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Bob Bourne's 1979-1980 season

Points
40
NHL#149
Goals
15
NHL#145
Assists
25
NHL#150
Plus/minus
+5
NHL#133
Games
73
91%
91% of 80

Centre Bob Bourne was 25 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 73 of a possible 80 games and scored 15 goals and 25 assists for 40 points, 0.55 points per game. In the playoffs he played 21 games for 20 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Bob Bourne plays the 1979-1980 season for New York Islanders

    Bob was 25 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–5PHI
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–2NYI
      L
      game 2/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–2VAN
      game 9/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • November 1979
    • The game
      NYI5–7EDM
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–4WIN
      game 11/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK1–4NYI
      W
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5AFM
      L
      game 13/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–2NYI
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–4NYI
      L
      game 16/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–6STL
      L
      game 17/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3MNS
      L
      game 18/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–4LAK
      game 19/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–7CLR
      L
      game 20/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8013 of 20 played
      3
      points
      NHL#327
      0
      goals
      NHL#342
      3
      assists
      NHL#267
      NYI
      6-10-0W-L-OT16Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–5EDM
      L
      game 21/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • December 1979
    • The game
      NYI4–0WIN
      W
      game 22/805
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      VAN5–1NYI
      L
      game 23/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYI
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI6–1TOR
      W
      game 25/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–5NYR
      L
      game 26/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–4NYI
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3PIT
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3NYI
      game 29/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR2–3NYI
      W
      game 30/804
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WSH1–2NYI
      W
      game 31/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–8CHI
      L
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI7–3MTL
      W
      game 33/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–4DET
      L
      game 34/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–1TOR
      W
      game 35/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–3NYI
      L
      game 36/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL1–3NYI
      W
      game 37/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–3NYI
      W
      game 38/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      L
      game 39/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5NYI
      W
      game 40/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8033 of 40 played
      14
      points
      NHL#223
      5
      goals
      NHL#206
      9
      assists
      NHL#215
      NYI
      17-17-0W-L-OT40Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN2–5NYI
      W
      game 41/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–9NYI
      W
      game 42/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE1–3NYI
      W
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–2NYI
      W
      game 44/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3DET
      W
      game 45/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Bob Bourne reaches 100 career goals

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · January 23

    • The game
      HFD2–3NYI
      W
      game 46/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–7WSH
      L
      game 47/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–2NYI
      game 48/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4BOS
      L
      game 49/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • February 1980
    • The game
      BUF2–3NYI
      W
      game 50/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYI3–5HFD
      L
      game 51/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–4NYI
      W
      game 52/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      QUE0–5NYI
      W
      game 53/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN0–0NYI
      game 54/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3CLR
      W
      game 55/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI2–3LAK
      L
      game 56/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4VAN
      L
      game 57/806
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR6–4NYI
      L
      game 58/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS5–2NYI
      L
      game 59/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–2STL
      W
      game 60/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8053 of 60 played
      26
      points
      NHL#184
      9
      goals
      NHL#170
      17
      assists
      NHL#169
      NYI
      28-24-0W-L-OT64Points
      Playoff spot
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI2–8NYR
      L
      game 61/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–3QUE
      W
      game 62/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • March 1980
    • The game
      DET4–3NYI
      L
      game 63/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–0PIT
      game 64/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–6NYI
      W
      game 65/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2PHI
      W
      game 66/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3NYI
      L
      game 67/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3WSH
      L
      game 68/805
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–4NYI
      W
      game 69/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL2–6NYI
      W
      game 70/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI6–1CHI
      W
      game 71/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      AFM3–6NYI
      W
      game 72/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI4–4NYI
      game 73/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–1BUF
      game 74/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–5NYI
      W
      game 75/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI2–2MTL
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI9–6QUE
      W
      game 77/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1980
    • The game
      NYI1–1MNS
      game 78/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI7–3AFM
      W
      game 79/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–2NYI
      W
      game 80/805
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Bob Bourne closes the 1979-1980 season with 40 points

    Points
    40
    NHL#149
    Games
    73of 80
    91%
    Goals
    15
    NHL#145
    Assists
    25
    NHL#150
    P/GP
    0.55
    NHL#163
    +/-
    +5
    NHL#133
    Events
    100
    career goals
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders meet Los Angeles Kings

    NYIvsLAK
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      LAK1–8NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 2
      LAK6–3NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • New York Islandersare1–1withLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 3
      NYI4–3LAK
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • New York Islanderslead2–1againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 4
      NYI6–0LAK
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders knock Los Angeles Kings out 3–1

    NYI3–1LAK
    Advance
    4Games4Points3Goals1Assists
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders meet Boston Bruins

    NYIvsBOS
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYI2–1BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      NYI5–4BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS3–5NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +3 points
    • New York Islanderslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS4–3NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • New York Islanderslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      NYI4–2BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    NYI4–1BOS
    Advance
    5Games5Points2Goals3Assists
    7 days later
    Semifinal

    New York Islanders meet Buffalo Sabres

    NYIvsBUF
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYI4–1BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • May 1980
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      NYI2–1BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      BUF4–7NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • New York Islanderslead3–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      BUF7–4NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -2+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • New York Islanderslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      NYI0–2BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Islanderslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      BUF2–5NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    Semifinal

    New York Islanders knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    NYI4–2BUF
    Advance
    6Games7Points5Goals2Assists
    3 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    New York Islanders play the Stanley Cup Final against Philadelphia Flyers

    NYIvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYI4–3PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      NYI3–8PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • New York Islandersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI2–6NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • New York Islanderslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI2–5NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Islanderslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      NYI3–6PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • New York Islanderslead3–2againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 6
      PHI4–5NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Stanley Cup Champions

    New York Islanders

    beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 in the final

    6Games4Points0Goals4Assists
    The run in numbers

    Bob Bourne ends the 1979-1980 playoffs with 20 points

    Points
    20
    NHL#6
    Games
    21
    Goals
    10
    NHL#3
    Assists
    10
    NHL#11
    P/GP
    0.95
    NHL#15
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#51
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    25
    playoff points
    10
    playoff goals
    10
    playoff assists
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    3 points
    best game
    LAK3–1→BOS4–1→BUF4–2→PHI4–2