1977-78 Montreal Canadiens Roster and Statistics

Record: 59-10-11 (129 points), Finished 1st in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Scotty Bowman (59-10-11)

1977-78 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 359 (1st of 18), Goals Against: 183 (1st of 18)
SRS: 2.06 (1st of 18), SOS: -0.14 (18th of 18)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Final (4-2) over Boston Bruins
Won Semi-Finals (4-0) over Toronto Maple Leafs
Won Quarter-Finals (4-1) over Detroit Red Wings

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Montreal Canadiens	80	59	10	11	129	.806	359	183	2.06	-0.14	4.49	2.29	73	229	31.88	40	211	81.04	9	1	2621	13.7	2075	.912		6
League Average	80	33	33	15	80	.500	264	264					54	255	21.12	54	255	78.88	6	6	2343	11.3	2343	.887		4

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Montreal Canadiens
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
26	Pierre Bouchard	ca CA	D	29	6-2	205	L/-	7	February 20, 1948
27	Rick Chartraw	ve VE	D	23	6-2	210	R/-	3	July 13, 1954
12	Yvan Cournoyer (C)	ca CA	RW	34	5-7	178	L/-	14	November 22, 1943
29	Ken Dryden	ca CA	G	30	6-4	205	-/L	6	August 8, 1947
3	Brian Engblom	ca CA	D	23	6-2	200	L/-	R	January 27, 1955
23	Bob Gainey	ca CA	LW	24	6-2	200	L/-	4	December 13, 1953
15	Réjean Houle	ca CA	LW	28	5-11	170	L/-	5	October 25, 1949
31	Pat Hughes	ca CA	RW	22	6-1	180	R/-	R	March 25, 1955
21	Doug Jarvis	ca CA	C	22	5-9	170	L/-	2	March 24, 1955
10	Guy Lafleur	ca CA	RW	26	6-0	185	R/-	6	September 20, 1951
11	Yvon Lambert	ca CA	LW	27	6-2	200	L/-	5	May 20, 1950
5	Guy Lapointe	ca CA	D	29	6-0	205	L/-	9	March 18, 1948
1	Michel Larocque	ca CA	G	25	5-10	200	-/L	4	April 6, 1952
28	Pierre Larouche	ca CA	C	22	5-11	175	R/-	3	November 16, 1955
25	Jacques Lemaire	ca CA	C	32	5-10	180	L/-	10	September 7, 1945
24	Gilles Lupien	ca CA	D	23	6-6	210	L/-	R	April 20, 1954
20	Pete Mahovlich	ca CA	C	31	6-5	210	L/-	12	October 10, 1946
6	Pierre Mondou	ca CA	C	22	5-10	185	R/-	R	November 27, 1955
2	Bill Nyrop	us US	D	25	6-2	205	L/-	2	July 23, 1952
17	Mike Polich	us US	C	25	5-8	170	L/-	R	December 19, 1952
8	Doug Risebrough	ca CA	C	24	5-11	180	L/-	3	January 29, 1954
19	Larry Robinson	ca CA	D	26	6-4	225	L/-	5	June 2, 1951
18	Serge Savard	ca CA	D	32	6-3	210	L/-	11	January 22, 1946
30	Rod Schutt	ca CA	LW	21	5-10	185	L/-	R	October 13, 1956
22	Steve Shutt	ca CA	LW	25	5-11	185	L/-	5	July 1, 1952
14	Mario Tremblay	ca CA	RW	21	6-0	185	R/-	3	September 2, 1956
17	Murray Wilson	ca CA	C	26	6-1	185	L/-	5	November 7, 1951

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Guy Lafleur*	26	RW	78	60	72	132	73	26	45	15	0	12	51	21	0	305	19.7			13.1	2.7	15.8
2	Jacques Lemaire*	32	C	76	36	61	97	54	14	30	6	0	5	46	13	2	310	11.6			8.2	2.1	10.3
3	Steve Shutt*	25	LW	80	49	37	86	56	24	33	16	0	7	30	7	0	243	20.2			8.2	2.2	10.4
4	Larry Robinson*	26	D	80	13	52	65	71	39	8	3	2	5	36	16	0	154	8.4			4.9	7.6	12.5
5	Réjean Houle	28	LW	76	30	28	58	39	50	27	3	0	5	16	10	2	143	21.0			4.3	1.6	6.0
6	Yvan Cournoyer*	34	RW	68	24	29	53	39	12	20	4	0	6	23	6	0	125	19.2			3.7	1.6	5.3
7	Pierre Mondou	22	C	71	19	30	49	31	8	15	4	0	3	27	3	0	132	14.4			2.8	1.4	4.2
8	Pierre Larouche	22	C	44	17	32	49	32	11	14	3	0	1	24	8	0	87	19.5			3.8	1.2	5.0
9	Guy Lapointe*	29	D	49	13	29	42	46	19	9	4	0	2	15	13	1	148	8.8			3.6	4.8	8.4
10	Serge Savard*	32	D	77	8	34	42	62	24	4	4	0	1	21	11	2	102	7.8			2.6	6.9	9.5
11	Doug Risebrough	24	C	72	18	23	41	31	97	17	1	0	3	22	1	0	116	15.5			2.0	1.4	3.4
12	Yvon Lambert	27	LW	77	18	22	40	10	20	11	7	0	3	15	7	0	107	16.8			1.7	0.8	2.5
13	Doug Jarvis	22	C	80	11	28	39	12	23	7	2	2	1	25	2	1	129	8.5			0.9	0.8	1.8
14	Bob Gainey*	24	LW	66	15	16	31	11	57	13	0	2	1	13	2	1	140	10.7			1.2	0.7	1.9
15	Bill Nyrop	25	D	72	5	21	26	56	37	2	1	2	1	21	0	0	71	7.0			1.1	6.3	7.4
16	Mario Tremblay	21	RW	56	10	14	24	6	44	9	0	1	0	14	0	0	89	11.2			0.6	0.5	1.1
17	Rick Chartraw	23	D	68	4	12	16	16	64	4	0	0	1	12	0	0	75	5.3			0.2	3.7	3.9
18	Pierre Bouchard	29	D	59	4	6	10	27	29	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	55	7.3			-0.1	4.0	3.9
19	Pete Mahovlich	31	C	17	3	5	8	6	4	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	28	10.7			0.2	0.3	0.5
20	Gilles Lupien	23	D	46	1	3	4	19	108	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	5.0			-0.6	3.0	2.4
21	Michel Larocque	25	G	30	0	4	4	0	0				0	4			0		1728	57:37	0.0	0.0	6.2
22	Brian Engblom	23	D	28	1	2	3	9	23	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	28	3.6			-0.3	1.7	1.4
23	Ken Dryden*	30	G	52	0	2	2	0	0				0	2			0		3069	59:01	0.0	0.0	13.7
24	Murray Wilson	26	C	12	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.0			-0.4	0.0	-0.4
25	Pat Hughes	22	RW	3	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.1	0.0	-0.2
26	Mike Polich	25	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
27	Rod Schutt	21	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				-0.1	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			80	359	563	922	703	735	277	73	9	59	434	120	9	2622	13.7			61.7	55.2	136.9

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Ken Dryden*	30	52		37	7	7	105	1338	1233	.922	2.05	5	3069				71	43.7	1.88	13.7
2	Michel Larocque	25	30		22	3	4	77	736	659	.895	2.67	1	1728				94	4.8	2.46	6.2
	Team Total				59	10	11	182	2074	1892	.912	2.28	6	4797				79	48.5	2.09	19.9