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Bengt-Åke Gustafsson's 1979-1980 season

Points

#5NHL#74

Goals

#7NHL#87

Assists

#6NHL#61

Plus/minus

-15

NHL#513

Games

100% of 80

Left winger Bengt-Åke Gustafsson was 21 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 80 games and scored 22 goals and 38 assists for 60 points, 0.75 points per game. That was 5th among the Swedes and 74th in the NHL. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1979-1980

Year 1979
47 years ago
NHL debut
October 11
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠6 loss against Buffalo Sabres
WSHWashington Capitals3–6BUFBuffalo Sabres
Bengt-Åke was 21 years old · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
-1
+/-
First NHL assistFirst NHL point
Other Swedes on the ice: Leif Svensson and Rolf Edberg.
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- The game
  WSH3–6BUF
  L
  October 11game 1/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson records his first NHL assist
in the game against Buffalo Sabres · October 11
- The game
  BOS5–2WSH
  L
  October 13game 2/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH5–3NYR
  W
  October 14game 3/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  LAK6–8WSH
  W
  October 16game 4/802
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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Milestone
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 16
- The game
  TOR5–3WSH
  L
  October 19game 5/803
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-8SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  WSH1–5PIT
  L
  October 20game 6/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–5LAK
  L
  October 24game 7/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–5VAN
  L
  October 27game 8/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH6–4EDM
  W
  October 28game 9/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL2–2WSH
  October 30game 10/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- November 1979
- The game
  WSH1–1WIN
  November 2game 11/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–7MNS
  L
  November 3game 12/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -4+/-6SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH0–2MTL
  L
  November 5game 13/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WIN3–6WSH
  W
  November 7game 14/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF5–3WSH
  L
  November 10game 15/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  EDM5–3WSH
  L
  November 13game 16/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–3BOS
  L
  November 15game 17/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  DET4–2WSH
  L
  November 16game 18/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  AFM4–2WSH
  L
  November 18game 19/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–3CLR
  November 20game 20/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-6SOG
  +2 assists
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- Checkpoint
  November 20
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  14
  points
  #7NHL#67
  6
  goals
  #5NHL#65
  8
  assists
  #11NHL#80
  WSH
  4-13-0W-L-OT11Points
  19th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH0–4CHI
  L
  November 21game 21/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–1WSH
  L
  November 24game 22/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–2QUE
  November 25game 23/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR4–2WSH
  L
  November 28game 24/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- December 1979
- The game
  QUE2–7WSH
  W
  December 1game 25/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-5SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH0–2BUF
  L
  December 2game 26/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  HFD3–3WSH
  December 4game 27/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PIT5–3WSH
  L
  December 7game 28/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–5STL
  L
  December 8game 29/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MNS5–4WSH
  L
  December 12game 30/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–5WSH
  W
  December 15game 31/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH4–5HFD
  L
  December 19game 32/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN1–2WSH
  W
  December 21game 33/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–2NYI
  L
  December 22game 34/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH8–2TOR
  W
  December 26game 35/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI2–6WSH
  W
  December 28game 36/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH2–5NYR
  L
  December 30game 37/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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Year 1980
46 years ago
- The game
  WSH6–3HFD
  W
  January 4game 38/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  WSH2–2MNS
  January 5game 39/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  VAN4–7WSH
  W
  January 11game 40/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 11
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 80
  27
  points
  #8NHL#101
  9
  goals
  #6NHL#119
  18
  assists
  #6NHL#71
  WSH
  11-23-0W-L-OT28Points
  20th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH2–5NYI
  L
  January 12game 41/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–7PHI
  L
  January 15game 42/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-3SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  EDM5–2WSH
  L
  January 16game 43/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI4–4WSH
  January 19game 44/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–3QUE
  L
  January 20game 45/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WIN4–5WSH
  W
  January 22game 46/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  QUE1–1WSH
  January 26game 47/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYI1–7WSH
  W
  January 27game 48/805
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +4+/-4SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  WSH2–5CHI
  L
  January 30game 49/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- February 1980
- The game
  WSH2–4AFM
  L
  February 1game 50/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–3WSH
  L
  February 2game 51/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–2DET
  February 6game 52/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH6–3WIN
  W
  February 8game 53/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  WSH5–2LAK
  W
  February 12game 54/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–8EDM
  L
  February 15game 55/801
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-3SOG
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- The game
  WSH5–3VAN
  W
  February 16game 56/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–3WSH
  W
  February 19game 57/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH0–3AFM
  L
  February 21game 58/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–6WSH
  W
  February 23game 59/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH1–1CLR
  February 24game 60/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 24
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 80
  39
  points
  #7NHL#100
  14
  goals
  #8NHL#111
  25
  assists
  #7NHL#93
  WSH
  18-32-0W-L-OT46Points
  19th in the whole NHL
- The game
  LAK3–5WSH
  W
  February 26game 61/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH1–4DET
  L
  February 28game 62/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- March 1980
- The game
  WSH3–6MTL
  L
  March 1game 63/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  CLR3–1WSH
  L
  March 2game 64/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  STL5–7WSH
  W
  March 5game 65/801
  His night
  +3P+3A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +3 assists
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- The game
  HFD5–9WSH
  W
  March 8game 66/801
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  -1+/-2SOG2PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  NYI1–3WSH
  W
  March 9game 67/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BOS4–6WSH
  W
  March 12game 68/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  DET2–5WSH
  W
  March 15game 69/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH3–3BOS
  March 16game 70/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CLR1–4WSH
  W
  March 18game 71/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  MNS4–3WSH
  L
  March 21game 72/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–6STL
  L
  March 22game 73/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–6TOR
  L
  March 24game 74/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL2–4WSH
  W
  March 26game 75/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  PHI3–3WSH
  March 29game 76/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH0–4PIT
  L
  March 30game 77/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- April 1980
- The game
  PIT2–6WSH
  W
  April 1game 78/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  WSH2–4PHI
  L
  April 3game 79/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  AFM4–4WSH
  April 5game 80/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 5
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson closes the 1979-1980 season with 60 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
Points
60
#5NHL#74
Games
80of 80
100%
Goals
22
#7NHL#87
Assists
38
#6NHL#61
P/GP
0.75
#6NHL#93
+/-
-15
#16NHL#513
Events
50
career points
1
First NHL goal
1
First NHL assist
5 i rad
games with a point · 10 pts

Bengt-Åke Gustafsson makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠6 loss against Buffalo Sabres

Bengt-Åke Gustafsson records his first NHL assist

Bengt-Åke Gustafsson scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Bengt-Åke Gustafsson closes the 1979-1980 season with 60 points