1978–79 Chicago Black Hawks season

The 1978–79 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 53rd season in the NHL. The Hawks finished 1st in the Smythe Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the New York Islanders 4 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score	Opponent 	Record
1 	T	October 11, 1978 	4–4 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	0–0–1
2 	T	October 15, 1978 	3–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	0–0–2
3 	W	October 18, 1978 	4–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	1–0–2
4 	W	October 19, 1978 	6–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 	2–0–2
5 	W	October 22, 1978 	6–5 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	3–0–2
6 	T	October 25, 1978 	2–2 	Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	3–0–3
7 	L	October 28, 1978 	2–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	3–1–3
8 	W	October 29, 1978 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	4–1–3
9 	L	November 1, 1978 	0–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	4–2–3
10 	T	November 4, 1978 	5–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	4–2–4
11 	W	November 5, 1978 	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	5–2–4
12 	W	November 8, 1978 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	6–2–4
13 	L	November 10, 1978	3–5 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	6–3–4
14 	L	November 12, 1978	1–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	6–4–4
15 	L	November 15, 1978	1–8 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	6–5–4
16 	W	November 16, 1978	4–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	7–5–4
17 	L	November 18, 1978	3–8 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	7–6–4
18 	L	November 20, 1978	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	7–7–4
19 	L	November 21, 1978	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	7–8–4
20 	W	November 25, 1978	8–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	8–8–4
21 	T	November 29, 1978	1–1 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	8–8–5
22 	L	December 2, 1978 	2–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	8–9–5
23 	W	December 3, 1978 	4–3 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	9–9–5
24 	L	December 7, 1978 	2–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	9–10–5
25 	W	December 9, 1978 	4–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	10–10–5
26 	T	December 10, 1978	3–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	10–10–6
27 	L	December 13, 1978	2–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	10–11–6
28 	L	December 14, 1978	2–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	10–12–6
29 	L	December 16, 1978	1–5 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	10–13–6
30 	T	December 17, 1978	3–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	10–13–7
31 	L	December 20, 1978	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	10–14–7
32 	L	December 21, 1978	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	10–15–7
33 	W	December 23, 1978	5–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	11–15–7
34 	W	December 27, 1978	4–3 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	12–15–7
35 	L	December 30, 1978	4–5 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	12–16–7
36 	L	January 3, 1979 	3–6 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	12–17–7
37 	T	January 4, 1979 	3–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	12–17–8
38 	W	January 6, 1979 	5–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	13–17–8
39 	W	January 7, 1979 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	14–17–8
40 	W	January 10, 1979 	3–0 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	15–17–8
41 	L	January 13, 1979 	3–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	15–18–8
42 	W	January 17, 1979 	2–1 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	16–18–8
43 	L	January 19, 1979 	1–6 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	16–19–8
44 	L	January 20, 1979 	2–4 	@ New York Islanders (1978–79) 	16–20–8
45 	L	January 22, 1979 	1–2 	New York Islanders (1978–79) 	16–21–8
46 	W	January 24, 1979 	5–0 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	17–21–8
47 	L	January 27, 1979 	1–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	17–22–8
48 	L	January 28, 1979 	2–7 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	17–23–8
49 	T	January 31, 1979 	2–2 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	17–23–9
50 	L	February 1, 1979 	1–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	17–24–9
51 	W	February 3, 1979 	4–2 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	18–24–9
52 	W	February 4, 1979 	5–4 	New York Islanders (1978–79) 	19–24–9
53 	L	February 12, 1979	2–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	19–25–9
54 	T	February 14, 1979	4–4 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	19–25–10
55 	W	February 17, 1979	5–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	20–25–10
56 	W	February 18, 1979	5–3 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	21–25–10
57 	W	February 21, 1979	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	22–25–10
58 	W	February 22, 1979	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	23–25–10
59 	L	February 24, 1979	1–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	23–26–10
60 	T	February 25, 1979	2–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	23–26–11
61 	T	February 28, 1979	4–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	23–26–12
62 	W	March 2, 1979 	4–0 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	24–26–12
63 	L	March 3, 1979 	5–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	24–27–12
64 	W	March 8, 1979 	5–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	25–27–12
65 	L	March 10, 1979 	1–7 	@ New York Islanders (1978–79) 	25–28–12
66 	L	March 11, 1979 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	25–29–12
67 	L	March 14, 1979 	0–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	25–30–12
68 	L	March 17, 1979 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	25–31–12
69 	L	March 18, 1979 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	25–32–12
70 	L	March 20, 1979 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79) 	25–33–12
71 	L	March 21, 1979 	6–7 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	25–34–12
72 	T	March 24, 1979 	3–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	25–34–13
73 	W	March 25, 1979 	3–0 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	26–34–13
74 	T	March 27, 1979 	1–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	26–34–14
75 	W	March 29, 1979 	6–1 	New York Islanders (1978–79) 	27–34–14
76 	T	April 1, 1979 	2–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	27–34–15
77 	L	April 3, 1979 	3–4 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	27–35–15
78 	W	April 4, 1979 	7–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 	28–35–15
79 	L	April 7, 1979 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	28–36–15
80 	W	April 8, 1979 	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	29–36–15
==Playoffs==
===New York Islanders 4, Chicago Black Hawks 0===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	66	29	35	64 	25 	7 	10 	0 	4
 	C/RW	65	19	36	55 	34 	3 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	79	19	32	51 	38 	4 	4 	1 	0
 	LW 	75	27	23	50 	153	18 	1 	0 	8
 	LW 	80	21	24	45 	35 	2 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	73	16	24	40 	50 	-7 	2 	2 	4
 	RW 	63	15	21	36 	34 	-7 	2 	1 	2
 	RW 	80	19	15	34 	99 	-14	5 	0 	1
 	RW 	78	12	19	31 	20 	3 	1 	2 	2
 	D 	66	8 	23	31 	122	-7 	1 	1 	1
 	LW 	63	13	17	30 	77 	-10	1 	0 	1
 	D 	56	5 	21	26 	37 	4 	2 	1 	0
 	D 	48	4 	22	26 	20 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	74	11	14	25 	55 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	36	7 	16	23 	30 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	76	1 	14	15 	176	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	0 	10	10 	14 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	26	6 	3 	9 	4 	-4 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	21	4 	5 	9 	22 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	44	1 	8 	9 	15 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	63	2 	5 	7 	85 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	1 	4 	5 	41 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	5 	5 	16 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	2 	2 	4 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	1 	3 	4 	8 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	14	0 	4 	4 	6 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	2 	2 	5 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	1 	1 	9 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	17	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	63	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3780	63	24	28	11	206	3.27	4
 	1020	17	5 	8 	4 	60 	3.53	0
Team: 	4800	80	29	36	15	266	3.32	4
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	4 	1	0	1 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	1	0	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	1	1 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	243	4 	0	4	14	3.46	0
Team: 	243	4 	0	4	14	3.46	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
*The Black Hawks did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1978–79 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1978–79
Chicago Black Hawks season, 1978–79
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