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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) over New York Rangers
Won Semi-Finals (4-3) over Boston Bruins
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) over Toronto Maple Leafs
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1978-79 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 | 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 |
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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 | 27 | 80 | 52 | 77 | 129 | 1.61 | 50 | 0.62 | 178 | 59 | 64 | 1 | 56 | 28 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 342 | 4.28 | 15.2 | ||
| 2 | Steve Shutt | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 72 | 37 | 40 | 77 | 1.07 | 31 | 0.43 | 109 | 27 | 45 | 0 | 37 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 192 | 2.67 | 19.3 | ||
| 3 | Pierre Mondou | C | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | 77 | 31 | 41 | 72 | 0.94 | 28 | 0.37 | 114 | 26 | 29 | 0 | 59 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 163 | 2.12 | 19.0 | ||
| 4 | Yvon Lambert | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | 79 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 0.84 | 25 | 0.32 | 111 | 30 | 55 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 133 | 1.68 | 19.5 | ||
| 5 | Larry Robinson | D | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | 67 | 16 | 45 | 61 | 0.91 | 22 | 0.33 | 156 | 41 | 82 | 17 | 50 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 2.19 | 10.9 | ||
| 6 | Mario Tremblay | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | 76 | 30 | 29 | 59 | 0.78 | 24 | 0.32 | 78 | 6 | 55 | 6 | 23 | 74 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 163 | 2.14 | 18.4 | ||
| 7 | Jacques Lemaire | C | 5-10 | 180 | 33 | 50 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 1.10 | 22 | 0.43 | 82 | 26 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 203 | 4.06 | 11.8 | ||
| 8 | Guy Lapointe | D | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | 69 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 0.80 | 20 | 0.28 | 145 | 42 | 98 | 22 | 27 | 43 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 209 | 3.03 | 6.2 | ||
| 9 | Rejean Houle | W | 5-11 | 170 | 29 | 66 | 17 | 34 | 51 | 0.77 | 19 | 0.29 | 78 | 18 | 52 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 1.59 | 16.2 | ||
| 10 | Bob Gainey | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | 79 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 0.48 | 16 | 0.20 | 68 | 1 | 71 | 15 | 11 | 44 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 153 | 1.94 | 13.1 | ||
| 11 | Serge Savard | D | 6-3 | 210 | 33 | 80 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 0.41 | 12 | 0.14 | 135 | 12 | 104 | 27 | 46 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 1.03 | 8.5 | ||
| 12 | Mark Napier | RW | 5-10 | 182 | 22 | 54 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 0.57 | 12 | 0.22 | 53 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 1.35 | 15.1 | ||
| 13 | Doug Risebrough | C | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | 48 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0.52 | 10 | 0.20 | 42 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 1.73 | 12.0 | ||
| 14 | Doug Jarvis | C | 5-9 | 170 | 23 | 80 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0.29 | 9 | 0.11 | 49 | 1 | 60 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 117 | 1.46 | 8.5 | ||
| 15 | Pierre Larouche | C | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 0.61 | 9 | 0.24 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1.78 | 14.1 | ||
| 16 | Pat Hughes | RW | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 0.41 | 7 | 0.17 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 1.24 | 17.6 | ||
| 17 | Rick Chartraw | D/RW | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | 62 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 0.26 | 6 | 0.10 | 49 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 1.31 | 6.2 | ||
| 18 | Brian Engblom | D | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | 62 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 0.23 | 5 | 0.08 | 58 | 3 | 38 | 4 | 21 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0.97 | 5.0 | ||
| 19 | Gilles Lupien | D | 6-6 | 210 | 24 | 72 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.05 | 57 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 33 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0.81 | 1.7 | ||
| 20 | Rod Langway | D | 6-3 | 218 | 21 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.16 | 3 | 0.06 | 32 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1.07 | 6.3 | ||
| 21 | Yvan Cournoyer | RW | 5-7 | 178 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.47 | 3 | 0.17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1.53 | 8.7 | ||
| 22 | Cam Connor | RW | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.06 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.52 | 8.3 | ||
| 23 | Dan Newman | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | 0.04 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.56 | 0.0 | ||
| 24 | Dave Lumley | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.67 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 80 | 337 | 543 | 880 | 11.00 | 337 | 4.21 | 337 | 68 | 204 | 35 | 100 | 797 | 262 | 68 | 7 | 52 | 2573 | 32.16 | 13.1 |
| 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 | 31 | 47 | 2814 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 67 | .713 | 5 | 108 | 2.30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Michel Larocque | G | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | 34 | 1986 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 48 | .727 | 3 | 94 | 2.84 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 4800 | 52 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 202 | 2.52 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Lemaire | C | 5-10 | 180 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 1.44 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | Guy Lafleur | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 1.44 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Bob Gainey | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1.00 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | Larry Robinson | D | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0.94 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | Steve Shutt | LW | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1.00 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | Yvon Lambert | LW | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.69 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | Serge Savard | D | 6-3 | 210 | 33 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0.56 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Pierre Mondou | C | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.56 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | Guy Lapointe | D | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0.80 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | Mario Tremblay | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.54 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 11 | Doug Risebrough | C | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.47 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 12 | Rejean Houle | W | 5-11 | 170 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.86 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Mark Napier | RW | 5-10 | 182 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.42 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | Doug Jarvis | C | 5-9 | 170 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | Pierre Larouche | C | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 16 | Pat Hughes | RW | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | Rick Chartraw | D/RW | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.19 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | Brian Engblom | D | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | Cam Connor | RW | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 20 | Gilles Lupien | D | 6-6 | 210 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | Rod Langway | D | 6-3 | 218 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 16 | 63 | 106 | 169 | 10.56 | 178 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 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 | 31 | 16 | 990 | 12 | 4 | 24 | .750 | 0 | 41 | 2.48 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2 | Michel Larocque | G | 5-10 | 200 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 80 | 1010 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 41 | 2.44 |