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Wayne Connelly's 1970-1971 season

Points
42
NHL#81
Goals
13
NHL#113
Assists
29
NHL#54
Plus/minus
-29
NHL#329
Games
79
100%
100% of 79

Centre Wayne Connelly was 30 years old when the 1970-1971 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings och St. Louis Blues. He played all 79 games and scored 13 goals and 29 assists for 42 points, 0.53 points per game. He moved from Detroit Red Wings to St. Louis Blues in February. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 3 points.

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

1970-1971Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Wayne Connelly opens the 1970-1971 season with Detroit Red Wings

    Wayne was 30 years old when the 1970-1971 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      CGS3–5DET
      W
      game 1/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Wayne Connelly reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against California Golden Seals · October 10

    • The game
      DET3–7BOS
      L
      game 2/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4MTL
      L
      game 3/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–1DET
      L
      game 4/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–2MNS
      W
      game 5/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–1DET
      L
      game 6/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4BUF
      L
      game 7/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–3DET
      game 8/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–4NYR
      L
      game 9/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5DET
      W
      game 10/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • November 1970
    • The game
      TOR5–4DET
      L
      game 11/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–4CHI
      L
      game 12/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–3DET
      W
      game 13/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3DET
      game 14/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–2STL
      L
      game 15/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–4LAK
      game 16/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET5–2VAN
      W
      game 17/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–6PIT
      L
      game 18/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2PHI
      W
      game 19/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–4DET
      W
      game 20/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 78
      8
      points
      NHL#105
      2
      goals
      NHL#119
      6
      assists
      NHL#73
      DET
      7-10-0W-L-OT17Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET4–9TOR
      L
      game 21/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -5+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–5DET
      W
      game 22/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • December 1970
    • The game
      LAK4–4DET
      game 23/781
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET0–3STL
      L
      game 24/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL4–2DET
      L
      game 25/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–3DET
      W
      game 26/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–5DET
      W
      game 27/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET2–6BOS
      L
      game 28/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4CGS
      L
      game 29/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–9PIT
      L
      game 30/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CGS7–3DET
      L
      game 31/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–1DET
      L
      game 32/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–7DET
      W
      game 33/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–5BUF
      L
      game 34/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-9SOG
    • The game
      CHI8–3DET
      L
      game 35/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET0–13TOR
      L
      game 36/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CGS2–3DET
      W
      game 37/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–7BUF
      L
      game 38/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF2–3DET
      W
      game 39/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 39 of 78
      17
      points
      NHL#106
      7
      goals
      NHL#94
      10
      assists
      NHL#107
      DET
      13-22-0W-L-OT30Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TOR3–2DET
      L
      game 40/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT2–2DET
      game 41/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–2DET
      L
      game 42/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–0DET
      L
      game 43/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET0–2CHI
      L
      game 44/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET2–6MTL
      L
      game 45/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–7DET
      W
      game 46/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL1–1DET
      game 47/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–3DET
      game 48/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3PHI
      L
      game 49/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • February 1971
    • The game
      DET4–4MNS
      game 50/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–0DET
      L
      game 51/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL6–2PHI
      W
      game 51/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR3–3STL
      game 52/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3STL
      L
      game 53/78
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–2STL
      W
      game 54/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–2NYR
      L
      game 55/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-8SOG
    • The game
      CGS1–5STL
      W
      game 56/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL1–3TOR
      L
      game 57/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–1BUF
      W
      game 58/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL5–5PIT
      game 59/78
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 59 of 7860 of 59 played
      30
      points
      NHL#85
      9
      goals
      NHL#121
      21
      assists
      NHL#60
      STL
      25-18-0W-L-OT66Points
      Playoff spot
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–1DET
      W
      game 60/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–3MTL
      L
      game 61/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • March 1971
    • The game
      CHI5–1STL
      L
      game 62/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–3STL
      W
      game 63/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      STL1–4BOS
      L
      game 64/78
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–0STL
      L
      game 65/781
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL0–4MNS
      L
      game 66/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–9STL
      W
      game 67/78
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      STL4–4CHI
      game 68/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Wayne Connelly reaches 100 career goals

    in the game against Chicago Blackhawks · March 14

    • The game
      MTL2–6STL
      W
      game 69/78
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL3–5BUF
      L
      game 70/78
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–2STL
      W
      game 71/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL1–4VAN
      L
      game 72/78
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL8–5CGS
      W
      game 73/78
      His night
      +3P+3A
      -1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      STL6–3LAK
      W
      game 74/781
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–4STL
      W
      game 75/781
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1971
    • The game
      PHI1–1STL
      game 76/78
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4STL
      W
      game 77/78
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      STL1–1PIT
      game 78/78
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Wayne Connelly closes the 1970-1971 season with 42 points

    Points
    42
    NHL#81
    Games
    79of 78
    100%
    Goals
    13
    NHL#113
    Assists
    29
    NHL#54
    P/GP
    0.53
    NHL#104
    +/-
    -29
    NHL#329
    Events
    100
    career goals
    100
    career assists
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    St. Louis Blues are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    St. Louis Blues meet Minnesota North Stars

    STLvsMNS
    Swedes on St. Louis Blues
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Minnesota North Stars
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      MNS3–2STL
      L
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-7SOG
    • Minnesota North Starslead1–0againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 2
      MNS2–4STL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • St. Louis Bluesare1–1withMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 3
      STL3–0MNS
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • St. Louis Blueslead2–1againstMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 4
      STL1–2MNS
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • St. Louis Bluesare2–2withMinnesota North Stars
    • Game 5
      MNS4–3STL
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • Minnesota North Starslead3–2againstSt. Louis Blues
    • Game 6
      STL2–5MNS
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    Quarterfinal

    Minnesota North Stars knock St. Louis Blues out 4–2

    STL2–4MNS
    Eliminated
    6Games3Points2Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Wayne Connelly ends the 1970-1971 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#58
    Games
    6
    Goals
    2
    NHL#39
    Assists
    1
    NHL#74
    P/GP
    0.50
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#79
    Events
    10
    playoff goals
    MNS2–4