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Rick Smith

#20 · Defence · Washington Capitals

Born Jun 29, 1948 in Kingston, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 7th overall in 1966 by BOS (round 2)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1969-70

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bryan Watson PIT · 20 P in 77 GP Jean Potvin PHI · 20 P in 79 GP Harry Howell LAK · 18 P in 77 GP Barry Ashbee PHI · 20 P in 73 GP Carl Brewer STL · 18 P in 42 GP

Career

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

01020301968-69: 5 points568-691969-70: 10 points1069-701970-71: 23 points2370-711971-72: 19 points1971-721972-73: 33 points3372-731975-76: 8 points875-761976-77: 23 points2376-771977-78: 36 points3677-781978-79: 25 points2578-791979-80: 26 points2679-801980-81: 11 points1180-81

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1968-69 BOS 52 0 5 5 14 29 28 0 0.10
1969-70 BOS 71 2 8 10 13 65 94 0 0.14
1970-71 BOS 77 4 19 23 30 44 78 0 0.30
1971-72 BOS 61 2 12 14 52 44 81 0 0.23
1971-72 CGS 17 1 4 5 -17 26 23 0 0.29
1972-73 CGS 66 9 24 33 -43 77 126 0 0.50
1975-76 STL 24 1 7 8 2 18 32 0 0.33
1976-77 STL 20 0 1 1 -4 6 11 0 0.05
1976-77 BOS 46 6 16 22 22 30 72 0 0.48
1977-78 BOS 80 7 29 36 68 69 117 0 0.45
1978-79 BOS 67 7 18 25 20 46 78 0 0.37
1979-80 BOS 78 8 18 26 22 62 85 0 0.33
1980-81 DET 12 0 2 2 -5 6 7 0 0.17
1980-81 WSH 40 5 4 9 7 36 35 0 0.23
11 seasons Career 711 52 167 219 181 558 867 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
1968-69 BOS 10 0 0 0 5 6 1 0 0.00
1969-70 BOS 14 1 3 4 10 17 17 0 0.29
1970-71 BOS 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.00
1975-76 STL 3 0 1 1 0 4 4 0 0.33
1976-77 BOS 14 0 9 9 11 14 20 0 0.64
1977-78 BOS 15 1 5 6 -1 18 20 0 0.40
1978-79 BOS 11 0 4 4 2 12 10 0 0.36
1979-80 BOS 6 1 1 2 -2 2 4 0 0.33
8 seasons Playoffs 80 3 23 26 26 73 79 0 0.33

1971-72 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
78 3 16 19 35 70 104 0 0.24 2.9 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 1, 1972 @ LAK L 4-9 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1972 vs MNS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1972 @ PIT L 4-5 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1972 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1972 @ STL L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1972 @ MNS L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 10 1 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1972 vs PIT T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1972 vs STL T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1972 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1972 @ NYR W 7-3 0 1 1 4 4 3 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1972 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1972 vs BUF W 6-3 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1972 vs CHI T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1972 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1972 @ BUF T 4-4 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1972 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1972 vs BOS L 6-8 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1972 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1972 @ CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1972 @ MNS W 6-4 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1972 @ PHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1972 vs CGS W 6-3 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1972 vs MTL T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1972 vs BUF W 5-1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1972 vs VAN W 9-1 0 1 1 7 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1972 @ BUF L 2-8 0 0 0 -4 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1972 vs DET W 3-2 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1972 vs MNS W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1972 @ NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1972 vs STL W 5-2 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1972 @ PHI W 4-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1972 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1972 vs BUF T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1972 @ MTL W 8-5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1972 @ STL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1972 vs DET W 9-2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1972 vs CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1972 vs LAK T 1-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1972 @ PIT T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1972 @ STL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1972 @ BUF W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1972 @ TOR W 2-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1972 @ NYR W 4-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1971 @ MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1971 @ CHI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1971 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1971 vs PHI W 5-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1971 @ BUF T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1971 vs PIT T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1971 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1971 vs NYR W 8-1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1971 @ CGS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1971 @ VAN W 6-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1971 @ LAK W 5-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1971 vs PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1971 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1971 @ STL T 6-6 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1971 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1971 @ PHI W 2-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1971 vs STL W 6-2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1971 vs CHI W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1971 vs VAN W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1971 vs LAK W 11-2 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1971 vs CGS W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1971 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1971 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1971 @ DET W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1971 vs STL W 6-1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1971 vs MNS W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1971 vs CGS L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1971 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1971 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1971 @ CGS W 5-1 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1971 vs DET W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1971 vs TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1971 vs BUF W 6-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1971 @ NYR W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1971 vs NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00