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1977-78 Detroit Red Wings Schedule and Results

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32-34-14 (78 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 252 goals, Allowed 266 goals, SRS: -0.15 (11th of 18)
Coached by Bobby Kromm (32-34-14)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-1) versus Montreal Canadiens
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) versus Atlanta Flames

1977-78 Detroit Red Wings:

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 13, 1977 Toronto Maple Leafs T 3 3 0 0 1 T 1
2 Sat, Oct 15, 1977 @ Los Angeles Kings L 2 4 0 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Oct 18, 1977 @ Vancouver Canucks L 2 3 0 2 1 L 2
4 Thu, Oct 20, 1977 Montreal Canadiens T 2 2 0 2 2 T 1
5 Sat, Oct 22, 1977 @ Minnesota North Stars W 4 2 1 2 2 W 1
6 Wed, Oct 26, 1977 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 3 2 2 2 W 2
7 Thu, Oct 27, 1977 Minnesota North Stars W 3 1 3 2 2 W 3
8 Sat, Oct 29, 1977 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 4 7 3 3 2 L 1
9 Wed, Nov 2, 1977 Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 1 4 3 2 W 1
10 Sat, Nov 5, 1977 Cleveland Barons L 3 4 4 4 2 L 1
11 Sun, Nov 6, 1977 @ Cleveland Barons W 4 1 5 4 2 W 1
12 Wed, Nov 9, 1977 Washington Capitals T 1 1 5 4 3 T 1
13 Sat, Nov 12, 1977 New York Rangers W 3 1 6 4 3 W 1
14 Sun, Nov 13, 1977 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 0 3 6 5 3 L 1
15 Wed, Nov 16, 1977 St. Louis Blues W 10 1 7 5 3 W 1
16 Fri, Nov 18, 1977 @ Atlanta Flames L 3 5 7 6 3 L 1
17 Sat, Nov 19, 1977 @ St. Louis Blues W 2 1 8 6 3 W 1
18 Wed, Nov 23, 1977 Philadelphia Flyers W 4 1 9 6 3 W 2
19 Sat, Nov 26, 1977 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 3 9 7 3 L 1
20 Sun, Nov 27, 1977 New York Islanders L 1 4 9 8 3 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Wed, Nov 30, 1977 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 4 6 9 9 3 L 3
22 Sat, Dec 3, 1977 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 4 9 10 3 L 4
23 Sun, Dec 4, 1977 @ Buffalo Sabres L 1 6 9 11 3 L 5
24 Tue, Dec 6, 1977 Chicago Black Hawks L 1 2 9 12 3 L 6
25 Thu, Dec 8, 1977 @ Boston Bruins L 4 6 9 13 3 L 7
26 Sat, Dec 10, 1977 @ New York Islanders L 4 7 9 14 3 L 8
27 Thu, Dec 15, 1977 New York Rangers T 5 5 9 14 4 T 1
28 Sat, Dec 17, 1977 @ St. Louis Blues W 3 2 10 14 4 W 1
29 Sun, Dec 18, 1977 @ New York Rangers L 2 6 10 15 4 L 1
30 Wed, Dec 21, 1977 Buffalo Sabres L 3 5 10 16 4 L 2
31 Fri, Dec 23, 1977 @ Washington Capitals L 2 3 10 17 4 L 3
32 Tue, Dec 27, 1977 Colorado Rockies W 5 2 11 17 4 W 1
33 Thu, Dec 29, 1977 @ Buffalo Sabres T 3 3 11 17 5 T 1
34 Sat, Dec 31, 1977 Boston Bruins L 0 7 11 18 5 L 1
35 Thu, Jan 5, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 2 1 12 18 5 W 1
36 Sun, Jan 8, 1978 Los Angeles Kings W 4 3 13 18 5 W 2
37 Wed, Jan 11, 1978 @ Washington Capitals W 6 3 14 18 5 W 3
38 Thu, Jan 12, 1978 Montreal Canadiens L 1 6 14 19 5 L 1
39 Sat, Jan 14, 1978 Buffalo Sabres W 6 2 15 19 5 W 1
40 Wed, Jan 18, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies T 4 4 15 19 6 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 19, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks W 4 2 16 19 6 W 1
42 Sat, Jan 21, 1978 @ Boston Bruins L 1 7 16 20 6 L 1
43 Sun, Jan 22, 1978 Washington Capitals W 6 3 17 20 6 W 1
44 Sat, Jan 28, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 1 6 17 21 6 L 1
45 Sun, Jan 29, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers T 3 3 17 21 7 T 1
46 Tue, Jan 31, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 5 17 22 7 L 1
47 Wed, Feb 1, 1978 @ Cleveland Barons L 0 2 17 23 7 L 2
48 Sat, Feb 4, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T 2 2 17 23 8 T 1
49 Sun, Feb 5, 1978 Cleveland Barons W 4 3 18 23 8 W 1
50 Tue, Feb 7, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings W 2 1 19 23 8 W 2
51 Thu, Feb 9, 1978 Boston Bruins L 3 5 19 24 8 L 1
52 Sat, Feb 11, 1978 @ New York Islanders L 5 8 19 25 8 L 2
53 Sun, Feb 12, 1978 Vancouver Canucks W 8 3 20 25 8 W 1
54 Thu, Feb 16, 1978 Atlanta Flames W 5 3 21 25 8 W 2
55 Sat, Feb 18, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers L 2 4 21 26 8 L 1
56 Sun, Feb 19, 1978 Los Angeles Kings W 5 1 22 26 8 W 1
57 Thu, Feb 23, 1978 Washington Capitals W 4 1 23 26 8 W 2
58 Sat, Feb 25, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames T 2 2 23 26 9 T 1
59 Sun, Feb 26, 1978 St. Louis Blues L 1 3 23 27 9 L 1
60 Tue, Feb 28, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 3 9 23 28 9 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 1, 1978 @ New York Rangers L 2 3 23 29 9 L 3
62 Sat, Mar 4, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars W 3 1 24 29 9 W 1
63 Sun, Mar 5, 1978 Minnesota North Stars W 4 3 25 29 9 W 2
64 Thu, Mar 9, 1978 Boston Bruins T 2 2 25 29 10 T 1
65 Sat, Mar 11, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 5 4 26 29 10 W 1
66 Sun, Mar 12, 1978 Vancouver Canucks T 4 4 26 29 11 T 1
67 Thu, Mar 16, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings T 3 3 26 29 12 T 2
68 Sat, Mar 18, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks W 5 4 27 29 12 W 1
69 Sun, Mar 19, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies L 4 6 27 30 12 L 1
70 Wed, Mar 22, 1978 Atlanta Flames W 4 1 28 30 12 W 1
71 Sat, Mar 25, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 2 2 28 30 13 T 1
72 Sun, Mar 26, 1978 @ Washington Capitals W 4 1 29 30 13 W 1
73 Tue, Mar 28, 1978 Buffalo Sabres W 7 0 30 30 13 W 2
74 Thu, Mar 30, 1978 Los Angeles Kings L 0 4 30 31 13 L 1
75 Sat, Apr 1, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 0 2 30 32 13 L 2
76 Sun, Apr 2, 1978 New York Islanders L 2 5 30 33 13 L 3
77 Wed, Apr 5, 1978 @ Cleveland Barons T 5 5 30 33 14 T 1
78 Thu, Apr 6, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 4 31 33 14 W 1
79 Sat, Apr 8, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 5 31 34 14 L 1
80 Sun, Apr 9, 1978 Montreal Canadiens W 4 0 32 34 14 W 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 11, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames W 5 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 13, 1978 Atlanta Flames W 3 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Mon, Apr 17, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 6 2 1 0 L 1
4 Wed, Apr 19, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens W 4 2 3 1 0 W 1
5 Fri, Apr 21, 1978 Montreal Canadiens L 2 4 3 2 0 L 1
6 Sun, Apr 23, 1978 Montreal Canadiens L 0 8 3 3 0 L 2
7 Tue, Apr 25, 1978 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 4 3 4 0 L 3