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Rick Vaive's 1990-1991 season

Points
52
NHL#90
Goals
25
NHL#53
Assists
27
NHL#120
Plus/minus
+11
NHL#77
Games
71
88%
88% of 80

Right winger Rick Vaive was 31 years old when the 1990-1991 season began, his 12th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 71 of a possible 80 games and scored 25 goals and 27 assists for 52 points, 0.73 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 3 points.

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

1990-1991Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Rick Vaive plays the 1990-1991 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Rick was 31 years old when the 1990-1991 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 12th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MTL3–3BUF
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–6MTL
      L
      game 2/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF3–4HFD
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      QUE4–2BUF
      L
      game 4/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–4QUE
      game 5/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–3BUF
      L
      game 6/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT4–4BUF
      game 7/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BUF3–1NYI
      W
      game 8/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF1–5NJD
      L
      game 9/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–1TOR
      W
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD0–5BUF
      W
      game 11/802
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      BOS3–3BUF
      game 12/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • November 1990
    • The game
      BUF2–4EDM
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3CGY
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8014 of 20 played
      14
      points
      NHL#74
      7
      goals
      NHL#43
      7
      assists
      NHL#117
      BUF
      7-8-0W-L-OT19Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR5–5BUF
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      EDM2–3BUF
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF0–5NYR
      L
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–1MTL
      W
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1990
    • The game
      BUF2–4QUE
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3BUF
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–3PHI
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Rick Vaive reaches 750 career points

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · December 6

    • The game
      HFD4–3BUF
      L
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2BUF
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–8DET
      L
      game 30/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PIT4–3BUF
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL5–3BUF
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–3HFD
      W
      game 33/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BUF1–4BOS
      L
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–10BUF
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      BOS3–3BUF
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI0–5BUF
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–4NJD
      game 38/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–5BUF
      W
      game 39/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–5BUF
      W
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8034 of 40 played
      30
      points
      NHL#63
      14
      goals
      NHL#43
      16
      assists
      NHL#85
      BUF
      15-16-0W-L-OT39Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN1–4BUF
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF3–3VAN
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–5LAK
      L
      game 43/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF5–3MNS
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF9–3TOR
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–5BUF
      W
      game 46/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS4–6BUF
      W
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–4CHI
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4MTL
      L
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY5–4BUF
      L
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–1BUF
      L
      game 52/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • February 1991
    • The game
      EDM3–2BUF
      L
      game 53/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL5–4BUF
      L
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–4BUF
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–0WIN
      W
      game 56/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–4QUE
      game 57/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS6–6BUF
      game 58/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–2BUF
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–0BUF
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8053 of 60 played
      40
      points
      NHL#84
      21
      goals
      NHL#37
      19
      assists
      NHL#134
      BUF
      22-24-0W-L-OT58Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF3–6PIT
      L
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–4HFD
      W
      game 62/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD5–5BUF
      game 63/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–1NYI
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–1QUE
      W
      game 65/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1991
    • The game
      BUF7–4BOS
      W
      game 66/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD3–3BUF
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–3BUF
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN7–5BUF
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF6–2WIN
      W
      game 71/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–6MTL
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–6BUF
      W
      game 73/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–6BOS
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI2–6BUF
      W
      game 76/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–2WSH
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–4BUF
      game 78/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF5–5HFD
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5BUF
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Rick Vaive closes the 1990-1991 season with 52 points

    Points
    52
    NHL#90
    Games
    71of 80
    89%
    Goals
    25
    NHL#53
    Assists
    27
    NHL#120
    P/GP
    0.73
    NHL#90
    +/-
    +11
    NHL#77
    Events
    750
    career points
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Montréal Canadiens

    BUFvsMTL
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BUF5–7MTL
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      BUF4–5MTL
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      MTL4–5BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 4
      MTL4–6BUF
      W
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Buffalo Sabresare2–2withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      BUF3–4MTL
      L
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 6
      MTL5–1BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    First round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–2

    BUF2–4MTL
    Eliminated
    6Games3Points1Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Rick Vaive ends the 1990-1991 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#150
    Games
    6
    Goals
    1
    NHL#122
    Assists
    2
    NHL#130
    P/GP
    0.50
    +/-
    0
    NHL#126
    Events
    50
    playoff games
    MTL2–4