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Larry Wright's 1977-1978 season

Points
9
NHL#318
Goals
3
NHL#278
Assists
6
NHL#319
Plus/minus
-12
NHL#331
Games
66
82%
82% of 80

Centre Larry Wright was 25 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 66 of a possible 80 games and scored 3 goals and 6 assists for 9 points, 0.14 points per game.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Larry Wright plays the 1977-1978 season for Detroit Red Wings

    Larry was 26 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 5th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Larry Wright's season starts in game 6 of 80

    Detroit Red Wings have played 5 games5 of 80 without him
    • The game
      DET4–3PIT
      W
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS1–3DET
      W
      game 7/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–7TOR
      L
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • November 1977
    • The game
      PIT1–3DET
      W
      game 9/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLE4–3DET
      L
      game 10/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–1CLE
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–1DET
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–3DET
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET0–3PHI
      L
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL1–10DET
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–3MTL
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–1DET
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8012 of 20 played
      2
      points
      NHL#293
      0
      goals
      NHL#273
      2
      assists
      NHL#257
      DET
      9-8-0W-L-OT21Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET4–6PIT
      L
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • December 1977
    • The game
      DET4–7NYI
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR5–5DET
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–2STL
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–6NYR
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–3DET
      L
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–3WSH
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–5DET
      W
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3BUF
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS7–0DET
      L
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–2DET
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–4DET
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET6–3WSH
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–1DET
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–4CLR
      game 40/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8028 of 40 played
      5
      points
      NHL#305
      1
      goals
      NHL#284
      4
      assists
      NHL#292
      DET
      15-19-0W-L-OT36Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI2–4DET
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–7BOS
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–6DET
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET1–6CHI
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3DET
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–3DET
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      DET0–2CLE
      L
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2TOR
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLE3–4DET
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET2–1LAK
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3DET
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET5–8NYI
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–8DET
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM3–5DET
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4PHI
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–5DET
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4DET
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2AFM
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL3–1DET
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–9MTL
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8048 of 60 played
      7
      points
      NHL#315
      2
      goals
      NHL#271
      5
      assists
      NHL#310
      DET
      23-28-0W-L-OT55Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • March 1978
    • The game
      DET2–3NYR
      L
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–1MNS
      W
      game 62/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–4DET
      W
      game 63/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS2–2DET
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–5DET
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–4DET
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3LAK
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET5–4VAN
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–6CLR
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–4DET
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2PIT
      game 71/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–1WSH
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–7DET
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–0DET
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • April 1978
    • The game
      DET0–2CHI
      L
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2DET
      L
      game 76/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET5–5CLE
      game 77/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT4–6DET
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Larry Wright closes the 1977-1978 season with 9 points

    Points
    9
    NHL#318
    Games
    66of 80
    83%
    Goals
    3
    NHL#278
    Assists
    6
    NHL#319
    P/GP
    0.14
    NHL#330
    +/-
    -12
    NHL#331
    Events
    9
    career best in points
    3
    career best in goals
    6
    career best in assists
    100
    NHL games
    5 days later
    Playoffs

    Detroit Red Wings are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Detroit Red Wings meet Atlanta Flames

    DETvsAFM
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Atlanta Flames
    No Swedes
    2 days later
    Preliminary round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Atlanta Flames out 2–0

    DET2–0AFM
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Detroit Red Wings meet Montréal Canadiens

    DETvsMTL
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    8 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–1

    DET1–4MTL
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Larry Wright ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 0 points

    Points
    0
    Games
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    P/GP
    —
    +/-
    0
    AFM2–0→MTL1–4