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1978-79 Edmonton Oilers Schedule and Results

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Record: 48-30-2 (98 points), Finished 1st in WHA (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Glen Sather (48-30-2)

Goals For: 340 (1st of 10), Goals Against: 266 (5th of 10)
SRS: 0.77 (2nd of 10), SOS: -0.15 (10th of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost Avco Cup Finals (4-2) versus Winnipeg Jets
Won Semi-Finals (4-3) versus New England Whalers

Regular Season

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Fri, Oct 13, 1978 Cincinnati Stingers W 3 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Tue, Oct 17, 1978 New England Whalers L 1 2 1 1 0 L 1
3 Fri, Oct 20, 1978 @ Indianapolis Racers W 4 3 2 1 0 W 1
4 Sat, Oct 21, 1978 @ Cincinnati Stingers L 3 4 2 2 0 L 1
5 Sun, Oct 22, 1978 @ Winnipeg Jets W 6 2 3 2 0 W 1
6 Tue, Oct 24, 1978 Birmingham Bulls L 2 3 3 3 0 L 1
7 Sun, Oct 29, 1978 Quebec Nordiques L 2 6 3 4 0 L 2
8 Tue, Oct 31, 1978 Quebec Nordiques L 4 5 3 5 0 L 3
9 Fri, Nov 3, 1978 Winnipeg Jets W OT 4 3 4 5 0 W 1
10 Sun, Nov 5, 1978 @ Quebec Nordiques L 0 2 4 6 0 L 1
11 Wed, Nov 8, 1978 @ Quebec Nordiques W 6 5 5 6 0 W 1
12 Thu, Nov 9, 1978 @ New England Whalers L 1 6 5 7 0 L 1
13 Sat, Nov 11, 1978 @ Birmingham Bulls W 5 3 6 7 0 W 1
14 Sun, Nov 12, 1978 @ Cincinnati Stingers L 3 5 6 8 0 L 1
15 Fri, Nov 17, 1978 Indianapolis Racers W 6 1 7 8 0 W 1
16 Sun, Nov 19, 1978 Cincinnati Stingers W 6 3 8 8 0 W 2
17 Tue, Nov 21, 1978 Quebec Nordiques W 4 1 9 8 0 W 3
18 Fri, Nov 24, 1978 Quebec Nordiques W OT 4 3 10 8 0 W 4
19 Tue, Nov 28, 1978 Indianapolis Racers W 8 2 11 8 0 W 5
20 Fri, Dec 1, 1978 New England Whalers W 8 2 12 8 0 W 6
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sun, Dec 3, 1978 New England Whalers L 0 7 12 9 0 L 1
22 Wed, Dec 6, 1978 @ Quebec Nordiques L 3 6 12 10 0 L 2
23 Thu, Dec 7, 1978 @ New England Whalers L 3 5 12 11 0 L 3
24 Sat, Dec 9, 1978 @ Birmingham Bulls L 2 6 12 12 0 L 4
25 Sun, Dec 10, 1978 @ Indianapolis Racers L 4 6 12 13 0 L 5
26 Tue, Dec 12, 1978 @ Cincinnati Stingers W 5 2 13 13 0 W 1
27 Fri, Dec 15, 1978 Soviet All-Stars W 5 3 14 13 0 W 2
28 Tue, Dec 19, 1978 @ Birmingham Bulls W 5 2 15 13 0 W 3
29 Fri, Dec 22, 1978 Winnipeg Jets L 4 5 15 14 0 L 1
30 Tue, Dec 26, 1978 @ Winnipeg Jets L 3 5 15 15 0 L 2
31 Wed, Dec 27, 1978 Winnipeg Jets W 5 3 16 15 0 W 1
32 Sat, Dec 30, 1978 Czechoslovakia W 5 1 17 15 0 W 2
33 Tue, Jan 9, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets L OT 3 4 17 16 0 L 1
34 Sat, Jan 13, 1979 @ New England Whalers W 3 0 18 16 0 W 1
35 Tue, Jan 16, 1979 Winnipeg Jets W 3 1 19 16 0 W 2
36 Wed, Jan 17, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets W 6 3 20 16 0 W 3
37 Fri, Jan 19, 1979 Birmingham Bulls W 11 3 21 16 0 W 4
38 Sun, Jan 21, 1979 Birmingham Bulls L 3 4 21 17 0 L 1
39 Tue, Jan 23, 1979 New England Whalers W 5 1 22 17 0 W 1
40 Fri, Jan 26, 1979 Cincinnati Stingers L 2 5 22 18 0 L 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 28, 1979 Cincinnati Stingers W 3 0 23 18 0 W 1
42 Wed, Jan 31, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets L 3 6 23 19 0 L 1
43 Fri, Feb 2, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 4 23 20 0 L 2
44 Sun, Feb 4, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques L 3 6 23 21 0 L 3
45 Tue, Feb 6, 1979 Birmingham Bulls W 6 2 24 21 0 W 1
46 Wed, Feb 7, 1979 Cincinnati Stingers W 8 5 25 21 0 W 2
47 Fri, Feb 9, 1979 Quebec Nordiques W 3 0 26 21 0 W 3
48 Sun, Feb 11, 1979 Birmingham Bulls W OT 4 3 27 21 0 W 4
49 Tue, Feb 13, 1979 Quebec Nordiques W 6 1 28 21 0 W 5
50 Fri, Feb 16, 1979 @ New England Whalers W 4 2 29 21 0 W 6
51 Sun, Feb 18, 1979 @ Birmingham Bulls W 6 3 30 21 0 W 7
52 Tue, Feb 20, 1979 New England Whalers W 8 2 31 21 0 W 8
53 Fri, Feb 23, 1979 Cincinnati Stingers W 3 1 32 21 0 W 9
54 Sun, Feb 25, 1979 Birmingham Bulls W 5 4 33 21 0 W 10
55 Tue, Feb 27, 1979 New England Whalers T 1 1 33 21 1 T 1
56 Fri, Mar 2, 1979 Cincinnati Stingers W 5 2 34 21 1 W 1
57 Sat, Mar 3, 1979 @ Cincinnati Stingers W 6 4 35 21 1 W 2
58 Tue, Mar 6, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques L 3 4 35 22 1 L 1
59 Wed, Mar 7, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques L 3 6 35 23 1 L 2
60 Fri, Mar 9, 1979 @ Birmingham Bulls T 4 4 35 23 2 T 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sun, Mar 11, 1979 @ Birmingham Bulls W 4 0 36 23 2 W 1
62 Tue, Mar 13, 1979 @ Cincinnati Stingers L 1 5 36 24 2 L 1
63 Fri, Mar 16, 1979 Quebec Nordiques W 6 1 37 24 2 W 1
64 Sun, Mar 18, 1979 Quebec Nordiques L 2 7 37 25 2 L 1
65 Tue, Mar 20, 1979 Finland W 8 4 38 25 2 W 1
66 Wed, Mar 21, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets W 7 4 39 25 2 W 2
67 Fri, Mar 23, 1979 Winnipeg Jets L 4 6 39 26 2 L 1
68 Sun, Mar 25, 1979 @ Cincinnati Stingers W 6 5 40 26 2 W 1
69 Wed, Mar 28, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques L 0 3 40 27 2 L 1
70 Fri, Mar 30, 1979 @ New England Whalers W 3 1 41 27 2 W 1
71 Sun, Apr 1, 1979 @ New England Whalers W 5 3 42 27 2 W 2
72 Tue, Apr 3, 1979 @ Cincinnati Stingers W 5 1 43 27 2 W 3
73 Wed, Apr 4, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques L 2 4 43 28 2 L 1
74 Fri, Apr 6, 1979 New England Whalers W 7 2 44 28 2 W 1
75 Sun, Apr 8, 1979 Birmingham Bulls W 5 4 45 28 2 W 2
76 Tue, Apr 10, 1979 Winnipeg Jets L 4 6 45 29 2 L 1
77 Fri, Apr 13, 1979 @ Birmingham Bulls W 6 4 46 29 2 W 1
78 Sat, Apr 14, 1979 @ Birmingham Bulls L 6 7 46 30 2 L 1
79 Sun, Apr 15, 1979 @ New England Whalers W 4 1 47 30 2 W 1
80 Wed, Apr 18, 1979 Winnipeg Jets W 9 3 48 30 2 W 2

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 26, 1979 New England Whalers W 6 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Fri, Apr 27, 1979 New England Whalers W 9 5 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Apr 29, 1979 @ New England Whalers L 1 4 2 1 0 L 1
4 Tue, May 1, 1979 @ New England Whalers L 4 5 2 2 0 L 2
5 Thu, May 3, 1979 New England Whalers W 5 2 3 2 0 W 1
6 Sun, May 6, 1979 @ New England Whalers L 4 8 3 3 0 L 1
7 Tue, May 8, 1979 New England Whalers W 6 3 4 3 0 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
8 Fri, May 11, 1979 Winnipeg Jets L 1 3 4 4 0 L 1
9 Sun, May 13, 1979 Winnipeg Jets L 2 3 4 5 0 L 2
10 Tue, May 15, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets W 8 3 5 5 0 W 1
11 Wed, May 16, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 3 5 6 0 L 1
12 Fri, May 18, 1979 Winnipeg Jets W 10 2 6 6 0 W 1
13 Sun, May 20, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets L 3 7 6 7 0 L 1