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1978-79 Montreal Canadiens

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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

1978-79 Statistics ▪ Games

Team Statistics

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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

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Skaters Regular Season

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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

Goalies Regular Season

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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

Skaters Playoffs

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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

Goalies Playoffs

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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