You Are Here > Hockey-Reference.com > Teams > Montreal Canadiens > 1978-79 Statistics

1978-79 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

Franchise Index: Previous Season ▪ Next Season

52-17-11 (115 points), Finished 1st in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

1978-79 Stanley Cup Champions

Scored 337 goals, Allowed 204 goals, SRS: 1.53 (2nd of 17)
Coached by Scotty Bowman (52-17-11)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Finals (4-1) versus New York Rangers
Won Semi-Finals (4-3) versus Boston Bruins
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) versus Toronto Maple Leafs

1978-79 Montreal Canadiens:

Team Statistics

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
Montreal Canadiens 80 52 17 11 115 .719 337 204 1.53 6.76 68 240 28.33 35 213 83.57 7 7
League Average 80 33 33 13 80 .500 280 280 0.00 7.00 62 271 22.72 62 271 77.28 7 7

Player Statistics

Click on the Player for career statistics and accomplishments.

Scoring Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI TGF PGF TGA PGA
1 Guy Lafleur RW 6-0 185 27 80 52 77 129 56 28 39 13 0 12 342 15.2 178 59 64 1
2 Steve Shutt LW 5-11 185 26 72 37 40 77 37 31 27 10 0 6 192 19.3 109 27 45 0
3 Pierre Mondou C 5-10 185 23 77 31 41 72 59 26 24 6 1 7 163 19.0 114 26 29 0
4 Yvon Lambert LW 6-2 200 28 79 26 40 66 30 26 20 5 1 7 133 19.5 111 30 55 4
5 Larry Robinson D 6-4 225 27 67 16 45 61 50 33 12 4 0 1 147 10.9 156 41 82 17
6 Mario Tremblay RW 6-0 185 22 76 30 29 59 23 74 27 3 0 4 163 18.4 78 6 55 6
7 Jacques Lemaire C 5-10 180 33 50 24 31 55 9 10 17 6 1 4 203 11.8 82 26 53 6
8 Guy Lapointe D 6-0 205 30 69 13 42 55 27 43 7 6 0 1 209 6.2 145 42 98 22
9 Rejean Houle W 5-11 170 29 66 17 34 51 16 43 11 6 0 4 105 16.2 78 18 52 8
10 Bob Gainey LW 6-2 200 25 79 20 18 38 11 44 18 1 1 1 153 13.1 68 1 71 15
11 Serge Savard D 6-3 210 33 80 7 26 33 46 30 4 1 2 0 82 8.5 135 12 104 27
12 Mark Napier RW 5-10 182 22 54 11 20 31 17 11 9 2 0 0 73 15.1 53 17 20 1
13 Doug Risebrough C 5-11 180 25 48 10 15 25 22 62 10 0 0 2 83 12.0 42 0 22 2
14 Doug Jarvis C 5-9 170 23 80 10 13 23 5 16 9 0 1 1 117 8.5 49 1 60 17
15 Pierre Larouche C 5-11 175 23 36 9 13 22 3 4 5 4 0 0 64 14.1 33 17 13 0
16 Pat Hughes RW 6-1 180 23 41 9 8 17 7 22 8 1 0 1 51 17.6 19 2 10 0
17 Rick Chartraw D/RW 6-2 210 24 62 5 11 16 14 29 5 0 0 1 81 6.2 49 1 35 1
18 Brian Engblom D 6-2 200 24 62 3 11 14 21 60 3 0 0 0 60 5.0 58 3 38 4
19 Gilles Lupien D 6-6 210 24 72 1 9 10 33 124 1 0 0 0 58 1.7 57 0 26 2
20 Rod Langway D 6-3 218 21 45 3 4 7 5 30 3 0 0 0 48 6.3 32 1 26 0
21 Yvan Cournoyer RW 5-7 178 35 15 2 5 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 23 8.7 11 3 3 0
22 Cam Connor RW 6-2 200 24 23 1 3 4 2 39 1 0 0 0 12 8.3 7 0 5 0
23 Ken Dryden G 6-4 205 31 47 0 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
24 Michel Larocque G 5-10 200 26 34 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
25 Dan Newman LW 6-1 195 27 16 0 2 2 -1 4 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 4 0 5 0
26 Dave Lumley RW 6-0 185 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 80 337 543 880 497 797 262 68 7 52 2573 13.1 1668 333 971 133

Goalies Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Ken Dryden G 6-4 205 31 47 2814 30 10 7 108 2.30 5
2 Michel Larocque G 5-10 200 26 34 1986 22 7 4 94 2.84 3
Team Total 80 4800 52 17 11 202 2.52 8

Scoring Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP G A PTS +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SPCT TOI ATOI
1 Jacques Lemaire C 5-10 180 33 16 11 12 23 6 5 6 0 2
2 Guy Lafleur RW 6-0 185 27 16 10 13 23 0 8 2 0 2
3 Bob Gainey LW 6-2 200 25 16 6 10 16 10 6 0 0 1
4 Larry Robinson D 6-4 225 27 16 6 9 15 8 5 1 0 1
5 Yvon Lambert LW 6-2 200 28 16 5 6 11 16 3 2 0 1
6 Steve Shutt LW 5-11 185 26 11 4 7 11 6 3 1 0 0
7 Pierre Mondou C 5-10 185 23 16 3 6 9 4 2 1 0 0
8 Serge Savard D 6-3 210 33 16 2 7 9 6 1 1 0 1
9 Guy Lapointe D 6-0 205 30 10 2 6 8 10 1 1 0 0
10 Mario Tremblay RW 6-0 185 22 13 3 4 7 13 3 0 0 1
11 Doug Risebrough C 5-11 180 25 15 1 6 7 32 1 0 0 1
12 Rejean Houle W 5-11 170 29 7 1 5 6 2 1 0 0 0
13 Mark Napier RW 5-10 182 22 12 3 2 5 2 3 0 0 0
14 Doug Jarvis C 5-9 170 23 12 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 0
15 Pierre Larouche C 5-11 175 23 6 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 1
16 Rick Chartraw D/RW 6-2 210 24 16 2 1 3 24 2 0 0 0
17 Pat Hughes RW 6-1 180 23 8 1 2 3 4 1 0 0 0
18 Ken Dryden G 6-4 205 31 16 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0
19 Cam Connor RW 6-2 200 24 8 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
20 Brian Engblom D 6-2 200 24 16 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 0
21 Rod Langway D 6-3 218 21 8 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0
22 Michel Larocque G 5-10 200 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Gilles Lupien D 6-6 210 24 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Team Total 16 63 106 169 178 48 15 0 12

Goalies Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age GP MIN W L T/OT GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
1 Ken Dryden G 6-4 205 31 16 990 12 4 41 2.48 0
2 Michel Larocque G 5-10 200 26 1 20 0 0 0 0.00 0
Team Total 16 1010 12 4 41 2.44 0