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Ross Lonsberry's 1980-1981 season

Points
50
NHL#139
Goals
17
NHL#151
Assists
33
NHL#120
Plus/minus
-3
NHL#343
Games
80
100%
100% of 80

Left winger Ross Lonsberry was 33 years old when the 1980-1981 season began, his 15th in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins. He played all 80 games and scored 17 goals and 33 assists for 50 points, 0.63 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 0 points.

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

1980-1981Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ross Lonsberry plays the 1980-1981 season for Pittsburgh Penguins

    Ross was 33 years old when the 1980-1981 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 15th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PIT4–7PHI
      L
      game 1/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN4–5PIT
      W
      game 2/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-8SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      PIT6–3NYR
      W
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD5–2PIT
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–2PIT
      L
      game 5/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT5–8TOR
      L
      game 6/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–9PIT
      W
      game 7/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      CGY8–2PIT
      L
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–1BUF
      game 9/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–5WIN
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1980
    • The game
      PIT3–6MNS
      L
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–4EDM
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–1PIT
      L
      game 13/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–5PIT
      W
      game 14/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–7BOS
      L
      game 15/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–1PIT
      L
      game 16/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3NYR
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–4PIT
      L
      game 18/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS3–2PIT
      L
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–4PIT
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      14
      points
      NHL#107
      7
      goals
      NHL#61
      7
      assists
      NHL#143
      PIT
      6-11-0W-L-OT15Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN7–4PIT
      L
      game 21/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT3–3BOS
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–2PIT
      L
      game 23/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1980
    • The game
      PIT4–4TOR
      game 24/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–2MTL
      W
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–6PIT
      W
      game 26/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–10BUF
      L
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–4PIT
      W
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–2WSH
      W
      game 29/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI6–5PIT
      L
      game 30/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      PIT3–3LAK
      game 31/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT4–10VAN
      L
      game 32/803
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      PIT3–3CGY
      game 33/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–6STL
      L
      game 34/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–9HFD
      L
      game 35/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      -2+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      QUE4–6PIT
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PIT1–3DET
      L
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET4–6PIT
      W
      game 38/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–3CHI
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–7PIT
      W
      game 40/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      31
      points
      NHL#79
      11
      goals
      NHL#106
      20
      assists
      NHL#66
      PIT
      13-20-0W-L-OT33Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT2–4MTL
      L
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–3PIT
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–6NYI
      L
      game 43/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL3–6PIT
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–5PIT
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–0PIT
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY3–4PIT
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–7STL
      L
      game 48/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS1–3PIT
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–4PIT
      game 50/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • February 1981
    • The game
      PIT4–8CHI
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–2WIN
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–6CLR
      L
      game 53/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT4–5CGY
      L
      game 54/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–5PIT
      W
      game 55/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN2–2PIT
      game 56/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–4PHI
      L
      game 57/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–6PIT
      W
      game 58/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF6–1PIT
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–9PIT
      W
      game 60/801
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 80
      42
      points
      NHL#112
      15
      goals
      NHL#126
      27
      assists
      NHL#94
      PIT
      21-30-0W-L-OT51Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WIN3–4PIT
      W
      game 61/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT7–5WSH
      W
      game 62/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR4–6PIT
      W
      game 63/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1981
    • The game
      PIT5–4QUE
      W
      game 64/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK5–6PIT
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT5–8MNS
      L
      game 66/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM4–6PIT
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–1PIT
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      QUE3–3PIT
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–7EDM
      L
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4VAN
      L
      game 71/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–4LAK
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–1CLR
      W
      game 73/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–5PIT
      W
      game 74/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–4NYI
      game 75/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      EDM5–2PIT
      L
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–5QUE
      L
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • April 1981
    • The game
      PIT1–1DET
      game 78/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–2PIT
      L
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–4HFD
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Ross Lonsberry closes the 1980-1981 season with 50 points

    Points
    50
    NHL#139
    Games
    80of 80
    100%
    Goals
    17
    NHL#151
    Assists
    33
    NHL#120
    P/GP
    0.63
    NHL#175
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#343
    Events
    33
    career best in assists
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 10 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Pittsburgh Penguins meet St. Louis Blues

    PITvsSTL
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    • Game 1
      PIT2–4STL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • St. Louis Blueslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT6–4STL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare1–1withSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 3
      STL5–4PIT
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • St. Louis Blueslead2–1againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 4
      STL3–6PIT
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Pittsburgh Penguinsare2–2withSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 5
      PIT3–4STL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Preliminary round

    St. Louis Blues knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 3–2

    PIT2–3STL
    Eliminated
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists