Regular seasonNYR

Phil Esposito's 1980-1981 season

Points

NHL#295

Goals

NHL#275

Assists

NHL#296

Plus/minus

-15

NHL#494

Games

51% of 80

Centre Phil Esposito was 38 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 17th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 41 of a possible 80 games and scored 7 goals and 13 assists for 20 points, 0.49 points per game.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1980-1981Playoffs

Year 1980
46 years ago
Season opener
October 9
Phil Esposito plays the 1980-1981 season for New York Rangers
NYRNew York Rangers
Phil was 38 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 17th NHL season in all.
- The game
  NYR2–7BOS
  L
  October 9game 1/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR8–3TOR
  W
  October 11game 2/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT6–3NYR
  L
  October 12game 3/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  STL2–1NYR
  L
  October 15game 4/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–8WSH
  L
  October 18game 5/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  EDM4–2NYR
  L
  October 19game 6/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-5SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN2–3NYR
  W
  October 22game 7/805
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–4DET
  L
  October 25game 8/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET6–7NYR
  W
  October 26game 9/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–5STL
  L
  October 28game 10/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–3PHI
  October 30game 11/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- November 1980
- The game
  NYR4–7MTL
  L
  November 1game 12/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  LAK6–3NYR
  L
  November 2game 13/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–3CHI
  November 5game 14/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–6VAN
  L
  November 8game 15/804
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–4LAK
  L
  November 10game 16/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–7CGY
  L
  November 11game 17/802
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PIT3–3NYR
  November 14game 18/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–7NYR
  W
  November 16game 19/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI5–1NYR
  L
  November 19game 20/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 19
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  11
  points
  NHL#143
  3
  goals
  NHL#166
  8
  assists
  NHL#108
  NYR
  4-13-0W-L-OT11Points
  19th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYR4–6NYI
  L
  November 22game 21/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  VAN2–2NYR
  November 23game 22/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BOS4–6NYR
  W
  November 26game 23/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +1+/-2SOG2PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–2PIT
  W
  November 29game 24/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- December 1980
- The game
  MNS5–3NYR
  L
  December 1game 25/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–3WIN
  W
  December 3game 26/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR5–1EDM
  W
  December 5game 27/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CHI4–5NYR
  W
  December 7game 28/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WSH2–6NYR
  W
  December 10game 29/803
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–3CLR
  W
  December 12game 30/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–2CHI
  L
  December 14game 31/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WIN2–8NYR
  W
  December 17game 32/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–3MNS
  December 20game 33/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGY3–2NYR
  L
  December 22game 34/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–7WSH
  L
  December 26game 35/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL5–2NYR
  L
  December 28game 36/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
  View the game
Milestone
Phil Esposito reaches 1,250 NHL games
in the game against Montréal Canadiens · December 28
- The game
  NYR6–3QUE
  W
  December 30game 37/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-6SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CLR6–4NYR
  L
  December 31game 38/802
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
  View the game
Year 1981
45 years ago
- The game
  NYI1–3NYR
  W
  January 2game 39/805
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  QUE2–2NYR
  January 4game 40/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 4
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 80
  19
  points
  NHL#176
  7
  goals
  NHL#165
  12
  assists
  NHL#161
  NYR
  14-20-0W-L-OT34Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF3–3NYR
  January 9game 41/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
January 9
Phil Esposito closes the 1980-1981 season with 20 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
20
NHL#295
Games
41of 80
51%
Goals
7
NHL#275
Assists
13
NHL#296
P/GP
0.49
NHL#224
+/-
-15
NHL#494
Events
1,250
NHL games
4 i rad
games with a point · 4 pts
2 months and 30 days later
Playoffs
April 8
New York Rangers are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 8
New York Rangers meet Los Angeles Kings
NYRvsLAK
Swedes on New York Rangers
Ulf Nilsson
Anders Hedberg
Peter Wallin
Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
No Swedes
View the whole round
4 days later
Preliminary round
April 12
New York Rangers knock Los Angeles Kings out 3–1
NYR3–1LAK
Advance
He did not play in this round
4 days later
Quarterfinal
April 16
New York Rangers meet St. Louis Blues
NYRvsSTL
Swedes on New York Rangers
Ulf Nilsson
Anders Hedberg
Peter Wallin
Swedes on St. Louis Blues
Jörgen Pettersson
View the whole round
8 days later
Quarterfinal
April 24
New York Rangers knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2
NYR4–2STL
Advance
He did not play in this round
4 days later
Semifinal
April 28
New York Rangers meet New York Islanders
NYRvsNYI
Swedes on New York Rangers
Anders Hedberg
Peter Wallin
Ulf Nilsson
Swedes on New York Islanders
Robert Nyström
Anders Kallur
View the whole round
7 days later
Semifinal
May 5
New York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–0
NYR0–4NYI
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
May 5
Phil Esposito ends the 1980-1981 playoffs with 0 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
0
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
P/GP
—
+/-
0
LAK3–1→STL4–2→NYI0–4

Phil Esposito plays the 1980-1981 season for New York Rangers

1/4 into the season

Phil Esposito reaches 1,250 NHL games

1/2 into the season

Phil Esposito closes the 1980-1981 season with 20 points

New York Rangers are in the playoffs

New York Rangers meet Los Angeles Kings

New York Rangers knock Los Angeles Kings out 3–1

New York Rangers meet St. Louis Blues

New York Rangers knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

New York Rangers meet New York Islanders

New York Islanders knock New York Rangers out 4–0

Phil Esposito ends the 1980-1981 playoffs with 0 points