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Mats Thelin's 1984-1985 season

Points
18
Swedish flag#21NHL#330
Goals
5
Swedish flag#21NHL#323
Assists
13
Swedish flag#19NHL#302
Plus/minus
+10
Swedish flag#5NHL#107
Games
73
91%
91% of 80

Defenceman Mats Thelin was 23 years old when the 1984-1985 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 73 of a possible 80 games and scored 5 goals and 13 assists for 18 points, 0.25 points per game. That was 21th among the Swedes and 330th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 0 points.

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

1984-1985Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Mats Thelin makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠3 win against Pittsburgh Penguins

    Mats was 23 years old · Boston Garden, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    +2
    +/-
    • The game
      PIT3–4BOS
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3HFD
      L
      game 2/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–4BOS
      W
      game 3/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–7EDM
      L
      game 4/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Mats Thelin records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Edmonton Oilers · October 16

    • The game
      BOS2–8CGY
      L
      game 5/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–3WIN
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1STL
      W
      game 7/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS8–3NYI
      W
      game 8/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Mats Thelin scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against New York Islanders · October 27

    • The game
      BOS6–4NYR
      W
      game 9/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • November 1984
    • The game
      QUE1–7BOS
      W
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      +5+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      L
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–6BOS
      W
      game 12/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5BOS
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–2DET
      W
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL1–1BOS
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4BUF
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NJD3–5BOS
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI5–3BOS
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–4PHI
      L
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–1BOS
      L
      game 20/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      5
      points
      Swedish flag#19NHL#296
      1
      goals
      Swedish flag#20NHL#292
      4
      assists
      Swedish flag#16NHL#248
      +15
      +/-
      Swedish flag#1NHL#7
      BOS
      10-9-0W-L-OT21Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–7BOS
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–2BOS
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1984
    • The game
      WSH5–4BOS
      L
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3QUE
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3BUF
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–1BOS
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–1BOS
      L
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3NYR
      game 28/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE5–5BOS
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–2BOS
      W
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–4MTL
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–6HFD
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–6LAK
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3MNS
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3WIN
      W
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–5WSH
      L
      game 38/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3BOS
      game 39/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–5BOS
      W
      game 40/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8038 of 40 played
      8
      points
      Swedish flag#20NHL#331
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#19NHL#281
      5
      assists
      Swedish flag#20NHL#336
      +13
      +/-
      Swedish flag#2NHL#22
      BOS
      17-16-0W-L-OT41Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS5–3TOR
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–0BOS
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4BOS
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2NJD
      W
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGY4–3BOS
      L
      game 45/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–4QUE
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–3BOS
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–5BOS
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–2BOS
      L
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS8–4HFD
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–6BUF
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE5–6BOS
      W
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • February 1985
    • The game
      WIN4–3BOS
      L
      game 53/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–7BOS
      W
      game 54/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI6–5BOS
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–4CHI
      L
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2MNS
      W
      game 59/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–7NYI
      L
      game 60/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8056 of 60 played
      10
      points
      Swedish flag#20NHL#361
      3
      goals
      Swedish flag#22NHL#330
      7
      assists
      Swedish flag#20NHL#350
      +7
      +/-
      Swedish flag#3NHL#48
      BOS
      26-26-0W-L-OT60Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI1–6BOS
      W
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • March 1985
    • The game
      VAN0–5BOS
      W
      game 62/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–4BOS
      W
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–5BOS
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–2WSH
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–3PIT
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–4NJD
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      QUE8–4BOS
      L
      game 70/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–1BOS
      game 71/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–5HFD
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3BUF
      W
      game 73/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5MTL
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM3–6BOS
      W
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL7–3BOS
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1985
    • The game
      BOS4–6QUE
      L
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–5BOS
      W
      game 78/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS4–4MTL
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Mats Thelin closes the 1984-1985 season with 18 points

    Points
    18
    #21NHL#330
    Games
    73of 80
    91%
    Goals
    5
    #21NHL#323
    Assists
    13
    #19NHL#302
    P/GP
    0.25
    #22NHL#373
    +/-
    +10
    #5NHL#107
    Events
    18
    career best in points
    5
    career best in goals
    13
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens

    BOSvsMTL
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      BOS5–3MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      BOS3–5MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL4–2BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      MTL6–7BOS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      BOS0–1MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    First round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 3–2

    BOS2–3MTL
    Eliminated
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists