Regular season and playoffsNYR

Dave Balon's 1968-1969 season

Points

NHL#93

Goals

NHL#99

Assists

NHL#85

Plus/minus

NHL#86

Games

98% of 76

Left winger Dave Balon was 30 years old when the 1968-1969 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 75 of a possible 76 games and scored 10 goals and 21 assists for 31 points, 0.41 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 1 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1968-1969Playoffs

Year 1968
58 years ago
Season opener
October 13
Dave Balon plays the 1968-1969 season for New York Rangers
NYRNew York Rangers
Dave was 30 years old when the 1968-1969 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 5th NHL season in all.
- The game
  NYR2–5CHI
  L
  October 13game 1/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI1–3NYR
  W
  October 16game 2/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–7DET
  L
  October 17game 3/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK0–7NYR
  W
  October 20game 4/76
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  OAK1–6NYR
  W
  October 23game 5/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–0MNS
  W
  October 26game 6/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  TOR5–3NYR
  L
  October 27game 7/76
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT3–7NYR
  W
  October 30game 8/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–1PHI
  W
  October 31game 9/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- November 1968
- The game
  MNS1–2NYR
  W
  November 3game 10/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-7SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
Milestone
Dave Balon reaches 50 career goals
in the game against Minnesota North Stars · November 3
- The game
  NYR0–2LAK
  L
  November 6game 11/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–2OAK
  W
  November 8game 12/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–2CHI
  W
  November 10game 13/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-5SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL3–1NYR
  L
  November 13game 14/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–1PIT
  W
  November 16game 15/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL2–3NYR
  W
  November 17game 16/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  LAK2–4NYR
  W
  November 20game 17/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–5BOS
  L
  November 23game 18/76
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  OAK2–3NYR
  W
  November 24game 19/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  November 24
  1/4 into the season
  Game 19 of 76
  8
  points
  NHL#79
  3
  goals
  NHL#74
  5
  assists
  NHL#74
  NYR
  13-6-0W-L-OT26Points
  2nd in the whole NHL
- The game
  CHI4–2NYR
  L
  November 27game 20/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- December 1968
- The game
  TOR1–3NYR
  W
  December 1game 22/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–2MTL
  W
  December 4game 23/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–4DET
  L
  December 5game 24/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–5TOR
  L
  December 7game 25/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET5–2NYR
  L
  December 8game 26/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–2NYR
  December 11game 27/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–4MNS
  L
  December 14game 28/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI3–1NYR
  L
  December 15game 29/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CHI3–1NYR
  L
  December 18game 30/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–2STL
  December 21game 31/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MNS2–4NYR
  W
  December 22game 32/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–2PHI
  December 25game 33/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  OAK1–3NYR
  W
  December 26game 34/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–5MTL
  L
  December 28game 35/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL1–3NYR
  W
  December 29game 36/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
Year 1969
57 years ago
- The game
  BOS4–2NYR
  L
  January 2game 37/76
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–5TOR
  L
  January 4game 38/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 4
  1/2 into the season
  Game 38 of 7637 of 38 played
  10
  points
  NHL#129
  5
  goals
  NHL#91
  5
  assists
  NHL#144
  NYR
  19-16-0W-L-OT41Points
  6th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MNS1–5NYR
  W
  January 5game 39/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–1PHI
  W
  January 9game 40/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–3DET
  L
  January 11game 41/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–3LAK
  L
  January 14game 42/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–1OAK
  W
  January 17game 43/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–2STL
  January 18game 44/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK1–3NYR
  W
  January 23game 45/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CHI0–3NYR
  W
  January 25game 46/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL2–3NYR
  W
  January 26game 47/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET0–2NYR
  W
  January 29game 48/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–3STL
  W
  January 30game 49/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- February 1969
- The game
  NYR2–6MTL
  L
  February 1game 50/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT3–7NYR
  W
  February 2game 51/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–3PIT
  L
  February 5game 52/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL0–2NYR
  W
  February 8game 53/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI3–3NYR
  February 9game 54/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–3OAK
  L
  February 12game 55/76
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–4LAK
  L
  February 13game 56/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–6TOR
  L
  February 15game 57/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  February 15
  3/4 into the season
  Game 57 of 7656 of 57 played
  12
  points
  NHL#152
  5
  goals
  NHL#118
  7
  assists
  NHL#162
  NYR
  29-23-0W-L-OT63Points
  Playoff spot
  4th in the whole NHL
- The game
  TOR2–4NYR
  W
  February 16game 58/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  DET1–1NYR
  February 19game 59/76
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS0–9NYR
  W
  February 23game 60/76
  His night
  +3P+3A
  +3+/-3SOG
  +3 assists
  View the game
- The game
  CHI3–5NYR
  W
  February 26game 61/76
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG2PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- March 1969
- The game
  NYR5–8BOS
  L
  March 1game 62/76
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL1–2NYR
  W
  March 2game 63/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG1SHP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–4CHI
  March 5game 64/76
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–1DET
  W
  March 6game 65/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR5–3PIT
  W
  March 8game 66/76
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-5SOG1SHP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  MTL2–2NYR
  March 9game 67/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  PIT3–4NYR
  W
  March 12game 68/76
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  DET4–6NYR
  W
  March 16game 69/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -1+/-4SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–2MNS
  W
  March 19game 70/76
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–3MTL
  L
  March 22game 71/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS2–4NYR
  W
  March 23game 72/76
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–6CHI
  L
  March 26game 73/76
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -2+/-3SOG
  +2 assists
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–3BOS
  March 27game 74/76
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR4–2TOR
  W
  March 29game 75/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  TOR0–4NYR
  W
  March 30game 76/76
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
The season in numbers
March 30
Dave Balon closes the 1968-1969 season with 31 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
31
NHL#93
Games
75of 76
99%
Goals
10
NHL#99
Assists
21
NHL#85
P/GP
0.41
NHL#112
+/-
+4
NHL#86
Events
250
NHL games
50
career goals
3 days later
Playoffs
April 2
New York Rangers are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 2
New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens
NYRvsMTL
Swedes on New York Rangers
No Swedes
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  NYR1–3MTL
  L
  April 2
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2
  NYR2–5MTL
  L
  April 3
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 3
  MTL4–1NYR
  L
  April 5
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4
  MTL4–3NYR
  L
  April 6
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
Quarterfinal
April 6
Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–0
NYR0–4MTL
Eliminated
4Games1Points1Goals0Assists
The run in numbers
April 6
Dave Balon ends the 1968-1969 playoffs with 1 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
1
NHL#80
Games
4
Goals
1
NHL#47
Assists
0
NHL#92
P/GP
0.25
+/-
-2
NHL#90
MTL0–4

Dave Balon plays the 1968-1969 season for New York Rangers

Dave Balon reaches 50 career goals

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Dave Balon closes the 1968-1969 season with 31 points

New York Rangers are in the playoffs

New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–0

Dave Balon ends the 1968-1969 playoffs with 1 points