Skip to content
Regular seasonCLEWSH

Walt McKechnie's 1977-1978 season

Points
39
NHL#130
Goals
16
NHL#124
Assists
23
NHL#124
Plus/minus
-20
NHL#396
Games
69
85%
85% of 81

Centre Walt McKechnie was 30 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 11th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals och Cleveland Barons. He played 69 of a possible 81 games and scored 16 goals and 23 assists for 39 points, 0.57 points per game. He moved from Washington Capitals to Cleveland Barons in December. Cleveland Barons did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1977-1978
  1. Season opener

    Walt McKechnie opens the 1977-1978 season with Washington Capitals

    Walt was 30 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 11th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PIT1–2WSH
      W
      game 1/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–4CLE
      L
      game 2/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL5–3WSH
      L
      game 3/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–5MTL
      L
      game 4/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH6–2AFM
      W
      game 5/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH1–8CLR
      L
      game 6/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH4–7MNS
      L
      game 7/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • November 1977
    • The game
      CHI2–2WSH
      game 8/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–4PHI
      L
      game 9/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PHI3–1WSH
      L
      game 10/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      LAK5–1WSH
      L
      game 11/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH1–1DET
      game 12/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      TOR3–1WSH
      L
      game 13/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG
    • The game
      NYI6–0WSH
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–2STL
      game 15/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      WSH2–5TOR
      L
      game 16/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8016 of 20 played
      5
      points
      NHL#209
      4
      goals
      NHL#92
      1
      assists
      NHL#288
      WSH
      2-14-0W-L-OT8Points
      18th in the whole NHL
    • December 1977
    • The game
      CLE1–11PHI
      L
      game 27/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MTL5–1CLE
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLE6–3AFM
      W
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4CLE
      W
      game 30/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CLE1–2BOS
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–0CLE
      L
      game 32/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE4–5NYR
      L
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE3–5MTL
      L
      game 34/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS5–5CLE
      game 35/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR5–0CLE
      L
      game 36/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE3–6PIT
      L
      game 37/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLE4–5PHI
      L
      game 38/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      VAN1–6CLE
      W
      game 39/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      CLE3–5NYI
      L
      game 40/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8030 of 40 played
      12
      points
      NHL#190
      6
      goals
      NHL#142
      6
      assists
      NHL#229
    • The game
      NYI3–5CLE
      W
      game 41/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF3–6CLE
      W
      game 42/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–5CLE
      W
      game 43/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLE2–4PIT
      L
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MTL7–4CLE
      L
      game 45/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      CLE2–9BUF
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR4–9CLE
      W
      game 47/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLE3–2BOS
      W
      game 48/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLE0–5CHI
      L
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE2–1MNS
      W
      game 50/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM6–2CLE
      L
      game 51/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • February 1978
    • The game
      DET0–2CLE
      W
      game 52/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2CLE
      game 53/80
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CLE3–4DET
      L
      game 54/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF5–2CLE
      L
      game 55/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      WSH4–1CLE
      L
      game 56/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-6SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–2CLE
      game 57/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      AFM5–5CLE
      game 58/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      VAN2–3CLE
      W
      game 59/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLE3–5TOR
      L
      game 60/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8050 of 60 played
      29
      points
      NHL#115
      14
      goals
      NHL#84
      15
      assists
      NHL#142
    • The game
      CLE1–5MTL
      L
      game 61/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      BUF13–3CLE
      L
      game 62/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLE3–3VAN
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE2–4LAK
      L
      game 64/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • March 1978
    • The game
      CLE2–2CLR
      game 65/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLE1–6NYR
      L
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLE2–5TOR
      L
      game 68/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR2–2CLE
      game 69/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4CLE
      game 70/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CLE3–8WSH
      L
      game 71/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–3CLE
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–3CLE
      L
      game 73/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CLE4–4NYI
      game 74/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MNS3–7CLE
      W
      game 75/803
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-3SOG
      +3 points
    • The game
      CLE5–3BUF
      W
      game 76/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • April 1978
    • The game
      CLE1–3STL
      L
      game 77/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–4CLE
      W
      game 78/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET5–5CLE
      game 79/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT3–2CLE
      L
      game 80/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    The season in numbers

    Walt McKechnie closes the 1977-1978 season with 39 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    39
    NHL#130
    Games
    69of 80
    86%
    Goals
    16
    NHL#124
    Assists
    23
    NHL#124
    P/GP
    0.57
    NHL#126
    +/-
    -20
    NHL#396
    Events
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 6 pts