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Bryan Watson's 1977-1978 season

Points
14
NHL#282
Goals
3
NHL#278
Assists
11
NHL#261
Plus/minus
-12
NHL#331
Games
79
98%
98% of 80

Defenceman Bryan Watson was 34 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 79 of a possible 80 games and scored 3 goals and 11 assists for 14 points, 0.18 points per game. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1977-1978
  1. Season opener

    Bryan Watson plays the 1977-1978 season for Washington Capitals

    Bryan was 34 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 14th 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
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–3WSH
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–5MTL
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH6–2AFM
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–8CLR
      L
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–7MNS
      L
      game 7/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • November 1977
    • The game
      CHI2–2WSH
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4PHI
      L
      game 9/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–1WSH
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–1WSH
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    Milestone

    Bryan Watson reaches 750 NHL games

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · November 8

    • The game
      WSH1–1DET
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • 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
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2STL
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5TOR
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF7–6WSH
      L
      game 17/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH2–5BUF
      L
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–2WSH
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–6BOS
      L
      game 20/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      4
      points
      NHL#232
      1
      goals
      NHL#208
      3
      assists
      NHL#214
      -15
      +/-
      NHL#125
      WSH
      2-14-0W-L-OT8Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH4–4TOR
      game 21/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–4LAK
      L
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • December 1977
    • The game
      CLE3–2WSH
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–2WSH
      L
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN5–2WSH
      L
      game 25/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–3CLE
      W
      game 26/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–5AFM
      L
      game 27/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–2WSH
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–3VAN
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–1LAK
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–5NYR
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–3WSH
      W
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3WSH
      L
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2PIT
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3WSH
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–3WSH
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK0–4WSH
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–4WSH
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–3CHI
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET6–3WSH
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      8
      points
      NHL#254
      1
      goals
      NHL#275
      7
      assists
      NHL#212
      -9
      +/-
      NHL#104
      WSH
      8-23-0W-L-OT25Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–2MNS
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–0WSH
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5CHI
      L
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4BOS
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–2PIT
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–6DET
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–3WSH
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–2WSH
      L
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–0WSH
      L
      game 49/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4VAN
      L
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      WSH3–8LAK
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–6NYI
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–1CLE
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4PHI
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–2WSH
      L
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL8–2WSH
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–2WSH
      W
      game 58/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–1WSH
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4DET
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8059 of 60 played
      9
      points
      NHL#286
      1
      goals
      NHL#310
      8
      assists
      NHL#246
      -14
      +/-
      NHL#114
      WSH
      11-38-0W-L-OT33Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH0–4TOR
      L
      game 61/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI6–1WSH
      L
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–7WSH
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • March 1978
    • The game
      WSH3–3STL
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–4MTL
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–8NYR
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR5–2WSH
      L
      game 67/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLE3–8WSH
      W
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL3–2WSH
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI6–2WSH
      L
      game 70/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR11–4WSH
      L
      game 71/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH0–5MTL
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–1WSH
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–4WSH
      game 74/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–3CLR
      W
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • April 1978
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYI
      L
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–4WSH
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–4WSH
      W
      game 78/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–4PIT
      W
      game 79/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM2–4WSH
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Bryan Watson closes the 1977-1978 season with 14 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    14
    NHL#282
    Games
    79of 80
    99%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#278
    Assists
    11
    NHL#261
    P/GP
    0.18
    NHL#313
    +/-
    -12
    NHL#331
    Events
    3
    career best in goals
    750
    NHL games