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Ulf Samuelsson's 1998-1999 season

Points
12
Swedish flag#27NHL#392
Goals
4
Swedish flag#23NHL#363
Assists
8
Swedish flag#27NHL#391
Plus/minus
+5
Swedish flag#13NHL#160
Games
71
86%
86% of 82

Defenceman Ulf Samuelsson was 34 years old when the 1998-1999 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers och Detroit Red Wings. He played 71 of a possible 82 games and scored 4 goals and 8 assists for 12 points, 0.17 points per game. That was 27th among the Swedes and 392th in the NHL. He moved from New York Rangers to Detroit Red Wings in April. In the playoffs he played 9 games for 3 points.

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

1998-1999Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ulf Samuelsson opens the 1998-1999 season with New York Rangers

    NYRNew York Rangers

    Ulf was 34 years old when the 1998-1999 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHI1–0NYR
      L
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:28TOI
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    • The game
      NYR1–7MTL
      L
      game 2/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:24TOI
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    • The game
      STL4–2NYR
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:02TOI
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    • The game
      NJD2–1NYR
      L
      game 4/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:59TOI
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    • The game
      NYR3–3PIT
      game 5/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:46TOI
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    • The game
      EDM2–3NYR
      W
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:28TOI
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    • The game
      NYI2–3NYR
      W
      game 7/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG19:38TOI
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    • The game
      NYR2–2PHI
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:07TOI
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    • The game
      BUF0–0NYR
      game 9/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:57TOI
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    • The game
      CAR0–1NYR
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:13TOI
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    • November 1998
    • The game
      NYR1–3NJD
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG23:46TOI
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    • The game
      MTL4–1NYR
      L
      game 12/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:39TOI
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    • The game
      NYR10–2TBL
      W
      game 14/825
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG19:54TOI
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4FLA
      L
      game 15/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:59TOI
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    • The game
      BOS3–3NYR
      game 16/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:48TOI
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    • The game
      NYR1–3ANA
      L
      game 17/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:19TOI
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    • The game
      NYR5–1LAK
      W
      game 18/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:50TOI
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    • The game
      NYR2–2SJS
      game 19/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG03:09TOI
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    • The game
      NYR2–4BUF
      L
      game 20/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:55TOI
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    • The game
      NYR2–2PIT
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG25:06TOI
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      2
      points
      Swedish flag#25NHL#407
      2
      goals
      Swedish flag#14NHL#210
      0
      assists
      Swedish flag#30NHL#517
      +2
      +/-
      Swedish flag#3NHL#56
      NYR
      5-9-0W-L-OT17Points
      5th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NSH1–5NYR
      W
      game 22/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:57TOI
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    • December 1998
    • The game
      FLA4–5NYR
      W
      game 23/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:04TOI
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    • The game
      NYR3–2NYI
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG20:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–1OTT
      W
      game 25/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:44TOI
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    • The game
      TOR2–6NYR
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG20:54TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–1NYR
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG20:05TOI
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    • The game
      NYR0–2BUF
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:39TOI
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    • The game
      CGY2–5NYR
      W
      game 29/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG20:48TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–6NJD
      L
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:01TOI
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    • The game
      NYR4–7TOR
      L
      game 31/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:21TOI
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    • The game
      CAR1–0NYR
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:47TOI
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    • The game
      NYR6–3CAR
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:58TOI
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    • The game
      NYR1–3PHX
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:20TOI
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    • The game
      NYR6–3COL
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:12TOI
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    • The game
      NYR1–0STL
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG24:06TOI
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    • The game
      SJS3–4NYR
      W
      game 37/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP18:59TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD5–2NYR
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG18:30TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–5WSH
      L
      game 39/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG19:14TOI
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    • The game
      TBL2–5NYR
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG24:35TOI
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    • The game
      NYI3–4NYR
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG25:26TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      7
      points
      Swedish flag#22NHL#351
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#21NHL#283
      4
      assists
      Swedish flag#22NHL#365
      +1
      +/-
      Swedish flag#5NHL#87
      NYR
      17-17-0W-L-OT41Points
      4th in the Atlantic·9th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    Ulf Samuelsson reaches 1,000 NHL games

    in the game against New York Islanders · January 13

    • The game
      CHI3–1NYR
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG18:45TOI
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    • The game
      NYR0–3MTL
      L
      game 43/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:37TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–1NYR
      L
      game 44/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA2–1NYR
      L
      game 45/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–1WSH
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG24:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–3CAR
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:56TOI
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    • The game
      NYR3–2DET
      W
      game 48/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG23:54TOI
      View the game
    • February 1999
    • The game
      WSH3–1NYR
      L
      game 49/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:27TOI
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    • The game
      VAN4–8NYR
      W
      game 50/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG16:44TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–3BOS
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG21:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR3–1NYR
      L
      game 52/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:49TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–2NYR
      L
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG24:22TOI
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    • The game
      NYR7–4NSH
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG23:01TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–3NYR
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-1SOG20:57TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–6NYR
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG23:27TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–1EDM
      W
      game 57/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG22:20TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–6CGY
      L
      game 58/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG00:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX0–3NYR
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG24:56TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–6NYR
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG21:15TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • March 1999
    • The game
      DAL2–2NYR
      game 61/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG25:32TOI
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    • The game
      NYR4–2WSH
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG20:48TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      11
      points
      Swedish flag#23NHL#354
      4
      goals
      Swedish flag#21NHL#316
      7
      assists
      Swedish flag#23NHL#356
      +5
      +/-
      Swedish flag#4NHL#56
      NYR
      26-28-0W-L-OT60Points
      4th in the Atlantic·10th in the Eastern Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–1BOS
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:52TOI
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    • The game
      BOS5–4NYR
      L
      game 66/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG20:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–2NYI
      W
      game 67/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP22:50TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–1NYR
      game 68/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:34TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYR
      L
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–2NYR
      game 70/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:52TOI
      View the game
  2. Trade

    Ulf Samuelsson is traded from New York Rangers to Detroit Red Wings

    NYRNew York RangersDETDetroit Red Wings

    Here he joins Swedes Tomas Holmström and Nicklas Lidström.

    His spell with New York Rangers · 1995–96 to 1998–99
    287
    Games
    14
    Goals
    46
    Assists
    60
    Points
    Detroit Red Wings received
    New York Rangers received
    • 1999 draft pick, round 2 (#59)
    • 2000 draft pick, round 3 (#74)
    The full trade
    • The game
      DET1–1STL
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:48TOI
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    • The game
      PIT3–0DET
      L
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:21TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH2–4DET
      W
      game 81/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–3CHI
      L
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:47TOI
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Ulf Samuelsson closes the 1998-1999 season with 12 points

    NYRNew York RangersDETDetroit Red Wings
    Points
    12
    #27NHL#392
    Games
    71of 82
    87%
    Goals
    4
    #23NHL#363
    Assists
    8
    #27NHL#391
    P/GP
    0.17
    #27NHL#441
    +/-
    +5
    #13NHL#160
    Events
    1,000
    NHL games
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

    First round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Anaheim Ducks

    DETvsANA
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Anaheim Ducks
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      ANA3–5DET
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:11TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 2
      ANA1–5DET
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG14:28TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 3
      DET4–2ANA
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG15:47TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstAnaheim Ducks
    • Game 4
      DET3–0ANA
      W
      5
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG19:20TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    First round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Anaheim Ducks out 4–0

    DET4–0ANA
    Advance
    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    10 days later
    Second round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Colorado Avalanche

    DETvsCOL
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Colorado Avalanche
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      DET3–2COL
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:42TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 2
      DET4–0COL
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:11TOI
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 3
      COL5–3DET
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG17:23TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingslead2–1againstColorado Avalanche
    • Game 4
      COL6–2DET
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG16:49TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Detroit Red Wingsare2–2withColorado Avalanche
    • Game 5
      DET0–3COL
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG03:01TOI
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    Second round

    Colorado Avalanche knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–2

    DET2–4COL
    Eliminated
    5Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Ulf Samuelsson ends the 1998-1999 playoffs with 3 points

    NYRNew York RangersDETDetroit Red Wings
    Points
    3
    #5NHL#110
    Games
    9
    Goals
    0
    #8NHL#167
    Assists
    3
    #4NHL#67
    P/GP
    0.33
    #5NHL#73
    +/-
    +1
    #5NHL#78
    Events
    25
    playoff assists
    ANA4–0→COL2–4
  4. 1 month and 7 days later
    Trade

    Ulf Samuelsson is traded from Detroit Red Wings to Atlanta Thrashers

    DETDetroit Red WingsATLAtlanta Thrashers
    His spell with Detroit Red Wings · 1998–99
    4
    Games
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    Atlanta Thrashers received
    Detroit Red Wings received
    • Future considerations
    The full trade