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Dale Hunter's 1989-1990 season

Points
62
NHL#84
Goals
23
NHL#90
Assists
39
NHL#72
Plus/minus
+17
NHL#38
Games
80
100%
100% of 80

Centre Dale Hunter was 29 years old when the 1989-1990 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played all 80 games and scored 23 goals and 39 assists for 62 points, 0.78 points per game. In the playoffs he played 15 games for 12 points.

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

1989-1990Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dale Hunter plays the 1989-1990 season for Washington Capitals

    Dale was 29 years old when the 1989-1990 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHI3–5WSH
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      CHI3–2WSH
      L
      game 2/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH1–4HFD
      L
      game 3/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–7WSH
      W
      game 4/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      CGY4–4WSH
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–3MTL
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI5–3WSH
      L
      game 7/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–8TOR
      L
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3CGY
      game 9/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–6WIN
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–1STL
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–1CHI
      L
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL1–1WSH
      game 13/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • November 1989
    • The game
      TOR1–2WSH
      W
      game 14/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH3–0QUE
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYI
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–3WSH
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM5–3WSH
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–4VAN
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5LAK
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      17
      points
      NHL#75
      8
      goals
      NHL#47
      9
      assists
      NHL#91
      WSH
      6-10-0W-L-OT16Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–5WSH
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT7–4WSH
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–1PIT
      W
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–3DET
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • December 1989
    • The game
      PHI3–2WSH
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH5–3NJD
      W
      game 26/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–3PHI
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      game 28/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WSH7–3BOS
      W
      game 29/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–4BUF
      L
      game 30/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI5–3WSH
      L
      game 31/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–2HFD
      W
      game 32/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–1PHI
      W
      game 33/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5PIT
      L
      game 34/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR2–3WSH
      W
      game 35/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT3–6WSH
      W
      game 36/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–1NJD
      W
      game 37/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–2WSH
      W
      game 38/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      LAK7–4WSH
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–2NYR
      L
      game 40/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      29
      points
      NHL#92
      12
      goals
      NHL#84
      17
      assists
      NHL#100
      WSH
      18-18-0W-L-OT40Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN5–2WSH
      L
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5BOS
      L
      game 42/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–8TOR
      L
      game 43/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–6WIN
      L
      game 44/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT6–4WSH
      L
      game 45/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4NYI
      L
      game 46/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD6–9WSH
      W
      game 47/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH6–3BUF
      W
      game 48/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN4–3WSH
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 50/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–6WSH
      W
      game 51/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      PHI2–7WSH
      W
      game 52/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +4+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–3MNS
      W
      game 53/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • February 1990
    • The game
      WSH3–5NYI
      L
      game 54/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM5–4WSH
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE2–12WSH
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH5–7PIT
      L
      game 57/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NJD5–3WSH
      L
      game 58/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–5WSH
      W
      game 59/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH4–3EDM
      W
      game 60/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 80
      48
      points
      NHL#69
      17
      goals
      NHL#88
      31
      assists
      NHL#60
      WSH
      26-30-0W-L-OT56Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–3LAK
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR6–3WSH
      L
      game 62/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Dale Hunter reaches 200 career goals

    in the game against New York Rangers · February 23

    • The game
      DET4–9WSH
      W
      game 63/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      CHI0–4WSH
      W
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      game 65/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1990
    • The game
      HFD4–3WSH
      L
      game 66/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NJD3–4WSH
      W
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–1WSH
      game 68/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Dale Hunter reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · March 6

    • The game
      QUE3–4WSH
      W
      game 69/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–3PHI
      W
      game 70/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL4–1WSH
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–1WSH
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–3MNS
      W
      game 73/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI0–3WSH
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL4–2WSH
      L
      game 75/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY1–4WSH
      W
      game 76/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4NJD
      L
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2PHI
      game 78/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • April 1990
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      W
      game 80/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Dale Hunter closes the 1989-1990 season with 62 points

    Points
    62
    NHL#84
    Games
    80of 80
    100%
    Goals
    23
    NHL#90
    Assists
    39
    NHL#72
    P/GP
    0.78
    NHL#103
    +/-
    +17
    NHL#38
    Events
    750
    NHL games
    200
    career goals
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 9 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet New Jersey Devils

    WSHvsNJD
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    • Game 1
      WSH5–4NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      WSH5–6NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      NJD2–1WSH
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      NJD1–3WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      WSH4–3NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Washington Capitalslead3–2againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 6
      NJD2–3WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock New Jersey Devils out 4–2

    WSH4–2NJD
    Advance
    6Games3Points2Goals1Assists
    4 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet New York Rangers

    WSHvsNYR
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    • Game 1
      WSH3–7NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH6–3NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYR1–7WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-0SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      NYR3–4WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      WSH2–1NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    Second round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    WSH4–1NYR
    Advance
    5Games8Points1Goals7Assists
    6 days later
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins

    WSHvsBOS
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      WSH3–5BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH0–3BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      BOS4–1WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead3–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      BOS3–2WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    Conference final

    Boston Bruins knock Washington Capitals out 4–0

    WSH0–4BOS
    Eliminated
    4Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Dale Hunter ends the 1989-1990 playoffs with 12 points

    Points
    12
    NHL#28
    Games
    15
    Goals
    4
    NHL#33
    Assists
    8
    NHL#22
    P/GP
    0.80
    NHL#30
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#197
    Events
    100
    playoff games
    25
    playoff goals
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    3 points
    best game
    NJD4–2→NYR4–1→BOS0–4