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Richard Smehlik's 1992-1993 season

Points
31
NHL#230
Goals
4
NHL#382
Assists
27
NHL#164
Plus/minus
+9
NHL#120
Games
80
95%
95% of 84

Defenceman Richard Smehlik was 22 years old when the 1992-1993 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 80 of a possible 84 games and scored 4 goals and 27 assists for 31 points, 0.39 points per game. In the playoffs he played 8 games for 4 points.

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

1992-1993Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Richard Smehlik makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠5 loss against Quebec Nordiques

    Richard was 22 years old · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    -2
    +/-

    Swedes on the ice: Mats Sundin.

    • The game
      QUE5–4BUF
      L
      game 1/841
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–2HFD
      W
      game 2/84
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Richard Smehlik scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Hartford Whalers · October 10

    • The game
      MTL2–8BUF
      W
      game 3/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–6PIT
      L
      game 4/842
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TBL4–5BUF
      W
      game 5/841
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Richard Smehlik records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Tampa Bay Lightning · October 16

    • The game
      BUF4–6WSH
      L
      game 6/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–4BUF
      W
      game 7/84
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS4–5BUF
      W
      game 8/84
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–4TOR
      game 9/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      OTT3–12BUF
      W
      game 10/84
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • November 1992
    • The game
      BUF5–7SJS
      L
      game 13/841
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–5LAK
      L
      game 14/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–7BUF
      W
      game 15/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–8BUF
      W
      game 16/84
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF5–7NYI
      L
      game 17/84
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4PIT
      L
      game 18/842
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–3NJD
      L
      game 19/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–3BUF
      L
      game 20/842
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–4PHI
      game 21/84
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8419 of 21 played
      10
      points
      NHL#178
      3
      goals
      NHL#195
      7
      assists
      NHL#149
      0
      +/-
      NHL#91
      BUF
      8-10-0W-L-OT19Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      QUE1–1BUF
      game 22/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      OTT1–4BUF
      W
      game 23/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–2OTT
      W
      game 24/84
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF0–3MTL
      L
      game 25/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1992
    • The game
      NYI5–5BUF
      game 26/84
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD7–3BUF
      L
      game 27/84
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF3–4QUE
      L
      game 28/841
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS2–5BUF
      W
      game 29/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–9BUF
      W
      game 30/841
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-3SOG1SHP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF1–1HFD
      game 31/841
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2BOS
      W
      game 32/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4MTL
      L
      game 33/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–5BUF
      W
      game 34/84
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH1–4BUF
      W
      game 35/841
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–2BUF
      L
      game 36/842
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR6–11BUF
      W
      game 37/841
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF7–2OTT
      W
      game 38/84
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      STL5–6BUF
      W
      game 39/84
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–1HFD
      W
      game 40/841
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–6BUF
      W
      game 41/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CGY3–5BUF
      W
      game 42/841
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 42 of 8440 of 42 played
      25
      points
      NHL#148
      4
      goals
      NHL#265
      21
      assists
      NHL#90
      +11
      +/-
      NHL#24
      BUF
      21-15-0W-L-OT48Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–5BOS
      L
      game 43/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4VAN
      L
      game 44/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–3EDM
      L
      game 45/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2CGY
      W
      game 46/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–6BUF
      W
      game 47/841
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–4QUE
      L
      game 48/841
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–3PHI
      W
      game 49/841
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–4BUF
      W
      game 50/84
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–6BUF
      W
      game 51/842
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM5–4BUF
      L
      game 52/84
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • February 1993
    • The game
      HFD2–3BUF
      W
      game 53/84
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF2–4OTT
      L
      game 54/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–2WIN
      W
      game 55/841
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–1BUF
      L
      game 56/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–7BUF
      W
      game 57/841
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–3HFD
      W
      game 58/84
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3NJD
      game 59/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET7–10BUF
      W
      game 60/841
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–4BUF
      L
      game 61/84
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–8MTL
      L
      game 62/84
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • March 1993
    • The game
      VAN5–2BUF
      L
      game 63/84
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 63 of 8461 of 63 played
      29
      points
      NHL#191
      4
      goals
      NHL#342
      25
      assists
      NHL#128
      +10
      +/-
      NHL#36
      BUF
      31-25-0W-L-OT69Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYR
      game 64/842
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–2BUF
      L
      game 65/841
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–2BUF
      W
      game 66/842
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF7–4QUE
      W
      game 67/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3HFD
      game 68/841
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–2BUF
      L
      game 69/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2STL
      game 70/84
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–1TBL
      W
      game 71/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF8–3MTL
      W
      game 72/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–0BUF
      L
      game 73/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4WSH
      L
      game 76/841
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NJD2–5BUF
      W
      game 77/841
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • April 1993
    • The game
      BUF2–3BOS
      L
      game 78/84
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–0BUF
      L
      game 79/84
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–3MNS
      L
      game 80/842
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–6DET
      L
      game 81/841
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–1BUF
      L
      game 82/841
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–2BUF
      L
      game 83/84
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI7–4BUF
      L
      game 84/842
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Richard Smehlik closes the 1992-1993 season with 31 points

    Points
    31
    NHL#230
    Games
    80of 84
    95%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#382
    Assists
    27
    NHL#164
    P/GP
    0.39
    NHL#282
    +/-
    +9
    NHL#120
    Events
    27
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Boston Bruins

    BUFvsBOS
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF5–4BOS
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BUF4–0BOS
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS3–4BUF
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS5–6BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Boston Bruins out 4–0

    BUF4–0BOS
    Advance
    4Games4Points0Goals4Assists
    8 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

    BUFvsMTL
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF3–4MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      BUF3–4MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      MTL4–3BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      MTL4–3BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    Second round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–0

    BUF0–4MTL
    Eliminated
    4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Richard Smehlik ends the 1992-1993 playoffs with 4 points

    Points
    4
    NHL#128
    Games
    8
    Goals
    0
    NHL#193
    Assists
    4
    NHL#82
    P/GP
    0.50
    NHL#55
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#48
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    2 points
    best game
    BOS4–0→MTL0–4