1978–79 Montreal Canadiens season

1978–79 Montreal Canadiens
	Stanley Cup champions
	Wales Conference champions
	Norris Division champions
Division	1st Norris
Conference	1st Wales
1978–79 record	52–17–11
Home record	29–6–5
Road record	23–11–6
Goals for	337
Goals against	204
Team information
General Manager	Irving Grundman
Coach	Scotty Bowman
Captain	Yvan Cournoyer
Alternate captains	None
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Guy Lafleur (52)
Assists	Guy Lafleur (77)
Points	Guy Lafleur (129)
Penalties in minutes	Gilles Lupien (124)
Plus/minus	Pierre Mondou (+59)
Wins	Ken Dryden (30)
Goals against average	Ken Dryden (2.30)

The 1978–79 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 70th season. The franchise won 52 games and had 11 ties, but finished second overall in the league. The New York Islanders finished first overall by one point over the Canadiens.^[1] The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the fourth consecutive time, the fifteenth time in the past twenty-four seasons, and their twenty-second overall. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup on home ice for the first time since 1968.^[1]^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

Norris Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	80	52	17	11	337	204	115
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	36	31	13	281	279	85
Los Angeles Kings	80	34	34	12	292	286	80
Washington Capitals	80	24	41	15	273	338	63
Detroit Red Wings	80	23	41	16	252	295	62

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 11, 1978	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	1–0–0
2	W	October 14, 1978	5–2	Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	2–0–0
3	W	October 15, 1978	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	3–0–0
4	L	October 17, 1978	1–3	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	3–1–0
5	L	October 20, 1978	5–7	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	3–2–0
6	W	October 22, 1978	8–4	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	4–2–0
7	T	October 25, 1978	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	4–2–1
8	L	October 28, 1978	1–2	New York Rangers (1978–79)	4–3–1
9	L	October 29, 1978	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	4–4–1
10	W	November 1, 1978	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	5–4–1
11	W	November 2, 1978	4–2	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	6–4–1
12	W	November 4, 1978	4–2	Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	7–4–1
13	T	November 5, 1978	1–1	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)	7–4–2
14	W	November 8, 1978	6–0	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	8–4–2
15	W	November 9, 1978	8–3	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	9–4–2
16	W	November 11, 1978	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	10–4–2
17	W	November 15, 1978	6–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	11–4–2
18	L	November 16, 1978	3–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	11–5–2
19	W	November 18, 1978	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	12–5–2
20	W	November 22, 1978	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	13–5–2
21	W	November 23, 1978	8–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	14–5–2
22	L	November 25, 1978	3–8	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	14–6–2
23	W	November 28, 1978	3–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	15–6–2
24	W	December 2, 1978	8–1	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	16–6–2
25	W	December 3, 1978	4–1	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	17–6–2
26	T	December 6, 1978	2–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	17–6–3
27	T	December 8, 1978	3–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	17–6–4
28	W	December 10, 1978	4–3	New York Islanders (1978–79)	18–6–4
29	W	December 12, 1978	6–0	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	19–6–4
30	W	December 13, 1978	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	20–6–4
31	W	December 16, 1978	5–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	21–6–4
32	W	December 20, 1978	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	22–6–4
33	W	December 21, 1978	5–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1978–79)	23–6–4
34	W	December 23, 1978	3–2	Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	24–6–4
35	W	December 27, 1978	5–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	25–6–4
36	T	December 28, 1978	3–3	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	25–6–5
37	W	December 30, 1978	6–1	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	26–6–5
38	L	January 3, 1979	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	26–7–5
39	L	January 4, 1979	4–5	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	26–8–5
40	W	January 6, 1979	2–0	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	27–8–5
41	W	January 8, 1979	3–1	Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	28–8–5
42	L	January 10, 1979	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	28–9–5
43	W	January 13, 1979	5–2	Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	29–9–5
44	T	January 16, 1979	2–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	29–9–6
45	W	January 17, 1979	7–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	30–9–6
46	T	January 20, 1979	5–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	30–9–7
47	W	January 23, 1979	6–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	31–9–7
48	W	January 25, 1979	6–0	Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	32–9–7
49	W	January 27, 1979	3–1	Boston Bruins (1978–79)	33–9–7
50	W	January 29, 1979	7–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1978–79)	34–9–7
51	W	January 31, 1979	4–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	35–9–7
52	W	February 3, 1979	6–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	36–9–7
53	W	February 4, 1979	8–4	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	37–9–7
54	T	February 15, 1979	2–2	Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	37–9–8
55	W	February 17, 1979	2–0	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	38–9–8
56	W	February 18, 1979	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (1978–79)	39–9–8
57	L	February 21, 1979	1–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	39–10–8
58	W	February 22, 1979	12–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	40–10–8
59	W	February 24, 1979	6–4	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	41–10–8
60	W	February 25, 1979	8–5	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	42–10–8
61	L	February 27, 1979	3–7	@ New York Islanders (1978–79)	42–11–8
62	W	March 1, 1979	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1978–79)	43–11–8
63	L	March 3, 1979	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	43–12–8
64	T	March 5, 1979	2–2	@ Washington Capitals (1978–79)	43–12–9
65	W	March 8, 1979	11–1	Vancouver Canucks (1978–79)	44–12–9
66	L	March 10, 1979	3–6	New York Rangers (1978–79)	44–13–9
67	T	March 12, 1979	3–3	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	44–13–10
68	L	March 14, 1979	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1978–79)	44–14–10
69	L	March 17, 1979	1–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1978–79)	44–15–10
70	W	March 18, 1979	3–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1978–79)	45–15–10
71	L	March 22, 1979	3–5	New York Islanders (1978–79)	45–16–10
72	W	March 24, 1979	3–1	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	46–16–10
73	W	March 25, 1979	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1978–79)	47–16–10
74	W	March 27, 1979	6–4	@ Atlanta Flames (1978–79)	48–16–10
75	W	March 29, 1979	5–2	St. Louis Blues (1978–79)	49–16–10
76	W	March 31, 1979	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1978–79)	50–16–10
77	T	April 1, 1979	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1978–79)	50–16–11
78	W	April 4, 1979	4–1	Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	51–16–11
79	W	April 7, 1979	10–3	Washington Capitals (1978–79)	52–16–11
80	L	April 8, 1979	0–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1978–79)	52–17–11

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Playoffs

1979 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarterfinals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (4-0)

Semifinals vs. Boston Bruins (4-3)

Stanley Cup Final vs. New York Rangers (4-1)

Legend: = Win = Loss

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Guy Lafleur	RW	80	52	77	129	28	56	13	0	12
Steve Shutt	LW	72	37	40	77	31	37	10	0	6
Pierre Mondou	C	77	31	41	72	26	59	6	1	7
Yvon Lambert	LW	79	26	40	66	26	30	5	1	7
Larry Robinson	D	67	16	45	61	33	50	4	0	1
Mario Tremblay	RW	76	30	29	59	74	23	3	0	4
Jacques Lemaire	C	50	24	31	55	10	9	6	1	4
Guy Lapointe	D	69	13	42	55	43	27	6	0	1
Rejean Houle	W	66	17	34	51	43	16	6	0	4
Bob Gainey	LW	79	20	18	38	44	11	1	1	1
Serge Savard	D	80	7	26	33	30	46	1	2	0
Mark Napier	RW	54	11	20	31	11	17	2	0	0
Doug Risebrough	C	48	10	15	25	62	22	0	0	2
Doug Jarvis	C	80	10	13	23	16	5	0	1	1
Pierre Larouche	C	36	9	13	22	4	3	4	0	0
Pat Hughes	RW	41	9	8	17	22	7	1	0	1
Rick Chartraw	D/RW	62	5	11	16	29	14	0	0	1
Brian Engblom	D	62	3	11	14	60	21	0	0	0
Gilles Lupien	D	72	1	9	10	124	33	0	0	0
Rod Langway	D	45	3	4	7	30	5	0	0	0
Yvan Cournoyer	RW	15	2	5	7	2	5	0	0	0
Cam Connor	RW	23	1	3	4	39	2	0	0	0
Ken Dryden	G	47	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	0
Michel Larocque	G	34	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0
Dan Newman	LW	16	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Dave Lumley	RW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ken Dryden	2814	47	30	10	7	108	2.30	5
Michel Larocque	1986	34	22	7	4	94	2.84	3
Team:	4800	80	52	17	11	202	2.52	8

Playoffs

Scoring

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

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Ken Dryden	990	16	12	4	41	2.48
Michel Larocque	20	1	0	0	0	0.00
Team:	1010	16	12	4	41	2.44

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

1978-79 Montreal Canadiens roster

Forwards

6 – Mondou • 8 – Risebrough • 10 – Lafleur • 11 – Lambert • 12 – Cournoyer • 14 – Tremblay • 15 – Houle • 20 – Connor • 21 – Jarvis • 22 – Shutt • 23 – Gainey • 25 – Lemaire • 26 – Newman • 28 – Larouche • 30 – Hughes • 31 – Napier • 32 – Lumley

Defenseman

3 – Engblom • 5 – Lapointe • 17 – Langway • 18 – Savard • 19 – Robinson • 24 – Lupien • 27 – Chartraw

Goalies

1 – Larocque • 29 – Dryden

General Manager: Irving Grundman • Coach: Scotty Bowman

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Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy
Ken Dryden and Michel Larocque, Vezina Trophy
Bob Gainey, Conn Smythe Trophy
Bob Gainey, Selke Trophy
Guy Lafleur, Runner-Up, Hart Memorial Trophy^[7]
Serge Savard, Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy^[7]

Draft picks

Montreal's draft picks at the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	8	Dan Geoffrion	Canada	Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)
1	17	Dave Hunter	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OMJHL)
2	30	Dale Yakiwchuk	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WCHL)
2	36	Ron Carter	Canada	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
3	42	Richard David	Canada	Trois-Rivieres Draveurs (QMJHL)
4	69	Kevin Reeves	Canada	Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)
5	86	Mike Boyd	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OMJHL)
6	103	Keith Acton	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OMJHL)
7	120	Jim Lawson	Canada	Brown University (ECAC)
8	137	Larry Landon	Canada	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
9	154	Kevin Constantine	United States	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
10	171	John Swan	Canada	McGill University (CIAU)
11	186	Daniel Metivier	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
12	201	Viacheslav Fetisov	Soviet Union	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
13	212	Jeff Mars	United States	University of Michigan (WCHA)
14	222	Greg Tignanelli	United States	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
15	225	George Goulakos	Canada	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
16	227	Ken Moodie	Canada	Colgate University (ECAC)
17	229	Serge LeBlanc	Canada	University of Vermont (ECAC)
18	230	Bob Magnuson	United States	Merrimack College (ECAC)
19	231	Chris Nilan	United States	Northeastern University (ECAC)
20	232	Rick Wilson	Canada	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)
21	233	Louis Sleigher	Canada	Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
22	234	Douglas Robb	Canada	Billings Bighorns (WCHL)

References

1 2 The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.234, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
↑ "Canadiens do it again". St Petersburg Times (Page 21). May 22, 1979. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
↑ "1978–79 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 14, 2009.
↑ "1978-79 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
↑ Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-May-04.
1 2 National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.220, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

Preceded by Montreal Canadiens 1978	New York Islanders Stanley Cup Champions 1979	Succeeded by New York Islanders 1980

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[The_Montreal_Canadiens_p.234-1] 1 2 The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.234, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0

[2] "Canadiens do it again". St Petersburg Times (Page 21). May 22, 1979. Retrieved June 12, 2013.

[guide-stdgs-3] National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 163, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

[4] "1978–79 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 14, 2009.

[5] "1978-79 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

[6] Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-May-04.

[ReferenceA-7] 1 2 National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.220, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

Montreal Canadiens seasons
1900s	1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1978–79 NHL season
Patrick	Atlanta NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia
Adams	Boston Buffalo Minnesota Toronto
Norris	Detroit Los Angeles Montreal Pittsburgh Washington
Smythe	Chicago Colorado St. Louis Vancouver
See also	Amateur Draft Dispersal Draft The Game Challenge Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

1978–79 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Roster

Awards and records

Draft picks

See also

References