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Paul Coffey's 1997-1998 season

Points
29
NHL#198
Goals
2
NHL#460
Assists
27
NHL#91
Plus/minus
+3
NHL#203
Games
57
69%
69% of 82

Defenceman Paul Coffey was 36 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 18th in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played 57 of a possible 82 games and scored 2 goals and 27 assists for 29 points, 0.51 points per game.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Paul Coffey plays the 1997-1998 season for Philadelphia Flyers

    Paul was 36 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 18th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      FLA1–3PHI
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP17:02TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT3–5PHI
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG18:53TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–1PHI
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG18:55TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–4NJD
      L
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:19TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–3PHI
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG21:40TOI
    • The game
      PHI6–2MTL
      W
      game 6/821
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG21:29TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–2SJS
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:20TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–2ANA
      game 8/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP20:21TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI1–5LAK
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG19:58TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–7PHI
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG22:44TOI
    • The game
      CGY3–4PHI
      W
      game 11/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG21:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD5–0PHI
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG16:31TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–2WSH
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG23:23TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      DAL3–3PHI
      game 15/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP20:05TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI5–1STL
      W
      game 16/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG21:16TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      EDM2–6PHI
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP20:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–3OTT
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:37TOI
    • The game
      OTT0–1PHI
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG18:03TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      COL2–1PHI
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:49TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–2FLA
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP05:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      10
      points
      NHL#108
      2
      goals
      NHL#207
      8
      assists
      NHL#63
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#23
      PHI
      12-6-0W-L-OT27Points
      1st in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL2–3PHI
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG24:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–3TOR
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:11TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0PHI
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG25:07TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1BUF
      W
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:26TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–4PHI
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG16:39TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–3TBL
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG25:02TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1PHI
      game 28/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:17TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–0PHI
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:48TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYR
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP19:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–4PHI
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP17:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:45TOI
    • The game
      FLA0–2PHI
      W
      game 36/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP18:25TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CAR2–4PHI
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG20:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–5CGY
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:49TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1EDM
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG20:37TOI
    • The game
      PHI8–0VAN
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP20:47TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI7–2OTT
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:11TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
      18
      points
      NHL#141
      2
      goals
      NHL#345
      16
      assists
      NHL#67
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#35
      PHI
      24-10-0W-L-OT55Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI3–3CAR
      game 42/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP20:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–4WSH
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG10:41TOI
    Milestone

    Paul Coffey reaches 1,250 NHL games

    in the game against Washington Capitals · January 9

    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      W
      game 46/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG18:07TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYR
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP19:07TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI0–1DET
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:36TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      PHI0–1DAL
      L
      game 53/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:35TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1NYR
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG18:07TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      PHI3–4NJD
      L
      game 57/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG23:15TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG19:50TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–6PIT
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP22:54TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      PIT3–4PHI
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG25:40TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–2PHI
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:06TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8249 of 62 played
      24
      points
      NHL#180
      2
      goals
      NHL#415
      22
      assists
      NHL#86
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#50
      PHI
      32-20-0W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN2–3PHI
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:50TOI
    • The game
      DET1–6PHI
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:31TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–4PIT
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP12:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–4BOS
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP19:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR4–2PHI
      L
      game 71/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:00TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      PHI6–1TBL
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP19:03TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG11:10TOI
    The season in numbers

    Paul Coffey closes the 1997-1998 season with 29 points

    Points
    29
    NHL#198
    Games
    57of 82
    70%
    Goals
    2
    NHL#460
    Assists
    27
    NHL#91
    P/GP
    0.51
    NHL#152
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#203
    Events
    1,250
    NHL games
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Buffalo Sabres

    PHIvsBUF
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    9 days later
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    PHI1–4BUF
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Paul Coffey ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    Games
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    P/GP
    —
    +/-
    0
    BUF1–4