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Vaclav Nedomansky's 1977-1978 season

Points
28
NHL#184
Goals
11
NHL#168
Assists
17
NHL#188
Plus/minus
-17
NHL#381
Games
63
78%
78% of 80

Centre Vaclav Nedomansky was 33 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played 63 of a possible 80 games and scored 11 goals and 17 assists for 28 points, 0.44 points per game. In the playoffs he played 7 games for 8 points.

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

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. A late start

    Vaclav Nedomansky's season starts in game 16 of 80

    Detroit Red Wings have played 15 games15 of 80 without him
    NHL debut

    Vaclav Nedomansky makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠5 loss against Atlanta Flames

    Vaclav was 33 years old · Omni Coliseum, USA

    His first NHL game
    0
    Goals
    3
    Assists
    3
    Points
    +1
    +/-
    First NHL assistFirst NHL point
    • The game
      DET3–5AFM
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-0SOG2PPP
      +3 assists
    Milestone

    Vaclav Nedomansky records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Atlanta Flames · November 18

    • The game
      DET2–1STL
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI1–4DET
      W
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET1–3MTL
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI4–1DET
      L
      game 20/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 805 of 20 played
      4
      points
      NHL#246
      0
      goals
      NHL#273
      4
      assists
      NHL#187
      DET
      9-8-0W-L-OT21Points
      8th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      DET4–6PIT
      L
      game 21/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG
    • December 1977
    • The game
      DET2–4TOR
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      DET1–6BUF
      L
      game 23/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–1DET
      L
      game 24/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET4–6BOS
      L
      game 25/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Vaclav Nedomansky 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
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5DET
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–2STL
      W
      game 28/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–6NYR
      L
      game 29/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–3DET
      L
      game 30/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET2–3WSH
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR2–5DET
      W
      game 32/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-8SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      TOR1–2DET
      W
      game 35/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK3–4DET
      W
      game 36/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET6–3WSH
      W
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–1DET
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–6DET
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET4–4CLR
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8023 of 40 played
      13
      points
      NHL#198
      4
      goals
      NHL#188
      9
      assists
      NHL#180
      DET
      15-19-0W-L-OT36Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CHI2–4DET
      W
      game 41/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET1–7BOS
      L
      game 42/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH3–6DET
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET1–6CHI
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–3DET
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–3DET
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      DET0–2CLE
      L
      game 47/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2TOR
      game 48/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLE3–4DET
      W
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–1LAK
      W
      game 50/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3DET
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET5–8NYI
      L
      game 52/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–8DET
      W
      game 53/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      AFM3–5DET
      W
      game 54/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      DET2–4PHI
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      LAK1–5DET
      W
      game 56/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH1–4DET
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2AFM
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      STL3–1DET
      L
      game 59/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–9MTL
      L
      game 60/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8043 of 60 played
      21
      points
      NHL#184
      8
      goals
      NHL#167
      13
      assists
      NHL#187
      DET
      23-28-0W-L-OT55Points
      11th in the whole NHL
    • March 1978
    • The game
      DET2–3NYR
      L
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      DET3–1MNS
      W
      game 62/803
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      MNS3–4DET
      W
      game 63/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–2DET
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–5DET
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      VAN4–4DET
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET3–3LAK
      game 67/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET5–4VAN
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET4–6CLR
      L
      game 69/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      AFM1–4DET
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      DET2–2PIT
      game 71/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET4–1WSH
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF0–7DET
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–0DET
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • April 1978
    • The game
      DET0–2CHI
      L
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI5–2DET
      L
      game 76/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–5CLE
      game 77/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT4–6DET
      W
      game 78/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET1–5MTL
      L
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL0–4DET
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    The season in numbers

    Vaclav Nedomansky closes the 1977-1978 season with 28 points

    Points
    28
    NHL#184
    Games
    63of 80
    79%
    Goals
    11
    NHL#168
    Assists
    17
    NHL#188
    P/GP
    0.44
    NHL#182
    +/-
    -17
    NHL#381
    Events
    1
    First NHL goal
    1
    First NHL point
    1
    First NHL assist
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts
    2 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
    • Game 1
      DET5–3AFM
      W
      1
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-2SOG3PPP
      +3 points
    • Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstAtlanta Flames
    • Game 2
      AFM2–3DET
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Preliminary round

    Detroit Red Wings knock Atlanta Flames out 2–0

    DET2–0AFM
    Advance
    2Games4Points2Goals2Assists
    4 days later
    Quarterfinal

    Detroit Red Wings meet Montréal Canadiens

    DETvsMTL
    Swedes on Detroit Red Wings
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      DET2–6MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 2
      DET4–2MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-6SOG
    • Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      MTL4–2DET
      L
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 4
      MTL8–0DET
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • Montréal Canadienslead3–1againstDetroit Red Wings
    • Game 5
      DET2–4MTL
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    Quarterfinal

    Montréal Canadiens knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–1

    DET1–4MTL
    Eliminated
    5Games4Points1Goals3Assists
    The run in numbers

    Vaclav Nedomansky ends the 1977-1978 playoffs with 8 points

    Points
    8
    NHL#25
    Games
    7
    Goals
    3
    NHL#21
    Assists
    5
    NHL#25
    P/GP
    1.14
    NHL#8
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#207
    Events
    1
    First playoff point
    1
    First playoff goal
    1
    First playoff assist
    3 points
    best game
    AFM2–0→MTL1–4