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Regular season and playoffsPHIVANCAR

Sean Burke's 1997-1998 season

Wins
16
NHL#25
Save pct
.896
NHL#52
GAA
2.95
NHL#55
Shutouts
2
NHL#24
Games
52
59%
59% of 87

Goaltender Sean Burke was 30 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Carolina Hurricanes och Vancouver Canucks och Philadelphia Flyers. He played 52 games and won 16 of them, at .896. He moved from Carolina Hurricanes to Vancouver Canucks in January. In the playoffs he played 5 games and won 1.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Sean Burke opens the 1997-1998 season with Carolina Hurricanes

    CARCarolina Hurricanes

    Sean was 30 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PIT4–3CAR
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA58:47TOIL
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–3CAR
      game 4/821
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA64:43TOI
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–4PIT
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3CAR
      game 8/82
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA65:00TOI
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–4NYR
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      .789SV%
      15SV19SA4GA58:00TOIL
      .789
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR3–3COL
      game 12/821
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA65:00TOI
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–2CAR
      L
      game 14/82
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA63:21TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • November 1997
    • The game
      OTT1–4CAR
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      12SV12SA0GA20:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR6–4EDM
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR4–2CGY
      W
      game 20/823
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA59:57TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–4VAN
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .818
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8210 of 21 started
      2
      wins
      NHL#29
      .884
      SV%
      NHL#29
      3.2
      GAA
      NHL#27
      CAR
      8-10-0W-L-OT19Points
      5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL1–2CAR
      W
      game 22/821
      His night
      .971SV%
      33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–3CAR
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA59:20TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY3–3CAR
      game 24/823
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA65:00TOI
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–3PIT
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA58:12TOIL
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL0–2CAR
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • December 1997
    • The game
      BOS1–3CAR
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–5CAR
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      .909SV%
      30SV33SA3GA59:57TOIW
      .909
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX2–2CAR
      game 30/82
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA65:00TOI
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA5–2CAR
      L
      game 32/82
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA58:57TOIL
      .826
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–3BUF
      L
      game 33/82
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA64:44TOIL
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1CAR
      L
      game 36/821
      His night
      .750SV%in relief
      6SV8SA2GA30:34TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR2–4PHI
      L
      game 37/82
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA58:54TOIL
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA5–2CAR
      L
      game 38/82
      His night
      .800SV%
      8SV10SA2GA20:00TOI
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA1–2CAR
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA59:48TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8223 of 41 started
      7
      wins
      NHL#26
      .899
      SV%
      NHL#25
      2.8
      GAA
      NHL#25
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#19
      CAR
      15-21-0W-L-OT35Points
      5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      L
      game 41/823
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA58:07TOIL
      .886
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8224 of 41 started
      7
      wins
      NHL#26
      .899
      SV%
      NHL#26
      2.9
      GAA
      NHL#26
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#20
      VAN
      11-24-0W-L-OT28Points
      7th in the Pacific·13th in the Western Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK2–3VAN
      W
      game 42/824
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .905
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–2VAN
      L
      game 43/823
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .842
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–4COL
      game 44/823
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA65:00TOI
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–2VAN
      game 45/823
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA65:00TOI
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–3CHI
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA59:24TOIL
      .885
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN0–4DET
      L
      game 47/825
      His night
      .857SV%
      12SV14SA2GA36:11TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–6BUF
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      .813SV%
      26SV32SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .813
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX6–1VAN
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      .813SV%
      26SV32SA6GA59:57TOIL
      .813
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–5CGY
      L
      game 50/826
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA45:45TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–4PHX
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA59:42TOIL
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–6COL
      L
      game 52/824
      His night
      .833SV%
      30SV36SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • February 1998
    • The game
      COL2–1VAN
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      1SV1SA0GA01:44TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN4–4CGY
      game 59/824
      His night
      .889SV%in relief
      8SV9SA1GA33:58TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–6VAN
      W
      game 60/826
      His night
      .909SV%in relief
      20SV22SA2GA48:07TOIW
      in relief
      View the game
    • March 1998
    • The game
      VAN2–2LAK
      game 61/824
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA64:55TOI
      .935
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8236 of 62 started
      9
      wins
      NHL#27
      .891
      SV%
      NHL#28
      3.1
      GAA
      NHL#29
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#24
      VAN
      18-34-0W-L-OT46Points
      7th in the Pacific·13th in the Western Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI4–6PIT
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA32:35TOI
      .833
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8237 of 62 started
      9
      wins
      NHL#28
      .890
      SV%
      NHL#29
      3.1
      GAA
      NHL#29
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#24
      PHI
      32-20-0W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR4–5PHI
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA64:39TOIW
      .879
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–4BOS
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA59:22TOIL
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–1CAR
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–3PHI
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • April 1998
    • The game
      LAK0–3PHI
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      29SV29SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA4–1PHI
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA56:32TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–1TBL
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      .938SV%
      15SV16SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4PHI
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI7–3FLA
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–2BOS
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      .949SV%
      37SV39SA2GA58:30TOIL
      .949
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Sean Burke closes the 1997-1998 season with 16 wins

    CARCarolina HurricanesVANVancouver CanucksPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
    Wins
    16
    Games
    52of 82
    63%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .896
    GAA
    2.95
    Starts
    47
    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
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      BUF3–2PHI
      L
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:54TOIL
      .880
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      BUF2–3PHI
      W
      1
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyersare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      PHI1–6BUF
      L
      His night
      .750SV%
      15SV20SA5GA40:00TOIL
      .750
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI1–4BUF
      L
      His night
      .800SV%
      16SV20SA4GA57:39TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • May 1998
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      BUF3–2PHI
      L
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA65:40TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    PHI1–4BUF
    Eliminated
    5Games1Wins.860SV%3.6GAA
    The run in numbers

    Sean Burke ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 1 wins

    CARCarolina HurricanesVANVancouver CanucksPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
    Wins
    1
    Games
    5
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .860
    GAA
    3.60
    Starts
    5
    Events
    10
    playoff wins
    BUF1–4