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Rick Vaive

#22 · Right wing · Buffalo Sabres

Born May 14, 1959 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 198 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 5th overall in 1979 by VAN (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1981-82. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bill Barber PHI · 89 P in 80 GP Marian Stastny QUE · 89 P in 74 GP Keith Acton MTL · 88 P in 78 GP Mark Messier EDM · 88 P in 78 GP Ryan Walter WSH · 87 P in 78 GP

Career

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

0204060801979-80: 37 points3779-801980-81: 62 points6280-811981-82: 89 points8981-821982-83: 79 points7982-831983-84: 93 points9383-841984-85: 68 points6884-851985-86: 64 points6485-861986-87: 66 points6686-871987-88: 69 points6987-881988-89: 57 points5788-891989-90: 48 points4889-901990-91: 52 points5290-911991-92: 4 points491-92

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 VAN 47 13 8 21 -11 111 89 0 0.45
1979-80 TOR 22 9 7 16 -4 77 55 0 0.73
1980-81 TOR 76 33 29 62 -16 229 195 0 0.82
1981-82 TOR 77 54 35 89 12 157 267 0 1.16
1982-83 TOR 78 51 28 79 -13 105 296 0 1.01
1983-84 TOR 76 52 41 93 -11 114 261 0 1.22
1984-85 TOR 73 35 33 68 -29 112 259 0 0.93
1985-86 TOR 61 33 31 64 -18 85 226 0 1.05
1986-87 TOR 73 32 34 66 11 61 213 0 0.90
1987-88 CHI 76 43 26 69 -20 108 229 0 0.91
1988-89 CHI 30 12 13 25 -5 60 57 0 0.83
1988-89 BUF 28 19 13 32 7 64 81 0 1.14
1989-90 BUF 70 29 19 48 9 74 195 0 0.69
1990-91 BUF 71 25 27 52 11 74 155 0 0.73
1991-92 BUF 21 1 3 4 -2 14 25 0 0.19
13 seasons Career 879 441 347 788 -79 1445 2603 0 0.90

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1979-80 TOR 3 1 0 1 -5 11 4 0 0.33
1980-81 TOR 3 1 0 1 -3 4 9 0 0.33
1982-83 TOR 4 2 5 7 1 6 17 0 1.75
1985-86 TOR 9 6 2 8 -2 9 30 0 0.89
1986-87 TOR 13 4 2 6 -1 23 42 0 0.46
1987-88 CHI 5 6 2 8 1 38 17 0 1.60
1988-89 BUF 5 2 1 3 -5 8 15 0 0.60
1989-90 BUF 6 4 2 6 0 6 21 0 1.00
1990-91 BUF 6 1 2 3 0 6 3 0 0.50
9 seasons Playoffs 54 27 16 43 -14 111 158 0 0.80

1981-82 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
77 54 35 89 12 157 267 0 1.16 20.2 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 4, 1982 @ PHI L 1-7 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1982 vs WSH L 4-6 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1982 @ STL L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1982 @ DET L 4-6 1 1 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1982 vs DET L 1-2 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1982 vs STL W 4-3 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1982 vs CHI W 8-5 4 1 5 2 0 7 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1982 @ WIN L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1982 vs QUE W 6-3 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1982 vs WIN L 2-10 1 1 2 -2 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1982 vs CHI L 6-7 0 1 1 0 22 5 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1982 vs MTL L 1-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1982 @ NYI L 1-10 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1982 vs LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1982 vs NYI L 5-9 0 0 0 -4 7 3 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1982 @ MTL T 3-3 1 0 1 2 2 6 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1982 @ MNS L 5-7 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1982 @ STL L 2-3 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1982 vs STL W 8-5 2 1 3 4 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1982 @ DET L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1982 vs DET T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 27 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1982 vs MNS T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 6 1 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1982 vs CHI L 4-6 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1982 vs VAN L 1-4 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1982 @ CGY L 2-8 0 1 1 1 6 4 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1982 @ EDM L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1982 @ VAN L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1982 @ CHI W 5-2 3 2 5 4 0 9 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1982 vs QUE T 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 6 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1982 vs WIN L 3-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1982 vs MNS L 2-9 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1982 @ STL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1982 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 4 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1982 vs CGY T 4-4 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1982 vs NYR W 6-2 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1982 vs EDM W 7-1 2 1 3 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1982 @ BUF L 2-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1982 vs CLR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1982 @ BOS L 2-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1982 vs LAK W 5-3 2 1 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1982 @ CGY T 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1982 @ MNS T 3-3 0 1 1 0 2 10 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1982 vs MNS L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 5 4 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1981 @ DET W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1981 vs STL L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1981 @ HFD L 3-7 1 0 1 -1 5 5 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1981 vs DET W 8-3 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1981 vs PIT T 4-4 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1981 @ CHI W 3-1 2 0 2 3 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1981 @ WIN W 8-4 2 0 2 2 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1981 @ VAN T 6-6 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1981 vs MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1981 @ WSH L 2-11 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1981 vs WIN T 3-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1981 vs WSH W 9-4 2 1 3 4 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1981 vs HFD L 3-5 1 1 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1981 @ DET W 6-3 1 1 2 2 5 3 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1981 vs BUF T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1981 @ NYR T 3-3 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1981 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1981 vs BOS L 3-5 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1981 @ PIT T 3-3 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1981 @ HFD L 5-8 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1981 vs PHI W 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1981 vs NYI L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1981 @ LAK W 9-4 2 1 3 3 4 4 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1981 @ CLR T 4-4 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1981 @ EDM L 4-6 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1981 @ CHI L 4-9 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1981 vs WIN L 5-6 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1981 @ BUF L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1981 vs CLR T 4-4 0 0 0 -3 8 3 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1981 @ QUE L 4-6 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1981 vs MNS L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 7 4 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1981 vs CHI W 9-8 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1981 @ MNS T 3-3 1 0 1 1 0 9 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1981 @ WIN W 6-1 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 00:00