1979–80 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1979–80 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 54th season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 1st in the Smythe Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 10, 1979 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	1–0–0
2 	L	October 13, 1979 	1–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	1–1–0
3 	T	October 14, 1979 	3–3 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	1–1–1
4 	W	October 17, 1979 	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	2–1–1
5 	T	October 20, 1979 	2–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	2–1–2
6 	L	October 21, 1979 	0–3 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	2–2–2
7 	W	October 24, 1979 	4–0 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	3–2–2
8 	L	October 27, 1979 	4–6 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	3–3–2
9 	L	October 28, 1979 	1–4 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	3–4–2
10 	T	October 31, 1979 	0–0 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	3–4–3
11 	L	November 3, 1979 	0–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	3–5–3
12 	L	November 4, 1979 	3–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	3–6–3
13 	T	November 8, 1979 	3–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	3–6–4
14 	W	November 9, 1979 	4–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	4–6–4
15 	T	November 11, 1979	5–5 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	4–6–5
16 	L	November 14, 1979	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	4–7–5
17 	W	November 17, 1979	4–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	5–7–5
18 	T	November 18, 1979	3–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	5–7–6
19 	W	November 21, 1979	4–0 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	6–7–6
20 	W	November 24, 1979	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	7–7–6
21 	W	November 25, 1979	6–3 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	8–7–6
22 	L	November 28, 1979	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	8–8–6
23 	T	November 30, 1979	1–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	8–8–7
24 	L	December 1, 1979 	0–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	8–9–7
25 	T	December 5, 1979 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	8–9–8
26 	T	December 8, 1979 	3–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	8–9–9
27 	T	December 9, 1979 	4–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	8–9–10
28 	L	December 12, 1979	2–5 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	8–10–10
29 	L	December 13, 1979	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	8–11–10
30 	W	December 15, 1979	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	9–11–10
31 	W	December 16, 1979	7–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	10–11–10
32 	T	December 19, 1979	0–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	10–11–11
33 	L	December 21, 1979	1–4 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	10–12–11
34 	W	December 23, 1979	8–0 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	11–12–11
35 	T	December 26, 1979	3–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	11–12–12
36 	L	December 28, 1979	2–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	11–13–12
37 	W	December 30, 1979	5–3 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	12–13–12
38 	W	January 2, 1980 	5–2 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	13–13–12
39 	W	January 5, 1980 	4–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	14–13–12
40 	W	January 6, 1980 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	15–13–12
41 	L	January 9, 1980 	1–6 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	15–14–12
42 	W	January 12, 1980 	3–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	16–14–12
43 	W	January 13, 1980 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	17–14–12
44 	L	January 16, 1980 	1–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	17–15–12
45 	L	January 17, 1980 	1–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	17–16–12
46 	L	January 19, 1980 	3–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	17–17–12
47 	W	January 20, 1980 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	18–17–12
48 	L	January 23, 1980 	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	18–18–12
49 	T	January 25, 1980 	4–4 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	18–18–13
50 	W	January 27, 1980 	3–0 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	19–18–13
51 	W	January 30, 1980 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	20–18–13
52 	W	February 2, 1980 	5–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	21–18–13
53 	W	February 3, 1980 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	22–18–13
54 	T	February 6, 1980 	3–3 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	22–18–14
55 	L	February 9, 1980 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	22–19–14
56 	W	February 10, 1980	3–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	23–19–14
57 	W	February 13, 1980	3–1 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	24–19–14
58 	W	February 17, 1980	3–2 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	25–19–14
59 	W	February 20, 1980	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	26–19–14
60 	L	February 23, 1980	2–6 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	26–20–14
61 	W	February 24, 1980	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	27–20–14
62 	L	February 27, 1980	2–5 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	27–21–14
63 	W	March 1, 1980 	4–1 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	28–21–14
64 	W	March 2, 1980 	3–2 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	29–21–14
65 	T	March 5, 1980 	3–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	29–21–15
66 	W	March 7, 1980 	4–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	30–21–15
67 	T	March 8, 1980 	3–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	30–21–16
68 	T	March 12, 1980 	6–6 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	30–21–17
69 	L	March 14, 1980 	4–6 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	30–22–17
70 	L	March 16, 1980 	1–6 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	30–23–17
71 	W	March 19, 1980 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	31–23–17
72 	T	March 22, 1980 	4–4 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	31–23–18
73 	W	March 23, 1980 	4–2 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	32–23–18
74 	L	March 25, 1980 	4–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1979–80) 	32–24–18
75 	W	March 26, 1980 	7–2 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	33–24–18
76 	T	March 30, 1980 	2–2 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	33–24–19
77 	L	April 1, 1980 	2–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	33–25–19
78 	L	April 2, 1980 	2–5 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	33–26–19
79 	W	April 5, 1980 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	34–26–19
80 	L	April 6, 1980 	4–5 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	34–27–19
==Playoffs==
===Chicago Black Hawks 3, St. Louis Blues 0===
===Buffalo Sabres 4, Chicago Black Hawks 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	74	15	55	70 	252	7 	6 	1 	3
 	C 	77	26	43	69 	31 	-7 	10 	0 	7
 	RW 	80	39	26	65 	122	3 	14 	0 	7
 	RW 	80	31	30	61 	70 	16 	12 	2 	5
 	D 	73	12	49	61 	70 	-5 	3 	1 	1
 	D 	74	16	34	50 	60 	-16	8 	0 	1
 	LW 	66	14	17	31 	136	-12	1 	0 	1
 	D 	78	8 	22	30 	52 	-2 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	74	13	12	25 	50 	-15	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	45	13	10	23 	14 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	45	7 	14	21 	28 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	74	6 	15	21 	51 	-16	1 	0 	1
 	D 	76	2 	18	20 	27 	7 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	49	9 	8 	17 	17 	-10	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	66	7 	9 	16 	22 	-6 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	30	6 	10	16 	10 	-7 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	71	4 	11	15 	73 	-13	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	53	3 	10	13 	59 	-7 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	47	3 	4 	7 	6 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	17	2 	5 	7 	12 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	2 	3 	5 	34 	5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	38	0 	5 	5 	73 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	23	1 	2 	3 	14 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	2 	0 	2 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	69	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	0 	0 	0 	20 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	4140	69	31	22	16	205	2.97	6
 	660 	11	3 	5 	3 	37 	3.36	0
Team: 	4800	80	34	27	19	242	3.02	6
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	7 	2	8	10 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	4	4	8 	0 	4 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	2	4	6 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	2	3	5 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	4	0	4 	15 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	7 	3	1	4 	2 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	7 	0	3	3 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0	3	3 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1	1	2 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1	1	2 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	7 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	0	0	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	373	6 	3	3	14	2.25	0
 	60 	1 	0	1	6 	6.00	0
Team: 	433	7 	3	4	20	2.77	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*Tony Esposito, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1979–80 NHL season
==References==
* 
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1979–80
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1979–80
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