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Tomas Sandström's 1988-1989 season

Points
88
Swedish flag#1NHL#18
Goals
32
Swedish flag#2NHL#40
Assists
56
Swedish flag#3NHL#19
Plus/minus
+5
Swedish flag#12NHL#132
Games
79
98%
98% of 80

Right winger Tomas Sandström was 24 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 79 of a possible 80 games and scored 32 goals and 56 assists for 88 points, 1.11 points per game. He won the Swedish points race and finished 18th in the NHL. He also finished second in the Swedish goal race and finished third in the Swedish assist race. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 5 points.

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

1988-1989Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Tomas Sandström plays the 1988-1989 season for New York Rangers

    NYRNew York Rangers

    Tomas was 24 years old when the 1988-1989 season began. It was his 5th season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR2–2CHI
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–2STL
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD5–0NYR
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD4–3NYR
      L
      game 4/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–3NYR
      W
      game 5/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5NYR
      W
      game 6/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–1WSH
      W
      game 7/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE2–8NYR
      W
      game 8/803
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-4SOG2PPP
      +4 points
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–4NYR
      W
      game 9/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–5PHI
      W
      game 10/805
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-0SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–9NYR
      W
      game 11/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • November 1988
    • The game
      NYR4–6BUF
      L
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-8SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–6NJD
      L
      game 13/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–4NYI
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–5NYR
      W
      game 15/804
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–4NYR
      game 16/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–3NYR
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–3PHI
      game 18/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–5LAK
      W
      game 19/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–1MNS
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      21
      points
      Swedish flag#5NHL#43
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#5NHL#111
      16
      assists
      Swedish flag#4NHL#19
      NYR
      11-6-0W-L-OT25Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–2NYR
      L
      game 21/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–8PIT
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–4NYI
      W
      game 23/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–5NYR
      W
      game 24/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–3WIN
      W
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • December 1988
    • The game
      NYR3–6CGY
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–10EDM
      L
      game 27/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–3VAN
      W
      game 28/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–5HFD
      L
      game 29/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-8SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–1BOS
      game 30/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK5–2NYR
      L
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–2NYR
      W
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–6MTL
      L
      game 33/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3NYR
      W
      game 34/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–2NYR
      L
      game 35/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–5NYR
      W
      game 37/804
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR7–5NJD
      W
      game 38/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI1–4NYR
      W
      game 39/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD4–5NYR
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8039 of 40 played
      36
      points
      Swedish flag#4NHL#51
      14
      goals
      Swedish flag#4NHL#59
      22
      assists
      Swedish flag#6NHL#45
      NYR
      21-14-0W-L-OT47Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH3–3NYR
      game 41/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–1NYI
      W
      game 42/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD5–4NYR
      L
      game 43/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–4PIT
      game 44/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–6NYR
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR6–4CHI
      W
      game 46/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–0STL
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–4VAN
      W
      game 48/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–2EDM
      W
      game 49/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–5CGY
      L
      game 50/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–1TOR
      game 51/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–7NYR
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      +4P+4A
      +4+/-3SOG
      +4 assists
      View the game
    • February 1989
    • The game
      WSH4–3NYR
      L
      game 53/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–7MTL
      L
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS5–3NYR
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN3–4NYR
      W
      game 56/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM3–1NYR
      L
      game 57/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–3PHI
      L
      game 58/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR10–6NYR
      L
      game 59/803
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–3PIT
      W
      game 60/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8059 of 60 played
      64
      points
      Swedish flag#3NHL#24
      20
      goals
      Swedish flag#4NHL#69
      44
      assists
      Swedish flag#2NHL#15
      NYR
      30-22-0W-L-OT68Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD4–7NYR
      W
      game 61/804
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-5SOG1SHP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–4NYR
      L
      game 62/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR7–2QUE
      W
      game 63/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–6NYR
      W
      game 64/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • March 1989
    • The game
      TOR4–7NYR
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–6NJD
      L
      game 66/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS5–0NYR
      L
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–0NYR
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–3DET
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–4WSH
      L
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY3–4NYR
      W
      game 71/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN6–3NYR
      L
      game 72/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–8QUE
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL4–7NYR
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS1–3NYR
      W
      game 75/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–6PHI
      L
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT6–4NYR
      L
      game 77/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–4DET
      L
      game 78/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-8SOG
      View the game
    • April 1989
    • The game
      NYR2–5PIT
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI6–4NYR
      L
      game 80/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-6SOG2PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Tomas Sandström closes the 1988-1989 season with 88 points

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Points
    88
    #1NHL#18
    Games
    79of 80
    99%
    Goals
    32
    #2NHL#40
    Assists
    56
    #3NHL#19
    P/GP
    1.11
    #1NHL#28
    +/-
    +5
    #12NHL#132
    Events
    56
    career best in assists
    88
    first among the Swedes in points
    9 i rad
    games with a point · 13 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    First round

    New York Rangers meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    NYRvsPIT
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR1–3PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR4–7PIT
      L
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      PIT5–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead3–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PIT4–3NYR
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    First round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock New York Rangers out 4–0

    NYR0–4PIT
    Eliminated
    4Games5Points3Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Tomas Sandström ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 5 points

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Points
    5
    #5NHL#88
    Games
    4
    Goals
    3
    #3NHL#45
    Assists
    2
    #7NHL#120
    P/GP
    1.25
    +/-
    -3
    #9NHL#291
    Events
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    PIT0–4