1978-79 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 52-17-11 - 115 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 12-4
Won Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0
Semi-Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-3
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-1
Coach: Scotty Bowman (52-17-11)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1978-79 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1978-79 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 52 wins and 17 losses and 11 ties for 115 points, finishing first in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-4.

The Canadiens surrendered 204 goals, fewest in the league. Montreal netted 337 goals. Guy Lafleur scored 52 goals for the team, while Mario Tremblay, Pierre Mondou and Steve Shutt each tallied 30 or more also. Guy Lafleur contributed 77 assists. Ken Dryden earned 30 wins in front of the net for the squad, and Michel Larocque added 15 or more victories also. Ken Dryden recorded a 2.30 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1978-79 Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Guy Lafleur	R	80	52	77	129	28	56	13	0	12	1	342	15.2
Steve Shutt	L	72	37	40	77	31	37	10	0	6	0	192	19.3
Pierre Mondou	C	77	31	41	72	26	59	6	1	7	2	163	19.0
Yvon Lambert	L	79	26	40	66	26	30	5	1	7	2	133	19.5
Larry Robinson	D	67	16	45	61	33	50	4	0	1	0	147	10.9
Mario Tremblay	R	76	30	29	59	74	23	3	0	4	2	163	18.4
Jacques Lemaire	C	50	24	31	55	10	9	6	1	4	1	203	11.8
Guy Lapointe	D	69	13	42	55	43	27	6	0	1	0	209	6.2
Rejean Houle	L	66	17	34	51	43	16	6	0	4	1	105	16.2
Bob Gainey	L	79	20	18	38	44	11	1	1	1	0	153	13.1
Serge Savard	D	80	7	26	33	30	46	1	2	0	1	82	8.5
Mark Napier	R	54	11	20	31	11	17	2	0	0	0	73	15.1
Doug Risebrough	C	48	10	15	25	62	22	0	0	2	0	83	12.0
Doug Jarvis	C	80	10	13	23	16	5	0	1	1	0	117	8.5
Pierre Larouche	C	36	9	13	22	4	3	4	0	0	0	64	14.1
Pat Hughes	R	41	9	8	17	22	7	1	0	1	0	51	17.6
Rick Chartraw	D	62	5	11	16	29	14	0	0	1	0	81	6.2
Brian Engblom	D	62	3	11	14	60	21	0	0	0	0	60	5.0
Gilles Lupien	D	72	1	9	10	124	33	0	0	0	0	58	1.7
Rod Langway	D	45	3	4	7	30	5	0	0	0	1	48	6.3
Yvan Cournoyer	R	15	2	5	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	23	8.7
Cam Connor	R	23	1	3	4	39	2	0	0	0	0	12	8.3
Michel Larocque	G	34	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Dryden	G	47	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Newman	L	16	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
Dave Lumley	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1433	337	543	880	797	497	68	7	52	11	2573	13.1

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Ken Dryden	47	2814	30	10	7	2	5	108	2.30	0
Michel Larocque	34	1986	22	7	4	0	3	94	2.84	0
Totals	81	4800	52	17	11	2	8	202	2.53		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Guy Lafleur	R	16	10	13	23	0	2	2
Steve Shutt	L	11	4	7	11	6	1	0
Pierre Mondou	C	16	3	6	9	4	1	0
Yvon Lambert	L	16	5	6	11	16	2	1
Larry Robinson	D	16	6	9	15	8	1	1
Mario Tremblay	R	13	3	4	7	13	0	1
Jacques Lemaire	C	16	11	12	23	6	6	2
Guy Lapointe	D	10	2	6	8	10	1	0
Rejean Houle	L	7	1	5	6	2	0	0
Bob Gainey	L	16	6	10	16	10	0	1
Serge Savard	D	16	2	7	9	6	1	1
Mark Napier	R	12	3	2	5	2	0	0
Doug Risebrough	C	15	1	6	7	32	0	1
Doug Jarvis	C	12	1	3	4	4	0	0
Pierre Larouche	C	6	1	3	4	0	0	1
Pat Hughes	R	8	1	2	3	4	0	0
Rick Chartraw	D	16	2	1	3	24	0	0
Brian Engblom	D	16	0	1	1	11	0	0
Gilles Lupien	D	13	0	0	0	2	0	0
Rod Langway	D	8	0	0	0	16	0	0
Cam Connor	R	8	1	0	1	0	0	1
Michel Larocque	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Dryden	G	16	0	3	3	2	0	0
Totals		284	63	106	169	178	15	12

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Ken Dryden	16	990	12	4	41	2.48	0
Michel Larocque	1	20	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Totals	17	1010	12	4	41	2.44		0