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1979-80 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

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Record: 47-20-13 (107 points), Finished 1st in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Bernie Geoffrion (15-9-6), Claude Ruel (32-11-7)

Goals For: 328 (1st of 21), Goals Against: 240 (3rd of 21)
SRS: 1.05 (2nd of 21), SOS: -0.05 (20th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Quarter-Finals (4-3) versus Minnesota North Stars
Won Preliminary Round (3-0) versus Hartford Whalers

Team Statistics

Team GP W L T PTS PTS% GF GA SRS SOS TG/G PP PPO PP% PPA PPOA PK% SH SHA
Montreal Canadiens 80 47 20 13 107 .669 328 240 1.05 -0.05 7.10 77 264 29.17 46 247 81.38 2 7
League Average 80 33 33 14 80 .500 281 281 0.00 0.00 7.03 61 280 21.86 61 280 78.14 6 6

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season
No. Player Pos Age Ht Wt S/C Exp Birth Date Summary
12 Keith Acton C 21 5-8 170 L/- R April 15, 1958 0 G, 1 A, 1 P
27 Rick Chartraw D 25 6-2 210 R/- 5 July 13, 1954 5 G, 7 A, 12 P
26 Norm Dupont LW 22 5-10 185 L/- R February 5, 1957 1 G, 3 A, 4 P
3 Brian Engblom D 25 6-2 200 L/- 2 January 27, 1955 3 G, 20 A, 23 P
23 Bob Gainey LW 26 6-2 200 L/- 6 December 13, 1953 14 G, 19 A, 33 P
20 Danny Geoffrion RW 22 5-10 185 R/- R January 24, 1958 0 G, 6 A, 6 P
2 Gaston Gingras D 20 6-1 200 L/- R February 13, 1959 3 G, 7 A, 10 P
32 Denis Herron G 27 5-11 165 -/L 7 June 18, 1952 25-3-3, 2.51 GAA
15 Rejean Houle LW 30 5-11 170 L/- 7 October 25, 1949 18 G, 27 A, 45 P
21 Doug Jarvis C 24 5-9 170 L/- 4 March 24, 1955 13 G, 11 A, 24 P
10 Guy Lafleur RW 28 6-0 185 R/- 8 September 20, 1951 50 G, 75 A, 125 P
11 Yvon Lambert LW 29 6-2 200 L/- 7 May 20, 1950 21 G, 32 A, 53 P
17 Rod Langway D 22 6-3 218 L/- 1 May 3, 1957 7 G, 29 A, 36 P
5 Guy Lapointe D 31 6-0 205 L/- 11 March 18, 1948 6 G, 20 A, 26 P
1 Michel Larocque G 27 5-10 200 -/L 6 April 6, 1952 17-13-8, 3.32 GAA
28 Pierre Larouche C 24 5-11 175 R/- 5 November 16, 1955 50 G, 41 A, 91 P
24 Gilles Lupien D 25 6-6 210 L/- 2 April 20, 1954 1 G, 7 A, 8 P
30 Rick Meagher C 26 5-9 192 L/- R November 2, 1953 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
6 Pierre Mondou C 24 5-10 185 R/- 2 November 27, 1955 30 G, 36 A, 66 P
31 Mark Napier RW 23 5-10 182 L/- 1 January 28, 1957 16 G, 33 A, 49 P
30 Chris Nilan LW 21 6-0 205 R/- R February 9, 1958 0 G, 2 A, 2 P
8 Doug Risebrough C 26 5-11 180 L/- 5 January 29, 1954 8 G, 10 A, 18 P
19 Larry Robinson D 28 6-4 225 L/- 7 June 2, 1951 14 G, 61 A, 75 P
2 Moe Robinson D 22 6-4 175 L/- R May 29, 1957 0 G, 0 A, 0 P
18 Serge Savard D 34 6-3 210 L/- 13 January 22, 1946 5 G, 8 A, 13 P
33 Richard Sevigny G 22 5-8 172 -/L R April 11, 1957 5-4-2, 2.94 GAA
22 Steve Shutt LW 27 5-11 185 L/- 7 July 1, 1952 47 G, 42 A, 89 P
14 Mario Tremblay RW 23 6-0 185 R/- 5 September 2, 1956 16 G, 26 A, 42 P

Scoring Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI OPS DPS PS
1 Guy Lafleur RW 28 74 50 75 125 49 40 12 35 15 0 7 51 0 24 323 15.5 10.8 2.0 12.8
2 Pierre Larouche C 24 73 50 41 91 39 36 16 38 12 0 7 29 0 12 220 22.7 8.1 1.9 10.0
3 Steve Shutt LW 27 77 47 42 89 38 45 34 30 17 0 4 36 0 6 224 21.0 7.6 2.2 9.7
4 Larry Robinson D 28 72 14 61 75 25 38 39 8 6 0 3 33 0 28 133 10.5 5.5 5.9 11.4
5 Pierre Mondou C 24 75 30 36 66 27 26 12 22 8 0 3 25 0 11 152 19.7 4.5 1.6 6.1
6 Yvon Lambert LW 29 77 21 32 53 21 3 23 14 7 0 7 27 0 5 104 20.2 2.7 0.9 3.6
7 Mark Napier RW 23 76 16 33 49 18 11 7 12 4 0 1 24 0 9 123 13.0 2.0 1.2 3.2
8 Rejean Houle LW 30 60 18 27 45 18 3 68 16 2 0 3 19 0 8 115 15.7 2.5 0.8 3.3
9 Mario Tremblay RW 23 77 16 26 42 16 6 105 16 0 0 2 20 0 6 192 8.3 1.4 1.0 2.4
10 Rod Langway D 22 77 7 29 36 12 36 81 7 0 0 1 25 0 4 112 6.3 1.8 6.0 7.8
11 Bob Gainey LW 26 64 14 19 33 13 -2 32 9 4 1 3 13 1 5 153 9.2 1.1 0.7 1.7
12 Guy Lapointe D 31 45 6 20 26 9 -2 29 6 0 0 0 7 1 12 124 4.8 1.6 2.2 3.8
13 Doug Jarvis C 24 80 13 11 24 10 -5 28 12 0 1 3 11 0 0 130 10.0 -0.4 0.7 0.4
14 Brian Engblom D 25 70 3 20 23 7 22 43 3 0 0 0 20 0 0 86 3.5 0.6 4.9 5.4
15 Doug Risebrough C 26 44 8 10 18 7 -2 81 8 0 0 0 10 0 0 82 9.8 0.2 0.4 0.7
16 Serge Savard D 34 46 5 8 13 5 -2 18 5 0 0 1 6 0 2 45 11.1 0.5 2.2 2.7
17 Rick Chartraw D 25 66 5 7 12 5 6 35 5 0 0 0 7 0 0 65 7.7 -0.1 3.7 3.7
18 Gaston Gingras D 20 34 3 7 10 4 11 18 1 2 0 1 4 0 3 60 5.0 0.3 2.4 2.7
19 Gilles Lupien D 25 56 1 7 8 3 13 109 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 42 2.4 -0.5 3.6 3.1
20 Danny Geoffrion RW 22 32 0 6 6 2 1 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 19 0.0 -0.8 0.4 -0.5
21 Norm Dupont LW 22 35 1 3 4 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 18 5.6 -1.1 0.4 -0.6
22 Michel Larocque G 27 39 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6.5
23 Chris Nilan LW 21 15 0 2 2 1 -1 50 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0.0 -0.5 0.1 -0.3
24 Keith Acton C 21 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
25 Denis Herron G 27 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7.6
26 Rick Meagher C 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
27 Moe Robinson D 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 0.0
28 Richard Sevigny G 22 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2.2
Team Total 80 328 525 853 285 864 249 77 2 47 2531 13.0 47.6 45.2 109.2

Goalies Regular Season

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN GPS
1 Denis Herron G 27 34 25 3 3 80 2.51 0 1909 7.6
2 Michel Larocque G 27 39 17 13 8 125 3.32 3 2259 6.5
3 Richard Sevigny G 22 11 5 4 2 31 2.94 0 632 2.2
Team Total 80 47 20 13 236 2.95 3 4800 16.3

Scoring Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV SH PP S S% TOI ATOI
1 Yvon Lambert LW 29 10 8 4 12 6 4 7 1 0 1
2 Mario Tremblay RW 23 10 0 11 11 3 14 0 0 0 0
3 Steve Shutt LW 27 10 6 3 9 4 6 4 2 0 2
4 Rejean Houle LW 30 10 4 5 9 4 12 3 1 0 0
5 Doug Jarvis C 24 10 4 4 8 3 2 3 0 1 0
6 Mark Napier RW 23 10 2 6 8 3 0 1 1 0 0
7 Pierre Larouche C 24 9 1 7 8 3 2 1 0 0 0
8 Gaston Gingras D 20 10 1 6 7 2 8 1 0 0 0
9 Rod Langway D 22 10 3 3 6 3 2 2 1 0 0
10 Brian Engblom D 25 10 2 4 6 2 6 1 1 0 1
11 Pierre Mondou C 24 4 1 4 5 2 4 1 0 0 0
12 Guy Lafleur RW 28 3 3 1 4 2 0 3 0 0 0
13 Rick Chartraw D 25 10 2 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 0
14 Larry Robinson D 28 10 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0
15 Norm Dupont LW 22 8 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
16 Bob Gainey LW 26 10 1 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1
17 Danny Geoffrion RW 22 2 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
18 Denis Herron G 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Yvan Joly RW 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Guy Lapointe D 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Michel Larocque G 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Gilles Lupien D 25 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
23 Chris Nilan LW 21 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
24 Serge Savard D 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Total 10 39 66 105 77 31 7 1 6

Goalies Playoffs

Rk Player Pos Age GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO MIN
1 Michel Larocque G 27 5 4 1 11 2.20 1 300
2 Denis Herron G 27 5 2 3 15 3.00 0 300
Team Total 10 6 4 26 2.60 1 600