NHL Plus Minus Leaders 1978-79 | Player Stats

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Plus/minus compares goals for and goals against while the player is on the ice. Higher means the player's team outscored opponents more with him on the ice. Below are the top 443 NHL players ranked by Regular Season Plus Minus for the 1978-79 regular season. For all skaters and goalies across the league, with full stats and sortable rankings, visit the Players page.

#	Player	Team	+/-
1	B. TrottierBryan Trottier 21YC	New YorkNew York Islanders	76
2	D. PotvinDenis Potvin 24YD	New YorkNew York Islanders	71
3	M. BossyMike Bossy 21YRW	New YorkNew York Islanders	63
4	P. MondouPierre Mondou 22YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	58
5	C. GilliesClark Gillies 24YLW	New YorkNew York Islanders	57
6	G. LafleurGuy Lafleur 26YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	55
7	L. RobinsonLarry Robinson 27YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	49
8	S. SavardSerge Savard 32YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	47
9	D. LewisDave Lewis 24YD	New YorkNew York Islanders	44
10	S. PerssonStefan Persson 23YD	New YorkNew York Islanders	38
11	S. ShuttSteve Shutt 26YLW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	38
12	B. BourneBob Bourne 24YC	New YorkNew York Islanders	34
13	B. MacMillanBob MacMillan 25YRW	AtlantaAtlanta Flames	34
14	D. HutchisonDave Hutchison 26YD	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	34
15	G. FoxGreg Fox 24YD	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	34
16	R. MiddletonRick Middleton 24YRW	BostonBoston Bruins	32
17	B. SalmingBorje Salming 27YD	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	31
18	G. LupienGilles Lupien 24YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	31
19	Y. LambertYvon Lambert 28YLW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	30
20	J. TonelliJohn Tonelli 21YLW	New YorkNew York Islanders	29
21	G. HartGerry Hart 30YD	New YorkNew York Islanders	29
22	P. McNabPeter McNab 26YC	BostonBoston Bruins	28
23	B. LorimerBob Lorimer 24YD	New YorkNew York Islanders	28
24	B. ParkBrad Park 29YD	BostonBoston Bruins	28
25	D. TaylorDave Taylor 22YRW	Los AngelesLos Angeles Kings	27
26	G. LapointeGuy Lapointe 30YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	27
27	B. HarrisBilly Harris 26YRW	New YorkNew York Islanders	26
28	P. RibblePat Ribble 24YD	ChicagoChicago Blackhawks	26
29	B. DunlopBlake Dunlop 25YC	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	26
30	E. VailEric Vail 24YLW	AtlantaAtlanta Flames	25
31	G. ChouinardGuy Chouinard 21YC	AtlantaAtlanta Flames	23
32	B. MarshBrad Marsh 20YD	AtlantaAtlanta Flames	23
33	D. ShandDave Shand 21YD	AtlantaAtlanta Flames	23
34	M. TremblayMario Tremblay 21YRW	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	23
35	M. MilburyMike Milbury 26YD	BostonBoston Bruins	23
36	A. SimsAl Sims 25YD	BostonBoston Bruins	23
37	M. DionneMarcel Dionne 26YC	Los AngelesLos Angeles Kings	22
38	D. RisebroughDoug Risebrough 24YC	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	22
39	C. RamsayCraig Ramsay 27YLW	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	21
40	W. McKechnieWalt McKechnie 31YC	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	21
41	A. DupontAndre Dupont 28YD	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	21
42	B. MillerBob Miller 21YC	BostonBoston Bruins	21
43	J. PronovostJean Pronovost 32YRW	AtlantaAtlanta Flames	21
44	R. StackhouseRon Stackhouse 28YD	PittsburghPittsburgh Penguins	21
45	B. EngblomBrian Engblom 23YD	MontréalMontréal Canadiens	21
46	A. HedbergAnders Hedberg 27YRW	New YorkNew York Rangers	20
47	B. BarberBill Barber 25YLW	PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia Flyers	20
48	D. LuceDon Luce 29YC	BuffaloBuffalo Sabres	20
49	D. MaloneyDan Maloney 27YLW	TorontoToronto Maple Leafs	20
50	J. WensinkJohn Wensink 25YLW	BostonBoston Bruins	20