Regular season and playoffsHFDNYR

Brian Lawton's 1988-1989 season

Points

NHL#149

Goals

NHL#136

Assists

NHL#152

Plus/minus

-11

NHL#565

Games

78% of 83

Centre Brian Lawton was 23 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers och Hartford Whalers. He played 65 of a possible 83 games and scored 17 goals and 26 assists for 43 points, 0.66 points per game. He moved from New York Rangers to Hartford Whalers in December. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1988-1989Playoffs

Year 1988
38 years ago
Season opener
October 12
Brian Lawton opens the 1988-1989 season with New York Rangers
NYRNew York Rangers
Brian was 23 years old when the 1988-1989 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 6th NHL season in all.
- The game
  HFD4–3NYR
  L
  October 12game 4/804
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–3NYR
  W
  October 16game 5/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–5NYR
  W
  October 19game 6/804
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-3SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  NYR4–1WSH
  W
  October 21game 7/805
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  QUE2–8NYR
  W
  October 23game 8/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI3–4NYR
  W
  October 26game 9/805
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR6–5PHI
  W
  October 29game 10/806
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT2–9NYR
  W
  October 30game 11/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- November 1988
- The game
  NYR4–6BUF
  L
  November 2game 12/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–4NYI
  L
  November 8game 14/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI3–5NYR
  W
  November 9game 15/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS4–4NYR
  November 11game 16/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET5–3NYR
  L
  November 13game 17/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–3PHI
  November 15game 18/804
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-5SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR6–5LAK
  W
  November 17game 19/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–1MNS
  W
  November 19game 20/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-6SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 19
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8016 of 20 played
  9
  points
  NHL#184
  4
  goals
  NHL#147
  5
  assists
  NHL#193
  NYR
  11-6-0W-L-OT25Points
  4th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL4–2NYR
  L
  November 21game 21/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–8PIT
  L
  November 23game 22/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR6–4NYI
  W
  November 26game 23/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI3–5NYR
  W
  November 27game 24/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR4–3WIN
  W
  November 29game 25/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- December 1988
- The game
  NYR3–6CGY
  L
  December 1game 26/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR6–10EDM
  L
  December 4game 27/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR5–3VAN
  W
  December 6game 28/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–5HFD
  L
  December 8game 29/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
Milestone
Brian Lawton reaches 100 career assists
in the game against Hartford Whalers · December 8
- The game
  NYR1–1BOS
  December 10game 30/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  LAK5–2NYR
  L
  December 12game 31/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYI1–2NYR
  W
  December 14game 32/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–6MTL
  L
  December 17game 33/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF5–2NYR
  L
  December 21game 35/805
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT4–3HFD
  L
  December 26game 35/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD4–4QUE
  December 28game 36/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET3–4HFD
  W
  December 30game 37/80
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–2DET
  W
  December 31game 38/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
Year 1989
37 years ago
- The game
  HFD4–5NYR
  L
  January 2game 39/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  HFD5–4BUF
  W
  January 4game 40/802
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 4
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8036 of 40 played
  23
  points
  NHL#136
  10
  goals
  NHL#110
  13
  assists
  NHL#147
  HFD
  16-21-0W-L-OT35Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  HFD2–1WIN
  W
  January 10game 41/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD6–9LAK
  L
  January 14game 42/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -2+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–5TOR
  L
  January 16game 43/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  HFD1–3MTL
  L
  January 18game 44/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL4–6HFD
  W
  January 19game 45/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK4–5HFD
  W
  January 21game 46/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  HFD5–0QUE
  W
  January 23game 47/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-3SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  STL3–3HFD
  January 25game 48/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD8–6NJD
  W
  January 27game 49/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  QUE3–2HFD
  L
  January 28game 50/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- February 1989
- The game
  BUF2–5HFD
  W
  February 9game 54/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  WIN3–7HFD
  W
  February 11game 55/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  HFD4–2TOR
  W
  February 15game 56/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD4–3MNS
  W
  February 18game 57/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-5SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  HFD6–7WIN
  L
  February 19game 58/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  HFD4–7EDM
  L
  February 21game 59/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  QUE2–4HFD
  W
  February 23game 60/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  February 23
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8053 of 60 played
  38
  points
  NHL#122
  14
  goals
  NHL#127
  24
  assists
  NHL#120
  HFD
  26-30-0W-L-OT56Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BOS9–1HFD
  L
  February 25game 61/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT6–8HFD
  W
  February 26game 62/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–1NYI
  W
  February 28game 63/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- March 1989
- The game
  VAN1–2HFD
  W
  March 2game 64/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL6–1HFD
  L
  March 4game 65/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  EDM3–7HFD
  W
  March 8game 67/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–5MTL
  L
  March 11game 68/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH8–2HFD
  L
  March 18game 72/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–2BOS
  W
  March 19game 73/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–4HFD
  W
  March 22game 74/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–6QUE
  L
  March 23game 75/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  STL0–4HFD
  W
  March 25game 76/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
March 25
Brian Lawton closes the 1988-1989 season with 43 points
NYRNew York Rangers HFDHartford Whalers
Points
43
NHL#149
Games
65of 80
81%
Goals
17
NHL#136
Assists
26
NHL#152
P/GP
0.66
NHL#143
+/-
-11
NHL#565
Events
26
career best in assists
100
career assists
4 i rad
games with a point · 4 pts
11 days later
Playoffs
April 5
Hartford Whalers are in the playoffs
First round
April 5
Hartford Whalers meet Montréal Canadiens
HFDvsMTL
Swedes on Hartford Whalers
Brian Lawton
Ulf Samuelsson
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Mats Näslund
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- Game 2
  HFD2–3MTL
  L
  April 62
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstHartford Whalers
- Game 3
  MTL5–4HFD
  L
  April 82
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstHartford Whalers
- Game 4
  MTL4–3HFD
  L
  April 92
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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First round
April 9
Montréal Canadiens knock Hartford Whalers out 4–0
HFD0–4MTL
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
April 9
Brian Lawton ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 1 points
NYRNew York Rangers HFDHartford Whalers
Points
1
NHL#221
Games
3
Goals
1
NHL#111
Assists
0
NHL#243
P/GP
0.33
+/-
+1
NHL#74
Events
1
First playoff goal
MTL0–4

Brian Lawton opens the 1988-1989 season with New York Rangers

1/4 into the season

Brian Lawton reaches 100 career assists

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Brian Lawton closes the 1988-1989 season with 43 points

Hartford Whalers are in the playoffs

Hartford Whalers meet Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens knock Hartford Whalers out 4–0

Brian Lawton ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 1 points