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Peter Bondra's 1997-1998 season

Points
78
NHL#11
Goals
52
NHL#1
Assists
26
NHL#108
Plus/minus
+14
NHL#45
Games
76
92%
92% of 82

Right winger Peter Bondra was 29 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 76 of a possible 82 games and scored 52 goals and 26 assists for 78 points, 1.03 points per game. In the playoffs he played 17 games for 12 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Peter Bondra plays the 1997-1998 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Peter was 29 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BUF2–6WSH
      W
      game 2/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG14:28TOI
      +2 goals
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    • The game
      NJD1–4WSH
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG18:00TOI
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      WSH6–3NYI
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG20:01TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5BUF
      L
      game 5/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–3WSH
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0CHI
      W
      game 7/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG22:06TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP17:51TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4COL
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP18:02TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–3PHX
      game 10/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-1SOG2PPP19:34TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5STL
      L
      game 11/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG23:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DAL4–3WSH
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP25:17TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–2WSH
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG27:02TOI
      View the game
    • November 1997
    • The game
      WSH1–3NJD
      L
      game 14/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG24:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–2WSH
      W
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-9SOG24:50TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–2BOS
      L
      game 16/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM1–2WSH
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG23:21TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3FLA
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG18:26TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–1PIT
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP21:53TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG20:22TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP12:33TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      20
      points
      NHL#19
      12
      goals
      NHL#4
      8
      assists
      NHL#69
      WSH
      12-7-0W-L-OT26Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      COL6–6WSH
      game 22/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP26:48TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS5–2WSH
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP25:35TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–2FLA
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP23:44TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–5WSH
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG29:30TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3OTT
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG21:44TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–1BOS
      game 27/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG24:46TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • December 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–3SJS
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP25:13TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–6ANA
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -4+/-3SOG2PPP18:57TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2LAK
      game 33/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG24:41TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2WSH
      game 34/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG28:08TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–0WSH
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1CAR
      W
      game 36/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG1SHP23:08TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Milestone

    Peter Bondra reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Carolina Hurricanes · December 20

    • The game
      NJD1–1WSH
      game 37/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG26:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1WSH
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–0WSH
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG23:12TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–4WSH
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA2–3WSH
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG16:46TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
      38
      points
      NHL#18
      23
      goals
      NHL#5
      15
      assists
      NHL#76
      WSH
      18-15-0W-L-OT44Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–2WSH
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:14TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–5WSH
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +3+/-5SOG23:16TOI
      HAT TRICK
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–4WSH
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG15:37TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–2DET
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT0–4WSH
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG14:59TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–3WSH
      W
      game 48/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG18:14TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2TBL
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-10SOG25:11TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–4WSH
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP20:00TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2NYR
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG24:54TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–2WSH
      game 52/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP26:52TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2PHI
      W
      game 53/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG23:37TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • February 1998
    • The game
      DET4–2WSH
      L
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG22:14TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2PIT
      game 55/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG22:51TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–3WSH
      L
      game 56/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-5SOG2PPP24:43TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–3WSH
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG24:06TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5TBL
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG27:12TOI
      View the game
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF3–0WSH
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG23:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS3–0WSH
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG21:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      L
      game 61/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP18:58TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–6WSH
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG23:00TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      58
      points
      NHL#14
      37
      goals
      NHL#4
      21
      assists
      NHL#94
      WSH
      27-24-0W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGY2–5WSH
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP21:06TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP23:50TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–4OTT
      L
      game 65/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG24:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX1–2WSH
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP22:58TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR0–1WSH
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG26:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD0–2WSH
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1SHP21:05TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG21:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–4EDM
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG22:12TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3CGY
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG19:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2VAN
      W
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG16:30TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5WSH
      W
      game 73/823
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG17:08TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • April 1998
    • The game
      TBL1–4WSH
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-7SOG18:05TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK2–3WSH
      W
      game 75/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-8SOG16:23TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 76/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–2DAL
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:54TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      W
      game 80/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG20:48TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3CAR
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG21:18TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–2WSH
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG2PPP23:24TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Peter Bondra closes the 1997-1998 season with 78 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    78
    NHL#11
    Games
    76of 82
    93%
    Goals
    52
    NHL#1
    Assists
    26
    NHL#108
    P/GP
    1.03
    NHL#13
    +/-
    +14
    NHL#45
    Events
    52
    career best in goals
    1
    hat trick
    500
    NHL games
    15 i rad
    games with a point · 23 pts
    6 i rad
    games with a goal
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins

    WSHvsBOS
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      BOS1–3WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG16:22TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS4–3WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG02:53TOI
      View the game
    • May 1998
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:53TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

    WSH4–2BOS
    Advance
    3Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    4 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet Ottawa Senators

    WSHvsOTT
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      OTT2–4WSH
      W
      5
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-7SOG16:08TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 2
      OTT1–6WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:09TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 3
      WSH3–4OTT
      L
      4
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP15:51TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 5
      OTT0–3WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:16TOI
      View the game
    Second round

    Washington Capitals knock Ottawa Senators out 4–1

    WSH4–1OTT
    Advance
    4Games4Points2Goals2Assists
    8 days later
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals meet Buffalo Sabres

    WSHvsBUF
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      BUF2–0WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:04TOI
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3WSH
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:05TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      WSH4–3BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP19:58TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      WSH2–0BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:30TOI
      View the game
    • June 1998
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      BUF2–1WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-8SOG20:33TOI
      View the game
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-7SOG1PPP23:39TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    WSH4–2BUF
    Advance
    6Games5Points4Goals1Assists
    5 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Washington Capitals play the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit Red Wings

    WSHvsDET
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      WSH1–2DET
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG20:33TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH4–5DET
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG21:07TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      DET2–1WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:38TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      DET4–1WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:39TOI
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Final

    Detroit Red Wings knock Washington Capitals out 4–0

    WSH0–4DET
    Eliminated
    4Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Peter Bondra ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 12 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Points
    12
    NHL#16
    Games
    17
    Goals
    7
    NHL#3
    Assists
    5
    NHL#32
    P/GP
    0.71
    NHL#26
    +/-
    +4
    NHL#27
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    3 points
    best game
    BOS4–2→OTT4–1→BUF4–2→DET0–4