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1978-79 Detroit Red Wings Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-41-16 (62 points), Finished 5th in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bobby Kromm (23-41-16)

Goals For: 252 (13th of 17), Goals Against: 295 (14th of 17)
SRS: -0.47 (12th of 17), SOS: 0.07 (5th of 17)

Regular Season

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