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Paul MacKinnon's 1979-1980 season

Points

NHL#357

Goals

NHL#414

Assists

NHL#305

Plus/minus

-1

NHL#260

Games

78% of 80

Defenceman Paul MacKinnon was 20 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 63 of a possible 80 games and scored 1 goals and 11 assists for 12 points, 0.19 points per game. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1979-1980

Year 1979
47 years ago
NHL debut
October 11
Paul MacKinnon makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠6 loss against Buffalo Sabres
WSHWashington Capitals3–6BUFBuffalo Sabres
Paul was 20 years old · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
0
+/-
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
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- 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
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  LAK6–8WSH
  W
  October 16game 4/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  TOR5–3WSH
  L
  October 19game 5/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–5PIT
  L
  October 20game 6/802
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH3–5LAK
  L
  October 24game 7/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Paul MacKinnon records his first NHL assist
in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 24
- The game
  WSH3–5VAN
  L
  October 27game 8/805
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH6–4EDM
  W
  October 28game 9/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2WSH
  October 30game 10/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- November 1979
- The game
  WSH1–1WIN
  November 2game 11/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–7MNS
  L
  November 3game 12/805
  His night
  No points
  -6+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 3
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8012 of 20 played
  1
  points
  NHL#360
  0
  goals
  NHL#321
  1
  assists
  NHL#329
  -9
  +/-
  NHL#138
  WSH
  4-13-0W-L-OT11Points
  19th in the whole NHL
- December 1979
- The game
  MNS5–4WSH
  L
  December 12game 30/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–5WSH
  W
  December 15game 31/805
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–5HFD
  L
  December 19game 32/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–2WSH
  W
  December 21game 33/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–2NYI
  L
  December 22game 34/806
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH8–2TOR
  W
  December 26game 35/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–6WSH
  W
  December 28game 36/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–5NYR
  L
  December 30game 37/805
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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Year 1980
46 years ago
- The game
  WSH6–3HFD
  W
  January 4game 38/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–2MNS
  January 5game 39/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN4–7WSH
  W
  January 11game 40/806
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 11
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8023 of 40 played
  1
  points
  NHL#419
  0
  goals
  NHL#397
  1
  assists
  NHL#404
  -6
  +/-
  NHL#133
  WSH
  11-23-0W-L-OT28Points
  20th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH2–5NYI
  L
  January 12game 41/806
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–7PHI
  L
  January 15game 42/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  EDM5–2WSH
  L
  January 16game 43/803
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-6SOG
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- The game
  PHI4–4WSH
  January 19game 44/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–3QUE
  L
  January 20game 45/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WIN4–5WSH
  W
  January 22game 46/804
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  QUE1–1WSH
  January 26game 47/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYI1–7WSH
  W
  January 27game 48/806
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-2SOG
  +3 points
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Milestone
Paul MacKinnon scores his first NHL goal
in the game against New York Islanders · January 27
- The game
  WSH2–5CHI
  L
  January 30game 49/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- February 1980
- The game
  WSH2–4AFM
  L
  February 1game 50/803
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–3WSH
  L
  February 2game 51/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–2DET
  February 6game 52/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH6–3WIN
  W
  February 8game 53/804
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  WSH5–2LAK
  W
  February 12game 54/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–8EDM
  L
  February 15game 55/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH5–3VAN
  W
  February 16game 56/805
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–3WSH
  W
  February 19game 57/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH0–3AFM
  L
  February 21game 58/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–6WSH
  W
  February 23game 59/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–1CLR
  February 24game 60/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 24
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8043 of 60 played
  8
  points
  NHL#360
  1
  goals
  NHL#389
  7
  assists
  NHL#326
  -6
  +/-
  NHL#130
  WSH
  18-32-0W-L-OT46Points
  19th in the whole NHL
- The game
  LAK3–5WSH
  W
  February 26game 61/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH1–4DET
  L
  February 28game 62/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- March 1980
- The game
  WSH3–6MTL
  L
  March 1game 63/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CLR3–1WSH
  L
  March 2game 64/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  STL5–7WSH
  W
  March 5game 65/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD5–9WSH
  W
  March 8game 66/802
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYI1–3WSH
  W
  March 9game 67/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–6WSH
  W
  March 12game 68/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  DET2–5WSH
  W
  March 15game 69/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH3–3BOS
  March 16game 70/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CLR1–4WSH
  W
  March 18game 71/803
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MNS4–3WSH
  L
  March 21game 72/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–6STL
  L
  March 22game 73/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  WSH1–6TOR
  L
  March 24game 74/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  STL2–4WSH
  W
  March 26game 75/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PHI3–3WSH
  March 29game 76/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH0–4PIT
  L
  March 30game 77/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- April 1980
- The game
  PIT2–6WSH
  W
  April 1game 78/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–4PHI
  L
  April 3game 79/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  AFM4–4WSH
  April 5game 80/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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The season in numbers
April 5
Paul MacKinnon closes the 1979-1980 season with 12 points
WSHWashington Capitals
Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
Points
12
NHL#357
Games
63of 80
79%
Goals
1
NHL#414
Assists
11
NHL#305
P/GP
0.19
NHL#375
+/-
-1
NHL#260
Events
12
career best in points
11
career best in assists
1
First NHL goal
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL assist

Paul MacKinnon makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠6 loss against Buffalo Sabres

Paul MacKinnon records his first NHL assist

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

Paul MacKinnon scores his first NHL goal

3/4 into the season

Paul MacKinnon closes the 1979-1980 season with 12 points