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Phil Housley's 1982-1983 season

Points
66
NHL#71
Goals
19
NHL#122
Assists
47
NHL#39
Plus/minus
-4
NHL#375
Games
77
96%
96% of 80

Defenceman Phil Housley was 18 years old when the 1982-1983 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 77 of a possible 80 games and scored 19 goals and 47 assists for 66 points, 0.86 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 7 points.

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

1982-1983Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Phil Housley makes his NHL debut

    Phil was 18 years old · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, USA

    First NHL assistFirst NHL point
    • The game
      QUE6–4BUF
      L
      game 1/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Phil Housley records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Quebec Nordiques · October 6

    • The game
      BUF2–4PHI
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF9–2WSH
      W
      game 5/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Phil Housley scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Washington Capitals · October 16

    • The game
      EDM4–6BUF
      W
      game 6/80
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +4 points
    • The game
      BUF0–4CHI
      L
      game 7/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      L
      game 8/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–6BUF
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–3TOR
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      W
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • November 1982
    • The game
      BOS3–2BUF
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–2HFD
      W
      game 14/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN1–3BUF
      W
      game 15/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–7BUF
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–3BOS
      L
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–6BUF
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF7–2WIN
      W
      game 19/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF1–2MNS
      L
      game 20/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8017 of 20 played
      15
      points
      NHL#88
      2
      goals
      NHL#227
      13
      assists
      NHL#30
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#91
      BUF
      8-8-0W-L-OT20Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF5–2LAK
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–2HFD
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL6–8BUF
      W
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–7BUF
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • December 1982
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 25/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF2–3QUE
      L
      game 26/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3BUF
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4PIT
      L
      game 28/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–3MTL
      L
      game 29/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–1BUF
      L
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–3NYI
      W
      game 31/804
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF1–8BOS
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–4QUE
      W
      game 33/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      QUE1–3BUF
      W
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–1NYR
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2BUF
      game 36/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–5BUF
      W
      game 37/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–8BUF
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–5NYI
      L
      game 39/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3NYR
      game 40/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8037 of 40 played
      30
      points
      NHL#94
      5
      goals
      NHL#221
      25
      assists
      NHL#33
      0
      +/-
      NHL#77
      BUF
      18-14-0W-L-OT44Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN5–5BUF
      game 41/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      LAK2–7BUF
      W
      game 42/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE1–2BUF
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–3BUF
      W
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–2WSH
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF0–4BOS
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4MTL
      L
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      WIN2–5BUF
      W
      game 48/803
      His night
      +3P+3G
      -1+/-7SOG3PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      MTL3–7BUF
      W
      game 49/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–6BUF
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF3–5TOR
      L
      game 51/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • February 1983
    • The game
      MNS2–2BUF
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–0QUE
      game 53/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–1BUF
      L
      game 54/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–7LAK
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4CGY
      L
      game 56/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–6STL
      L
      game 57/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–3BUF
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY1–5BUF
      W
      game 59/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM5–4BUF
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8057 of 60 played
      48
      points
      NHL#78
      14
      goals
      NHL#131
      34
      assists
      NHL#46
      -6
      +/-
      NHL#139
      BUF
      27-22-0W-L-OT65Points
      Playoff spot
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF4–4NJD
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–4BUF
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS6–7BUF
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NJD2–6BUF
      W
      game 64/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +4+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • March 1983
    • The game
      BUF6–5HFD
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–2BOS
      W
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–10BUF
      W
      game 67/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–6BUF
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF1–5MNS
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–6WIN
      L
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–8VAN
      L
      game 71/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6EDM
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY3–5BUF
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF6–4MTL
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL7–4BUF
      L
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–8BUF
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      QUE6–6BUF
      game 77/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–5HFD
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF8–5NJD
      W
      game 79/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • April 1983
    • The game
      TOR4–3BUF
      L
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    The season in numbers

    Phil Housley closes the 1982-1983 season with 66 points

    Points
    66
    NHL#71
    Games
    77of 80
    96%
    Goals
    19
    NHL#122
    Assists
    47
    NHL#39
    P/GP
    0.86
    NHL#83
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#375
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    50
    career points
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL assist
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

    BUFvsMTL
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    • Game 1
      BUF1–0MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      BUF3–0MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL2–4BUF
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Montréal Canadiens out 3–0

    BUF3–0MTL
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    5 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Boston Bruins

    BUFvsBOS
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF7–4BOS
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BUF3–5BOS
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
    • Buffalo Sabresare1–1withBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS3–4BUF
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS6–2BUF
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -4+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabresare2–2withBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BUF0–9BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      BOS3–5BUF
      W
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • Buffalo Sabresare3–3withBoston Bruins
    • Game 7
      BUF2–3BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    Second round

    Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–3

    BUF3–4BOS
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Phil Housley ends the 1982-1983 playoffs with 7 points

    Points
    7
    NHL#50
    Games
    10
    Goals
    3
    NHL#41
    Assists
    4
    NHL#59
    P/GP
    0.70
    NHL#45
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#278
    Events
    1
    First playoff goal
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    MTL3–0→BOS3–4