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Dean Talafous's 1979-1980 season

Points
30
NHL#216
Goals
10
NHL#206
Assists
20
NHL#192
Plus/minus
+1
NHL#192
Games
55
68%
68% of 80

Centre Dean Talafous was 26 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 55 of a possible 80 games and scored 10 goals and 20 assists for 30 points, 0.55 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 3 points.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dean Talafous plays the 1979-1980 season for New York Rangers

    Dean was 26 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Dean Talafous's season starts in game 8 of 80

    New York Rangers have played 7 games7 of 80 without him
    • The game
      NYR2–7MNS
      L
      game 8/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–2NYR
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • November 1979
    • The game
      NYR2–4LAK
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–7CLR
      L
      game 11/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2VAN
      W
      game 12/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 805 of 20 played
      1
      points
      NHL#363
      0
      goals
      NHL#324
      1
      assists
      NHL#334
      NYR
      9-10-0W-L-OT19Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–5PIT
      L
      game 21/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–3NYR
      L
      game 22/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4NYR
      game 23/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–2BUF
      L
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1979
    • The game
      NYR2–0STL
      W
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3NYR
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3NYR
      game 27/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR7–4HFD
      W
      game 28/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI4–5NYR
      W
      game 29/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR2–1DET
      W
      game 30/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–2CHI
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–5WSH
      L
      game 32/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–1NYR
      game 33/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–5NYR
      W
      game 34/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–3PIT
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–3NYR
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5NYR
      W
      game 37/805
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3QUE
      game 38/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–3NYR
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–5NYR
      game 40/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8025 of 40 played
      6
      points
      NHL#326
      2
      goals
      NHL#293
      4
      assists
      NHL#319
      NYR
      17-16-0W-L-OT41Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD2–5NYR
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR0–4DET
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–2EDM
      W
      game 43/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–0WIN
      W
      game 44/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1980
    • The game
      QUE1–3NYR
      W
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–3CHI
      L
      game 56/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–4NYR
      L
      game 57/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–6HFD
      L
      game 58/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM1–4NYR
      W
      game 59/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6MNS
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8035 of 60 played
      11
      points
      NHL#318
      3
      goals
      NHL#309
      8
      assists
      NHL#302
      NYR
      26-25-0W-L-OT61Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI2–8NYR
      W
      game 61/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–5NYR
      W
      game 62/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–2BOS
      W
      game 63/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • March 1980
    • The game
      BOS1–2NYR
      W
      game 64/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF2–4NYR
      W
      game 65/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–5MTL
      L
      game 66/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS2–4NYR
      W
      game 67/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR0–6NYR
      W
      game 68/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR8–4TOR
      W
      game 69/803
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL2–5NYR
      W
      game 70/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–4EDM
      L
      game 71/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4WIN
      L
      game 72/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL6–1NYR
      L
      game 73/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–3NYR
      game 74/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–4AFM
      L
      game 75/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–3STL
      W
      game 76/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–7NYR
      W
      game 77/803
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • April 1980
    • The game
      AFM7–3NYR
      L
      game 78/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR1–2NYI
      L
      game 79/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–3PHI
      W
      game 80/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Dean Talafous closes the 1979-1980 season with 30 points

    Points
    30
    NHL#216
    Games
    55of 80
    69%
    Goals
    10
    NHL#206
    Assists
    20
    NHL#192
    P/GP
    0.55
    NHL#165
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#192
    Events
    8 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    New York Rangers meet Atlanta Flames

    NYRvsAFM
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Atlanta Flames
    • Game 1
      AFM1–2NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstAtlanta Flames
    • Game 2
      AFM1–5NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstAtlanta Flames
    • Game 3
      NYR2–4AFM
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstAtlanta Flames
    • Game 4
      NYR5–2AFM
      W
      3
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    Preliminary round

    New York Rangers knock Atlanta Flames out 3–1

    NYR3–1AFM
    Advance
    4Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NYRvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR1–2PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Quarterfinal

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4PHI
    Eliminated
    1Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Dean Talafous ends the 1979-1980 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#98
    Games
    5
    Goals
    1
    NHL#94
    Assists
    2
    NHL#96
    P/GP
    0.60
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#65
    Events
    1
    First playoff goal
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    2 points
    best game
    AFM3–1→PHI1–4