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Ray Allison's 1979-1980 season

Points
28
NHL#225
Goals
16
NHL#130
Assists
12
NHL#290
Plus/minus
-3
NHL#333
Games
64
80%
80% of 80

Right winger Ray Allison was 20 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Hartford Whalers. He played 64 of a possible 80 games and scored 16 goals and 12 assists for 28 points, 0.44 points per game. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 1 points.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. 1979 NHL Draft

    Ray Allison is drafted 18 overall by Hartford Whalers

    Selected
    18 overall, round 1
    Swedish flagSwedes drafted
    5 selected
    Swedish flagFirst Swede off the board
    First off the board
    Swedes from the same draft
  2. 2 months and 2 days later
    NHL debut

    Ray Allison makes his NHL debut in 1–⁠4 loss against Minnesota North Stars

    Ray was 20 years old · Metropolitan Sports Center, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-

    Swedes on the ice: Kent-Erik Andersson and Per-Olov Brasar.

    • The game
      HFD1–4MNS
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–3PIT
      game 2/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–3CHI
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–3BUF
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–6HFD
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Ray Allison scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 19

    • The game
      HFD1–6NYI
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD2–2QUE
      game 7/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–1HFD
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–2NYR
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–2TOR
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • November 1979
    • The game
      TOR3–5HFD
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD7–2CLR
      W
      game 12/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI4–2HFD
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–5CHI
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–3WIN
      L
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      EDM0–4HFD
      W
      game 16/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Ray Allison records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Edmonton Oilers · November 17

    • The game
      HFD4–5BOS
      L
      game 17/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–5HFD
      W
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–4HFD
      game 19/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM2–4HFD
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      7
      points
      NHL#216
      5
      goals
      NHL#98
      2
      assists
      NHL#299
      HFD
      7-7-0W-L-OT20Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      HFD2–6PHI
      L
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–7HFD
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1979
    • The game
      HFD4–4MTL
      game 23/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      HFD3–3WSH
      game 24/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR7–4HFD
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–3EDM
      L
      game 26/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–5VAN
      L
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–7LAK
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD5–6CLR
      L
      game 29/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–5HFD
      W
      game 30/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–2HFD
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–4PHI
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–4HFD
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–3EDM
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–3HFD
      L
      game 36/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–1HFD
      L
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–5NYR
      L
      game 38/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–6MNS
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD6–4DET
      W
      game 40/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8039 of 40 played
      15
      points
      NHL#207
      9
      goals
      NHL#123
      6
      assists
      NHL#277
      HFD
      10-20-0W-L-OT30Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • February 1980
    • The game
      MNS6–2HFD
      L
      game 52/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN5–5HFD
      game 53/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–5HFD
      W
      game 54/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–5TOR
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6HFD
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM2–6HFD
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD6–5AFM
      W
      game 58/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD5–9QUE
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3HFD
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8048 of 60 played
      18
      points
      NHL#246
      11
      goals
      NHL#150
      7
      assists
      NHL#327
      HFD
      21-27-0W-L-OT54Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL0–3HFD
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1980
    • The game
      HFD6–3STL
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–9WSH
      L
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–3HFD
      W
      game 67/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–4HFD
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS6–1HFD
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–5HFD
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–5HFD
      game 71/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–5MTL
      game 72/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL7–5HFD
      L
      game 73/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      HFD0–7WIN
      L
      game 74/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–2LAK
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • April 1980
    • The game
      TOR5–4HFD
      L
      game 77/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      HFD4–6PIT
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      QUE2–9HFD
      W
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–5HFD
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    The season in numbers

    Ray Allison closes the 1979-1980 season with 28 points

    Points
    28
    NHL#225
    Games
    64of 80
    80%
    Goals
    16
    NHL#130
    Assists
    12
    NHL#290
    P/GP
    0.44
    NHL#230
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#333
    Events
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Hartford Whalers are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Hartford Whalers meet Montréal Canadiens

    HFDvsMTL
    Swedes on Hartford Whalers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 2
      HFD4–8MTL
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstHartford Whalers
    • Game 3
      MTL4–3HFD
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    Preliminary round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Hartford Whalers out 3–0

    HFD0–3MTL
    Eliminated
    2Games1Points0Goals1Assists