1978–79 Detroit Red Wings
Season record and every player who suited up
23-41-16 · 62 points · 252 goals for, 295 against · Norris Division · 15th in the league
Regular season · Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/− | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaclav Nedomansky | C | 80 | 38 | 35 | 73 | -13 | 19 |
| Dale McCourt | C | 79 | 28 | 43 | 71 | -28 | 14 |
| Reed Larson | D | 79 | 18 | 49 | 67 | -22 | 169 |
| Errol Thompson | L | 70 | 23 | 31 | 54 | -27 | 26 |
| Andre St. Laurent | C | 76 | 18 | 31 | 49 | -30 | 124 |
| Dan Labraaten | L | 78 | 19 | 19 | 38 | -18 | 8 |
| Paul Woods | C | 80 | 14 | 23 | 37 | -26 | 59 |
| Nick Libett | L | 68 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 4 | 20 |
| Willie Huber | D | 68 | 7 | 24 | 31 | -24 | 114 |
| Dan Bolduc | R | 56 | 16 | 13 | 29 | -9 | 14 |
| Perry Miller | D | 75 | 5 | 23 | 28 | -13 | 156 |
| Thommie Bergman | D | 68 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -25 | 64 |
| Dennis Polonich | C | 62 | 10 | 12 | 22 | -10 | 208 |
| Roland Cloutier | C | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Dennis Hextall | C | 20 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 33 |
| Fern LeBlanc | C | 29 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Lochead | L | 40 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 20 |
| Greg Carroll | C | 36 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 8 |
| Bill Hogaboam | C | 18 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 4 |
| J.P. Leblanc | C | 24 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 4 |
| Jean Hamel | D | 52 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -8 | 72 |
| Terry Harper | D | 51 | 0 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 58 |
| Greg Joly | D | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -8 | 6 |
| Al Cameron | D | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| John Hilworth | D | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -12 | 66 |
| Robert Plumb | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| Larry Gloekner | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 6 |
| John Taft | D | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Brent Peterson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mal Davis | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| David Hanson | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 26 |
| Steven Short | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bjorn Skaare | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Regular season · Goalies
| Player | Pos | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogie Vachon | G | 50 | 10 | 27 | 11 | 3.91 | 0.863 | 0 | |
| Jim Rutherford | G | 32 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3.27 | 0.884 | 1 |