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Ron Zanussi's 1980-1981 season

Points
20
NHL#295
Goals
9
NHL#245
Assists
11
NHL#325
Plus/minus
-5
NHL#374
Games
53
65%
65% of 81

Right winger Ron Zanussi was 24 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Minnesota North Stars och Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 53 of a possible 81 games and scored 9 goals and 11 assists for 20 points, 0.38 points per game. He moved from Minnesota North Stars to Toronto Maple Leafs in March. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 0 points.

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

1980-1981Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ron Zanussi opens the 1980-1981 season with Minnesota North Stars

    MNSMinnesota North Stars

    Ron was 24 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      HFD3–9MNS
      W
      game 1/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +4+/-3SOG
      +3 points
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    • The game
      BOS2–3MNS
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS5–5CLR
      game 3/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–6CGY
      L
      game 4/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE2–4MNS
      W
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS4–2EDM
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN1–4MNS
      W
      game 7/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–2MNS
      game 8/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • November 1980
    • The game
      PIT3–6MNS
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY3–8MNS
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–3VAN
      L
      game 11/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS7–1CHI
      W
      game 12/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS6–6NYI
      game 13/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–5MNS
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS1–1PHI
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI6–2MNS
      L
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–5QUE
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8017 of 20 played
      11
      points
      NHL#172
      3
      goals
      NHL#187
      8
      assists
      NHL#139
      MNS
      11-5-0W-L-OT26Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS4–2MTL
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • December 1980
    • The game
      MNS3–3WSH
      game 23/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3MNS
      game 24/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      DET1–1MNS
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS1–4STL
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK7–2MNS
      L
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–4TOR
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–3MNS
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS5–3WIN
      W
      game 33/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR4–6MNS
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–6MNS
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH0–3MNS
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–2BUF
      game 37/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–1MNS
      game 38/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8031 of 40 played
      15
      points
      NHL#231
      4
      goals
      NHL#241
      11
      assists
      NHL#197
      MNS
      20-10-0W-L-OT50Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS1–1BUF
      game 42/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE1–7MNS
      W
      game 43/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–6MNS
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–1WSH
      W
      game 45/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • February 1981
    • The game
      TOR4–3MNS
      L
      game 56/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8036 of 60 played
      17
      points
      NHL#278
      6
      goals
      NHL#250
      11
      assists
      NHL#276
      MNS
      29-17-0W-L-OT72Points
      Playoff spot
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI4–1MNS
      L
      game 62/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–3HFD
      L
      game 63/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS1–5BOS
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–2MNS
      L
      game 65/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • March 1981
    • The game
      BOS3–3MNS
      game 66/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–4TOR
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–5TOR
      W
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–4PHI
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–6TOR
      W
      game 71/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
      View the game
    Milestone

    Ron Zanussi reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · March 18

    • The game
      TOR4–14BUF
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF6–2TOR
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5PIT
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      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
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • April 1981
    • The game
      CHI2–2TOR
      game 78/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE5–5TOR
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–2QUE
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Ron Zanussi closes the 1980-1981 season with 20 points

    MNSMinnesota North StarsTORToronto Maple Leafs
    Points
    20
    NHL#295
    Games
    53of 80
    66%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#245
    Assists
    11
    NHL#325
    P/GP
    0.38
    NHL#281
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#374
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    50
    career goals
    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
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR1–5NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      NYI6–1TOR
      L
      4
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    New York Islanders knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 3–0

    TOR0–3NYI
    Eliminated
    3Games0Points0Goals0Assists