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Behn Wilson's 1978-1979 season

Points
49
NHL#90
Goals
13
NHL#143
Assists
36
NHL#54
Plus/minus
+14
NHL#73
Games
80
100%
100% of 80

Defenceman Behn Wilson was 19 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played all 80 games and scored 13 goals and 36 assists for 49 points, 0.61 points per game. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 1 points.

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

1978-1979Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Behn Wilson makes his NHL debut in the 3–⁠3 draw against New York Rangers

    Behn was 19 years old · Madison Square Garden, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    2
    Assists
    2
    Points
    +1
    +/-
    First NHL assistFirst NHL point

    Swedes on the ice: Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson.

    • The game
      PHI3–3NYR
      game 1/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Behn Wilson records his first NHL assist

    in the game against New York Rangers · October 12

    • The game
      PHI3–1DET
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Behn Wilson scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · October 14

    • The game
      MTL3–2PHI
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–3PHI
      W
      game 4/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI0–2TOR
      L
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–2PHI
      L
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYI
      game 7/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–5PHI
      W
      game 8/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      VAN5–2PHI
      L
      game 9/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • November 1978
    • The game
      PHI0–3AFM
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3PHI
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI7–3BOS
      W
      game 12/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR4–6PHI
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–3LAK
      W
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2CLR
      game 15/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–0VAN
      W
      game 16/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI4–3PHI
      L
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–8NYI
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4PHI
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–2BUF
      W
      game 20/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      12
      points
      NHL#87
      3
      goals
      NHL#126
      9
      assists
      NHL#53
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#41
      PHI
      9-7-0W-L-OT22Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MNS3–4PHI
      W
      game 21/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI3–1PIT
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI0–3MTL
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL0–3PHI
      W
      game 24/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • December 1978
    • The game
      PHI3–5BOS
      L
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–7PHI
      W
      game 26/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–2PHI
      L
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–9PHI
      W
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–0NYR
      W
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–2PHI
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–7AFM
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -4+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–4PHI
      W
      game 32/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–4WSH
      game 33/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–5PHI
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI2–5CHI
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2DET
      game 36/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–6PHI
      W
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–6STL
      L
      game 38/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3PHI
      W
      game 39/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–5NYI
      L
      game 40/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      23
      points
      NHL#101
      4
      goals
      NHL#184
      19
      assists
      NHL#47
      +2
      +/-
      NHL#47
      PHI
      20-14-0W-L-OT46Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK0–3PHI
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI5–2WSH
      W
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3PHI
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–1PHI
      game 44/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI0–5AFM
      L
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–4PHI
      game 46/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI5–5MTL
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–5NYR
      game 48/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI1–3MNS
      L
      game 49/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL7–3PHI
      L
      game 50/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • February 1979
    • The game
      NYI4–1PHI
      L
      game 51/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–7PHI
      W
      game 52/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI2–2TOR
      game 53/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5PHI
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR4–2PHI
      L
      game 55/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS2–3PHI
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-9SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      PHI3–3VAN
      game 57/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–3CLR
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI4–3LAK
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • March 1979
    • The game
      PHI4–4BOS
      game 60/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 80
      39
      points
      NHL#84
      11
      goals
      NHL#128
      28
      assists
      NHL#58
      +11
      +/-
      NHL#34
      PHI
      27-19-0W-L-OT68Points
      6th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI3–4TOR
      L
      game 61/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI6–1BUF
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CLR0–5PHI
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–1PHI
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–3PIT
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–6PHI
      W
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–0CHI
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–5PHI
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF3–5PHI
      W
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      +4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL3–5PHI
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–7MNS
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–1AFM
      W
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–7PHI
      W
      game 73/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–4NYR
      game 74/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN0–5PHI
      W
      game 75/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–2STL
      W
      game 76/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1979
    • The game
      NYR3–7PHI
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–1PHI
      L
      game 78/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–9NYI
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–4PHI
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-3SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    The season in numbers

    Behn Wilson closes the 1978-1979 season with 49 points

    Points
    49
    NHL#90
    Games
    80of 80
    100%
    Goals
    13
    NHL#143
    Assists
    36
    NHL#54
    P/GP
    0.61
    NHL#111
    +/-
    +14
    NHL#73
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Vancouver Canucks

    PHIvsVAN
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Vancouver Canucks
    • Game 1
      VAN3–2PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Vancouver Canuckslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      VAN2–7PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Preliminary round

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Vancouver Canucks out 2–1

    PHI2–1VAN
    Advance
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    2 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Philadelphia Flyers meet New York Rangers

    PHIvsNYR
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    • Game 3
      PHI1–5NYR
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI0–6NYR
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      NYR8–3PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    PHI1–4NYR
    Eliminated
    3Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Behn Wilson ends the 1978-1979 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#114
    Games
    5
    Goals
    1
    NHL#60
    Assists
    0
    NHL#142
    P/GP
    0.20
    +/-
    -6
    NHL#221
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff goal
    VAN2–1→NYR1–4