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Darren Veitch's 1980-1981 season

Points
25
NHL#259
Goals
4
NHL#330
Assists
21
NHL#205
Plus/minus
-12
NHL#468
Games
59
73%
73% of 80

Defenceman Darren Veitch was 20 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 59 of a possible 80 games and scored 4 goals and 21 assists for 25 points, 0.42 points per game. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1980-1981
  1. NHL debut

    Darren Veitch makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠1 win against Winnipeg Jets

    Darren was 20 years old · Capital Centre, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    +1
    +/-

    Swedes on the ice: Bengt-Åke Gustafsson and Rolf Edberg.

    • The game
      WIN1–4WSH
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–1WSH
      L
      game 2/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Darren Veitch records his first NHL assist

    in the game against New York Islanders · October 12

    • The game
      MTL3–3WSH
      game 3/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–8WSH
      W
      game 4/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–8CHI
      L
      game 5/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI0–2WSH
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–2WSH
      L
      game 7/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3STL
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4LAK
      L
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–5CLR
      game 10/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • November 1980
    • The game
      WSH2–2EDM
      game 11/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–4WIN
      game 12/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK5–3WSH
      L
      game 13/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3WSH
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3BUF
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–1PIT
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH8–4HFD
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–6QUE
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY2–4WSH
      W
      game 19/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Darren Veitch scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Calgary Flames · November 20

    • The game
      BOS2–2WSH
      game 20/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      5
      points
      NHL#265
      1
      goals
      NHL#279
      4
      assists
      NHL#231
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#84
      WSH
      6-6-0W-L-OT20Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH7–7DET
      game 21/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–6WSH
      W
      game 22/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH7–3TOR
      W
      game 23/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • December 1980
    • The game
      MNS3–3WSH
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR6–8WSH
      W
      game 25/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH3–7BOS
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–2WSH
      L
      game 27/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–6NYR
      L
      game 28/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–0PHI
      W
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–7WSH
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–7MTL
      L
      game 35/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–3VAN
      game 36/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–3WIN
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–3MNS
      L
      game 38/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI8–1WSH
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–6EDM
      L
      game 40/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8036 of 40 played
      12
      points
      NHL#261
      2
      goals
      NHL#309
      10
      assists
      NHL#209
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#138
      WSH
      13-16-0W-L-OT37Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH0–6CGY
      L
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3MNS
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–1CLR
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • February 1981
    • The game
      QUE11–7WSH
      L
      game 60/801
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8040 of 60 played
      12
      points
      NHL#327
      2
      goals
      NHL#361
      10
      assists
      NHL#294
      -11
      +/-
      NHL#159
      WSH
      19-26-0W-L-OT53Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–2CHI
      game 61/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–7STL
      L
      game 63/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • March 1981
    • The game
      CGY6–3WSH
      L
      game 64/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–7QUE
      L
      game 65/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–7WSH
      W
      game 66/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR3–4WSH
      W
      game 67/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH5–2HFD
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–1WSH
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5TOR
      L
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–4WSH
      L
      game 71/802
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL3–3WSH
      game 72/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 73/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–2PHI
      W
      game 74/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–0DET
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–3WSH
      L
      game 76/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–4WSH
      L
      game 77/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • April 1981
    • The game
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      game 78/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–4NYI
      L
      game 79/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–7WSH
      W
      game 80/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    The season in numbers

    Darren Veitch closes the 1980-1981 season with 25 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    25
    NHL#259
    Games
    59of 80
    74%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#330
    Assists
    21
    NHL#205
    P/GP
    0.42
    NHL#258
    +/-
    -12
    NHL#468
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts