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Pat LaFontaine's 1997-1998 season

Points
62
NHL#36
Goals
23
NHL#48
Assists
39
NHL#32
Plus/minus
-16
NHL#723
Games
67
81%
81% of 82

Centre Pat LaFontaine was 32 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 67 of a possible 82 games and scored 23 goals and 39 assists for 62 points, 0.93 points per game. New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1997-1998
  1. Season opener

    Pat LaFontaine plays the 1997-1998 season for New York Rangers

    Pat was 32 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–2NYR
      game 1/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP13:54TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK2–2NYR
      game 2/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG22:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–3EDM
      game 3/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-7SOG2PPP17:01TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYR1–1CGY
      game 4/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG15:44TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR6–3VAN
      W
      game 5/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG14:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT1–0NYR
      L
      game 6/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG18:19TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–5OTT
      L
      game 7/825
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG15:13TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–5STL
      L
      game 8/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP18:57TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CAR2–4NYR
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP15:55TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI1–0NYR
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG21:04TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–4NYR
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG19:40TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ANA3–3NYR
      game 12/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP20:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL3–2NYR
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:16TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–5NYI
      L
      game 14/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG20:30TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      EDM2–2NYR
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG18:03TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–2COL
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP16:13TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR2–2DAL
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:29TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYR
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG21:52TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–3NYR
      W
      game 19/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:43TOI
    • The game
      COL1–4NYR
      W
      game 20/824
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-8SOG1PPP16:31TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      NYR3–1FLA
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG16:59TOI
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      21
      points
      NHL#20
      11
      goals
      NHL#8
      10
      assists
      NHL#43
      NYR
      7-7-0W-L-OT21Points
      4th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–6TBL
      L
      game 22/824
      His night
      +3P+3A
      -2+/-2SOG3PPP21:55TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NYR4–3CAR
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG19:10TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–4PIT
      L
      game 24/824
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP15:05TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      VAN4–2NYR
      L
      game 25/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP20:17TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR1–4NYI
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3BUF
      game 27/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG24:27TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      FLA1–1NYR
      game 28/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP21:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      L
      game 29/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:40TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYR
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP19:10TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 31/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG24:53TOI
    • The game
      PHX1–3NYR
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY4–1NYR
      L
      game 33/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP21:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA4–3NYR
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-1SOG19:14TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NYR3–4NJD
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG18:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–2FLA
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG18:21TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–2TBL
      game 37/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG20:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–0NYR
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG24:20TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–4NYR
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:05TOI
    • The game
      NYR0–3BUF
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:18TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYR
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:30TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      42
      points
      NHL#7
      16
      goals
      NHL#17
      26
      assists
      NHL#7
      NYR
      12-17-0W-L-OT36Points
      4th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR0–2TBL
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG16:36TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–2WSH
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG18:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR2–4NYR
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG18:42TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG14:19TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–3NYR
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP12:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR1–4NJD
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG20:25TOI
    • The game
      STL1–3NYR
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP16:59TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYR
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP21:43TOI
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Pat LaFontaine reaches 1,000 career points

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · January 22

    • The game
      NJD3–3NYR
      game 50/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-2SOG2PPP16:34TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH2–2NYR
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:58TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–2OTT
      game 52/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG19:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–4BOS
      L
      game 53/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP16:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 1998
    • The game
      NYR3–2SJS
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:50TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3ANA
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:16TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–3LAK
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:38TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–1PHX
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:00TOI
    • The game
      NYR5–2TOR
      W
      game 58/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG17:02TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI3–1NYR
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP15:05TOI
      +1 goal
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF1–0NYR
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG19:21TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–3FLA
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP18:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6NJD
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG18:07TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      58
      points
      NHL#14
      22
      goals
      NHL#27
      36
      assists
      NHL#13
      NYR
      19-27-0W-L-OT54Points
      4th in the Atlantic·10th in the Eastern Conference·19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 63/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG17:29TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS3–5NYR
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP20:16TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR1–4MTL
      L
      game 65/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP19:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–5BOS
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:22TOI
    • The game
      OTT4–5NYR
      W
      game 67/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG03:09TOI
    The season in numbers

    Pat LaFontaine closes the 1997-1998 season with 62 points

    New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    62
    NHL#36
    Games
    67of 82
    82%
    Goals
    23
    NHL#48
    Assists
    39
    NHL#32
    P/GP
    0.93
    NHL#21
    +/-
    -16
    NHL#723
    Events
    1,000
    career points
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 15 pts