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Scott Niedermayer's 1997-1998 season

Points
57
NHL#44
Goals
14
NHL#133
Assists
43
NHL#15
Plus/minus
+5
NHL#157
Games
81
98%
98% of 82

Defenceman Scott Niedermayer was 24 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for New Jersey Devils. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 14 goals and 43 assists for 57 points, 0.70 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 2 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Scott Niedermayer plays the 1997-1998 season for New Jersey Devils

    Scott was 24 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 7th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NJD4–3TBL
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:20TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–4WSH
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG25:33TOI
    • The game
      PHI1–4NJD
      W
      game 3/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG22:46TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–2CAR
      L
      game 4/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG22:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–3NJD
      W
      game 5/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP24:40TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–4OTT
      L
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG25:13TOI
    • The game
      TBL0–5NJD
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–2NJD
      W
      game 8/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP27:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS4–3NJD
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -2+/-3SOG2PPP22:31TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NJD5–0PHI
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–8NJD
      W
      game 11/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG1PPP21:50TOI
      +2 assists
    • November 1997
    • The game
      WSH1–3NJD
      W
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:56TOI
    • The game
      LAK3–0NJD
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG23:26TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2FLA
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP23:30TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BOS0–2NJD
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG26:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–1NYI
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG22:24TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYR
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG30:27TOI
    • The game
      COL1–4NJD
      W
      game 18/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG19:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–2BUF
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG24:52TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CGY1–2NJD
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG25:12TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYI1–5NJD
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG28:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      17
      points
      NHL#54
      5
      goals
      NHL#91
      12
      assists
      NHL#30
      +10
      +/-
      NHL#5
      NJD
      16-5-0W-L-OT32Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      FLA2–1NJD
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG25:00TOI
    • The game
      NJD0–2ANA
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG24:59TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2SJS
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP29:46TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NJD1–4LAK
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP26:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 1997
    • The game
      STL3–1NJD
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG25:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD4–0PIT
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG28:34TOI
    • The game
      TBL2–4NJD
      W
      game 28/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP22:11TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      EDM2–4NJD
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP21:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–5NJD
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG20:19TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NJD3–0TOR
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG22:30TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–4NJD
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG23:35TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–4STL
      game 33/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG32:09TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–5DET
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP27:32TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NJD1–1WSH
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:28TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–4NJD
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG27:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–1BUF
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:40TOI
    • The game
      CHI6–2NJD
      L
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG24:13TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–2FLA
      L
      game 39/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG25:36TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–4NJD
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG19:31TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DAL4–3NJD
      L
      game 41/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP21:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      32
      points
      NHL#43
      7
      goals
      NHL#126
      25
      assists
      NHL#19
      +5
      +/-
      NHL#47
      NJD
      26-13-0W-L-OT54Points
      2nd in the Atlantic·2nd in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–3NJD
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG22:52TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–4NJD
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP23:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–4PIT
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:28TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1BOS
      game 45/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG23:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–4NJD
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP21:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–3NJD
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP23:58TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT3–2NJD
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG23:34TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD3–3NYR
      game 49/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG33:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–1MTL
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:25TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1EDM
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG26:16TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–3VAN
      L
      game 52/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG24:20TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–2CGY
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG24:54TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      NJD1–0OTT
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:07TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYI
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG16:14TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–2FLA
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG26:44TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–1TBL
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG2PPP28:37TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CAR3–4NJD
      W
      game 59/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP26:55TOI
      +1 goal
    • March 1998
    • The game
      PHI3–4NJD
      W
      game 60/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG21:42TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–1NJD
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:22TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–6NJD
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP22:20TOI
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      45
      points
      NHL#47
      10
      goals
      NHL#145
      35
      assists
      NHL#15
      +6
      +/-
      NHL#48
      NJD
      39-16-0W-L-OT85Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 63/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP28:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–2PHI
      game 64/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP27:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–0CAR
      W
      game 65/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:17TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–4MTL
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG24:58TOI
    • The game
      ANA0–3NJD
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG17:54TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD0–2WSH
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG27:01TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP26:02TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Scott Niedermayer reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Washington Capitals · March 21

    • The game
      PHI2–3NJD
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP20:25TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–0COL
      W
      game 71/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:57TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–0PHX
      W
      game 72/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG20:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–3DAL
      L
      game 73/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG25:56TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      CAR4–0NJD
      L
      game 74/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG21:00TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–2NJD
      L
      game 75/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG18:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX2–3NJD
      W
      game 76/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP23:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD2–3NYI
      L
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG27:55TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2BOS
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP28:44TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA5–5NJD
      game 79/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG27:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–5NJD
      W
      game 80/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP32:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD1–1CHI
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG24:32TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–1NJD
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:58TOI
    The season in numbers

    Scott Niedermayer closes the 1997-1998 season with 57 points

    Points
    57
    NHL#44
    Games
    81of 82
    99%
    Goals
    14
    NHL#133
    Assists
    43
    NHL#15
    P/GP
    0.70
    NHL#63
    +/-
    +5
    NHL#157
    Events
    50
    career goals
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    New Jersey Devils are in the playoffs

    First round

    New Jersey Devils meet Ottawa Senators

    NJDvsOTT
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    • Game 1
      OTT2–1NJD
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG24:57TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      OTT1–3NJD
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG21:57TOI
      +1 assist
    • New Jersey Devilsare1–1withOttawa Senators
    • Game 3
      NJD1–2OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG25:51TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead2–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 4
      NJD3–4OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1SHP29:37TOI
      +1 assist
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–1againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      OTT1–3NJD
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG27:36TOI
    • May 1998
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–2againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 6
      NJD1–3OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG26:15TOI
    First round

    Ottawa Senators knock New Jersey Devils out 4–2

    NJD2–4OTT
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Scott Niedermayer ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#141
    Games
    6
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    2
    NHL#101
    P/GP
    0.33
    +/-
    0
    NHL#110
    Events
    25
    playoff points
    OTT2–4