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Russ Anderson's 1981-1982 season

Points
5
NHL#452
Goals
1
NHL#423
Assists
4
NHL#437
Plus/minus
-21
NHL#578
Games
56
69%
69% of 81

Defenceman Russ Anderson was 26 years old when the 1981-1982 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins och Hartford Whalers. He played 56 of a possible 81 games and scored 1 goals and 4 assists for 5 points, 0.09 points per game. He moved from Pittsburgh Penguins to Hartford Whalers in December. Hartford Whalers did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1981-1982
  1. Season opener

    Russ Anderson opens the 1981-1982 season with Pittsburgh Penguins

    Russ was 26 years old when the 1981-1982 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PIT2–6STL
      L
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–5CHI
      game 2/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–8PHI
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–1PIT
      L
      game 5/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–5PIT
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–3DET
      L
      game 7/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR3–5PIT
      W
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3CGY
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–8EDM
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–4VAN
      W
      game 11/805
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–3PIT
      L
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–6PHI
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–3PIT
      W
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1981
    • The game
      NYR3–6PIT
      W
      game 15/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–7PIT
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–2WSH
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3BOS
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL1–6PIT
      W
      game 19/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–3PIT
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8019 of 20 played
      1
      points
      NHL#389
      0
      goals
      NHL#337
      1
      assists
      NHL#361
      -2
      +/-
      NHL#94
      PIT
      9-7-0W-L-OT22Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT5–9MTL
      L
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–1QUE
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–2PIT
      W
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–5PIT
      W
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • December 1981
    • The game
      WIN2–4PIT
      W
      game 25/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–3STL
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–7BUF
      L
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–1PIT
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3PIT
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–3PHI
      L
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF7–5PIT
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–5NYR
      L
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD6–1WIN
      W
      game 37/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD4–9PIT
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT6–4HFD
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WIN5–3HFD
      L
      game 40/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8035 of 40 played
      3
      points
      NHL#410
      0
      goals
      NHL#424
      3
      assists
      NHL#376
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#90
      HFD
      10-21-0W-L-OT29Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF3–2HFD
      L
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–6QUE
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–3BOS
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD1–7BUF
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      QUE2–4HFD
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–2DET
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CGY1–3HFD
      W
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3HFD
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      QUE4–4HFD
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • February 1982
    • The game
      HFD5–3LAK
      W
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–4CLR
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–2STL
      W
      game 53/801
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD3–3PIT
      game 54/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–2HFD
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI9–1HFD
      L
      game 56/803
      His night
      No points
      -5+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–7CGY
      L
      game 57/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–7EDM
      L
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      HFD2–4VAN
      L
      game 59/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD7–8MNS
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
      4
      points
      NHL#437
      0
      goals
      NHL#459
      4
      assists
      NHL#406
      -20
      +/-
      NHL#197
      HFD
      16-30-0W-L-OT46Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS3–4HFD
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      HFD1–7WSH
      L
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Russ Anderson closes the 1981-1982 season with 5 points

    Pittsburgh Penguins did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    5
    NHL#452
    Games
    56of 80
    70%
    Goals
    1
    NHL#423
    Assists
    4
    NHL#437
    P/GP
    0.09
    NHL#427
    +/-
    -21
    NHL#578