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Rick Smith's 1979-1980 season

Points
26
NHL#231
Goals
8
NHL#238
Assists
18
NHL#218
Plus/minus
+22
NHL#46
Games
78
97%
97% of 80

Defenceman Rick Smith was 31 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 78 of a possible 80 games and scored 8 goals and 18 assists for 26 points, 0.33 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 2 points.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Rick Smith plays the 1979-1980 season for Boston Bruins

    Rick was 31 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WIN0–4BOS
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–2WSH
      W
      game 2/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–1BOS
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3BOS
      W
      game 4/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–5BOS
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–5STL
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3WIN
      L
      game 7/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1CHI
      W
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4LAK
      game 9/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • November 1979
    • The game
      BOS3–3VAN
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–1EDM
      W
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM2–4BOS
      W
      game 12/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–1PIT
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM3–6BOS
      W
      game 14/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      W
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–0TOR
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–5BOS
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3QUE
      W
      game 18/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–7BOS
      W
      game 19/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      L
      game 20/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      5
      points
      NHL#258
      2
      goals
      NHL#211
      3
      assists
      NHL#253
      0
      +/-
      NHL#73
      BOS
      14-3-0W-L-OT31Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL2–4BOS
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF5–2BOS
      L
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • December 1979
    • The game
      BOS3–6DET
      L
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR5–3BOS
      L
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 25/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYI
      L
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–5BOS
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET6–6BOS
      game 28/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI2–1BOS
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–1BUF
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–10BOS
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +4+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI5–2BOS
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–3NYR
      W
      game 33/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3AFM
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5CHI
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–2MNS
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–1WIN
      W
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2CLR
      game 38/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL7–4BOS
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      AFM3–5BOS
      W
      game 40/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      11
      points
      NHL#261
      6
      goals
      NHL#181
      5
      assists
      NHL#310
      +3
      +/-
      NHL#47
      BOS
      22-12-0W-L-OT50Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CLR2–6BOS
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–1QUE
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM1–7BOS
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–6BOS
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS0–3BOS
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–4BOS
      W
      game 46/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS6–4PIT
      W
      game 47/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT5–3BOS
      L
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–8HFD
      L
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4BOS
      W
      game 50/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1980
    • The game
      QUE2–7BOS
      W
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3PHI
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–8BOS
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–5BOS
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–2BOS
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3BUF
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3CLR
      W
      game 57/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS0–3LAK
      L
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–2EDM
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8059 of 60 played
      18
      points
      NHL#243
      6
      goals
      NHL#238
      12
      assists
      NHL#238
      +14
      +/-
      NHL#19
      BOS
      35-16-0W-L-OT79Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS6–3HFD
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR5–2BOS
      L
      game 62/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • March 1980
    • The game
      LAK0–4BOS
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–2NYR
      L
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3DET
      W
      game 65/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3NYI
      W
      game 66/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–1BOS
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–6WSH
      L
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4BOS
      W
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–2BOS
      game 70/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3BOS
      game 71/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS3–3STL
      game 72/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–7MNS
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–2AFM
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–7BOS
      W
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL1–7BOS
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN1–3BOS
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1980
    • The game
      BOS1–6MTL
      L
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–4BOS
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Rick Smith closes the 1979-1980 season with 26 points

    Points
    26
    NHL#231
    Games
    78of 80
    98%
    Goals
    8
    NHL#238
    Assists
    18
    NHL#218
    P/GP
    0.33
    NHL#281
    +/-
    +22
    NHL#46
    Events
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Boston Bruins meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    BOSvsPIT
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    • Game 2
      PIT1–4BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      BOS1–4PIT
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Preliminary round

    Boston Bruins knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 3–2

    BOS3–2PIT
    Advance
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    2 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Boston Bruins meet New York Islanders

    BOSvsNYI
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    • Game 2
      NYI5–4BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS3–5NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Islanderslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS4–3NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Islanderslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      NYI4–2BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    BOS1–4NYI
    Eliminated
    4Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Rick Smith ends the 1979-1980 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#133
    Games
    6
    Goals
    1
    NHL#94
    Assists
    1
    NHL#128
    P/GP
    0.33
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#201
    Events
    25
    playoff points
    PIT3–2→NYI1–4