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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 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Rick Hampton CLE · 36 P in 77 GP Greg Smith CLE · 37 P in 80 GP Tom Bladon PHI · 35 P in 79 GP Robert Picard WSH · 37 P in 75 GP Jocelyn Guevremont BUF · 35 P in 66 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

1977-78 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 7 29 36 68 69 117 0 0.45 6.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 9, 1978 vs NYI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Apr 8, 1978 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Apr 6, 1978 vs BUF L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1978 vs NYR W 8-3 1 0 1 4 0 6 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1978 @ MTL L 1-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1978 vs PIT W 6-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1978 @ WSH T 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1978 vs MTL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1978 @ AFM L 3-6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1978 vs CHI W 7-0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1978 @ CLE W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1978 vs TOR W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1978 @ NYR W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1978 vs MNS W 7-2 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1978 vs LAK W 9-3 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1978 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1978 @ DET T 2-2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1978 vs STL W 7-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1978 vs VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1978 vs BUF W 7-3 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1978 vs AFM W 4-3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1978 vs PHI T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1978 @ LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1978 @ VAN W 6-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1978 @ CLR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1978 @ CHI L 2-4 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1978 @ TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1978 @ DET W 5-3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1978 vs TOR T 3-3 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1978 @ PIT W 8-1 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1978 @ BUF L 1-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1978 @ STL W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1978 vs PIT W 8-2 0 2 2 3 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1978 @ WSH W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1978 vs CLR W 4-3 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1978 vs CLE L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1978 vs DET W 7-1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1978 vs WSH W 4-1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1978 @ MTL L 3-5 0 2 2 3 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1978 vs LAK W 6-1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1978 vs NYR L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1978 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1978 @ MNS W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1978 @ CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1977 @ DET W 7-0 0 1 1 4 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1977 @ CLE T 5-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1977 @ WSH W 6-3 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1977 vs PHI W 6-1 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1977 vs CLR W 6-3 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1977 vs CLE W 2-1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1977 @ NYI L 1-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1977 @ PHI L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1977 @ NYR W 8-2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1977 vs PIT W 6-2 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1977 vs DET W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1977 vs TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1977 @ CLE T 4-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1977 vs MNS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1977 vs STL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1977 vs NYR W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1977 vs WSH W 6-0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1977 @ BUF W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1977 vs CHI W 1-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1977 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1977 vs VAN T 4-4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1977 vs CLE W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1977 @ AFM W 6-3 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1977 vs LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1977 vs NYI W 5-3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1977 @ MTL L 2-5 1 0 1 -2 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1977 vs BUF L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1977 @ PIT W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1977 @ MNS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1977 @ CLR T 4-4 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1977 @ VAN T 3-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1977 @ LAK W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1977 @ STL W 7-3 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1977 vs MTL L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1977 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1977 vs AFM T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00