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Jim Lorentz's 1977-1978 season

Points
24
NHL#201
Goals
9
NHL#189
Assists
15
NHL#213
Plus/minus
-4
NHL#259
Games
70
87%
87% of 80

Centre Jim Lorentz was 30 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 70 of a possible 80 games and scored 9 goals and 15 assists for 24 points, 0.34 points per game.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Jim Lorentz plays the 1977-1978 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Jim was 30 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 7th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF5–2TOR
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–0BUF
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2CHI
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR5–7BUF
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–4BUF
      W
      game 6/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–4NYI
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–0MTL
      W
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • November 1977
    • The game
      BUF4–1BOS
      W
      game 9/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–1STL
      W
      game 10/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL4–7BUF
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–8NYR
      L
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2PHI
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3BUF
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–2AFM
      W
      game 15/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–1BUF
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF7–6WSH
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5BUF
      W
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–0BUF
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4MTL
      L
      game 20/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      3
      points
      NHL#258
      1
      goals
      NHL#208
      2
      assists
      NHL#250
      BUF
      12-6-0W-L-OT26Points
      2nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR2–3BUF
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–2CHI
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1977
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      W
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–6BUF
      W
      game 25/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLE2–5BUF
      W
      game 26/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–2MNS
      W
      game 27/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN0–3BUF
      W
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4CLR
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF7–3LAK
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–5VAN
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3BUF
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYR
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–2BUF
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–5BUF
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–4WSH
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8035 of 40 played
      6
      points
      NHL#282
      2
      goals
      NHL#233
      4
      assists
      NHL#282
      BUF
      23-7-0W-L-OT56Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF3–6CLE
      L
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE2–9BUF
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–1STL
      W
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN2–2BUF
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–3PIT
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–3BUF
      W
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      BUF2–2TOR
      game 49/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS1–3BUF
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–2MNS
      W
      game 51/803
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH1–4BUF
      W
      game 52/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–2CLE
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–2BUF
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR4–2BUF
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      LAK0–5BUF
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      STL2–6BUF
      W
      game 57/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BUF2–4MTL
      L
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI0–4BUF
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF13–3CLE
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8054 of 60 played
      17
      points
      NHL#204
      7
      goals
      NHL#178
      10
      assists
      NHL#221
      BUF
      35-12-0W-L-OT83Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT4–4BUF
      game 61/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1978
    • The game
      BUF4–3AFM
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYI3–6BUF
      W
      game 63/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–7BOS
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–3BUF
      W
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2PHI
      game 70/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF6–2LAK
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–2VAN
      game 72/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–3CLR
      W
      game 73/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF0–7DET
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE5–3BUF
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • April 1978
    • The game
      BUF2–3TOR
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM4–2BUF
      L
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF3–4WSH
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–2BOS
      W
      game 79/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Jim Lorentz closes the 1977-1978 season with 24 points

    Points
    24
    NHL#201
    Games
    70of 80
    88%
    Goals
    9
    NHL#189
    Assists
    15
    NHL#213
    P/GP
    0.34
    NHL#219
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#259
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres meet New York Rangers

    BUFvsNYR
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    4 days later
    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres knock New York Rangers out 2–1

    BUF2–1NYR
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    2 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Buffalo Sabres meet Philadelphia Flyers

    BUFvsPHI
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    8 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Philadelphia Flyers knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1

    BUF1–4PHI
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Jim Lorentz ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    Games
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    P/GP
    —
    +/-
    0
    NYR2–1→PHI1–4