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Larry Robinson's 1977-1978 season

Points
65
NHL#38
Goals
13
NHL#150
Assists
52
NHL#12
Plus/minus
+71
NHL#2
Games
80
100%
100% of 80

Defenceman Larry Robinson was 26 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played all 80 games and scored 13 goals and 52 assists for 65 points, 0.81 points per game. In the playoffs he played 15 games for 21 points. He won Conn Smythe Trophy, the first Swede ever to do it.

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

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Larry Robinson plays the 1977-1978 season for Montréal Canadiens

    Larry was 26 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MNS3–7MTL
      W
      game 1/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR0–5MTL
      W
      game 2/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL2–0BOS
      W
      game 3/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL5–3WSH
      W
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2DET
      game 5/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL6–2NYR
      W
      game 6/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH1–5MTL
      W
      game 7/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2TOR
      game 8/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK5–3MTL
      L
      game 9/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–0MTL
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • November 1977
    • The game
      AFM2–2MTL
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–5MTL
      W
      game 12/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS5–3MTL
      L
      game 13/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–1NYI
      W
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR0–5MTL
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL3–2CHI
      W
      game 16/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–1CLR
      W
      game 17/80
      His night
      No points
      +3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2LAK
      W
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–2CLE
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF1–4MTL
      W
      game 20/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +3+/-2SOG1SHP
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      12
      points
      NHL#71
      5
      goals
      NHL#65
      7
      assists
      NHL#76
      +15
      +/-
      NHL#6
      MTL
      13-4-0W-L-OT29Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET1–3MTL
      W
      game 21/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT1–9MTL
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +5+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • December 1977
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CHI2–3MTL
      W
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–2MTL
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL1–8MTL
      W
      game 26/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN2–7MTL
      W
      game 27/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–1CLE
      W
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–3MNS
      L
      game 29/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–5PIT
      L
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–0PHI
      W
      game 31/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–2TOR
      W
      game 32/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NYI5–7MTL
      W
      game 33/802
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      CLE3–5MTL
      W
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4MTL
      W
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–2NYI
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–0STL
      W
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–1AFM
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–3MTL
      game 39/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL8–6PIT
      W
      game 40/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      30
      points
      NHL#57
      7
      goals
      NHL#126
      23
      assists
      NHL#23
      +29
      +/-
      NHL#4
      MTL
      28-7-0W-L-OT61Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL6–1DET
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Larry Robinson reaches 250 career points

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · January 12

    • The game
      BOS3–5MTL
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL7–4CLE
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL1–1PHI
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–8MTL
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–2AFM
      W
      game 46/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–6MTL
      W
      game 47/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +5+/-1SOG1SHP
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL5–3CLR
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      MTL4–4VAN
      game 49/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–5LAK
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–3MTL
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL3–7MTL
      W
      game 52/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–3NYR
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL6–2STL
      W
      game 54/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL8–2WSH
      W
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–9MTL
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF2–4MTL
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLE1–5MTL
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR6–3MTL
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      W
      game 60/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 80
      46
      points
      NHL#48
      11
      goals
      NHL#126
      35
      assists
      NHL#18
      +52
      +/-
      NHL#2
      MTL
      43-8-0W-L-OT95Points
      Playoff spot
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET3–9MTL
      W
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      +4+/-3SOG
    • March 1978
    • The game
      MTL5–2PIT
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI1–7MTL
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4MTL
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–4MTL
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      +4P+4A
      +2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +4 assists
    • The game
      LAK3–5MTL
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–2MNS
      W
      game 68/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–2CHI
      W
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–3LAK
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL5–1VAN
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR3–5MTL
      W
      game 72/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WSH0–5MTL
      W
      game 73/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL2–2BOS
      game 74/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–6MTL
      W
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • April 1978
    • The game
      BOS1–7MTL
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL4–4WSH
      game 77/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–3TOR
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET1–5MTL
      W
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–4DET
      L
      game 80/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Larry Robinson closes the 1977-1978 season with 65 points

    Points
    65
    NHL#38
    Games
    80of 80
    100%
    Goals
    13
    NHL#150
    Assists
    52
    NHL#12
    P/GP
    0.81
    NHL#50
    +/-
    +71
    NHL#2
    Events
    250
    career points
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 7 pts
    8 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet Detroit Red Wings

    MTLvsDET
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    • Game 1
      DET2–6MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      DET4–2MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadiensare1–1withDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 3
      MTL4–2DET
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 4
      MTL8–0DET
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +4+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 5
      DET2–4MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP
      +2 assists
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–1

    MTL4–1DET
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens meet Toronto Maple Leafs

    MTLvsTOR
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      TOR3–5MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR2–3MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      MTL6–1TOR
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 4
      MTL2–0TOR
      W
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    Semifinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–0

    MTL4–0TOR
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Stanley Cup Final

    Montréal Canadiens play the Stanley Cup Final against Boston Bruins

    MTLvsBOS
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      BOS1–4MTL
      W
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 2
      BOS2–3MTL
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 3
      MTL0–4BOS
      L
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 4
      MTL3–4BOS
      L
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadiensare2–2withBoston Bruins
    • Game 5
      BOS1–4MTL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      MTL4–1BOS
      W
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Montréal Canadiens

    beat Boston Bruins 4–2 in the final

    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Larry Robinson ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 21 points

    Points
    21
    NHL#1
    Games
    15
    Goals
    4
    NHL#16
    Assists
    17
    NHL#1
    P/GP
    1.40
    NHL#1
    +/-
    +21
    NHL#1
    Events
    25
    playoff assists
    10
    playoff goals
    9 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    DET4–1→TOR4–0→BOS4–2
    Honour

    Larry Robinson won Conn Smythe Trophy for 1977-1978