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Pierre Larouche's 1977-1978 season

Points
60
NHL#50
Goals
23
NHL#58
Assists
37
NHL#47
Plus/minus
+19
NHL#65
Games
64
81%
81% of 79

Centre Pierre Larouche was 21 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Pittsburgh Penguins och Montréal Canadiens. He played 64 of a possible 79 games and scored 23 goals and 37 assists for 60 points, 0.94 points per game. He moved from Pittsburgh Penguins to Montréal Canadiens in November. In the playoffs he played 5 games for 3 points.

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

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Pierre Larouche opens the 1977-1978 season with Pittsburgh Penguins

    Pierre was 21 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      STL2–4PIT
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      PIT1–2WSH
      L
      game 2/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI8–2PIT
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3NYR
      game 4/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT0–11PHI
      L
      game 5/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–5PIT
      W
      game 6/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–2CLE
      W
      game 7/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DET4–3PIT
      L
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–3PIT
      L
      game 9/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • November 1977
    • The game
      PIT1–3DET
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-7SOG
    • The game
      PIT2–5AFM
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–4NYI
      L
      game 12/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLE3–5PIT
      W
      game 13/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-7SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CHI4–7PIT
      W
      game 14/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–3BUF
      game 15/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT4–7MNS
      L
      game 16/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5PIT
      game 17/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Pierre Larouche reaches 250 career points

    in the game against New York Rangers · November 19

    • The game
      PIT3–3VAN
      game 18/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PIT3–5LAK
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI2–5PIT
      W
      game 20/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      11
      points
      NHL#94
      6
      goals
      NHL#55
      5
      assists
      NHL#137
      PIT
      6-10-0W-L-OT16Points
      14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PIT1–9MTL
      W
      game 22/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • December 1977
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3MTL
      W
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      AFM2–2MTL
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL1–8MTL
      W
      game 26/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      VAN2–7MTL
      W
      game 27/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYI5–7MTL
      W
      game 33/802
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      CLE3–5MTL
      W
      game 34/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      PIT3–4MTL
      W
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–2NYI
      W
      game 36/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–0STL
      W
      game 37/801
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL4–1AFM
      W
      game 38/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI3–3MTL
      game 39/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL8–6PIT
      W
      game 40/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8034 of 40 played
      29
      points
      NHL#62
      12
      goals
      NHL#56
      17
      assists
      NHL#58
      MTL
      28-7-0W-L-OT61Points
      1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL6–1DET
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BOS3–5MTL
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL7–4CLE
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–1PHI
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–8MTL
      W
      game 45/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL5–2AFM
      W
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–6MTL
      W
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • 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
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–5LAK
      game 50/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI3–3MTL
      game 51/80
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      STL3–7MTL
      W
      game 52/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL5–3NYR
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–2STL
      W
      game 54/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL8–2WSH
      W
      game 55/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLR4–9MTL
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLE1–5MTL
      W
      game 58/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8051 of 60 played
      46
      points
      NHL#48
      18
      goals
      NHL#52
      28
      assists
      NHL#43
      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
      +1+/-1SOG
    • March 1978
    • The game
      MTL5–2PIT
      W
      game 62/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      TOR1–4MTL
      W
      game 66/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      LAK3–5MTL
      W
      game 67/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL5–2MNS
      W
      game 68/802
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL6–2CHI
      W
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–3LAK
      W
      game 70/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL5–1VAN
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR3–5MTL
      W
      game 72/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH0–5MTL
      W
      game 73/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT2–6MTL
      W
      game 75/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP
      +3 assists
    • April 1978
    • The game
      BOS1–7MTL
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    The season in numbers

    Pierre Larouche closes the 1977-1978 season with 60 points

    Points
    60
    NHL#50
    Games
    64of 80
    80%
    Goals
    23
    NHL#58
    Assists
    37
    NHL#47
    P/GP
    0.94
    NHL#29
    +/-
    +19
    NHL#65
    Events
    250
    NHL games
    250
    career points
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 11 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal
    16 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 3
      MTL4–2DET
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 4
      MTL8–0DET
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 5
      DET2–4MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    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
    7 days later
    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 5
      BOS1–4MTL
      W
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBoston Bruins
    • Game 6
      MTL4–1BOS
      W
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    Stanley Cup Champions

    Montréal Canadiens

    beat Boston Bruins 4–2 in the final

    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Pierre Larouche ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 3 points

    Points
    3
    NHL#68
    Games
    5
    Goals
    2
    NHL#39
    Assists
    1
    NHL#85
    P/GP
    0.60
    NHL#34
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#37
    Events
    10
    playoff assists
    DET4–1→TOR4–0→BOS4–2