Regular season and playoffsNYR

Mikko Leinonen's 1981-1982 season

Points

NHL#227

Goals

NHL#217

Assists

NHL#227

Plus/minus

NHL#157

Games

66% of 80

Left winger Mikko Leinonen was 26 years old when the 1981-1982 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 53 of a possible 80 games and scored 11 goals and 20 assists for 31 points, 0.58 points per game. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 7 points.

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

1981-1982Playoffs

Year 1981
45 years ago
NHL debut
October 9
Mikko Leinonen makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠8 loss against Winnipeg Jets
NYRNew York Rangers3–8WINWinnipeg Jets
Mikko was 26 years old · Winnipeg Arena, Canada
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
-1
+/-
Swedes on the ice: Anders Hedberg, Thomas Steen and Willy Lindström.
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- The game
  NYR3–8WIN
  L
  October 9game 2/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR0–7MNS
  L
  October 10game 3/804
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  LAK5–2NYR
  L
  October 21game 7/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–2NYR
  L
  October 25game 9/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  EDM5–3NYR
  L
  October 28game 10/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–7BOS
  L
  October 31game 11/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Mikko Leinonen scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Boston Bruins · October 31
- The game
  CGY2–4NYR
  W
  November 1game 12/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR3–6PIT
  L
  November 4game 13/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–2PHI
  W
  November 5game 14/80
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-1SOG2PPP
  +3 points
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Milestone
Mikko Leinonen records his first NHL assist
in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · November 5
- The game
  NYR3–1WSH
  W
  November 7game 15/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–7NYR
  W
  November 11game 16/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–3BUF
  November 13game 17/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  EDM5–3NYR
  L
  November 15game 18/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI2–5NYR
  W
  November 18game 19/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–4NYI
  L
  November 21game 20/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 21
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8015 of 20 played
  9
  points
  NHL#203
  3
  goals
  NHL#187
  6
  assists
  NHL#188
  NYR
  8-11-0W-L-OT17Points
  15th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI7–2NYR
  L
  November 22game 21/805
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR3–3NYR
  November 25game 22/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–7QUE
  L
  November 28game 23/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  QUE4–4NYR
  November 29game 24/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- December 1981
- The game
  NYR4–3LAK
  W
  December 2game 25/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  HFD5–3NYR
  L
  December 6game 27/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  December 6
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8021 of 40 played
  12
  points
  NHL#276
  3
  goals
  NHL#274
  9
  assists
  NHL#245
  NYR
  17-18-0W-L-OT39Points
  12th in the whole NHL
Year 1982
44 years ago
- The game
  NYR5–4WSH
  W
  January 27game 49/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–2CLR
  W
  January 29game 50/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–3LAK
  W
  January 31game 51/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- February 1982
- The game
  NYR4–3VAN
  W
  February 2game 52/805
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–4CGY
  February 4game 53/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–8EDM
  L
  February 7game 54/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–3STL
  February 10game 55/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR3–2HFD
  W
  February 13game 56/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  QUE2–5NYR
  W
  February 14game 57/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–3PIT
  W
  February 17game 58/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CLR4–4NYR
  February 18game 59/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL4–2NYR
  L
  February 21game 60/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 21
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8033 of 60 played
  14
  points
  NHL#316
  5
  goals
  NHL#278
  9
  assists
  NHL#319
  NYR
  28-22-0W-L-OT66Points
  Playoff spot
  8th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI4–6NYR
  W
  February 24game 61/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–4BOS
  W
  February 27game 62/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PIT4–2NYR
  L
  February 28game 63/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- March 1982
- The game
  CGY2–4NYR
  W
  March 3game 64/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–4PHI
  March 4game 65/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR4–6NYI
  L
  March 6game 66/804
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  DET3–6NYR
  W
  March 8game 67/80
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +4+/-3SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  PHI5–5NYR
  March 10game 68/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–1DET
  W
  March 11game 69/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH5–5NYR
  March 14game 70/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI2–5NYR
  W
  March 17game 71/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–3WSH
  W
  March 20game 72/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  STL5–8NYR
  W
  March 21game 73/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR7–2PIT
  W
  March 24game 74/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR8–5BUF
  W
  March 26game 75/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR1–3PHI
  L
  March 28game 76/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYI7–3NYR
  L
  March 29game 77/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–1CHI
  W
  March 31game 78/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- April 1982
- The game
  PIT7–5NYR
  L
  April 2game 79/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–3HFD
  April 3game 80/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 3
Mikko Leinonen closes the 1981-1982 season with 31 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
31
NHL#227
Games
53of 80
66%
Goals
11
NHL#217
Assists
20
NHL#227
P/GP
0.58
NHL#209
+/-
+4
NHL#157
Events
1
First NHL assist
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL goal
5 i rad
games with a point · 7 pts
4 days later
Playoffs
April 7
New York Rangers are in the playoffs
First round
April 7
New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers
NYRvsPHI
Swedes on New York Rangers
No Swedes
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  PHI4–1NYR
  L
  April 7
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2
  PHI3–7NYR
  W
  April 8
  His night
  +6P+6A
  +3+/-1SOG3PPP
  +6 assists
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- New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 3
  NYR4–3PHI
  W
  April 10
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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First round
April 11
New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–1
NYR3–1PHI
Advance
3Games6Points0Goals6Assists
4 days later
Second round
April 15
New York Rangers meet New York Islanders
NYRvsNYI
Swedes on New York Rangers
No Swedes
Swedes on New York Islanders
Robert Nyström
Anders Kallur
Tomas Jonsson
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- Game 1
  NYR5–4NYI
  W
  April 153
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- New York Rangerslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
- Game 2
  NYR2–7NYI
  L
  April 163
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- New York Rangersare1–1withNew York Islanders
- Game 3
  NYI4–3NYR
  L
  April 183
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- New York Islanderslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4
  NYI5–3NYR
  L
  April 193
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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Second round
April 23
New York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–2
NYR2–4NYI
Eliminated
4Games1Points1Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
April 23
Mikko Leinonen ends the 1981-1982 playoffs with 7 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
7
NHL#54
Games
7
Goals
1
NHL#114
Assists
6
NHL#32
P/GP
1.00
NHL#20
+/-
-1
NHL#183
Events
1
First playoff goal
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff assist
6 points
best game
PHI3–1→NYI2–4

Mikko Leinonen makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠8 loss against Winnipeg Jets

Mikko Leinonen scores his first NHL goal

Mikko Leinonen records his first NHL assist

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Mikko Leinonen closes the 1981-1982 season with 31 points

New York Rangers are in the playoffs

New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–1

New York Rangers meet New York Islanders

New York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–2

Mikko Leinonen ends the 1981-1982 playoffs with 7 points