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Barry Melrose's 1979-1980 season

Points
10
NHL#375
Goals
4
NHL#317
Assists
6
NHL#377
Plus/minus
-41
NHL#582
Games
74
92%
92% of 80

Defenceman Barry Melrose was 23 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Winnipeg Jets. He played 74 of a possible 80 games and scored 4 goals and 6 assists for 10 points, 0.14 points per game. Winnipeg Jets did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1979-1980
  1. NHL debut

    Barry Melrose makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠4 loss against Pittsburgh Penguins

    Barry was 23 years old · Civic Arena, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    1
    Assists
    1
    Points
    -2
    +/-
    First NHL assistFirst NHL point

    Swedes on the ice: Lars-Erik Sjöberg and Willy Lindström.

    • The game
      WIN2–4PIT
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Barry Melrose records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · October 10

    • The game
      WIN0–4BOS
      L
      game 2/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–4WIN
      W
      game 3/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET5–1WIN
      L
      game 4/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–3WIN
      W
      game 5/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–4CLR
      L
      game 6/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–4CHI
      L
      game 7/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3WIN
      W
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL2–2WIN
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN5–2QUE
      W
      game 10/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Barry Melrose scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Quebec Nordiques · October 31

    • The game
      WSH1–1WIN
      game 11/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–4WIN
      game 12/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–8AFM
      L
      game 13/803
      His night
      No points
      -5+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–6WSH
      L
      game 14/805
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR8–4WIN
      L
      game 15/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–3WIN
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–2WIN
      L
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–2WIN
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN6–4NYR
      W
      game 19/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN0–7MTL
      L
      game 20/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      4
      points
      NHL#280
      2
      goals
      NHL#204
      2
      assists
      NHL#285
      -17
      +/-
      NHL#156
      WIN
      6-11-0W-L-OT15Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN3–5WIN
      W
      game 21/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–5LAK
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–4VAN
      L
      game 23/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • December 1979
    • The game
      WIN4–4MNS
      game 24/804
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–0WIN
      L
      game 25/805
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–2STL
      W
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–6DET
      L
      game 27/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM3–8WIN
      W
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–4WIN
      L
      game 29/803
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–5QUE
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–6WIN
      W
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–3EDM
      W
      game 32/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2WIN
      L
      game 33/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI1–4WIN
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8034 of 40 played
      5
      points
      NHL#340
      2
      goals
      NHL#293
      3
      assists
      NHL#333
      -24
      +/-
      NHL#176
      WIN
      12-23-0W-L-OT29Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN0–2AFM
      L
      game 41/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–5PHI
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–0WIN
      L
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–5WIN
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN2–5NYI
      L
      game 45/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN1–4NYR
      L
      game 46/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET5–0WIN
      L
      game 47/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–7HFD
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–5WSH
      L
      game 49/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI5–4WIN
      L
      game 50/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL6–6WIN
      game 51/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN7–3LAK
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • February 1980
    • The game
      WIN2–9EDM
      L
      game 53/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–2CLR
      game 54/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–3WIN
      L
      game 55/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM2–2WIN
      game 56/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN0–0NYI
      game 57/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–5PHI
      L
      game 58/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–5HFD
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–6WIN
      W
      game 60/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
      10
      points
      NHL#324
      4
      goals
      NHL#270
      6
      assists
      NHL#330
      -33
      +/-
      NHL#181
      WIN
      15-36-0W-L-OT39Points
      20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN3–4BUF
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–3MTL
      L
      game 62/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR9–3WIN
      L
      game 63/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–3PIT
      L
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–3WIN
      game 65/805
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • March 1980
    • The game
      CHI3–2WIN
      L
      game 66/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–2VAN
      L
      game 67/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–2WIN
      L
      game 68/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3WIN
      game 69/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–3WIN
      L
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN6–2DET
      W
      game 71/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–9TOR
      L
      game 72/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4WIN
      W
      game 73/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2WIN
      L
      game 74/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–7WIN
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–1WIN
      L
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–3BOS
      L
      game 77/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • April 1980
    • The game
      WIN5–2CHI
      W
      game 78/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–6STL
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–3WIN
      W
      game 80/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    The season in numbers

    Barry Melrose closes the 1979-1980 season with 10 points

    Winnipeg Jets did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    10
    NHL#375
    Games
    74of 80
    93%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#317
    Assists
    6
    NHL#377
    P/GP
    0.14
    NHL#398
    +/-
    -41
    NHL#582
    Events
    10
    career best in points
    4
    career best in goals
    6
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist