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1977-78 Montreal Canadiens

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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

1977-78 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 12, 1977 Minnesota North Stars W 7 3 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 15, 1977 New York Rangers W 5 0 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Oct 16, 1977 @ Boston Bruins W 2 0 3 0 0 W 3
4 Wed, Oct 19, 1977 @ Washington Capitals W 5 3 4 0 0 W 4
5 Thu, Oct 20, 1977 @ Detroit Red Wings T 2 2 4 0 1 T 1
6 Sun, Oct 23, 1977 @ New York Rangers W 6 2 5 0 1 W 1
7 Mon, Oct 24, 1977 Washington Capitals W 5 1 6 0 1 W 2
8 Wed, Oct 26, 1977 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T 2 2 6 0 2 T 1
9 Sat, Oct 29, 1977 Los Angeles Kings L 3 5 6 1 2 L 1
10 Sun, Oct 30, 1977 Buffalo Sabres L 0 4 6 2 2 L 2
11 Wed, Nov 2, 1977 Atlanta Flames T 2 2 6 2 3 T 1
12 Sat, Nov 5, 1977 Boston Bruins W 5 2 7 2 3 W 1
13 Mon, Nov 7, 1977 Minnesota North Stars L 3 5 7 3 3 L 1
14 Thu, Nov 10, 1977 @ New York Islanders W 5 1 8 3 3 W 1
15 Sat, Nov 12, 1977 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 0 9 3 3 W 2
16 Sun, Nov 13, 1977 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 3 2 10 3 3 W 3
17 Wed, Nov 16, 1977 @ Colorado Rockies W 4 1 11 3 3 W 4
18 Sat, Nov 19, 1977 @ Los Angeles Kings W 4 2 12 3 3 W 5
19 Wed, Nov 23, 1977 @ Cleveland Barons L 1 2 12 4 3 L 1
20 Thu, Nov 24, 1977 Buffalo Sabres W 4 1 13 4 3 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 26, 1977 Detroit Red Wings W 3 1 14 4 3 W 2
22 Tue, Nov 29, 1977 Pittsburgh Penguins W 9 1 15 4 3 W 3
23 Thu, Dec 1, 1977 @ Buffalo Sabres L 1 3 15 5 3 L 1
24 Sat, Dec 3, 1977 Chicago Black Hawks W 3 2 16 5 3 W 1
25 Mon, Dec 5, 1977 Atlanta Flames T 2 2 16 5 4 T 1
26 Thu, Dec 8, 1977 St. Louis Blues W 8 1 17 5 4 W 1
27 Sat, Dec 10, 1977 Vancouver Canucks W 7 2 18 5 4 W 2
28 Mon, Dec 12, 1977 @ Cleveland Barons W 5 1 19 5 4 W 3
29 Wed, Dec 14, 1977 @ Minnesota North Stars L 2 3 19 6 4 L 1
30 Sat, Dec 17, 1977 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 5 19 7 4 L 2
31 Sun, Dec 18, 1977 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 2 0 20 7 4 W 1
32 Wed, Dec 21, 1977 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 2 21 7 4 W 2
33 Fri, Dec 23, 1977 New York Islanders W 7 5 22 7 4 W 3
34 Tue, Dec 27, 1977 Cleveland Barons W 5 3 23 7 4 W 4
35 Thu, Dec 29, 1977 Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 3 24 7 4 W 5
36 Sat, Dec 31, 1977 @ New York Islanders W 4 2 25 7 4 W 6
37 Tue, Jan 3, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues W 2 0 26 7 4 W 7
38 Wed, Jan 4, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames W 4 1 27 7 4 W 8
39 Mon, Jan 9, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers T 3 3 27 7 5 T 1
40 Wed, Jan 11, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 8 6 28 7 5 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 12, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings W 6 1 29 7 5 W 2
42 Sat, Jan 14, 1978 Boston Bruins W 5 3 30 7 5 W 3
43 Wed, Jan 18, 1978 @ Cleveland Barons W 7 4 31 7 5 W 4
44 Thu, Jan 19, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 1 1 31 7 6 T 1
45 Sat, Jan 21, 1978 Vancouver Canucks W 8 1 32 7 6 W 1
46 Thu, Jan 26, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames W 5 2 33 7 6 W 2
47 Sat, Jan 28, 1978 Los Angeles Kings W 6 3 34 7 6 W 3
48 Tue, Jan 31, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies W 5 3 35 7 6 W 4
49 Thu, Feb 2, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks T 4 4 35 7 7 T 1
50 Sat, Feb 4, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings T 5 5 35 7 8 T 2
51 Thu, Feb 9, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks T 3 3 35 7 9 T 3
52 Sat, Feb 11, 1978 St. Louis Blues W 7 3 36 7 9 W 1
53 Sun, Feb 12, 1978 @ New York Rangers W 5 3 37 7 9 W 2
54 Wed, Feb 15, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues W 6 2 38 7 9 W 3
55 Fri, Feb 17, 1978 @ Washington Capitals W 8 2 39 7 9 W 4
56 Sat, Feb 18, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 9 4 40 7 9 W 5
57 Mon, Feb 20, 1978 Buffalo Sabres W 4 2 41 7 9 W 6
58 Thu, Feb 23, 1978 Cleveland Barons W 5 1 42 7 9 W 7
59 Sat, Feb 25, 1978 New York Rangers L 3 6 42 8 9 L 1
60 Sun, Feb 26, 1978 New York Islanders W 2 1 43 8 9 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 28, 1978 Detroit Red Wings W 9 3 44 8 9 W 2
62 Wed, Mar 1, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 2 45 8 9 W 3
63 Sat, Mar 4, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers W 7 1 46 8 9 W 4
64 Mon, Mar 6, 1978 @ Buffalo Sabres L 1 2 46 9 9 L 1
65 Wed, Mar 8, 1978 Washington Capitals W 4 3 47 9 9 W 1
66 Thu, Mar 9, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 4 1 48 9 9 W 2
67 Sat, Mar 11, 1978 Los Angeles Kings W 5 3 49 9 9 W 3
68 Mon, Mar 13, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars W 5 2 50 9 9 W 4
69 Wed, Mar 15, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 6 2 51 9 9 W 5
70 Sat, Mar 18, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings W 6 3 52 9 9 W 6
71 Mon, Mar 20, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks W 5 1 53 9 9 W 7
72 Thu, Mar 23, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 5 3 54 9 9 W 8
73 Sat, Mar 25, 1978 Washington Capitals W 5 0 55 9 9 W 9
74 Sun, Mar 26, 1978 @ Boston Bruins T 2 2 55 9 10 T 1
75 Wed, Mar 29, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins W 6 2 56 9 10 W 1
76 Sat, Apr 1, 1978 Boston Bruins W 7 1 57 9 10 W 2
77 Sun, Apr 2, 1978 @ Washington Capitals T 4 4 57 9 11 T 1
78 Wed, Apr 5, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 3 58 9 11 W 1
79 Sat, Apr 8, 1978 Detroit Red Wings W 5 1 59 9 11 W 2
80 Sun, Apr 9, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings L 0 4 59 10 11 L 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Mon, Apr 17, 1978 Detroit Red Wings W 6 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 19, 1978 Detroit Red Wings L 2 4 1 1 0 L 1
3 Fri, Apr 21, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings W 4 2 2 1 0 W 1
4 Sun, Apr 23, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings W 8 0 3 1 0 W 2
5 Tue, Apr 25, 1978 Detroit Red Wings W 4 2 4 1 0 W 3
6 Tue, May 2, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 3 5 1 0 W 4
7 Thu, May 4, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 2 6 1 0 W 5
8 Sat, May 6, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 1 7 1 0 W 6
9 Tue, May 9, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 2 0 8 1 0 W 7
10 Sat, May 13, 1978 Boston Bruins W 4 1 9 1 0 W 8
11 Tue, May 16, 1978 Boston Bruins W OT 3 2 10 1 0 W 9
12 Thu, May 18, 1978 @ Boston Bruins L 0 4 10 2 0 L 1
13 Sun, May 21, 1978 @ Boston Bruins L OT 3 4 10 3 0 L 2
14 Tue, May 23, 1978 Boston Bruins W 4 1 11 3 0 W 1
15 Thu, May 25, 1978 @ Boston Bruins W 4 1 12 3 0 W 2