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Dennis Kearns's 1979-1980 season

Points
19
NHL#286
Goals
1
NHL#414
Assists
18
NHL#218
Plus/minus
+2
NHL#177
Games
67
83%
83% of 80

Defenceman Dennis Kearns was 34 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks. He played 67 of a possible 80 games and scored 1 goals and 18 assists for 19 points, 0.28 points per game. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 0 points.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dennis Kearns plays the 1979-1980 season for Vancouver Canucks

    Dennis was 34 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      STL5–2VAN
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3VAN
      W
      game 2/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–4EDM
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–1STL
      W
      game 4/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–6NYR
      L
      game 5/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN0–2TOR
      L
      game 6/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–3BUF
      game 7/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR1–5VAN
      W
      game 8/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–5VAN
      W
      game 9/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–2VAN
      game 10/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • November 1979
    • The game
      BOS3–3VAN
      game 11/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2VAN
      L
      game 12/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS7–7VAN
      game 13/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–3AFM
      W
      game 16/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN5–2CHI
      W
      game 17/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–5VAN
      W
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–5VAN
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–1VAN
      L
      game 20/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
      8
      points
      NHL#177
      0
      goals
      NHL#321
      8
      assists
      NHL#80
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#61
      VAN
      9-6-0W-L-OT23Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI5–2VAN
      L
      game 21/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–5WIN
      L
      game 22/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–4VAN
      W
      game 23/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–1VAN
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • December 1979
    • The game
      VAN1–3QUE
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN5–1NYI
      W
      game 26/805
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–3PIT
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–5DET
      L
      game 28/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–5BOS
      L
      game 29/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–5VAN
      W
      game 30/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR3–5VAN
      W
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–4LAK
      L
      game 32/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN3–5NYR
      L
      game 33/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–2WSH
      L
      game 34/805
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–4MTL
      L
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM5–3VAN
      L
      game 36/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-7SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE2–6VAN
      W
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–6STL
      L
      game 38/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–2CLR
      W
      game 39/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–3CHI
      L
      game 40/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8038 of 40 played
      13
      points
      NHL#220
      0
      goals
      NHL#394
      13
      assists
      NHL#140
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#38
      VAN
      15-18-0W-L-OT37Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN0–3NYI
      L
      game 41/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–4PIT
      L
      game 42/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN4–7WSH
      L
      game 43/806
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–6TOR
      L
      game 44/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM5–3VAN
      L
      game 45/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF2–2VAN
      game 46/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR5–3VAN
      L
      game 47/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR6–4VAN
      L
      game 48/804
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–2VAN
      L
      game 49/804
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • February 1980
    • The game
      VAN4–1PHI
      W
      game 53/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN4–3MTL
      W
      game 54/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN5–5HFD
      game 55/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–3VAN
      L
      game 56/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4VAN
      W
      game 57/806
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL3–1VAN
      L
      game 58/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI7–3VAN
      L
      game 59/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4VAN
      game 60/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8055 of 60 played
      18
      points
      NHL#242
      1
      goals
      NHL#389
      17
      assists
      NHL#169
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#55
      VAN
      19-31-0W-L-OT48Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN3–3WIN
      game 62/805
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • March 1980
    • The game
      VAN5–2EDM
      W
      game 63/803
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–2VAN
      W
      game 64/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3VAN
      game 65/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM9–3VAN
      L
      game 66/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–3HFD
      L
      game 69/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–2BOS
      game 70/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–2QUE
      W
      game 71/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–3VAN
      game 72/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–2VAN
      L
      game 73/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–2VAN
      L
      game 74/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2VAN
      L
      game 75/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Dennis Kearns closes the 1979-1980 season with 19 points

    Points
    19
    NHL#286
    Games
    67of 80
    84%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#414
    Assists
    18
    NHL#218
    P/GP
    0.28
    NHL#321
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#177
    14 days later
    Playoffs

    Vancouver Canucks are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Vancouver Canucks meet Buffalo Sabres

    VANvsBUF
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      VAN1–2BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstVancouver Canucks
    • Game 2
      VAN0–6BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Vancouver Canucks out 3–1

    VAN1–3BUF
    Eliminated
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists