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Hannu Virta's 1985-1986 season

Points
28
NHL#251
Goals
5
NHL#328
Assists
23
NHL#193
Plus/minus
+2
NHL#191
Games
47
58%
58% of 80

Defenceman Hannu Virta was 22 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 47 of a possible 80 games and scored 5 goals and 23 assists for 28 points, 0.60 points per game. Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1985-1986
  1. Season opener

    Hannu Virta plays the 1985-1986 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Hannu was 22 years old when the 1985-1986 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      HFD5–4BUF
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF6–2MNS
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Hannu Virta reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Minnesota North Stars · October 12

    • The game
      DET1–6BUF
      W
      game 3/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF6–0MTL
      W
      game 4/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–1BUF
      L
      game 5/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2WSH
      game 6/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–4BUF
      L
      game 7/803
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      VAN4–5BUF
      W
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–3BUF
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4CGY
      L
      game 10/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • November 1985
    • The game
      BUF2–0EDM
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6VAN
      L
      game 12/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–7BUF
      W
      game 13/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL4–5BUF
      W
      game 14/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGY1–5BUF
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS4–6BUF
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–3QUE
      L
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–3BUF
      L
      game 18/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–0HFD
      W
      game 19/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE5–7BUF
      W
      game 20/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      13
      points
      NHL#108
      4
      goals
      NHL#144
      9
      assists
      NHL#83
      +7
      +/-
      NHL#16
      BUF
      12-7-0W-L-OT25Points
      3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS4–3BUF
      L
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4DET
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–2BUF
      L
      game 23/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1985
    • The game
      BUF3–3BOS
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–7QUE
      L
      game 28/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD6–4BUF
      L
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–6BUF
      W
      game 30/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–7NYI
      L
      game 31/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–4BUF
      W
      game 36/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–6BUF
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2DET
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–4BOS
      L
      game 39/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8032 of 40 played
      16
      points
      NHL#216
      4
      goals
      NHL#253
      12
      assists
      NHL#181
      -3
      +/-
      NHL#124
      BUF
      18-18-0W-L-OT40Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR7–9BUF
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3PIT
      game 42/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4CHI
      L
      game 43/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–5BUF
      W
      game 44/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF6–3NJD
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-0SOG3PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      WIN3–6BUF
      W
      game 46/801
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      CHI5–3BUF
      L
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–4QUE
      L
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4MTL
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8041 of 60 played
      25
      points
      NHL#214
      5
      goals
      NHL#289
      20
      assists
      NHL#158
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#54
      BUF
      28-26-0W-L-OT62Points
      Playoff spot
      10th in the whole NHL
    • March 1986
    • The game
      BUF1–0PHI
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–2BOS
      L
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3BUF
      L
      game 77/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • April 1986
    • The game
      BUF3–5HFD
      L
      game 78/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–4BUF
      W
      game 79/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Hannu Virta reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Montréal Canadiens · April 4

    • The game
      BUF2–4MTL
      L
      game 80/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Hannu Virta closes the 1985-1986 season with 28 points

    Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    28
    NHL#251
    Games
    47of 80
    59%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#328
    Assists
    23
    NHL#193
    P/GP
    0.60
    NHL#178
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#191
    Events
    100
    career assists
    100
    career points
    25
    career goals
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts