Regular seasonMNS

Gilles Meloche's 1978-1979 season

Wins

NHL#12

Save pct

.885

NHL#18

GAA

3.33

NHL#18

Shutouts

NHL#9

Games

66% of 80

Goaltender Gilles Meloche was 28 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Minnesota North Stars. He played 53 games and won 20 of them, at .885. Minnesota North Stars did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1978-1979

Year 1978
48 years ago
Season opener
October 11
Gilles Meloche plays the 1978-1979 season for Minnesota North Stars
MNSMinnesota North Stars
Gilles was 28 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 9th NHL season in all.
- The game
  MNS2–5MTL
  L
  October 11game 1/802
  His night
  .844SV%
  27SV32SA5GA59:51TOIL
  .844
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- The game
  BUF5–2MNS
  L
  October 14game 2/802
  His night
  .848SV%
  28SV33SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .848
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- The game
  VAN2–7MNS
  W
  October 18game 3/805
  His night
  .833SV%in relief
  5SV6SA1GA10:48TOI
  in relief
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- The game
  CLR1–0MNS
  L
  October 28game 7/802
  His night
  .952SV%
  20SV21SA1GA59:21TOIL
  .952
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- November 1978
- The game
  STL1–9MNS
  W
  November 1game 8/803
  His night
  .944SV%
  17SV18SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .944
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- The game
  BUF1–2MNS
  W
  November 4game 9/802
  His night
  .969SV%
  31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .969
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- The game
  MNS5–3NYR
  W
  November 8game 12/804
  His night
  .921SV%
  35SV38SA3GA59:55TOIW
  .921
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- The game
  MNS3–2VAN
  W
  November 10game 13/806
  His night
  .917SV%
  22SV24SA2GA60:00TOIW
  .917
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- The game
  NYI4–1MNS
  L
  November 22game 18/804
  His night
  .889SV%
  24SV27SA3GA59:35TOIL
  .889
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- The game
  MNS3–4PHI
  L
  November 24game 19/802
  His night
  .800SV%
  16SV20SA4GA59:21TOIL
  .800
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- The game
  LAK4–1MNS
  L
  November 25game 20/802
  His night
  .889SV%
  32SV36SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .889
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- Checkpoint
  November 25
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8010 of 20 started
  4
  wins
  NHL#13
  .895
  SV%
  NHL#9
  3.0
  GAA
  NHL#8
  MNS
  5-13-0W-L-OT12Points
  16th in the whole NHL
- The game
  TOR5–3MNS
  L
  November 29game 21/802
  His night
  .833SV%
  25SV30SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .833
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- December 1978
- The game
  LAK0–4MNS
  W
  December 6game 24/801
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  33SV33SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
  View the game
Milestone
Gilles Meloche reaches 100 career wins
in the game against Los Angeles Kings · December 6
- The game
  CLR0–3MNS
  W
  December 9game 25/802
  His night
  1.000SV%SHUTOUT
  23SV23SA0GA60:00TOIW
  SHUTOUT
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- The game
  MNS4–4BOS
  December 10game 26/802
  His night
  .818SV%
  18SV22SA4GA60:00TOI
  .818
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- The game
  MTL3–2MNS
  L
  December 13game 27/802
  His night
  .880SV%
  22SV25SA3GA59:40TOIL
  .880
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- The game
  MNS6–1WSH
  W
  December 15game 28/804
  His night
  .970SV%
  32SV33SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .970
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- The game
  BUF5–2MNS
  L
  December 16game 29/802
  His night
  .808SV%
  21SV26SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .808
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- The game
  VAN3–5MNS
  W
  December 19game 30/805
  His night
  .903SV%
  28SV31SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .903
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- The game
  MNS2–4TOR
  L
  December 20game 31/803
  His night
  .882SV%
  30SV34SA4GA59:04TOIL
  .882
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- The game
  PIT3–5MNS
  W
  December 23game 32/802
  His night
  .897SV%
  26SV29SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .897
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- The game
  MNS6–4STL
  W
  December 26game 33/803
  His night
  .840SV%
  21SV25SA4GA59:58TOIW
  .840
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- The game
  WSH1–6MNS
  W
  December 27game 34/804
  His night
  .966SV%
  28SV29SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .966
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- The game
  MNS2–7CLR
  L
  December 30game 35/802
  His night
  .632SV%
  12SV19SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .632
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Year 1979
47 years ago
- The game
  STL3–3MNS
  January 3game 36/803
  His night
  .897SV%
  26SV29SA3GA60:00TOI
  .897
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- The game
  BOS5–2MNS
  L
  January 6game 37/802
  His night
  .889SV%
  32SV36SA4GA59:36TOIL
  .889
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- The game
  MNS4–6BOS
  L
  January 11game 40/802
  His night
  .714SV%
  15SV21SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .714
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- Checkpoint
  January 11
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8026 of 40 started
  11
  wins
  NHL#10
  .887
  SV%
  NHL#13
  3.2
  GAA
  NHL#12
  2
  shutouts
  NHL#4
  MNS
  14-21-0W-L-OT33Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MNS8–1NYR
  W
  January 15game 42/803
  His night
  .971SV%
  33SV34SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .971
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- The game
  MNS3–5CLR
  L
  January 19game 44/801
  His night
  .867SV%
  26SV30SA4GA59:06TOIL
  .867
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- The game
  TOR2–2MNS
  January 24game 46/801
  His night
  .920SV%
  23SV25SA2GA60:00TOI
  .920
  View the game
- The game
  PHI1–3MNS
  W
  January 27game 47/801
  His night
  .962SV%
  25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .962
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- The game
  MNS5–4NYI
  W
  January 30game 49/803
  His night
  .846SV%
  22SV26SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .846
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- February 1979
- The game
  DET1–6MNS
  W
  February 1game 50/802
  His night
  .963SV%in relief
  26SV27SA1GA52:16TOIW
  in relief
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- The game
  TOR4–6MNS
  W
  February 4game 52/801
  His night
  .846SV%
  22SV26SA4GA60:00TOIW
  .846
  View the game
- The game
  VAN1–8MNS
  W
  February 14game 53/802
  His night
  .960SV%
  24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .960
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- The game
  BOS3–3MNS
  February 17game 55/80
  His night
  .875SV%
  21SV24SA3GA60:00TOI
  .875
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- The game
  MNS2–3PHI
  L
  February 18game 56/801
  His night
  .914SV%
  32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIL
  .914
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- The game
  MNS2–2AFM
  February 23game 58/80
  His night
  .944SV%
  34SV36SA2GA60:00TOI
  .944
  View the game
- The game
  AFM6–3MNS
  L
  February 24game 59/80
  His night
  .833SV%
  30SV36SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .833
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- The game
  NYR4–4MNS
  February 28game 60/802
  His night
  .897SV%
  35SV39SA4GA60:00TOI
  .897
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  February 28
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8038 of 60 started
  17
  wins
  NHL#8
  .894
  SV%
  NHL#10
  3.1
  GAA
  NHL#10
  2
  shutouts
  NHL#6
  MNS
  23-27-0W-L-OT56Points
  12th in the whole NHL
- March 1979
- The game
  MNS4–5WSH
  L
  March 4game 63/803
  His night
  .815SV%
  22SV27SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .815
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- The game
  DET1–5MNS
  W
  March 7game 64/802
  His night
  .971SV%
  34SV35SA1GA60:00TOIW
  .971
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- The game
  BOS4–3MNS
  L
  March 10game 65/801
  His night
  .882SV%
  30SV34SA4GA60:00TOIL
  .882
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- The game
  MTL3–4MNS
  W
  March 14game 67/801
  His night
  .909SV%
  30SV33SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .909
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- The game
  MNS4–6TOR
  L
  March 17game 68/802
  His night
  .865SV%
  32SV37SA5GA59:41TOIL
  .865
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- The game
  NYI5–3MNS
  L
  March 18game 69/803
  His night
  .846SV%in relief
  22SV26SA4GA55:00TOIL
  in relief
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- The game
  PHI3–7MNS
  W
  March 21game 70/801
  His night
  .906SV%
  29SV32SA3GA60:00TOIW
  .906
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- The game
  MNS1–2VAN
  L
  March 25game 72/803
  His night
  .857SV%
  12SV14SA2GA59:19TOIL
  .857
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- The game
  PIT5–1MNS
  L
  March 27game 73/802
  His night
  .783SV%
  18SV23SA5GA60:00TOIL
  .783
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- The game
  MNS2–6TOR
  L
  March 31game 75/802
  His night
  .806SV%
  25SV31SA6GA60:00TOIL
  .806
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- April 1979
- The game
  MNS1–7CHI
  L
  April 4game 78/802
  His night
  .741SV%
  20SV27SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .741
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- The game
  MNS2–2VAN
  April 6game 79/802
  His night
  .917SV%
  22SV24SA2GA60:00TOI
  .917
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- The game
  MNS1–7LAK
  L
  April 7game 80/80
  His night
  .794SV%
  27SV34SA7GA60:00TOIL
  .794
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The season in numbers
April 7
Gilles Meloche closes the 1978-1979 season with 20 wins
MNSMinnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars did not reach the playoffs
Wins
20
Games
53of 80
66%
Shutouts
2
SV%
.885
GAA
3.33
Starts
50
Events
100
career wins
5 i rad
straight wins

Gilles Meloche plays the 1978-1979 season for Minnesota North Stars

1/4 into the season

Gilles Meloche reaches 100 career wins

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Gilles Meloche closes the 1978-1979 season with 20 wins