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Rick Blight's 1975-1976 season

Points

NHL#75

Goals

NHL#58

Assists

NHL#86

Plus/minus

-4

NHL#256

Games

92% of 80

Right winger Rick Blight was 19 years old when the 1975-1976 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Vancouver Canucks. He played 74 of a possible 80 games and scored 25 goals and 31 assists for 56 points, 0.76 points per game. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 1 points.

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

1975-1976Playoffs

Year 1975
51 years ago
NHL debut
October 8
Rick Blight makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠2 win against Minnesota North Stars
VANVancouver Canucks3–2MNSMinnesota North Stars
Rick was 19 years old · Metropolitan Sports Center, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
+1
+/-
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- The game
  VAN3–2MNS
  W
  October 8game 1/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–4KCS
  L
  October 11game 2/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN0–3CHI
  L
  October 12game 3/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH2–7VAN
  W
  October 14game 4/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Rick Blight records his first NHL assist
in the game against Washington Capitals · October 14
- The game
  LAK5–3VAN
  L
  October 17game 5/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN1–8NYR
  L
  October 19game 6/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  VAN5–5NYI
  October 21game 7/801
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +1+/-7SOG2PPP
  +3 points
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Milestone
Rick Blight scores his first NHL goal
in the game against New York Islanders · October 21
- The game
  VAN2–3TOR
  L
  October 22game 8/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-10SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MNS2–4VAN
  W
  October 24game 9/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  AFM3–2VAN
  L
  October 28game 10/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN4–4BUF
  October 30game 11/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- November 1975
- The game
  VAN3–3STL
  November 1game 12/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  VAN1–6CHI
  L
  November 2game 13/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR4–2VAN
  L
  November 4game 14/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–4VAN
  W
  November 8game 15/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TOR2–3VAN
  W
  November 11game 16/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYI3–4VAN
  W
  November 15game 17/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN2–2AFM
  November 18game 18/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN5–2WSH
  W
  November 19game 19/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CHI1–1VAN
  November 22game 20/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 22
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  12
  points
  NHL#99
  7
  goals
  NHL#52
  5
  assists
  NHL#146
  VAN
  7-8-0W-L-OT19Points
  10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF0–4VAN
  W
  November 25game 21/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN1–2CGS
  L
  November 26game 22/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN4–6MTL
  L
  November 29game 23/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  VAN3–5PHI
  L
  November 30game 24/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- December 1975
- The game
  DET1–9VAN
  W
  December 3game 25/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  AFM6–2VAN
  L
  December 5game 26/80
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-7SOG
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- The game
  STL3–5VAN
  W
  December 9game 27/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–3BOS
  L
  December 14game 28/80
  His night
  +2P+2G
  0+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  VAN5–6KCS
  L
  December 17game 29/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT1–5VAN
  W
  December 19game 30/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  MTL2–2VAN
  December 20game 31/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN2–4STL
  L
  December 27game 32/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN3–2DET
  W
  December 28game 33/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  KCS2–5VAN
  W
  December 30game 34/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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Year 1976
50 years ago
- The game
  BOS4–4VAN
  January 2game 35/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN4–3DET
  W
  January 4game 36/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 4
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8036 of 40 played
  22
  points
  NHL#120
  12
  goals
  NHL#73
  10
  assists
  NHL#171
  VAN
  15-17-0W-L-OT38Points
  10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYR1–5VAN
  W
  January 14game 41/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI2–1VAN
  L
  January 16game 42/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CGS5–3VAN
  L
  January 17game 43/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  VAN1–5MNS
  L
  January 21game 44/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-7SOG
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- The game
  MNS3–8VAN
  W
  January 23game 45/80
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +3+/-5SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  TOR5–5VAN
  January 24game 46/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2VAN
  January 27game 47/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH2–4VAN
  W
  January 30game 48/80
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-8SOG
  +2 goals
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- February 1976
- The game
  VAN3–2CHI
  W
  February 1game 49/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–2VAN
  W
  February 3game 50/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–6PHI
  L
  February 5game 51/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN3–5STL
  L
  February 6game 52/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT7–3VAN
  L
  February 8game 53/80
  His night
  +2P+2G
  -1+/-6SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
  View the game
- The game
  NYI2–3VAN
  W
  February 10game 54/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN6–4MTL
  W
  February 12game 55/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN4–3TOR
  W
  February 14game 56/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI2–2VAN
  February 17game 57/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PHI6–4VAN
  L
  February 18game 58/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 18
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
  37
  points
  NHL#97
  21
  goals
  NHL#52
  16
  assists
  NHL#151
  VAN
  25-24-0W-L-OT61Points
  Playoff spot
  10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI4–1VAN
  L
  February 24game 61/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN4–5PIT
  L
  February 28game 62/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN3–5BOS
  L
  February 29game 63/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- March 1976
- The game
  VAN3–3NYR
  March 3game 64/80
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  VAN3–3NYI
  March 4game 65/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-3SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  VAN5–3KCS
  W
  March 6game 66/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  VAN4–3MNS
  W
  March 7game 67/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  VAN1–6LAK
  L
  March 9game 68/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  KCS1–3VAN
  W
  March 10game 69/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR7–3VAN
  L
  March 13game 70/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  DET2–4VAN
  W
  March 16game 71/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-6SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  VAN2–3PHI
  L
  March 18game 72/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN2–2AFM
  March 19game 73/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL5–2VAN
  L
  March 21game 74/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYI2–5VAN
  W
  March 23game 75/801
  His night
  +3P+3A
  0+/-2SOG3PPP
  +3 assists
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- The game
  LAK3–4VAN
  W
  March 26game 76/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  VAN3–7LAK
  L
  March 27game 77/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CGS4–4VAN
  March 30game 78/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- April 1976
- The game
  VAN5–0CGS
  W
  April 2game 79/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-6SOG
  View the game
- The game
  KCS2–5VAN
  W
  April 4game 80/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 4
Rick Blight closes the 1975-1976 season with 56 points
VANVancouver Canucks
Points
56
NHL#75
Games
74of 80
93%
Goals
25
NHL#58
Assists
31
NHL#86
P/GP
0.76
NHL#75
+/-
-4
NHL#256
Events
50
career points
25
career goals
1
First NHL assist
6 i rad
games with a point · 9 pts
2 days later
Playoffs
April 6
Vancouver Canucks are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 6
Vancouver Canucks meet New York Islanders
VANvsNYI
Swedes on Vancouver Canucks
No Swedes
Swedes on New York Islanders
Robert Nyström
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- Game 1
  VAN3–5NYI
  L
  April 61
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- New York Islanderslead1–0againstVancouver Canucks
- Game 2
  NYI3–1VAN
  L
  April 81
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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Preliminary round
April 8
New York Islanders knock Vancouver Canucks out 2–0
VAN0–2NYI
Eliminated
2Games1Points0Goals1Assists

Rick Blight makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠2 win against Minnesota North Stars

Rick Blight records his first NHL assist

Rick Blight scores his first NHL goal

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Rick Blight closes the 1975-1976 season with 56 points

Vancouver Canucks are in the playoffs

Vancouver Canucks meet New York Islanders

New York Islanders knock Vancouver Canucks out 2–0