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Ray Bourque's 1980-1981 season

Points
56
NHL#112
Goals
27
NHL#64
Assists
29
NHL#143
Plus/minus
+29
NHL#24
Games
67
83%
83% of 80

Defenceman Ray Bourque was 19 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 67 of a possible 80 games and scored 27 goals and 29 assists for 56 points, 0.84 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1980-1981Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ray Bourque plays the 1980-1981 season for Boston Bruins

    Ray was 19 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR2–7BOS
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS2–5NYI
      L
      game 2/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      W
      game 3/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–3MNS
      L
      game 4/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–2CGY
      L
      game 5/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–3STL
      L
      game 6/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BOS0–4LAK
      L
      game 7/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3VAN
      L
      game 8/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–7WIN
      game 9/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY3–1BOS
      L
      game 10/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • November 1980
    • The game
      BOS2–4PHI
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI4–2BOS
      L
      game 12/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–7BOS
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS4–4DET
      game 14/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8014 of 20 played
      8
      points
      NHL#208
      3
      goals
      NHL#176
      5
      assists
      NHL#202
      -2
      +/-
      NHL#99
      BOS
      6-9-0W-L-OT17Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • December 1980
    • The game
      QUE5–3BOS
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–1BOS
      L
      game 29/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK1–7BOS
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +4+/-8SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BOS4–5HFD
      L
      game 31/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL7–3BOS
      L
      game 32/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–4BOS
      game 33/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-7SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS6–3TOR
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–5BUF
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–2CHI
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–7EDM
      L
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–4CLR
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1WIN
      W
      game 39/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET4–7BOS
      W
      game 40/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-5SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8027 of 40 played
      17
      points
      NHL#201
      7
      goals
      NHL#174
      10
      assists
      NHL#211
      +1
      +/-
      NHL#67
      BOS
      15-18-0W-L-OT37Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS3–2NYI
      W
      game 41/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS3–4BOS
      W
      game 42/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–3DET
      game 43/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3CHI
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-7SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI4–6BOS
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–5BOS
      W
      game 46/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–7BOS
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      LAK6–4BOS
      L
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–5BOS
      W
      game 49/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WIN6–7BOS
      W
      game 50/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • February 1981
    • The game
      NYI3–6BOS
      W
      game 51/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3HFD
      game 52/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR3–6BOS
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–6MTL
      L
      game 54/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE4–3BOS
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–3CLR
      game 56/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Ray Bourque reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Colorado Rockies · February 12

    • The game
      BOS5–4LAK
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS7–5VAN
      W
      game 58/803
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–1EDM
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–7CGY
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8047 of 60 played
      39
      points
      NHL#124
      20
      goals
      NHL#70
      19
      assists
      NHL#165
      +19
      +/-
      NHL#17
      BOS
      27-23-0W-L-OT64Points
      Playoff spot
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS3–5QUE
      L
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–5BOS
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • March 1981
    • The game
      BUF4–6BOS
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–4STL
      L
      game 64/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–3MNS
      game 65/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI1–7BOS
      W
      game 66/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN1–4BOS
      W
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4TOR
      game 68/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS7–1WSH
      W
      game 69/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–4BOS
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3NYR
      L
      game 71/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–5PHI
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY3–4BOS
      W
      game 73/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM2–7BOS
      W
      game 74/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–2BOS
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–5BOS
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–2BUF
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • April 1981
    • The game
      WSH3–2BOS
      L
      game 78/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-7SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–2PIT
      W
      game 79/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL4–2BOS
      L
      game 80/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Ray Bourque closes the 1980-1981 season with 56 points

    Points
    56
    NHL#112
    Games
    67of 80
    84%
    Goals
    27
    NHL#64
    Assists
    29
    NHL#143
    P/GP
    0.84
    NHL#87
    +/-
    +29
    NHL#24
    Events
    100
    career points
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career assists
    25
    career goals
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Boston Bruins meet Minnesota North Stars

    BOSvsMNS
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
    • Game 1
      MNS5–4BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Minnesota North Starslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      MNS9–6BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • Minnesota North Starslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS3–6MNS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG
    Preliminary round

    Minnesota North Stars knock Boston Bruins out 3–0

    BOS0–3MNS
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round