Detroit Red Wings 1977-1978 Schedule & Results

The Detroit Red Wings finished 32-34-14 with 78 points in the 1977-1978 season, 2nd in the Norris Division. Start times are Eastern Time.

Regular Season

Detroit Red Wings 1977-1978 Regular Season games

Date	Opponent	Result	Record
Thu, Oct 13	vs Toronto Maple Leafs	T 3–3, vs Toronto Maple Leafs, game page	0-0-1
Sat, Oct 15	at Los Angeles Kings	L 2–4, at Los Angeles Kings, game page	0-1-1
Tue, Oct 18	at Vancouver Canucks	L 2–3, at Vancouver Canucks, game page	0-2-1
Thu, Oct 20	vs Montreal Canadiens	T 2–2, vs Montreal Canadiens, game page	0-2-2
Sat, Oct 22	at Minnesota North Stars	W 4–2, at Minnesota North Stars, game page	1-2-2
Wed, Oct 26	at Pittsburgh Penguins	W 4–3, at Pittsburgh Penguins, game page	2-2-2
Thu, Oct 27	vs Minnesota North Stars	W 3–1, vs Minnesota North Stars, game page	3-2-2
Sat, Oct 29	at Toronto Maple Leafs	L 4–7, at Toronto Maple Leafs, game page	3-3-2
Wed, Nov 2	vs Pittsburgh Penguins	W 3–1, vs Pittsburgh Penguins, game page	4-3-2
Sat, Nov 5	vs Cleveland Barons	L 3–4, vs Cleveland Barons, game page	4-4-2
Sun, Nov 6	at Cleveland Barons	W 4–1, at Cleveland Barons, game page	5-4-2
Wed, Nov 9	vs Washington Capitals	T 1–1, vs Washington Capitals, game page	5-4-3
Sat, Nov 12	vs New York Rangers	W 3–1, vs New York Rangers, game page	6-4-3
Sun, Nov 13	at Philadelphia Flyers	L 0–3, at Philadelphia Flyers, game page	6-5-3
Wed, Nov 16	vs St. Louis Blues	W 10–1, vs St. Louis Blues, game page	7-5-3
Fri, Nov 18	at Atlanta Flames	L 3–5, at Atlanta Flames, game page	7-6-3
Sat, Nov 19	at St. Louis Blues	W 2–1, at St. Louis Blues, game page	8-6-3
Wed, Nov 23	vs Philadelphia Flyers	W 4–1, vs Philadelphia Flyers, game page	9-6-3
Sat, Nov 26	at Montreal Canadiens	L 1–3, at Montreal Canadiens, game page	9-7-3
Sun, Nov 27	vs New York Islanders	L 1–4, vs New York Islanders, game page	9-8-3
Wed, Nov 30	at Pittsburgh Penguins	L 4–6, at Pittsburgh Penguins, game page	9-9-3
Sat, Dec 3	at Toronto Maple Leafs	L 2–4, at Toronto Maple Leafs, game page	9-10-3
Sun, Dec 4	at Buffalo Sabres	L 1–6, at Buffalo Sabres, game page	9-11-3
Tue, Dec 6	vs Chicago Blackhawks	L 1–2, vs Chicago Blackhawks, game page	9-12-3
Thu, Dec 8	at Boston Bruins	L 4–6, at Boston Bruins, game page	9-13-3
Sat, Dec 10	at New York Islanders	L 4–7, at New York Islanders, game page	9-14-3
Thu, Dec 15	vs New York Rangers	T 5–5, vs New York Rangers, game page	9-14-4
Sat, Dec 17	at St. Louis Blues	W 3–2, at St. Louis Blues, game page	10-14-4
Sun, Dec 18	at New York Rangers	L 2–6, at New York Rangers, game page	10-15-4
Wed, Dec 21	vs Buffalo Sabres	L 3–5, vs Buffalo Sabres, game page	10-16-4
Fri, Dec 23	at Washington Capitals	L 2–3, at Washington Capitals, game page	10-17-4
Tue, Dec 27	vs Colorado Rockies	W 5–2, vs Colorado Rockies, game page	11-17-4
Thu, Dec 29	at Buffalo Sabres	T 3–3, at Buffalo Sabres, game page	11-17-5
Sat, Dec 31	vs Boston Bruins	L 0–7, vs Boston Bruins, game page	11-18-5
Thu, Jan 5	vs Toronto Maple Leafs	W 2–1, vs Toronto Maple Leafs, game page	12-18-5
Sun, Jan 8	vs Los Angeles Kings	W 4–3, vs Los Angeles Kings, game page	13-18-5
Wed, Jan 11	at Washington Capitals	W 6–3, at Washington Capitals, game page	14-18-5
Thu, Jan 12	vs Montreal Canadiens	L 1–6, vs Montreal Canadiens, game page	14-19-5
Sat, Jan 14	vs Buffalo Sabres	W 6–2, vs Buffalo Sabres, game page	15-19-5
Wed, Jan 18	at Colorado Rockies	T 4–4, at Colorado Rockies, game page	15-19-6
Thu, Jan 19	vs Chicago Blackhawks	W 4–2, vs Chicago Blackhawks, game page	16-19-6
Sat, Jan 21	at Boston Bruins	L 1–7, at Boston Bruins, game page	16-20-6
Sun, Jan 22	vs Washington Capitals	W 6–3, vs Washington Capitals, game page	17-20-6
Sat, Jan 28	at Chicago Blackhawks	L 1–6, at Chicago Blackhawks, game page	17-21-6
Sun, Jan 29	vs Philadelphia Flyers	T 3–3, vs Philadelphia Flyers, game page	17-21-7
Tue, Jan 31	vs Pittsburgh Penguins	L 3–5, vs Pittsburgh Penguins, game page	17-22-7
Wed, Feb 1	at Cleveland Barons	L 0–2, at Cleveland Barons, game page	17-23-7
Sat, Feb 4	at Toronto Maple Leafs	T 2–2, at Toronto Maple Leafs, game page	17-23-8
Sun, Feb 5	vs Cleveland Barons	W 4–3, vs Cleveland Barons, game page	18-23-8
Tue, Feb 7	at Los Angeles Kings	W 2–1, at Los Angeles Kings, game page	19-23-8
Thu, Feb 9	vs Boston Bruins	L 3–5, vs Boston Bruins, game page	19-24-8
Sat, Feb 11	at New York Islanders	L 5–8, at New York Islanders, game page	19-25-8
Sun, Feb 12	vs Vancouver Canucks	W 8–3, vs Vancouver Canucks, game page	20-25-8
Thu, Feb 16	vs Atlanta Flames	W 5–3, vs Atlanta Flames, game page	21-25-8
Sat, Feb 18	at Philadelphia Flyers	L 2–4, at Philadelphia Flyers, game page	21-26-8
Sun, Feb 19	vs Los Angeles Kings	W 5–1, vs Los Angeles Kings, game page	22-26-8
Thu, Feb 23	vs Washington Capitals	W 4–1, vs Washington Capitals, game page	23-26-8
Sat, Feb 25	at Atlanta Flames	T 2–2, at Atlanta Flames, game page	23-26-9
Sun, Feb 26	vs St. Louis Blues	L 1–3, vs St. Louis Blues, game page	23-27-9
Tue, Feb 28	at Montreal Canadiens	L 3–9, at Montreal Canadiens, game page	23-28-9
Wed, Mar 1	at New York Rangers	L 2–3, at New York Rangers, game page	23-29-9
Sat, Mar 4	at Minnesota North Stars	W 3–1, at Minnesota North Stars, game page	24-29-9
Sun, Mar 5	vs Minnesota North Stars	W 4–3, vs Minnesota North Stars, game page	25-29-9
Thu, Mar 9	vs Boston Bruins	T 2–2, vs Boston Bruins, game page	25-29-10
Sat, Mar 11	vs Colorado Rockies	W 5–4, vs Colorado Rockies, game page	26-29-10
Sun, Mar 12	vs Vancouver Canucks	T 4–4, vs Vancouver Canucks, game page	26-29-11
Thu, Mar 16	at Los Angeles Kings	T 3–3, at Los Angeles Kings, game page	26-29-12
Sat, Mar 18	at Vancouver Canucks	W 5–4, at Vancouver Canucks, game page	27-29-12
Sun, Mar 19	at Colorado Rockies	L 4–6, at Colorado Rockies, game page	27-30-12
Wed, Mar 22	vs Atlanta Flames	W 4–1, vs Atlanta Flames, game page	28-30-12
Sat, Mar 25	at Pittsburgh Penguins	T 2–2, at Pittsburgh Penguins, game page	28-30-13
Sun, Mar 26	at Washington Capitals	W 4–1, at Washington Capitals, game page	29-30-13
Tue, Mar 28	vs Buffalo Sabres	W 7–0, vs Buffalo Sabres, game page	30-30-13
Thu, Mar 30	vs Los Angeles Kings	L 0–4, vs Los Angeles Kings, game page	30-31-13
Sat, Apr 1	at Chicago Blackhawks	L 0–2, at Chicago Blackhawks, game page	30-32-13
Sun, Apr 2	vs New York Islanders	L 2–5, vs New York Islanders, game page	30-33-13
Wed, Apr 5	at Cleveland Barons	T 5–5, at Cleveland Barons, game page	30-33-14
Thu, Apr 6	vs Pittsburgh Penguins	W 6–4, vs Pittsburgh Penguins, game page	31-33-14
Sat, Apr 8	at Montreal Canadiens	L 1–5, at Montreal Canadiens, game page	31-34-14
Sun, Apr 9	vs Montreal Canadiens	W 4–0, vs Montreal Canadiens, game page	32-34-14

Playoffs

Detroit Red Wings 1977-1978 Playoffs games

Date	Opponent	Result
Tue, Apr 11	at Atlanta Flames	W 5–3, at Atlanta Flames, game page
Thu, Apr 13	vs Atlanta Flames	W 3–2, vs Atlanta Flames, game page
Mon, Apr 17	at Montreal Canadiens	L 2–6, at Montreal Canadiens, game page
Wed, Apr 19	at Montreal Canadiens	W 4–2, at Montreal Canadiens, game page
Fri, Apr 21	vs Montreal Canadiens	L 2–4, vs Montreal Canadiens, game page
Sun, Apr 23	vs Montreal Canadiens	L 0–8, vs Montreal Canadiens, game page
Tue, Apr 25	at Montreal Canadiens	L 2–4, at Montreal Canadiens, game page