Regular season and playoffsBUF

Don Luce's 1978-1979 season

Points

NHL#49

Goals

NHL#53

Assists

NHL#63

Plus/minus

+20

NHL#46

Games

98% of 80

Centre Don Luce was 30 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 79 of a possible 80 games and scored 26 goals and 35 assists for 61 points, 0.77 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 2 points.

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

1978-1979Playoffs

Year 1978
48 years ago
Season opener
October 12
Don Luce plays the 1978-1979 season for Buffalo Sabres
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Don was 30 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.
- The game
  NYI2–2BUF
  October 12game 1/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–2MNS
  W
  October 14game 2/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  DET3–2BUF
  L
  October 15game 3/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF0–2TOR
  L
  October 18game 4/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  TOR0–1BUF
  W
  October 19game 5/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–3VAN
  L
  October 22game 6/804
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF0–6LAK
  L
  October 26game 7/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF7–7STL
  October 28game 8/801
  His night
  +4P+2G+2A
  +2+/-7SOG1PPP
  +4 points
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- November 1978
- The game
  BUF3–3PHI
  November 2game 9/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF1–2MNS
  L
  November 4game 10/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MNS1–2BUF
  W
  November 5game 11/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-0SOG1SHP
  +2 assists
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Milestone
Don Luce reaches 250 career assists
in the game against Minnesota North Stars · November 5
- The game
  PIT4–4BUF
  November 9game 12/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1SHP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF2–0WSH
  W
  November 11game 13/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG1SHP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS4–4BUF
  November 12game 14/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF2–2TOR
  November 15game 15/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  STL2–6BUF
  W
  November 16game 16/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF3–1DET
  W
  November 18game 17/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS2–9BUF
  W
  November 19game 18/801
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  PHI3–2BUF
  L
  November 22game 19/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–5BOS
  L
  November 23game 20/80
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-4SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 23
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 80
  14
  points
  NHL#70
  6
  goals
  NHL#62
  8
  assists
  NHL#70
  BUF
  7-7-0W-L-OT20Points
  8th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CLR1–4BUF
  W
  November 26game 21/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-0SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BOS4–3BUF
  L
  November 30game 22/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- December 1978
- The game
  BUF1–8MTL
  L
  December 2game 23/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  MTL4–1BUF
  L
  December 3game 24/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  LAK3–3BUF
  December 7game 25/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  BUF4–4PIT
  December 9game 26/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  TOR3–5BUF
  W
  December 10game 27/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF6–2CHI
  W
  December 13game 28/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  CHI2–3BUF
  W
  December 14game 29/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF5–2MNS
  W
  December 16game 30/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  VAN3–6BUF
  W
  December 17game 31/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF3–6NYR
  L
  December 20game 32/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  AFM4–5BUF
  W
  December 21game 33/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF4–6BOS
  L
  December 23game 34/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–2CLR
  W
  December 27game 35/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–3VAN
  December 28game 36/803
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS7–3BUF
  L
  December 31game 37/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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Year 1979
47 years ago
- The game
  CHI3–3BUF
  January 4game 38/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET3–4BUF
  W
  January 7game 39/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  BUF3–5AFM
  L
  January 9game 40/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 9
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 80
  29
  points
  NHL#69
  13
  goals
  NHL#53
  16
  assists
  NHL#78
  BUF
  16-14-0W-L-OT42Points
  7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  WSH2–6BUF
  W
  January 11game 41/802
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-1SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  BUF2–5MTL
  L
  January 13game 42/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  PIT5–4BUF
  L
  January 14game 43/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF4–4PHI
  January 18game 44/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–1BOS
  W
  January 20game 45/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–4BUF
  L
  January 25game 46/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BUF6–3DET
  W
  January 27game 47/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG1SHP
  +2 points
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- The game
  MNS3–1BUF
  L
  January 28game 48/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  AFM5–2BUF
  L
  January 31game 49/80
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +2 assists
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- February 1979
- The game
  BUF2–1MNS
  W
  February 3game 50/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  STL1–3BUF
  W
  February 4game 51/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYI1–2BUF
  W
  February 14game 52/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–4BUF
  W
  February 15game 53/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  BUF3–6PIT
  L
  February 17game 54/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL5–2BUF
  L
  February 18game 55/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  BUF2–3CHI
  L
  February 21game 56/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CHI4–2BUF
  L
  February 22game 57/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF6–4WSH
  W
  February 24game 58/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  TOR1–3BUF
  W
  February 26game 59/801
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-5SOG
  +2 goals
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- March 1979
- The game
  MNS5–5BUF
  March 1game 60/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  March 1
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 80
  45
  points
  NHL#60
  20
  goals
  NHL#53
  25
  assists
  NHL#71
  BUF
  25-23-0W-L-OT62Points
  Playoff spot
  7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF2–2NYR
  March 3game 61/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1SHP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI6–1BUF
  L
  March 4game 62/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF3–2NYI
  W
  March 6game 63/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  LAK4–6BUF
  W
  March 8game 64/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-6SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  BUF5–5AFM
  March 10game 65/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  AFM4–9BUF
  W
  March 11game 66/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–1TOR
  W
  March 14game 67/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–4BUF
  W
  March 15game 68/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  WSH3–3BUF
  March 18game 70/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF3–2CLR
  W
  March 21game 71/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  BUF4–3VAN
  W
  March 23game 72/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BUF3–2LAK
  W
  March 24game 73/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG1SHP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BUF4–2STL
  W
  March 26game 74/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS2–9BUF
  W
  March 28game 75/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  BUF0–2NYI
  L
  March 31game 76/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- April 1979
- The game
  TOR6–3BUF
  L
  April 1game 77/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  BUF9–3BOS
  W
  April 5game 78/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF2–6TOR
  L
  April 7game 79/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  CLR5–5BUF
  April 8game 80/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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The season in numbers
April 8
Don Luce closes the 1978-1979 season with 61 points
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Points
61
NHL#49
Games
79of 80
99%
Goals
26
NHL#53
Assists
35
NHL#63
P/GP
0.77
NHL#71
+/-
+20
NHL#46
Events
250
career assists
7 i rad
games with a point · 10 pts
2 days later
Playoffs
April 10
Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 10
Buffalo Sabres meet Pittsburgh Penguins
BUFvsPIT
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
No Swedes
Swedes on Pittsburgh Penguins
No Swedes
View the whole round
- Game 1
  PIT4–3BUF
  L
  April 10
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 2
  BUF3–1PIT
  W
  April 12
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- Buffalo Sabresare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
- Game 3
  PIT4–3BUF
  L
  April 14
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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Preliminary round
April 14
Pittsburgh Penguins knock Buffalo Sabres out 2–1
BUF1–2PIT
Eliminated
3Games2Points1Goals1Assists

Don Luce plays the 1978-1979 season for Buffalo Sabres

Don Luce reaches 250 career assists

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Don Luce closes the 1978-1979 season with 61 points

Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

Buffalo Sabres meet Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins knock Buffalo Sabres out 2–1