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Philadelphia Flyers, 1978-79

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Patrick Division, Clarence Campbell Conference Made the playoffs

1978-79 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
4 80 40-25-15 95 0.594 281 248 +33 26-10-4 14-15-11

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Vancouver Canucks Won 2-1
Quarterfinals New York Rangers Lost 1-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Bill Barber L 79 34 46 80 20 22 258 0
Bobby Clarke C 80 16 57 73 12 68 143 0
Mel Bridgman C 76 24 35 59 14 184 157 0
Rick MacLeish C 71 26 32 58 4 47 211 0
Reggie Leach R 76 34 20 54 -3 20 279 0
Behn Wilson D 80 13 36 49 14 197 174 0
Blake Dunlop C 66 20 28 48 26 16 122 0
Bob Dailey D 70 9 30 39 20 63 164 0
Bob Kelly L 78 7 31 38 15 132 85 0
Paul Holmgren R 58 19 10 29 2 168 122 0
Ken Linseman C 30 5 20 25 16 23 57 0
Jimmy Watson D 77 9 13 22 11 52 112 0
Rick Lapointe D 77 3 18 21 15 53 75 0
Tom Gorence R 42 13 6 19 16 10 85 0
Barry Dean L 30 4 13 17 -1 20 52 0
Al Hill L 31 5 11 16 5 28 43 0
Dave Hoyda L 67 3 13 16 2 138 37 0
Dennis Ververgaert R 37 9 7 16 -4 6 54 0
Don Saleski R 35 11 5 16 3 14 75 0
Andre Dupont D 77 3 9 12 21 135 128 0
John Paul Evans C 44 6 5 11 -3 12 39 0
Frank Bathe D 21 1 3 4 9 76 10 0
Yves Preston L 9 3 1 4 -2 0 7 0
Drew Callander R 15 2 1 3 -1 5 22 0
Kevin McCarthy D 22 1 2 3 2 21 16 0
Daniel Lucas R 6 1 0 1 -2 0 8 0
Glen Cochrane D 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Terry Murray D 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Wayne Stephenson 40 2010502 946 824 122 3.36 0.871
Bernie Parent 36 1612704 834 745 89 2.71 0.893
Pete Peeters 5 12100 109 93 16 3.47 0.853
Robbie Moore 5 30102 96 89 7 1.77 0.927
Rick St. Croix 2 01100 53 47 6 3.08 0.887

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 8, 1979 vs AFM W 4-2 28 24
Apr 7, 1979 @ NYI L 2-9 32 34
Apr 5, 1979 vs NYI L 1-3 34 26
Apr 1, 1979 vs NYR W 7-3 43 18
Mar 31, 1979 @ STL W 4-2 25 28
Mar 29, 1979 vs VAN W 5-0 42 22
Mar 27, 1979 @ NYR T 4-4 24 27
Mar 25, 1979 vs WSH W 7-4 33 18
Mar 23, 1979 @ AFM W 4-1 26 23
Mar 21, 1979 @ MNS L 3-7 32 31
Mar 18, 1979 vs STL W 5-3 31 24
Mar 17, 1979 vs BUF W 5-3 41 19
Mar 15, 1979 vs AFM W 5-4 29 29
Mar 14, 1979 @ CHI W 4-0 36 15
Mar 11, 1979 vs LAK W 6-3 33 37
Mar 10, 1979 @ PIT L 2-3 38 37
Mar 8, 1979 vs CHI L 1-5 34 24
Mar 6, 1979 vs CLR W 5-0 44 22
Mar 4, 1979 @ BUF W 6-1 38 31
Mar 3, 1979 @ TOR L 3-4 30 28
Mar 1, 1979 @ BOS T 4-4 21 29
Feb 24, 1979 @ LAK W 4-3 25 29
Feb 23, 1979 @ CLR W 5-3 34 22
Feb 20, 1979 @ VAN T 3-3 33 25
Feb 18, 1979 vs MNS W 3-2 35 20
Feb 17, 1979 vs NYR L 2-4 32 27
Feb 15, 1979 vs BOS W 5-3 28 26
Feb 14, 1979 @ TOR T 2-2 30 38
Feb 4, 1979 vs AFM W 7-4 30 21
Feb 1, 1979 vs NYI L 1-4 24 18
Jan 29, 1979 vs MTL L 3-7 33 30
Jan 27, 1979 @ MNS L 1-3 26 30
Jan 21, 1979 @ NYR T 5-5 25 36
Jan 20, 1979 @ MTL T 5-5 34 31
Jan 18, 1979 vs BUF T 4-4 28 29
Jan 16, 1979 @ AFM L 0-5 36 27
Jan 14, 1979 vs NYI T 1-1 29 30
Jan 11, 1979 vs DET T 3-3 40 22
Jan 9, 1979 @ WSH W 5-2 22 43
Jan 7, 1979 vs LAK W 3-0 45 19
Jan 6, 1979 @ NYI L 1-5 20 25
Jan 4, 1979 vs NYI W 3-2 31 32
Dec 30, 1978 @ STL L 3-6 31 28
Dec 28, 1978 vs NYR W 6-5 32 25
Dec 26, 1978 @ DET T 2-2 30 21
Dec 23, 1978 @ CHI L 2-5 28 31
Dec 21, 1978 vs WSH W 5-2 46 24
Dec 19, 1978 @ WSH T 4-4 39 19
Dec 17, 1978 vs STL W 4-1 36 17
Dec 16, 1978 @ AFM L 2-7 31 24
Dec 14, 1978 vs PIT W 2-1 33 25
Dec 10, 1978 @ NYR W 4-0 29 28
Dec 9, 1978 vs BOS W 9-2 30 18
Dec 7, 1978 vs NYR L 2-5 21 30
Dec 3, 1978 vs TOR W 7-2 38 26
Dec 2, 1978 @ BOS L 3-5 16 29
Nov 30, 1978 vs STL W 3-0 34 17
Nov 28, 1978 @ MTL L 0-3 21 27
Nov 25, 1978 @ PIT W 3-1 30 26
Nov 24, 1978 vs MNS W 4-3 20 14
Nov 22, 1978 @ BUF W 3-2 33 22
Nov 19, 1978 vs DET W 4-3 31 22
Nov 18, 1978 @ NYI L 2-8 32 24
Nov 16, 1978 vs CHI L 3-4 46 24
Nov 12, 1978 @ VAN W 4-0 36 14
Nov 10, 1978 @ CLR T 2-2 39 24
Nov 8, 1978 @ LAK W 5-3 39 25
Nov 5, 1978 vs CLR W 6-4 41 29
Nov 4, 1978 @ BOS W 7-3 27 27
Nov 2, 1978 vs BUF T 3-3 42 29
Nov 1, 1978 @ AFM L 0-3 40 21
Oct 29, 1978 vs VAN L 2-5 35 30
Oct 26, 1978 vs TOR W 5-0 23 25
Oct 24, 1978 @ NYI T 4-4 19 19
Oct 22, 1978 vs AFM L 2-5 40 23
Oct 21, 1978 @ TOR L 0-2 24 26
Oct 19, 1978 vs PIT W 3-1 28 25
Oct 15, 1978 vs MTL L 2-3 37 24
Oct 14, 1978 @ DET W 3-1 23 28
Oct 12, 1978 @ NYR T 3-3 25 30