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Rob Murray's 1989-1990 season

Points
9
NHL#392
Goals
2
NHL#393
Assists
7
NHL#373
Plus/minus
-10
NHL#570
Games
41
51%
51% of 80

Centre Rob Murray was 22 years old when the 1989-1990 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 41 of a possible 80 games and scored 2 goals and 7 assists for 9 points, 0.22 points per game. In the playoffs he played 9 games for 0 points.

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

1989-1990Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Rob Murray makes his NHL debut in 5–⁠3 win against Philadelphia Flyers

    Rob was 22 years old · Capital Centre, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    -1
    +/-

    Swedes on the ice: Kjell Samuelsson and Calle Johansson.

    • The game
      PHI3–5WSH
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–2WSH
      L
      game 2/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4HFD
      L
      game 3/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–7WSH
      W
      game 4/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Rob Murray records his first NHL assist

    in the game against New York Rangers · October 13

    • The game
      CGY4–4WSH
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–3WSH
      L
      game 7/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–8TOR
      L
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3CGY
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–6WIN
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–1STL
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–1CHI
      L
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL1–1WSH
      game 13/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • November 1989
    • The game
      TOR1–2WSH
      W
      game 14/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–0QUE
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYI
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3WSH
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      EDM5–3WSH
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–4VAN
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5LAK
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8019 of 20 played
      2
      points
      NHL#362
      0
      goals
      NHL#372
      2
      assists
      NHL#319
      WSH
      6-10-0W-L-OT16Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–5WSH
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–4WSH
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–1PIT
      W
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1989
    • The game
      WSH5–3NJD
      W
      game 26/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–3PHI
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      game 28/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI5–3WSH
      L
      game 31/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Rob Murray scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against New York Islanders · December 15

    • The game
      WSH2–1PHI
      W
      game 33/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–5PIT
      L
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8028 of 40 played
      6
      points
      NHL#342
      2
      goals
      NHL#305
      4
      assists
      NHL#334
      WSH
      18-18-0W-L-OT40Points
      13th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT6–4WSH
      L
      game 45/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4NYI
      L
      game 46/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD6–9WSH
      W
      game 47/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH6–3BUF
      W
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WIN4–3WSH
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8033 of 60 played
      8
      points
      NHL#360
      2
      goals
      NHL#346
      6
      assists
      NHL#342
      WSH
      26-30-0W-L-OT56Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • March 1990
    • The game
      WSH4–3PHI
      W
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI0–3WSH
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–2WSH
      L
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY1–4WSH
      W
      game 76/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4NJD
      L
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2PHI
      game 78/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–2WSH
      W
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • April 1990
    • The game
      WSH3–2NYR
      W
      game 80/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Rob Murray closes the 1989-1990 season with 9 points

    Points
    9
    NHL#392
    Games
    41of 80
    51%
    Goals
    2
    NHL#393
    Assists
    7
    NHL#373
    P/GP
    0.22
    NHL#371
    +/-
    -10
    NHL#570
    Events
    9
    career best in points
    2
    career best in goals
    7
    career best in assists
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 4 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Washington Capitals are in the playoffs

    First round

    Washington Capitals meet New Jersey Devils

    WSHvsNJD
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on New Jersey Devils
    • Game 1
      WSH5–4NJD
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Washington Capitalslead1–0againstNew Jersey Devils
    • Game 2
      WSH5–6NJD
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    First round

    Washington Capitals knock New Jersey Devils out 4–2

    WSH4–2NJD
    Advance
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    4 days later
    Second round

    Washington Capitals meet New York Rangers

    WSHvsNYR
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    • Game 3
      NYR1–7WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Washington Capitalslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      NYR3–4WSH
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Washington Capitalslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      WSH2–1NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Second round

    Washington Capitals knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    WSH4–1NYR
    Advance
    3Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    6 days later
    Conference final

    Washington Capitals meet Boston Bruins

    WSHvsBOS
    Swedes on Washington Capitals
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      WSH3–5BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 2
      WSH0–3BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead2–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 3
      BOS4–1WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead3–0againstWashington Capitals
    • Game 4
      BOS3–2WSH
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Conference final

    Boston Bruins knock Washington Capitals out 4–0

    WSH0–4BOS
    Eliminated
    4Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Rob Murray ends the 1989-1990 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#276
    Games
    9
    Goals
    0
    NHL#205
    Assists
    0
    NHL#238
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#197
    NJD4–2→NYR4–1→BOS0–4