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John Davidson's 1978-1979 season

Wins
20
NHL#12
Save pct
.873
NHL#29
GAA
3.53
NHL#24
Shutouts
0
NHL#24
Games
39
48%
48% of 80

Goaltender John Davidson was 25 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 39 games and won 20 of them, at .873. In the playoffs he played 18 games and won 11.

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

1978-1979Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    John Davidson plays the 1978-1979 season for New York Rangers

    NYRNew York Rangers

    John was 25 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PHI3–3NYR
      game 1/802
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOI
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      CLR1–4NYR
      W
      game 2/802
      His night
      .923SV%
      12SV13SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–2DET
      game 4/804
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOI
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR2–5NYR
      W
      game 6/803
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN2–6NYR
      W
      game 7/806
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–3NYR
      W
      game 9/802
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • November 1978
    • The game
      NYR7–3LAK
      W
      game 11/802
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS5–3NYR
      L
      game 13/804
      His night
      .792SV%
      19SV24SA5GA59:14TOIL
      .792
      View the game
    • The game
      CHI1–8NYR
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA59:47TOIW
      .970
      View the game
    • The game
      AFM3–1NYR
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA59:03TOIL
      .842
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8010 of 20 started
      6
      wins
      NHL#10
      .904
      SV%
      NHL#3
      2.4
      GAA
      NHL#2
      NYR
      12-4-0W-L-OT28Points
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR5–3AFM
      W
      game 21/802
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • December 1978
    • The game
      BOS3–2NYR
      L
      game 23/802
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA58:58TOIL
      .870
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–5DET
      L
      game 26/804
      His night
      .857SV%
      30SV35SA5GA58:57TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK7–8NYR
      W
      game 28/802
      His night
      .739SV%
      17SV23SA6GA40:00TOI
      .739
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS4–1NYR
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      DET2–4NYR
      W
      game 32/804
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA59:58TOIW
      .895
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–9NYI
      L
      game 33/804
      His night
      .923SV%in relief
      12SV13SA1GA20:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–3AFM
      W
      game 34/802
      His night
      .870SV%
      20SV23SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .870
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–4CHI
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      .886SV%
      31SV35SA4GA59:54TOIW
      .886
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–6NYR
      W
      game 38/802
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–3STL
      W
      game 40/803
      His night
      .875SV%
      21SV24SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .875
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8020 of 40 started
      12
      wins
      NHL#6
      .888
      SV%
      NHL#11
      3.0
      GAA
      NHL#7
      NYR
      23-13-0W-L-OT50Points
      4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR6–4AFM
      W
      game 42/802
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI3–5NYR
      W
      game 44/804
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–3STL
      L
      game 45/802
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–5NYR
      game 46/802
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA60:00TOI
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–5WSH
      L
      game 47/803
      His night
      .853SV%
      29SV34SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .853
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–4BUF
      W
      game 48/802
      His night
      .897SV%
      35SV39SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR7–2NYI
      W
      game 49/804
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR5–3VAN
      W
      game 50/804
      His night
      .936SV%
      44SV47SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .936
      View the game
    • February 1979
    • The game
      NYR2–4LAK
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA59:04TOIL
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–5NYR
      W
      game 53/802
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR3–4BUF
      L
      game 54/802
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .867
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH6–6NYR
      game 56/804
      His night
      .800SV%
      24SV30SA6GA60:00TOI
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–7NYR
      W
      game 57/802
      His night
      .842SV%
      16SV19SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .842
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8033 of 60 started
      19
      wins
      NHL#4
      .884
      SV%
      NHL#14
      3.2
      GAA
      NHL#13
      NYR
      34-20-0W-L-OT74Points
      Playoff spot
      4th in the whole NHL
    • April 1979
    • The game
      NYR3–7PHI
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      .824SV%
      28SV34SA6GA40:00TOIL
      .824
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–5NYR
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    Milestone

    John Davidson reaches 100 career wins

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · April 2

    • The game
      AFM3–3NYR
      game 78/801
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA60:00TOI
      .850
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–9AFM
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      .650SV%
      13SV20SA7GA31:59TOIL
      .650
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI5–2NYR
      L
      game 80/803
      His night
      .667SV%
      10SV15SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .667
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    John Davidson closes the 1978-1979 season with 20 wins

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Wins
    20
    Games
    39of 80
    49%
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .873
    GAA
    3.53
    Starts
    38
    Events
    100
    career wins
    7 i rad
    straight wins
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    New York Rangers meet Los Angeles Kings

    NYRvsLAK
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Los Angeles Kings
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      LAK1–7NYR
      W
      1
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
    • Game 2
      NYR2–1LAK
      W
      1
      His night
      .972SV%
      35SV36SA1GA66:11TOIW
      .972
      View the game
    Preliminary round

    New York Rangers knock Los Angeles Kings out 2–0

    NYR2–0LAK
    Advance
    2Games2Wins.971SV%1.0GAA
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

    NYRvsPHI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR2–3PHI
      L
      1
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA59:58TOIL
      .906
      View the game
    • Philadelphia Flyerslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      NYR7–1PHI
      W
      1
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA59:50TOIW
      .970
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      PHI1–5NYR
      W
      1
      His night
      .970SV%
      32SV33SA1GA59:48TOIW
      .970
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      PHI0–6NYR
      W
      1
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA59:46TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      NYR8–3PHI
      W
      1
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:45TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    Quarterfinal

    New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–1

    NYR4–1PHI
    Advance
    5Games4Wins.948SV%1.6GAA
    2 days later
    Semifinal

    New York Rangers meet New York Islanders

    NYRvsNYI
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on New York Islanders
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR4–1NYI
      W
      3
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .955
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 2
      NYR3–4NYI
      L
      3
      His night
      .892SV%
      33SV37SA4GA67:49TOIL
      .892
      View the game
    • May 1979
    • New York Rangersare1–1withNew York Islanders
    • Game 3
      NYI1–3NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      .941SV%
      16SV17SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .941
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead2–1againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 4
      NYI3–2NYR
      L
      3
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA63:40TOIL
      .885
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare2–2withNew York Islanders
    • Game 5
      NYR4–3NYI
      W
      3
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead3–2againstNew York Islanders
    • Game 6
      NYI1–2NYR
      W
      3
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA59:37TOIW
      .955
      View the game
    Semifinal

    New York Rangers knock New York Islanders out 4–2

    NYR4–2NYI
    Advance
    6Games4Wins.914SV%2.1GAA
    5 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    New York Rangers play the Stanley Cup Final against Montréal Canadiens

    NYRvsMTL
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      NYR4–1MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • New York Rangerslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      NYR2–6MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      .818SV%
      27SV33SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .818
      View the game
    • New York Rangersare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL4–1NYR
      L
      1
      His night
      .826SV%
      19SV23SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .826
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 4
      MTL4–3NYR
      L
      1
      His night
      .905SV%
      38SV42SA4GA67:19TOIL
      .905
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 5
      NYR1–4MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA59:48TOIL
      .871
      View the game
    Stanley Cup Final

    Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–1

    NYR1–4MTL
    Eliminated
    5Games1Wins.882SV%3.7GAA
    The run in numbers

    John Davidson ends the 1978-1979 playoffs with 11 wins

    NYRNew York Rangers
    Wins
    11
    Games
    18
    Shutouts
    1
    SV%
    .921
    GAA
    2.28
    Starts
    18
    Events
    10
    playoff wins
    1
    First playoff shutout
    LAK2–0→PHI4–1→NYI4–2→MTL1–4