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Darcy Rota's 1979-1980 season

Points
29
NHL#224
Goals
15
NHL#145
Assists
14
NHL#262
Plus/minus
-6
NHL#413
Games
70
87%
87% of 80

Left winger Darcy Rota was 26 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Atlanta Flames och Vancouver Canucks. He played 70 of a possible 80 games and scored 15 goals and 14 assists for 29 points, 0.41 points per game. He moved from Atlanta Flames to Vancouver Canucks in February. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 2 points.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Darcy Rota opens the 1979-1980 season with Atlanta Flames

    Darcy was 26 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      AFM5–3QUE
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–3MTL
      L
      game 2/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–5NYI
      L
      game 4/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–2AFM
      game 6/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–3AFM
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM3–7AFM
      W
      game 8/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      AFM3–0STL
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–3AFM
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • November 1979
    • The game
      QUE4–4AFM
      game 11/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM3–3PIT
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–8AFM
      W
      game 13/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI2–5AFM
      W
      game 14/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM3–6BOS
      L
      game 15/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–3AFM
      L
      game 16/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–5BUF
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4AFM
      W
      game 18/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–2WSH
      W
      game 19/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–4AFM
      W
      game 20/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
      8
      points
      NHL#186
      3
      goals
      NHL#148
      5
      assists
      NHL#177
      AFM
      10-7-0W-L-OT23Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–4AFM
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–4HFD
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–3AFM
      L
      game 23/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Darcy Rota reaches 250 career points

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · November 27

    • The game
      LAK6–2AFM
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–6BUF
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–4MNS
      L
      game 26/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–4WIN
      W
      game 27/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM5–5EDM
      game 28/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–3AFM
      W
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–8TOR
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL5–1AFM
      L
      game 31/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      AFM7–3STL
      W
      game 32/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS5–3AFM
      L
      game 33/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2AFM
      L
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–3PIT
      L
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–5NYR
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN0–2AFM
      W
      game 38/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE3–4AFM
      W
      game 39/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM3–5BOS
      L
      game 40/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8037 of 40 played
      15
      points
      NHL#207
      7
      goals
      NHL#158
      8
      assists
      NHL#238
      AFM
      16-19-0W-L-OT37Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      AFM4–2LAK
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–4AFM
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    Milestone

    Darcy Rota reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Chicago Blackhawks · January 25

    • The game
      AFM4–3DET
      W
      game 48/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      AFM1–6HFD
      L
      game 49/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–1QUE
      W
      game 50/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • February 1980
    • The game
      WSH2–4AFM
      W
      game 51/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–5AFM
      W
      game 52/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN4–3MTL
      W
      game 54/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN5–5HFD
      game 55/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH5–3VAN
      L
      game 56/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4VAN
      W
      game 57/806
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL3–1VAN
      L
      game 58/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI7–3VAN
      L
      game 59/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4VAN
      game 60/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8051 of 60 played
      20
      points
      NHL#227
      11
      goals
      NHL#147
      9
      assists
      NHL#282
      VAN
      19-31-0W-L-OT48Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN4–5MNS
      L
      game 61/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN3–3WIN
      game 62/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1980
    • The game
      VAN5–2EDM
      W
      game 63/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN1–2VAN
      W
      game 64/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3VAN
      game 65/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM9–3VAN
      L
      game 66/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–4CLR
      game 67/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–2AFM
      W
      game 68/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–3HFD
      L
      game 69/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–2BOS
      game 70/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–2QUE
      W
      game 71/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF3–3VAN
      game 72/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET5–2VAN
      L
      game 73/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–2VAN
      L
      game 74/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT4–2VAN
      L
      game 75/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–4VAN
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–5VAN
      W
      game 77/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • April 1980
    • The game
      LAK2–4VAN
      W
      game 79/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN5–3LAK
      W
      game 80/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Darcy Rota closes the 1979-1980 season with 29 points

    Points
    29
    NHL#224
    Games
    70of 80
    88%
    Goals
    15
    NHL#145
    Assists
    14
    NHL#262
    P/GP
    0.41
    NHL#248
    +/-
    -6
    NHL#413
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    250
    career points
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Vancouver Canucks are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Vancouver Canucks meet Buffalo Sabres

    VANvsBUF
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      VAN1–2BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 2
      VAN0–6BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 3
      BUF4–5VAN
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 4
      BUF3–1VAN
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Vancouver Canucks out 3–1

    VAN1–3BUF
    Eliminated
    4Games2Points2Goals0Assists