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Ed Westfall's 1977-1978 season

Points
24
NHL#201
Goals
5
NHL#237
Assists
19
NHL#166
Plus/minus
+7
NHL#110
Games
71
88%
88% of 80

Right winger Ed Westfall was 37 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 14th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 71 of a possible 80 games and scored 5 goals and 19 assists for 24 points, 0.34 points per game. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 0 points.

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

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Ed Westfall plays the 1977-1978 season for New York Islanders

    Ed was 37 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 14th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3NYI
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–4NYR
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK0–0NYI
      game 4/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3AFM
      game 5/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–2VAN
      W
      game 8/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4NYI
      W
      game 9/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • November 1977
    • The game
      AFM0–9NYI
      W
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3MNS
      L
      game 11/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4NYI
      W
      game 12/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–1NYI
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2NYI
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–0WSH
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–1NYI
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–4PHI
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–9NYI
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–4NYI
      W
      game 20/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8017 of 20 played
      3
      points
      NHL#252
      1
      goals
      NHL#204
      2
      assists
      NHL#243
      NYI
      9-5-0W-L-OT24Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI9–2MNS
      W
      game 21/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–5PIT
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–1DET
      W
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3CLR
      game 24/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1977
    • The game
      NYI7–2STL
      W
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–4NYI
      W
      game 26/804
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–0CHI
      W
      game 27/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–7NYI
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–2NYI
      game 29/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3TOR
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–4NYI
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR1–9NYI
      W
      game 32/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL3–6NYI
      W
      game 33/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–7MTL
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–2VAN
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–3LAK
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–2NYI
      L
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–4NYI
      W
      game 38/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE3–5NYI
      W
      game 39/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR4–7NYI
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8037 of 40 played
      11
      points
      NHL#208
      2
      goals
      NHL#227
      9
      assists
      NHL#163
      NYI
      23-9-0W-L-OT54Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–5CLE
      L
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–0WSH
      W
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2MNS
      W
      game 43/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–0STL
      W
      game 44/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYI
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–4NYI
      W
      game 46/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      DET5–8NYI
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–2CLE
      game 54/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–3NYI
      W
      game 55/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–4CLR
      W
      game 56/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM3–3NYI
      game 57/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–1PHI
      W
      game 58/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3AFM
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–7NYI
      W
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8051 of 60 played
      13
      points
      NHL#246
      2
      goals
      NHL#270
      11
      assists
      NHL#209
      NYI
      37-12-0W-L-OT85Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–4NYI
      W
      game 62/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • March 1978
    • The game
      NYI3–6BUF
      L
      game 63/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–6NYI
      W
      game 64/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–3PIT
      game 65/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–5NYI
      W
      game 66/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI6–3STL
      W
      game 67/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4NYI
      W
      game 68/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–3NYI
      game 69/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–2NYI
      L
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4PHI
      L
      game 71/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI6–2TOR
      W
      game 72/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1SHP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLE4–4NYI
      game 73/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS3–6NYI
      W
      game 74/805
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–5NYR
      L
      game 75/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    Milestone

    Ed Westfall reaches 1,000 NHL games

    in the game against New York Rangers · March 29

    • The game
      WSH2–3NYI
      W
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2DET
      W
      game 77/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PHI3–3NYI
      game 78/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–7NYI
      W
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2BOS
      W
      game 80/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    The season in numbers

    Ed Westfall closes the 1977-1978 season with 24 points

    Points
    24
    NHL#201
    Games
    71of 80
    89%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#237
    Assists
    19
    NHL#166
    P/GP
    0.34
    NHL#226
    +/-
    +7
    NHL#110
    Events
    1,000
    NHL games
    8 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Islanders are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    New York Islanders meet Toronto Maple Leafs

    NYIvsTOR
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 5
      TOR1–2NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Islanderslead3–2againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 7
      TOR2–1NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    Quarterfinal

    Toronto Maple Leafs knock New York Islanders out 4–3

    NYI3–4TOR
    Eliminated
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Ed Westfall ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    NHL#151
    Games
    2
    Goals
    0
    NHL#101
    Assists
    0
    NHL#130
    P/GP
    0.00
    +/-
    -1
    NHL#118
    TOR3–4