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1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule and Results

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Record: 34-33-13 (81 points), Finished 3rd in NHL Adams Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Roger Neilson (34-33-13)

Goals For: 267 (11th of 17), Goals Against: 252 (4th of 17)
SRS: 0.20 (8th of 17), SOS: 0.02 (7th of 17)

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

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 10, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames W 2 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Thu, Apr 12, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 7 4 2 0 0 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
3 Mon, Apr 16, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 2 5 2 1 0 L 1
4 Wed, Apr 18, 1979 @ Montreal Canadiens L 1 5 2 2 0 L 2
5 Sat, Apr 21, 1979 Montreal Canadiens L 2OT 3 4 2 3 0 L 3
6 Sun, Apr 22, 1979 Montreal Canadiens L OT 4 5 2 4 0 L 4