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Wayne Dillon's 1977-1978 season

Points
18
NHL#247
Goals
5
NHL#237
Assists
13
NHL#235
Plus/minus
-8
NHL#303
Games
59
73%
73% of 80

Centre Wayne Dillon was 22 years old when the 1977-1978 season began, his 3rd in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 59 of a possible 80 games and scored 5 goals and 13 assists for 18 points, 0.31 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 1 points.

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

1977-1978Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Wayne Dillon plays the 1977-1978 season for New York Rangers

    Wayne was 22 years old when the 1977-1978 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 3rd NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Wayne Dillon's season starts in game 16 of 80

    New York Rangers have played 15 games15 of 80 without him
    • The game
      AFM5–2NYR
      L
      game 16/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5PIT
      game 18/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–0NYR
      L
      game 19/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      CLR3–6NYR
      W
      game 20/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 804 of 20 played
      0
      points
      NHL#338
      0
      goals
      NHL#266
      0
      assists
      NHL#326
      NYR
      8-10-0W-L-OT18Points
      10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR2–3BUF
      L
      game 22/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR4–0STL
      W
      game 23/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • December 1977
    • The game
      NYR4–0MNS
      W
      game 24/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    • The game
      MNS4–4NYR
      game 25/803
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • 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
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS8–2NYR
      L
      game 28/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–2CHI
      game 29/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–5DET
      game 30/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–4CLE
      L
      game 31/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      DET2–6NYR
      W
      game 32/80
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-4SOG1PPP
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH5–5NYR
      game 33/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLE4–5NYR
      W
      game 34/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYR
      L
      game 35/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–3WSH
      game 36/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BUF2–2NYR
      game 37/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–3MNS
      W
      game 38/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–3CLR
      L
      game 39/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      PIT5–3NYR
      L
      game 40/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8023 of 40 played
      4
      points
      NHL#309
      2
      goals
      NHL#226
      2
      assists
      NHL#319
      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
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR5–4VAN
      W
      game 43/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–0LAK
      W
      game 44/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–5AFM
      L
      game 45/80
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR1–3PIT
      L
      game 46/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–3NYR
      L
      game 47/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–6NYI
      L
      game 48/802
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      LAK4–1NYR
      L
      game 49/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • February 1978
    • The game
      MNS0–3NYR
      W
      game 53/803
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–2BUF
      L
      game 54/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • 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+/-2SOG
    • The game
      VAN3–6NYR
      W
      game 57/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CLR4–4NYR
      game 58/80
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–6NYR
      W
      game 60/80
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8039 of 60 played
      6
      points
      NHL#319
      2
      goals
      NHL#266
      4
      assists
      NHL#317
      NYR
      20-29-0W-L-OT51Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR6–3MTL
      W
      game 61/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM5–3NYR
      L
      game 62/801
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • March 1978
    • The game
      DET2–3NYR
      W
      game 63/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      TOR4–1NYR
      L
      game 64/802
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG
    • The game
      CLE1–6NYR
      W
      game 65/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–8NYR
      W
      game 66/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG
    • The game
      PHI2–2NYR
      game 67/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG
    • The game
      BOS6–3NYR
      L
      game 68/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Wayne Dillon reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Boston Bruins · March 18

    • The game
      NYR7–7MNS
      game 69/803
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-5SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR6–1STL
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR11–4WSH
      W
      game 71/80
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR5–2TOR
      W
      game 72/801
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG
      +1 goal
    • The game
      STL2–5NYR
      W
      game 73/801
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI1–5NYR
      W
      game 74/802
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP
      +1 assist
    • April 1978
    • The game
      NYR0–6AFM
      L
      game 75/80
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR3–8BOS
      L
      game 76/80
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • The game
      AFM4–2NYR
      L
      game 77/80
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR0–3PHI
      L
      game 78/80
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG
    • The game
      NYR2–7NYI
      L
      game 79/802
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-0SOG
    • The game
      CHI2–3NYR
      W
      game 80/801
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG
    The season in numbers

    Wayne Dillon closes the 1977-1978 season with 18 points

    Points
    18
    NHL#247
    Games
    59of 80
    74%
    Goals
    5
    NHL#237
    Assists
    13
    NHL#235
    P/GP
    0.31
    NHL#248
    +/-
    -8
    NHL#303
    Events
    100
    career points
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 9 pts
    2 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
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG
      +1 assist
    • New York Rangersare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
    • Game 3
      NYR1–4BUF
      L
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG
    Preliminary round

    Buffalo Sabres knock New York Rangers out 2–1

    NYR1–2BUF
    Eliminated
    3Games1Points0Goals1Assists