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Terry O'Reilly's 1979-1980 season

Points
61
NHL#69
Goals
19
NHL#107
Assists
42
NHL#46
Plus/minus
+19
NHL#54
Games
71
88%
88% of 80

Right winger Terry O'Reilly was 28 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 71 of a possible 80 games and scored 19 goals and 42 assists for 61 points, 0.86 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 9 points.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Terry O'Reilly plays the 1979-1980 season for Boston Bruins

    Terry was 28 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      WIN0–4BOS
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–2WSH
      W
      game 2/803
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PIT4–1BOS
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3BOS
      W
      game 4/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–5BOS
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS5–5STL
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–3WIN
      L
      game 7/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1CHI
      W
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4LAK
      game 9/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • November 1979
    • The game
      BOS3–3VAN
      game 10/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Terry O'Reilly reaches 250 career assists

    in the game against Vancouver Canucks · November 2

    • The game
      BOS2–1EDM
      W
      game 11/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      EDM2–4BOS
      W
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–1PIT
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      AFM3–6BOS
      W
      game 14/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      W
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–0TOR
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      HFD4–5BOS
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3QUE
      W
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      QUE4–7BOS
      W
      game 19/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      L
      game 20/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      17
      points
      NHL#56
      5
      goals
      NHL#93
      12
      assists
      NHL#33
      BOS
      14-3-0W-L-OT31Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL2–4BOS
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–2BOS
      L
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • December 1979
    • The game
      BOS3–6DET
      L
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR5–3BOS
      L
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2PHI
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYI
      L
      game 26/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN3–5BOS
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET6–6BOS
      game 28/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      CHI2–1BOS
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–1BUF
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      TOR0–10BOS
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI5–2BOS
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–3NYR
      W
      game 33/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–3AFM
      W
      game 34/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS3–5CHI
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–2MNS
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–1WIN
      W
      game 37/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–2CLR
      game 38/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL7–4BOS
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM3–5BOS
      W
      game 40/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      31
      points
      NHL#81
      11
      goals
      NHL#81
      20
      assists
      NHL#55
      BOS
      22-12-0W-L-OT50Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CLR2–6BOS
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS3–1QUE
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM1–7BOS
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR3–6BOS
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS0–3BOS
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–4BOS
      W
      game 46/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +3 points
    • February 1980
    • The game
      MTL3–2BOS
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3BUF
      game 56/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3CLR
      W
      game 57/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS0–3LAK
      L
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4VAN
      game 59/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–2EDM
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8052 of 60 played
      44
      points
      NHL#81
      16
      goals
      NHL#92
      28
      assists
      NHL#64
      BOS
      35-16-0W-L-OT79Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS6–3HFD
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NYR5–2BOS
      L
      game 62/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • March 1980
    • The game
      LAK0–4BOS
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS1–2NYR
      L
      game 64/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3DET
      W
      game 65/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3NYI
      W
      game 66/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      HFD1–1BOS
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–6WSH
      L
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4BOS
      W
      game 69/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–2BOS
      game 70/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3STL
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–7MNS
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–2AFM
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI2–7BOS
      W
      game 75/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-3SOG3PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      STL1–7BOS
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WIN1–3BOS
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1980
    • The game
      BOS5–2TOR
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS1–6MTL
      L
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–4BOS
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Terry O'Reilly closes the 1979-1980 season with 61 points

    Points
    61
    NHL#69
    Games
    71of 80
    89%
    Goals
    19
    NHL#107
    Assists
    42
    NHL#46
    P/GP
    0.86
    NHL#69
    +/-
    +19
    NHL#54
    Events
    250
    career assists
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 11 pts
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Boston Bruins meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    BOSvsPIT
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PIT4–2BOS
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      PIT1–4BOS
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Boston Bruinsare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      BOS1–4PIT
      L
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS8–3PIT
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • Boston Bruinsare2–2withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 5
      PIT2–6BOS
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    Preliminary round

    Boston Bruins knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 3–2

    BOS3–2PIT
    Advance
    5Games5Points2Goals3Assists
    2 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Boston Bruins meet New York Islanders

    BOSvsNYI
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    • Game 1
      NYI2–1BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      NYI5–4BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-3SOG
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      BOS3–5NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Islanderslead3–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      BOS4–3NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +4+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • New York Islanderslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      NYI4–2BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

    BOS1–4NYI
    Eliminated
    5Games4Points1Goals3Assists
    The run in numbers

    Terry O'Reilly ends the 1979-1980 playoffs with 9 points

    Points
    9
    NHL#36
    Games
    10
    Goals
    3
    NHL#37
    Assists
    6
    NHL#32
    P/GP
    0.90
    NHL#21
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#201
    Events
    50
    playoff points
    3 points
    best game
    PIT3–2→NYI1–4