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Ed Hospodar's 1980-1981 season

Points
19
NHL#302
Goals
5
NHL#305
Assists
14
NHL#279
Plus/minus
+10
NHL#102
Games
61
76%
76% of 80

Defenceman Ed Hospodar was 21 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 61 of a possible 80 games and scored 5 goals and 14 assists for 19 points, 0.31 points per game. In the playoffs he played 12 games for 2 points.

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

1980-1981Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ed Hospodar plays the 1980-1981 season for New York Rangers

    Ed was 21 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR2–7BOS
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR8–3TOR
      W
      game 2/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–3NYR
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–1NYR
      L
      game 4/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–8WSH
      L
      game 5/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–2NYR
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–3NYR
      W
      game 7/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4DET
      L
      game 8/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET6–7NYR
      W
      game 9/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5STL
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3PHI
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1980
    • The game
      NYR4–7MTL
      L
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK6–3NYR
      L
      game 13/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Ed Hospodar scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · November 2

    • The game
      NYR1–4LAK
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–7CGY
      L
      game 17/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI5–1NYR
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8016 of 20 played
      3
      points
      NHL#318
      1
      goals
      NHL#272
      2
      assists
      NHL#302
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#59
      NYR
      4-13-0W-L-OT11Points
      19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR4–6NYI
      L
      game 21/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–2NYR
      game 22/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1980
    • The game
      NYR4–3WIN
      W
      game 26/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–1EDM
      W
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–5NYR
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–6NYR
      W
      game 29/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–2CHI
      L
      game 31/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN2–8NYR
      W
      game 32/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–3MNS
      game 33/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGY3–2NYR
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–7WSH
      L
      game 35/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–2NYR
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE2–2NYR
      game 40/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8029 of 40 played
      10
      points
      NHL#281
      3
      goals
      NHL#266
      7
      assists
      NHL#269
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#61
      NYR
      14-20-0W-L-OT34Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF3–3NYR
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–3NYR
      L
      game 42/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–4CGY
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4CLR
      L
      game 44/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–4BUF
      L
      game 45/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGY3–6NYR
      W
      game 46/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR7–4EDM
      W
      game 48/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR7–5VAN
      W
      game 49/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–2LAK
      W
      game 50/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–3MNS
      W
      game 51/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • February 1981
    • The game
      LAK3–2NYR
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–9NYR
      W
      game 53/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6BOS
      L
      game 54/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–3NYR
      game 55/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–8NYR
      W
      game 59/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–7DET
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8045 of 60 played
      14
      points
      NHL#307
      4
      goals
      NHL#298
      10
      assists
      NHL#291
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#55
      NYR
      22-29-0W-L-OT53Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR4–6PIT
      L
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • March 1981
    • The game
      EDM5–5NYR
      game 66/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–7STL
      L
      game 67/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–4NYR
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6QUE
      L
      game 69/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR4–3NYR
      L
      game 70/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–6NYR
      W
      game 71/803
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3NYR
      W
      game 72/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–4HFD
      W
      game 73/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE7–7NYR
      game 74/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–4BUF
      L
      game 75/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–2MTL
      W
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI0–0NYR
      game 77/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • April 1981
    • The game
      NYR1–2NYI
      L
      game 78/806
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–3NYR
      W
      game 79/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–0PHI
      W
      game 80/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Ed Hospodar closes the 1980-1981 season with 19 points

    Points
    19
    NHL#302
    Games
    61of 80
    76%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#305
    Assists
    14
    NHL#279
    P/GP
    0.31
    NHL#313
    +/-
    +10
    NHL#102
    Events
    19
    career best in points
    5
    career best in goals
    14
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL goal
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    New York Rangers meet Los Angeles Kings

    NYRvsLAK
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR3–1LAK
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 2
      NYR4–5LAK
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Preliminary round

    New York Rangers knock Los Angeles Kings out 3–1

    NYR3–1LAK
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers meet St. Louis Blues

    NYRvsSTL
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    • Game 1
      NYR3–6STL
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • St. Louis Blueslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR6–4STL
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • New York Rangersare1–1withSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 3
      STL3–6NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 4
      STL1–4NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      NYR3–4STL
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      STL4–7NYR
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

    NYR4–2STL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Semifinal

    New York Rangers meet New York Islanders

    NYRvsNYI
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    • Game 1
      NYR2–5NYI
      L
      5
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR3–7NYI
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • May 1981
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYI5–1NYR
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Islanderslead3–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      NYI5–2NYR
      L
      5
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    Semifinal

    New York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–0

    NYR0–4NYI
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Ed Hospodar ends the 1980-1981 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#152
    Games
    12
    Goals
    2
    NHL#77
    Assists
    0
    NHL#208
    P/GP
    0.17
    NHL#121
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#90
    LAK3–1→STL4–2→NYI0–4