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Chicago Blackhawks, 1978-79

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

Smythe Division, Clarence Campbell Conference Won the Smythe Division Made the playoffs

1978-79 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
11 80 29-36-15 73 0.456 244 277 -33 18-12-10 11-24-5

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Quarterfinals New York Islanders Lost 0-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats in those games.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Ivan Boldirev C 66 29 35 64 7 25 192 0
Stan Mikita C 65 19 36 55 3 34 147 0
Bob Murray D 80 19 32 51 4 38 220 0
Ted Bulley L 76 27 23 50 17 153 105 0
John Marks R 80 21 24 45 2 35 154 0
Reg Kerr C 73 16 24 40 -7 50 109 0
J.P. Bordeleau R 64 15 21 36 -7 34 101 0
Grant Mulvey R 80 19 15 34 -14 99 136 0
Cliff Koroll R 78 12 19 31 3 20 109 0
Phil Russell D 66 8 23 31 -6 122 147 0
Darcy Rota L 64 13 17 30 -10 77 116 0
Doug Wilson D 56 5 21 26 4 37 136 0
Mike O'connell D 48 4 22 26 -1 20 83 0
Alain Daigle R 74 11 14 25 2 55 80 0
Tim Higgins R 36 7 16 23 6 30 64 0
David Logan D 77 1 14 15 -10 176 77 0
Tom Lysiak C 14 0 10 10 3 14 27 0
Doug Hicks D 47 1 8 9 -12 15 32 0
Jim Harrison C 21 4 5 9 -6 22 28 0
Mike Walton C 26 6 3 9 -4 4 37 0
Bob Kelly R 66 2 5 7 -10 85 59 0
Greg Fox D 14 0 5 5 9 16 18 0
Keith Magnuson D 26 1 4 5 -3 41 8 0
Bobby Orr D 6 2 2 4 2 4 18 0
Harold Phillipoff L 14 0 4 4 -4 6 13 0
Pat Ribble D 12 1 3 4 7 8 12 0
Bob Hoffmeyer D 6 0 2 2 -4 5 3 0
Doug Lecuyer L 2 1 0 1 -1 0 9 0
Jean Savard C 11 0 1 1 -2 9 7 0
Miles Zaharko D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie GP Shots against Saves Goals against Save %
Tony Esposito 63 2099 1893 206 0.902
Mike Veisor 17 625 565 60 0.904

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 8, 1979 vs STL W 3-2 28 43
Apr 7, 1979 @ STL L 1-4 25 30
Apr 4, 1979 vs MNS W 7-1 27 32
Apr 3, 1979 @ MNS L 3-4 25 45
Apr 1, 1979 vs VAN T 2-2 28 26
Mar 29, 1979 vs NYI W 6-1 28 32
Mar 27, 1979 @ CLR T 1-1 26 43
Mar 25, 1979 vs CLR W 3-0 22 27
Mar 24, 1979 @ TOR T 3-3 28 44
Mar 21, 1979 vs NYR L 6-7 45 38
Mar 20, 1979 @ DET L 3-5 29 41
Mar 18, 1979 vs DET L 2-4 26 35
Mar 17, 1979 @ BOS L 2-4 23 15
Mar 14, 1979 vs PHI L 0-4 15 36
Mar 11, 1979 @ NYR L 2-5 24 34
Mar 10, 1979 @ NYI L 1-7 36 33
Mar 8, 1979 @ PHI W 5-1 24 34
Mar 3, 1979 @ LAK L 5-8 35 47
Mar 2, 1979 @ CLR W 4-0 25 26
Feb 28, 1979 @ VAN T 4-4 30 35
Feb 25, 1979 vs PIT T 2-2 37 49
Feb 24, 1979 @ PIT L 1-5 20 47
Feb 22, 1979 @ BUF W 4-2 29 34
Feb 21, 1979 vs BUF W 3-2 24 36
Feb 18, 1979 vs CLR W 5-3 30 40
Feb 17, 1979 @ STL W 5-1 25 40
Feb 14, 1979 vs AFM T 4-4 31 29
Feb 12, 1979 vs TOR L 2-5 35 28
Feb 4, 1979 vs NYI W 5-4 37 31
Feb 3, 1979 @ AFM W 4-2 22 48
Feb 1, 1979 @ BOS L 1-6 17 32
Jan 31, 1979 vs BOS T 2-2 19 37
Jan 28, 1979 vs STL L 2-7 29 37
Jan 27, 1979 @ WSH L 1-4 31 32
Jan 24, 1979 @ VAN W 5-0 15 34
Jan 22, 1979 vs NYI L 1-2 19 31
Jan 20, 1979 @ NYI L 2-4 27 39
Jan 19, 1979 @ AFM L 1-6 24 34
Jan 17, 1979 vs CLR W 2-1 56 26
Jan 13, 1979 @ MNS L 3-4 24 39
Jan 10, 1979 vs LAK W 3-0 28 32
Jan 7, 1979 vs WSH W 5-3 31 28
Jan 6, 1979 @ TOR W 5-3 32 48
Jan 4, 1979 @ BUF T 3-3 23 40
Jan 3, 1979 vs BOS L 3-6 24 27
Dec 30, 1978 vs NYR L 4-5 35 32
Dec 27, 1978 vs STL W 4-3 24 25
Dec 23, 1978 vs PHI W 5-2 31 28
Dec 21, 1978 @ MTL L 1-5 24 33
Dec 20, 1978 vs MTL L 3-5 33 33
Dec 17, 1978 vs PIT T 3-3 35 31
Dec 16, 1978 @ CLR L 1-5 26 26
Dec 14, 1978 @ BUF L 2-3 25 36
Dec 13, 1978 vs BUF L 2-6 31 30
Dec 10, 1978 vs DET T 3-3 35 30
Dec 9, 1978 @ STL W 4-2 33 33
Dec 7, 1978 @ VAN L 2-4 33 29
Dec 3, 1978 vs CLR W 4-3 37 37
Dec 2, 1978 @ PIT L 2-5 25 39
Nov 29, 1978 vs VAN T 1-1 25 27
Nov 25, 1978 @ MTL W 8-3 31 34
Nov 21, 1978 @ VAN L 2-5 19 46
Nov 20, 1978 @ LAK L 3-4 23 39
Nov 18, 1978 @ CLR L 3-8 28 29
Nov 16, 1978 @ PHI W 4-3 24 46
Nov 15, 1978 @ NYR L 1-8 33 39
Nov 12, 1978 vs LAK L 1-4 22 29
Nov 10, 1978 @ AFM L 3-5 26 47
Nov 8, 1978 vs TOR W 2-1 31 31
Nov 5, 1978 vs STL W 3-1 39 30
Nov 4, 1978 @ STL T 5-5 23 37
Nov 1, 1978 vs VAN L 0-1 21 23
Oct 29, 1978 vs MTL W 4-1 21 36
Oct 28, 1978 @ DET L 2-7 26 39
Oct 25, 1978 vs WSH T 2-2 31 24
Oct 22, 1978 vs BOS W 6-5 38 28
Oct 19, 1978 vs MNS W 6-2 29 34
Oct 18, 1978 @ WSH W 4-2 31 25
Oct 15, 1978 vs VAN T 3-3 30 23
Oct 11, 1978 vs AFM T 4-4 31 33