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41-29-10 (92 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 271 goals, Allowed 237 goals, SRS: 0.43 (6th of 18)
Coached by Roger Neilson (41-29-10)
Playoffs:
Lost Semi-Finals (4-0) to Montreal Canadiens
Won Quarter-Finals (4-3) over New York Islanders
Won Preliminary Round (2-0) over Los Angeles Kings
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1977-78 Statistics ▪ Games
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 13, 1977 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | T | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 15, 1977 | Buffalo Sabres | L | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 19, 1977 | Colorado Rockies | W | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Oct 22, 1977 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Sun, Oct 23, 1977 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Oct 26, 1977 | Montreal Canadiens | T | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | T 1 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Oct 29, 1977 | Detroit Red Wings | W | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Wed, Nov 2, 1977 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | W | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 3, 1977 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | L | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 5, 1977 | @ | Colorado Rockies | W | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 9, 1977 | @ | Atlanta Flames | W | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Nov 11, 1977 | @ | Washington Capitals | W | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 12, 1977 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 16, 1977 | Washington Capitals | W | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Thu, Nov 17, 1977 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | W | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 19, 1977 | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Wed, Nov 23, 1977 | @ | St. Louis Blues | W | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Nov 26, 1977 | Washington Capitals | T | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | T 1 | |||
| 19 | Tue, Nov 29, 1977 | Cleveland Barons | W | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Wed, Nov 30, 1977 | @ | Cleveland Barons | L | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 3, 1977 | Detroit Red Wings | W | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Sun, Dec 4, 1977 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 7, 1977 | Minnesota North Stars | W | 6 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 9, 1977 | @ | Colorado Rockies | W | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 10, 1977 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | W | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 14, 1977 | New York Islanders | W | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 3 | W 4 | |||
| 27 | Fri, Dec 16, 1977 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | W | 8 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 3 | W 5 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Dec 17, 1977 | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 7 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 3 | W 6 | |||
| 29 | Mon, Dec 19, 1977 | St. Louis Blues | T | 4 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 4 | T 1 | |||
| 30 | Wed, Dec 21, 1977 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 2 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 31 | Fri, Dec 23, 1977 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 6 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Mon, Dec 26, 1977 | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | 4 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Dec 28, 1977 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | L | 0 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 34 | Fri, Dec 30, 1977 | @ | Cleveland Barons | W | 5 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 35 | Sat, Dec 31, 1977 | Atlanta Flames | L | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 36 | Wed, Jan 4, 1978 | Colorado Rockies | W | 5 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Thu, Jan 5, 1978 | @ | Detroit Red Wings | L | 1 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Sat, Jan 7, 1978 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 6 | 4 | 23 | 11 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Mon, Jan 9, 1978 | Atlanta Flames | L | 2 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 11, 1978 | @ | Minnesota North Stars | W | 4 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 13, 1978 | @ | Cleveland Barons | L | 2 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 14, 1978 | Chicago Black Hawks | T | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 5 | T 1 | |||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 17, 1978 | @ | St. Louis Blues | T | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 6 | T 2 | ||
| 44 | Thu, Jan 19, 1978 | @ | Vancouver Canucks | T | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 7 | T 3 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Jan 21, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | L | 1 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 25, 1978 | @ | New York Rangers | W | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 47 | Thu, Jan 26, 1978 | @ | New York Islanders | L | 2 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 28, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Flames | W | 7 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Feb 1, 1978 | Buffalo Sabres | T | 2 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 8 | T 1 | |||
| 50 | Sat, Feb 4, 1978 | Detroit Red Wings | T | 2 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 9 | T 2 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 5, 1978 | @ | Boston Bruins | T | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 10 | T 3 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Feb 8, 1978 | St. Louis Blues | W | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 53 | Sat, Feb 11, 1978 | New York Rangers | W | 3 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 54 | Mon, Feb 13, 1978 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | W | 4 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 15, 1978 | Boston Bruins | L | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 18, 1978 | Minnesota North Stars | W | 5 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Wed, Feb 22, 1978 | Cleveland Barons | W | 5 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 25, 1978 | Washington Capitals | W | 4 | 0 | 32 | 16 | 10 | W 3 | |||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 26, 1978 | @ | Chicago Black Hawks | W | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 10 | W 4 | ||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 28, 1978 | @ | New York Islanders | L | 3 | 4 | 33 | 17 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Mar 1, 1978 | Philadelphia Flyers | W | 3 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Sat, Mar 4, 1978 | Vancouver Canucks | W | 4 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Mar 5, 1978 | @ | New York Rangers | W | 4 | 1 | 36 | 17 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 64 | Wed, Mar 8, 1978 | Los Angeles Kings | L | 1 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Thu, Mar 9, 1978 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 1 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 11, 1978 | Cleveland Barons | W | 5 | 2 | 37 | 19 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 12, 1978 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | W | 7 | 1 | 38 | 19 | 10 | W 2 | ||
| 68 | Wed, Mar 15, 1978 | @ | Washington Capitals | W | 5 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 18, 1978 | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | 2 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 19, 1978 | @ | Boston Bruins | L | 4 | 6 | 39 | 21 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 22, 1978 | New York Islanders | L | 2 | 6 | 39 | 22 | 10 | L 3 | |||
| 72 | Thu, Mar 23, 1978 | @ | Philadelphia Flyers | L | 1 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 10 | L 4 | ||
| 73 | Sat, Mar 25, 1978 | New York Rangers | L | 2 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 10 | L 5 | |||
| 74 | Mon, Mar 27, 1978 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 3 | 0 | 40 | 24 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 75 | Wed, Mar 29, 1978 | @ | Atlanta Flames | L | 4 | 7 | 40 | 25 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 76 | Sat, Apr 1, 1978 | Buffalo Sabres | W | 3 | 2 | 41 | 25 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 77 | Sun, Apr 2, 1978 | @ | Pittsburgh Penguins | L | 3 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 78 | Wed, Apr 5, 1978 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 3 | 6 | 41 | 27 | 10 | L 2 | |||
| 79 | Sat, Apr 8, 1978 | Boston Bruins | L | 1 | 3 | 41 | 28 | 10 | L 3 | |||
| 80 | Sun, Apr 9, 1978 | @ | Buffalo Sabres | L | 1 | 2 | 41 | 29 | 10 | L 4 |
| GP | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | T | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Apr 11, 1978 | Los Angeles Kings | W | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Apr 13, 1978 | @ | Los Angeles Kings | W | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Mon, Apr 17, 1978 | @ | New York Islanders | L | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Apr 19, 1978 | @ | New York Islanders | L | OT | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | L 2 | |
| 5 | Fri, Apr 21, 1978 | New York Islanders | W | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Apr 23, 1978 | New York Islanders | W | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Apr 25, 1978 | @ | New York Islanders | L | OT | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | L 1 | |
| 8 | Thu, Apr 27, 1978 | New York Islanders | W | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Apr 29, 1978 | @ | New York Islanders | W | OT | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | W 2 | |
| 10 | Tue, May 2, 1978 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Thu, May 4, 1978 | @ | Montreal Canadiens | L | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Sat, May 6, 1978 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | L 3 | |||
| 13 | Tue, May 9, 1978 | Montreal Canadiens | L | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | L 4 |