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Ron Francis's 1988-1989 season

Points

NHL#40

Goals

NHL#55

Assists

NHL#36

Plus/minus

NHL#150

Games

86% of 80

Centre Ron Francis was 25 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Hartford Whalers. He played 69 of a possible 80 games and scored 29 goals and 48 assists for 77 points, 1.12 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 2 points.

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

1988-1989Playoffs

Year 1988
38 years ago
Season opener
October 6
Ron Francis plays the 1988-1989 season for Hartford Whalers
HFDHartford Whalers
Ron was 25 years old when the 1988-1989 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.
- The game
  QUE5–2HFD
  L
  October 6game 1/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS6–2HFD
  L
  October 8game 2/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
Milestone
Ron Francis reaches 500 NHL games
in the game against Boston Bruins · October 8
- The game
  HFD1–3BOS
  L
  October 9game 3/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  HFD4–3NYR
  W
  October 12game 4/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI5–7HFD
  W
  October 15game 5/801
  His night
  +4P+2G+2A
  +3+/-4SOG1PPP
  +4 points
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- The game
  HFD4–5MTL
  L
  October 19game 6/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PHI6–8HFD
  W
  October 22game 7/803
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-0SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  HFD7–1BUF
  W
  October 26game 8/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  HFD3–5NJD
  L
  October 28game 9/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NJD0–3HFD
  W
  October 29game 10/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
- November 1988
- The game
  MTL5–3HFD
  L
  November 1game 11/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD5–3BOS
  W
  November 3game 12/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  VAN3–2HFD
  L
  November 5game 13/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–6CGY
  L
  November 7game 14/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  HFD1–1VAN
  November 9game 15/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD2–7LAK
  L
  November 10game 16/801
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–1MNS
  W
  November 12game 17/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET4–3HFD
  L
  November 16game 18/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  HFD2–3WSH
  L
  November 18game 19/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  CGY5–2HFD
  L
  November 19game 20/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  November 19
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  19
  points
  NHL#61
  6
  goals
  NHL#85
  13
  assists
  NHL#40
  HFD
  7-12-0W-L-OT15Points
  20th in the whole NHL
- The game
  QUE3–4HFD
  W
  November 23game 21/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  HFD4–2QUE
  W
  November 26game 22/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL6–3HFD
  L
  November 30game 23/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- December 1988
- The game
  HFD6–1BUF
  W
  December 2game 24/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  MNS4–2HFD
  L
  December 3game 25/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF0–9HFD
  W
  December 6game 26/802
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  NYR4–5HFD
  W
  December 8game 27/804
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  CGY1–4HFD
  W
  December 10game 28/802
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-4SOG2PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–4CHI
  L
  December 14game 29/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–3STL
  December 15game 30/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  EDM4–2HFD
  L
  December 17game 31/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  HFD1–2MTL
  L
  December 19game 32/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BOS4–3HFD
  L
  December 21game 33/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  HFD4–5PHI
  L
  December 23game 34/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT4–3HFD
  L
  December 26game 35/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-6SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  HFD4–4QUE
  December 28game 36/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  DET3–4HFD
  W
  December 30game 37/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–2DET
  W
  December 31game 38/80
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +2 goals
  View the game
Year 1989
37 years ago
- The game
  HFD4–5NYR
  L
  January 2game 39/803
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +3+/-4SOG
  +3 assists
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- The game
  HFD5–4BUF
  W
  January 4game 40/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  January 4
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 80
  43
  points
  NHL#27
  16
  goals
  NHL#44
  27
  assists
  NHL#26
  HFD
  16-21-0W-L-OT35Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  HFD2–1WIN
  W
  January 10game 41/803
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  HFD6–9LAK
  L
  January 14game 42/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -3+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–5TOR
  L
  January 16game 43/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -2+/-1SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  HFD1–3MTL
  L
  January 18game 44/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL4–6HFD
  W
  January 19game 45/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  LAK4–5HFD
  W
  January 21game 46/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD5–0QUE
  W
  January 23game 47/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  STL3–3HFD
  January 25game 48/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Ron Francis reaches 200 career goals
in the game against St. Louis Blues · January 25
- The game
  HFD8–6NJD
  W
  January 27game 49/803
  His night
  +5P+3G+2A
  +3+/-7SOG1PPP
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  QUE3–2HFD
  L
  January 28game 50/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 28
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8050 of 60 played
  59
  points
  NHL#40
  21
  goals
  NHL#66
  38
  assists
  NHL#37
  HFD
  26-30-0W-L-OT56Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- February 1989
- The game
  PIT6–8HFD
  W
  February 26game 62/801
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -2+/-3SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  HFD3–1NYI
  W
  February 28game 63/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG
  View the game
- March 1989
- The game
  VAN1–2HFD
  W
  March 2game 64/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL6–1HFD
  L
  March 4game 65/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR0–3HFD
  W
  March 5game 66/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-7SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  EDM3–7HFD
  W
  March 8game 67/802
  His night
  +4P+1G+3A
  +2+/-5SOG1PPP
  +4 points
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–5MTL
  L
  March 11game 68/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI3–3HFD
  March 12game 69/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYI2–8HFD
  W
  March 14game 70/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF6–1HFD
  L
  March 16game 71/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -3+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  WSH8–2HFD
  L
  March 18game 72/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD3–2BOS
  W
  March 19game 73/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS2–4HFD
  W
  March 22game 74/803
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-1SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  HFD3–6QUE
  L
  March 23game 75/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  STL0–4HFD
  W
  March 25game 76/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  HFD2–4BUF
  L
  March 28game 77/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  HFD9–5PIT
  W
  March 30game 78/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- April 1989
- The game
  CHI1–6HFD
  W
  April 1game 79/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD2–3BOS
  L
  April 2game 80/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 2
Ron Francis closes the 1988-1989 season with 77 points
HFDHartford Whalers
Points
77
NHL#40
Games
69of 80
86%
Goals
29
NHL#55
Assists
48
NHL#36
P/GP
1.12
NHL#27
+/-
+4
NHL#150
Events
1
hat trick
500
NHL games
200
career goals
12 i rad
games with a point · 22 pts
5 i rad
games with a goal
3 days later
Playoffs
April 5
Hartford Whalers are in the playoffs
First round
April 5
Hartford Whalers meet Montréal Canadiens
HFDvsMTL
Swedes on Hartford Whalers
Ron Francis
Ulf Samuelsson
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Mats Näslund
View the whole round
- Game 1
  HFD2–6MTL
  L
  April 52
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
  View the game
- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstHartford Whalers
- Game 2
  HFD2–3MTL
  L
  April 62
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstHartford Whalers
- Game 3
  MTL5–4HFD
  L
  April 82
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstHartford Whalers
- Game 4
  MTL4–3HFD
  L
  April 92
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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First round
April 9
Montréal Canadiens knock Hartford Whalers out 4–0
HFD0–4MTL
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
April 9
Ron Francis ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 2 points
HFDHartford Whalers
Points
2
NHL#168
Games
4
Goals
0
NHL#195
Assists
2
NHL#120
P/GP
0.50
+/-
-2
NHL#244
Events
25
playoff games
10
playoff assists
MTL0–4

Ron Francis plays the 1988-1989 season for Hartford Whalers

Ron Francis reaches 500 NHL games

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

Ron Francis reaches 200 career goals

3/4 into the season

Ron Francis closes the 1988-1989 season with 77 points

Hartford Whalers are in the playoffs

Hartford Whalers meet Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens knock Hartford Whalers out 4–0

Ron Francis ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 2 points