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Paul Gardner's 1978-1979 season

Points
58
NHL#58
Goals
30
NHL#33
Assists
28
NHL#101
Plus/minus
-25
NHL#417
Games
75
91%
91% of 82

Centre Paul Gardner was 22 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for Colorado Rockies och Toronto Maple Leafs. He played 75 of a possible 82 games and scored 30 goals and 28 assists for 58 points, 0.77 points per game. He moved from Colorado Rockies to Toronto Maple Leafs in March. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 1 points.

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

1978-1979Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Paul Gardner opens the 1978-1979 season with Colorado Rockies

    Paul was 22 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      STL5–5CLR
      game 5/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      CLR4–3STL
      W
      game 6/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–5DET
      L
      game 7/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET5–2CLR
      L
      game 8/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR1–0MNS
      W
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR5–8NYI
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • November 1978
    • The game
      NYR3–0CLR
      L
      game 11/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–4CLR
      game 12/801
      His night
      +3P+3G
      0+/-7SOG2PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      CLR4–6PHI
      L
      game 13/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-7SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      CLR3–6PIT
      L
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2CLR
      game 15/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR3–5STL
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CLR2–2NYI
      game 17/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–1CLR
      L
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI3–8CLR
      W
      game 19/80
      His night
      +4P+4A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +4 assists
    • The game
      NYI7–1CLR
      L
      game 20/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8016 of 20 played
      21
      points
      NHL#15
      9
      goals
      NHL#22
      12
      assists
      NHL#17
      CLR
      3-13-0W-L-OT10Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN7–2CLR
      L
      game 21/803
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR6–3TOR
      W
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–4BUF
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2CLR
      game 24/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • December 1978
    • The game
      NYI5–2CLR
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–4CHI
      L
      game 26/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–1CLR
      L
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–3CLR
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR0–3MNS
      L
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–3WSH
      W
      game 30/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR3–5AFM
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI1–5CLR
      W
      game 32/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK2–2CLR
      game 33/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      CLR2–4BOS
      L
      game 34/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR2–3MTL
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–2CLR
      L
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–7CLR
      W
      game 37/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      CLR3–5LAK
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      STL2–4CLR
      W
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3CLR
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8036 of 40 played
      34
      points
      NHL#33
      17
      goals
      NHL#22
      17
      assists
      NHL#61
      CLR
      8-26-0W-L-OT22Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CLR4–1STL
      W
      game 41/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR5–3CLR
      L
      game 42/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      CLR1–8WSH
      L
      game 43/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–4TOR
      L
      game 44/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–2CLR
      L
      game 45/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR1–2CHI
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS3–5CLR
      W
      game 47/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR3–3MNS
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–5CLR
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN2–2CLR
      game 50/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–5CLR
      W
      game 51/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • February 1979
    • The game
      CLR3–6STL
      L
      game 52/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK4–1CLR
      L
      game 53/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR1–6NYI
      L
      game 54/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH9–3CLR
      L
      game 55/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -3+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      AFM5–1CLR
      L
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–5CHI
      L
      game 57/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS5–3CLR
      L
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR0–3VAN
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI5–3CLR
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8056 of 60 played
      46
      points
      NHL#47
      22
      goals
      NHL#35
      24
      assists
      NHL#72
      CLR
      12-40-0W-L-OT32Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CLR1–8DET
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR4–2BOS
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–5PIT
      L
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • March 1979
    • The game
      CHI4–0CLR
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT7–2CLR
      L
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR0–5PHI
      L
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–5NYR
      L
      game 67/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR3–1VAN
      W
      game 68/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF4–1TOR
      L
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–6TOR
      W
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–4BOS
      L
      game 71/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–2TOR
      L
      game 72/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR1–2DET
      L
      game 74/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–6TOR
      W
      game 75/803
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MNS2–6TOR
      W
      game 76/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • April 1979
    • The game
      TOR6–3BUF
      W
      game 77/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      BOS3–3TOR
      game 78/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6TOR
      W
      game 79/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–6BOS
      L
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Paul Gardner closes the 1978-1979 season with 58 points

    Points
    58
    NHL#58
    Games
    75of 80
    94%
    Goals
    30
    NHL#33
    Assists
    28
    NHL#101
    P/GP
    0.77
    NHL#69
    +/-
    -25
    NHL#417
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    4 i rad
    games with a point · 5 pts
    2 days later
    Playoffs

    Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet Atlanta Flames

    TORvsAFM
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    Swedes on Atlanta Flames
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      TOR2–1AFM
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Toronto Maple Leafslead1–0againstAtlanta Flames
    • Game 2
      AFM4–7TOR
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    Preliminary round

    Toronto Maple Leafs knock Atlanta Flames out 2–0

    TOR2–0AFM
    Advance
    2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Toronto Maple Leafs meet Montréal Canadiens

    TORvsMTL
    Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      TOR2–5MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 2
      TOR1–5MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 3
      MTL4–3TOR
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–0againstToronto Maple Leafs
    • Game 4
      MTL5–4TOR
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Toronto Maple Leafs out 4–0

    TOR0–4MTL
    Eliminated
    4Games1Points0Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Paul Gardner ends the 1978-1979 playoffs with 1 points

    Points
    1
    NHL#114
    Games
    6
    Goals
    0
    NHL#109
    Assists
    1
    NHL#90
    P/GP
    0.17
    NHL#97
    +/-
    -3
    NHL#184
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff assist
    AFM2–0→MTL0–4