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Gilbert Perreault's 1978-1979 season

Points
85
NHL#15
Goals
27
NHL#44
Assists
58
NHL#8
Plus/minus
+12
NHL#81
Games
79
98%
98% of 80

Centre Gilbert Perreault was 27 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 79 of a possible 80 games and scored 27 goals and 58 assists for 85 points, 1.08 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1978-1979Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Gilbert Perreault plays the 1978-1979 season for Buffalo Sabres

    BUFBuffalo Sabres

    Gilbert was 27 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–2BUF
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BUF5–2MNS
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      DET3–2BUF
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BUF0–2TOR
      L
      game 4/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
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    • The game
      TOR0–1BUF
      W
      game 5/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
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    • The game
      BUF2–3VAN
      L
      game 6/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BUF0–6LAK
      L
      game 7/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF7–7STL
      game 8/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • November 1978
    • The game
      BUF3–3PHI
      game 9/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BUF1–2MNS
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MNS1–2BUF
      W
      game 11/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT4–4BUF
      game 12/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      BUF2–0WSH
      W
      game 13/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BOS4–4BUF
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
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    • The game
      BUF2–2TOR
      game 15/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      STL2–6BUF
      W
      game 16/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +3 points
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    • The game
      BUF3–1DET
      W
      game 17/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MNS2–9BUF
      W
      game 18/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
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    • The game
      PHI3–2BUF
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–5BOS
      L
      game 20/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      16
      points
      NHL#48
      6
      goals
      NHL#62
      10
      assists
      NHL#44
      BUF
      7-7-0W-L-OT20Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CLR1–4BUF
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      BOS4–3BUF
      L
      game 22/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • December 1978
    • The game
      BUF1–8MTL
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
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    • The game
      MTL4–1BUF
      L
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK3–3BUF
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–4PIT
      game 26/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–5BUF
      W
      game 27/801
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP
      +4 points
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    • The game
      BUF6–2CHI
      W
      game 28/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI2–3BUF
      W
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–2MNS
      W
      game 30/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN3–6BUF
      W
      game 31/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-6SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–6NYR
      L
      game 32/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM4–5BUF
      W
      game 33/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–6BOS
      L
      game 34/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–2CLR
      W
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–3VAN
      game 36/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS7–3BUF
      L
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI3–3BUF
      game 38/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-5SOG2PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      DET3–4BUF
      W
      game 39/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–5AFM
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      41
      points
      NHL#22
      13
      goals
      NHL#53
      28
      assists
      NHL#16
      BUF
      16-14-0W-L-OT42Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–6BUF
      W
      game 41/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–5MTL
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–4BUF
      L
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–4PHI
      game 44/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–1BOS
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–4BUF
      L
      game 46/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF6–3DET
      W
      game 47/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS3–1BUF
      L
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM5–2BUF
      L
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • February 1979
    • The game
      BUF2–1MNS
      W
      game 50/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      STL1–3BUF
      W
      game 51/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–2BUF
      W
      game 52/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–4BUF
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–6PIT
      L
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–2BUF
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–3CHI
      L
      game 56/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI4–2BUF
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF6–4WSH
      W
      game 58/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR1–3BUF
      W
      game 59/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • March 1979
    • The game
      MNS5–5BUF
      game 60/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 80
      57
      points
      NHL#30
      19
      goals
      NHL#60
      38
      assists
      NHL#19
      BUF
      25-23-0W-L-OT62Points
      Playoff spot
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYR
      game 61/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–1BUF
      L
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–2NYI
      W
      game 63/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–6BUF
      W
      game 64/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF5–5AFM
      game 65/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM4–9BUF
      W
      game 66/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–1TOR
      W
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–4BUF
      W
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–5PHI
      L
      game 69/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–2CLR
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF4–3VAN
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–2LAK
      W
      game 73/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    Milestone

    Gilbert Perreault reaches 750 career points

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · March 24

    • The game
      BUF4–2STL
      W
      game 74/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–9BUF
      W
      game 75/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF0–2NYI
      L
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
      View the game
    • April 1979
    • The game
      TOR6–3BUF
      L
      game 77/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-10SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF9–3BOS
      W
      game 78/80
      His night
      +5P+1G+4A
      +4+/-2SOG
      +5 points
      View the game
    Milestone

    Gilbert Perreault reaches 300 career goals

    in the game against Boston Bruins · April 5

    • The game
      BUF2–6TOR
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR5–5BUF
      game 80/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Gilbert Perreault closes the 1978-1979 season with 85 points

    BUFBuffalo Sabres
    Points
    85
    NHL#15
    Games
    79of 80
    99%
    Goals
    27
    NHL#44
    Assists
    58
    NHL#8
    P/GP
    1.08
    NHL#18
    +/-
    +12
    NHL#81
    Events
    750
    career points
    300
    career goals
    10 i rad
    games with a point · 14 pts
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    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
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
      View the game
    • Pittsburgh Penguinslead1–0againstBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 2
      BUF3–1PIT
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
      View the game
    • Buffalo Sabresare1–1withPittsburgh Penguins
    • Game 3
      PIT4–3BUF
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    Pittsburgh Penguins knock Buffalo Sabres out 2–1

    BUF1–2PIT
    Eliminated
    3Games1Points1Goals0Assists