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1978-79 Winnipeg Jets Schedule and Results

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39-35-6 (84 points), Finished 3rd in WHA (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Larry Hillman (28-27-6), Tom McVie (11-8-0)

1978-79 Avco Cup Champions

Goals For: 307 (2nd of 10), Goals Against: 306 (9th of 10)
SRS: -0.04 (5th of 10), SOS: -0.05 (9th of 10)

Playoffs:
Won Avco Cup Finals (4-2) versus Edmonton Oilers
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) versus Quebec Nordiques

Regular Season

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

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Mon, Apr 23, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques W 6 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 25, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques W 9 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Fri, Apr 27, 1979 Quebec Nordiques W 9 5 3 0 0 W 3
4 Sun, Apr 29, 1979 Quebec Nordiques W 6 2 4 0 0 W 4
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
5 Fri, May 11, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers W 3 1 5 0 0 W 5
6 Sun, May 13, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers W 3 2 6 0 0 W 6
7 Tue, May 15, 1979 Edmonton Oilers L 3 8 6 1 0 L 1
8 Wed, May 16, 1979 Edmonton Oilers W 3 2 7 1 0 W 1
9 Fri, May 18, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers L 2 10 7 2 0 L 1
10 Sun, May 20, 1979 Edmonton Oilers W 7 3 8 2 0 W 1