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41-31-8 (90 points), Finished 4th in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 327 goals, Allowed 280 goals, SRS: 0.67 (3rd of 17)
Coached by Fred Creighton (41-31-8)
Playoffs:
Lost Preliminary Round (2-0) to Toronto Maple Leafs
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1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Flames | 80 | 41 | 31 | 8 | 90 | .563 | 327 | 280 | 0.67 | 7.59 | 54 | 226 | 23.89 | 56 | 290 | 80.69 | 6 | 5 |
| League Average | 80 | 33 | 33 | 13 | 80 | .500 | 280 | 280 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 62 | 271 | 22.72 | 62 | 271 | 77.28 | 7 | 7 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob MacMillan | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 79 | 37 | 71 | 108 | 1.37 | 40 | 0.50 | 143 | 35 | 78 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 194 | 2.46 | 19.1 | ||
| 2 | Guy Chouinard | C | 5-11 | 182 | 22 | 80 | 50 | 57 | 107 | 1.34 | 42 | 0.53 | 148 | 51 | 75 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 229 | 2.86 | 21.8 | ||
| 3 | Eric Vail | LW | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | 80 | 35 | 48 | 83 | 1.04 | 32 | 0.40 | 139 | 37 | 83 | 6 | 25 | 53 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 203 | 2.54 | 17.2 | ||
| 4 | Jean Pronovost | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 33 | 75 | 28 | 39 | 67 | 0.89 | 26 | 0.34 | 86 | 22 | 48 | 5 | 21 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 151 | 2.01 | 18.5 | ||
| 5 | Tom Lysiak | C | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | 52 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 1.12 | 22 | 0.42 | 86 | 25 | 52 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 137 | 2.63 | 16.8 | ||
| 6 | Bobby Lalonde | C | 5-5 | 155 | 27 | 78 | 24 | 32 | 56 | 0.72 | 22 | 0.28 | 74 | 22 | 68 | 13 | -3 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 135 | 1.73 | 17.8 | ||
| 7 | Ken Houston | RW | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | 80 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 0.65 | 20 | 0.25 | 83 | 11 | 68 | 0 | 4 | 135 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 1.75 | 15.0 | ||
| 8 | Willi Plett | RW | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | 74 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 0.58 | 18 | 0.24 | 78 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 13 | 213 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 164 | 2.22 | 14.0 | ||
| 9 | Bill Clement | C | 6-1 | 194 | 28 | 65 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 0.54 | 13 | 0.20 | 47 | 5 | 84 | 37 | -5 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 1.32 | 14.0 | ||
| 10 | Don Laurence | C | 5-9 | 175 | 21 | 59 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 0.58 | 13 | 0.22 | 47 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 113 | 1.92 | 12.4 | ||
| 11 | Harold Phillipoff | LW | 6-3 | 220 | 22 | 51 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 0.51 | 10 | 0.19 | 38 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 113 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 1.29 | 13.6 | ||
| 12 | Dave Shand | D | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 79 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 0.33 | 9 | 0.11 | 107 | 1 | 104 | 21 | 23 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 1.03 | 4.9 | ||
| 13 | Ed Kea | D | 6-3 | 200 | 31 | 53 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 0.45 | 8 | 0.16 | 57 | 4 | 64 | 9 | -2 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 1.00 | 11.3 | ||
| 14 | Pat Ribble | D | 6-4 | 210 | 24 | 66 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 0.32 | 7 | 0.11 | 77 | 0 | 78 | 19 | 18 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1.06 | 7.1 | ||
| 15 | Brad Marsh | D | 6-3 | 220 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 0.24 | 6 | 0.07 | 98 | 2 | 97 | 24 | 23 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Bob Murdoch | D | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | 35 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.46 | 6 | 0.17 | 51 | 8 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 1.51 | 9.4 | ||
| 17 | John Gould | RW | 5-11 | 197 | 29 | 61 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.25 | 6 | 0.10 | 30 | 8 | 54 | 28 | -4 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 1.10 | 11.9 | ||
| 18 | Richard Mulhern | D | 6-1 | 188 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0.41 | 5 | 0.14 | 50 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1.57 | 5.2 | ||
| 19 | Darcy Rota | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1.08 | 6 | 0.46 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2.08 | 33.3 | ||
| 20 | Ivan Boldirev | C | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1.08 | 5 | 0.42 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2.54 | 18.2 | ||
| 21 | Greg Fox | D | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | 64 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0.19 | 4 | 0.06 | 71 | 0 | 58 | 12 | 25 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0.61 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Gene Carr | C | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.37 | 4 | 0.13 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 0 | -4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1.17 | 8.6 | ||
| 23 | Phil Russell | D | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.54 | 2 | 0.18 | 24 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.46 | 5.3 | ||
| 24 | Rod Seiling | D | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.03 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.78 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Gerry O'Flaherty | LW | 5-10 | 182 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.00 | 50.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 327 | 544 | 871 | 10.89 | 327 | 4.09 | 327 | 54 | 280 | 56 | 49 | 1156 | 267 | 54 | 6 | 41 | 2263 | 28.29 | 14.4 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Bouchard | G | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | 64 | 3624 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 71 | .592 | 3 | 201 | 3.33 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 2 | Reggie Lemelin | G | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | 18 | 994 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 | .500 | 0 | 55 | 3.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Yves Belanger | G | 5-11 | 170 | 26 | 5 | 182 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 21 | 6.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 41 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 277 | 3.46 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guy Chouinard | C | 5-11 | 182 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Ivan Boldirev | C | 6-0 | 190 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | Jean Pronovost | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Eric Vail | LW | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Darcy Rota | LW | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Willi Plett | RW | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | Bob MacMillan | RW | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | Bobby Lalonde | C | 5-5 | 155 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Ed Kea | D | 6-3 | 200 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Dave Shand | D | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | Rod Seiling | D | 6-0 | 195 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Phil Russell | D | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Gene Carr | C | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Bill Clement | C | 6-1 | 194 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Bob Murdoch | D | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | Brad Marsh | D | 6-3 | 220 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | John Gould | RW | 5-11 | 197 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Ken Houston | RW | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 6.50 | 129 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Bouchard | G | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 9 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 2 | Reggie Lemelin | G | 5-11 | 170 | 24 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 80 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 |