55/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:50TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–1BOS
      L
      game 56/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:00TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–1BOS
      game 57/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG15:11TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–6BOS
      W
      game 58/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG19:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BOS5–4NYI
      W
      game 59/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG15:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–0WSH
      W
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:38TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–1NJD
      game 61/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:58TOI
    • The game
      CHI2–1BOS
      L
      game 62/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:11TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      17
      points
      Swedish flag#17NHL#253
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#17NHL#277
      12
      assists
      Swedish flag#16NHL#230
      BOS
      26-23-0W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS6–3DET
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-1SOG16:24TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      CGY5–2BOS
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:36TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–5BOS
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:17TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–4BOS
      W
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:21TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–4BOS
      W
      game 67/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG15:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–1BUF
      W
      game 68/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP18:23TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS0–1CHI
      L
      game 69/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:15TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–4BOS
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-2SOG16:19TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      FLA3–2BOS
      L
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:52TOI
    • The game
      COL1–4BOS
      W
      game 72/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:40TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      BOS4–2NYR
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG15:36TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–5BUF
      L
      game 74/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG12:00TOI
    • The game
      CAR3–0BOS
      L
      game 75/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG15:36TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–2OTT
      W
      game 76/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG18:17TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–4BOS
      W
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:20TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2BOS
      L
      game 78/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:30TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–2CAR
      W
      game 79/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG16:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–2MTL
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:15TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–5PIT
      L
      game 81/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:14TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2BOS
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:12TOI
    The season in numbers

    Per-Johan Axelsson closes the 1997-1998 season with 27 points

    Points
    27
    #15NHL#214
    Games
    82of 82
    100%
    Goals
    8
    #17NHL#256
    Assists
    19
    #14NHL#192
    P/GP
    0.33
    #17NHL#272
    +/-
    -14
    #36NHL#710
    Events
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Boston Bruins meet Washington Capitals

    BOSvsWSH
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    • Game 1
      BOS1–3WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:05TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS4–3WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG25:12TOI
      +1 goal
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      WSH3–2BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:46TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      WSH3–0BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG12:01TOI
    • May 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BOS4–0WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG16:35TOI
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG21:15TOI
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    BOS2–4WSH
    Eliminated
    6Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Per-Johan Axelsson ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    #12NHL#178
    Games
    6
    Goals
    1
    #7NHL#91
    Assists
    0
    #12NHL#210
    P/GP
    0.17
    +/-
    -3
    #15NHL#275
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff goal
    WSH2–4