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Rick Vaive's 1980-1981 season

Points
62
NHL#83
Goals
33
NHL#39
Assists
29
NHL#143
Plus/minus
-16
NHL#498
Games
75
93%
93% of 80

Right winger Rick Vaive was 21 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 75 of a possible 80 games and scored 33 goals and 29 assists for 62 points, 0.83 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1980-1981Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Rick Vaive plays the 1980-1981 season for Toronto Maple Leafs

    TORToronto Maple Leafs

    Rick was 21 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR8–3TOR
      L
      game 1/803
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      -3+/-5SOG2PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–2PHI
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–6TOR
      W
      game 3/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–6TOR
      W
      game 4/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–2BUF
      W
      game 5/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–8TOR
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–4CGY
      W
      game 7/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–5LAK
      L
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–8VAN
      L
      game 9/804
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–4EDM
      game 10/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • November 1980
    • The game
      CLR5–4TOR
      L
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–1PIT
      W
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3CLR
      game 13/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR7–4WIN
      W
      game 14/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–2TOR
      L
      game 15/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–4TOR
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–4TOR
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–2TOR
      L
      game 18/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–5BOS
      game 19/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      STL6–4TOR
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      15
      points
      NHL#116
      9
      goals
      NHL#41
      6
      assists
      NHL#183
      TOR
      9-8-0W-L-OT21Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR2–6WSH
      L
      game 21/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH7–3TOR
      L
      game 22/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • December 1980
    • The game
      PIT4–4TOR
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE2–5TOR
      W
      game 24/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–4QUE
      game 25/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN8–5TOR
      L
      game 26/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5MTL
      L
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–4TOR
      L
      game 28/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR6–3MNS
      W
      game 29/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +4+/-4SOG
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–4TOR
      W
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–5DET
      L
      game 31/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI5–2TOR
      L
      game 32/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD7–2TOR
      L
      game 33/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS6–3TOR
      L
      game 34/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR6–3CHI
      W
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–5STL
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–4EDM
      L
      game 37/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–8CGY
      L
      game 38/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–6NYI
      L
      game 39/803
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -2+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN8–2TOR
      L
      game 40/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      35
      points
      NHL#63
      21
      goals
      NHL#17
      14
      assists
      NHL#135
      TOR
      13-22-0W-L-OT31Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI4–4TOR
      game 41/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–3NYR
      W
      game 42/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM7–4TOR
      L
      game 43/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -4+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–6TOR
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–4WIN
      W
      game 45/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–2VAN
      game 46/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3LAK
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD4–7TOR
      W
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–2TOR
      L
      game 49/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI6–4TOR
      L
      game 50/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–5HFD
      game 51/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN2–0TOR
      L
      game 52/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • February 1981
    • The game
      TOR3–5DET
      L
      game 53/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–8STL
      L
      game 54/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR6–6CLR
      game 55/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–3MNS
      W
      game 56/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–6TOR
      W
      game 57/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR8–5NYI
      W
      game 58/804
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8058 of 60 played
      50
      points
      NHL#66
      25
      goals
      NHL#36
      25
      assists
      NHL#104
      TOR
      21-29-0W-L-OT52Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • March 1981
    • The game
      LAK1–0TOR
      L
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–2TOR
      L
      game 65/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY6–4TOR
      L
      game 66/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–7WSH
      L
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–4TOR
      game 68/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–5TOR
      W
      game 69/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–4PHI
      game 70/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Milestone

    Rick Vaive reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · March 15

    • The game
      STL2–6TOR
      W
      game 71/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–14BUF
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF6–2TOR
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-7SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–3HFD
      game 74/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5PIT
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–2BOS
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY5–9TOR
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-6SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • April 1981
    • The game
      CHI2–2TOR
      game 78/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE5–5TOR
      game 79/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–2QUE
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Rick Vaive closes the 1980-1981 season with 62 points

    TORToronto Maple Leafs
    Points
    62
    NHL#83
    Games
    75of 80
    94%
    Goals
    33
    NHL#39
    Assists
    29
    NHL#143
    P/GP
    0.83
    NHL#90
    +/-
    -16
    NHL#498
    Events
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career goals
    50
    career points
    12 i rad
    games with a point · 16 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet New York Islanders

    TORvsNYI
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      TOR2–9NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR1–5NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      NYI6–1TOR
      L
      4
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 3–0

    TOR0–3NYI
    Eliminated
    3Games1Points1Goals0Assists