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Dave Babych's 1988-1989 season

Points
47
NHL#126
Goals
6
NHL#285
Assists
41
NHL#65
Plus/minus
-5
NHL#461
Games
70
87%
87% of 80

Defenceman Dave Babych was 27 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Hartford Whalers. He played 70 of a possible 80 games and scored 6 goals and 41 assists for 47 points, 0.67 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 6 points.

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

1988-1989Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dave Babych plays the 1988-1989 season for Hartford Whalers

    Dave was 27 years old when the 1988-1989 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      QUE5–2HFD
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–2HFD
      L
      game 2/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      HFD1–3BOS
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–3NYR
      W
      game 4/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–7HFD
      W
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–5MTL
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI6–8HFD
      W
      game 7/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD7–1BUF
      W
      game 8/801
      His night
      +4P+4A
      +1+/-3SOG3PPP
      +4 assists
    • The game
      HFD3–5NJD
      L
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD0–3HFD
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • November 1988
    • The game
      MTL5–3HFD
      L
      game 11/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD5–3BOS
      W
      game 12/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN3–2HFD
      L
      game 13/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–6CGY
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–1VAN
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–7LAK
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–1MNS
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–3HFD
      L
      game 18/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
      9
      points
      NHL#184
      1
      goals
      NHL#274
      8
      assists
      NHL#111
      -8
      +/-
      NHL#181
      HFD
      7-12-0W-L-OT15Points
      20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      QUE3–4HFD
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–2QUE
      W
      game 22/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL6–3HFD
      L
      game 23/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • December 1988
    • The game
      HFD6–1BUF
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–2HFD
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5HFD
      W
      game 27/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY1–4HFD
      W
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–4CHI
      L
      game 29/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD3–3STL
      game 30/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–2HFD
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD1–2MTL
      L
      game 32/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3HFD
      L
      game 33/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–5PHI
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–3HFD
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–4QUE
      game 36/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–4HFD
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–2DET
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–5NYR
      L
      game 39/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–4BUF
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8037 of 40 played
      18
      points
      NHL#183
      2
      goals
      NHL#310
      16
      assists
      NHL#114
      -12
      +/-
      NHL#188
      HFD
      16-21-0W-L-OT35Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD2–1WIN
      W
      game 41/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD6–9LAK
      L
      game 42/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–5TOR
      L
      game 43/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD1–3MTL
      L
      game 44/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–6HFD
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–5HFD
      W
      game 46/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD5–0QUE
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL3–3HFD
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD8–6NJD
      W
      game 49/803
      His night
      +5P+1G+4A
      +4+/-8SOG2PPP
      +5 points
    • The game
      QUE3–2HFD
      L
      game 50/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–3HFD
      L
      game 51/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • February 1989
    • The game
      HFD0–1WSH
      L
      game 52/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–5NYI
      L
      game 53/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–5HFD
      W
      game 54/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN3–7HFD
      W
      game 55/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–2TOR
      W
      game 56/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–3MNS
      W
      game 57/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Dave Babych reaches 500 career points

    in the game against Minnesota North Stars · February 18

    • The game
      HFD6–7WIN
      L
      game 58/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–7EDM
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE2–4HFD
      W
      game 60/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8057 of 60 played
      38
      points
      NHL#122
      5
      goals
      NHL#275
      33
      assists
      NHL#54
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#169
      HFD
      26-30-0W-L-OT56Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS9–1HFD
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–8HFD
      W
      game 62/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      HFD3–1NYI
      W
      game 63/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • March 1989
    • The game
      VAN1–2HFD
      W
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–1HFD
      L
      game 65/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–3HFD
      W
      game 66/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM3–7HFD
      W
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–5MTL
      L
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3HFD
      game 69/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF6–1HFD
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      HFD9–5PIT
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • April 1989
    • The game
      CHI1–6HFD
      W
      game 79/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–3BOS
      L
      game 80/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Dave Babych closes the 1988-1989 season with 47 points

    Points
    47
    NHL#126
    Games
    70of 80
    88%
    Goals
    6
    NHL#285
    Assists
    41
    NHL#65
    P/GP
    0.67
    NHL#142
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#461
    Events
    500
    career points
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Hartford Whalers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Hartford Whalers meet Montréal Canadiens

    HFDvsMTL
    Swedes on Hartford Whalers
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      HFD2–6MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 2
      HFD2–3MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 3
      MTL5–4HFD
      L
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 4
      MTL4–3HFD
      L
      2
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-6SOG
      +3 points
    First round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Hartford Whalers out 4–0

    HFD0–4MTL
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Dave Babych ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 6 points

    Points
    6
    NHL#78
    Games
    4
    Goals
    1
    NHL#111
    Assists
    5
    NHL#48
    P/GP
    1.50
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#74
    Events
    10
    playoff goals
    3 points
    best game
    MTL0–4