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Toronto Maple Leafs, 1978-79

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Adams Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1978-79 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
9 80 34-33-13 81 0.506 267 252 +15 20-12-8 14-21-5

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Atlanta Flames Won 2-0
Quarterfinals Montréal Canadiens Lost 0-4

Roster

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

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Darryl Sittler C 70 36 51 87 9 69 290 0
Lanny McDonald R 79 43 42 85 11 32 314 0
Borje Salming D 79 17 56 73 31 76 230 0
Ian Turnbull D 80 12 51 63 -8 80 239 0
Walt McKechnie C 79 25 36 61 21 18 123 0
Dan Maloney L 77 17 36 53 20 157 141 0
Dave Williams L 77 19 20 39 -7 298 157 0
Pat Boutette L 80 14 19 33 3 136 89 0
Ron Ellis R 63 16 12 28 7 10 97 0
John Anderson R 71 15 11 26 2 10 123 0
Dave Hutchison D 79 4 15 19 34 235 117 0
Jimmy Jones C 69 9 9 18 3 45 63 0
Ron Wilson D 47 5 12 17 -10 4 58 0
Jerry Butler R 76 8 7 15 -1 52 77 0
Dave Burrows D 65 2 11 13 -10 28 70 0
Garry Monahan L 63 4 7 11 3 25 55 0
Joel Quenneville D 62 2 9 11 8 60 56 0
Paul Gardner C 11 7 2 9 0 0 20 0
Rocky Saganiuk R 16 3 5 8 1 9 30 0
Bruce Boudreau C 27 4 3 7 -3 2 30 0
Lorne Stamler L 45 4 3 7 -7 2 31 0
Trevor Johansen D 40 1 4 5 1 48 31 0
Don Ashby C 3 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Mike Palmateer 58 26211004 1838 1671 167 2.96 0.909
Paul Harrison 25 812301 676 594 82 3.51 0.879
Pierre Hamel 1 00000 1 1 0 0.00 1.000

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 8, 1979 @ BOS L 3-6 34 40
Apr 7, 1979 vs BUF W 6-2 29 25
Apr 4, 1979 vs BOS T 3-3 25 18
Apr 1, 1979 @ BUF W 6-3 29 31
Mar 31, 1979 vs MNS W 6-2 31 31
Mar 28, 1979 vs WSH W 6-2 40 29
Mar 25, 1979 @ DET L 1-2 29 25
Mar 24, 1979 vs CHI T 3-3 44 28
Mar 21, 1979 vs DET L 2-4 34 36
Mar 19, 1979 @ BOS L 3-4 21 32
Mar 17, 1979 vs MNS W 6-4 38 42
Mar 15, 1979 @ NYI L 2-6 33 23
Mar 14, 1979 vs BUF L 1-4 26 23
Mar 11, 1979 vs PIT W 4-0 36 39
Mar 10, 1979 vs LAK W 9-4 40 43
Mar 7, 1979 vs VAN W 2-0 45 40
Mar 4, 1979 @ NYR W 4-2 16 35
Mar 3, 1979 vs PHI W 4-3 28 30
Mar 1, 1979 @ MTL L 1-2 26 34
Feb 28, 1979 vs AFM L 4-6 36 30
Feb 26, 1979 @ BUF L 1-3 26 37
Feb 24, 1979 vs NYR L 2-4 32 49
Feb 21, 1979 @ MNS L 1-5 24 30
Feb 19, 1979 @ DET W 6-2 34 31
Feb 17, 1979 vs LAK W 5-2 27 32
Feb 14, 1979 vs PHI T 2-2 38 30
Feb 12, 1979 @ CHI W 5-2 28 35
Feb 4, 1979 @ MNS L 4-6 26 45
Feb 3, 1979 vs MTL L 3-6 30 31
Jan 31, 1979 vs STL W 5-1 30 29
Jan 28, 1979 @ WSH T 2-2 27 33
Jan 26, 1979 @ AFM L 2-4 27 19
Jan 24, 1979 @ MNS T 2-2 25 34
Jan 20, 1979 @ LAK W 3-2 23 36
Jan 19, 1979 @ VAN T 3-3 24 24
Jan 16, 1979 @ CLR W 3-2 27 21
Jan 13, 1979 vs CLR W 4-2 34 34
Jan 10, 1979 vs MNS T 2-2 27 38
Jan 8, 1979 vs VAN L 1-5 26 35
Jan 6, 1979 vs CHI L 3-5 48 32
Jan 3, 1979 vs AFM L 1-4 27 35
Dec 30, 1978 vs WSH T 5-5 35 28
Dec 27, 1978 vs BOS T 1-1 27 35
Dec 26, 1978 @ NYI L 1-5 20 51
Dec 23, 1978 @ STL W 6-1 27 33
Dec 22, 1978 @ AFM L 1-3 27 33
Dec 20, 1978 vs MNS W 4-2 34 26
Dec 17, 1978 @ WSH L 6-7 33 26
Dec 16, 1978 vs DET W 4-2 46 36
Dec 13, 1978 vs VAN W 5-1 49 28
Dec 10, 1978 @ BUF L 3-5 24 47
Dec 9, 1978 vs NYI L 2-3 29 31
Dec 6, 1978 @ PIT L 4-6 37 23
Dec 5, 1978 vs BOS L 1-5 21 38
Dec 3, 1978 @ PHI L 2-7 26 38
Dec 2, 1978 vs NYR W 5-2 36 32
Nov 29, 1978 @ MNS W 5-3 30 33
Nov 26, 1978 vs PIT W 8-2 32 33
Nov 25, 1978 vs CLR L 3-6 49 24
Nov 22, 1978 @ NYR T 3-3 26 22
Nov 21, 1978 @ AFM W 4-3 34 28
Nov 18, 1978 vs STL W 3-1 35 18
Nov 16, 1978 @ BOS W 6-4 29 33
Nov 15, 1978 vs BUF T 2-2 42 27
Nov 11, 1978 @ MTL L 2-3 29 30
Nov 8, 1978 @ CHI L 1-2 31 31
Nov 7, 1978 @ STL W 5-0 38 16
Nov 4, 1978 @ CLR T 4-4 27 37
Nov 3, 1978 @ VAN W 3-1 15 31
Nov 1, 1978 @ LAK W 4-2 30 34
Oct 28, 1978 vs BOS L 3-5 35 22
Oct 26, 1978 @ PHI L 0-5 25 23
Oct 25, 1978 vs MTL T 4-4 30 41
Oct 22, 1978 @ NYR L 2-5 26 35
Oct 21, 1978 vs PHI W 2-0 26 24
Oct 19, 1978 @ BUF L 0-1 19 33
Oct 18, 1978 vs BUF W 2-0 35 21
Oct 15, 1978 @ BOS L 2-4 18 26
Oct 14, 1978 vs NYI W 10-7 34 27
Oct 11, 1978 @ PIT W 3-2 27 40