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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

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

Pat Ribble CHI · 25 P in 78 GP Jim Schoenfeld BUF · 25 P in 46 GP Richard Mulhern LAK · 26 P in 73 GP Doug Wilson CHI · 26 P in 56 GP Dave Shand AFM · 26 P in 80 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

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
67 7 18 25 20 46 78 0 0.37 9.0 0:00

Game log

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