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Brian Rafalski's 2009-2010 season

Points
42
NHL#148
Goals
8
NHL#303
Assists
34
NHL#74
Plus/minus
+23
NHL#15
Games
78
95%
95% of 82

Defenceman Brian Rafalski was 36 years old when the 2009-2010 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 8 goals and 34 assists for 42 points, 0.54 points per game. In the playoffs he played 12 games for 11 points.

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

2009-2010Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Brian Rafalski plays the 2009-2010 season for Detroit Red Wings

    Brian was 36 years old when the 2009-2010 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      STL4–3DET
      L
      game 1/828
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG25:30TOI
    • The game
      DET3–5STL
      L
      game 2/828
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG23:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–3DET
      W
      game 3/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG19:19TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–3DET
      W
      game 4/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP23:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–6BUF
      L
      game 5/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG20:55TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–5DET
      W
      game 6/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP23:53TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      COL4–3DET
      L
      game 7/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:53TOI
    • The game
      DET2–3PHX
      L
      game 8/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:37TOI
    • The game
      DET1–3COL
      L
      game 9/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:36TOI
    • The game
      DET5–4VAN
      W
      game 10/828
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP21:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–6EDM
      L
      game 11/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG20:08TOI
    • The game
      DET3–1CGY
      W
      game 12/826
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG24:46TOI
    • November 2009
    • The game
      SJS1–2DET
      W
      game 14/826
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG26:09TOI
    • The game
      DET1–5TOR
      L
      game 15/827
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG18:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET9–1CBJ
      W
      game 16/827
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP18:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–3DET
      W
      game 17/828
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG26:29TOI
    • The game
      ANA4–7DET
      W
      game 18/825
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP23:25TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      DAL3–1DET
      L
      game 19/828
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG23:47TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–1DET
      L
      game 20/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP24:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–2MTL
      W
      game 21/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP28:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
      12
      points
      NHL#132
      2
      goals
      NHL#263
      10
      assists
      NHL#76
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#88
      DET
      11-6-4W-L-OT26Points
      3rd in the Central·8th in the Western Conference·12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET1–3NSH
      L
      game 22/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG26:01TOI
    • The game
      ATL2–0DET
      L
      game 23/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG25:14TOI
    • The game
      CGY3–0DET
      L
      game 24/825
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG24:57TOI
    • The game
      DET4–3STL
      W
      game 25/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG28:29TOI
    • The game
      DAL1–4DET
      W
      game 26/827
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG23:46TOI
    • December 2009
    • The game
      DET3–1NYR
      W
      game 29/825
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG26:28TOI
    • The game
      STL1–0DET
      L
      game 30/826
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG24:37TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–3DET
      W
      game 31/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:58TOI
    • The game
      DET3–2NSH
      W
      game 32/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG27:23TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–3DET
      W
      game 33/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG27:45TOI
    • The game
      TBL0–3DET
      W
      game 34/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG21:22TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET3–4DAL
      L
      game 35/825
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG25:40TOI
    • The game
      DET0–3CHI
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG23:42TOI
    • The game
      CBJ1–2DET
      W
      game 38/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG24:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET0–1CBJ
      L
      game 39/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG29:05TOI
    • The game
      COL2–4DET
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:07TOI
    • The game
      DET4–1PHX
      W
      game 41/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP25:54TOI
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
      17
      points
      NHL#221
      2
      goals
      NHL#392
      15
      assists
      NHL#117
      +9
      +/-
      NHL#20
      DET
      21-14-6W-L-OT48Points
      3rd in the Central·9th in the Western Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET1–4ANA
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG26:28TOI
    • The game
      DET2–1LAK
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG22:09TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–1SJS
      W
      game 44/823
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG22:47TOI
    • The game
      DET0–6NYI
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:47TOI
    • The game
      CAR1–3DET
      W
      game 46/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG27:48TOI
    • The game
      DET2–3DAL
      L
      game 47/826
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP25:16TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI4–3DET
      L
      game 48/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP24:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–3WSH
      L
      game 49/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG27:16TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–3MIN
      W
      game 50/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG29:16TOI
    • The game
      LAK3–2DET
      L
      game 51/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP23:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX5–4DET
      L
      game 52/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG24:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–5MIN
      L
      game 53/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:55TOI
    • The game
      NSH2–4DET
      W
      game 54/826
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:54TOI
    • The game
      DET1–2PIT
      L
      game 55/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG30:03TOI
    • February 2010
    • The game
      DET4–2SJS
      W
      game 56/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG30:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–3ANA
      L
      game 57/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP26:31TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–4LAK
      L
      game 58/825
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG27:56TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET3–4STL
      L
      game 59/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG28:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS3–2DET
      L
      game 60/827
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG26:55TOI
    • The game
      OTT1–4DET
      W
      game 61/827
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG25:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • March 2010
    • The game
      DET3–2COL
      W
      game 62/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:41TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played
      29
      points
      NHL#168
      4
      goals
      NHL#360
      25
      assists
      NHL#81
      +15
      +/-
      NHL#14
      DET
      29-21-12W-L-OT70Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Central·8th in the Western Conference·13th in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    Brian Rafalski reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Colorado Avalanche · March 1

    • The game
      VAN6–3DET
      L
      game 63/8211
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP21:25TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NSH2–5DET
      W
      game 64/827
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG20:06TOI
    • The game
      DET5–4CHI
      W
      game 65/828
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP23:41TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      CGY4–2DET
      L
      game 66/827
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP21:30TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MIN1–5DET
      W
      game 67/826
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG18:40TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3DET
      W
      game 68/827
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP25:48TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–1CGY
      W
      game 69/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP24:23TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–3EDM
      L
      game 70/827
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG28:11TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–3VAN
      W
      game 71/8210
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG26:37TOI
    • The game
      PIT1–3DET
      W
      game 72/827
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG25:37TOI
    • The game
      STL2–4DET
      W
      game 73/829
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG21:18TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MIN2–6DET
      W
      game 74/827
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG14:21TOI
    • The game
      DET1–0NSH
      W
      game 75/828
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:24TOI
    • The game
      EDM4–5DET
      W
      game 76/827
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:59TOI
    • April 2010
    • The game
      CBJ2–3DET
      W
      game 77/8210
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG24:20TOI
    • The game
      NSH4–3DET
      L
      game 78/828
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP22:12TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–4PHI
      L
      game 79/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG26:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CBJ3–4DET
      W
      game 80/8210
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG21:30TOI
    • The game
      DET1–0CBJ
      W
      game 81/8210
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG27:23TOI
    • The game
      DET3–2CHI
      W
      game 82/828
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG22:47TOI
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Brian Rafalski closes the 2009-2010 season with 42 points

    Points
    42
    NHL#148
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    8
    NHL#303
    Assists
    34
    NHL#74
    P/GP
    0.54
    NHL#169
    +/-
    +23
    NHL#15
    Events
    750
    NHL games
    1×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

    First round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Phoenix Coyotes

    DETvsPHX
    • Game 1
      DET2–3PHX
      L
      7
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG29:06TOI
      +1 assist
    • Phoenix Coyoteslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      DET7–4PHX
      W
      7
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG23:09TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 3
      PHX4–2DET
      L
      7
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG23:09TOI
    • Phoenix Coyoteslead2–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 4
      PHX0–3DET
      W
      7
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP19:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • Detroit Red Wingsare2–2withPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 5
      DET4–1PHX
      W
      7
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG22:20TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingslead3–2againstPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 6
      PHX5–2DET
      L
      7
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG21:15TOI
    • Detroit Red Wingsare3–3withPhoenix Coyotes
    • Game 7
      DET6–1PHX
      W
      7
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP22:10TOI
      +3 assists
    First round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Phoenix Coyotes out 4–3

    DET4–3PHX
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    2 days later
    • Game 1
      DET3–4SJS
      L
      8
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG25:07TOI
      +1 goal
    • May 2010
    • San Jose Sharkslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      DET3–4SJS
      L
      8
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP24:51TOI
      +2 assists
    • San Jose Sharkslead2–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 3
      SJS4–3DET
      L
      7
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG26:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • San Jose Sharkslead3–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 4
      SJS1–7DET
      W
      9
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP25:54TOI
      +1 goal
    • San Jose Sharkslead3–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 5
      DET1–2SJS
      L
      9
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG24:55TOI
      +1 goal
    Second round

    San Jose Sharks knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–1

    DET1–4SJS
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Brian Rafalski ends the 2009-2010 playoffs with 11 points

    Points
    11
    NHL#34
    Games
    12
    Goals
    3
    NHL#52
    Assists
    8
    NHL#27
    P/GP
    0.92
    NHL#21
    +/-
    +4
    NHL#28
    Events
    150
    playoff games
    25
    playoff goals
    6 i rad
    games with a point
    3 points
    best game
    PHX4–3→SJS1–4