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Greg Carroll's 1978-1979 season

Points
22
NHL#222
Goals
7
NHL#209
Assists
15
NHL#210
Plus/minus
-8
NHL#321
Games
60
75%
75% of 80

Centre Greg Carroll was 21 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals och Detroit Red Wings. He played 60 of a possible 80 games and scored 7 goals and 15 assists for 22 points, 0.37 points per game. He moved from Washington Capitals to Detroit Red Wings in January. Detroit Red Wings did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1978-1979
  1. NHL debut

    Greg Carroll makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠2 win against Los Angeles Kings

    Greg was 22 years old · The Forum, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    1
    Assists
    1
    Points
    +1
    +/-
    First NHL assistFirst NHL point

    Swedes on the ice: Leif Svensson and Rolf Edberg.

    • The game
      WSH4–2LAK
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Greg Carroll records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 11

    • The game
      WSH3–3AFM
      game 2/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM6–3WSH
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Greg Carroll scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Atlanta Flames · October 14

    • The game
      CHI4–2WSH
      L
      game 4/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK6–4WSH
      L
      game 5/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–5PIT
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • November 1978
    • The game
      WSH3–2MNS
      W
      game 17/804
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI4–2WSH
      L
      game 18/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–3STL
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL3–1WSH
      L
      game 20/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8010 of 20 played
      4
      points
      NHL#224
      2
      goals
      NHL#165
      2
      assists
      NHL#237
      WSH
      5-12-0W-L-OT13Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS5–5WSH
      game 21/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–9NYR
      L
      game 22/804
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      game 23/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • December 1978
    • The game
      PIT7–4WSH
      L
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5STL
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–5BOS
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS6–1WSH
      L
      game 31/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–7WSH
      W
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–4WSH
      game 33/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5PHI
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2DET
      game 35/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–6MNS
      L
      game 36/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH5–5TOR
      game 37/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–8WSH
      W
      game 38/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8024 of 40 played
      11
      points
      NHL#211
      5
      goals
      NHL#163
      6
      assists
      NHL#221
      WSH
      10-23-0W-L-OT27Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI5–5DET
      game 42/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–3PHI
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK7–3DET
      L
      game 44/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PIT1–4DET
      W
      game 45/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–5WSH
      L
      game 46/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–3DET
      L
      game 47/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET6–6LAK
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–3DET
      L
      game 49/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–7AFM
      L
      game 50/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–7DET
      W
      game 51/804
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • February 1979
    • The game
      DET1–6MNS
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4PIT
      L
      game 53/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT3–8DET
      W
      game 54/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–2DET
      L
      game 55/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–6DET
      W
      game 56/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR6–2DET
      L
      game 57/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–3WSH
      W
      game 58/804
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–3NYI
      L
      game 59/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–8DET
      W
      game 60/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8043 of 60 played
      21
      points
      NHL#181
      7
      goals
      NHL#175
      14
      assists
      NHL#168
      DET
      14-32-0W-L-OT42Points
      15th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL6–5DET
      L
      game 61/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1979
    • The game
      DET5–3MTL
      W
      game 62/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–4DET
      L
      game 63/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–5MNS
      L
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–1WSH
      W
      game 67/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–1STL
      W
      game 68/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2CHI
      W
      game 69/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–5DET
      W
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–2TOR
      W
      game 71/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5BOS
      L
      game 72/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–5VAN
      L
      game 74/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–8LAK
      L
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–4DET
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1979
    • The game
      MNS1–3DET
      W
      game 77/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–4MTL
      L
      game 78/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–4PIT
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–1DET
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Greg Carroll closes the 1978-1979 season with 22 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    22
    NHL#222
    Games
    60of 80
    75%
    Goals
    7
    NHL#209
    Assists
    15
    NHL#210
    P/GP
    0.37
    NHL#230
    +/-
    -8
    NHL#321
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist