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Robert Nyström's 1979-1980 season

Points
39
Swedish flag#11NHL#155
Goals
21
Swedish flag#9NHL#96
Assists
18
Swedish flag#15NHL#218
Plus/minus
+4
Swedish flag#7NHL#148
Games
67
83%
83% of 80

Right winger Robert Nyström was 26 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 67 of a possible 80 games and scored 21 goals and 18 assists for 39 points, 0.58 points per game. That was 11th among the Swedes and 155th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 20 games for 18 points. He won Stanley Cup.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Robert Nyström plays the 1979-1980 season for New York Islanders

    Robert was 27 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–5PHI
      L
      game 1/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–2NYI
      L
      game 2/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • November 1979
    • The game
      DET5–4NYI
      L
      game 16/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–6STL
      L
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3MNS
      L
      game 18/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–4LAK
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–7CLR
      L
      game 20/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 807 of 20 played
      2
      points
      Swedish flag#17NHL#350
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#15NHL#275
      1
      assists
      Swedish flag#16NHL#353
      NYI
      6-10-0W-L-OT16Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–5EDM
      L
      game 21/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1979
    • The game
      NYI4–0WIN
      W
      game 22/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN5–1NYI
      L
      game 23/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYI
      W
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–1TOR
      W
      game 25/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI4–5NYR
      L
      game 26/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–4NYI
      W
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3PIT
      game 28/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT3–3NYI
      game 29/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR2–3NYI
      W
      game 30/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–2NYI
      W
      game 31/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    Milestone

    Robert Nyström reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Washington Capitals · December 22

    • The game
      NYI0–8CHI
      L
      game 32/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI7–3MTL
      W
      game 33/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI2–4DET
      L
      game 34/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–1TOR
      W
      game 35/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–3NYI
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL1–3NYI
      W
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–3NYI
      W
      game 38/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      L
      game 39/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–5NYI
      W
      game 40/805
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8027 of 40 played
      13
      points
      Swedish flag#14NHL#236
      8
      goals
      Swedish flag#11NHL#138
      5
      assists
      Swedish flag#16NHL#310
      NYI
      17-17-0W-L-OT40Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN2–5NYI
      W
      game 41/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR6–9NYI
      W
      game 42/803
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      QUE1–3NYI
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–2NYI
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3DET
      W
      game 45/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      HFD2–3NYI
      W
      game 46/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–7WSH
      L
      game 47/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–2NYI
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4BOS
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • February 1980
    • The game
      BUF2–3NYI
      W
      game 50/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5HFD
      L
      game 51/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK1–4NYI
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE0–5NYI
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN0–0NYI
      game 54/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3CLR
      W
      game 55/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI2–3LAK
      L
      game 56/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4VAN
      L
      game 57/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–4NYI
      L
      game 58/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      MNS5–2NYI
      L
      game 59/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–2STL
      W
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8047 of 60 played
      25
      points
      Swedish flag#15NHL#193
      14
      goals
      Swedish flag#8NHL#109
      11
      assists
      Swedish flag#14NHL#246
      NYI
      28-24-0W-L-OT64Points
      Playoff spot
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI2–8NYR
      L
      game 61/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3QUE
      W
      game 62/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • March 1980
    • The game
      DET4–3NYI
      L
      game 63/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–0PIT
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–6NYI
      W
      game 65/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYI5–2PHI
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS5–3NYI
      L
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3WSH
      L
      game 68/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–4NYI
      W
      game 69/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL2–6NYI
      W
      game 70/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI6–1CHI
      W
      game 71/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM3–6NYI
      W
      game 72/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI4–4NYI
      game 73/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–1BUF
      game 74/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–5NYI
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–2MTL
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI9–6QUE
      W
      game 77/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1980
    • The game
      NYI1–1MNS
      game 78/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI7–3AFM
      W
      game 79/803
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR1–2NYI
      W
      game 80/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Robert Nyström closes the 1979-1980 season with 39 points

    Points
    39
    #11NHL#155
    Games
    67of 80
    84%
    Goals
    21
    #9NHL#96
    Assists
    18
    #15NHL#218
    P/GP
    0.58
    #11NHL#153
    +/-
    +4
    #7NHL#148
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    4 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
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 2
      LAK6–3NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • New York Islandersare1–1withLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 3
      NYI4–3LAK
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • New York Islanderslead2–1againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 4
      NYI6–0LAK
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders knock Los Angeles Kings out 3–1

    NYI3–1LAK
    Advance
    4Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    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
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      NYI5–4BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS3–5NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • New York Islanderslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS4–3NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    NYI4–1BOS
    Advance
    4Games5Points2Goals3Assists
    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
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • May 1980
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      NYI2–1BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      BUF4–7NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • New York Islanderslead3–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      BUF7–4NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • New York Islanderslead3–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 5
      NYI0–2BUF
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • New York Islanderslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      BUF2–5NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    Semifinal

    New York Islanders knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    NYI4–2BUF
    Advance
    6Games6Points3Goals3Assists
    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
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      NYI3–8PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG
    • New York Islandersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI2–6NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • New York Islanderslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI2–5NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Islanderslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      NYI3–6PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-4SOG
    • New York Islanderslead3–2againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 6
      PHI4–5NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    Stanley Cup Champions

    New York Islanders

    beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 in the final

    6Games4Points3Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Robert Nyström ends the 1979-1980 playoffs with 18 points

    Points
    18
    #1NHL#11
    Games
    20
    Goals
    9
    #1NHL#7
    Assists
    9
    #2NHL#16
    P/GP
    0.90
    #1NHL#21
    +/-
    -3
    #8NHL#244
    Events
    18
    first among the Swedes in points
    9
    first among the Swedes in goals
    25
    playoff points
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    3 points
    best game
    LAK3–1→BOS4–1→BUF4–2→PHI4–2