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Vladimir Malakhov's 1997-1998 season

Points
44
NHL#95
Goals
13
NHL#152
Assists
31
NHL#66
Plus/minus
+16
NHL#34
Games
74
90%
90% of 82

Defenceman Vladimir Malakhov was 29 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 74 of a possible 82 games and scored 13 goals and 31 assists for 44 points, 0.59 points per game. In the playoffs he played 9 games for 7 points.

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

1997-1998Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Vladimir Malakhov plays the 1997-1998 season for Montréal Canadiens

    MTLMontréal Canadiens

    Vladimir was 29 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      OTT2–2MTL
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP25:47TOI
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MTL4–1BOS
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP26:52TOI
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      MTL3–0PIT
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP20:36TOI
      +3 assists
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    • The game
      PHI6–2MTL
      L
      game 4/821
      His night
      No points
      -6+/-1SOG24:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–1MTL
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG26:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–1BUF
      W
      game 6/82
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-2SOG2PPP21:44TOI
      +3 points
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    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      L
      game 7/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG23:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA0–3MTL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG25:09TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2NJD
      L
      game 9/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP28:21TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2OTT
      W
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG23:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–4MTL
      W
      game 11/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG17:41TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • November 1997
    • The game
      TOR1–5MTL
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      DAL4–6MTL
      W
      game 14/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG23:55TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PHX2–4MTL
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP21:12TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–3SJS
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP23:30TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–1LAK
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG21:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–3ANA
      W
      game 18/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP27:04TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–2PHX
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG22:39TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2MTL
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG28:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL1–4MTL
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG19:39TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      18
      points
      NHL#36
      5
      goals
      NHL#81
      13
      assists
      NHL#21
      +12
      +/-
      NHL#2
      MTL
      14-5-0W-L-OT30Points
      1st in the Northeast·1st in the Eastern Conference·2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL1–2CAR
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG22:15TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–2MTL
      L
      game 23/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG21:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      SJS2–2MTL
      game 24/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG27:10TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–5WSH
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP21:10TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–2DET
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–6PIT
      L
      game 27/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:15TOI
      View the game
    • December 1997
    • The game
      PIT1–0MTL
      L
      game 28/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG26:24TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK0–2MTL
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG24:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG24:52TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–4MTL
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG04:05TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–1BUF
      L
      game 36/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG27:58TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT1–4MTL
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–3MTL
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG26:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–4OTT
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–0PIT
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–1COL
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG27:04TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8236 of 41 played
      20
      points
      NHL#106
      6
      goals
      NHL#146
      14
      assists
      NHL#80
      +11
      +/-
      NHL#13
      MTL
      20-15-0W-L-OT46Points
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL3–2CGY
      W
      game 42/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–3EDM
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:56TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2VAN
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG2PPP25:31TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–1MTL
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG26:34TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Milestone

    Vladimir Malakhov reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Boston Bruins · January 7

    • The game
      MTL8–2NYI
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP18:57TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–3TBL
      W
      game 47/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP24:56TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3PHI
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG24:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–4MTL
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG23:48TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR4–3MTL
      L
      game 50/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:43TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD3–1MTL
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG25:03TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2PHI
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG23:39TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–3MTL
      L
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG25:16TOI
      View the game
    • February 1998
    • The game
      MTL6–3CAR
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +2+/-6SOG1PPP18:15TOI
      HAT TRICK
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–4NYI
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1SHP25:02TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–1MTL
      L
      game 56/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG1PPP21:30TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT6–2MTL
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG19:37TOI
      View the game
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF2–1MTL
      L
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:53TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–6MTL
      W
      game 62/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP16:07TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8254 of 62 played
      31
      points
      NHL#114
      11
      goals
      NHL#130
      20
      assists
      NHL#109
      +9
      +/-
      NHL#34
      MTL
      30-25-0W-L-OT67Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN2–2MTL
      game 63/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG18:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4MTL
      W
      game 64/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG21:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–4MTL
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG20:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY3–3MTL
      game 66/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG22:27TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2NYR
      L
      game 67/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:40TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–1CHI
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:13TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ANA5–4MTL
      L
      game 69/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG05:06TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–1TBL
      W
      game 70/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:04TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–5FLA
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP22:16TOI
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL2–8MTL
      W
      game 72/824
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG21:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3CAR
      game 73/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP25:20TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • April 1998
    • The game
      MTL4–3FLA
      W
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:00TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–0MTL
      L
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:51TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 76/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG28:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2NYR
      W
      game 77/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP24:55TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      L
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3MTL
      game 79/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP24:52TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS6–2MTL
      L
      game 80/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP25:04TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–0OTT
      W
      game 81/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG27:02TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3MTL
      game 82/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG16:35TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Vladimir Malakhov closes the 1997-1998 season with 44 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    44
    NHL#95
    Games
    74of 82
    90%
    Goals
    13
    NHL#152
    Assists
    31
    NHL#66
    P/GP
    0.59
    NHL#98
    +/-
    +16
    NHL#34
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    50
    career goals
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    MTLvsPIT
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL3–2PIT
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG32:43TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      MTL1–4PIT
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP28:34TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadiensare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      PIT1–3MTL
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG22:56TOI
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      PIT6–3MTL
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP25:23TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • May 1998
    • Montréal Canadiensare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      MTL5–2PIT
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG26:48TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 6
      PIT0–3MTL
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG28:46TOI
      View the game
    First round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–2

    MTL4–2PIT
    Advance
    6Games4Points1Goals3Assists
    5 days later
    Second round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Buffalo Sabres

    MTLvsBUF
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL2–3BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG26:21TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL3–6BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP23:01TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      BUF5–4MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG37:15TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0

    MTL0–4BUF
    Eliminated
    3Games3Points2Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Vladimir Malakhov ends the 1997-1998 playoffs with 7 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    7
    NHL#47
    Games
    9
    Goals
    3
    NHL#36
    Assists
    4
    NHL#42
    P/GP
    0.78
    NHL#19
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#275
    Events
    10
    playoff assists
    10
    playoff points
    PIT4–2→BUF0–4