Regular season and playoffsWSH

Phil Housley's 1997-1998 season

Points

NHL#181

Goals

NHL#292

Assists

NHL#116

Plus/minus

-10

NHL#662

Games

78% of 82

Defenceman Phil Housley was 33 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 16th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 64 of a possible 82 games and scored 6 goals and 25 assists for 31 points, 0.48 points per game. In the playoffs he played 18 games for 4 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs

Year 1997
29 years ago
Season opener
October 1
Phil Housley plays the 1997-1998 season for Washington Capitals
WSHWashington Capitals
Phil was 33 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 16th NHL season in all.
- The game
  WSH4–1TOR
  W
  October 1game 1/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG21:05TOI
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- The game
  BUF2–6WSH
  W
  October 3game 2/821
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-5SOG2PPP21:47TOI
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  NJD1–4WSH
  W
  October 4game 3/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG23:57TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH6–3NYI
  W
  October 8game 4/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-4SOG1PPP16:15TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–5BUF
  L
  October 9game 5/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG25:31TOI
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- The game
  WSH3–4COL
  L
  October 22game 9/822
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP22:48TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  WSH3–3PHX
  October 23game 10/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG25:20TOI
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- The game
  WSH2–5STL
  L
  October 25game 11/821
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-1SOG22:56TOI
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- The game
  DAL4–3WSH
  L
  October 29game 12/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP17:28TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI2–2WSH
  October 31game 13/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP17:39TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- November 1997
- The game
  WSH1–3NJD
  L
  November 1game 14/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG26:07TOI
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- The game
  VAN1–2WSH
  W
  November 4game 15/823
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP26:07TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  WSH0–2BOS
  L
  November 6game 16/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG24:18TOI
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- The game
  EDM1–2WSH
  W
  November 8game 17/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP21:15TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
Milestone
Phil Housley reaches 1,000 career points
in the game against Edmonton Oilers · November 8
- The game
  WSH2–3FLA
  L
  November 9game 18/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG14:19TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–1PIT
  W
  November 12game 19/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP18:42TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–2BUF
  W
  November 13game 20/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG18:10TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–2MTL
  W
  November 15game 21/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG17:13TOI
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- Checkpoint
  November 15
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
  11
  points
  NHL#95
  2
  goals
  NHL#211
  9
  assists
  NHL#50
  -5
  +/-
  NHL#184
  WSH
  12-7-0W-L-OT26Points
  3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  COL6–6WSH
  November 18game 22/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG22:40TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  SJS5–2WSH
  L
  November 22game 23/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG25:34TOI
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- The game
  WSH5–2FLA
  W
  November 23game 24/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP25:33TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  MTL6–5WSH
  L
  November 26game 25/822
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +1+/-1SOG23:37TOI
  +3 assists
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- The game
  WSH1–3OTT
  L
  November 27game 26/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG19:28TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH1–1BOS
  November 29game 27/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG20:43TOI
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- December 1997
- The game
  WSH3–2NYR
  W
  December 2game 28/824
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-1SOG2PPP17:30TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  FLA2–3WSH
  W
  December 5game 29/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP20:33TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–5FLA
  L
  December 7game 30/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG23:18TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–3SJS
  December 10game 31/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG17:36TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–6ANA
  L
  December 12game 32/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP09:21TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–2LAK
  December 13game 33/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG13:22TOI
  View the game
- The game
  NYI2–2WSH
  December 16game 34/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG14:44TOI
  View the game
- The game
  FLA4–0WSH
  L
  December 18game 35/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG21:58TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–1CAR
  W
  December 20game 36/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG17:55TOI
  View the game
- The game
  NJD1–1WSH
  December 23game 37/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG22:55TOI
  View the game
- The game
  PIT4–1WSH
  L
  December 26game 38/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG23:05TOI
  View the game
- The game
  OTT3–0WSH
  L
  December 27game 39/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG14:02TOI
  View the game
Year 1998
28 years ago
- The game
  ANA2–3WSH
  W
  January 1game 41/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG11:00TOI
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- Checkpoint
  January 1
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
  23
  points
  NHL#83
  3
  goals
  NHL#287
  20
  assists
  NHL#29
  -8
  +/-
  NHL#212
  WSH
  18-15-0W-L-OT44Points
  3rd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  TOR3–5WSH
  W
  January 6game 43/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG10:21TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH5–3NYR
  W
  January 8game 44/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG07:07TOI
  View the game
- The game
  PHI1–4WSH
  W
  January 9game 45/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG09:37TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH0–2DET
  L
  January 11game 46/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG14:28TOI
  View the game
- The game
  CHI2–3WSH
  W
  January 15game 48/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG15:25TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–2TBL
  W
  January 21game 49/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG19:53TOI
  View the game
- The game
  BOS1–4WSH
  W
  January 25game 50/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP15:44TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–2NYR
  January 26game 51/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG18:04TOI
  View the game
- The game
  PIT2–2WSH
  January 28game 52/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG17:26TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–2PHI
  W
  January 31game 53/82
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG16:15TOI
  View the game
- February 1998
- The game
  DET4–2WSH
  L
  February 1game 54/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG23:40TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–2PIT
  February 4game 55/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG17:39TOI
  View the game
- The game
  TBL4–3WSH
  L
  February 7game 56/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG20:54TOI
  View the game
- The game
  TBL4–3WSH
  L
  February 25game 57/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG19:12TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–5TBL
  L
  February 28game 58/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG19:29TOI
  View the game
- March 1998
- The game
  WSH2–3PHI
  L
  March 5game 61/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP17:37TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  FLA3–6WSH
  W
  March 7game 62/821
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +2+/-2SOG2PPP19:27TOI
  +3 assists
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- Checkpoint
  March 7
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8254 of 62 played
  28
  points
  NHL#140
  5
  goals
  NHL#277
  23
  assists
  NHL#73
  -11
  +/-
  NHL#226
  WSH
  27-24-0W-L-OT65Points
  Playoff spot
  3rd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI2–5WSH
  W
  March 31game 73/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP16:43TOI
  +1 assist
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- April 1998
- The game
  TBL1–4WSH
  W
  April 2game 74/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG19:22TOI
  View the game
- The game
  LAK2–3WSH
  W
  April 4game 75/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG16:46TOI
  View the game
- The game
  MTL2–2WSH
  April 6game 76/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG25:31TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–2DAL
  L
  April 8game 77/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG20:09TOI
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–4PHI
  L
  April 11game 78/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG20:51TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–0NYI
  W
  April 13game 79/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG16:02TOI
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–3WSH
  W
  April 14game 80/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP14:56TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  WSH4–3CAR
  W
  April 18game 81/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG17:07TOI
  View the game
- The game
  CAR1–2WSH
  W
  April 19game 82/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG15:19TOI
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 19
Phil Housley closes the 1997-1998 season with 31 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Points
31
NHL#181
Games
64of 82
78%
Goals
6
NHL#292
Assists
25
NHL#116
P/GP
0.48
NHL#168
+/-
-10
NHL#662
Events
1,000
career points
3 days later
Playoffs
April 22
Washington Capitals are in the playoffs
First round
April 22
Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins
WSHvsBOS
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Phil Housley
Calle Johansson
Swedes on Boston Bruins
Per-Johan Axelsson
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- Game 1
  BOS1–3WSH
  W
  April 222
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG10:07TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 2
  BOS4–3WSH
  L
  April 242
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG16:46TOI
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- Washington Capitalsare1–1withBoston Bruins
- Game 3
  WSH3–2BOS
  W
  April 262
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG17:41TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
- Game 4
  WSH3–0BOS
  W
  April 282
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP09:52TOI
  +1 assist
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- May 1998
- Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
- Game 5
  BOS4–0WSH
  L
  May 12
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG18:37TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
- Game 6
  WSH3–2BOS
  W
  May 32
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG09:48TOI
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First round
May 3
Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2
WSH4–2BOS
Advance
He did not play in this round
4 days later
Second round
May 7
Washington Capitals meet Ottawa Senators
WSHvsOTT
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Phil Housley
Calle Johansson
Swedes on Ottawa Senators
Daniel Alfredsson
Andreas Dackell
Magnus Arvedson
Per Gustafsson
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- Game 1
  OTT2–4WSH
  W
  May 75
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG06:47TOI
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- Washington Capitalslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
- Game 5
  OTT0–3WSH
  W
  May 154
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG06:11TOI
  +1 assist
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Second round
May 15
Washington Capitals knock Ottawa Senators out 4–1
WSH4–1OTT
Advance
He did not play in this round
8 days later
Conference final
May 23
Washington Capitals meet Buffalo Sabres
WSHvsBUF
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Phil Housley
Calle Johansson
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  BUF2–0WSH
  L
  May 231
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG17:48TOI
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- Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 2
  BUF2–3WSH
  W
  May 251
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP09:32TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- Washington Capitalsare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
- Game 3
  WSH4–3BUF
  W
  May 281
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG14:57TOI
  View the game
- Washington Capitalslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 4
  WSH2–0BUF
  W
  May 301
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG12:03TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- June 1998
- Washington Capitalslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 5
  BUF2–1WSH
  L
  June 21
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG14:17TOI
  View the game
- Washington Capitalslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 6
  WSH3–2BUF
  W
  June 41
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG11:46TOI
  View the game
Conference final
June 4
Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2
WSH4–2BUF
Advance
He did not play in this round
5 days later
Stanley Cup Final
June 9
Washington Capitals play the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit Red Wings
WSHvsDET
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Phil Housley
Calle Johansson
Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
Tomas Holmström
Nicklas Lidström
Anders Eriksson
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- Game 1
  WSH1–2DET
  L
  June 94
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG11:21TOI
  View the game
- Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 2
  WSH4–5DET
  L
  June 114
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG05:27TOI
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- Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 3
  DET2–1WSH
  L
  June 134
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG12:29TOI
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- Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 4
  DET4–1WSH
  L
  June 164
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG14:28TOI
  View the game
Stanley Cup Final
June 16
Detroit Red Wings knock Washington Capitals out 4–0
WSH0–4DET
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
June 16
Phil Housley ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 4 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Points
4
NHL#82
Games
18
Goals
0
NHL#171
Assists
4
NHL#42
P/GP
0.22
NHL#89
+/-
-2
NHL#232
BOS4–2→OTT4–1→BUF4–2→DET0–4

Phil Housley plays the 1997-1998 season for Washington Capitals

Phil Housley reaches 1,000 career points

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Phil Housley closes the 1997-1998 season with 31 points

Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins

Washington Capitals knock Boston Bruins out 4–2

Washington Capitals meet Ottawa Senators

Washington Capitals knock Ottawa Senators out 4–1

Washington Capitals meet Buffalo Sabres

Washington Capitals knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

Washington Capitals play the Stanley Cup Final against Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings knock Washington Capitals out 4–0

Phil Housley ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 4 points