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Leif Svensson's 1979-1980 season

Points
15
Swedish flag#17NHL#326
Goals
4
Swedish flag#16NHL#317
Assists
11
Swedish flag#16NHL#305
Plus/minus
-11
NHL#475
Games
47
58%
58% of 80

Defenceman Leif Svensson was 28 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 47 of a possible 80 games and scored 4 goals and 11 assists for 15 points, 0.32 points per game. That was 326th in the NHL. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1979-1980
  1. Season opener

    Leif Svensson plays the 1979-1980 season for Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Leif was 28 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH3–6BUF
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BOS5–2WSH
      L
      game 2/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
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    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      game 3/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      LAK6–8WSH
      W
      game 4/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
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    • The game
      TOR5–3WSH
      L
      game 5/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      WSH3–5LAK
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–5VAN
      L
      game 8/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–4EDM
      W
      game 9/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
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    • November 1979
    • The game
      WSH1–1WIN
      game 11/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      WSH1–7MNS
      L
      game 12/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH0–2MTL
      L
      game 13/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      WIN3–6WSH
      W
      game 14/804
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–3WSH
      L
      game 15/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      EDM5–3WSH
      L
      game 16/802
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      DET4–2WSH
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      AFM4–2WSH
      L
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      WSH3–3CLR
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8019 of 20 played
      7
      points
      Swedish flag#15NHL#198
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#13NHL#250
      6
      assists
      Swedish flag#14NHL#140
      -4
      +/-
      NHL#113
      WSH
      4-13-0W-L-OT11Points
      19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH0–4CHI
      L
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      BUF6–1WSH
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      WSH2–2QUE
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
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    • December 1979
    • The game
      QUE2–7WSH
      W
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      WSH0–2BUF
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD3–3WSH
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
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    • The game
      PIT5–3WSH
      L
      game 28/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5STL
      L
      game 29/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MNS5–4WSH
      L
      game 30/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–5WSH
      W
      game 31/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–5HFD
      L
      game 32/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      VAN1–2WSH
      W
      game 33/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH1–2NYI
      L
      game 34/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      WSH8–2TOR
      W
      game 35/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
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    • The game
      CHI2–6WSH
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      WSH2–5NYR
      L
      game 37/804
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      WSH6–3HFD
      W
      game 38/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      WSH2–2MNS
      game 39/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      VAN4–7WSH
      W
      game 40/805
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8038 of 40 played
      12
      points
      Swedish flag#14NHL#246
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#14NHL#260
      9
      assists
      Swedish flag#14NHL#210
      -8
      +/-
      NHL#145
      WSH
      11-23-0W-L-OT28Points
      20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–5NYI
      L
      game 41/805
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      WSH4–7PHI
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM5–2WSH
      L
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–4WSH
      game 44/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      WSH2–3QUE
      L
      game 45/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN4–5WSH
      W
      game 46/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      QUE1–1WSH
      game 47/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      NYI1–7WSH
      W
      game 48/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      WSH2–5CHI
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    The season in numbers

    Leif Svensson closes the 1979-1980 season with 15 points

    WSHWashington Capitals
    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    15
    #17NHL#326
    Games
    47of 80
    59%
    Goals
    4
    #16NHL#317
    Assists
    11
    #16NHL#305
    P/GP
    0.32
    #16NHL#293
    +/-
    -11
    #15NHL#475
    Events
    4
    career best in goals
    100
    NHL games