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1978–79 Edmonton Oilers season

WHA hockey team season (last season of WHA)

Field	Value
League	WHA
Season	1978–79
year	1978
Team	Edmonton Oilers
Division	WHA
DivisionRank	1st
Record	48–30–2
HomeRecord	29–11–1
RoadRecord	19–19–1
GoalsFor	340
GoalsAgainst	266
GeneralManager	Larry Gordon
Coach	Glen Sather
Captain	Paul Shmyr
AltCaptain	Ron Chipperfield
Peter Driscoll
Al Hamilton
Blair MacDonald
Arena	Northlands Coliseum
GoalsLeader	Wayne Gretzky (43)
AssistsLeader	Wayne Gretzky (61)
PointsLeader	Wayne Gretzky (104)
PlusMinusLeader	Paul Shmyr (+37)
PIMLeader	Dave Semenko (158)
WinsLeader	Dave Dryden (41)
GAALeader	Dave Dryden (2.89)
MinorLeague	Springfield Indians (AHL)
Dallas Black Hawks (CHL)

Peter Driscoll Al Hamilton Blair MacDonald Dallas Black Hawks (CHL) The 1978–79 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' seventh season of operation. The Oilers placed first and made it to the Avco Cup Final, losing to the Winnipeg Jets. This was the organization's last season in the WHA before joining the National Hockey League.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||W||October 13, 1978||3–2 || align="left"| Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) ||1–0–0 |- |2||L||October 17, 1978||1–2 || align="left"| New England Whalers (1978–79) ||1–1–0 |- |3||W||October 20, 1978||4–3 || align="left"| @ Indianapolis Racers (1978–79) ||2–1–0 |- |4||L||October 21, 1978||3–4 || align="left"| @ Cincinnati Stingers (1978–79) ||2–2–0 |- |5||W||October 22, 1978||6–2 || align="left"| @ Winnipeg Jets (1978–79) ||3–2–0 |- |6||L||October 24, 1978||2–3 || align="left"| Birmingham Bulls (1978–79) ||3–3–0 |- |7||L||October 29, 1978||2–6 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) ||3–4–0 |- |8||L||October 31, 1978||4–5 || align="left"| Quebec Nordiques (1978–79) ||3–5–0

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 26 || New England || 2 – 6 || Edmonton || 1–0 |- | 2 || April 27 || New England || 5 – 9 || Edmonton || 2–0 |- | 3 || April 29 || Edmonton || 1 – 4 || New England || 2–1 |- | 4 || May 1 || Edmonton || 4 – 5 || New England || 2–2 |- | 5 || May 3 || New England || 2 – 5 || Edmonton || 3–2 |- | 6 || May 6 || Edmonton || 8 – 4 || New England || 3–3 |- | 7 || May 8 || New England || 3 – 6 || Edmonton || 4–3

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Player statistics

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
C	72	43	61	104	19	23	9	0
RW	80	34	37	71	44	35	3	4
C	71	31	39	70	79	29	12	0
C	55	32	37	69	47	25	6	0
RW	73	28	36	64	14	26	9	0
C	74	26	37	63	31	24	6	1
C	68	31	30	61	20	24	3	0
D	72	14	33	47	85	10	3	0
D	80	8	39	47	119	37	0	0
D	80	6	38	44	38	22	2	0
C	73	18	22	40	50	15	4	3
LW	69	17	23	40	115	16	3	0
LW	72	7	25	32	134	7	0	0
D	54	8	23	31	16	-5	2	1
D	77	6	21	27	76	33	3	0
LW	77	10	14	24	158	-12	2	0
D	41	2	15	17	82	22	0	0
C	29	6	3	9	4	-9	1	0
LW	38	5	4	9	22	-8	1	0
G	63	0	8	8	0	0	0	0
D	20	3	4	7	4	4	0	0
RW	17	4	2	6	14	-3	0	0
D	35	0	5	5	18	5	0	0
LW	12	1	1	2	8	-5	1	0
G	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	11	1	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0
D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
	3531	63	41	17	2	170	2.89	3
	1068	22	7	10	0	71	3.99	1
	90	2	0	1	0	10	6.67	0
	144	3	0	2	0	9	3.75	0
Team:	4833	80	48	30	2	260	3.23	4

|- |}

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
C	13	10	10	20	2	1
C	13	9	10	19	8	0
RW	13	8	10	18	6	0
C	13	5	10	15	15	1
C	12	6	6	12	4	1
D	13	4	5	9	4	0
D	13	0	9	9	2	0
D	11	0	9	9	4	0
RW	10	5	2	7	2	1
C	13	2	5	7	2	1
LW	13	1	6	7	8	0
LW	11	4	2	6	29	0
D	13	1	5	6	23	0
LW	13	2	3	5	42	0
RW	2	1	2	3	0	0
C	11	1	1	2	12	0
RW	4	1	1	2	11	1
D	13	1	0	1	35	0
G	13	0	1	1	0	0
D	13	0	1	1	25	0
LW	2	0	0	0	4	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
	687	13	6	7	42	3.67
	90	3	0	0	6	4.00
Team:	777	13	6	7	48	3.71

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

  MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Wayne Gretzky	4th WHA Hat-Trick	April 15, 1979

Transactions

Trades

Date	To Edmonton Oilers	Traded to	Traded for
	Bill Goldsworthy	Indianapolis Racers	Juha Widing
	Larry Hendrick	Minnesota North Stars (NHL)	Cash
	Peter Driscoll
Eddie Mio
Wayne Gretzky	Indianapolis Racers	($850,000) Cash

Players acquired

Date		style="width: 13em;"	Player		style="width: 15em;"	Former team	Term
	Claire Alexander
	Wes George
Stan Weir	Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
	Dave Hunter
Ed Walsh	2-year
	Matti Hagman
Mark Napier	Birmingham Bulls
	George Buat
Ron Carter	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
	Jim Neilson
	Rudolf Tajcnar
	John Hughes
	Mike Brown
	Hannu Kamppuri
Risto Siltanen	Ilves Tampere (Liiga)
	Mark Miller
	Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

Players lost

Date		style="width: 13em;"	Player		style="width: 15em;"	New team










Don McLeod
Jim Troy

Signings

Date	Player	Term
	Al Hamilton	3-year
	Doug Berry	3-year
Blair MacDonald	4-year
	Bill Flett	1-year
	Larry Hendrick
	Garnet Bailey
	Wayne Gretzky	10-year

Waivers

Date	Player	Team
	Steve Carlson	from New England Whalers
Jim Mayer

References

"1978-79 Edmonton Oilers Schedule".
"1978-79 Edmonton Oilers Statistics – Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com.

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Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
C	72	43	61	104	19	23	9	0
RW	80	34	37	71	44	35	3	4
C	71	31	39	70	79	29	12	0
C	55	32	37	69	47	25	6	0
RW	73	28	36	64	14	26	9	0
C	74	26	37	63	31	24	6	1
C	68	31	30	61	20	24	3	0
D	72	14	33	47	85	10	3	0
D	80	8	39	47	119	37	0	0
D	80	6	38	44	38	22	2	0
C	73	18	22	40	50	15	4	3
LW	69	17	23	40	115	16	3	0
LW	72	7	25	32	134	7	0	0
D	54	8	23	31	16	-5	2	1
D	77	6	21	27	76	33	3	0
LW	77	10	14	24	158	-12	2	0
D	41	2	15	17	82	22	0	0
C	29	6	3	9	4	-9	1	0
LW	38	5	4	9	22	-8	1	0
G	63	0	8	8	0	0	0	0
D	20	3	4	7	4	4	0	0
RW	17	4	2	6	14	-3	0	0
D	35	0	5	5	18	5	0	0
LW	12	1	1	2	8	-5	1	0
G	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	11	1	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0
D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
C	13	10	10	20	2	1
C	13	9	10	19	8	0
RW	13	8	10	18	6	0
C	13	5	10	15	15	1
C	12	6	6	12	4	1
D	13	4	5	9	4	0
D	13	0	9	9	2	0
D	11	0	9	9	4	0
RW	10	5	2	7	2	1
C	13	2	5	7	2	1
LW	13	1	6	7	8	0
LW	11	4	2	6	29	0
D	13	1	5	6	23	0
LW	13	2	3	5	42	0
RW	2	1	2	3	0	0
C	11	1	1	2	12	0
RW	4	1	1	2	11	1
D	13	1	0	1	35	0
G	13	0	1	1	0	0
D	13	0	1	1	25	0
LW	2	0	0	0	4	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
C	72	43	61	104	19	23	9	0
RW	80	34	37	71	44	35	3	4
C	71	31	39	70	79	29	12	0
C	55	32	37	69	47	25	6	0
RW	73	28	36	64	14	26	9	0
C	74	26	37	63	31	24	6	1
C	68	31	30	61	20	24	3	0
D	72	14	33	47	85	10	3	0
D	80	8	39	47	119	37	0	0
D	80	6	38	44	38	22	2	0
C	73	18	22	40	50	15	4	3
LW	69	17	23	40	115	16	3	0
LW	72	7	25	32	134	7	0	0
D	54	8	23	31	16	-5	2	1
D	77	6	21	27	76	33	3	0
LW	77	10	14	24	158	-12	2	0
D	41	2	15	17	82	22	0	0
C	29	6	3	9	4	-9	1	0
LW	38	5	4	9	22	-8	1	0
G	63	0	8	8	0	0	0	0
D	20	3	4	7	4	4	0	0
RW	17	4	2	6	14	-3	0	0
D	35	0	5	5	18	5	0	0
LW	12	1	1	2	8	-5	1	0
G	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	11	1	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0
D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
C	13	10	10	20	2	1
C	13	9	10	19	8	0
RW	13	8	10	18	6	0
C	13	5	10	15	15	1
C	12	6	6	12	4	1
D	13	4	5	9	4	0
D	13	0	9	9	2	0
D	11	0	9	9	4	0
RW	10	5	2	7	2	1
C	13	2	5	7	2	1
LW	13	1	6	7	8	0
LW	11	4	2	6	29	0
D	13	1	5	6	23	0
LW	13	2	3	5	42	0
RW	2	1	2	3	0	0
C	11	1	1	2	12	0
RW	4	1	1	2	11	1
D	13	1	0	1	35	0
G	13	0	1	1	0	0
D	13	0	1	1	25	0
LW	2	0	0	0	4	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG
C	72	43	61	104	19	23	9	0
RW	80	34	37	71	44	35	3	4
C	71	31	39	70	79	29	12	0
C	55	32	37	69	47	25	6	0
RW	73	28	36	64	14	26	9	0
C	74	26	37	63	31	24	6	1
C	68	31	30	61	20	24	3	0
D	72	14	33	47	85	10	3	0
D	80	8	39	47	119	37	0	0
D	80	6	38	44	38	22	2	0
C	73	18	22	40	50	15	4	3
LW	69	17	23	40	115	16	3	0
LW	72	7	25	32	134	7	0	0
D	54	8	23	31	16	-5	2	1
D	77	6	21	27	76	33	3	0
LW	77	10	14	24	158	-12	2	0
D	41	2	15	17	82	22	0	0
C	29	6	3	9	4	-9	1	0
LW	38	5	4	9	22	-8	1	0
G	63	0	8	8	0	0	0	0
D	20	3	4	7	4	4	0	0
RW	17	4	2	6	14	-3	0	0
D	35	0	5	5	18	5	0	0
LW	12	1	1	2	8	-5	1	0
G	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
LW	3	0	0	0	11	1	0	0
G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RW	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0
D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0
D	2	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GWG
C	13	10	10	20	2	1
C	13	9	10	19	8	0
RW	13	8	10	18	6	0
C	13	5	10	15	15	1
C	12	6	6	12	4	1
D	13	4	5	9	4	0
D	13	0	9	9	2	0
D	11	0	9	9	4	0
RW	10	5	2	7	2	1
C	13	2	5	7	2	1
LW	13	1	6	7	8	0
LW	11	4	2	6	29	0
D	13	1	5	6	23	0
LW	13	2	3	5	42	0
RW	2	1	2	3	0	0
C	11	1	1	2	12	0
RW	4	1	1	2	11	1
D	13	1	0	1	35	0
G	13	0	1	1	0	0
D	13	0	1	1	25	0
LW	2	0	0	0	4	0
G	3	0	0	0	0	0