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Paul Kruse's 1997-1998 season

Points
9
NHL#441
Goals
7
NHL#273
Assists
2
NHL#559
Plus/minus
-11
NHL#677
Games
74
90%
90% of 82

Left winger Paul Kruse was 27 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders och Buffalo Sabres. He played 74 of a possible 82 games and scored 7 goals and 2 assists for 9 points, 0.12 points per game. He moved from New York Islanders to Buffalo Sabres in March. In the playoffs he played 1 game for 1 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Paul Kruse opens the 1997-1998 season with New York Islanders

    Paul was 27 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–2NYR
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:39TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–3NYI
      L
      game 3/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:20TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–3WSH
      L
      game 4/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG02:28TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–2SJS
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:19TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–2ANA
      W
      game 7/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:22TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–3LAK
      L
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG04:08TOI
    • The game
      ANA4–2NYI
      L
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:05TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–1NYI
      L
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG05:46TOI
    • The game
      NYI5–2MTL
      W
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG07:15TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–5NYI
      W
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG03:19TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      LAK2–4NYI
      W
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:32TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–4NYI
      game 14/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG06:43TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–2CAR
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:49TOI
    • The game
      CHI4–2NYI
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG07:08TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–1NYI
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:41TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–2FLA
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:03TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–1TBL
      W
      game 19/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:30TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–0NYI
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:41TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–2DET
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG08:25TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8219 of 21 played
      1
      points
      NHL#484
      1
      goals
      NHL#310
      0
      assists
      NHL#515
      NYI
      9-8-0W-L-OT22Points
      4th in the Atlantic·7th in the Eastern Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI1–5NJD
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:08TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–6BUF
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:15TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–4NYI
      W
      game 24/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4PHI
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG04:09TOI
    • The game
      STL2–4NYI
      W
      game 26/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:11TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      OTT4–2NYI
      L
      game 27/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG06:29TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–5CAR
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG05:29TOI
    • The game
      PHX0–4NYI
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:20TOI
    • The game
      CGY3–1NYI
      L
      game 30/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:25TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–4PHI
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG12:40TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–4NYI
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG11:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–2WSH
      game 33/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:04TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–4NYI
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:10TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–3BOS
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:37TOI
    • The game
      OTT4–1NYI
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:34TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–4NJD
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:46TOI
    • The game
      FLA6–2NYI
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG06:40TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–5PIT
      L
      game 39/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG04:54TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–3COL
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:31TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–2DAL
      L
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:00TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8239 of 41 played
      2
      points
      NHL#509
      1
      goals
      NHL#416
      1
      assists
      NHL#509
      NYI
      15-21-0W-L-OT35Points
      6th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT4–2NYI
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:10TOI
    • The game
      MTL8–2NYI
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:43TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–1NYI
      L
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG03:16TOI
    • The game
      DET1–1NYI
      game 46/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:03TOI
    • The game
      NYI7–1TBL
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:09TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–5CHI
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG06:12TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–3STL
      game 49/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:37TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–3OTT
      L
      game 50/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG06:39TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–3PHI
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:50TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYI
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:10TOI
    • The game
      CAR0–2NYI
      W
      game 53/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG07:08TOI
      +1 goal
    • February 1998
    • The game
      BOS2–2NYI
      game 54/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG08:21TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI4–2PIT
      W
      game 55/824
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-2SOG14:16TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MTL2–4NYI
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG08:08TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–1NYI
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG05:49TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BOS5–4NYI
      L
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG07:36TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–3NYI
      W
      game 60/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG05:00TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–2BUF
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG03:15TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8257 of 62 played
      7
      points
      NHL#431
      6
      goals
      NHL#248
      1
      assists
      NHL#558
      NYI
      22-32-0W-L-OT52Points
      5th in the Atlantic·11th in the Eastern Conference·20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYI
      game 63/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG05:38TOI
    • The game
      VAN6–2NYI
      L
      game 65/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG04:36TOI
    • The game
      NYI4–4OTT
      game 66/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG04:55TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–4CGY
      L
      game 67/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:21TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–1EDM
      W
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG02:27TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–0CGY
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:22TOI
    • The game
      BUF5–2VAN
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:04TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–0EDM
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG05:14TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–4DET
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG06:04TOI
      +1 goal
    • April 1998
    • The game
      LAK0–4BUF
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG04:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–5BUF
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:08TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–0BUF
      L
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG04:13TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–3BUF
      W
      game 76/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG05:44TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:02TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–4OTT
      game 78/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG07:35TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2BUF
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG05:02TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–5NJD
      L
      game 80/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG00:54TOI
    The season in numbers

    Paul Kruse closes the 1997-1998 season with 9 points

    Points
    9
    NHL#441
    Games
    74of 82
    90%
    Goals
    7
    NHL#273
    Assists
    2
    NHL#559
    P/GP
    0.12
    NHL#488
    +/-
    -11
    NHL#677
    7 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Philadelphia Flyers

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

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    BUF4–1PHI
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

    BUFvsMTL
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    6 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0

    BUF4–0MTL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    9 days later
    Conference final

    Buffalo Sabres meet Washington Capitals

    BUFvsWSH
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG08:47TOI
      +1 goal
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    BUF2–4WSH
    Eliminated
    1Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Paul Kruse ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#178
    Games
    1
    Goals
    1
    NHL#91
    Assists
    0
    NHL#210
    P/GP
    1.00
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#79
    PHI4–1→MTL4–0→WSH2–4