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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

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Wed, Oct 11, 1978 Minnesota North Stars W 5 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 14, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 5 2 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sun, Oct 15, 1978 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 3 2 3 0 0 W 3
4 Tue, Oct 17, 1978 @ New York Islanders L 1 3 3 1 0 L 1
5 Fri, Oct 20, 1978 @ Atlanta Flames L 5 7 3 2 0 L 2
6 Sun, Oct 22, 1978 Los Angeles Kings W 8 4 4 2 0 W 1
7 Wed, Oct 25, 1978 @ Toronto Maple Leafs T 4 4 4 2 1 T 1
8 Sat, Oct 28, 1978 New York Rangers L 1 2 4 3 1 L 1
9 Sun, Oct 29, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 1 4 4 4 1 L 2
10 Wed, Nov 1, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings W 4 1 5 4 1 W 1
11 Thu, Nov 2, 1978 Washington Capitals W 4 2 6 4 1 W 2
12 Sat, Nov 4, 1978 Atlanta Flames W 4 2 7 4 1 W 3
13 Sun, Nov 5, 1978 @ Boston Bruins T 1 1 7 4 2 T 1
14 Wed, Nov 8, 1978 @ Washington Capitals W 6 0 8 4 2 W 1
15 Thu, Nov 9, 1978 Detroit Red Wings W 8 3 9 4 2 W 2
16 Sat, Nov 11, 1978 Toronto Maple Leafs W 3 2 10 4 2 W 3
17 Wed, Nov 15, 1978 @ Colorado Rockies W 6 1 11 4 2 W 4
18 Thu, Nov 16, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings L 3 6 11 5 2 L 1
19 Sat, Nov 18, 1978 @ Vancouver Canucks W 4 2 12 5 2 W 1
20 Wed, Nov 22, 1978 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 3 2 13 5 2 W 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Thu, Nov 23, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins W 8 4 14 5 2 W 3
22 Sat, Nov 25, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks L 3 8 14 6 2 L 1
23 Tue, Nov 28, 1978 Philadelphia Flyers W 3 0 15 6 2 W 1
24 Sat, Dec 2, 1978 Buffalo Sabres W 8 1 16 6 2 W 2
25 Sun, Dec 3, 1978 @ Buffalo Sabres W 4 1 17 6 2 W 3
26 Wed, Dec 6, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings T 2 2 17 6 3 T 1
27 Fri, Dec 8, 1978 Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 17 6 4 T 2
28 Sun, Dec 10, 1978 New York Islanders W 4 3 18 6 4 W 1
29 Tue, Dec 12, 1978 @ St. Louis Blues W 6 0 19 6 4 W 2
30 Wed, Dec 13, 1978 @ Minnesota North Stars W 3 2 20 6 4 W 3
31 Sat, Dec 16, 1978 @ Los Angeles Kings W 5 2 21 6 4 W 4
32 Wed, Dec 20, 1978 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 5 3 22 6 4 W 5
33 Thu, Dec 21, 1978 Chicago Black Hawks W 5 1 23 6 4 W 6
34 Sat, Dec 23, 1978 Colorado Rockies W 3 2 24 6 4 W 7
35 Wed, Dec 27, 1978 @ Detroit Red Wings W 5 2 25 6 4 W 8
36 Thu, Dec 28, 1978 Los Angeles Kings T 3 3 25 6 5 T 1
37 Sat, Dec 30, 1978 Boston Bruins W 6 1 26 6 5 W 1
38 Wed, Jan 3, 1979 @ New York Rangers L 2 6 26 7 5 L 1
39 Thu, Jan 4, 1979 Los Angeles Kings L 4 5 26 8 5 L 2
40 Sat, Jan 6, 1979 Vancouver Canucks W 2 0 27 8 5 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Mon, Jan 8, 1979 Minnesota North Stars W 3 1 28 8 5 W 2
42 Wed, Jan 10, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 2 3 28 9 5 L 1
43 Sat, Jan 13, 1979 Buffalo Sabres W 5 2 29 9 5 W 1
44 Tue, Jan 16, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks T 2 2 29 9 6 T 1
45 Wed, Jan 17, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings W 7 3 30 9 6 W 1
46 Sat, Jan 20, 1979 Philadelphia Flyers T 5 5 30 9 7 T 1
47 Tue, Jan 23, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues W 6 3 31 9 7 W 1
48 Thu, Jan 25, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 6 0 32 9 7 W 2
49 Sat, Jan 27, 1979 Boston Bruins W 3 1 33 9 7 W 3
50 Mon, Jan 29, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 7 3 34 9 7 W 4
51 Wed, Jan 31, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins W 4 1 35 9 7 W 5
52 Sat, Feb 3, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 6 3 36 9 7 W 6
53 Sun, Feb 4, 1979 @ Washington Capitals W 8 4 37 9 7 W 7
54 Thu, Feb 15, 1979 Los Angeles Kings T 2 2 37 9 8 T 1
55 Sat, Feb 17, 1979 Washington Capitals W 2 0 38 9 8 W 1
56 Sun, Feb 18, 1979 @ Buffalo Sabres W 5 2 39 9 8 W 2
57 Wed, Feb 21, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 1 3 39 10 8 L 1
58 Thu, Feb 22, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins W 12 0 40 10 8 W 1
59 Sat, Feb 24, 1979 St. Louis Blues W 6 4 41 10 8 W 2
60 Sun, Feb 25, 1979 @ Washington Capitals W 8 5 42 10 8 W 3
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Tue, Feb 27, 1979 @ New York Islanders L 3 7 42 11 8 L 1
62 Thu, Mar 1, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs W 2 1 43 11 8 W 1
63 Sat, Mar 3, 1979 Detroit Red Wings L 3 5 43 12 8 L 1
64 Mon, Mar 5, 1979 @ Washington Capitals T 2 2 43 12 9 T 1
65 Thu, Mar 8, 1979 Vancouver Canucks W 11 1 44 12 9 W 1
66 Sat, Mar 10, 1979 New York Rangers L 3 6 44 13 9 L 1
67 Mon, Mar 12, 1979 Detroit Red Wings T 3 3 44 13 10 T 1
68 Wed, Mar 14, 1979 @ Minnesota North Stars L 3 4 44 14 10 L 1
69 Sat, Mar 17, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings L 1 3 44 15 10 L 2
70 Sun, Mar 18, 1979 @ Colorado Rockies W 3 1 45 15 10 W 1
71 Thu, Mar 22, 1979 New York Islanders L 3 5 45 16 10 L 1
72 Sat, Mar 24, 1979 Washington Capitals W 3 1 46 16 10 W 1
73 Sun, Mar 25, 1979 @ New York Rangers W 1 0 47 16 10 W 2
74 Tue, Mar 27, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames W 6 4 48 16 10 W 3
75 Thu, Mar 29, 1979 St. Louis Blues W 5 2 49 16 10 W 4
76 Sat, Mar 31, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins W 5 3 50 16 10 W 5
77 Sun, Apr 1, 1979 @ Boston Bruins T 3 3 50 16 11 T 1
78 Wed, Apr 4, 1979 Detroit Red Wings W 4 1 51 16 11 W 1
79 Sat, Apr 7, 1979 Washington Capitals W 10 3 52 16 11 W 2
80 Sun, Apr 8, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings L 0 1 52 17 11 L 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Mon, Apr 16, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 2 1 0 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 18, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 1 2 0 0 W 2
3 Sat, Apr 21, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W OT 4 3 3 0 0 W 3
4 Sun, Apr 22, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W OT 5 4 4 0 0 W 4
5 Thu, Apr 26, 1979 Boston Bruins W 4 2 5 0 0 W 5
6 Sat, Apr 28, 1979 Boston Bruins W 5 2 6 0 0 W 6
7 Tue, May 1, 1979 @ Boston Bruins L 1 2 6 1 0 L 1
8 Thu, May 3, 1979 @ Boston Bruins L OT 3 4 6 2 0 L 2
9 Sat, May 5, 1979 Boston Bruins W 5 1 7 2 0 W 1
10 Tue, May 8, 1979 @ Boston Bruins L 2 5 7 3 0 L 1
11 Thu, May 10, 1979 Boston Bruins W OT 5 4 8 3 0 W 1
12 Sun, May 13, 1979 New York Rangers L 1 4 8 4 0 L 1
13 Tue, May 15, 1979 New York Rangers W 6 2 9 4 0 W 1
14 Thu, May 17, 1979 @ New York Rangers W 4 1 10 4 0 W 2
15 Sat, May 19, 1979 @ New York Rangers W OT 4 3 11 4 0 W 3
16 Mon, May 21, 1979 New York Rangers W 4 1 12 4 0 W 4