Regular season and playoffsCBJ
Rick Nash's 2008-2009 season
Points
79
NHL#18
Goals
40
NHL#5
Assists
39
NHL#54
Plus/minus
+11
NHL#84
Games
78
95%
Left winger Rick Nash was 24 years old when the 2008-2009 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Columbus Blue Jackets. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 40 goals and 39 assists for 79 points, 1.01 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 3 points. He won NHL Foundation Player Award, the first Swede ever to do it.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
2008-2009Playoffs
- Year 200818 years agoSeason opener
Rick Nash plays the 2008-2009 season for Columbus Blue Jackets
Rick was 24 years old when the 2008-2009 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.
- +1 goalThe gameCBJ5–4DALWgame 1/82
6His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG24:43TOI - The gameCBJ1–3PHXLgame 2/823His nightNo points0+/-4SOG22:26TOI
- The gameCBJ2–5SJSLgame 3/824His nightNo points-2+/-9SOG20:54TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameNSH3–5CBJWgame 4/824His night+2P+2G0+/-6SOG1PPP23:28TOI
- +1 goalThe gameCBJ3–6NSHLgame 5/823His night+1P+1G+1+/-6SOG21:02TOI
- The gameNYR3–1CBJLgame 7/825His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG22:05TOI
- The gameCBJ1–2MINLgame 8/823His nightNo points0+/-3SOG19:39TOI
- The gameANA3–2CBJLgame 9/823His nightNo points0+/-2SOG21:13TOI
- The gameCBJ4–2COLWgame 10/822His nightNo points0+/-2SOG20:20TOI
- November 2008
- +1 assistThe gameCHI4–3CBJLgame 11/822His night+1P+1A+1+/-9SOG1SHP24:10TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCBJ3–4NYILgame 12/823His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG1PPP23:34TOI
- +1 assistThe gameEDM4–5CBJWgame 13/823His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG19:09TOI
- The gameCGY1–3CBJWgame 15/822His nightNo points0+/-3SOG20:18TOI
- +1 goalThe gamePHX5–2CBJLgame 16/823His night+1P+1G-2+/-2SOG1PPP19:49TOI
- +1 goalThe gameCBJ6–1BUFWgame 17/824His night+1P+1G+2+/-4SOG17:32TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameCBJ2–3MINLgame 18/824His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-1SOG17:54TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameEDM7–2CBJLgame 19/823His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP18:59TOI
- The gamePHX3–2CBJLgame 21/824His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG24:35TOI
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 21 of 8219pointsNHL#4010goalsNHL#209assistsNHL#90CBJ9-9-3W-L-OT21Points4th in the Central·10th in the Western Conference·19th in the whole NHL - The gameCBJ3–5DETLgame 22/829His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG20:40TOI
- +2 goalsThe gameWSH0–3CBJWgame 23/825His night+2P+2G+2+/-4SOG1SHP19:31TOI
- December 2008
- +2 assistsThe gameVAN2–3CBJWgame 24/827His night+2P+2A+1+/-2SOG1PPP21:46TOI
- The gameCBJ0–3LAKLgame 26/824His nightNo points-3+/-4SOG21:49TOI
- The gameCBJ3–5ANALgame 27/823His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG22:29TOI
- The gameNSH1–2CBJWgame 28/823His nightNo points0+/-5SOG22:40TOI
- +1 assistThe gameNYI1–3CBJWgame 29/823His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG1PPP20:00TOI
- The gameCBJ1–3CHILgame 30/823His nightNo points-2+/-4SOG21:10TOI
- +1 assistThe gameSJS1–2CBJWgame 31/824His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG21:42TOI
- +3 pointsThe gameCBJ5–6DALLgame 32/827His night+3P+2G+1A+1+/-4SOG24:30TOI
- The gameCBJ0–2PHXLgame 33/824His nightNo points0+/-1SOG19:32TOI
- The gameLAK3–0CBJLgame 34/822His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG20:17TOI
- +1 assistThe gamePHI0–3CBJWgame 35/823His night+1P+1A+1+/-5SOG20:18TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameCBJ2–0LAKWgame 36/823His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-1SOG1PPP19:19TOI
- +1 assistThe gameCBJ2–0ANAWgame 37/824His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG25:49TOI
Year 200917 years ago- +4 pointsThe gameCBJ6–1COLWgame 38/823His night+4P+1G+3A+4+/-4SOG18:34TOI
- The gameCBJ0–3DETLgame 40/828His nightNo points0+/-0SOG07:46TOI
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played39pointsNHL#2517goalsNHL#2122assistsNHL#39CBJ19-18-4W-L-OT42Points3rd in the Central·10th in the Western Conference·20th in the whole NHL - +3 pointsThe gameCBJ6–5VANWgame 45/827His night+3P+1G+2A0+/-3SOG1PPP23:43TOI
- The gameCBJ3–4EDMLgame 46/823His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG20:41TOI
- +1 goalThe gameCBJ4–5CGYLgame 47/822His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG1SHP25:40TOI
- The gameOTT0–1CBJWgame 49/823His nightNo points0+/-1SOG24:08TOI
- +1 assistThe gameDAL7–3CBJLgame 50/825His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG1PPP23:09TOI
- February 2009
- The gameSTL4–2CBJLgame 51/824His nightNo points-3+/-4SOG23:15TOI
- The gameCBJ1–4PITLgame 52/823His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG21:53TOI
- +1 goalThe gameSJS2–3CBJWgame 53/824His night+1P+1G0+/-2SOG19:31TOI
- The gameCOL0–3CBJWgame 54/824His nightNo points0+/-5SOG20:20TOI
- The gameDET2–3CBJWgame 55/828His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG19:16TOI
- +3 assistsThe gameCBJ5–1CARWgame 56/824His night+3P+3A+1+/-1SOG1PPP19:31TOI
- The gameDAL3–2CBJLgame 57/826His nightNo points-2+/-6SOG23:39TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameSTL3–4CBJWgame 58/824His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-4SOG1PPP20:39TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameCBJ4–3TORWgame 59/823His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-5SOG21:41TOI
- The gameCBJ1–4CGYLgame 61/821His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG20:06TOI
- The gameCBJ1–0EDMWgame 62/821His nightNo points0+/-5SOG18:39TOI
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 62 of 8258 of 62 played57pointsNHL#2126goalsNHL#1331assistsNHL#45CBJ31-25-6W-L-OT68PointsPlayoff spot3rd in the Central·6th in the Western Conference·15th in the whole NHL - March 2009
- +1 goalThe gameCBJ1–3VANLgame 63/826His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG21:57TOI
- +2 assistsThe gameLAK4–5CBJWgame 64/822His night+2P+2A0+/-3SOG19:04TOI
- +1 goalThe gameCBJ2–4NSHLgame 65/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-4SOG23:56TOI
- The gamePIT3–4CBJWgame 68/821His nightNo points+1+/-3SOG23:53TOI
- +1 goalThe gameCBJ5–3CHIWgame 69/822His night+1P+1G+1+/-2SOG1SHP19:19TOI
- The gameDET4–0CBJLgame 70/829His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG19:27TOI
- +1 goalThe gameCHI3–4CBJWgame 71/823His night+1P+1G-1+/-2SOG22:10TOI
- The gameCBJ3–1FLAWgame 72/821His nightNo points-1+/-2SOG19:56TOI
- The gameCBJ1–2TBLLgame 73/821His nightNo points+1+/-9SOG22:03TOI
- +4 assistsThe gameCGY0–5CBJWgame 74/821His night+4P+4A+2+/-2SOG2PPP18:46TOI
- +1 goalThe gameCBJ3–4STLLgame 75/823His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG22:55TOI
- The gameNSH1–2CBJWgame 77/823His nightNo points0+/-0SOG20:55TOI
- April 2009
- +2 goalsThe gameCBJ4–5NSHLgame 78/822His night+2P+2G0+/-6SOG1PPP23:15TOI
- The gameCHI1–0CBJLgame 79/823His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG24:10TOI
- +2 pointsThe gameCBJ4–3CHIWgame 80/822His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-5SOG22:45TOI
- The gameCBJ1–3STLLgame 81/822His nightNo points0+/-3SOG20:04TOI
- +1 goalThe gameMIN6–3CBJLgame 82/821His night+1P+1G-1+/-2SOG19:27TOI
The season in numbersRick Nash closes the 2008-2009 season with 79 points
Points79NHL#18Games78of 8295%Goals40NHL#5Assists39NHL#54P/GP1.01NHL#16+/-+11NHL#84Events79career best in points39career best in assists2hat tricks9×First star5×Second star11×Third star5 i radgames with a point · 8 pts5 i radgames with a goal5 days laterPlayoffsColumbus Blue Jackets are in the playoffs
First roundColumbus Blue Jackets meet Detroit Red Wings
CBJvsDETSwedes on Columbus Blue Jackets- Game 1CBJ1–4DETL9His nightNo points-1+/-4SOG22:39TOI
- Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstColumbus Blue Jackets
- Game 2CBJ0–4DETL9His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG16:31TOI
- Detroit Red Wingslead2–0againstColumbus Blue Jackets
- +1 assistGame 3DET4–1CBJL9His night+1P+1A-2+/-3SOG1PPP22:45TOI
- Detroit Red Wingslead3–0againstColumbus Blue Jackets
- +2 pointsGame 4DET6–5CBJL9His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-3SOG1PPP21:31TOI
First roundDetroit Red Wings knock Columbus Blue Jackets out 4–0
CBJ0–4DETEliminatedHe did not play in this roundThe run in numbersRick Nash ends the 2008-2009 playoffs with 3 points
Points3NHL#119Games4Goals1NHL#101Assists2NHL#110P/GP0.75+/--4NHL#299Events1First playoff goal1First playoff point1First playoff assist1×Third star2 pointsbest gameDET0–4HonourRick Nash won NHL Foundation Player Award for 2008-2009