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Petr Svoboda's 1997-1998 season

Points
18
NHL#309
Goals
3
NHL#407
Assists
15
NHL#238
Plus/minus
+19
NHL#19
Games
56
68%
68% of 82

Defenceman Petr Svoboda was 31 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played 56 of a possible 82 games and scored 3 goals and 15 assists for 18 points, 0.32 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Petr Svoboda plays the 1997-1998 season for Philadelphia Flyers

    Petr was 31 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 14th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Petr Svoboda's season starts in game 12 of 82

    Philadelphia Flyers have played 11 games11 of 82 without him
    • The game
      NJD5–0PHI
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL3–2PHI
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–2WSH
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:12TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      DAL3–3PHI
      game 15/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG34:54TOI
    • The game
      PHI5–1STL
      W
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:36TOI
    • The game
      EDM2–6PHI
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP20:58TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI4–3OTT
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:44TOI
    • The game
      OTT0–1PHI
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:23TOI
    • The game
      COL2–1PHI
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG17:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI5–2FLA
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG15:15TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8210 of 21 played
      3
      points
      NHL#355
      1
      goals
      NHL#288
      2
      assists
      NHL#338
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#37
      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
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG23:53TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–3TOR
      L
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:43TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–0PHI
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG19:14TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1BUF
      W
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:22TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–4PHI
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG11:28TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–3TBL
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:41TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      BUF1–1PHI
      game 28/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:43TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–0PHI
      L
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG18:42TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYR
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG20:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–4PHI
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG16:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–2CHI
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:22TOI
    • The game
      TBL0–3PHI
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:13TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1MTL
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:27TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:16TOI
    • The game
      FLA0–2PHI
      W
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:43TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–4PHI
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG04:22TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–5CGY
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:49TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1EDM
      W
      game 39/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP19:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI8–0VAN
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG16:22TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8229 of 41 played
      6
      points
      NHL#392
      1
      goals
      NHL#418
      5
      assists
      NHL#325
      +5
      +/-
      NHL#48
      PHI
      24-10-0W-L-OT55Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL3–3PHI
      game 45/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP17:42TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      W
      game 46/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:42TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYR
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:52TOI
    • The game
      PHI0–1DET
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:51TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–3PHI
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG20:56TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYI
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:11TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–2PHI
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG24:03TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–2PHI
      L
      game 52/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:08TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      PHI0–1DAL
      L
      game 53/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:07TOI
    • The game
      PHI6–2PHX
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG17:49TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3COL
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP21:26TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Petr Svoboda reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Colorado Avalanche · February 7

    • The game
      PHI3–1NYR
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG20:52TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      PHI3–4NJD
      L
      game 57/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:17TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–3NYI
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG04:35TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8243 of 62 played
      11
      points
      NHL#350
      3
      goals
      NHL#360
      8
      assists
      NHL#319
      +8
      +/-
      NHL#41
      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
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG22:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–6PHI
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP22:58TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      TOR1–4PHI
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG25:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA3–3PHI
      game 66/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG22:19TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–4PIT
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:29TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–5PHI
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:39TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      PHI6–1TBL
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG14:32TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3FLA
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG26:10TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–4PHI
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG20:00TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2BUF
      L
      game 79/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP27:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI7–3FLA
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG14:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:13TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–2BOS
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:50TOI
    The season in numbers

    Petr Svoboda closes the 1997-1998 season with 18 points

    Points
    18
    NHL#309
    Games
    56of 82
    68%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#407
    Assists
    15
    NHL#238
    P/GP
    0.32
    NHL#281
    +/-
    +19
    NHL#19
    Events
    50
    career goals
    3 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
    • Game 1
      BUF3–2PHI
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:37TOI
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6BUF
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP17:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–4BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:50TOI
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    PHI1–4BUF
    Eliminated
    3Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Petr Svoboda ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#178
    Games
    3
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    1
    NHL#149
    P/GP
    0.33
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#178
    BUF1–4