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Bill Riley's 1977-1978 season

Points
25
NHL#196
Goals
13
NHL#150
Assists
12
NHL#249
Plus/minus
-15
NHL#365
Games
57
71%
71% of 80

Right winger Bill Riley was 27 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 57 of a possible 80 games and scored 13 goals and 12 assists for 25 points, 0.44 points per game. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1977-1978
  1. Season opener

    Bill Riley plays the 1977-1978 season for Washington Capitals

    Bill was 27 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PIT1–2WSH
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4CLE
      L
      game 2/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–3WSH
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–5MTL
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–2AFM
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH1–8CLR
      L
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–7MNS
      L
      game 7/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • November 1977
    • The game
      CHI2–2WSH
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4PHI
      L
      game 9/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI3–1WSH
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–1WSH
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–1DET
      game 12/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR3–1WSH
      L
      game 13/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–0WSH
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2STL
      game 15/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–5TOR
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF7–6WSH
      L
      game 17/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH2–5BUF
      L
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
      8
      points
      NHL#144
      2
      goals
      NHL#158
      6
      assists
      NHL#103
      WSH
      2-14-0W-L-OT8Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET6–3WSH
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8019 of 40 played
      9
      points
      NHL#241
      3
      goals
      NHL#205
      6
      assists
      NHL#235
      WSH
      8-23-0W-L-OT25Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–2MNS
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–0WSH
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5CHI
      L
      game 43/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–4BOS
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–2PIT
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–6DET
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR3–3WSH
      game 47/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–2WSH
      L
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–0WSH
      L
      game 49/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4VAN
      L
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      WSH3–8LAK
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH1–6NYI
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4BUF
      L
      game 53/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–1CLE
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4PHI
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–2WSH
      L
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–2WSH
      W
      game 58/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–1WSH
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4DET
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8038 of 60 played
      15
      points
      NHL#220
      6
      goals
      NHL#192
      9
      assists
      NHL#230
      WSH
      11-38-0W-L-OT33Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH0–4TOR
      L
      game 61/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI6–1WSH
      L
      game 62/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR4–7WSH
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • March 1978
    • The game
      WSH3–3STL
      game 64/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–4MTL
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–8NYR
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR5–2WSH
      L
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE3–8WSH
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–2WSH
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI6–2WSH
      L
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR11–4WSH
      L
      game 71/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH0–5MTL
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET4–1WSH
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4WSH
      game 74/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–3CLR
      W
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • April 1978
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYI
      L
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–4WSH
      W
      game 78/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–4PIT
      W
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–4WSH
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Bill Riley closes the 1977-1978 season with 25 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    25
    NHL#196
    Games
    57of 80
    71%
    Goals
    13
    NHL#150
    Assists
    12
    NHL#249
    P/GP
    0.44
    NHL#187
    +/-
    -15
    NHL#365
    Events
    13
    career best in goals
    100
    NHL games
    50
    career points
    25
    career goals
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts