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James Patrick

#3 · Defence · Buffalo Sabres

Born Jun 14, 1963 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN · 6'2", 198 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 9th overall in 1981 by NYR (round 1)

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The defencemen closest to him in points in 1997-98. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Jeff Norton FLA · 17 P in 56 GP John Slaney PHX · 17 P in 55 GP Jiri Slegr PIT · 17 P in 73 GP Mark Tinordi WSH · 17 P in 47 GP Adam Foote COL · 17 P in 77 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601983-84: 8 points883-841984-85: 36 points361985-86: 43 points4385-861986-87: 55 points551987-88: 62 points6287-881988-89: 47 points471989-90: 57 points5789-901990-91: 59 points591991-92: 71 points7191-921992-93: 26 points261993-94: 35 points3593-941994-95: 10 points101995-96: 35 points3595-961996-97: 4 points41997-98: 17 points1797-981998-99: 8 points81999-00: 13 points1399-002000-01: 13 points132001-02: 13 points1301-022002-03: 16 points162003-04: 11 points1103-04

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 NYR 12 1 7 8 5 2 15 0 0.67
1984-85 NYR 75 8 28 36 -18 71 102 0 0.48
1985-86 NYR 75 14 29 43 12 88 131 0 0.57
1986-87 NYR 78 10 45 55 13 62 145 0 0.71
1987-88 NYR 70 17 45 62 16 52 187 0 0.89
1988-89 NYR 68 11 36 47 3 41 147 0 0.69
1989-90 NYR 73 14 43 57 4 50 136 0 0.78
1990-91 NYR 74 10 49 59 -5 58 138 0 0.80
1991-92 NYR 80 14 57 71 34 54 148 0 0.89
1992-93 NYR 60 5 21 26 1 61 99 0 0.43
1993-94 NYR 6 0 3 3 1 2 6 0 0.50
1993-94 HFD 47 8 20 28 -12 32 65 0 0.60
1993-94 CGY 15 2 2 4 6 6 20 0 0.27
1994-95 CGY 43 0 10 10 -3 14 43 0 0.23
1995-96 CGY 80 3 32 35 3 30 116 0 0.44
1996-97 CGY 19 3 1 4 2 6 22 0 0.21
1997-98 CGY 60 6 11 17 -2 26 57 39 0.28
1998-99 BUF 45 1 7 8 12 16 31 23 0.18
1999-00 BUF 66 5 8 13 8 22 40 44 0.20
2000-01 BUF 54 4 9 13 9 12 48 28 0.24
2001-02 BUF 56 5 8 13 3 16 45 35 0.23
2002-03 BUF 69 4 12 16 -3 26 63 6 0.23
2003-04 BUF 55 4 7 11 11 12 44 27 0.20
21 seasons Career 1280 149 490 639 100 759 1848 202 0.50

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1983-84 NYR 5 0 3 3 1 2 4 0 0.60
1984-85 NYR 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0.00
1985-86 NYR 16 1 5 6 1 34 17 0 0.38
1986-87 NYR 6 1 2 3 -5 2 10 0 0.50
1988-89 NYR 4 0 1 1 -1 2 6 0 0.25
1989-90 NYR 10 3 8 11 -2 0 25 0 1.10
1990-91 NYR 6 0 0 0 -1 6 7 0 0.00
1991-92 NYR 13 0 7 7 -4 12 21 0 0.54
1993-94 CGY 7 0 1 1 -1 6 4 0 0.14
1994-95 CGY 5 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 0.20
1995-96 CGY 4 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0 0.00
1998-99 BUF 20 0 1 1 6 12 11 12 0.05
1999-00 BUF 5 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 0.20
2000-01 BUF 13 1 2 3 0 2 16 18 0.23
14 seasons Playoffs 117 6 32 38 -10 86 134 32 0.32

1997-98 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
60 6 11 17 -2 26 57 39 0.28 10.5 19:33

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 18, 1998 @ SJS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:24
Apr 17, 1998 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 24:55
Apr 15, 1998 vs SJS T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:51
Apr 13, 1998 @ LAK L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 22:18
Apr 11, 1998 vs EDM L 4-5 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 22:36
Apr 9, 1998 vs VAN L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 21:24
Apr 7, 1998 @ SJS L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:38
Apr 5, 1998 @ ANA T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 28:42
Apr 1, 1998 vs DAL W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 23:22
Mar 30, 1998 @ EDM L 1-3 1 0 1 0 2 3 1 20:58
Mar 28, 1998 vs LAK W 5-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22:21
Mar 26, 1998 vs WSH W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:36
Mar 24, 1998 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:55
Mar 22, 1998 vs STL W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:02
Mar 20, 1998 vs NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 18:41
Mar 16, 1998 @ MTL T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:12
Mar 14, 1998 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:28
Mar 12, 1998 @ BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:53
Mar 11, 1998 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:16
Mar 9, 1998 @ WSH L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:13
Mar 7, 1998 @ OTT L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 22:19
Mar 5, 1998 @ VAN W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 21:19
Mar 3, 1998 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19:40
Mar 1, 1998 vs OTT W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:05
Feb 27, 1998 vs VAN T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 20:45
Feb 7, 1998 vs EDM W 4-2 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 18:07
Feb 5, 1998 vs SJS W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 24:32
Feb 3, 1998 vs LAK L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 20:16
Jan 31, 1998 vs NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 20:06
Jan 29, 1998 @ LAK L 3-5 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:02
Jan 28, 1998 @ ANA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 20:29
Jan 24, 1998 vs VAN W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:05
Jan 21, 1998 @ SJS L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:18
Jan 20, 1998 @ LAK L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:33
Jan 14, 1998 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 17:08
Jan 5, 1998 @ CHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:49
Jan 3, 1998 @ STL L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 15:27
Dec 29, 1997 vs PHX L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:58
Dec 23, 1997 @ PHX T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:08
Dec 22, 1997 @ ANA L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 14:49
Dec 18, 1997 vs DAL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:07
Dec 16, 1997 vs CHI W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:01
Dec 12, 1997 vs COL W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:06
Dec 10, 1997 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19:05
Dec 9, 1997 @ NYI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:11
Dec 6, 1997 @ STL L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:49
Nov 13, 1997 vs CAR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:23
Nov 10, 1997 @ CHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 16:48
Nov 9, 1997 @ DET L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:34
Nov 7, 1997 vs ANA L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:32
Nov 5, 1997 vs TOR L 3-4 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 18:12
Oct 22, 1997 @ BUF L 1-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:00
Oct 18, 1997 vs BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:08
Oct 17, 1997 vs COL W 6-5 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:22
Oct 14, 1997 @ DAL L 4-5 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 20:10
Oct 12, 1997 @ DET T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25:04
Oct 9, 1997 vs NYR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:11
Oct 7, 1997 vs TOR L 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 25:02
Oct 3, 1997 vs COL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:31
Oct 1, 1997 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:28