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Bengt-Åke Gustafsson's 1980-1981 season

Points
55
Swedish flag#9NHL#118
Goals
21
Swedish flag#7NHL#117
Assists
34
Swedish flag#8NHL#109
Plus/minus
+11
Swedish flag#7NHL#98
Games
72
90%
90% of 80

Left winger Bengt-Åke Gustafsson was 22 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 72 of a possible 80 games and scored 21 goals and 34 assists for 55 points, 0.76 points per game. That was 9th among the Swedes and 118th in the NHL. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1980-1981
  1. Season opener

    Bengt-Åke Gustafsson plays the 1980-1981 season for Washington Capitals

    Bengt-Åke was 22 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WIN1–4WSH
      W
      game 1/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI2–1WSH
      L
      game 2/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3WSH
      game 3/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–8WSH
      W
      game 4/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH4–8CHI
      L
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI0–2WSH
      W
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL3–2WSH
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–3STL
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4LAK
      L
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–5CLR
      game 10/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • November 1980
    • The game
      WSH2–2EDM
      game 11/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–4WIN
      game 12/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK5–3WSH
      L
      game 13/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–3WSH
      game 14/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3BUF
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–1PIT
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–6QUE
      L
      game 18/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      CGY2–4WSH
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–2WSH
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8019 of 20 played
      10
      points
      Swedish flag#11NHL#172
      6
      goals
      Swedish flag#4NHL#83
      4
      assists
      Swedish flag#13NHL#231
      WSH
      6-6-0W-L-OT20Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH7–7DET
      game 21/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–6WSH
      W
      game 22/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH7–3TOR
      W
      game 23/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • December 1980
    • The game
      CLR6–8WSH
      W
      game 25/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–6NYR
      L
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–2WSH
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–4WSH
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      EDM2–5WSH
      W
      game 31/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +5+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI5–2WSH
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–7WSH
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH4–7MTL
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–3VAN
      game 36/803
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-6SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH0–3MNS
      L
      game 38/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI8–1WSH
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–6EDM
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8034 of 40 played
      27
      points
      Swedish flag#8NHL#116
      13
      goals
      Swedish flag#4NHL#81
      14
      assists
      Swedish flag#8NHL#135
      WSH
      13-16-0W-L-OT37Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH0–6CGY
      L
      game 41/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3MNS
      L
      game 42/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–1CLR
      W
      game 43/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK0–3WSH
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–6NYI
      L
      game 45/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-8SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      HFD2–3WSH
      W
      game 46/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS2–1WSH
      L
      game 47/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF7–4WSH
      L
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–4WSH
      W
      game 49/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–3WSH
      W
      game 50/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–4PIT
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • February 1981
    • The game
      EDM4–7WSH
      W
      game 52/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-6SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH3–3VAN
      game 53/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–5CGY
      L
      game 54/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–4LAK
      game 55/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–6BUF
      L
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–6MTL
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–5WSH
      game 58/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH4–6NYR
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE11–7WSH
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      -2+/-2SOG2PPP
      +4 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
      43
      points
      Swedish flag#8NHL#108
      20
      goals
      Swedish flag#5NHL#73
      23
      assists
      Swedish flag#9NHL#132
      WSH
      19-26-0W-L-OT53Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    Bengt-Åke Gustafsson reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Quebec Nordiques · February 22

    • The game
      WSH2–2CHI
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–5WSH
      L
      game 62/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      WSH4–7STL
      L
      game 63/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1981
    • The game
      CGY6–3WSH
      L
      game 64/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH4–7QUE
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–7WSH
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR3–4WSH
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–2HFD
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–4WSH
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–3WSH
      game 72/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–2PHI
      W
      game 74/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–0DET
      W
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–3WSH
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–4WSH
      L
      game 77/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • April 1981
    • The game
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4NYI
      L
      game 79/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–7WSH
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Bengt-Åke Gustafsson closes the 1980-1981 season with 55 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    55
    #9NHL#118
    Games
    72of 80
    90%
    Goals
    21
    #7NHL#117
    Assists
    34
    #8NHL#109
    P/GP
    0.76
    #9NHL#123
    +/-
    +11
    #7NHL#98
    Events
    100
    career points
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career assists
    25
    career goals
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 11 pts