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David Volek's 1988-1989 season

Points

NHL#90

Goals

NHL#81

Assists

NHL#99

Plus/minus

-11

NHL#565

Games

96% of 80

Left winger David Volek was 22 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 77 of a possible 80 games and scored 25 goals and 34 assists for 59 points, 0.77 points per game. New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1988-1989

Year 1988
38 years ago
NHL debut
October 6
David Volek makes his NHL debut in the 4–⁠4 draw against Calgary Flames
NYINew York Islanders4–4CGYCalgary Flames
David was 22 years old · Olympic Saddledome, Canada
His first NHL game
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
+1
+/-
First NHL assistFirst NHL point
Swedes on the ice: Tomas Jonsson and Håkan Loob.
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- The game
  NYI4–4CGY
  October 6game 1/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
David Volek records his first NHL assist
in the game against Calgary Flames · October 6
- The game
  NYI1–5EDM
  L
  October 7game 2/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI5–6LAK
  L
  October 9game 3/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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Milestone
David Volek scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 9
- The game
  NYI3–2VAN
  W
  October 10game 4/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–2NYI
  W
  October 15game 5/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  VAN2–3NYI
  W
  October 18game 6/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–3QUE
  L
  October 29game 10/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- November 1988
- The game
  WIN8–1NYI
  L
  November 1game 11/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–4WSH
  L
  November 4game 12/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–4NYI
  W
  November 5game 13/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR3–4NYI
  W
  November 8game 14/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI3–3NJD
  November 11game 15/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–0NYI
  L
  November 12game 16/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  CGY5–1NYI
  L
  November 15game 17/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI4–5MTL
  L
  November 16game 18/802
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  PIT3–6NYI
  W
  November 19game 19/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-3SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH4–2NYI
  L
  November 22game 20/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 22
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8017 of 20 played
  11
  points
  NHL#158
  6
  goals
  NHL#88
  5
  assists
  NHL#199
  NYI
  7-11-0W-L-OT16Points
  17th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI6–7WSH
  L
  November 23game 21/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–4NYI
  L
  November 26game 22/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI3–5NYR
  L
  November 27game 23/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI3–5DET
  L
  November 29game 24/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-7SOG
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- December 1988
- The game
  NYI0–8STL
  L
  December 1game 25/801
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–4PIT
  L
  December 3game 26/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-6SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–3NYI
  L
  December 6game 27/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYI5–6NJD
  L
  December 9game 28/802
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  LAK4–3NYI
  L
  December 10game 29/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-6SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYI1–2NYR
  L
  December 14game 30/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT8–2NYI
  L
  December 15game 31/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  NJD2–5NYI
  W
  December 17game 32/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYI3–5PIT
  L
  December 20game 33/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  PHI4–2NYI
  L
  December 22game 34/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI4–3TOR
  W
  December 26game 35/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-7SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH4–6NYI
  W
  December 31game 36/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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Year 1989
37 years ago
- The game
  PHI4–1NYI
  L
  January 3game 37/802
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI5–3BOS
  W
  January 5game 38/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR5–1NYI
  L
  January 7game 39/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–3CHI
  L
  January 8game 40/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  January 8
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8037 of 40 played
  27
  points
  NHL#113
  14
  goals
  NHL#66
  13
  assists
  NHL#154
  NYI
  11-27-0W-L-OT24Points
  21st in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI3–5PIT
  L
  January 10game 41/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI5–3NJD
  W
  January 13game 42/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  CHI5–3NYI
  L
  January 14game 43/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-7SOG
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- The game
  PIT2–5NYI
  W
  January 17game 44/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-4SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  LAK2–4NYI
  W
  January 19game 45/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  MNS6–8NYI
  W
  January 21game 46/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-0SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NJD2–2NYI
  January 24game 47/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-7SOG
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- The game
  WIN6–8NYI
  W
  January 26game 48/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYI4–7PHI
  L
  January 28game 49/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -3+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI3–7NYR
  L
  January 30game 50/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- February 1989
- The game
  TOR4–1NYI
  L
  February 2game 51/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD3–5NYI
  W
  February 4game 52/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI3–2QUE
  W
  February 5game 53/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI1–3CHI
  L
  February 10game 54/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI0–5STL
  L
  February 11game 55/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  EDM3–5NYI
  W
  February 14game 56/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-3SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  STL3–7NYI
  W
  February 16game 57/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PHI2–3NYI
  W
  February 18game 58/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYI4–5PHI
  L
  February 19game 59/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET6–5NYI
  L
  February 21game 60/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  February 21
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8057 of 60 played
  47
  points
  NHL#88
  20
  goals
  NHL#75
  27
  assists
  NHL#93
  NYI
  21-36-0W-L-OT45Points
  20th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI5–7BUF
  L
  February 22game 61/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PIT5–5NYI
  February 25game 62/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  HFD3–1NYI
  L
  February 28game 63/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- March 1989
- The game
  NYI5–6DET
  L
  March 1game 64/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI3–4MNS
  L
  March 4game 65/80
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI4–3WIN
  W
  March 5game 66/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS2–1NYI
  L
  March 7game 67/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  PHI4–4NYI
  March 9game 68/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-7SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NJD2–3NYI
  W
  March 11game 69/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI5–3MTL
  W
  March 13game 70/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +3+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI2–8HFD
  L
  March 14game 71/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI1–2VAN
  L
  March 18game 72/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–3EDM
  L
  March 19game 73/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI1–4CGY
  L
  March 21game 74/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  MNS1–3NYI
  W
  March 23game 75/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI2–3WSH
  L
  March 26game 76/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–5NYI
  W
  March 28game 77/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI5–4NJD
  W
  March 29game 78/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-1SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- April 1989
- The game
  BUF4–3NYI
  L
  April 1game 79/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYI6–4NYR
  W
  April 2game 80/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 2
David Volek closes the 1988-1989 season with 59 points
NYINew York Islanders
New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs
Points
59
NHL#90
Games
77of 80
96%
Goals
25
NHL#81
Assists
34
NHL#99
P/GP
0.77
NHL#107
+/-
-11
NHL#565
Events
25
career best in goals
50
career points
25
career goals
1
First NHL assist
5 i rad
games with a point · 6 pts

David Volek makes his NHL debut in the 4–⁠4 draw against Calgary Flames

David Volek records his first NHL assist

David Volek scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

David Volek closes the 1988-1989 season with 59 points