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Perry Miller's 1977-1978 season

Points
21
NHL#218
Goals
4
NHL#256
Assists
17
NHL#188
Plus/minus
-7
NHL#295
Games
62
77%
77% of 80

Defenceman Perry Miller was 25 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 62 of a possible 80 games and scored 4 goals and 17 assists for 21 points, 0.34 points per game.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Perry Miller makes his NHL debut in the 3–⁠3 draw against Toronto Maple Leafs

    Perry was 25 years old · Detroit Olympia, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    -1
    +/-

    Swedes on the ice: Börje Salming.

    • The game
      TOR3–3DET
      game 1/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4LAK
      L
      game 2/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Perry Miller records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Los Angeles Kings · October 15

    • The game
      DET2–3VAN
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL2–2DET
      game 4/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–2MNS
      W
      game 5/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET4–3PIT
      W
      game 6/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MNS1–3DET
      W
      game 7/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET4–7TOR
      L
      game 8/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • November 1977
    • The game
      PIT1–3DET
      W
      game 9/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE4–3DET
      L
      game 10/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      DET4–1CLE
      W
      game 11/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH1–1DET
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–3DET
      W
      game 13/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET0–3PHI
      L
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL1–10DET
      W
      game 15/801
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +5+/-3SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      DET3–5AFM
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–1STL
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–4DET
      W
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3MTL
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI4–1DET
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      10
      points
      NHL#114
      0
      goals
      NHL#273
      10
      assists
      NHL#43
      -1
      +/-
      NHL#65
      DET
      9-8-0W-L-OT21Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET4–6PIT
      L
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • December 1977
    • The game
      DET2–4TOR
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–6BUF
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–1DET
      L
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–6BOS
      L
      game 25/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Perry Miller scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Boston Bruins · December 8

    • The game
      DET4–7NYI
      L
      game 26/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5DET
      game 27/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET3–2STL
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET2–6NYR
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF5–3DET
      L
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET2–3WSH
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–5DET
      W
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3BUF
      game 33/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS7–0DET
      L
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–2DET
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–4DET
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET6–3WSH
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–1DET
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–4CLR
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      15
      points
      NHL#179
      1
      goals
      NHL#284
      14
      assists
      NHL#107
      -12
      +/-
      NHL#111
      DET
      15-19-0W-L-OT36Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI2–4DET
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET1–7BOS
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-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
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3DET
      game 45/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-7SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT5–3DET
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      DET0–2CLE
      L
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2TOR
      game 48/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLE3–4DET
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET2–1LAK
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3DET
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET5–8NYI
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–8DET
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM3–5DET
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET2–4PHI
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8055 of 60 played
      18
      points
      NHL#200
      2
      goals
      NHL#271
      16
      assists
      NHL#137
      -16
      +/-
      NHL#119
      DET
      23-28-0W-L-OT55Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • March 1978
    • The game
      DET3–1MNS
      W
      game 62/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MNS3–4DET
      W
      game 63/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-3SOG1SHP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–2DET
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–5DET
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN4–4DET
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3LAK
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET5–4VAN
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    The season in numbers

    Perry Miller closes the 1977-1978 season with 21 points

    Points
    21
    NHL#218
    Games
    62of 80
    78%
    Goals
    4
    NHL#256
    Assists
    17
    NHL#188
    P/GP
    0.34
    NHL#224
    +/-
    -7
    NHL#295
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    24 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

    Perry Miller ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 0 points

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