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Dennis Hull's 1977-1978 season

Points
14
NHL#282
Goals
5
NHL#237
Assists
9
NHL#283
Plus/minus
-20
NHL#396
Games
55
68%
68% of 80

Left winger Dennis Hull was 32 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 55 of a possible 80 games and scored 5 goals and 9 assists for 14 points, 0.25 points per game. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 0 points.

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

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Dennis Hull plays the 1977-1978 season for Detroit Red Wings

    Dennis was 33 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 14th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Dennis Hull's season starts in game 22 of 80

    Detroit Red Wings have played 21 games21 of 80 without him
    • The game
      DET2–4TOR
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–6BUF
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–1DET
      L
      game 24/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–6BOS
      L
      game 25/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–7NYI
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5DET
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–2STL
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Dennis Hull reaches 300 career goals

    in the game against St. Louis Blues · December 17

    • The game
      DET2–6NYR
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF5–3DET
      L
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET2–3WSH
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–5DET
      W
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3BUF
      game 33/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS7–0DET
      L
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–2DET
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–4DET
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET6–3WSH
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–1DET
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–4CLR
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8019 of 40 played
      7
      points
      NHL#274
      3
      goals
      NHL#210
      4
      assists
      NHL#292
      DET
      15-19-0W-L-OT36Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI2–4DET
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET1–7BOS
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–6DET
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–6CHI
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3DET
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–3DET
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      DET0–2CLE
      L
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2TOR
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CLE3–4DET
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–1LAK
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3DET
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      DET5–8NYI
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–8DET
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM3–5DET
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4PHI
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–5DET
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4DET
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2AFM
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL3–1DET
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–9MTL
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8039 of 60 played
      11
      points
      NHL#268
      3
      goals
      NHL#251
      8
      assists
      NHL#252
      DET
      23-28-0W-L-OT55Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • March 1978
    • The game
      DET2–3NYR
      L
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–1MNS
      W
      game 62/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–4DET
      W
      game 63/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–5DET
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–4DET
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3LAK
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET5–4VAN
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–6CLR
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–1WSH
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–7DET
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1978
    • The game
      DET0–2CHI
      L
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2DET
      L
      game 76/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET5–5CLE
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT4–6DET
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–5MTL
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–4DET
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Dennis Hull closes the 1977-1978 season with 14 points

    Points
    14
    NHL#282
    Games
    55of 80
    69%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#237
    Assists
    9
    NHL#283
    P/GP
    0.25
    NHL#273
    +/-
    -20
    NHL#396
    Events
    300
    career goals
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Atlanta Flames

    DETvsAFM
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Atlanta Flames
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      DET5–3AFM
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstAtlanta Flames
    • Game 2
      AFM2–3DET
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    Preliminary round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Atlanta Flames out 2–0

    DET2–0AFM
    Advance
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Detroit Red Wings meet Montréal Canadiens

    DETvsMTL
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      DET2–6MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      DET4–2MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL4–2DET
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 4
      MTL8–0DET
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 5
      DET2–4MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–1

    DET1–4MTL
    Eliminated
    5Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Dennis Hull ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#151
    Games
    7
    Goals
    0
    NHL#101
    Assists
    0
    NHL#130
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#118
    Events
    100
    playoff games
    AFM2–0→MTL1–4