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Paul Mulvey's 1978-1979 season

Points
11
NHL#292
Goals
7
NHL#209
Assists
4
NHL#328
Plus/minus
-18
NHL#394
Games
55
68%
68% of 80

Left winger Paul Mulvey was 20 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 55 of a possible 80 games and scored 7 goals and 4 assists for 11 points, 0.20 points per game. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1978-1979
  1. NHL debut

    Paul Mulvey makes his NHL debut in 4–⁠2 win against Los Angeles Kings

    Paul was 20 years old · The Forum, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    0
    +/-

    Swedes on the ice: Leif Svensson and Rolf Edberg.

    • The game
      WSH4–2LAK
      W
      game 1/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3AFM
      game 2/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Paul Mulvey scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Atlanta Flames · October 13

    • The game
      AFM6–3WSH
      L
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CHI4–2WSH
      L
      game 4/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK6–4WSH
      L
      game 5/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Paul Mulvey records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 20

    • The game
      WSH1–5PIT
      L
      game 6/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2CHI
      game 7/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH1–5LAK
      L
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • November 1978
    • The game
      PIT4–6WSH
      W
      game 9/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4MTL
      L
      game 10/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4NYI
      L
      game 11/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3WSH
      game 12/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–0WSH
      L
      game 13/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–6BOS
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–0WSH
      L
      game 15/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM7–8WSH
      W
      game 16/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–2MNS
      W
      game 17/804
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–2WSH
      L
      game 18/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–3STL
      W
      game 19/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      STL3–1WSH
      L
      game 20/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      5
      points
      NHL#201
      3
      goals
      NHL#126
      2
      assists
      NHL#237
      WSH
      5-12-0W-L-OT13Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS5–5WSH
      game 21/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–9NYR
      L
      game 22/804
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–5PIT
      L
      game 23/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • December 1978
    • The game
      PIT7–4WSH
      L
      game 24/802
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5STL
      L
      game 25/802
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–10LAK
      L
      game 26/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–1CLR
      W
      game 27/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH7–5VAN
      W
      game 28/805
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR4–3WSH
      L
      game 29/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5BOS
      L
      game 30/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS6–1WSH
      L
      game 31/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–7WSH
      W
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–4WSH
      game 33/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5PHI
      L
      game 34/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8034 of 40 played
      6
      points
      NHL#275
      3
      goals
      NHL#214
      3
      assists
      NHL#297
      WSH
      10-23-0W-L-OT27Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF6–4WSH
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8035 of 60 played
      6
      points
      NHL#311
      3
      goals
      NHL#253
      3
      assists
      NHL#325
      WSH
      18-33-0W-L-OT45Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL8–5WSH
      L
      game 61/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3LAK
      game 62/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1979
    • The game
      WSH6–2VAN
      W
      game 63/804
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      MNS4–5WSH
      W
      game 64/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2WSH
      game 65/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL5–7WSH
      W
      game 66/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3DET
      game 67/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–1WSH
      L
      game 68/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–2WSH
      L
      game 69/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–3BUF
      game 70/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2WSH
      game 71/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2PIT
      game 72/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–3MTL
      L
      game 73/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–7PHI
      L
      game 74/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–6TOR
      L
      game 75/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS4–1WSH
      L
      game 76/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • April 1979
    • The game
      NYI4–6WSH
      W
      game 77/804
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK2–6WSH
      W
      game 78/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–10MTL
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–5WSH
      W
      game 80/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Paul Mulvey closes the 1978-1979 season with 11 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    11
    NHL#292
    Games
    55of 80
    69%
    Goals
    7
    NHL#209
    Assists
    4
    NHL#328
    P/GP
    0.20
    NHL#304
    +/-
    -18
    NHL#394
    Events
    1
    First NHL assist
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL goal