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Errol Thompson's 1979-1980 season

Points
48
NHL#112
Goals
34
NHL#33
Assists
14
NHL#262
Plus/minus
-10
NHL#462
Games
77
96%
96% of 80

Left winger Errol Thompson was 29 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 77 of a possible 80 games and scored 34 goals and 14 assists for 48 points, 0.62 points per game. Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1979-1980
  1. Season opener

    Errol Thompson plays the 1979-1980 season for Detroit Red Wings

    Errol was 29 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      DET4–4LAK
      game 1/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      DET1–3VAN
      L
      game 2/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3EDM
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–1WIN
      W
      game 4/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI7–3DET
      L
      game 5/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF0–4DET
      W
      game 6/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–3MTL
      L
      game 7/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–5PHI
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS5–3DET
      L
      game 9/804
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • November 1979
    • The game
      CHI0–2DET
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–5QUE
      L
      game 11/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM3–5DET
      W
      game 12/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–1DET
      L
      game 13/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–3NYR
      L
      game 14/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2WSH
      W
      game 15/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET5–4NYI
      W
      game 16/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET1–4AFM
      L
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5CLR
      L
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–3MNS
      game 19/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–5DET
      game 20/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      14
      points
      NHL#100
      9
      goals
      NHL#36
      5
      assists
      NHL#197
      DET
      6-10-0W-L-OT16Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • December 1979
    • The game
      BOS3–6DET
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET4–4PHI
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–6DET
      W
      game 23/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–5DET
      W
      game 24/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET0–4BUF
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–1DET
      L
      game 26/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      DET6–6BOS
      game 27/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE4–4DET
      game 28/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–7CHI
      L
      game 29/801
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      DET6–4EDM
      W
      game 30/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-9SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–2TOR
      L
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET4–6PIT
      L
      game 32/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL3–2DET
      L
      game 33/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4DET
      W
      game 34/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      CLR5–3DET
      L
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–2DET
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET6–3AFM
      W
      game 37/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR0–4DET
      W
      game 39/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD6–4DET
      L
      game 40/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8039 of 40 played
      29
      points
      NHL#91
      19
      goals
      NHL#26
      10
      assists
      NHL#195
      DET
      14-19-0W-L-OT35Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET2–3CHI
      L
      game 41/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–5DET
      W
      game 42/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET5–0WIN
      W
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET5–4MNS
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3DET
      L
      game 45/804
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–3DET
      L
      game 46/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET7–6QUE
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET4–6TOR
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4DET
      W
      game 49/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • February 1980
    • The game
      DET3–0STL
      W
      game 50/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL4–2DET
      L
      game 51/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–2DET
      game 52/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Milestone

    Errol Thompson reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Washington Capitals · February 6

    • The game
      PHI6–5DET
      L
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR4–1DET
      L
      game 54/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–2DET
      game 55/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–3DET
      L
      game 56/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–2DET
      L
      game 57/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–7PIT
      L
      game 58/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-8SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      DET1–5MTL
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8058 of 60 played
      35
      points
      NHL#117
      25
      goals
      NHL#37
      10
      assists
      NHL#264
      DET
      21-30-0W-L-OT51Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH1–4DET
      W
      game 61/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1980
    • The game
      DET4–3NYI
      W
      game 62/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–3DET
      L
      game 63/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2STL
      game 65/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT2–6DET
      W
      game 66/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–4DET
      game 67/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–4BOS
      L
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5WSH
      L
      game 69/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN6–2DET
      L
      game 70/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–4LAK
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–2VAN
      W
      game 72/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET1–5CLR
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      EDM5–2DET
      L
      game 74/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–10BUF
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE7–9DET
      W
      game 76/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-4SOG1SHP
      +3 points
    • The game
      DET5–7NYR
      L
      game 77/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1980
    • The game
      MTL7–2DET
      L
      game 78/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI3–1DET
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET3–5HFD
      L
      game 80/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Errol Thompson closes the 1979-1980 season with 48 points

    Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    48
    NHL#112
    Games
    77of 80
    96%
    Goals
    34
    NHL#33
    Assists
    14
    NHL#262
    P/GP
    0.62
    NHL#139
    +/-
    -10
    NHL#462
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    500
    NHL games
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal