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Tommy Salo's 1997-1998 season

Wins
23
Swedish flag#1NHL#15
Save pct
.906
Swedish flag#1NHL#30
GAA
2.64
Swedish flag#1NHL#37
Shutouts
4
Swedish flag#1NHL#13
Games
62
75%
75% of 82

Goaltender Tommy Salo was 26 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 62 games and won 23 of them, at .906. New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1997-1998
  1. Season opener

    Tommy Salo plays the 1997-1998 season for New York Islanders

    NYINew York Islanders

    Tommy was 26 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–2NYR
      game 1/822
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA65:00TOI
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR0–3NYI
      W
      game 2/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      26SV26SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
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    • The game
      WSH6–3NYI
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA59:16TOIL
      .800
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    • The game
      NYI1–3WSH
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA58:14TOIL
      .850
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    • The game
      NYI5–2SJS
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .941
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    • The game
      NYI5–2ANA
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      .951SV%
      39SV41SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .951
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    • The game
      NYI2–3LAK
      L
      game 8/822
      His night
      in relief
      0SV0SA0GA06:04TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA4–2NYI
      L
      game 9/822
      His night
      .786SV%
      11SV14SA3GA59:17TOIL
      .786
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    • The game
      SJS2–1NYI
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      .909SV%
      20SV22SA2GA59:24TOIL
      .909
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    • The game
      NYR3–5NYI
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA59:58TOIW
      .885
      View the game
    • November 1997
    • The game
      EDM4–4NYI
      game 14/822
      His night
      .750SV%
      9SV12SA3GA20:00TOI
      .750
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    • The game
      NYI3–2CAR
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
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    • The game
      CHI4–2NYI
      L
      game 16/821
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      12SV12SA0GA39:36TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–1NYI
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA58:51TOIL
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–1TBL
      W
      game 19/823
      His night
      .971SV%
      33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–2DET
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .938
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8214 of 21 started
      7
      wins
      NHL#12
      .917
      SV%
      NHL#7
      2.3
      GAA
      NHL#12
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#7
      NYI
      9-8-0W-L-OT22Points
      4th in the Atlantic·7th in the Eastern Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI1–6BUF
      L
      game 23/821
      His night
      .818SV%
      27SV33SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .818
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4NYI
      W
      game 24/823
      His night
      .944SV%
      17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .944
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    • The game
      NYI1–4PHI
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      .889SV%
      32SV36SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .889
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    • December 1997
    • The game
      OTT4–2NYI
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      9SV9SA0GA23:02TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–5CAR
      L
      game 28/821
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA58:49TOIL
      .818
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX0–4NYI
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      22SV22SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY3–1NYI
      L
      game 30/823
      His night
      .900SV%
      18SV20SA2GA58:50TOIL
      .900
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    • The game
      NYI3–4PHI
      L
      game 31/821
      His night
      .862SV%
      25SV29SA4GA59:22TOIL
      .862
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    • The game
      FLA1–4NYI
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2WSH
      game 33/822
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA65:00TOI
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF0–4NYI
      W
      game 34/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA59:58TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–3BOS
      W
      game 35/822
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–1NYI
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4NJD
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA59:20TOIL
      .818
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA6–2NYI
      L
      game 38/821
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA53:36TOIL
      .826
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–5PIT
      L
      game 39/823
      His night
      .800SV%
      16SV20SA4GA30:25TOIL
      .800
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8229 of 41 started
      12
      wins
      NHL#12
      .904
      SV%
      NHL#19
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#21
      3
      shutouts
      NHL#8
      NYI
      15-21-0W-L-OT35Points
      6th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI1–2PHX
      L
      game 42/821
      His night
      .913SV%
      21SV23SA2GA59:46TOIL
      .913
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    • The game
      MTL8–2NYI
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      .750SV%
      15SV20SA5GA51:07TOIL
      .750
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    • The game
      NYI2–5CHI
      L
      game 48/821
      His night
      .913SV%in relief
      21SV23SA2GA45:55TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3STL
      game 49/821
      His night
      .921SV%
      35SV38SA3GA65:00TOI
      .921
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3OTT
      L
      game 50/824
      His night
      .923SV%
      36SV39SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–3PHI
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      18SV21SA3GA59:36TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYI
      W
      game 52/822
      His night
      .957SV%
      22SV23SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .957
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR0–2NYI
      W
      game 53/821
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      31SV31SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • February 1998
    • The game
      BOS2–2NYI
      game 54/822
      His night
      .939SV%
      31SV33SA2GA64:57TOI
      .939
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–2PIT
      W
      game 55/823
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–4NYI
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYI
      L
      game 57/82
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA59:35TOIL
      .914
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    • The game
      DAL4–1NYI
      L
      game 58/821
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA59:45TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BOS5–4NYI
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      .737SV%
      14SV19SA5GA44:40TOIL
      .737
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–3NYI
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      .971SV%
      34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .971
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–2BUF
      W
      game 61/821
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      COL4–2NYI
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      .818SV%
      18SV22SA4GA58:36TOIL
      .818
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8245 of 62 started
      18
      wins
      NHL#13
      .906
      SV%
      NHL#15
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#20
      4
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      NYI
      22-32-0W-L-OT52Points
      5th in the Atlantic·11th in the Eastern Conference·20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYI
      game 63/821
      His night
      .938SV%
      30SV32SA2GA65:00TOI
      .938
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYI
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA59:19TOIL
      .905
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN6–2NYI
      L
      game 65/823
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA50:58TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–1EDM
      W
      game 68/822
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .970
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4VAN
      L
      game 69/824
      His night
      .778SV%
      14SV18SA4GA25:03TOIL
      .778
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–4NYI
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–4TOR
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA64:52TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–5WSH
      L
      game 72/822
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA59:55TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • April 1998
    • The game
      NYR0–3NYI
      W
      game 74/824
      His night
      1.000SV%
      14SV14SA0GA53:01TOIW
      1.000
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–3NYI
      W
      game 76/821
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–0NYI
      L
      game 79/822
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–4NYR
      L
      game 80/824
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA59:41TOIL
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–1NJD
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      .979SV%
      46SV47SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .979
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Tommy Salo closes the 1997-1998 season with 23 wins

    NYINew York Islanders
    New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs
    Wins
    23
    Games
    62of 82
    76%
    Shutouts
    4
    SV%
    .906
    GAA
    2.64
    Starts
    58
    Events
    100
    NHL games