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Dan Labraaten's 1978-1979 season

Points
38
Swedish flag#8NHL#129
Goals
19
Swedish flag#4NHL#92
Assists
19
Swedish flag#11NHL#165
Plus/minus
-18
NHL#394
Games
78
97%
97% of 80

Left winger Dan Labraaten was 27 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 78 of a possible 80 games and scored 19 goals and 19 assists for 38 points, 0.49 points per game. That was 8th among the Swedes and 129th in the NHL. Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1978-1979
  1. NHL debut

    Dan Labraaten makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠5 loss against St. Louis Blues

    Dan was 27 years old · Detroit Olympia, USA

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

    Other Swedes on the ice: Inge Hammarström and Thommie Bergman.

    • The game
      STL5–4DET
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Dan Labraaten scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · October 11

    • The game
      PHI3–1DET
      L
      game 2/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET3–2BUF
      W
      game 3/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Dan Labraaten records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Buffalo Sabres · October 15

    • The game
      DET3–3NYR
      game 4/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2DET
      game 5/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4DET
      game 6/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CLR4–5DET
      W
      game 7/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET5–2CLR
      W
      game 8/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI2–7DET
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • November 1978
    • The game
      MTL4–1DET
      L
      game 10/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–7PIT
      L
      game 11/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–3WSH
      game 12/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN6–4DET
      L
      game 13/805
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–8MTL
      L
      game 14/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–7DET
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–5AFM
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–1DET
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4PHI
      L
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–3LAK
      game 19/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET0–4STL
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      10
      points
      Swedish flag#7NHL#131
      5
      goals
      Swedish flag#4NHL#84
      5
      assists
      Swedish flag#11NHL#158
      DET
      5-10-0W-L-OT15Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK2–4DET
      W
      game 21/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2CLR
      game 22/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1978
    • The game
      DET1–2VAN
      L
      game 23/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5LAK
      L
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2DET
      game 25/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–6BOS
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5DET
      W
      game 27/803
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3CHI
      game 28/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–5DET
      game 29/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–4NYI
      L
      game 30/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4TOR
      L
      game 31/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–0DET
      L
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–7DET
      W
      game 33/804
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      DET2–4NYR
      L
      game 34/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2DET
      game 35/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2DET
      game 36/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL5–2DET
      L
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3PIT
      L
      game 38/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–4DET
      L
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–1DET
      L
      game 40/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      17
      points
      Swedish flag#7NHL#147
      7
      goals
      Swedish flag#6NHL#129
      10
      assists
      Swedish flag#12NHL#165
      DET
      8-21-0W-L-OT27Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET3–4BUF
      L
      game 41/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–5DET
      game 42/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3PHI
      game 43/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK7–3DET
      L
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–4DET
      W
      game 45/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–5WSH
      L
      game 46/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–3DET
      L
      game 47/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET6–6LAK
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–3DET
      L
      game 49/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–7AFM
      L
      game 50/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–7DET
      W
      game 51/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • February 1979
    • The game
      PIT3–8DET
      W
      game 54/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–2DET
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–6DET
      W
      game 56/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–2DET
      L
      game 57/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–3WSH
      W
      game 58/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3NYI
      L
      game 59/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR1–8DET
      W
      game 60/801
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +3 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8058 of 60 played
      24
      points
      Swedish flag#10NHL#161
      11
      goals
      Swedish flag#6NHL#123
      13
      assists
      Swedish flag#11NHL#182
      DET
      14-32-0W-L-OT42Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL6–5DET
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • March 1979
    • The game
      DET5–3MTL
      W
      game 62/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS6–4DET
      L
      game 63/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–5MNS
      L
      game 64/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3DET
      game 65/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–3MTL
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET4–1WSH
      W
      game 67/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET3–1STL
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–2CHI
      W
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–5DET
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      DET4–2TOR
      W
      game 71/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–5BOS
      L
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–2DET
      W
      game 73/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5VAN
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–8LAK
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–4DET
      L
      game 76/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1979
    • The game
      MNS1–3DET
      W
      game 77/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–4MTL
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–4PIT
      L
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–1DET
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Dan Labraaten closes the 1978-1979 season with 38 points

    Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    38
    #8NHL#129
    Games
    78of 80
    98%
    Goals
    19
    #4NHL#92
    Assists
    19
    #11NHL#165
    P/GP
    0.49
    #10NHL#168
    +/-
    -18
    #14NHL#394
    Events
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts