Detroit Red Wings – Vancouver Canucks
NHL games in December 1978
Swedish start times, results and the Swedes on team rosters.
To the season's scheduleFriday, December 1
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 3 gamesMinnesota North Stars – Atlanta Flames
Pittsburgh Penguins – Washington Capitals
Saturday, December 2
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 8 gamesWashington Capitals – St. Louis Blues
New York Rangers – Toronto Maple Leafs
New York Islanders – Colorado Rockies
Philadelphia Flyers – Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres – Montréal Canadiens
Chicago Blackhawks – Pittsburgh Penguins
Atlanta Flames – Minnesota North Stars
Detroit Red Wings – Los Angeles Kings
Sunday, December 3
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 4 gamesToronto Maple Leafs – Philadelphia Flyers
Boston Bruins – New York Rangers
Montréal Canadiens – Buffalo Sabres
Colorado Rockies – Chicago Blackhawks
Monday, December 4
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 1 gameWashington Capitals – Los Angeles Kings
Tuesday, December 5
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 4 gamesBoston Bruins – Toronto Maple Leafs
Washington Capitals – Colorado Rockies
Pittsburgh Penguins – New York Islanders
Atlanta Flames – Vancouver Canucks
Wednesday, December 6
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 4 gamesSt. Louis Blues – New York Rangers
Montréal Canadiens – Detroit Red Wings
Toronto Maple Leafs – Pittsburgh Penguins
Los Angeles Kings – Minnesota North Stars
Thursday, December 7
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 5 gamesNew York Rangers – Philadelphia Flyers
St. Louis Blues – New York Islanders
Chicago Blackhawks – Vancouver Canucks
Detroit Red Wings – Boston Bruins
Los Angeles Kings – Buffalo Sabres
Friday, December 8
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 2 gamesPittsburgh Penguins – Montréal Canadiens
Atlanta Flames – Colorado Rockies
Saturday, December 9
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 8 gamesNew York Rangers – Detroit Red Wings
Washington Capitals – Vancouver Canucks
New York Islanders – Toronto Maple Leafs
Boston Bruins – Philadelphia Flyers
Buffalo Sabres – Pittsburgh Penguins
Chicago Blackhawks – St. Louis Blues
Colorado Rockies – Minnesota North Stars
Atlanta Flames – Los Angeles Kings
Sunday, December 10
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 5 gamesMinnesota North Stars – Boston Bruins
New York Islanders – Montréal Canadiens
Toronto Maple Leafs – Buffalo Sabres
Philadelphia Flyers – New York Rangers
Detroit Red Wings – Chicago Blackhawks
Tuesday, December 12
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 4 gamesVancouver Canucks – Boston Bruins
Colorado Rockies – Washington Capitals
Los Angeles Kings – New York Islanders
Montréal Canadiens – St. Louis Blues
Wednesday, December 13
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 6 gamesAtlanta Flames – Detroit Red Wings
Los Angeles Kings – New York Rangers
Vancouver Canucks – Toronto Maple Leafs
St. Louis Blues – Pittsburgh Penguins
Montréal Canadiens – Minnesota North Stars
Buffalo Sabres – Chicago Blackhawks
Thursday, December 14
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 5 gamesDetroit Red Wings – New York Islanders
Washington Capitals – Boston Bruins
Pittsburgh Penguins – Philadelphia Flyers
Colorado Rockies – Atlanta Flames
Chicago Blackhawks – Buffalo Sabres
Friday, December 15
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 1 gameMinnesota North Stars – Washington Capitals
Saturday, December 16
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 8 gamesVancouver Canucks – Pittsburgh Penguins
Detroit Red Wings – Toronto Maple Leafs
New York Islanders – St. Louis Blues
New York Rangers – Boston Bruins
Philadelphia Flyers – Atlanta Flames
Buffalo Sabres – Minnesota North Stars
Chicago Blackhawks – Colorado Rockies
Montréal Canadiens – Los Angeles Kings
Sunday, December 17
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 6 gamesToronto Maple Leafs – Washington Capitals
New York Islanders – Detroit Red Wings
St. Louis Blues – Philadelphia Flyers
Vancouver Canucks – Buffalo Sabres
Boston Bruins – New York Rangers
Pittsburgh Penguins – Chicago Blackhawks
Tuesday, December 19
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 4 gamesPhiladelphia Flyers – Washington Capitals
Vancouver Canucks – Minnesota North Stars
Atlanta Flames – St. Louis Blues
Los Angeles Kings – Colorado Rockies
Wednesday, December 20
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 4 gamesBuffalo Sabres – New York Rangers
Vancouver Canucks – Detroit Red Wings
Minnesota North Stars – Toronto Maple Leafs
Montréal Canadiens – Chicago Blackhawks
Thursday, December 21
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 6 gamesSt. Louis Blues – New York Islanders
Washington Capitals – Philadelphia Flyers
Colorado Rockies – Boston Bruins
Atlanta Flames – Buffalo Sabres
Chicago Blackhawks – Montréal Canadiens
Pittsburgh Penguins – Los Angeles Kings
Friday, December 22
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 2 gamesDetroit Red Wings – New York Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs – Atlanta Flames
Saturday, December 23
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 8 gamesNew York Rangers – New York Islanders
Pittsburgh Penguins – Minnesota North Stars
Buffalo Sabres – Boston Bruins
Washington Capitals – Detroit Red Wings
Colorado Rockies – Montréal Canadiens
Los Angeles Kings – Vancouver Canucks
Philadelphia Flyers – Chicago Blackhawks
Toronto Maple Leafs – St. Louis Blues
Tuesday, December 26
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 4 gamesNew York Rangers – Atlanta Flames
Minnesota North Stars – St. Louis Blues
Toronto Maple Leafs – New York Islanders
Philadelphia Flyers – Detroit Red Wings
Wednesday, December 27
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 6 gamesWashington Capitals – Minnesota North Stars
Montréal Canadiens – Detroit Red Wings
Los Angeles Kings – Pittsburgh Penguins
Boston Bruins – Toronto Maple Leafs
St. Louis Blues – Chicago Blackhawks
Buffalo Sabres – Colorado Rockies
Thursday, December 28
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 4 gamesNew York Islanders – Atlanta Flames
New York Rangers – Philadelphia Flyers
Buffalo Sabres – Vancouver Canucks
Los Angeles Kings – Montréal Canadiens
Saturday, December 30
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 8 gamesNew York Rangers – Chicago Blackhawks
Washington Capitals – Toronto Maple Leafs
Atlanta Flames – New York Islanders
Boston Bruins – Montréal Canadiens
Detroit Red Wings – Pittsburgh Penguins
Philadelphia Flyers – St. Louis Blues
Minnesota North Stars – Colorado Rockies
Vancouver Canucks – Los Angeles Kings
Sunday, December 31
Evening and following night · Swedish time· 3 gamesPittsburgh Penguins – Detroit Red Wings
Boston Bruins – Buffalo Sabres
Atlanta Flames – New York Rangers