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Fabian Brunnström's 2008-2009 season

Points
29
Swedish flag#19NHL#264
Goals
17
Swedish flag#12NHL#137
Assists
12
Swedish flag#26NHL#373
Plus/minus
-8
NHL#732
Games
55
67%
67% of 82

Left winger Fabian Brunnström was 23 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Dallas Stars. He played 55 of a possible 82 games and scored 17 goals and 12 assists for 29 points, 0.53 points per game. That was 19th among the Swedes and 264th in the NHL. An injury kept him out for 16 straight games between December and February. Dallas Stars did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2008-2009
  1. NHL debut

    Fabian Brunnström makes his NHL debut in 6–⁠4 win against Nashville Predators

    Fabian was 23 years old · American Airlines Center, USA

    His first NHL game
    3
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    3
    Points
    +2
    +/-
    14:37
    TOI
    First NHL goalFirst NHL point

    Other Swedes on the ice: Patric Hörnqvist, Nicklas Grossmann, Joel Lundqvist, among others.

    • The game
      NSH4–6DAL
      W
      game 3/824
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +2+/-5SOG14:37TOI
      HAT TRICK
    Milestone

    Fabian Brunnström scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Nashville Predators · October 15

    • The game
      DAL1–6STL
      L
      game 4/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG12:14TOI
    • The game
      COL5–4DAL
      L
      game 5/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP17:59TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL2–1NYR
      W
      game 6/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP15:11TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Fabian Brunnström records his first NHL assist

    in the game against New York Rangers · October 20

    • The game
      DAL0–5NJD
      L
      game 7/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG13:02TOI
    • The game
      DAL5–3NYI
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG09:15TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–5DAL
      L
      game 9/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP10:52TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MIN2–4DAL
      W
      game 10/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG03:05TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–5CHI
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG10:55TOI
    • November 2008
    • The game
      DAL1–5BOS
      L
      game 12/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG07:17TOI
    • The game
      DAL5–2ANA
      W
      game 13/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG16:47TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL1–2SJS
      L
      game 14/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:14TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–3LAK
      L
      game 15/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG07:26TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–2PHX
      W
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG07:14TOI
    • The game
      CHI6–3DAL
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG08:19TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–1DAL
      L
      game 19/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG10:33TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–4PHI
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG06:05TOI
    • The game
      DAL4–3MIN
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG08:04TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      7
      points
      Swedish flag#21NHL#269
      6
      goals
      Swedish flag#8NHL#82
      1
      assists
      Swedish flag#34NHL#503
      DAL
      7-10-4W-L-OT18Points
      5th in the Pacific·15th in the Western Conference·30th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS6–2DAL
      L
      game 22/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG09:11TOI
    • The game
      EDM3–4DAL
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG01:16TOI
    • December 2008
    • The game
      DAL3–1CGY
      W
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG11:33TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL2–5EDM
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG14:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL1–2DAL
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG10:52TOI
    • The game
      PHX5–3DAL
      L
      game 27/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG13:59TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–3DAL
      W
      game 28/8210
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG17:18TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL0–3NSH
      L
      game 29/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG16:12TOI
    • The game
      PHX1–2DAL
      W
      game 30/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:43TOI
    • The game
      CBJ5–6DAL
      W
      game 31/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG12:42TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL4–5OTT
      L
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG11:40TOI
    • The game
      DAL8–2TOR
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG15:24TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      ANA3–4DAL
      W
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG14:24TOI
    Injured

    Fabian goes down and misses 16 games

    Foot injury

    • The game
      SJS3–1DAL
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NJD2–4DAL
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL1–4EDM
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL3–2VAN
      W
      game 38/826
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL1–6DET
      L
      game 39/829
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL0–1PHX
      L
      game 40/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DET4–5DAL
      W
      game 41/8210
      His night
      Out injured
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8231 of 41 played
      14
      points
      Swedish flag#21NHL#269
      10
      goals
      Swedish flag#11NHL#113
      4
      assists
      Swedish flag#32NHL#445
      DAL
      18-17-6W-L-OT42Points
      4th in the Pacific·12th in the Western Conference·22nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF5–4DAL
      L
      game 42/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      LAK2–3DAL
      W
      game 43/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL2–4TBL
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL4–1FLA
      W
      game 45/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      ATL0–2DAL
      W
      game 46/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL4–2DET
      W
      game 47/829
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL7–3CBJ
      W
      game 48/825
      His night
      Out injured
    • February 2009
    • The game
      CGY1–3DAL
      W
      game 49/823
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL2–3COL
      L
      game 50/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      NYR2–10DAL
      W
      game 51/825
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP11:34TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      PHX1–0DAL
      L
      game 53/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG12:55TOI
    • The game
      VAN1–2DAL
      W
      game 54/828
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG11:13TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–6CHI
      L
      game 55/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG11:40TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL3–2CBJ
      W
      game 56/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG13:29TOI
    • The game
      EDM2–4DAL
      W
      game 57/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP16:21TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      CHI3–1DAL
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG15:58TOI
    • The game
      SJS1–0DAL
      L
      game 59/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG13:25TOI
    • The game
      STL3–1DAL
      L
      game 60/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:15TOI
    • The game
      ANA4–3DAL
      L
      game 61/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG06:51TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8241 of 62 played
      20
      points
      Swedish flag#21NHL#288
      13
      goals
      Swedish flag#12NHL#141
      7
      assists
      Swedish flag#31NHL#423
      DAL
      29-26-7W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Pacific·11th in the Western Conference·21st in the whole NHL
    • March 2009
    • The game
      DAL4–1SJS
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG09:32TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DAL4–5LAK
      L
      game 64/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG07:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL3–2ANA
      W
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG09:54TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–1DAL
      L
      game 66/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG06:06TOI
    Injured

    Fabian goes down and misses 4 games

    Shoulder injury

    • The game
      DAL2–5STL
      L
      game 67/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      CAR2–3DAL
      W
      game 68/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      MIN2–3DAL
      W
      game 69/824
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL2–4VAN
      L
      game 70/827
      His night
      Out injured
    • The game
      DAL1–2CGY
      L
      game 71/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG11:31TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–5SJS
      L
      game 72/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG08:44TOI
    • The game
      VAN5–2DAL
      L
      game 73/829
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG10:41TOI
    • The game
      DAL5–6PHX
      L
      game 76/825
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:34TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–2LAK
      W
      game 77/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG08:39TOI
    • April 2009
    • The game
      CGY2–1DAL
      L
      game 78/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG13:47TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL4–5DAL
      W
      game 79/826
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG12:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DAL1–3MIN
      L
      game 80/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG13:04TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL3–2COL
      W
      game 81/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP15:52TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL3–4ANA
      L
      game 82/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG14:24TOI
      +2 points
    The season in numbers

    Fabian Brunnström closes the 2008-2009 season with 29 points

    Dallas Stars did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    29
    #19NHL#264
    Games
    55of 82
    67%
    Goals
    17
    #12NHL#137
    Assists
    12
    #26NHL#373
    P/GP
    0.53
    #15NHL#202
    +/-
    -8
    #44NHL#732
    Events
    29
    career best in points
    17
    career best in goals
    12
    career best in assists
    1
    hat trick
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    2×
    First star
    1×
    Third star
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts