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Rich Pilon's 1988-1989 season

Points
14
NHL#347
Goals
0
NHL#511
Assists
14
NHL#274
Plus/minus
-9
NHL#540
Games
62
77%
77% of 80

Defenceman Rich Pilon was 20 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 62 of a possible 80 games and scored 0 goals and 14 assists for 14 points, 0.23 points per game. New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1988-1989
  1. NHL debut

    Rich Pilon makes his NHL debut in the 4–⁠4 draw against Calgary Flames

    Rich was 20 years old · Olympic Saddledome, Canada

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    2
    Assists
    2
    Points
    +1
    +/-
    First NHL assistFirst NHL point

    Swedes on the ice: Tomas Jonsson and Håkan Loob.

    • The game
      NYI4–4CGY
      game 1/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Rich Pilon records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Calgary Flames · October 6

    • The game
      NYI1–5EDM
      L
      game 2/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–6LAK
      L
      game 3/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–2NYI
      W
      game 5/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–3NYI
      W
      game 6/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR4–3NYI
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–5PHI
      L
      game 9/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–3QUE
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • November 1988
    • The game
      WIN8–1NYI
      L
      game 11/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4WSH
      L
      game 12/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–4NYI
      W
      game 13/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–0NYI
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGY5–1NYI
      L
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–5MTL
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–6NYI
      W
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–2NYI
      L
      game 20/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8016 of 20 played
      8
      points
      NHL#204
      0
      goals
      NHL#365
      8
      assists
      NHL#118
      0
      +/-
      NHL#87
      NYI
      7-11-0W-L-OT16Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI6–7WSH
      L
      game 21/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–4NYI
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5NYR
      L
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5DET
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • December 1988
    • The game
      NYI0–8STL
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4PIT
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3NYI
      L
      game 27/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–6NJD
      L
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2NYR
      L
      game 30/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT8–2NYI
      L
      game 31/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5PIT
      L
      game 33/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–2NYI
      L
      game 34/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–3TOR
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–6NYI
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–1NYI
      L
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3BOS
      W
      game 38/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–1NYI
      L
      game 39/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3CHI
      L
      game 40/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8034 of 40 played
      11
      points
      NHL#264
      0
      goals
      NHL#435
      11
      assists
      NHL#191
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#167
      NYI
      11-27-0W-L-OT24Points
      21st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–5PIT
      L
      game 41/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3NJD
      W
      game 42/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–4NYI
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS6–8NYI
      W
      game 46/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WIN6–8NYI
      W
      game 48/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–7PHI
      L
      game 49/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • February 1989
    • The game
      HFD3–5NYI
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–2QUE
      W
      game 53/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–3CHI
      L
      game 54/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–5STL
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL3–7NYI
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–3NYI
      W
      game 58/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–5PHI
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET6–5NYI
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8048 of 60 played
      14
      points
      NHL#293
      0
      goals
      NHL#476
      14
      assists
      NHL#223
      -7
      +/-
      NHL#169
      NYI
      21-36-0W-L-OT45Points
      20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI5–7BUF
      L
      game 61/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–5NYI
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–1NYI
      L
      game 63/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • March 1989
    • The game
      NYI5–6DET
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–4MNS
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–1NYI
      L
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYI
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–3NYI
      W
      game 69/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3MTL
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2VAN
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3EDM
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–4CGY
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–3NYI
      W
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3WSH
      L
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Rich Pilon closes the 1988-1989 season with 14 points

    New York Islanders did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    14
    NHL#347
    Games
    62of 80
    78%
    Goals
    0
    NHL#511
    Assists
    14
    NHL#274
    P/GP
    0.23
    NHL#362
    +/-
    -9
    NHL#540
    Events
    14
    career best in points
    14
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts