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Rick Green

#23 · Defence · New York Islanders

Born Feb 20, 1956 in Belleville, Ontario, CAN · 6'3", 220 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 1st overall in 1976 by WSH (round 1)

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1985-86

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Barry Beck CLR · 42 P in 65 GP Bob Dailey PHI · 39 P in 70 GP Ron Stackhouse PIT · 43 P in 75 GP John Van Boxmeer CLR · 43 P in 76 GP Brad Park BOS · 39 P in 41 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401976-77: 15 points1576-771977-78: 19 points191978-79: 41 points4178-791979-80: 24 points241980-81: 31 points3180-811981-82: 28 points281982-83: 26 points2682-831983-84: 1 points11984-85: 19 points1984-851985-86: 5 points51986-87: 10 points1086-871987-88: 13 points131988-89: 15 points1588-891990-91: 16 points161991-92: 0 points091-92

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1976-77 WSH 45 3 12 15 -20 16 82 0 0.33
1977-78 WSH 60 5 14 19 -35 67 83 0 0.32
1978-79 WSH 71 8 33 41 -45 62 133 0 0.58
1979-80 WSH 71 4 20 24 -10 52 105 0 0.34
1980-81 WSH 65 8 23 31 -15 91 120 0 0.48
1981-82 WSH 65 3 25 28 -12 93 91 0 0.43
1982-83 MTL 66 2 24 26 23 58 71 0 0.39
1983-84 MTL 7 0 1 1 -5 7 10 0 0.14
1984-85 MTL 77 1 18 19 -11 30 63 0 0.25
1985-86 MTL 46 3 2 5 -6 20 45 0 0.11
1986-87 MTL 72 1 9 10 -1 10 39 0 0.14
1987-88 MTL 59 2 11 13 21 33 44 0 0.22
1988-89 MTL 72 1 14 15 19 25 42 0 0.21
1990-91 DET 65 2 14 16 10 24 36 0 0.25
1991-92 NYI 4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0.00
15 seasons Career 845 43 220 263 -88 588 966 0 0.31

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1982-83 MTL 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0.00
1983-84 MTL 15 1 2 3 -3 33 11 0 0.20
1984-85 MTL 12 0 3 3 -7 14 7 0 0.25
1985-86 MTL 18 1 4 5 -5 8 18 0 0.28
1986-87 MTL 17 0 4 4 13 8 4 0 0.24
1987-88 MTL 11 0 2 2 -2 2 6 0 0.18
1988-89 MTL 21 1 1 2 0 6 9 0 0.10
1990-91 DET 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
8 seasons Playoffs 100 3 16 19 -5 73 55 0 0.19

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
71 8 33 41 -45 62 133 0 0.58 6.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1979 vs PIT W 5-2 0 3 3 1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1979 @ MTL L 3-10 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1979 vs LAK W 6-2 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 vs NYI W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 vs BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1979 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1979 @ PHI L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1979 @ PIT T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1979 vs NYR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1979 @ BUF T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 vs PIT L 2-5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1979 vs DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1979 vs MNS W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1979 @ VAN W 6-2 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1979 @ LAK T 3-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1979 vs MTL L 5-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs BUF L 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 vs DET L 3-4 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1979 @ AFM L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1979 @ NYR T 6-6 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 @ MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1979 @ CLR W 9-3 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1979 vs MTL L 4-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1979 vs LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1979 @ DET L 4-7 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1979 vs TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1979 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1979 vs NYR W 5-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 @ PIT W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1979 vs DET W 5-1 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1979 @ NYI L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1979 vs VAN W 5-3 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1979 vs CLR W 8-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1979 @ BUF L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1979 vs LAK W 8-3 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 @ TOR T 5-5 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1978 @ MNS L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 @ DET T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1978 @ PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1978 vs PHI T 4-4 0 0 0 -4 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1978 vs TOR W 7-6 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1978 vs MNS L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 5 4 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1978 @ BOS L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1978 vs CLR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 @ VAN W 7-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1978 @ CLR W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1978 @ LAK L 2-10 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1978 vs PIT L 4-7 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1978 @ PIT L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1978 @ NYR L 4-9 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 vs BOS T 5-5 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1978 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1978 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1978 vs NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1978 @ MNS W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1978 vs AFM W 8-7 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 vs BUF L 0-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1978 vs MTL L 0-6 0 0 0 -2 5 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1978 @ MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1978 vs PIT W 6-4 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 @ LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1978 vs LAK L 4-6 0 1 1 -3 5 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 vs CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 vs AFM L 3-6 0 1 1 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1978 @ AFM T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1978 @ LAK W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00