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Gary Nylund's 1989-1990 season

Points
25
NHL#239
Goals
4
NHL#318
Assists
21
NHL#186
Plus/minus
+8
NHL#96
Games
64
80%
80% of 80

Defenceman Gary Nylund was 25 years old when the 1989-1990 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 64 of a possible 80 games and scored 4 goals and 21 assists for 25 points, 0.39 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 2 points.

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

1989-1990Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Gary Nylund plays the 1989-1990 season for New York Islanders

    Gary was 25 years old when the 1989-1990 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI5–2VAN
      W
      game 3/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI7–4LAK
      W
      game 4/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3NYI
      game 5/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS6–3NYI
      L
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3WSH
      W
      game 7/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–1NYI
      L
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM3–3NYI
      game 9/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–1NYI
      L
      game 11/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–0NYI
      L
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • November 1989
    • The game
      NYI2–5PIT
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–3NYI
      W
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3PHI
      L
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–3NYI
      L
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4NYR
      L
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–4NYI
      L
      game 20/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8015 of 20 played
      1
      points
      NHL#404
      0
      goals
      NHL#361
      1
      assists
      NHL#366
      -5
      +/-
      NHL#164
      NYI
      4-13-0W-L-OT11Points
      21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR2–6NYI
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–5PIT
      L
      game 22/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN4–3NYI
      L
      game 23/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–5WSH
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM7–2NYI
      L
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3NJD
      L
      game 26/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–0CHI
      W
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • December 1989
    • The game
      NYI6–3WIN
      W
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–3NYI
      W
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–3HFD
      W
      game 30/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Gary Nylund reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Hartford Whalers · December 6

    • The game
      NYR0–0NYI
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD7–2NYI
      L
      game 32/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5NJD
      L
      game 33/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3WSH
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4NYI
      W
      game 35/803
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–5NYI
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT6–8NYI
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–3NYI
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–6QUE
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–2BUF
      W
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8035 of 40 played
      9
      points
      NHL#277
      0
      goals
      NHL#435
      9
      assists
      NHL#194
      0
      +/-
      NHL#87
      NYI
      15-21-0W-L-OT34Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK3–5NYI
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–5NYI
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–1TOR
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI8–4MNS
      W
      game 44/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH2–4NYI
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–3NYI
      W
      game 46/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–3MTL
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–4WIN
      W
      game 48/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–4HFD
      L
      game 49/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–5BOS
      L
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–9NYI
      W
      game 51/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD4–4NYI
      game 52/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–1NYI
      L
      game 53/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • February 1990
    • The game
      WSH3–5NYI
      W
      game 54/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–0BUF
      W
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI8–7PIT
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–5PHI
      game 57/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–3BOS
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY4–2NYI
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI3–1NYI
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8055 of 60 played
      20
      points
      NHL#229
      0
      goals
      NHL#471
      20
      assists
      NHL#145
      +12
      +/-
      NHL#25
      NYI
      28-26-0W-L-OT62Points
      Playoff spot
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI2–3PHI
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–4PIT
      L
      game 62/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Gary Nylund reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · February 22

    • The game
      DET3–3NYI
      game 63/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD3–3NYI
      game 64/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYI3–4DET
      L
      game 65/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • March 1990
    • The game
      NYI3–6NYR
      L
      game 66/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–5STL
      L
      game 67/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD4–2NYI
      L
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4NJD
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Gary Nylund closes the 1989-1990 season with 25 points

    Points
    25
    NHL#239
    Games
    64of 80
    80%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#318
    Assists
    21
    NHL#186
    P/GP
    0.39
    NHL#258
    +/-
    +8
    NHL#96
    Events
    21
    career best in assists
    500
    NHL games
    100
    career assists
    28 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Islanders meet New York Rangers

    NYIvsNYR
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    • Game 1
      NYI1–2NYR
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 2
      NYI2–5NYR
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      NYR3–4NYI
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      NYR6–1NYI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYI5–6NYR
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    First round

    New York Rangers knock New York Islanders out 4–1

    NYI1–4NYR
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Gary Nylund ends the 1989-1990 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#175
    Games
    5
    Goals
    0
    NHL#205
    Assists
    2
    NHL#136
    P/GP
    0.40
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#91
    NYR1–4