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Wayne Babych's 1978-1979 season

Points
63
NHL#45
Goals
27
NHL#44
Assists
36
NHL#54
Plus/minus
-9
NHL#329
Games
67
83%
83% of 80

Right winger Wayne Babych was 20 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for St. Louis Blues. He played 67 of a possible 80 games and scored 27 goals and 36 assists for 63 points, 0.94 points per game. St. Louis Blues did not reach the playoffs.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

1978-1979
  1. NHL debut

    Wayne Babych makes his NHL debut

    Wayne was 20 years old · Detroit Olympia, USA

    First NHL assistFirst NHL point

    Other Swedes on the ice: Inge Hammarström, Dan Labraaten and Thommie Bergman.

    • The game
      STL5–4DET
      W
      game 1/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Wayne Babych records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Detroit Red Wings · October 11

    • The game
      STL4–8VAN
      L
      game 2/803
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +4 points
    Milestone

    Wayne Babych scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Vancouver Canucks · October 13

    • The game
      STL2–6LAK
      L
      game 3/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN6–8STL
      W
      game 4/803
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      STL5–5CLR
      game 5/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CLR4–3STL
      L
      game 6/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS7–2STL
      L
      game 7/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL6–6PIT
      game 8/801
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +3+/-4SOG1PPP
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF7–7STL
      game 9/801
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 points
    • The game
      AFM5–2STL
      L
      game 10/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • November 1978
    • The game
      STL1–9MNS
      L
      game 11/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–5STL
      game 12/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL1–3CHI
      L
      game 13/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-5SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR5–0STL
      L
      game 14/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–5STL
      W
      game 15/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      LAK4–2STL
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL2–6BUF
      L
      game 17/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG
    • The game
      STL1–3TOR
      L
      game 18/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–5BOS
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH4–3STL
      L
      game 20/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-6SOG
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 80
      25
      points
      NHL#6
      10
      goals
      NHL#15
      15
      assists
      NHL#7
      STL
      3-13-0W-L-OT10Points
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–1WSH
      W
      game 21/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–4AFM
      L
      game 22/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      DET0–4STL
      W
      game 23/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      VAN6–3STL
      L
      game 24/802
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL0–3PHI
      L
      game 25/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • December 1978
    • The game
      WSH2–5STL
      W
      game 26/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      STL4–7NYR
      L
      game 27/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -3+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL1–7NYI
      L
      game 28/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI4–2STL
      L
      game 29/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL6–0STL
      L
      game 30/801
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL0–3PIT
      L
      game 31/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYI2–2STL
      game 32/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL1–4PHI
      L
      game 33/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG
    • The game
      AFM4–7STL
      W
      game 34/80
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +3+/-5SOG
      +4 points
    • The game
      STL1–5NYI
      L
      game 35/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      TOR6–1STL
      L
      game 36/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS6–4STL
      L
      game 37/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–4CHI
      L
      game 38/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI3–6STL
      W
      game 39/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL2–4CLR
      L
      game 40/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -2+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 80
      40
      points
      NHL#19
      19
      goals
      NHL#14
      21
      assists
      NHL#30
      STL
      8-27-0W-L-OT21Points
      17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL3–3MNS
      game 41/803
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CLR4–1STL
      L
      game 42/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • February 1979
    • The game
      VAN3–3STL
      game 56/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CHI5–1STL
      L
      game 57/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM6–4STL
      L
      game 58/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL3–7NYR
      L
      game 59/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL1–6NYI
      L
      game 60/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8047 of 60 played
      44
      points
      NHL#59
      22
      goals
      NHL#35
      22
      assists
      NHL#90
      STL
      13-39-0W-L-OT34Points
      Playoff spot
      16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      STL4–6MTL
      L
      game 61/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR1–4STL
      W
      game 62/802
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-2SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      STL6–5DET
      W
      game 63/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG
      +1 assist
    • March 1979
    • The game
      PIT4–8STL
      W
      game 64/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-1SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYI5–5STL
      game 65/803
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +4+/-2SOG
      +3 assists
    • The game
      STL5–7WSH
      L
      game 66/803
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      MNS2–8STL
      W
      game 67/802
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +3+/-4SOG
      +2 goals
    • The game
      STL5–5CLR
      game 68/801
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-2SOG1PPP
      +2 goals
    • The game
      DET3–1STL
      L
      game 69/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      STL3–5PHI
      L
      game 70/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL1–1VAN
      game 71/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL3–3LAK
      game 72/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      STL2–8AFM
      L
      game 73/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF4–2STL
      L
      game 74/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      STL2–5MTL
      L
      game 75/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG
    • The game
      PHI4–2STL
      L
      game 76/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG
      +1 goal
    • April 1979
    • The game
      STL5–9CLR
      L
      game 77/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT3–2STL
      L
      game 78/801
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-5SOG
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI1–4STL
      W
      game 79/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • The game
      STL2–3CHI
      L
      game 80/801
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-8SOG
    The season in numbers

    Wayne Babych closes the 1978-1979 season with 63 points

    St. Louis Blues did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    63
    NHL#45
    Games
    67of 80
    84%
    Goals
    27
    NHL#44
    Assists
    36
    NHL#54
    P/GP
    0.94
    NHL#32
    +/-
    -9
    NHL#329
    Events
    50
    career points
    25
    career goals
    1
    First NHL assist
    10 i rad
    games with a point · 19 pts
    4 i rad
    games with a goal