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Darryl Sittler's 1970-1971 season

Points
18
NHL#184
Goals
10
NHL#131
Assists
8
NHL#216
Plus/minus
+2
NHL#113
Games
49
62%
62% of 78

Centre Darryl Sittler was 20 years old when the 1970-1971 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 49 of a possible 78 games and scored 10 goals and 8 assists for 18 points, 0.37 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 3 points.

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

1970-1971Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Darryl Sittler makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠5 loss against Vancouver Canucks

    Darryl was 20 years old · Pacific Coliseum, Canada

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    • The game
      TOR3–5VAN
      L
      game 1/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL3–7TOR
      W
      game 2/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–2TOR
      L
      game 3/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4PHI
      L
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3NYR
      L
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–6TOR
      W
      game 7/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–1TOR
      L
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1970
    • The game
      TOR5–4DET
      W
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3LAK
      L
      game 10/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–8CGS
      L
      game 11/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–3VAN
      L
      game 12/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–2TOR
      L
      game 13/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3TOR
      W
      game 14/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Darryl Sittler records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Boston Bruins · November 14

    • The game
      TOR2–4NYR
      L
      game 15/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF7–2TOR
      L
      game 16/78
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–5MTL
      L
      game 17/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG
    • The game
      CGS3–5TOR
      W
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–4TOR
      game 19/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–1STL
      L
      game 20/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 7819 of 20 played
      2
      points
      NHL#214
      0
      goals
      NHL#198
      2
      assists
      NHL#184
      TOR
      5-14-0W-L-OT11Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET4–9TOR
      W
      game 21/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Darryl Sittler scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · November 28

    • The game
      TOR2–4BOS
      L
      game 22/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • December 1970
    • The game
      LAK0–7TOR
      W
      game 23/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR1–0TOR
      L
      game 24/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–6CHI
      L
      game 25/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–4PIT
      L
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–4TOR
      W
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–2TOR
      W
      game 28/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR4–0BUF
      W
      game 29/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–2PIT
      W
      game 30/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–2TOR
      W
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–2BUF
      W
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–7TOR
      W
      game 33/78
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +4+/-7SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      TOR3–6MNS
      L
      game 34/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–9TOR
      W
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–3TOR
      W
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET0–13TOR
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +4+/-6SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      TOR2–0MNS
      W
      game 38/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4TOR
      game 39/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 7838 of 39 played
      13
      points
      NHL#139
      7
      goals
      NHL#89
      6
      assists
      NHL#171
      TOR
      18-19-0W-L-OT38Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT2–5TOR
      W
      game 40/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR3–2DET
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–1TOR
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–3PHI
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–8TOR
      W
      game 44/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7843 of 59 played
      15
      points
      NHL#170
      7
      goals
      NHL#133
      8
      assists
      NHL#189
      TOR
      30-25-0W-L-OT64Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • March 1971
    • The game
      TOR6–0CGS
      W
      game 73/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–5LAK
      L
      game 74/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–2DET
      L
      game 75/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–2TOR
      game 76/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • April 1971
    • The game
      BOS8–3TOR
      L
      game 77/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–2CHI
      W
      game 78/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Darryl Sittler closes the 1970-1971 season with 18 points

    Points
    18
    NHL#184
    Games
    49of 78
    63%
    Goals
    10
    NHL#131
    Assists
    8
    NHL#216
    P/GP
    0.37
    NHL#162
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#113
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet New York Rangers

    TORvsNYR
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      TOR4–5NYR
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR4–1NYR
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare1–1withNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYR1–3TOR
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      NYR4–2TOR
      L
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • Toronto Maple Leafsare2–2withNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      TOR1–3NYR
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 6
      NYR2–1TOR
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–2

    TOR2–4NYR
    Eliminated
    6Games3Points2Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Darryl Sittler ends the 1970-1971 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#58
    Games
    6
    Goals
    2
    NHL#39
    Assists
    1
    NHL#74
    P/GP
    0.50
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#103
    Events
    1
    First playoff assist
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff goal
    2 points
    best game
    NYR2–4