Regular season and playoffsNYR

Don Murdoch's 1978-1979 season

Points

NHL#134

Goals

NHL#123

Assists

NHL#137

Plus/minus

-6

NHL#294

Games

50% of 80

Right winger Don Murdoch was 21 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 40 of a possible 80 games and scored 15 goals and 22 assists for 37 points, 0.93 points per game. In the playoffs he played 18 games for 12 points.

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

1978-1979Playoffs

Year 1979
47 years ago
Season opener
January 10
Don Murdoch plays the 1978-1979 season for New York Rangers
NYRNew York Rangers
Don was 22 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.
A late start
January 10
Don Murdoch's season starts in game 41 of 80
New York Rangers have played 40 games40 of 80 without him
- The game
  NYR5–3CLR
  W
  January 10game 41/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–4AFM
  W
  January 14game 42/802
  His night
  +4P+3G+1A
  +4+/-4SOG
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  MNS8–1NYR
  L
  January 15game 43/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  NYI3–5NYR
  W
  January 17game 44/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–3STL
  L
  January 20game 45/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PHI5–5NYR
  January 21game 46/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR1–5WSH
  L
  January 24game 47/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–4BUF
  W
  January 25game 48/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR7–2NYI
  W
  January 27game 49/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–3VAN
  W
  January 30game 50/804
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYR4–5CLR
  L
  January 31game 51/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- February 1979
- The game
  NYR2–4LAK
  L
  February 3game 52/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BOS1–5NYR
  W
  February 14game 53/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–4BUF
  L
  February 15game 54/802
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +1+/-6SOG1PPP
  +2 goals
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- The game
  NYR4–2PHI
  W
  February 17game 55/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  WSH6–6NYR
  February 18game 56/804
  His night
  +5P+1G+4A
  +4+/-3SOG
  +5 points
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- The game
  STL3–7NYR
  W
  February 21game 57/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-6SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYR4–2TOR
  W
  February 24game 58/803
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +3+/-6SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  NYI2–3NYR
  W
  February 25game 59/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-5SOG
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- The game
  NYR1–4STL
  L
  February 27game 60/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- Checkpoint
  February 27
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8020 of 60 played
  20
  points
  NHL#191
  10
  goals
  NHL#143
  10
  assists
  NHL#228
  NYR
  34-20-0W-L-OT74Points
  Playoff spot
  4th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYR4–4MNS
  February 28game 61/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  -1+/-7SOG2PPP
  +2 points
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- March 1979
- The game
  BUF2–2NYR
  March 3game 62/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  TOR4–2NYR
  L
  March 4game 63/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-7SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CLR3–5NYR
  W
  March 7game 64/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR6–3MTL
  W
  March 10game 65/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI2–5NYR
  W
  March 11game 66/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  AFM6–4NYR
  L
  March 14game 67/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-6SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR7–4BOS
  W
  March 15game 68/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  NYR2–5NYI
  L
  March 17game 69/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  PIT5–1NYR
  L
  March 18game 70/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR2–2WSH
  March 20game 71/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR7–6CHI
  W
  March 21game 72/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  MTL1–0NYR
  L
  March 25game 73/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  PHI4–4NYR
  March 27game 74/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR1–7PIT
  L
  March 28game 75/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- April 1979
- The game
  NYR3–7PHI
  L
  April 1game 76/801
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  LAK4–5NYR
  W
  April 2game 77/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  AFM3–3NYR
  April 4game 78/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-6SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–9AFM
  L
  April 6game 79/801
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -3+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYI5–2NYR
  L
  April 8game 80/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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The season in numbers
April 8
Don Murdoch closes the 1978-1979 season with 37 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
37
NHL#134
Games
40of 80
50%
Goals
15
NHL#123
Assists
22
NHL#137
P/GP
0.93
NHL#37
+/-
-6
NHL#294
Events
1
hat trick
6 i rad
games with a point · 8 pts
2 days later
Playoffs
April 10
New York Rangers are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 10
New York Rangers meet Los Angeles Kings
NYRvsLAK
Swedes on New York Rangers
Anders Hedberg
Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  LAK1–7NYR
  W
  April 101
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- New York Rangerslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
- Game 2
  NYR2–1LAK
  W
  April 121
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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Preliminary round
April 12
New York Rangers knock Los Angeles Kings out 2–0
NYR2–0LAK
Advance
2Games1Points0Goals1Assists
4 days later
Quarterfinal
April 16
New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers
NYRvsPHI
Swedes on New York Rangers
Anders Hedberg
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  NYR2–3PHI
  L
  April 161
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
- Game 2
  NYR7–1PHI
  W
  April 181
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-7SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 3
  PHI1–5NYR
  W
  April 201
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- New York Rangerslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 4
  PHI0–6NYR
  W
  April 221
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +2+/-8SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- New York Rangerslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
- Game 5
  NYR8–3PHI
  W
  April 241
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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Quarterfinal
April 24
New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1
NYR4–1PHI
Advance
5Games5Points4Goals1Assists
2 days later
Semifinal
April 26
New York Rangers meet New York Islanders
NYRvsNYI
Swedes on New York Rangers
Anders Hedberg
Swedes on New York Islanders
Robert Nyström
Stefan Persson
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- Game 1
  NYR4–1NYI
  W
  April 263
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- New York Rangerslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
- Game 2
  NYR3–4NYI
  L
  April 283
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
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- May 1979
- New York Rangersare1–1withNew York Islanders
- Game 3
  NYI1–3NYR
  W
  May 13
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
- Game 4
  NYI3–2NYR
  L
  May 33
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- New York Rangersare2–2withNew York Islanders
- Game 5
  NYR4–3NYI
  W
  May 53
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-3SOG
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- New York Rangerslead3–2againstNew York Islanders
- Game 6
  NYI1–2NYR
  W
  May 83
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-6SOG
  +1 goal
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Semifinal
May 8
New York Rangers knock New York Islanders out 4–2
NYR4–2NYI
Advance
6Games4Points2Goals2Assists
5 days later
Stanley Cup Final
May 13
New York Rangers play the Stanley Cup Final against Montréal Canadiens
NYRvsMTL
Swedes on New York Rangers
Anders Hedberg
Ulf Nilsson
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  NYR4–1MTL
  W
  May 132
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
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- New York Rangerslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 2
  NYR2–6MTL
  L
  May 152
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- New York Rangersare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
- Game 3
  MTL4–1NYR
  L
  May 171
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4
  MTL4–3NYR
  L
  May 191
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 5
  NYR1–4MTL
  L
  May 211
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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Stanley Cup Final
May 21
Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–1
NYR1–4MTL
Eliminated
5Games2Points1Goals1Assists
The run in numbers
May 21
Don Murdoch ends the 1978-1979 playoffs with 12 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
12
NHL#9
Games
18
Goals
7
NHL#4
Assists
5
NHL#26
P/GP
0.67
NHL#32
+/-
+4
NHL#22
Events
10
playoff points
3 points
best game
LAK2–0→PHI4–1→NYI4–2→MTL1–4

Don Murdoch plays the 1978-1979 season for New York Rangers

Don Murdoch's season starts in game 41 of 80

3/4 into the season

Don Murdoch closes the 1978-1979 season with 37 points

New York Rangers are in the playoffs

New York Rangers meet Los Angeles Kings

New York Rangers knock Los Angeles Kings out 2–0

New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

New York Rangers meet New York Islanders

New York Rangers knock New York Islanders out 4–2

New York Rangers play the Stanley Cup Final against Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–1

Don Murdoch ends the 1978-1979 playoffs with 12 points