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Ron Hextall's 1997-1998 season

Wins
21
NHL#16
Save pct
.911
NHL#23
GAA
2.17
NHL#14
Shutouts
4
NHL#13
Games
46
56%
56% of 82

Goaltender Ron Hextall was 33 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 12th in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played 46 games and won 21 of them, at .911. In the playoffs he played 1 game and won 0.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ron Hextall plays the 1997-1998 season for Philadelphia Flyers

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers

    Ron was 33 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 10th season with the team. His 12th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      FLA1–3PHI
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–5PHI
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–3PHI
      W
      game 5/823
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .950
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–2MTL
      W
      game 6/821
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA59:55TOIW
      .913
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–2ANA
      game 8/822
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA65:00TOI
      .943
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–7PHI
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD5–0PHI
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      .762SV%
      16SV21SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .762
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–2WSH
      game 14/822
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA64:56TOI
      .938
      View the game
    • November 1997
    • The game
      DAL3–3PHI
      game 15/82
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA40:00TOI
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT0–1PHI
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      16SV16SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–1PHI
      L
      game 20/82
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA59:11TOIL
      .913
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8211 of 21 started
      6
      wins
      NHL#13
      .917
      SV%
      NHL#8
      2.0
      GAA
      NHL#6
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#6
      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
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .905
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS3–0PHI
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      .750SV%
      9SV12SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .750
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–4PHI
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA54:14TOIW
      .963
      View the game
    • December 1997
    • The game
      NYI3–4PHI
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL0–3PHI
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      20SV20SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 35/821
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA65:00TOI
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–4PHI
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .913
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–5CGY
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA59:49TOIL
      .867
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI8–0VAN
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8220 of 41 started
      12
      wins
      NHL#13
      .916
      SV%
      NHL#7
      2.0
      GAA
      NHL#4
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      PHI
      24-10-0W-L-OT55Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI3–3CAR
      game 42/821
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA65:00TOI
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–2TBL
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      .946SV%
      35SV37SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .946
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF0–3PHI
      W
      game 46/82
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI0–1DET
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA59:08TOIL
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–3PHI
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      .909SV%
      10SV11SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYI
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      .800SV%in relief
      8SV10SA2GA20:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2PHI
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA59:36TOIL
      .870
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2PHI
      L
      game 52/82
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA62:23TOIL
      .885
      View the game
    • February 1998
    • The game
      PHI0–1DAL
      L
      game 53/82
      His night
      .950SV%
      19SV20SA1GA59:16TOIL
      .950
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3COL
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA59:08TOIL
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–1NYR
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      .963SV%
      26SV27SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .963
      View the game
    • March 1998
    • The game
      PHI3–4NJD
      L
      game 57/82
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA59:11TOIL
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3PHI
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA59:57TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–6PIT
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      .778SV%in relief
      7SV9SA2GA27:12TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–4PHI
      W
      game 61/823
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA64:03TOIW
      .885
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–2PHI
      game 62/821
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA65:00TOI
      .943
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8234 of 62 started
      18
      wins
      NHL#14
      .915
      SV%
      NHL#8
      2.1
      GAA
      NHL#3
      4
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      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
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–6PHI
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–4PHI
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA3–3PHI
      game 66/821
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA65:00TOI
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–4PIT
      L
      game 67/821
      His night
      .733SV%
      11SV15SA4GA58:30TOIL
      .733
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3NJD
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:25TOIL
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR4–2PHI
      L
      game 71/82
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA59:00TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • April 1998
    • The game
      PHI2–3FLA
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA59:40TOIL
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–2BUF
      L
      game 79/821
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA59:03TOIL
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      L
      game 81/823
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA59:00TOIL
      .905
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Ron Hextall closes the 1997-1998 season with 21 wins

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
    Wins
    21
    Games
    46of 82
    56%
    Shutouts
    4
    SV%
    .911
    GAA
    2.17
    Starts
    44
    Events
    4 i rad
    straight wins
    4 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
    View the whole round
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6BUF
      L
      His night
      .875SV%in relief
      7SV8SA1GA20:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    PHI1–4BUF
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Ron Hextall ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 0 wins

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
    Wins
    0
    Games
    1
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .875
    GAA
    3.00
    Starts
    0
    BUF1–4