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Lanny McDonald's 1979-1980 season

Points
75
NHL#33
Goals
40
NHL#18
Assists
35
NHL#70
Plus/minus
-17
NHL#530
Games
81
98%
98% of 82

Right winger Lanny McDonald was 26 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs och Colorado Rockies. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 40 goals and 35 assists for 75 points, 0.93 points per game. He moved from Toronto Maple Leafs to Colorado Rockies in December. Colorado Rockies did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1979-1980
  1. Season opener

    Lanny McDonald opens the 1979-1980 season with Toronto Maple Leafs

    Lanny was 26 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 7th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR6–3TOR
      L
      game 1/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–2TOR
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-8SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–4PHI
      L
      game 3/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-7SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MNS2–6TOR
      W
      game 4/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR5–3WSH
      W
      game 5/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN0–2TOR
      W
      game 6/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–5VAN
      L
      game 7/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–2CLR
      game 8/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-9SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR5–7LAK
      L
      game 9/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      HFD4–2TOR
      L
      game 10/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • November 1979
    • The game
      TOR3–5HFD
      L
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–3TOR
      L
      game 12/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR7–4STL
      W
      game 13/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      TOR8–4WIN
      W
      game 14/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR6–3EDM
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL2–7TOR
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–0TOR
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-7SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4QUE
      L
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM4–4TOR
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–1TOR
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      17
      points
      NHL#56
      9
      goals
      NHL#33
      8
      assists
      NHL#101
      TOR
      8-10-0W-L-OT18Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–3NYR
      W
      game 21/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR5–3AFM
      W
      game 22/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR4–2WSH
      W
      game 23/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
    • December 1979
    • The game
      PHI4–4TOR
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3TOR
      W
      game 25/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI6–1TOR
      L
      game 26/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–5TOR
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-7SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM1–8TOR
      W
      game 28/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR1–5MNS
      L
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–4TOR
      game 30/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR0–10BOS
      L
      game 31/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET1–2TOR
      W
      game 32/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR4–8MTL
      L
      game 33/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH8–2TOR
      L
      game 34/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–5BUF
      L
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–2CLR
      L
      game 35/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR5–3DET
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CLR2–5CHI
      L
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN4–2CLR
      L
      game 38/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-8SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2CLR
      game 39/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–3CLR
      L
      game 40/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8041 of 40 played
      36
      points
      NHL#41
      18
      goals
      NHL#28
      18
      assists
      NHL#71
      CLR
      12-24-0W-L-OT28Points
      19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CLR2–6BOS
      L
      game 41/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      CLR6–6NYR
      game 42/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CLR1–5DET
      L
      game 43/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM4–1CLR
      L
      game 44/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–1CLR
      L
      game 45/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR5–3VAN
      W
      game 46/804
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-9SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PIT1–4CLR
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-7SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      CLR4–4STL
      game 48/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–3CLR
      game 49/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2CLR
      L
      game 50/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • February 1980
    • The game
      WIN2–2CLR
      game 51/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR2–6MNS
      L
      game 52/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR3–4MTL
      L
      game 53/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–4HFD
      game 54/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-7SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Lanny McDonald reaches 250 career assists

    in the game against Hartford Whalers · February 8

    • The game
      AFM6–1CLR
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–3CLR
      L
      game 56/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–3CLR
      L
      game 57/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Lanny McDonald reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Boston Bruins · February 16

    • The game
      PHI6–8CLR
      W
      game 58/801
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      -1+/-8SOG3PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      EDM1–3CLR
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–1CLR
      game 60/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8061 of 60 played
      61
      points
      NHL#26
      31
      goals
      NHL#18
      30
      assists
      NHL#53
      CLR
      16-34-0W-L-OT42Points
      20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR4–3CLR
      L
      game 61/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-9SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • March 1980
    • The game
      CLR1–4AFM
      L
      game 62/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR3–1WSH
      W
      game 63/803
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CLR1–4PHI
      L
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–2CLR
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-9SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–4CLR
      game 66/804
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CLR1–4NYI
      L
      game 67/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR0–6NYR
      L
      game 68/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–4HFD
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR4–4PHI
      game 70/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    Milestone

    Lanny McDonald reaches 500 career points

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · March 16

    • The game
      CLR1–4WSH
      L
      game 71/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE6–2CLR
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–5CLR
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–7MNS
      L
      game 74/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -4+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK5–2CLR
      L
      game 75/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT0–5CLR
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–2CHI
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • April 1980
    • The game
      CLR3–4LAK
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–6EDM
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–3WIN
      L
      game 80/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    The season in numbers

    Lanny McDonald closes the 1979-1980 season with 75 points

    Toronto Maple Leafs did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    75
    NHL#33
    Games
    81of 80
    100%
    Goals
    40
    NHL#18
    Assists
    35
    NHL#70
    P/GP
    0.93
    NHL#53
    +/-
    -17
    NHL#530
    Events
    500
    career points
    500
    NHL games
    250
    career assists
    11 i rad
    games with a point · 15 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal