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59-10-11 (129 points), Finished 1st in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
1977-78 Stanley Cup Champions
Scored 359 goals, Allowed 183 goals, SRS: 2.06 (1st of 18)
Coached by Scotty Bowman (59-10-11)
Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-2) over Boston Bruins
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) over Toronto Maple Leafs
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Detroit Red Wings
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1977-78 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 80 | 59 | 10 | 11 | 129 | .806 | 359 | 183 | 2.06 | 6.78 | 73 | 229 | 31.88 | 40 | 211 | 81.04 | 9 | 1 |
| League Average | 80 | 33 | 33 | 15 | 80 | .500 | 264 | 264 | 0.00 | 6.59 | 54 | 255 | 21.15 | 54 | 255 | 78.85 | 6 | 6 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guy Lafleur | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | 78 | 60 | 72 | 132 | 1.69 | 53 | 0.68 | 186 | 57 | 57 | 1 | 73 | 26 | 45 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 307 | 3.94 | 19.5 | ||
| 2 | Jacques Lemaire | C | 5-10 | 180 | 32 | 76 | 36 | 61 | 97 | 1.28 | 37 | 0.49 | 143 | 41 | 60 | 12 | 54 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 310 | 4.08 | 11.6 | ||
| 3 | Steve Shutt | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 80 | 49 | 37 | 86 | 1.08 | 36 | 0.45 | 145 | 42 | 47 | 0 | 56 | 24 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 243 | 3.04 | 20.2 | ||
| 4 | Larry Robinson | D | 6-4 | 225 | 26 | 80 | 13 | 52 | 65 | 0.81 | 23 | 0.29 | 196 | 45 | 107 | 27 | 71 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 154 | 1.93 | 8.4 | ||
| 5 | Rejean Houle | W | 5-11 | 170 | 28 | 76 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 0.76 | 24 | 0.31 | 96 | 23 | 41 | 7 | 39 | 50 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 143 | 1.88 | 21.0 | ||
| 6 | Yvan Cournoyer | RW | 5-7 | 178 | 34 | 68 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 0.78 | 21 | 0.31 | 75 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 125 | 1.84 | 19.2 | ||
| 7 | Pierre Mondou | C | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 71 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 0.69 | 19 | 0.27 | 71 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 32 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 1.86 | 14.4 | ||
| 8 | Pierre Larouche | C | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | 44 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 1.11 | 19 | 0.43 | 70 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 1.98 | 19.5 | ||
| 9 | Serge Savard | D | 6-3 | 210 | 32 | 77 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 0.55 | 15 | 0.19 | 155 | 33 | 88 | 28 | 62 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 1.34 | 7.8 | ||
| 10 | Guy Lapointe | D | 6-0 | 205 | 29 | 49 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 0.86 | 16 | 0.32 | 115 | 31 | 52 | 14 | 46 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 148 | 3.02 | 8.8 | ||
| 11 | Doug Risebrough | C | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | 72 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 0.57 | 16 | 0.23 | 66 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 30 | 97 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 1.60 | 15.7 | ||
| 12 | Yvon Lambert | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | 77 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 0.52 | 16 | 0.21 | 64 | 19 | 39 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 1.39 | 16.8 | ||
| 13 | Doug Jarvis | C | 5-9 | 170 | 22 | 80 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 0.49 | 14 | 0.18 | 52 | 6 | 59 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 129 | 1.61 | 8.5 | ||
| 14 | Bob Gainey | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | 66 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 0.47 | 13 | 0.19 | 50 | 8 | 49 | 18 | 11 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 140 | 2.12 | 10.7 | ||
| 15 | Bill Nyrop | D | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | 72 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 0.36 | 9 | 0.13 | 108 | 1 | 62 | 11 | 56 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 0.96 | 7.2 | ||
| 16 | Mario Tremblay | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | 56 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 0.43 | 9 | 0.17 | 34 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 1.59 | 11.2 | ||
| 17 | Rick Chartraw | D/RW | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | 68 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.24 | 6 | 0.09 | 43 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 16 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 1.10 | 5.3 | ||
| 18 | Pierre Bouchard | D | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | 59 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.17 | 4 | 0.07 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 0.93 | 7.3 | ||
| 19 | Pete Mahovlich | C | 6-5 | 210 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.47 | 3 | 0.18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 1.65 | 10.7 | ||
| 20 | Gilles Lupien | D | 6-6 | 210 | 23 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.09 | 1 | 0.03 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.43 | 5.0 | ||
| 21 | Brian Engblom | D | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.11 | 1 | 0.04 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1.00 | 3.6 | ||
| 22 | Murray Wilson | LW | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.03 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.75 | 0.0 | ||
| 23 | Mike Polich | C/LW | 5-8 | 170 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 24 | Rod Schutt | LW | 5-10 | 185 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 25 | Pat Hughes | RW | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.67 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 359 | 563 | 922 | 11.53 | 359 | 4.49 | 359 | 73 | 183 | 40 | 143 | 735 | 277 | 73 | 9 | 59 | 2621 | 32.76 | 13.7 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Dryden | G | 6-4 | 205 | 30 | 52 | 3071 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 81 | .794 | 5 | 105 | 2.05 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Michel Larocque | G | 5-10 | 200 | 25 | 30 | 1729 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 48 | .828 | 1 | 77 | 2.67 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 59 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 182 | 2.27 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Robinson | D | 6-4 | 225 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 1.40 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Guy Lafleur | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1.40 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Steve Shutt | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 1.13 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | Jacques Lemaire | C | 5-10 | 180 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0.93 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | Yvan Cournoyer | RW | 5-7 | 178 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0.73 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 6 | Rejean Houle | W | 5-11 | 170 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.73 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | Pierre Mondou | C | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.67 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Bob Gainey | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.60 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Doug Jarvis | C | 5-9 | 170 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.53 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 10 | Serge Savard | D | 6-3 | 210 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.53 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | Guy Lapointe | D | 6-0 | 205 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.50 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | Yvon Lambert | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 27 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.40 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 13 | Doug Risebrough | C | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.27 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 14 | Bill Nyrop | D | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Pierre Larouche | C | 5-11 | 175 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.60 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | Mario Tremblay | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.60 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | Rick Chartraw | D/RW | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | Pierre Bouchard | D | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | Gilles Lupien | D | 6-6 | 210 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | Brian Engblom | D | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 15 | 58 | 101 | 159 | 10.60 | 213 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Dryden | G | 6-4 | 205 | 30 | 15 | 919 | 12 | 3 | 24 | .800 | 2 | 29 | 1.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Total | 80 | 919 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 1.89 |