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Jim Watson's 1970-1971 season

Points
11
NHL#226
Goals
2
NHL#224
Assists
9
NHL#210
Plus/minus
-28
NHL#325
Games
78
100%
100% of 78

Defenceman Jim Watson was 27 years old when the 1970-1971 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played all 78 games and scored 2 goals and 9 assists for 11 points, 0.14 points per game. Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1970-1971
  1. Season opener

    Jim Watson plays the 1970-1971 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Jim was 27 years old when the 1970-1971 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      BUF2–1PIT
      W
      game 1/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Jim Watson scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · October 10

    • The game
      BUF0–3NYR
      L
      game 2/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–0BUF
      L
      game 3/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4STL
      L
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–1BUF
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4PHI
      L
      game 6/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4BUF
      W
      game 7/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–0BUF
      L
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–7VAN
      L
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–6CGS
      L
      game 10/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • November 1970
    • The game
      BUF2–4LAK
      L
      game 11/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–1BUF
      L
      game 12/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–11MTL
      L
      game 13/78
      His night
      No points
      -5+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–1BUF
      L
      game 14/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–4BUF
      W
      game 15/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 16/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF7–2TOR
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–3MNS
      L
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–4PIT
      game 19/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2BUF
      game 20/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 78
      2
      points
      NHL#214
      2
      goals
      NHL#119
      0
      assists
      NHL#253
      -17
      +/-
      NHL#97
      BUF
      4-12-0W-L-OT12Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CGS2–1BUF
      L
      game 21/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • December 1970
    • The game
      BOS4–4BUF
      game 22/78
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS0–1BUF
      W
      game 23/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–6CHI
      L
      game 24/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–8BOS
      L
      game 25/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–5DET
      L
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–0BUF
      L
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–4NYR
      L
      game 28/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–4BUF
      W
      game 29/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–2TOR
      L
      game 30/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–2BUF
      L
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–2BUF
      L
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–4MTL
      game 33/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5BUF
      W
      game 34/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS9–4BUF
      L
      game 35/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–3BUF
      L
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET4–7BUF
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–3DET
      L
      game 38/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK2–2BUF
      game 39/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 78
      4
      points
      NHL#228
      2
      goals
      NHL#179
      2
      assists
      NHL#237
      -29
      +/-
      NHL#104
      BUF
      8-24-0W-L-OT23Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–4CHI
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL1–2BUF
      W
      game 41/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–3MNS
      W
      game 42/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–4BUF
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5BUF
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–7STL
      L
      game 45/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–6BUF
      W
      game 46/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +4+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–3LAK
      game 47/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–2CGS
      W
      game 48/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–1VAN
      W
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG
    • February 1971
    • The game
      LAK2–5BUF
      W
      game 50/781
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–4BOS
      L
      game 51/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–3BUF
      L
      game 52/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–6VAN
      L
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–5CGS
      L
      game 54/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGS0–3BUF
      W
      game 55/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–3BUF
      W
      game 56/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–5CHI
      L
      game 57/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–6BUF
      game 58/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF5–6DET
      L
      game 59/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 78
      10
      points
      NHL#207
      2
      goals
      NHL#205
      8
      assists
      NHL#189
      -23
      +/-
      NHL#101
      BUF
      16-32-0W-L-OT43Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–1BUF
      L
      game 60/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3BUF
      L
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–3PHI
      L
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–2TOR
      L
      game 63/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–5BUF
      W
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • March 1971
    • The game
      BUF3–3LAK
      game 65/781
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–2BUF
      game 66/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–6BUF
      W
      game 67/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–9STL
      L
      game 68/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–0MNS
      W
      game 69/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–5BUF
      W
      game 70/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–5MTL
      L
      game 71/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF7–5BOS
      W
      game 72/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–7NYR
      L
      game 73/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–3BUF
      W
      game 74/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–4BUF
      W
      game 75/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–4PIT
      W
      game 76/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • April 1971
    • The game
      PIT3–3BUF
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3PHI
      game 78/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Jim Watson closes the 1970-1971 season with 11 points

    Buffalo Sabres did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    11
    NHL#226
    Games
    78of 78
    100%
    Goals
    2
    NHL#224
    Assists
    9
    NHL#210
    P/GP
    0.14
    NHL#247
    +/-
    -28
    NHL#325
    Events
    11
    career best in points
    2
    career best in goals
    9
    career best in assists
    100
    NHL games
    1
    First NHL goal