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Rick Green's 1980-1981 season

Points
31
NHL#220
Goals
8
NHL#255
Assists
23
NHL#182
Plus/minus
-15
NHL#494
Games
65
81%
81% of 80

Defenceman Rick Green was 24 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 65 of a possible 80 games and scored 8 goals and 23 assists for 31 points, 0.48 points per game. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1980-1981
  1. Season opener

    Rick Green plays the 1980-1981 season for Washington Capitals

    Rick was 24 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WIN1–4WSH
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Rick Green reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Winnipeg Jets · October 10

    • The game
      NYI2–1WSH
      L
      game 2/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3WSH
      game 3/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–8WSH
      W
      game 4/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–8CHI
      L
      game 5/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI0–2WSH
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–2WSH
      L
      game 7/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3STL
      game 8/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–4LAK
      L
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–5CLR
      game 10/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • November 1980
    • The game
      WSH2–2EDM
      game 11/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–4WIN
      game 12/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK5–3WSH
      L
      game 13/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3WSH
      game 14/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH3–3BUF
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–1PIT
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH8–4HFD
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–6QUE
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
      11
      points
      NHL#155
      2
      goals
      NHL#222
      9
      assists
      NHL#93
      +4
      +/-
      NHL#35
      WSH
      6-6-0W-L-OT20Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • December 1980
    • The game
      PIT6–2WSH
      L
      game 29/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET5–4WSH
      L
      game 30/803
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM2–5WSH
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI5–2WSH
      L
      game 32/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–0PHI
      W
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–7WSH
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–7MTL
      L
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3VAN
      game 36/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–3WIN
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–3MNS
      L
      game 38/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI8–1WSH
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–6EDM
      L
      game 40/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8030 of 40 played
      13
      points
      NHL#249
      3
      goals
      NHL#272
      10
      assists
      NHL#209
      0
      +/-
      NHL#81
      WSH
      13-16-0W-L-OT37Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH0–6CGY
      L
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–3MNS
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–1CLR
      W
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK0–3WSH
      W
      game 44/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–6NYI
      L
      game 45/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–3WSH
      W
      game 46/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS2–1WSH
      L
      game 47/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF7–4WSH
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WIN3–4WSH
      W
      game 49/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–3WSH
      W
      game 50/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–4PIT
      game 51/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1981
    • The game
      WSH3–6BUF
      L
      game 56/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH1–6MTL
      L
      game 57/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–5WSH
      game 58/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH4–6NYR
      L
      game 59/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE11–7WSH
      L
      game 60/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-5SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8046 of 60 played
      24
      points
      NHL#216
      6
      goals
      NHL#251
      18
      assists
      NHL#177
      -8
      +/-
      NHL#150
      WSH
      19-26-0W-L-OT53Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–2CHI
      game 61/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–5WSH
      L
      game 62/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–7STL
      L
      game 63/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • March 1981
    • The game
      CGY6–3WSH
      L
      game 64/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–7WSH
      W
      game 66/802
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      CLR3–4WSH
      W
      game 67/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–2HFD
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–1WSH
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5TOR
      L
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE6–4WSH
      L
      game 71/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL3–3WSH
      game 72/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 73/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–2PHI
      W
      game 74/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–0DET
      W
      game 75/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD5–3WSH
      L
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–4WSH
      L
      game 77/805
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • April 1981
    • The game
      WSH3–2BOS
      W
      game 78/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Rick Green reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Boston Bruins · April 2

    • The game
      WSH1–4NYI
      L
      game 79/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–7WSH
      W
      game 80/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Rick Green closes the 1980-1981 season with 31 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    31
    NHL#220
    Games
    65of 80
    81%
    Goals
    8
    NHL#255
    Assists
    23
    NHL#182
    P/GP
    0.48
    NHL#229
    +/-
    -15
    NHL#494
    Events
    8
    career best in goals
    250
    NHL games
    100
    career assists
    100
    career points
    25
    career goals
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts