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Michal Pivonka's 1987-1988 season

Points
34
NHL#184
Goals
11
NHL#188
Assists
23
NHL#171
Plus/minus
+1
NHL#224
Games
71
88%
88% of 80

Centre Michal Pivonka was 21 years old when the 1987-1988 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 71 of a possible 80 games and scored 11 goals and 23 assists for 34 points, 0.48 points per game. In the playoffs he played 14 games for 13 points.

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

1987-1988Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Michal Pivonka plays the 1987-1988 season for Washington Capitals

    Michal was 21 years old when the 1987-1988 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WSH3–4BOS
      L
      game 1/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–6WSH
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–6BUF
      L
      game 3/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–6WSH
      W
      game 4/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–4WSH
      W
      game 5/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–2NYR
      W
      game 6/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–2VAN
      W
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3WIN
      L
      game 10/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3MNS
      game 11/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • November 1987
    • The game
      VAN2–3WSH
      W
      game 12/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–1WSH
      L
      game 13/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4NJD
      L
      game 14/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–4NYI
      L
      game 15/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3PIT
      L
      game 16/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–4WSH
      W
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–0WSH
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5BUF
      L
      game 19/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–3HFD
      W
      game 20/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
      4
      points
      NHL#299
      1
      goals
      NHL#262
      3
      assists
      NHL#264
      WSH
      9-10-0W-L-OT19Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS1–4WSH
      W
      game 21/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2WSH
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–5PIT
      game 23/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • December 1987
    • The game
      EDM2–4WSH
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI6–4WSH
      L
      game 25/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK3–10WSH
      W
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY5–4WSH
      L
      game 27/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–5HFD
      L
      game 28/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–2WSH
      W
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5TOR
      L
      game 30/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4WSH
      W
      game 32/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL1–1WSH
      game 33/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–1QUE
      W
      game 34/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2MTL
      game 35/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–2WSH
      L
      game 36/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–4TOR
      game 37/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH4–3NJD
      W
      game 38/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–5WSH
      W
      game 39/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM0–2WSH
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8037 of 40 played
      11
      points
      NHL#245
      3
      goals
      NHL#246
      8
      assists
      NHL#217
      WSH
      18-17-0W-L-OT41Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH3–1PHI
      W
      game 41/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–8WSH
      W
      game 42/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–8CGY
      L
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3EDM
      L
      game 44/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–3STL
      L
      game 46/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–5CHI
      L
      game 47/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD4–6WSH
      W
      game 48/804
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WIN3–2WSH
      L
      game 50/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–4WSH
      W
      game 51/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI0–1WSH
      W
      game 52/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1988
    • The game
      WSH2–3PIT
      L
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–2WSH
      L
      game 54/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–0WSH
      L
      game 55/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      W
      game 56/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–6WSH
      W
      game 57/803
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      CGY4–5WSH
      W
      game 58/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–3NJD
      W
      game 59/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH6–0WIN
      W
      game 60/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8055 of 60 played
      22
      points
      NHL#214
      7
      goals
      NHL#211
      15
      assists
      NHL#201
      WSH
      29-25-0W-L-OT64Points
      Playoff spot
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH3–0MNS
      W
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–4LAK
      L
      game 62/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–0NYI
      W
      game 63/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • March 1988
    • The game
      NJD3–5WSH
      W
      game 64/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH6–1NJD
      W
      game 65/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–6WSH
      W
      game 66/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–7WSH
      W
      game 67/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH2–5PHI
      L
      game 68/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–2WSH
      L
      game 69/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–0BOS
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH8–4NYR
      W
      game 71/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–3WSH
      game 72/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET2–2WSH
      game 77/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–7NYI
      L
      game 78/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1988
    • The game
      PIT7–6WSH
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH2–2PHI
      game 80/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Michal Pivonka closes the 1987-1988 season with 34 points

    Points
    34
    NHL#184
    Games
    71of 80
    89%
    Goals
    11
    NHL#188
    Assists
    23
    NHL#171
    P/GP
    0.48
    NHL#214
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#224
    Events
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career points
    25
    career goals
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet Philadelphia Flyers

    WSHvsPHI
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    • Game 1
      PHI4–2WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      PHI4–5WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      WSH3–4PHI
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH4–5PHI
      L
      4
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 5
      PHI2–5WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH7–2PHI
      W
      4
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 7
      PHI4–5WSH
      W
      4
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–3

    WSH4–3PHI
    Advance
    7Games10Points4Goals6Assists
    2 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet New Jersey Devils

    WSHvsNJD
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    • Game 1
      NJD1–3WSH
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      NJD5–2WSH
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Washington Capitalsare1–1withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 3
      WSH4–10NJD
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • New Jersey Devilslead2–1againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      WSH4–1NJD
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Washington Capitalsare2–2withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 5
      NJD3–1WSH
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • New Jersey Devilslead3–2againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 6
      WSH7–2NJD
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Washington Capitalsare3–3withNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 7
      NJD3–2WSH
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    Second round

    New Jersey Devils knock Washington Capitals out 4–3

    WSH3–4NJD
    Eliminated
    7Games3Points0Goals3Assists
    The run in numbers

    Michal Pivonka ends the 1987-1988 playoffs with 13 points

    Points
    13
    NHL#23
    Games
    14
    Goals
    4
    NHL#40
    Assists
    9
    NHL#19
    P/GP
    0.93
    NHL#23
    +/-
    +7
    NHL#16
    Events
    10
    playoff assists
    10
    playoff points
    3 points
    best game
    PHI4–3→NJD3–4