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1979-80 Montreal Canadiens

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47-20-13 (107 points), Finished 1st in NHL Norris Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary

Scored 328 goals, Allowed 240 goals, SRS: 1.05 (2nd of 21)
Coached by Bernie Geoffrion (15-9-6), Claude Ruel (32-11-7)

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

1979-80 Statistics ▪ Games

Regular Season

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Thu, Oct 11, 1979 Atlanta Flames W 3 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Sat, Oct 13, 1979 Quebec Nordiques W 3 1 2 0 0 W 2
3 Wed, Oct 17, 1979 @ Chicago Black Hawks L 2 3 2 1 0 L 1
4 Sat, Oct 20, 1979 New York Rangers W 5 4 3 1 0 W 1
5 Sun, Oct 21, 1979 @ Philadelphia Flyers T 6 6 3 1 1 T 1
6 Tue, Oct 23, 1979 @ Atlanta Flames W 5 3 4 1 1 W 1
7 Thu, Oct 25, 1979 Pittsburgh Penguins W 8 5 5 1 1 W 2
8 Sat, Oct 27, 1979 Detroit Red Wings W 3 2 6 1 1 W 3
9 Sun, Oct 28, 1979 @ Quebec Nordiques L 4 5 6 2 1 L 1
10 Tue, Oct 30, 1979 @ Washington Capitals T 2 2 6 2 2 T 1
11 Thu, Nov 1, 1979 Minnesota North Stars W 5 1 7 2 2 W 1
12 Sat, Nov 3, 1979 Philadelphia Flyers L 3 5 7 3 2 L 1
13 Mon, Nov 5, 1979 Washington Capitals W 2 0 8 3 2 W 1
14 Wed, Nov 7, 1979 @ Pittsburgh Penguins T 3 3 8 3 3 T 1
15 Sat, Nov 10, 1979 St. Louis Blues L 3 5 8 4 3 L 1
16 Tue, Nov 13, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues W 5 2 9 4 3 W 1
17 Thu, Nov 15, 1979 @ Colorado Rockies W 4 1 10 4 3 W 2
18 Sat, Nov 17, 1979 @ Los Angeles Kings W 3 1 11 4 3 W 3
19 Sun, Nov 18, 1979 @ Vancouver Canucks L 2 5 11 5 3 L 1
20 Thu, Nov 22, 1979 Winnipeg Jets W 7 0 12 5 3 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
21 Sat, Nov 24, 1979 Boston Bruins W 3 1 13 5 3 W 2
22 Sun, Nov 25, 1979 @ Boston Bruins L 2 4 13 6 3 L 1
23 Tue, Nov 27, 1979 @ Detroit Red Wings T 5 5 13 6 4 T 1
24 Thu, Nov 29, 1979 St. Louis Blues W 3 2 14 6 4 W 1
25 Sat, Dec 1, 1979 Hartford Whalers T 4 4 14 6 5 T 1
26 Mon, Dec 3, 1979 @ New York Rangers T 3 3 14 6 6 T 2
27 Wed, Dec 5, 1979 @ Toronto Maple Leafs L 2 3 14 7 6 L 1
28 Fri, Dec 7, 1979 Los Angeles Kings W 5 2 15 7 6 W 1
29 Sun, Dec 9, 1979 Colorado Rockies L 5 7 15 8 6 L 1
30 Tue, Dec 11, 1979 @ New York Islanders L 1 4 15 9 6 L 2
31 Fri, Dec 14, 1979 @ Edmonton Oilers L 3 5 15 10 6 L 3
32 Sat, Dec 15, 1979 @ Winnipeg Jets L 2 6 15 11 6 L 4
33 Tue, Dec 18, 1979 @ St. Louis Blues L 3 5 15 12 6 L 5
34 Wed, Dec 19, 1979 @ Minnesota North Stars L 2 5 15 13 6 L 6
35 Sat, Dec 22, 1979 Vancouver Canucks W 4 2 16 13 6 W 1
36 Sun, Dec 23, 1979 Toronto Maple Leafs W 8 4 17 13 6 W 2
37 Thu, Dec 27, 1979 New York Islanders L 3 7 17 14 6 L 1
38 Sat, Dec 29, 1979 Buffalo Sabres W 6 3 18 14 6 W 1
39 Wed, Jan 2, 1980 @ Pittsburgh Penguins L 3 5 18 15 6 L 1
40 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks L 3 4 18 16 6 L 2
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
41 Mon, Jan 7, 1980 Edmonton Oilers W 4 3 19 16 6 W 1
42 Wed, Jan 9, 1980 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 5 3 20 16 6 W 2
43 Sat, Jan 12, 1980 Philadelphia Flyers W 4 3 21 16 6 W 3
44 Mon, Jan 14, 1980 Atlanta Flames W 3 2 22 16 6 W 4
45 Wed, Jan 16, 1980 @ Chicago Black Hawks W 6 1 23 16 6 W 5
46 Sat, Jan 19, 1980 Toronto Maple Leafs W 7 2 24 16 6 W 6
47 Tue, Jan 22, 1980 @ New York Islanders L 1 2 24 17 6 L 1
48 Thu, Jan 24, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers W 7 2 25 17 6 W 1
49 Sat, Jan 26, 1980 Buffalo Sabres L 2 7 25 18 6 L 1
50 Tue, Jan 29, 1980 @ Vancouver Canucks W 4 3 26 18 6 W 1
51 Wed, Jan 30, 1980 @ Colorado Rockies W 3 2 27 18 6 W 2
52 Sat, Feb 2, 1980 @ Los Angeles Kings W 5 4 28 18 6 W 3
53 Thu, Feb 7, 1980 Colorado Rockies W 4 3 29 18 6 W 4
54 Sat, Feb 9, 1980 Vancouver Canucks L 3 4 29 19 6 L 1
55 Sun, Feb 10, 1980 @ Boston Bruins W 3 2 30 19 6 W 1
56 Thu, Feb 14, 1980 Quebec Nordiques W 5 1 31 19 6 W 2
57 Sat, Feb 16, 1980 Pittsburgh Penguins W 8 1 32 19 6 W 3
58 Sun, Feb 17, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres T 2 2 32 19 7 T 1
59 Tue, Feb 19, 1980 @ Washington Capitals L 1 3 32 20 7 L 1
60 Thu, Feb 21, 1980 Winnipeg Jets W 3 0 33 20 7 W 1
GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
61 Sat, Feb 23, 1980 Detroit Red Wings W 5 1 34 20 7 W 2
62 Tue, Feb 26, 1980 @ Atlanta Flames T 3 3 34 20 8 T 1
63 Thu, Feb 28, 1980 Minnesota North Stars W 6 3 35 20 8 W 1
64 Sat, Mar 1, 1980 Washington Capitals W 6 3 36 20 8 W 2
65 Sun, Mar 2, 1980 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 5 1 37 20 8 W 3
66 Thu, Mar 6, 1980 Edmonton Oilers W 5 4 38 20 8 W 4
67 Sat, Mar 8, 1980 New York Rangers W 5 2 39 20 8 W 5
68 Mon, Mar 10, 1980 Los Angeles Kings W 6 3 40 20 8 W 6
69 Wed, Mar 12, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars W 4 3 41 20 8 W 7
70 Fri, Mar 14, 1980 @ Winnipeg Jets W 4 3 42 20 8 W 8
71 Sat, Mar 15, 1980 @ Edmonton Oilers W 7 3 43 20 8 W 9
72 Wed, Mar 19, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers T 5 5 43 20 9 T 1
73 Sat, Mar 22, 1980 Hartford Whalers T 5 5 43 20 10 T 2
74 Sun, Mar 23, 1980 @ New York Rangers W 6 1 44 20 10 W 1
75 Tue, Mar 25, 1980 Chicago Black Hawks W 8 4 45 20 10 W 2
76 Fri, Mar 28, 1980 New York Islanders T 2 2 45 20 11 T 1
77 Sun, Mar 30, 1980 @ Buffalo Sabres T 1 1 45 20 12 T 2
78 Wed, Apr 2, 1980 @ Detroit Red Wings W 7 2 46 20 12 W 1
79 Sat, Apr 5, 1980 Boston Bruins W 6 1 47 20 12 W 2
80 Sun, Apr 6, 1980 @ Quebec Nordiques T 4 4 47 20 13 T 1

Playoffs

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GP Date Opponent Tm Opp W L T Streak Notes
1 Tue, Apr 8, 1980 Hartford Whalers W 6 1 1 0 0 W 1
2 Wed, Apr 9, 1980 Hartford Whalers W 8 4 2 0 0 W 2
3 Fri, Apr 11, 1980 @ Hartford Whalers W OT 4 3 3 0 0 W 3
4 Wed, Apr 16, 1980 Minnesota North Stars L 0 3 3 1 0 L 1
5 Thu, Apr 17, 1980 Minnesota North Stars L 1 4 3 2 0 L 2
6 Sat, Apr 19, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars W 5 0 4 2 0 W 1
7 Sun, Apr 20, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars W 5 1 5 2 0 W 2
8 Tue, Apr 22, 1980 Minnesota North Stars W 6 2 6 2 0 W 3
9 Thu, Apr 24, 1980 @ Minnesota North Stars L 2 5 6 3 0 L 1
10 Sun, Apr 27, 1980 Minnesota North Stars L 2 3 6 4 0 L 2