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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
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Oct 11, 1978 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | T | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Oct 13, 1978 | Washington Capitals | T | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | T 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 14, 1978 | @ | Washington Capitals | W | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Oct 17, 1978 | Colorado Rockies | W | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Fri, Oct 20, 1978 | Montreal Canadiens | W | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Oct 22, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Oct 24, 1978 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | W 5 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Oct 27, 1978 | New York Islanders | W | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | W 6 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Oct 28, 1978 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | W 7 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Oct 31, 1978 | @ | St. Louis Blues | W | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | W 8 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 1, 1978 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | W 9 | |||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 3, 1978 | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | W 10 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 4, 1978 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 7, 1978 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 10, 1978 | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 5 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 11, 1978 | @ | New York Islanders | L | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Nov 14, 1978 | @ | Washington Capitals | L | 7 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Nov 15, 1978 | Detroit Red Wings | W | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Fri, Nov 17, 1978 | Boston Bruins | L | 2 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 20 | Sun, Nov 19, 1978 | @ | New York Rangers | W | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Nov 21, 1978 | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 3 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 22 | Fri, Nov 24, 1978 | St. Louis Blues | W | 4 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Sun, Nov 26, 1978 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 2 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Nov 29, 1978 | New York Rangers | L | 3 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 25 | Fri, Dec 1, 1978 | Minnesota North Stars | L | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 2 | L 3 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 2, 1978 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | L | 3 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 2 | L 4 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 5, 1978 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | L | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 2 | L 5 | ||
| 28 | Fri, Dec 8, 1978 | @ | Colorado Rockies | W | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 9, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | L | 1 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 13, 1978 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | T | 5 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 3 | T 1 | ||
| 31 | Thu, Dec 14, 1978 | Colorado Rockies | W | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Dec 16, 1978 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 7 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Tue, Dec 19, 1978 | @ | St. Louis Blues | L | 4 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Thu, Dec 21, 1978 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | L | 4 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 35 | Fri, Dec 22, 1978 | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Tue, Dec 26, 1978 | New York Rangers | L | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 37 | Thu, Dec 28, 1978 | New York Islanders | L | 4 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 3 | L 2 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Dec 30, 1978 | @ | New York Islanders | L | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 3 | L 3 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Dec 31, 1978 | @ | New York Rangers | W | 6 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 3, 1979 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 4 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 5, 1979 | Pittsburgh Penguins | T | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 4 | T 1 | |||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 9, 1979 | Buffalo Sabres | W | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 12, 1979 | New York Islanders | L | 1 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 14, 1979 | New York Rangers | L | 4 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 45 | Tue, Jan 16, 1979 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 5 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Fri, Jan 19, 1979 | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 6 | 1 | 24 | 18 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Jan 20, 1979 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | W | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 48 | Mon, Jan 22, 1979 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Thu, Jan 25, 1979 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 0 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Jan 26, 1979 | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 4 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Jan 28, 1979 | Detroit Red Wings | W | 7 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 52 | Wed, Jan 31, 1979 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | W | 5 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 53 | Thu, Feb 1, 1979 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 4 | 1 | 29 | 20 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 3, 1979 | Chicago Black Hawks | L | 2 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 4, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | L | 4 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Wed, Feb 14, 1979 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | T | 4 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 5 | T 1 | ||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 17, 1979 | @ | Colorado Rockies | W | 5 | 1 | 30 | 22 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 18, 1979 | @ | St. Louis Blues | W | 6 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 20, 1979 | Washington Capitals | W | 5 | 3 | 32 | 22 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 60 | Fri, Feb 23, 1979 | Minnesota North Stars | T | 2 | 2 | 32 | 22 | 6 | T 1 | |||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 24, 1979 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | W | 6 | 3 | 33 | 22 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 28, 1979 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | W | 6 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 6 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Fri, Mar 2, 1979 | New York Islanders | W | 3 | 2 | 35 | 22 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 64 | Sat, Mar 3, 1979 | @ | New York Islanders | L | 2 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 65 | Thu, Mar 8, 1979 | Boston Bruins | W | 7 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 10, 1979 | Buffalo Sabres | T | 5 | 5 | 36 | 23 | 7 | T 1 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 11, 1979 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | L | 4 | 9 | 36 | 24 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Wed, Mar 14, 1979 | @ | New York Rangers | W | 6 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 69 | Thu, Mar 15, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | L | 4 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 18, 1979 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | L | 1 | 2 | 37 | 26 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 20, 1979 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | L | 3 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 7 | L 3 | ||
| 72 | Fri, Mar 23, 1979 | Philadelphia Flyers | L | 1 | 4 | 37 | 28 | 7 | L 4 | |||
| 73 | Sun, Mar 25, 1979 | St. Louis Blues | W | 8 | 2 | 38 | 28 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 74 | Tue, Mar 27, 1979 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 4 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 75 | Fri, Mar 30, 1979 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 5 | 3 | 39 | 29 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 76 | Sun, Apr 1, 1979 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 7 | 2 | 40 | 29 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 77 | Tue, Apr 3, 1979 | @ | New York Islanders | L | 2 | 3 | 40 | 30 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Wed, Apr 4, 1979 | @ | New York Rangers | T | 3 | 3 | 40 | 30 | 8 | T 1 | ||
| 79 | Fri, Apr 6, 1979 | New York Rangers | W | 9 | 2 | 41 | 30 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 80 | Sun, Apr 8, 1979 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | L | 2 | 4 | 41 | 31 | 8 | L 1 |
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 10, 1979 | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Apr 12, 1979 | @ | Toronto Maple Leafs | L | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | L 2 |