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Al Secord's 1978-1979 season

Points
23
NHL#215
Goals
16
NHL#113
Assists
7
NHL#295
Plus/minus
+7
NHL#110
Games
71
88%
88% of 80

Left winger Al Secord was 20 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins. He played 71 of a possible 80 games and scored 16 goals and 7 assists for 23 points, 0.32 points per game. In the playoffs he played 4 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1978-1979Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Al Secord makes his NHL debut in 8–⁠2 win against Pittsburgh Penguins

    Al was 20 years old · Boston Garden, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-
    • The game
      PIT2–8BOS
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4PIT
      game 2/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4BOS
      W
      game 3/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2LAK
      W
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–1VAN
      W
      game 5/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–6CHI
      L
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–2STL
      W
      game 7/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3TOR
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1978
    • The game
      NYI1–4BOS
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI7–3BOS
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Al Secord scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · November 4

    • The game
      MTL1–1BOS
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–6BOS
      W
      game 13/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS1–7DET
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4BUF
      game 15/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–4BOS
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BOS6–2AFM
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL2–5BOS
      W
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–5BOS
      W
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–5WSH
      game 20/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8019 of 20 played
      5
      points
      NHL#211
      5
      goals
      NHL#84
      0
      assists
      NHL#329
      BOS
      11-4-0W-L-OT27Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      AFM2–4BOS
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Al Secord records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Atlanta Flames · November 26

    • The game
      BOS4–3BUF
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1978
    • The game
      PHI3–5BOS
      W
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–2NYR
      W
      game 24/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–1TOR
      W
      game 25/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–6BOS
      W
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–9PHI
      L
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4BOS
      game 28/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–4BOS
      W
      game 33/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BUF4–6BOS
      W
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–1TOR
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–6MTL
      L
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–3BUF
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3CHI
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3CLR
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–2MNS
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8035 of 40 played
      11
      points
      NHL#210
      8
      goals
      NHL#114
      3
      assists
      NHL#295
      BOS
      27-6-0W-L-OT61Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS4–6BOS
      W
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5PIT
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK6–3BOS
      L
      game 43/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–5STL
      L
      game 44/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      STL0–4BOS
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–1BOS
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–3BOS
      W
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–2BOS
      L
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3MTL
      L
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–3BOS
      L
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2CHI
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1979
    • The game
      CHI1–6BOS
      W
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4NYI
      game 53/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–6BOS
      W
      game 54/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–5NYR
      L
      game 55/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3MNS
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3CLR
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3LAK
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3VAN
      W
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
      16
      points
      NHL#218
      11
      goals
      NHL#120
      5
      assists
      NHL#288
      BOS
      34-16-0W-L-OT78Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the whole NHL
    • March 1979
    • The game
      MNS0–5BOS
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–4DET
      W
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–7AFM
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–3MNS
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–4BOS
      game 67/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–7NYI
      L
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–4BOS
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI2–4BOS
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–1BOS
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5BOS
      W
      game 73/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–9BUF
      L
      game 74/80
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–7BOS
      W
      game 75/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS4–1WSH
      W
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • April 1979
    • The game
      MTL3–3BOS
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–3TOR
      game 78/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF9–3BOS
      L
      game 79/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      TOR3–6BOS
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Al Secord closes the 1978-1979 season with 23 points

    Points
    23
    NHL#215
    Games
    71of 80
    89%
    Goals
    16
    NHL#113
    Assists
    7
    NHL#295
    P/GP
    0.32
    NHL#243
    +/-
    +7
    NHL#110
    Events
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    8 days later
    Playoffs

    Boston Bruins are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Boston Bruins meet Pittsburgh Penguins

    BOSvsPIT
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      PIT2–6BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 2
      PIT3–4BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Quarterfinal

    Boston Bruins knock Pittsburgh Penguins out 4–0

    BOS4–0PIT
    Advance
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    4 days later
    Semifinal

    Boston Bruins meet Montréal Canadiens

    BOSvsMTL
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 2
      BOS2–5MTL
      L
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • May 1979
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      MTL2–5BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–3

    BOS3–4MTL
    Eliminated
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Al Secord ends the 1978-1979 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#167
    Games
    4
    Goals
    0
    NHL#109
    Assists
    0
    NHL#142
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    0
    NHL#75
    PIT4–0→MTL3–4