NHL Defensemen Scoring Leaders 1978‑1979

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NHL defenseman scoring leaders in the 1978-1979 season.

			Overall NHL Stats									Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			per Game			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Rk		Name	Team	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
1		Denis Potvin	NYI	25	D	73	31	70	101	58	71					16	12	3	2	0	39	30	1	11	0	55	42	4	13	0	41.6%										0.425	0.959	1.384	237	13.1%
2		Börje Salming	TOR	27	D	78	17	56	73	76	31					13	4	0	2	0	28	27	1	8	0	41	31	1	10	0	42.5%										0.218	0.718	0.936	230	7.4%
3		Reed Larson	DET	22	D	79	18	49	67	169	-22					10	6	2	0	0	23	25	1	3	0	33	31	3	3	0	46.3%										0.228	0.620	0.848	271	6.6%
4		Stefan Persson	NYI	24	D	78	10	56	66	57	38					4	6	0	1	0	21	34	1	7	0	25	40	1	8	0	60.6%										0.128	0.718	0.846	113	8.9%
5		Robert Picard	WSH	21	D	77	21	44	65	85	3					13	8	0	2	0	20	23	1	4	0	33	31	1	6	0	47.7%										0.273	0.571	0.844	243	8.6%
6		Ian Turnbull	TOR	25	D	80	12	51	63	80	-8					8	4	0	0	0	35	16	0	7	0	43	20	0	7	0	31.7%										0.150	0.638	0.788	239	5.0%
7		Larry Robinson	MTL	27	D	67	16	45	61	33	49					12	4	0	1	0	32	12	1	5	0	44	16	1	6	0	26.2%										0.239	0.672	0.910	146	11.0%
8		Mike McEwen	NYR	22	D	80	20	38	58	35	11					13	7	0	4	0	23	14	1	8	0	36	21	1	12	0	36.2%										0.250	0.475	0.725	204	9.8%
9		Guy Lapointe	MTL	30	D	69	13	42	55	43	27					7	6	0	1	0	25	17	0	8	0	32	23	0	9	0	41.8%										0.188	0.609	0.797	204	6.4%
10		Ron Greschner	NYR	24	D	60	17	36	53	66	0					9	8	0	1	0	23	12	1	6	0	32	20	1	7	0	37.7%										0.283	0.600	0.883	153	11.1%
11		Bob Murray	CHI	24	D	79	19	32	51	38	4					14	4	1	0	0	27	5	0	2	0	41	9	1	2	0	17.6%										0.241	0.405	0.646	220	8.6%
12		Jerry Korab	BUF	30	D	78	11	40	51	104	8					2	8	1	0	0	22	16	2	4	0	24	24	3	4	0	47.1%										0.141	0.513	0.654	204	5.4%
13		Behn Wilson	PHI	20	D	80	13	36	49	197	14					7	6	0	2	0	21	14	1	6	0	28	20	1	8	0	40.8%										0.163	0.450	0.613	174	7.5%
14		Randy Carlyle	PIT	22	D	70	13	34	47	78	4					9	3	1	3	0	18	16	0	6	0	27	19	1	9	0	40.4%										0.186	0.486	0.671	208	6.3%
15		Carol Vadnais	NYR	33	D	77	8	37	45	86	14					3	4	1	1	0	21	13	3	3	0	24	17	4	4	0	37.8%										0.104	0.481	0.584	149	5.4%
16		Rob Palmer	LAK	22	D	78	4	41	45	26	-14					1	2	1	0	0	32	8	1	7	0	33	10	2	7	0	22.2%										0.051	0.526	0.577	130	3.1%
17		Gary Sargent	MNS	24	D	79	12	32	44	39	-12					4	8	0	1	0	21	11	0	4	0	25	19	0	5	0	43.2%										0.152	0.405	0.557	182	6.6%
18		Ron Stackhouse	PIT	29	D	75	10	33	43	54	21					6	3	1	1	0	22	11	0	2	0	28	14	1	3	0	32.6%										0.133	0.440	0.573	173	5.8%
19		John Van Boxmeer	CLR	26	D	76	9	34	43	46	-26					5	4	0	0	0	20	14	0	2	0	25	18	0	2	0	41.9%										0.118	0.447	0.566	189	4.8%
20		Barry Beck	CLR	21	D	63	14	28	42	91	-30					9	5	0	0	0	18	10	0	2	0	27	15	0	2	0	35.7%										0.222	0.444	0.667	217	6.5%
21		Rick Green	WSH	22	D	71	8	33	41	62	-45					5	2	1	0	0	21	12	0	4	0	26	14	1	4	0	34.1%										0.113	0.465	0.577	133	6.0%
22		Bob Dailey	PHI	25	D	70	9	30	39	63	20					8	1	0	1	0	16	13	1	5	0	24	14	1	6	0	35.9%										0.129	0.429	0.557	164	5.5%
23		Brad Park	BOS	30	D	40	7	32	39	10	28					4	3	0	0	0	11	20	1	5	0	15	23	1	5	0	59.0%										0.175	0.800	0.975	96	7.3%
24		Phil Russell	AFM	26	D	79	9	29	38	150	-5					6	2	1	1	0	21	8	0	3	0	27	10	1	4	0	26.3%										0.114	0.367	0.481	166	5.4%
25		Brad Maxwell	MNS	21	D	71	9	28	37	145	-12					4	5	0	0	0	14	14	0	3	0	18	19	0	3	0	51.4%										0.127	0.394	0.521	201	4.5%
26		Randy Manery	LAK	29	D	71	8	27	35	64	5					6	2	0	2	0	15	11	1	3	0	21	13	1	5	0	37.1%										0.113	0.380	0.493	116	6.9%
27		Mike Milbury	BOS	26	D	74	1	34	35	149	23					1	0	0	0	0	30	3	1	8	0	31	3	1	8	0	8.6%										0.014	0.459	0.473	76	1.3%
28		Jack Brownschidle	STL	23	D	64	10	24	34	14	-19					5	5	0	1	0	13	11	0	1	0	18	16	0	2	0	47.1%										0.156	0.375	0.531	101	9.9%
29		Dennis Kearns	VAN	33	D	78	3	31	34	28	-23					3	0	0	0	0	18	13	0	7	0	21	13	0	7	0	38.2%										0.038	0.397	0.436	102	2.9%
30		Dick Redmond	BOS	29	D	64	7	26	33	21	1					3	4	0	1	0	11	15	0	4	0	14	19	0	5	0	57.6%										0.109	0.406	0.516	144	4.9%
31		Serge Savard	MTL	32	D	80	7	26	33	30	47					4	1	2	0	0	23	3	0	3	0	27	4	2	3	0	12.1%										0.088	0.325	0.413	82	8.5%
32		Greg Smith	MNS	23	D	80	5	27	32	147	-20					4	1	0	1	0	22	5	0	4	0	26	6	0	5	0	18.8%										0.063	0.338	0.400	193	2.6%
33		Bob Murdoch	AFM	32	D	67	8	23	31	70	2					6	2	0	1	0	18	5	0	2	0	24	7	0	3	0	22.6%										0.119	0.343	0.463	116	6.9%
34		Willie Huber	DET	20	D	68	7	24	31	114	-24					3	4	0	2	0	12	12	0	3	0	15	16	0	5	0	51.6%										0.103	0.353	0.456	153	4.6%
35		Harold Snepsts	VAN	24	D	76	7	24	31	130	-27					3	4	0	0	0	14	10	0	1	0	17	14	0	1	0	45.2%										0.092	0.316	0.408	115	6.1%
36		Mario Marois	NYR	21	D	71	5	26	31	153	17					4	1	0	0	0	17	9	0	1	0	21	10	0	1	0	32.3%										0.070	0.366	0.437	115	4.4%
37		Leif Svensson	WSH	27	D	74	2	29	31	28	-1					2	0	0	0	0	18	10	1	2	0	20	10	1	2	0	32.3%										0.027	0.392	0.419	72	2.8%
38		Al Sims	BOS	25	D	67	9	20	29	28	23					9	0	0	2	0	13	7	0	0	0	22	7	0	2	0	24.1%										0.134	0.299	0.433	128	7.0%
39		Dale Tallon	PIT	28	D	63	5	24	29	35	-14					3	2	0	3	0	16	7	1	2	0	19	9	1	5	0	31.0%										0.079	0.381	0.460	91	5.5%
40		Barry Gibbs	STL	30	D	76	2	27	29	46	-41					2	0	0	0	0	25	2	0	2	0	27	2	0	2	0	6.9%										0.026	0.355	0.382	84	2.4%
41		Dave Maloney	NYR	22	D	76	11	17	28	151	16					9	0	2	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	25	1	2	1	0	3.6%										0.145	0.224	0.368	83	13.3%
42		Perry Miller	DET	26	D	75	5	23	28	156	-13					2	3	0	1	0	15	8	0	2	0	17	11	0	3	0	39.3%										0.067	0.307	0.373	122	4.1%
43		Thommie Bergman	DET	31	D	68	10	17	27	64	-25					6	3	1	1	0	13	4	0	1	0	19	7	1	2	0	25.9%										0.147	0.250	0.397	88	11.4%
44		Larry Giroux	STL	27	D	73	5	22	27	111	-27					5	0	0	1	0	21	1	0	1	0	26	1	0	2	0	3.7%										0.068	0.301	0.370	107	4.7%
45		Tom Bladon	PIT	26	D	78	4	23	27	64	-17					3	1	0	0	0	14	9	0	1	0	17	10	0	1	0	37.0%										0.051	0.295	0.346	135	3.0%
46		Doug Wilson	CHI	21	D	56	5	21	26	37	4					2	2	1	0	0	12	9	0	5	0	14	11	1	5	0	42.3%										0.089	0.375	0.464	136	3.7%
47		Richard Mulhern	LAK	23	D	73	5	21	26	45	3					4	1	0	0	0	19	2	0	4	0	23	3	0	4	0	11.5%										0.068	0.288	0.356	115	4.4%
48		Mike O'Connell	CHI	23	D	48	4	22	26	20	-1					3	1	0	0	0	15	6	1	2	0	18	7	1	2	0	26.9%										0.083	0.458	0.542	83	4.8%
49		Dave Shand	AFM	22	D	79	4	22	26	64	23					3	0	1	0	0	22	0	0	5	0	25	0	1	5	0	0.0%										0.051	0.278	0.329	81	4.9%
50		Jim Schoenfeld	BUF	26	D	46	8	17	25	67	8					2	6	0	0	0	13	2	2	3	0	15	8	2	3	0	32.0%										0.174	0.370	0.543	99	8.1%

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