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Wayne Gretzky's 1997-1998 season

Points
90
NHL#3
Goals
23
NHL#48
Assists
67
NHL#1
Plus/minus
-11
NHL#677
Games
82
100%
100% of 82

Centre Wayne Gretzky was 36 years old when the 1997-1998 season began, his 19th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played all 82 games and scored 23 goals and 67 assists for 90 points, 1.10 points per game. New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1997-1998
  1. Season opener

    Wayne Gretzky plays the 1997-1998 season for New York Rangers

    Wayne was 36 years old when the 1997-1998 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 19th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–2NYR
      game 1/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG25:49TOI
    • The game
      LAK2–2NYR
      game 2/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG22:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–3EDM
      game 3/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG22:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–1CGY
      game 4/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:46TOI
    • The game
      NYR6–3VAN
      W
      game 5/824
      His night
      +5P+3G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG18:15TOI
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      PIT1–0NYR
      L
      game 6/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:37TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–5OTT
      L
      game 7/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG19:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–5STL
      L
      game 8/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG21:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR2–4NYR
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:12TOI
    • The game
      CHI1–0NYR
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG24:21TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–4NYR
      W
      game 11/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG25:56TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ANA3–3NYR
      game 12/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG28:34TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DAL3–2NYR
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG23:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–5NYI
      L
      game 14/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG24:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • November 1997
    • The game
      EDM2–2NYR
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG21:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–2COL
      W
      game 16/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP19:57TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR2–2DAL
      game 17/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG21:26TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD3–2NYR
      L
      game 18/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG22:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT1–3NYR
      W
      game 19/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:26TOI
    • The game
      COL1–4NYR
      W
      game 20/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:30TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–1FLA
      W
      game 21/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP17:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      21
      points
      NHL#20
      6
      goals
      NHL#66
      15
      assists
      NHL#10
      NYR
      7-7-0W-L-OT21Points
      4th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–6TBL
      L
      game 22/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -4+/-2SOG1PPP16:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–3CAR
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP18:13TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR3–4PIT
      L
      game 24/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:48TOI
    • The game
      VAN4–2NYR
      L
      game 25/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG21:38TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–4NYI
      L
      game 26/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3BUF
      game 27/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG19:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA1–1NYR
      game 28/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:27TOI
    • December 1997
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      L
      game 29/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG18:11TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYR
      game 30/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP23:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–3MTL
      game 31/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG25:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX1–3NYR
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP21:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY4–1NYR
      L
      game 33/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG24:02TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–3NYR
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG21:58TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–4NJD
      L
      game 35/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG19:47TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–2FLA
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:55TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–2TBL
      game 37/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-7SOG1PPP20:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–0NYR
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG24:57TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–4NYR
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP21:39TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NYR0–3BUF
      L
      game 40/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG24:43TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYR
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG20:40TOI
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      36
      points
      NHL#17
      10
      goals
      NHL#65
      26
      assists
      NHL#7
      NYR
      12-17-0W-L-OT36Points
      4th in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR0–2TBL
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG21:26TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–2WSH
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-4SOG16:53TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CAR2–4NYR
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP17:09TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      L
      game 45/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG17:48TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR2–3NYR
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP21:42TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NYR1–4NJD
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG22:53TOI
    • The game
      STL1–3NYR
      W
      game 48/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP22:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYR
      L
      game 49/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP22:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD3–3NYR
      game 50/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-3SOG3PPP23:04TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH2–2NYR
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG25:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–2OTT
      game 52/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG24:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–4BOS
      L
      game 53/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP21:25TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 1998
    • The game
      NYR3–2SJS
      W
      game 54/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP17:16TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–3ANA
      L
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG24:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–3LAK
      L
      game 56/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG15:11TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–1PHX
      game 57/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP22:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–2TOR
      W
      game 58/824
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP17:57TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      PHI3–1NYR
      L
      game 59/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG24:10TOI
    • March 1998
    • The game
      BUF1–0NYR
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:17TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–3FLA
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP20:58TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR3–6NJD
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP21:52TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      63
      points
      NHL#9
      16
      goals
      NHL#63
      47
      assists
      NHL#4
      NYR
      19-27-0W-L-OT54Points
      4th in the Atlantic·10th in the Eastern Conference·19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD2–2NYR
      game 63/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG23:28TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS3–5NYR
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      -1+/-3SOG2PPP21:13TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR1–4MTL
      L
      game 65/824
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG20:26TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–5BOS
      L
      game 66/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP19:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT4–5NYR
      W
      game 67/825
      His night
      +4P+4A
      +3+/-1SOG19:49TOI
      +4 assists
    • The game
      MTL1–2NYR
      W
      game 68/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG28:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–3NYR
      L
      game 69/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP22:29TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR4–5PHI
      L
      game 70/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG22:14TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      OTT3–2NYR
      L
      game 71/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG25:34TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR1–4CAR
      L
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG18:31TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–2PIT
      game 73/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG26:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL3–1NYR
      L
      game 74/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG27:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • April 1998
    • The game
      BOS4–2NYR
      L
      game 75/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG23:23TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR0–3NYI
      L
      game 76/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG18:16TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–1CHI
      W
      game 77/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP22:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2NYR
      L
      game 78/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP22:09TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR2–5DET
      L
      game 79/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG22:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–3WSH
      L
      game 80/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG26:22TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–4NYR
      W
      game 81/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-4SOG23:14TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR2–1PHI
      W
      game 82/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG26:59TOI
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Wayne Gretzky closes the 1997-1998 season with 90 points

    New York Rangers did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    90
    NHL#3
    Games
    82of 82
    100%
    Goals
    23
    NHL#48
    Assists
    67
    NHL#1
    P/GP
    1.10
    NHL#7
    +/-
    -11
    NHL#677
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    8 i rad
    games with a point · 11 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal