1978–79 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1978–79 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 53rd season. The Wings finished 5th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 11, 1978 	4–5 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	October 14, 1978 	1–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	October 15, 1978 	3–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	1–2–0
4 	T 	October 18, 1978 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	1–2–1
5 	T 	October 19, 1978 	2–2 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	1–2–2
6 	T 	October 21, 1978 	4–4 	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 	1–2–3
7 	W 	October 25, 1978 	5–4 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	2–2–3
8 	W 	October 27, 1978 	5–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	3–2–3
9 	W 	October 28, 1978 	7–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	4–2–3
10 	L 	November 1, 1978 	1–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	4–3–3
11 	L 	November 4, 1978 	3–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	4–4–3
12 	T 	November 5, 1978 	3–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	4–4–4
13 	L 	November 8, 1978 	4–6 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	4–5–4
14 	L 	November 9, 1978 	3–8 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	4–6–4
15 	W 	November 11, 1978 	7–1 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	5–6–4
16 	L 	November 15, 1978 	3–5 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	5–7–4
17 	L 	November 18, 1978 	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	5–8–4
18 	L 	November 19, 1978 	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	5–9–4
19 	T 	November 22, 1978 	3–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	5–9–5
20 	L 	November 25, 1978 	0–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	5–10–5
21 	W 	November 26, 1978 	4–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	6–10–5
22 	T 	November 29, 1978 	2–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	6–10–6
23 	L 	December 1, 1978 	1–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	6–11–6
24 	L 	December 2, 1978 	2–5 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	6–12–6
25 	T 	December 6, 1978 	2–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	6–12–7
26 	L 	December 7, 1978 	5–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	6–13–7
27 	W 	December 9, 1978 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1978–79) 	7–13–7
28 	T 	December 10, 1978 	3–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	7–13–8
29 	T 	December 13, 1978 	5–5 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	7–13–9
30 	L 	December 14, 1978 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (1978–79) 	7–14–9
31 	L 	December 16, 1978 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	7–15–9
32 	L 	December 17, 1978 	0–3 	New York Islanders (1978–79) 	7–16–9
33 	W 	December 20, 1978 	7–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	8–16–9
34 	L 	December 22, 1978 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1978–79) 	8–17–9
35 	T 	December 23, 1978 	2–2 	Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	8–17–10
36 	T 	December 26, 1978 	2–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	8–17–11
37 	L 	December 27, 1978 	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	8–18–11
38 	L 	December 30, 1978 	1–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	8–19–11
39 	L 	December 31, 1978 	4–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	8–20–11
40 	L 	January 6, 1979 	1–4 	Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	8–21–11
41 	L 	January 7, 1979 	3–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	8–22–11
42 	T 	January 10, 1979 	5–5 	New York Islanders (1978–79) 	8–22–12
43 	T 	January 11, 1979 	3–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79) 	8–22–13
44 	L 	January 13, 1979 	3–7 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	8–23–13
45 	W 	January 17, 1979 	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	9–23–13
46 	L 	January 19, 1979 	1–5 	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	9–24–13
47 	L 	January 20, 1979 	3–4 	Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	9–25–13
48 	T 	January 25, 1979 	6–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	9–25–14
49 	L 	January 27, 1979 	3–6 	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79) 	9–26–14
50 	L 	January 28, 1979 	2–7 	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79) 	9–27–14
51 	W 	January 30, 1979 	7–4 	Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	10–27–14
52 	L 	February 1, 1979 	1–6 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	10–28–14
53 	L 	February 3, 1979 	2–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	10–29–14
54 	W 	February 4, 1979 	8–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	11–29–14
55 	L 	February 14, 1979 	2–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	11–30–14
56 	W 	February 18, 1979 	6–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	12–30–14
57 	L 	February 19, 1979 	2–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	12–31–14
58 	W 	February 21, 1979 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	13–31–14
59 	L 	February 24, 1979 	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (1978–79) 	13–32–14
60 	W 	February 25, 1979 	8–1 	Colorado Rockies (1978–79) 	14–32–14
61 	L 	February 28, 1979 	5–6 	St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	14–33–14
62 	W 	March 3, 1979 	5–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	15–33–14
63 	L 	March 4, 1979 	4–6 	Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	15–34–14
64 	L 	March 7, 1979 	1–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	15–35–14
65 	T 	March 11, 1979 	3–3 	Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	15–35–15
66 	T 	March 12, 1979 	3–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	15–35–16
67 	W 	March 14, 1979 	4–1 	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79) 	16–35–16
68 	W 	March 17, 1979 	3–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79) 	17–35–16
69 	W 	March 18, 1979 	4–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	18–35–16
70 	W 	March 20, 1979 	5–3 	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79) 	19–35–16
71 	W 	March 21, 1979 	4–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	20–35–16
72 	L 	March 24, 1979 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79) 	20–36–16
73 	W 	March 25, 1979 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79) 	21–36–16
74 	L 	March 27, 1979 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79) 	21–37–16
75 	L 	March 28, 1979 	1–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	21–38–16
76 	L 	March 31, 1979 	4–5 	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79) 	21–39–16
77 	W 	April 1, 1979 	3–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79) 	22–39–16
78 	L 	April 4, 1979 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	22–40–16
79 	L 	April 7, 1979 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79) 	22–41–16
80 	W 	April 8, 1979 	1–0 	Montreal Canadiens (1978–79) 	23–41–16
==Playoffs==
*The Red Wings did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	38	35	73 	19 	-13	13 	0 	2
 	C 	79	28	43	71 	14 	-27	14 	2 	3
 	D 	79	18	49	67 	169	-20	6 	2 	0
 	LW 	70	23	31	54 	26 	-28	8 	0 	3
 	C 	76	18	31	49 	124	-31	4 	1 	1
 	LW 	78	19	19	38 	8 	-17	7 	0 	3
 	LW 	80	14	23	37 	59 	-26	1 	3 	1
 	LW 	68	15	19	34 	20 	4 	3 	1 	0
 	D 	68	7 	24	31 	114	-25	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	56	16	13	29 	14 	-9 	3 	0 	4
 	D 	75	5 	23	28 	156	-13	3 	0 	1
 	D 	68	10	17	27 	64 	-25	3 	1 	1
 	C/RW	62	10	12	22 	208	-10	1 	0 	0
 	C 	19	6 	6 	12 	2 	0 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	20	4 	8 	12 	33 	3 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	29	5 	6 	11 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	40	4 	7 	11 	20 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	36	2 	9 	11 	8 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	18	4 	6 	10 	4 	-5 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	24	2 	6 	8 	4 	-7 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	52	2 	4 	6 	72 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	51	0 	6 	6 	58 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	4 	4 	6 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	3 	3 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1 	1 	2 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	37	1 	1 	2 	66 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	2 	2 	6 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	2 	2 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	32	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	50	0 	1 	1 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	26 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	1892	32	13	14	5 	103	3.27	1
 	2908	50	10	27	11	189	3.90	0
Team: 	4800	80	23	41	16	292	3.65	1
Note: 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 Red Wings did not win any awards this season.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
*Ladislav Svozil was the first Czechoslovakian player drafted in the history of the NHL Draft. The Red Wings selected Svozil with their 14th pick in the 1978 Draft.Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.46, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1978–79 NHL season
==References==
* 
Detroit Red Wings season, 1978–79
Detroit Red Wings season, 1978–79
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