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Rick MacLeish's 1981-1982 season

Points
47
NHL#145
Goals
19
NHL#134
Assists
28
NHL#156
Plus/minus
-20
NHL#571
Games
74
92%
92% of 80

Centre Rick MacLeish was 31 years old when the 1981-1982 season began, his 12th in the NHL, and played it for Hartford Whalers och Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 74 of a possible 80 games and scored 19 goals and 28 assists for 47 points, 0.64 points per game. He moved from Hartford Whalers to Pittsburgh Penguins in December. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 2 points.

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

1981-1982Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Rick MacLeish opens the 1981-1982 season with Hartford Whalers

    Rick was 31 years old when the 1981-1982 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 12th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      HFD5–6QUE
      L
      game 1/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      HFD5–5MTL
      game 2/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–1HFD
      game 3/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL7–2HFD
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–8HFD
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      HFD2–5EDM
      L
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–2VAN
      game 7/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–7CGY
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI6–6HFD
      game 9/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–2HFD
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • November 1981
    • The game
      HFD1–4BOS
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN4–1HFD
      L
      game 12/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–4HFD
      W
      game 13/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–2BUF
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–4HFD
      game 15/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD3–5PHI
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–0HFD
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–8HFD
      W
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD1–6BOS
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–7QUE
      L
      game 20/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      12
      points
      NHL#152
      4
      goals
      NHL#152
      8
      assists
      NHL#134
      HFD
      3-10-0W-L-OT13Points
      19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      QUE3–3HFD
      game 21/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–6HFD
      W
      game 22/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–6MTL
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • December 1981
    • The game
      HFD5–3TOR
      W
      game 24/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–2HFD
      L
      game 25/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD5–3NYR
      W
      game 26/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–5HFD
      W
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–2HFD
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–8CHI
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–1HFD
      L
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–5HFD
      game 31/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD2–8BUF
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD3–2DET
      W
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–7HFD
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH2–6PIT
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–9PIT
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT6–4HFD
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT3–6CHI
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8038 of 40 played
      26
      points
      NHL#127
      8
      goals
      NHL#159
      18
      assists
      NHL#103
      PIT
      18-16-0W-L-OT42Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    Milestone

    Rick MacLeish reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Chicago Blackhawks · January 6

    • The game
      PIT4–5DET
      L
      game 41/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN3–4PIT
      W
      game 42/805
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PIT1–6WIN
      L
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT0–4CGY
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3VAN
      game 45/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–5PIT
      W
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–6NYI
      L
      game 47/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WIN1–2PIT
      W
      game 51/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–8WSH
      L
      game 52/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • February 1982
    • The game
      MNS9–6PIT
      L
      game 53/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–4PIT
      L
      game 54/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–5PHI
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      0+/-5SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      HFD3–3PIT
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–4MTL
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–3PIT
      game 58/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–6NYI
      L
      game 59/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–3PIT
      L
      game 60/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8055 of 60 played
      37
      points
      NHL#137
      14
      goals
      NHL#130
      23
      assists
      NHL#127
      PIT
      21-29-0W-L-OT52Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI5–6PIT
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–4PIT
      W
      game 62/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT2–4NYI
      L
      game 63/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM4–1PIT
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2NYR
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • March 1982
    • The game
      BOS3–2PIT
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–4QUE
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CGY4–4PIT
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–2WSH
      W
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–6PIT
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–4MNS
      L
      game 71/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–10EDM
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–7LAK
      L
      game 73/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT6–0CLR
      W
      game 74/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR7–2PIT
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3PIT
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–4PIT
      game 78/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • April 1982
    • The game
      PIT7–5NYR
      W
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–7PIT
      W
      game 80/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Rick MacLeish closes the 1981-1982 season with 47 points

    Points
    47
    NHL#145
    Games
    74of 80
    93%
    Goals
    19
    NHL#134
    Assists
    28
    NHL#156
    P/GP
    0.64
    NHL#175
    +/-
    -20
    NHL#571
    Events
    750
    NHL games
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 9 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs

    First round

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet New York Islanders

    PITvsNYI
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    • Game 1
      PIT1–8NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT2–7NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      NYI1–2PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • New York Islanderslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      NYI2–5PIT
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare2–2withNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      PIT3–4NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    First round

    New York Islanders knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 3–2

    PIT2–3NYI
    Eliminated
    5Games2Points1Goals1Assists