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Boston Bruins, 1978-79

Be the GM of the Boston Bruins Take over the 2026-27 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Won the Adams Division Made the playoffs

1978-79 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
3 80 43-23-14 100 0.625 316 270 +46 25-10-5 18-13-9

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Quarterfinals Pittsburgh Penguins Won 4-0
Semifinals Montréal Canadiens Lost 3-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Rick Middleton R 72 38 48 86 32 7 152 0
Peter McNab C 77 35 45 80 28 10 200 0
Terry O'Reilly R 80 26 51 77 9 205 120 0
Jean Ratelle C 80 27 45 72 17 12 137 0
Wayne Cashman L 75 27 40 67 16 63 133 0
Bob Miller C 78 15 33 48 21 30 149 0
Don Marcotte L 79 20 27 47 6 10 156 0
John Wensink L 76 28 18 46 20 106 131 0
Bobby Schmautz R 65 20 22 42 -1 77 199 0
Brad Park D 41 7 32 39 28 10 96 0
Mike Milbury D 75 1 34 35 23 149 76 0
Dick Redmond D 68 7 26 33 1 21 144 0
Al Sims D 68 9 20 29 23 28 128 0
Rick Smith D 67 7 18 25 20 46 78 0
Dwight Foster R 49 11 13 24 -1 14 57 0
Al Secord L 74 16 7 23 7 125 80 0
Gary Doak D 65 6 11 17 10 28 64 0
Stan Jonathan L 33 6 9 15 9 96 32 0
Dennis O'Brien D 64 2 8 10 15 107 73 0
Mike Walton C 14 4 2 6 -1 0 15 0
Bill Bennett L 7 1 4 5 4 2 4 0
Thomas Songin R 25 3 1 4 -3 0 16 0
Ab DeMarco D 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Graeme Nicolson D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Gerry Cheevers 43 2391001 981 849 132 3.16 0.865
Gilles Gilbert 23 128200 567 493 74 3.54 0.869
Jim Pettie 19 86201 432 370 62 3.59 0.856

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 8, 1979 vs TOR W 6-3 40 34
Apr 5, 1979 vs BUF L 3-9 35 27
Apr 4, 1979 @ TOR T 3-3 18 25
Apr 1, 1979 vs MTL T 3-3 21 28
Mar 31, 1979 @ WSH W 4-1 27 22
Mar 29, 1979 vs MNS W 7-4 25 25
Mar 28, 1979 @ BUF L 2-9 27 31
Mar 24, 1979 vs DET W 5-2 27 15
Mar 22, 1979 vs PIT L 1-3 22 27
Mar 19, 1979 vs TOR W 4-3 32 21
Mar 17, 1979 vs CHI W 4-2 15 23
Mar 15, 1979 vs NYR L 4-7 25 22
Mar 13, 1979 @ NYI L 2-7 30 25
Mar 11, 1979 vs NYI T 4-4 34 16
Mar 10, 1979 @ MNS W 4-3 34 36
Mar 8, 1979 @ AFM L 5-7 30 36
Mar 4, 1979 @ DET W 6-4 35 28
Mar 3, 1979 vs MNS W 5-0 29 26
Mar 1, 1979 vs PHI T 4-4 29 21
Feb 27, 1979 vs CLR L 2-4 33 20
Feb 24, 1979 @ VAN W 4-3 25 26
Feb 21, 1979 @ LAK L 1-3 30 36
Feb 20, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 24 29
Feb 17, 1979 @ MNS T 3-3 24 31
Feb 15, 1979 @ PHI L 3-5 26 28
Feb 14, 1979 @ NYR L 1-5 22 32
Feb 4, 1979 vs VAN W 6-1 27 30
Feb 3, 1979 @ NYI T 4-4 33 22
Feb 1, 1979 vs CHI W 6-1 32 17
Jan 31, 1979 @ CHI T 2-2 37 19
Jan 28, 1979 vs LAK L 3-5 30 27
Jan 27, 1979 @ MTL L 1-3 22 27
Jan 25, 1979 vs NYI L 2-4 30 17
Jan 22, 1979 vs AFM W 3-1 22 17
Jan 20, 1979 vs BUF L 1-2 27 15
Jan 18, 1979 vs STL W 4-0 29 13
Jan 16, 1979 @ STL L 2-5 28 28
Jan 14, 1979 vs LAK L 3-6 26 20
Jan 13, 1979 @ PIT L 3-5 28 36
Jan 11, 1979 vs MNS W 6-4 21 20
Jan 6, 1979 @ MNS W 5-2 37 28
Jan 5, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 24 22
Jan 3, 1979 @ CHI W 6-3 27 24
Dec 31, 1978 @ BUF W 7-3 29 24
Dec 30, 1978 @ MTL L 1-6 26 30
Dec 27, 1978 @ TOR T 1-1 35 27
Dec 23, 1978 vs BUF W 6-4 28 24
Dec 21, 1978 vs CLR W 4-2 28 20
Dec 17, 1978 @ NYR W 4-1 27 19
Dec 16, 1978 vs NYR W 4-1 28 21
Dec 14, 1978 vs WSH W 5-2 27 28
Dec 12, 1978 vs VAN W 7-3 38 18
Dec 10, 1978 vs MNS T 4-4 22 14
Dec 9, 1978 @ PHI L 2-9 18 30
Dec 7, 1978 vs DET W 6-5 24 24
Dec 5, 1978 @ TOR W 5-1 38 21
Dec 3, 1978 @ NYR W 3-2 23 20
Dec 2, 1978 vs PHI W 5-3 29 16
Nov 30, 1978 @ BUF W 4-3 44 27
Nov 26, 1978 vs AFM W 4-2 31 25
Nov 25, 1978 @ WSH T 5-5 23 30
Nov 23, 1978 vs BUF W 5-2 29 21
Nov 19, 1978 vs STL W 5-2 38 12
Nov 17, 1978 @ AFM W 6-2 27 21
Nov 16, 1978 vs TOR L 4-6 33 29
Nov 12, 1978 @ BUF T 4-4 33 20
Nov 11, 1978 @ DET L 1-7 17 36
Nov 9, 1978 vs WSH W 6-2 39 29
Nov 5, 1978 vs MTL T 1-1 17 23
Nov 4, 1978 vs PHI L 3-7 27 27
Nov 2, 1978 vs NYI W 4-1 26 15
Oct 28, 1978 @ TOR W 5-3 22 35
Oct 25, 1978 @ MNS T 2-2 18 38
Oct 24, 1978 @ STL W 7-2 33 29
Oct 22, 1978 @ CHI L 5-6 28 38
Oct 20, 1978 @ VAN W 5-1 25 23
Oct 18, 1978 @ LAK W 3-2 26 28
Oct 15, 1978 vs TOR W 4-2 26 18
Oct 14, 1978 @ PIT T 4-4 26 34
Oct 12, 1978 vs PIT W 8-2 38 16