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Sheldon Souray's 1997-1998 season

Points
10
NHL#425
Goals
3
NHL#407
Assists
7
NHL#403
Plus/minus
+18
NHL#26
Games
60
73%
73% of 82

Defenceman Sheldon Souray was 21 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New Jersey Devils. He played 60 of a possible 82 games and scored 3 goals and 7 assists for 10 points, 0.17 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. A late start

    Sheldon Souray's season starts in game 6 of 82

    New Jersey Devils have played 5 games5 of 82 without him
    NHL debut

    Sheldon Souray makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠4 loss against Ottawa Senators

    Sheldon was 21 years old · Corel Centre, Canada

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    8:07
    TOI

    Swedes on the ice: Daniel Alfredsson, Andreas Dackell and Magnus Arvedson.

    • The game
      NJD2–4OTT
      L
      game 6/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:07TOI
    • November 1997
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYR
      W
      game 17/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG06:56TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Sheldon Souray records his first NHL assist

    in the game against New York Rangers · November 12

    • The game
      NJD3–2BUF
      W
      game 19/82
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG14:02TOI
    • The game
      NYI1–5NJD
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG03:25TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 824 of 21 played
      1
      points
      NHL#487
      0
      goals
      NHL#444
      1
      assists
      NHL#432
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#51
      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
      0+/-2SOG15:07TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–2SJS
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG13:21TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–4LAK
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:18TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      STL3–1NJD
      L
      game 26/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:23TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–0PIT
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG12:41TOI
    • The game
      TBL2–4NJD
      W
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:25TOI
    • The game
      EDM2–4NJD
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG16:25TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–5NJD
      W
      game 30/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:04TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–0TOR
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG14:31TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–4NJD
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG09:51TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Sheldon Souray scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against New York Rangers · December 16

    • The game
      NJD4–5DET
      L
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG15:01TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1WSH
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG14:10TOI
    • The game
      NYI3–4NJD
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG12:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–1BUF
      W
      game 37/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG10:46TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI6–2NJD
      L
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:37TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–2FLA
      L
      game 39/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:42TOI
    • The game
      TOR2–4NJD
      W
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG17:21TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–3NJD
      L
      game 41/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG16:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8222 of 41 played
      5
      points
      NHL#414
      1
      goals
      NHL#419
      4
      assists
      NHL#370
      +10
      +/-
      NHL#18
      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
      -1+/-3SOG13:24TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–4NJD
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:23TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–4PIT
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:38TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1BOS
      game 45/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG11:36TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–4NJD
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG12:29TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3NJD
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG14:17TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT3–2NJD
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:46TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–3NYR
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG07:38TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–1MTL
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG12:47TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1EDM
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:27TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–2CGY
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG12:10TOI
    • February 1998
    • The game
      NJD1–0OTT
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG11:54TOI
    • The game
      OTT0–2NJD
      W
      game 55/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:34TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYI
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG15:41TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2FLA
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG09:45TOI
    • The game
      NJD4–1TBL
      W
      game 58/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG12:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR3–4NJD
      W
      game 59/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG16:02TOI
      +1 goal
    • March 1998
    • The game
      PHI3–4NJD
      W
      game 60/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:41TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–1NJD
      game 61/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG15:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6NJD
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:52TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8242 of 62 played
      9
      points
      NHL#394
      3
      goals
      NHL#357
      6
      assists
      NHL#379
      +15
      +/-
      NHL#15
      NJD
      39-16-0W-L-OT85Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD2–2PHI
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG14:06TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–0CAR
      W
      game 65/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:54TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–4MTL
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG15:35TOI
    • The game
      ANA0–3NJD
      W
      game 67/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG16:03TOI
    • The game
      NJD0–2WSH
      L
      game 68/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:25TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:30TOI
    • The game
      PHI2–3NJD
      W
      game 70/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG15:37TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–0COL
      W
      game 71/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG12:07TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–0PHX
      W
      game 72/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG11:43TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–3DAL
      L
      game 73/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG12:42TOI
    • April 1998
    • The game
      CAR4–0NJD
      L
      game 74/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:49TOI
    • The game
      OTT3–2NJD
      L
      game 75/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:54TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–3NJD
      W
      game 76/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG13:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD2–3NYI
      L
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG12:15TOI
    • The game
      NJD3–2BOS
      W
      game 78/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:52TOI
    • The game
      FLA5–5NJD
      game 79/82
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG17:26TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–1CHI
      game 81/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:17TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–1NJD
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG14:51TOI
    The season in numbers

    Sheldon Souray closes the 1997-1998 season with 10 points

    Points
    10
    NHL#425
    Games
    60of 82
    73%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#407
    Assists
    7
    NHL#403
    P/GP
    0.17
    NHL#439
    +/-
    +18
    NHL#26
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    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
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      OTT2–1NJD
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG11:01TOI
    • Ottawa Senatorslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      OTT1–3NJD
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP08:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • May 1998
    • Ottawa Senatorslead3–2againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 6
      NJD1–3OTT
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG11:04TOI
    First round

    Ottawa Senators knock New Jersey Devils out 4–2

    NJD2–4OTT
    Eliminated
    3Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Sheldon Souray ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#178
    Games
    3
    Goals
    0
    NHL#171
    Assists
    1
    NHL#149
    P/GP
    0.33
    +/-
    0
    NHL#110
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    OTT2–4