Regular seasonWSH

Mike Gartner's 1979-1980 season

Points

NHL#50

Goals

NHL#28

Assists

NHL#96

Plus/minus

+16

NHL#62

Games

96% of 80

Right winger Mike Gartner was 19 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 77 of a possible 80 games and scored 36 goals and 32 assists for 68 points, 0.88 points per game. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1979-1980

Year 1979
47 years ago
1979 NHL Draft
August 9
Mike Gartner is drafted 4 overall by Washington Capitals
WSHWashington Capitals
Selected
4 overall, round 1
Swedes drafted
5 selected
First Swede off the board
Tomas Jonsson#25
First off the board
1Rob RamageCLR
2Perry TurnbullSTL
3Mike FolignoDET
Swedes from the same draft
Thomas Steen950 GP · 817 P
Mats Näslund651 GP · 634 P
Tomas Jonsson552 GP · 344 P
The full 1979 draft
2 months and 2 days later
NHL debut
October 11
Mike Gartner makes his NHL debut
WSHWashington Capitals3–6BUFBuffalo Sabres
Mike was 19 years old · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, USA
First NHL assistFirst NHL point
Other Swedes on the ice: Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Leif Svensson and Rolf Edberg.
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- The game
  WSH3–6BUF
  L
  October 11game 1/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Mike Gartner records his first NHL assist
in the game against Buffalo Sabres · October 11
- The game
  BOS5–2WSH
  L
  October 13game 2/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH5–3NYR
  W
  October 14game 3/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  LAK6–8WSH
  W
  October 16game 4/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Mike Gartner scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 16
- The game
  WSH3–5LAK
  L
  October 24game 7/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–5VAN
  L
  October 27game 8/805
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH6–4EDM
  W
  October 28game 9/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2WSH
  October 30game 10/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- November 1979
- The game
  WSH1–1WIN
  November 2game 11/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–7MNS
  L
  November 3game 12/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  WSH0–2MTL
  L
  November 5game 13/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WIN3–6WSH
  W
  November 7game 14/805
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF5–3WSH
  L
  November 10game 15/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  EDM5–3WSH
  L
  November 13game 16/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–3BOS
  L
  November 15game 17/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET4–2WSH
  L
  November 16game 18/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  AFM4–2WSH
  L
  November 18game 19/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–3CLR
  November 20game 20/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-6SOG
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  November 20
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
  9
  points
  NHL#157
  3
  goals
  NHL#143
  6
  assists
  NHL#140
  WSH
  4-13-0W-L-OT11Points
  19th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH0–4CHI
  L
  November 21game 21/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–1WSH
  L
  November 24game 22/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–2QUE
  November 25game 23/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  TOR4–2WSH
  L
  November 28game 24/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- December 1979
- The game
  QUE2–7WSH
  W
  December 1game 25/803
  His night
  +3P+3G
  +4+/-4SOG
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  WSH0–2BUF
  L
  December 2game 26/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  HFD3–3WSH
  December 4game 27/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PIT5–3WSH
  L
  December 7game 28/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-5SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH1–5STL
  L
  December 8game 29/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  MNS5–4WSH
  L
  December 12game 30/804
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYR4–5WSH
  W
  December 15game 31/805
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-3SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  WSH4–5HFD
  L
  December 19game 32/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  VAN1–2WSH
  W
  December 21game 33/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–2NYI
  L
  December 22game 34/806
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH8–2TOR
  W
  December 26game 35/804
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +4+/-5SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  CHI2–6WSH
  W
  December 28game 36/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH2–5NYR
  L
  December 30game 37/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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Year 1980
46 years ago
- The game
  WSH6–3HFD
  W
  January 4game 38/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH2–2MNS
  January 5game 39/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN4–7WSH
  W
  January 11game 40/806
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-5SOG
  +2 goals
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- Checkpoint
  January 11
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8038 of 40 played
  30
  points
  NHL#77
  14
  goals
  NHL#53
  16
  assists
  NHL#105
  WSH
  11-23-0W-L-OT28Points
  20th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH2–5NYI
  L
  January 12game 41/806
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–7PHI
  L
  January 15game 42/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  EDM5–2WSH
  L
  January 16game 43/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  PHI4–4WSH
  January 19game 44/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH2–3QUE
  L
  January 20game 45/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  WIN4–5WSH
  W
  January 22game 46/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  QUE1–1WSH
  January 26game 47/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  NYI1–7WSH
  W
  January 27game 48/806
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +4+/-2SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  WSH2–5CHI
  L
  January 30game 49/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- February 1980
- The game
  NYR6–3WSH
  L
  February 2game 51/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–2DET
  February 6game 52/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH6–3WIN
  W
  February 8game 53/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH5–2LAK
  W
  February 12game 54/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–8EDM
  L
  February 15game 55/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH5–3VAN
  W
  February 16game 56/805
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL1–3WSH
  W
  February 19game 57/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH0–3AFM
  L
  February 21game 58/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–6WSH
  W
  February 23game 59/802
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  WSH1–1CLR
  February 24game 60/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  February 24
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8057 of 60 played
  46
  points
  NHL#76
  22
  goals
  NHL#48
  24
  assists
  NHL#100
  WSH
  18-32-0W-L-OT46Points
  19th in the whole NHL
- The game
  LAK3–5WSH
  W
  February 26game 61/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH1–4DET
  L
  February 28game 62/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- March 1980
- The game
  WSH3–6MTL
  L
  March 1game 63/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  CLR3–1WSH
  L
  March 2game 64/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  STL5–7WSH
  W
  March 5game 65/802
  His night
  +4P+3G+1A
  +3+/-6SOG
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  HFD5–9WSH
  W
  March 8game 66/802
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  0+/-8SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  NYI1–3WSH
  W
  March 9game 67/805
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-7SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS4–6WSH
  W
  March 12game 68/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  DET2–5WSH
  W
  March 15game 69/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH3–3BOS
  March 16game 70/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CLR1–4WSH
  W
  March 18game 71/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-7SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  MNS4–3WSH
  L
  March 21game 72/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–6STL
  L
  March 22game 73/802
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH1–6TOR
  L
  March 24game 74/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL2–4WSH
  W
  March 26game 75/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-8SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PHI3–3WSH
  March 29game 76/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH0–4PIT
  L
  March 30game 77/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- April 1980
- The game
  PIT2–6WSH
  W
  April 1game 78/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH2–4PHI
  L
  April 3game 79/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  AFM4–4WSH
  April 5game 80/803
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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The season in numbers
April 5
Mike Gartner closes the 1979-1980 season with 68 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
Points
68
NHL#50
Games
77of 80
96%
Goals
36
NHL#28
Assists
32
NHL#96
P/GP
0.88
NHL#65
+/-
+16
NHL#62
Events
2
hat tricks
50
career points
25
career goals
1
First NHL assist
8 i rad
games with a point · 15 pts
8 i rad
games with a goal

Mike Gartner is drafted 4 overall by Washington Capitals

Mike Gartner makes his NHL debut

Mike Gartner records his first NHL assist

Mike Gartner scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Mike Gartner closes the 1979-1980 season with 68 points