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Garry Howatt's 1977-1978 season

Points
19
NHL#234
Goals
7
NHL#211
Assists
12
NHL#249
Plus/minus
+7
NHL#110
Games
61
76%
76% of 80

Left winger Garry Howatt was 25 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for New York Islanders. He played 61 of a possible 80 games and scored 7 goals and 12 assists for 19 points, 0.31 points per game. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 1 points.

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

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Garry Howatt plays the 1977-1978 season for New York Islanders

    Garry was 25 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      L
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3NYI
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–4NYR
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK0–0NYI
      game 4/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–3AFM
      game 5/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–7NYI
      W
      game 6/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–2LAK
      game 7/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • 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
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–3MNS
      L
      game 11/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4NYI
      W
      game 12/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–5BOS
      L
      game 13/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–1NYI
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2NYI
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–0WSH
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–1NYI
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–4PHI
      game 18/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
      3
      points
      NHL#252
      0
      goals
      NHL#262
      3
      assists
      NHL#203
      NYI
      9-5-0W-L-OT24Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • December 1977
    • 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
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–4NYI
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–7MTL
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI4–2VAN
      W
      game 35/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–3LAK
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2NYI
      L
      game 37/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–4NYI
      W
      game 38/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–7NYI
      W
      game 40/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8027 of 40 played
      5
      points
      NHL#293
      1
      goals
      NHL#275
      4
      assists
      NHL#278
      NYI
      23-9-0W-L-OT54Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI3–5CLE
      L
      game 41/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–0WSH
      W
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2MNS
      W
      game 43/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–0STL
      W
      game 44/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–6NYI
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR2–4NYI
      W
      game 46/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–6NYI
      W
      game 47/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      NYI7–6NYR
      W
      game 49/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI5–2AFM
      W
      game 50/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–6NYI
      W
      game 51/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–5CHI
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–8NYI
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI2–2CLE
      game 54/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK2–3NYI
      W
      game 55/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–4CLR
      W
      game 56/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM3–3NYI
      game 57/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • 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
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–7NYI
      W
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8047 of 60 played
      12
      points
      NHL#256
      4
      goals
      NHL#231
      8
      assists
      NHL#248
      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
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • March 1978
    • The game
      NYI3–6BUF
      L
      game 63/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–6NYI
      W
      game 64/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–3PIT
      game 65/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN2–5NYI
      W
      game 66/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI6–3STL
      W
      game 67/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4NYI
      W
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL3–3NYI
      game 69/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM5–2NYI
      L
      game 70/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI2–4PHI
      L
      game 71/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–2TOR
      W
      game 72/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLE4–4NYI
      game 73/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • April 1978
    • The game
      PHI3–3NYI
      game 78/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Garry Howatt closes the 1977-1978 season with 19 points

    Points
    19
    NHL#234
    Games
    61of 80
    76%
    Goals
    7
    NHL#211
    Assists
    12
    NHL#249
    P/GP
    0.31
    NHL#242
    +/-
    +7
    NHL#110
    13 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 1
      TOR1–4NYI
      W
      3
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Islanderslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR2–3NYI
      W
      3
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • New York Islanderslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      NYI0–2TOR
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • New York Islanderslead2–1againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 4
      NYI1–3TOR
      L
      3
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • New York Islandersare2–2withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 5
      TOR1–2NYI
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • New York Islanderslead3–2againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 6
      NYI2–5TOR
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • New York Islandersare3–3withToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 7
      TOR2–1NYI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    Quarterfinal

    Toronto Maple Leafs knock New York Islanders out 4–3

    NYI3–4TOR
    Eliminated
    7Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Garry Howatt ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#110
    Games
    7
    Goals
    0
    NHL#101
    Assists
    1
    NHL#85
    P/GP
    0.14
    NHL#93
    +/-
    -2
    NHL#149
    Events
    10
    playoff assists
    TOR3–4