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Ron Duguay's 1977-1978 season

Points
40
NHL#123
Goals
20
NHL#82
Assists
20
NHL#153
Plus/minus
-17
NHL#381
Games
71
88%
88% of 80

Centre Ron Duguay was 20 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 71 of a possible 80 games and scored 20 goals and 20 assists for 40 points, 0.56 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 2 points.

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

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. NHL debut

    Ron Duguay makes his NHL debut in 6–⁠3 win against Vancouver Canucks

    Ron was 20 years old · Madison Square Garden, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    0
    Assists
    0
    Points
    +1
    +/-
    • The game
      VAN3–6NYR
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–5MTL
      L
      game 2/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–4NYR
      W
      game 3/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Ron Duguay records his first NHL assist

    in the game against New York Islanders · October 16

    • The game
      PIT3–3NYR
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–7NYI
      L
      game 5/802
      His night
      No points
      -4+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MTL6–2NYR
      L
      game 6/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–0CLE
      W
      game 7/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Ron Duguay scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Cleveland Barons · October 25

    • The game
      STL2–6NYR
      W
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–4AFM
      L
      game 9/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      LAK5–3NYR
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • November 1977
    • The game
      NYR2–6CLR
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–6NYR
      W
      game 20/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8012 of 20 played
      6
      points
      NHL#185
      2
      goals
      NHL#155
      4
      assists
      NHL#163
      NYR
      8-10-0W-L-OT18Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR2–3BOS
      L
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3BUF
      L
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–0STL
      W
      game 23/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • December 1977
    • The game
      NYR4–0MNS
      W
      game 24/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4NYR
      game 25/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3NYR
      game 26/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–7PHI
      L
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS8–2NYR
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2CHI
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5DET
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4CLE
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–6NYR
      W
      game 32/80
      His night
      +4P+3G+1A
      +4+/-3SOG
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      WSH5–5NYR
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE4–5NYR
      W
      game 34/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYR
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–3WSH
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYR
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR5–3MNS
      W
      game 38/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR1–3CLR
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–3NYR
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8032 of 40 played
      18
      points
      NHL#126
      7
      goals
      NHL#124
      11
      assists
      NHL#128
      NYR
      13-18-0W-L-OT35Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–2BOS
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–4PHI
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–4VAN
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–0LAK
      W
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–5AFM
      L
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–3PIT
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–3NYR
      L
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–6NYI
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      LAK4–1NYR
      L
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      NYI7–6NYR
      L
      game 50/802
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR2–2STL
      game 51/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–6NYR
      W
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS0–3NYR
      W
      game 53/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR0–2BUF
      L
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–3TOR
      L
      game 55/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–3NYR
      L
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–6NYR
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–4NYR
      game 58/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–3CHI
      L
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–6NYR
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8052 of 60 played
      24
      points
      NHL#156
      10
      goals
      NHL#138
      14
      assists
      NHL#160
      NYR
      20-29-0W-L-OT51Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR6–3MTL
      W
      game 61/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM5–3NYR
      L
      game 62/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • March 1978
    • The game
      DET2–3NYR
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR4–1NYR
      L
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE1–6NYR
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +3+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–8NYR
      W
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2NYR
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3NYR
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR7–7MNS
      game 69/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR6–1STL
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      +3P+3A
      -1+/-1SOG3PPP
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NYR11–4WSH
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      +4P+3G+1A
      +1+/-6SOG2PPP
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      NYR5–2TOR
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–5NYR
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–5NYR
      W
      game 74/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • April 1978
    • The game
      NYR0–6AFM
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–8BOS
      L
      game 76/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–2NYR
      L
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–3PHI
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–7NYI
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Ron Duguay closes the 1977-1978 season with 40 points

    Points
    40
    NHL#123
    Games
    71of 80
    89%
    Goals
    20
    NHL#82
    Assists
    20
    NHL#153
    P/GP
    0.56
    NHL#128
    +/-
    -17
    NHL#381
    Events
    2
    hat tricks
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 12 pts
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    New York Rangers are in the playoffs

    Preliminary round

    New York Rangers meet Buffalo Sabres

    NYRvsBUF
    Swedes on New York Rangers
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      NYR1–4BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstNew York Rangers
    • Game 2
      BUF3–4NYR
      W
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • New York Rangersare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      NYR1–4BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG
    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres knock New York Rangers out 2–1

    NYR1–2BUF
    Eliminated
    3Games2Points1Goals1Assists