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Ulf Nilsson's 1979-1980 season

Points
58
Swedish flag#6NHL#80
Goals
14
Swedish flag#11NHL#157
Assists
44
Swedish flag#4NHL#37
Plus/minus
+17
Swedish flag#1NHL#59
Games
50
62%
62% of 80

Centre Ulf Nilsson was 29 years old when the 1979-1980 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 50 of a possible 80 games and scored 14 goals and 44 assists for 58 points, 1.16 points per game. That was 6th among the Swedes and 80th in the NHL. In the playoffs he played 9 games for 6 points.

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

1979-1980Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ulf Nilsson plays the 1979-1980 season for New York Rangers

    NYRNew York Rangers

    Ulf was 29 years old when the 1979-1980 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR6–3TOR
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3NYR
      L
      game 2/804
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      -2+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–6NYR
      W
      game 3/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–5MTL
      L
      game 4/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–6NYR
      W
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      EDM2–10NYR
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–7MNS
      L
      game 8/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD2–2NYR
      game 9/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • November 1979
    • The game
      NYR2–4LAK
      L
      game 10/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–7CLR
      L
      game 11/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–2VAN
      W
      game 12/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–8NYR
      W
      game 13/801
      His night
      +5P+1G+4A
      +1+/-1SOG3PPP
      +5 points
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE4–5NYR
      W
      game 14/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–1NYR
      L
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–3NYR
      W
      game 17/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–4AFM
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–5NYR
      W
      game 19/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN6–4NYR
      L
      game 20/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
      25
      points
      Swedish flag#1NHL#10
      8
      goals
      Swedish flag#3NHL#37
      17
      assists
      Swedish flag#1NHL#8
      NYR
      9-10-0W-L-OT19Points
      9th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–5PIT
      L
      game 21/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–3NYR
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS4–4NYR
      game 23/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–2BUF
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • December 1979
    • The game
      NYR2–0STL
      W
      game 25/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–3NYR
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI3–3NYR
      game 27/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR7–4HFD
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–5NYR
      W
      game 29/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–1DET
      W
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–5WSH
      L
      game 32/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–1NYR
      game 33/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    Ulf Nilsson reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · December 16

    • The game
      VAN3–5NYR
      W
      game 34/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–3PIT
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–3NYR
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–5NYR
      W
      game 37/804
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–3QUE
      game 38/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8035 of 60 played
      41
      points
      Swedish flag#6NHL#87
      9
      goals
      Swedish flag#11NHL#170
      32
      assists
      Swedish flag#4NHL#43
      NYR
      26-25-0W-L-OT61Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR2–5MTL
      L
      game 66/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–4NYR
      W
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR0–6NYR
      W
      game 68/802
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR8–4TOR
      W
      game 69/802
      His night
      +5P+3G+2A
      +4+/-6SOG1PPP
      HAT TRICK
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–5NYR
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–4EDM
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–4WIN
      L
      game 72/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL6–1NYR
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3NYR
      game 74/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–4AFM
      L
      game 75/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–3STL
      W
      game 76/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–7NYR
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • April 1980
    • The game
      AFM7–3NYR
      L
      game 78/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–2NYI
      L
      game 79/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR8–3PHI
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +3 points
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Ulf Nilsson closes the 1979-1980 season with 58 points

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Points
    58
    #6NHL#80
    Games
    50of 80
    63%
    Goals
    14
    #11NHL#157
    Assists
    44
    #4NHL#37
    P/GP
    1.16
    #2NHL#22
    +/-
    +17
    #1NHL#59
    Events
    44
    career best in assists
    1
    hat trick
    100
    NHL games
    100
    career points
    50
    career assists
    8 i rad
    games with a point · 14 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    New York Rangers meet Atlanta Flames

    NYRvsAFM
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Atlanta Flames
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      AFM1–2NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstAtlanta Flames
    • Game 2
      AFM1–5NYR
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG1SHP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–0againstAtlanta Flames
    • Game 3
      NYR2–4AFM
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstAtlanta Flames
    • Game 4
      NYR5–2AFM
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    New York Rangers knock Atlanta Flames out 3–1

    NYR3–1AFM
    Advance
    4Games6Points0Goals6Assists
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NYRvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR1–2PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR1–4PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 3
      PHI3–0NYR
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      PHI2–4NYR
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR1–3PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    Philadelphia Flyers knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4PHI
    Eliminated
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Ulf Nilsson ends the 1979-1980 playoffs with 6 points

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Points
    6
    #3NHL#57
    Games
    9
    Goals
    0
    #7NHL#160
    Assists
    6
    #3NHL#32
    P/GP
    0.67
    #3NHL#49
    +/-
    +1
    #1NHL#65
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    AFM3–1→PHI1–4