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Billy Smith's 1977-1978 season

Wins
20
NHL#11
Save pct
.909
NHL#9
GAA
2.65
NHL#11
Shutouts
2
NHL#11
Games
38
47%
47% of 80

Goaltender Billy Smith was 26 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 38 games and won 20 of them, at .909. In the playoffs he played 1 game and won 0.

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

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Billy Smith plays the 1977-1978 season for New York Islanders

    NYINew York Islanders

    Billy was 26 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA59:13TOIL
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–3NYI
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      .973SV%
      36SV37SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .973
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3AFM
      game 5/802
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:00TOI
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–2LAK
      game 7/802
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOI
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–4NYI
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • November 1977
    • The game
      AFM0–9NYI
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      1.000SV%
      17SV17SA0GA51:25TOIW
      1.000
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–5BOS
      L
      game 13/802
      His night
      .844SV%
      27SV32SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .844
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–2NYI
      game 15/802
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOI
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI1–1NYI
      game 17/802
      His night
      .968SV%
      30SV31SA1GA60:00TOI
      .968
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–9NYI
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      .917SV%
      22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8010 of 20 started
      4
      wins
      NHL#11
      .929
      SV%
      NHL#1
      2.1
      GAA
      NHL#3
      NYI
      9-5-0W-L-OT24Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI9–2MNS
      W
      game 21/804
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–1DET
      W
      game 23/801
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–3CLR
      game 24/801
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOI
      .880
      View the game
    • December 1977
    • The game
      NYI7–2STL
      W
      game 25/802
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–0CHI
      W
      game 27/801
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      35SV35SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      DET4–7NYI
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–2NYI
      game 29/801
      His night
      .941SV%
      32SV34SA2GA60:00TOI
      .941
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–4NYI
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–6NYI
      W
      game 33/803
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–7MTL
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      .684SV%
      13SV19SA6GA28:46TOIL
      .684
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN1–4NYI
      W
      game 38/802
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .947
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR4–7NYI
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      .879SV%
      29SV33SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .879
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    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8022 of 40 started
      13
      wins
      NHL#6
      .920
      SV%
      NHL#2
      2.3
      GAA
      NHL#2
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#12
      NYI
      23-9-0W-L-OT54Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–5CLE
      L
      game 41/802
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA59:26TOIL
      .826
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    • The game
      NYI3–0STL
      W
      game 44/803
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      23SV23SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYI
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
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    • The game
      TOR2–4NYI
      W
      game 46/803
      His night
      .943SV%
      33SV35SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .943
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA58:58TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • February 1978
    • The game
      NYI7–6NYR
      W
      game 49/802
      His night
      .500SV%in relief
      2SV4SA2GA03:58TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–2AFM
      W
      game 50/802
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI4–5CHI
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      35SV40SA5GA59:23TOIL
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      DET5–8NYI
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      .839SV%
      26SV31SA5GA60:00TOIW
      .839
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM3–3NYI
      game 57/802
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOI
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI1–7NYI
      W
      game 60/802
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
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    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8032 of 60 started
      19
      wins
      NHL#7
      .914
      SV%
      NHL#3
      2.5
      GAA
      NHL#5
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#9
      NYI
      37-12-0W-L-OT85Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • March 1978
    • The game
      NYI3–6BUF
      L
      game 63/802
      His night
      .821SV%
      23SV28SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .821
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    • The game
      STL3–3NYI
      game 69/803
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOI
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–4PHI
      L
      game 71/802
      His night
      .895SV%
      34SV38SA4GA59:14TOIL
      .895
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS3–6NYI
      W
      game 74/805
      His night
      .824SV%
      14SV17SA3GA29:46TOI
      .824
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    • April 1978
    • The game
      NYI5–2BOS
      W
      game 80/802
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Billy Smith closes the 1977-1978 season with 20 wins

    NYINew York Islanders
    Wins
    20
    Games
    38of 80
    48%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .909
    GAA
    2.65
    Starts
    37
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    10
    career shutouts
    8 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders meet Toronto Maple Leafs

    NYIvsTOR
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    View the whole round
    • Game 6
      NYI2–5TOR
      L
      2
      His night
      .941SV%in relief
      16SV17SA1GA47:07TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    Toronto Maple Leafs knock New York Islanders out 4–3

    NYI3–4TOR
    Eliminated
    1Games0Wins.941SV%1.3GAA
    The run in numbers

    Billy Smith ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 0 wins

    NYINew York Islanders
    Wins
    0
    Games
    1
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .941
    GAA
    1.27
    Starts
    0
    Events
    25
    playoff games
    TOR3–4