Regular season and playoffsPIT
Ron Francis's 1997-1998 season
Points
87
NHL#5
Goals
25
NHL#39
Assists
62
NHL#4
Plus/minus
+12
NHL#63
Games
81
98%
Centre Ron Francis was 34 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 17th in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 25 goals and 62 assists for 87 points, 1.07 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 6 points. He won Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, the first since Mats Näslund in 1988.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1997-1998Playoffs
- Year 199729 years agoSeason opener
Ron Francis plays the 1997-1998 season for Pittsburgh Penguins
Ron was 34 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 17th NHL season in all.
- +1 assistThe gameLAK3–3PITgame 1/82
3His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG26:52TOI - +1 goalThe gamePIT4–3CARWgame 2/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG15:22TOI
- The gameFLA5–3PITLgame 3/823His nightNo points-4+/-2SOG18:33TOI
- The gameMTL3–0PITLgame 4/822His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG21:31TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePIT1–3PHILgame 5/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP20:31TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameCAR1–4PITWgame 6/822His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-6SOG1PPP
- The gamePIT1–1MTLgame 8/822His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG18:02TOI
- +2 pointsThe gamePIT4–1TBLWgame 9/824His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-2SOG1PPP20:17TOI
- +2 assistsThe gamePIT4–1FLAWgame 10/823His night+2P+2A+1+/-0SOG1PPP16:03TOI
- +2 pointsThe gamePIT5–2SJSWgame 11/823His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-2SOG23:32TOI
- +3 pointsThe gamePIT3–4EDMLgame 12/823His night+3P+1G+2A0+/-4SOG1PPP22:17TOI
- The gamePIT3–6CGYLgame 14/825His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG23:07TOI
- November 1997
- +3 pointsThe gameVAN6–7PITWgame 15/824His night+3P+1G+2A-2+/-2SOG2PPP21:47TOI
- The gamePIT1–3CHILgame 16/822His nightNo points0+/-1SOG21:25TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDAL5–2PITLgame 17/821His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG23:32TOI
- The gamePIT1–1DETgame 18/822His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG23:33TOI
- +1 assistThe gameBUF2–2PITgame 19/821His night+1P+1A-2+/-2SOG1PPP21:41TOI
- The gameWSH4–1PITLgame 20/823His nightNo points-2+/-1SOG20:34TOI
- The gamePIT1–3NYRLgame 21/825His nightNo points-1+/-1SOG20:19TOI
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 21 of 8221pointsNHL#117goalsNHL#3114assistsNHL#7PIT8-9-0W-L-OT20Points4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL - +2 pointsThe gamePIT5–0TORWgame 22/825His night+2P+1G+1A+3+/-1SOG20:06TOI
- The gameBOS3–3PITgame 23/822His nightNo points-1+/-0SOG22:29TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePIT2–0OTTWgame 24/823His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG1PPP21:53TOI
- The gameNYR3–4PITWgame 25/824His nightNo points+2+/-2SOG24:53TOI
- +1 assistThe gameBUF1–5PITWgame 26/821His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG22:32TOI
- The gameCAR2–3PITWgame 27/821His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG24:49TOI
- +3 assistsThe gameMTL3–6PITWgame 28/822His night+3P+3A+1+/-0SOG2PPP16:30TOI
- December 1997
- +1 assistThe gamePIT1–0MTLWgame 29/823His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG22:03TOI
- The gameNJD4–0PITLgame 30/822His nightNo points-3+/-2SOG17:51TOI
- +4 pointsThe gameANA2–5PITWgame 31/823His night+4P+1G+3A+3+/-2SOG21:04TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePIT2–1LAKWgame 32/823His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP24:16TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePIT3–0ANAWgame 33/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP20:18TOI
- The gameTBL1–1PITgame 35/823His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG27:51TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePIT3–3COLgame 36/822His night+1P+1A+2+/-3SOG25:24TOI
- +1 goalThe gamePIT1–4STLLgame 37/822His night+1P+1G-1+/-4SOG1PPP21:54TOI
- The gameMTL1–0PITLgame 39/823His nightNo points0+/-1SOG21:00TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCAR2–3PITWgame 41/822His night+1P+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP26:07TOI
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 41 of 8244pointsNHL#614goalsNHL#3130assistsNHL#2PIT21-12-0W-L-OT50Points1st in the Northeast·3rd in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
Year 199828 years ago- +1 assistThe gameCOL5–4PITLgame 42/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG25:37TOI
- The gamePIT1–3NJDLgame 44/822His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG23:37TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNJD1–4PITWgame 45/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP22:14TOI
- +3 pointsThe gamePIT4–1CARWgame 46/822His night+3P+2G+1A+2+/-3SOG19:51TOI
- The gamePIT2–5BOSLgame 47/822His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG24:52TOI
- The gameOTT0–0PITgame 48/824His nightNo points0+/-2SOG27:52TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePIT3–2NJDWgame 49/821His night+1P+1A+2+/-0SOG22:57TOI
- +1 assistThe gameBOS2–4PITWgame 50/822His night+1P+1A+2+/-2SOG20:31TOI
- The gameSTL2–4PITWgame 51/821His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG22:01TOI
- The gamePIT2–2WSHgame 52/822His nightNo points0+/-4SOG26:19TOI
- +2 assistsThe gamePIT4–2BOSWgame 53/823His night+2P+2A+1+/-1SOG2PPP24:19TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDET2–4PITWgame 54/825His night+1P+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP21:59TOI
- February 1998
- +2 assistsThe gameNYI4–2PITLgame 55/824His night+2P+2A0+/-1SOG2PPP24:41TOI
- +1 assistThe gameWSH2–2PITgame 56/821His night+1P+1A0+/-5SOG26:47TOI
- The gamePIT2–2OTTgame 58/825His nightNo points0+/-2SOG22:22TOI
- +4 pointsThe gamePIT6–2MTLWgame 59/823His night+4P+1G+3A+5+/-2SOG18:51TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePIT2–6BOSLgame 60/822His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP19:42TOI
- March 1998
- The gameTOR1–3PITWgame 61/823His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG23:38TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameCHI2–2PITgame 62/821His night+2P+2G+1+/-5SOG23:11TOI
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 62 of 8266pointsNHL#519goalsNHL#4047assistsNHL#2PIT31-17-0W-L-OT76PointsPlayoff spot1st in the Northeast·2nd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL - +4 pointsThe gamePHI4–6PITWgame 63/823His night+4P+1G+3A+3+/-7SOG1PPP23:37TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePIT3–4PHILgame 64/823His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG24:30TOI
- The gameBUF1–2PITWgame 66/821His nightNo points0+/-1SOG22:46TOI
- The gamePIT0–3BUFLgame 67/821His nightNo points-2+/-3SOG22:29TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameEDM2–4PITWgame 68/822His night+2P+2A+3+/-1SOG22:32TOI
- +2 pointsThe gamePHI3–4PITWgame 69/821His night+2P+1G+1A-2+/-3SOG2PPP24:14TOI
MilestoneRon Francis reaches 1,000 career assists
in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · March 21
- The gamePIT0–0DALgame 70/821His nightNo points0+/-1SOG25:03TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePIT3–4NYILgame 71/823His night+1P+1A+1+/-3SOG26:49TOI
- The gameNYR2–2PITgame 72/823His nightNo points0+/-5SOG26:52TOI
- +1 assistThe gameOTT1–1PITgame 73/825His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG1PPP25:26TOI
- April 1998
- +1 goalThe gameSJS3–2PITLgame 74/822His night+1P+1G-1+/-1SOG23:26TOI
- The gamePIT1–3FLALgame 76/822His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG26:22TOI
- The gamePHX2–1PITLgame 77/822His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG25:04TOI
- +1 goalThe gamePIT1–4OTTLgame 78/826His night+1P+1G-3+/-4SOG22:18TOI
- The gameFLA3–3PITgame 79/822His nightNo points-2+/-3SOG20:34TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameTBL1–5PITWgame 80/823His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-2SOG19:49TOI
- +1 assistThe gameBOS2–5PITWgame 82/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG1PPP20:58TOI
The season in numbersRon Francis closes the 1997-1998 season with 87 points
Points87NHL#5Games81of 8299%Goals25NHL#39Assists62NHL#4P/GP1.07NHL#10+/-+12NHL#63Events1hat trick1,000career assists5 i radgames with a point · 10 pts5 days laterPlayoffsPittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs
First roundPittsburgh Penguins meet Montréal Canadiens
PITvsMTLSwedes on Pittsburgh PenguinsSwedes on Montréal Canadiens- Game 1MTL3–2PITL3His nightNo points+1+/-6SOG30:25TOI
- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
- +2 pointsGame 2MTL1–4PITW3His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-2SOG1PPP21:56TOI
- Pittsburgh Penguinsare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
- Game 3PIT1–3MTLL3His nightNo points+1+/-2SOG24:17TOI
- Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
- +3 assistsGame 4PIT6–3MTLW3His night+3P+3A+1+/-1SOG2PPP24:24TOI
- May 1998
- Pittsburgh Penguinsare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
- +1 assistGame 5MTL5–2PITL3His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG24:43TOI
- Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 6PIT0–3MTLL4His nightNo points0+/-4SOG24:46TOI
First roundMontréal Canadiens knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–2
PIT2–4MTLEliminatedHe did not play in this roundThe run in numbersRon Francis ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 6 points
Points6NHL#54Games6Goals1NHL#91Assists5NHL#32P/GP1.00+/-+5NHL#19Events3 pointsbest gameMTL2–4HonourRon Francis won Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for 1997-1998