most shorthanded points by nhl player in 1980s

From 1979-80 through 1988-89, Wayne Gretzky collected the most shorthanded points, with 123 points.

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	NAME	SHP	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	123	774	637	1,200	1,837	+568	349	136	356	60	63	66	1	3,095	20.6
2	Mark Messier M. Messier	69	719	335	506	841	+140	1,011	73	142	29	40	38	1	1,876	17.9
3	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	56	676	441	509	950	+355	300	97	127	29	27	58	6	1,961	22.5
4	Dave Poulin D. Poulin	53	439	152	225	377	+167	291	12	24	27	26	26	2	913	16.6
5	Mark Howe M. Howe	47	706	175	440	615	+316	365	45	159	27	20	21	0	1,808	9.7
6	Brian Propp B. Propp	44	750	356	465	821	+296	633	98	156	20	24	55	0	2,537	14.0
7	Paul Coffey P. Coffey	43	653	254	595	849	+264	981	86	247	17	26	22	1	2,159	11.8
8	Rick Middleton R. Middleton	39	659	319	391	710	+145	107	88	126	24	15	40	1	1,556	20.5
9	Doug Smail D. Smail	36	597	163	182	345	+3	393	5	8	24	12	25	2	1,004	16.2
10	Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	34	554	146	208	354	+129	416	5	12	24	10	22	1	958	15.2
11	Steve Kasper S. Kasper	34	593	144	235	379	-44	464	25	27	18	16	16	1	1,080	13.3
12	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	33	555	300	383	683	-36	699	92	136	25	8	21	3	1,947	15.4
13	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	32	368	300	415	715	+35	346	100	196	23	9	25	7	1,447	20.7
14	Bryan Trottier B. Trottier	31	755	332	573	905	+295	618	104	165	13	18	44	1	1,809	18.4
15	Greg Terrion G. Terrion	29	561	93	150	243	-54	339	5	14	13	16	10	0	676	13.8
16	Bob Bourne B. Bourne	29	638	164	215	379	+34	471	31	38	18	11	20	1	1,134	14.5
17	Bob Gainey B. Gainey	27	711	155	169	324	+111	303	11	10	14	13	26	1	1,316	11.8
18	Butch Goring B. Goring	26	440	120	177	297	-17	48	11	56	20	6	13	0	684	17.5
19	Mike Rogers M. Rogers	26	484	202	317	519	-51	184	38	122	16	10	12	0	1,240	16.3
20	Neal Broten N. Broten	25	559	193	382	575	+42	348	47	145	15	10	19	2	1,315	14.7
21	Steve Larmer S. Larmer	25	567	267	321	588	+86	243	103	109	9	16	27	0	1,529	17.5
22	Dave Hunter D. Hunter	25	746	133	190	323	+112	918	2	4	9	16	15	1	1,103	12.1
23	Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	25	644	97	171	268	+60	194	2	12	12	13	11	1	864	11.2
24	Kent Nilsson K. Nilsson	24	547	263	422	685	-20	116	96	179	16	8	28	1	1,372	19.2
25	Larry Patey L. Patey	24	328	63	68	131	-49	384	1	0	19	5	8	0	469	13.4

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Ducks	43	33	6	92	-15
Kings	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks	25	49	8	58	-100

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Tue 9/29	VAN	@	EDM	10:00 PM
Thu 10/1	EDM	@	VAN	10:00 PM
Sat 10/3	SEA	@	EDM	7:00 PM
Wed 10/7	EDM	@	ANA	10:00 PM
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Avalanche - p	55	16	11	121	99
Stars - x	50	20	12	112	53
Wild - x	46	24	12	104	32
Mammoth - x	43	33	6	92	28
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Kings - x	35	27	20	90	-22
Sharks - e	39	35	8	86	-41
Kraken - e	34	37	11	79	-37
Flames - e	34	39	9	77	-47
Canucks - e	25	49	8	58	-100

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Canadiens - x	48	24	10	106	27
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