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Borje Salming

#21 · Defence · Detroit Red Wings · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Apr 17, 1951 in Kiruna, SWE · 6'1", 193 lb · Shoots left

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Reed Larson DET · 67 P in 79 GP Stefan Persson NYI · 66 P in 78 GP Robert Picard WSH · 65 P in 77 GP Ian Turnbull TOR · 63 P in 80 GP Larry Robinson MTL · 61 P in 67 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601973-74: 39 points3973-741974-75: 37 points371975-76: 57 points5775-761976-77: 78 points781977-78: 76 points7677-781978-79: 73 points731979-80: 71 points7179-801980-81: 66 points661981-82: 56 points5681-821982-83: 45 points451983-84: 43 points4383-841984-85: 39 points391985-86: 22 points2285-861986-87: 20 points201987-88: 26 points2687-881988-89: 20 points201989-90: 19 points1989-90

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 TOR 76 5 34 39 38 48 130 0 0.51
1974-75 TOR 60 12 25 37 4 34 136 0 0.62
1975-76 TOR 79 16 41 57 31 70 194 0 0.72
1976-77 TOR 76 12 66 78 45 46 186 0 1.03
1977-78 TOR 80 16 60 76 30 70 256 0 0.95
1978-79 TOR 79 17 56 73 31 76 230 0 0.92
1979-80 TOR 74 19 52 71 3 94 222 0 0.96
1980-81 TOR 73 5 61 66 0 154 210 0 0.90
1981-82 TOR 69 12 44 56 3 170 175 0 0.81
1982-83 TOR 69 7 38 45 -5 104 111 0 0.65
1983-84 TOR 68 5 38 43 -32 92 160 0 0.63
1984-85 TOR 73 6 33 39 -23 76 184 0 0.53
1985-86 TOR 41 7 15 22 -6 48 72 0 0.54
1986-87 TOR 56 4 16 20 17 42 71 0 0.36
1987-88 TOR 66 2 24 26 7 82 92 0 0.39
1988-89 TOR 63 3 17 20 7 86 58 0 0.32
1989-90 DET 49 2 17 19 20 52 52 0 0.39
17 seasons Career 1151 150 637 787 170 1344 2539 0 0.68

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 TOR 4 0 1 1 -2 4 8 0 0.25
1974-75 TOR 7 0 4 4 0 6 17 0 0.57
1975-76 TOR 10 3 4 7 -2 9 32 0 0.70
1976-77 TOR 9 3 6 9 -3 6 24 0 1.00
1977-78 TOR 6 2 2 4 3 6 25 0 0.67
1978-79 TOR 6 0 1 1 -2 8 17 0 0.17
1979-80 TOR 3 1 1 2 -5 2 7 0 0.67
1980-81 TOR 3 0 2 2 -8 4 11 0 0.67
1982-83 TOR 4 1 4 5 -5 10 20 0 1.25
1985-86 TOR 10 1 6 7 13 14 23 0 0.70
1986-87 TOR 13 0 3 3 -1 14 20 0 0.23
1987-88 TOR 6 1 3 4 1 8 16 0 0.67
12 seasons Playoffs 81 12 37 49 -11 91 220 0 0.60

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 17 56 73 31 76 230 0 0.92 7.4 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 7, 1979 vs BUF W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1979 vs BOS T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ BUF W 6-3 1 1 2 1 4 4 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 vs MNS W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 2 6 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1979 vs WSH W 6-2 0 3 3 3 4 3 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1979 @ DET L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 vs CHI T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1979 vs DET L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1979 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 vs MNS W 6-4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1979 @ NYI L 2-6 0 0 0 -2 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1979 vs BUF L 1-4 1 0 1 -1 2 5 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1979 vs PIT W 4-0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 vs LAK W 9-4 1 3 4 2 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1979 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1979 @ NYR W 4-2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 vs PHI W 4-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1979 @ MTL L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1979 vs AFM L 4-6 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1979 @ BUF L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs NYR L 2-4 0 1 1 -1 4 4 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 @ MNS L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1979 @ DET W 6-2 0 2 2 2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 vs LAK W 5-2 0 1 1 2 10 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1979 vs PHI T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1979 @ CHI W 5-2 1 1 2 2 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1979 @ MNS L 4-6 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 vs MTL L 3-6 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1979 vs STL W 5-1 1 2 3 4 0 7 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1979 @ WSH T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1979 @ AFM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1979 @ MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 @ LAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1979 @ VAN T 3-3 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1979 @ CLR W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1979 vs CLR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1979 vs MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1979 vs VAN L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 4 1 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 vs CHI L 3-5 0 1 1 -3 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1979 vs AFM L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 vs WSH T 5-5 0 0 0 -5 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1978 vs BOS T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1978 @ NYI L 1-5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 @ STL W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1978 @ AFM L 1-3 0 0 0 1 6 8 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1978 vs MNS W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1978 @ WSH L 6-7 1 2 3 4 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 vs DET W 4-2 1 1 2 4 2 7 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1978 vs VAN W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1978 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1978 vs NYI L 2-3 1 0 1 1 0 8 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1978 @ PIT L 4-6 0 1 1 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1978 vs BOS L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1978 @ PHI L 2-7 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 vs NYR W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1978 @ MNS W 5-3 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1978 vs PIT W 8-2 2 1 3 3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 vs CLR L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1978 @ NYR T 3-3 0 1 1 3 6 4 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1978 @ AFM W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 vs STL W 3-1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1978 @ BOS W 6-4 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1978 vs BUF T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1978 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1978 @ STL W 5-0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 @ CLR T 4-4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1978 @ VAN W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1978 @ LAK W 4-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 vs BOS L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1978 @ PHI L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1978 vs MTL T 4-4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1978 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -3 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1978 vs PHI W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1978 @ BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1978 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1978 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 vs NYI W 10-7 0 5 5 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1978 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00