1979 Stanley Cup playoffs

1979 Stanley Cup playoffs
Tournament details
Dates	April 10–May 21, 1979
Teams	12
Defending champions	Montreal Canadiens
Final positions
Champions	Montreal Canadiens
Runner-up	New York Rangers
Semifinalists	Boston Bruins; New York Islanders;
	← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League, (NHL) began on April 10, after the conclusion of the 1978–79 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 21, with the three-time defending champion Montreal Canadiens defeating the New York Rangers 4–1 to win the Final series four games to one for the Stanley Cup. Three Original Six teams made the semifinals, which would not happen again until the 2014 Conference Finals.

The Stanley Cup

Playoff seeds

The twelve teams that qualified for the playoffs are ranked 1–12 based on regular season points.

Note: Only teams that qualified for the playoffs are listed here.

New York Islanders, Patrick Division champions, Clarence Campbell Conference regular season champions – 116 points
Montreal Canadiens, Norris Division champions, Prince of Wales Conference regular season champions – 115 points
Boston Bruins, Adams Division champions – 100 points
Philadelphia Flyers – 95 points
New York Rangers – 91 points
Atlanta Flames – 90 points
Buffalo Sabres – 88 points
Pittsburgh Penguins – 85 points
Toronto Maple Leafs – 81 points
Los Angeles Kings – 80 points
Chicago Black Hawks, Smythe Division champions – 73 points
Vancouver Canucks – 63 points

Playoff bracket

Preliminary Round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Stanley Cup Finals


			1	NY Islanders	4

			8	Chicago	0



						1	NY Islanders	2

						4	NY Rangers	4
1	Philadelphia	2

8	Vancouver	1
			4	Philadelphia	1

			5	NY Rangers	4
2	NY Rangers	2

7	Los Angeles	0
									2	Montreal	4

									4	NY Rangers	1



			2	Montreal	4

			7	Toronto	0
3	Atlanta	0

6	Toronto	2
						2	Montreal	4

						3	Boston	3



			3	Boston	4

			6	Pittsburgh	0
4	Buffalo	1

5	Pittsburgh	2

Division winners earned a bye to the Quarterfinals
Teams were re-seeded based on regular season record after the Preliminary and Quarterfinal rounds

Preliminary Round

(1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks

April 10	Vancouver Canucks		3–2	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Thomas Gradin (1) – 01:35		Second period		No scoring
Stan Smyl (1) – 00:09 Don Lever (1) – 10:38		Third period		06:30 – Bobby Clarke (1) 19:35 – Reggie Leach (1)
Gary Bromley 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		Wayne Stephenson 23 saves / 26 shots

April 12	Philadelphia Flyers		6–4	Vancouver Canucks	Pacific Coliseum	Recap
Tom Gorence (1) – 01:47 Reggie Leach (2) – pp – 18:39		First period		14:10 – pp – Don Lever (2) 16:11 – pp – Dennis Kearns (1)
Tom Gorence (2) – 01:12		Second period		01:48 – Thomas Gradin (2)
Ken Linseman (1) – 13:36 Reggie Leach (3) – 19:06 Bill Barber (1) – 19:57		Third period		16:40 – Thomas Gradin (3)
Robbie Moore 17 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Gary Bromley 31 saves / 36 shots

April 14	Vancouver Canucks		2–7	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
Thomas Gradin (4) – 17:34		First period		04:13 – pp – Bobby Clarke (2) 07:20 – Al Hill (1)
No scoring		Second period		00:34 – pp – Reggie Leach (4) 08:53 – pp – Tom Gorence (3) 10:27 – Blake Dunlop (1)
Don Kozak (1) – 15:11		Third period		03:05 – Bill Barber (2) 12:58 – Paul Holmgren (1)
Gary Bromley 21 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Robbie Moore 29 saves / 31 shots

Philadelphia won series 2–1

(2) New York Rangers vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings

April 10	Los Angeles Kings		1–7	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Charlie Simmer (1) – pp – 09:17		First period		06:15 – pp – Lucien DeBlois (1) 14:16 – pp – Mike McEwen (1)
No scoring		Second period		06:15 – Steve Vickers (1) 09:08 – Dave Maloney (1) 13:38 – pp – Ron Greschner (1) 15:49 – Walt Tkaczuk (1)
No scoring		Third period		13:02 – Dave Maloney (2)
Mario Lessard 23 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		John Davidson 31 saves / 32 shots

April 12	New York Rangers		2–1	OT	Los Angeles Kings	The Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:29 – pp – Syl Apps Jr. (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Phil Esposito (1) – 01:11		Third period			No scoring
Phil Esposito (2) – 06:11		First overtime period			No scoring
John Davidson 35 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			Mario Lessard 41 saves / 43 shots

New York won series 2–0

(3) Atlanta Flames vs. (6) Toronto Maple Leafs

April 10	Toronto Maple Leafs		2–1	Atlanta Flames	Omni Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Walt McKechnie (1) – sh – 06:26 Walt McKechnie (2) – 09:14		Second period		16:37 – Jean Pronovost (1)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mike Palmateer 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Dan Bouchard 19 saves / 21 shots

April 12	Atlanta Flames		4–7	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Jean Pronovost (2) – pp – 10:51		First period		04:04 – Darryl Sittler (1) 04:16 – Darryl Sittler (2) 04:27 – Ron Ellis (1)
Guy Chouinard (1) – pp – 11:41		Second period		03:09 – Pat Boutette (1) 08:38 – pp – Dan Maloney (1) 15:42 – Walt McKechnie (3) 17:32 – Pat Boutette (2)
Bobby Lalonde (1) – pp – 03:57 Willi Plett (1) – 10:02		Third period		No scoring
Dan Bouchard 20 saves / 27 shots Rejean Lemelin 15 saves / 15 shots		Goalie stats		Mike Palmateer 22 saves / 26 shots

Toronto won series 2–0

(4) Buffalo Sabres vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins

April 10	Pittsburgh Penguins		4–3	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Rod Schutt (1) – 11:32		First period		10:49 – Mike Boland (1)
No scoring		Second period		12:48 – Rene Robert (1)
Blair Chapman (1) – 05:21 Gary McAdam (1) – 13:54 Orest Kindrachuk (1) – 15:46		Third period		17:26 – Don Luce (1)
Denis Herron 28 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Bob Sauve 18 saves / 22 shots

April 12	Buffalo Sabres		3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Rick Dudley (1) – 19:22		First period		No scoring
Jacques Richard (1) – 02:59		Second period		17:19 – Colin Campbell (1)
Rene Robert (2) – 19:11		Third period		No scoring
Bob Sauve 30 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Denis Herron 27 saves / 30 shots

April 14	Pittsburgh Penguins		4–3	OT	Buffalo Sabres	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	Recap
Jim Hamilton (1) – 13:04		First period			12:59 – pp – Gilbert Perreault (1) 16:35 – Craig Ramsay (1)
Jim Hamilton (2) – 11:47		Second period			17:38 – Jerry Korab (1)
George Ferguson (1) – 04:17		Third period			No scoring
George Ferguson (2) – 00:47		First overtime period			No scoring
Denis Herron 38 saves / 41 shots		Goalie stats			Bob Sauve 20 saves / 24 shots

Pittsburgh won series 2–1

Quarterfinals

(1) New York Islanders vs. (8) Chicago Black Hawks

April 16	Chicago Black Hawks		2–6	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Reg Kerr (1) – 07:36		First period		02:29 – Wayne Merrick (1) 18:41 – Mike Bossy (1)
Bob Murray (1) – 06:46		Second period		02:27 – Bryan Trottier (1) 14:25 – pp – Mike Bossy (2)
No scoring		Third period		03:49 – Denis Potvin (1) 15:27 – Mike Bossy (3)
Tony Esposito 28 saves / 34 shots		Goalie stats		Chico Resch 22 saves / 24 shots

April 18	Chicago Black Hawks		0–1	OT	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			02:31 – Mike Bossy (4)
Tony Esposito 39 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats			Billy Smith 22 saves / 22 shots

April 20	New York Islanders		4–0	Chicago Black Hawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Billy Harris (1) – pp – 18:08		First period		No scoring
Lorne Henning (1) – 17:47		Second period		No scoring
Clark Gillies (1) – 03:00 Denis Potvin (2) – 11:45		Third period		No scoring
Chico Resch 21 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats		Tony Esposito 24 saves / 28 shots

April 22	New York Islanders		3–1	Chicago Black Hawks	Chicago Stadium	Recap
Denis Potvin (3) – 15:09		First period		No scoring
Ed Westfall (1) – 01:24		Second period		07:05 – Mike Walton (1)
Mike Bossy (5) – 08:02		Third period		No scoring
Billy Smith 27 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Tony Esposito 21 saves / 24 shots

New York won series 4–0

(2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (7) Toronto Maple Leafs

As of 2019, this was the last time these two teams faced off against each other in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

April 16	Toronto Maple Leafs		2–5	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Lanny McDonald (1) – 09:36		First period		No scoring
Dan Maloney (2) – 03:23		Second period		04:33 – Steve Shutt (1) 13:05 – pp – Guy Lafleur (1)
No scoring		Third period		04:23 – Jacques Lemaire (1) 07:15 – Jacques Lemaire (2) 09:59 – pp – Yvon Lambert (1)
Mike Palmateer 28 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Ken Dryden 26 saves / 28 shots

April 18	Toronto Maple Leafs		1–5	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		02:50 – Bob Gainey (1) 09:33 – Guy Lafleur (2)
No scoring		Second period		07:01 – pp – Jacques Lemaire (3)
Lanny McDonald (2) – 19:43		Third period		13:19 – Bob Gainey (2) 14:36 – Steve Shutt (2)
Mike Palmateer 20 saves / 23 shots Paul Harrison 13 saves / 15 shots		Goalie stats		Ken Dryden 27 saves / 28 shots

April 21	Montreal Canadiens		4–3	2OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Mark Napier (1) – 02:48		First period			05:06 – pp – Darryl Sittler (3) 08:14 – Lanny McDonald (3)
Larry Robinson (1) – 04:35 Jacques Lemaire (4) – pp – 06:12		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			17:40 – Darryl Sittler (4)
Cam Connor (1) – 05:25		Second overtime period			No scoring
Ken Dryden 38 saves / 41 shots		Goalie stats			Mike Palmateer 40 saves / 44 shots

April 22	Montreal Canadiens		5–4	OT	Toronto Maple Leafs	Maple Leaf Gardens	Recap
Yvon Lambert (2) – pp – 06:55 Larry Robinson (2) – 07:57		First period			No scoring
Pierre Mondou (1) – 08:06 Pat Hughes (1) – 10:31		Second period			14:46 – Rocky Saganiuk (1) 16:06 – pp – Darryl Sittler (5)
No scoring		Third period			13:29 – Walt McKechnie (4) 13:58 – Dan Maloney (3)
Larry Robinson (3) – pp – 04:14		First overtime period			No scoring
Ken Dryden 29 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			Paul Harrison 30 saves / 35 shots

Montreal won series 4–0

(3) Boston Bruins vs. (6) Pittsburgh Penguins

April 16	Pittsburgh Penguins		2–6	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		02:29 – Peter McNab (1) 05:21 – Don Marcotte (1) 15:58 – Mike Milbury (1)
Orest Kindrachuk (2) – 06:07		Second period		04:21 – Don Marcotte (2) 16:02 – pp – Bobby Schmautz (1) 17:27 – sh – Dick Redmond (1)
Gregg Sheppard (1) – pp – 12:14		Third period		No scoring
Denis Herron 27 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Gerry Cheevers 19 saves / 21 shots

April 18	Pittsburgh Penguins		3–4	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Jim Hamilton (3) – pp – 14:11		First period		15:10 – pp – Jean Ratelle (1) 16:16 – Dwight Foster (1)
Orest Kindrachuk (3) – 14:52		Second period		14:15 – Peter McNab (2)
Orest Kindrachuk (4) – 19:54		Third period		10:10 – Bob Miller (1)
Denis Herron 21 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats		Gerry Cheevers 24 saves / 27 shots

April 21	Boston Bruins		2–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Peter McNab (3) – 18:43		First period		03:10 – Gary McAdam (2)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Rick Middleton (1) – pp – 05:03		Third period		No scoring
Gerry Cheevers 23 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		Denis Herron 29 saves / 31 shots

April 22	Boston Bruins		4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	Civic Arena	Recap
Bobby Schmautz (2) – 16:53 Jean Ratelle (2) – 18:46		First period		15:20 – Rod Schutt (2)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Jean Ratelle (3) – 08:50 Don Marcotte (3) – 19:19		Third period		No scoring
Gerry Cheevers 24 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats		Denis Herron 27 saves / 30 shots

Boston won series 4–0

(4) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (5) New York Rangers

April 16	New York Rangers		2–3	OT	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
Don Maloney (1) – 04:32 Phil Esposito (3) – pp – 09:10		First period			16:52 – pp – Bob Kelly (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			15:02 – Bill Barber (3)
No scoring		First overtime period			00:44 – Ken Linseman (2)
John Davidson 29 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Robbie Moore 22 saves / 24 shots

April 18	New York Rangers		7–1	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
Steve Vickers (2) – 02:21 Ron Greschner (2) – sh – 18:22		First period		07:45 – Frank Bathe (1)
Don Maloney (2) – 02:32 Ron Greschner (3) – pp – 06:19 Eddie Johnstone (1) – 10:41		Second period		No scoring
Don Murdoch (1) – pp – 09:44 Mike McEwen (2) – pp – 17:18		Third period		No scoring
John Davidson 32 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Robbie Moore 13 saves / 17 shots Wayne Stephenson 16 saves / 19 shots

April 20	Philadelphia Flyers		1–5	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Mel Bridgman (1) – 01:38		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		02:15 – Don Maloney (3) 02:41 – Don Maloney (4) 05:39 – sh – Anders Hedberg (1)
No scoring		Third period		14:17 – Ron Duguay (1) 19:48 – Don Murdoch (2)
Wayne Stephenson 20 saves / 24 shots		Goalie stats		John Davidson 32 saves / 33 shots

April 22	Philadelphia Flyers		0–6	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		03:43 – Don Murdoch (3) 06:33 – Eddie Johnstone (2)
No scoring		Second period		02:00 – Phil Esposito (4) 05:15 – Bobby Sheehan (1)
No scoring		Third period		06:58 – pp – Don Murdoch (4) 11:39 – sh – Eddie Johnstone (3)
Robbie Moore 24 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats		John Davidson 28 saves / 29 shots

April 24	New York Rangers		8–3	Philadelphia Flyers	Spectrum	Recap
Ron Greschner (4) – pp – 09:55 Walt Tkaczuk (2) – sh – 13:26		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Walt Tkaczuk (3) – 02:03 Steve Vickers (3) – 04:13 Ron Duguay (2) – sh – 08:19 Carol Vadnais (1) – 16:50 Eddie Johnstone (4) – 17:24 Anders Hedberg (2) – 19:26		Third period		10:37 – pp – Reggie Leach (5) 12:21 – Bob Dailey (1) 15:27 – Behn Wilson (1)
John Davidson 25 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Wayne Stephenson 15 saves / 21 shots

New York won series 4–1

Semifinals

(1) New York Islanders vs. (4) New York Rangers

April 26	New York Rangers		4–1	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Don Murdoch (5) – pp – 15:01 Eddie Johnstone (5) – 17:57		First period		10:41 – Bryan Trottier (2)
Ron Duguay (3) – 09:43 Bobby Sheehan (2) – 16:34		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
John Davidson 21 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats		Chico Resch 34 saves / 38 shots

April 28	New York Rangers		3–4	OT	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Walt Tkaczuk (4) – 03:12		First period			No scoring
Bobby Sheehan (3) – pp – 08:32		Second period			01:37 – Wayne Merrick (2)
Phil Esposito (5) – 15:48		Third period			05:13 – Bob Lorimer (1) 09:35 – Bobby Nystrom (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			08:02 – Denis Potvin (4)
John Davidson 33 saves / 37 shots		Goalie stats			Billy Smith 34 saves / 37 shots

May 1	New York Islanders		1–3	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Bob Bourne (1) – 14:04		Second period		03:14 – Bobby Sheehan (4) 16:23 – Phil Esposito (6)
No scoring		Third period		13:55 – Steve Vickers (4)
Chico Resch 29 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		John Davidson 16 saves / 17 shots

May 3	New York Islanders		3–2	OT	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
John Tonelli (1) – 01:53		Second period			01:18 – Don Maloney (5)
Billy Harris (2) – 02:56		Third period			06:50 – Don Maloney (6)
Bobby Nystrom (2) – 03:40		First overtime period			No scoring
Billy Smith 28 saves / 30 shots		Goalie stats			John Davidson 23 saves / 26 shots

May 5	New York Rangers		4–3	New York Islanders	Nassau Coliseum	Recap
Don Maloney (7) – 15:29		First period		17:48 – sh – Lorne Henning (2)
Lucien DeBlois (2) – 07:29		Second period		No scoring
Ron Greschner (5) – 09:04 Anders Hedberg (3) – 17:47		Third period		04:20 – Mike Kaszycki (1) 09:33 – Bobby Nystrom (3)
John Davidson 25 saves / 28 shots		Goalie stats		Billy Smith 26 saves / 30 shots

May 8	New York Islanders		1–2	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Mike Bossy (6) – pp – 08:56		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		05:03 – Don Murdoch (6) 08:45 – pp – Ron Greschner (6)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Chico Resch 25 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats		John Davidson 21 saves / 22 shots

New York Rangers won series 4–2

(2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (3) Boston Bruins

April 26	Boston Bruins		2–4	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:52 – Jacques Lemaire (5)
Jean Ratelle (4) – pp – 03:37 Don Marcotte (4) – 05:34		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		03:44 – Guy Lafleur (3) 12:17 – Pierre Larouche (1) 19:33 – Doug Jarvis (1)
Gerry Cheevers 17 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats		Ken Dryden 19 saves / 21 shots

April 28	Boston Bruins		2–5	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Rick Middleton (2) – 07:42 Peter McNab (4) – 10:34		Second period		17:41 – Jacques Lemaire (6) 18:11 – Bob Gainey (3) 19:05 – Mario Tremblay (1)
No scoring		Third period		04:50 – Guy Lafleur (4) 15:43 – Rick Chartraw (1)
Gerry Cheevers 15 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats		Ken Dryden 21 saves / 23 shots

May 1	Montreal Canadiens		1–2	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
No scoring		First period		12:19 – Stan Jonathan (1)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Larry Robinson (4) – 13:23		Third period		16:48 – Brad Park (1)
Ken Dryden 29 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Gilles Gilbert 17 saves / 18 shots

May 3	Montreal Canadiens		3–4	OT	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Pierre Mondou (2) – pp – 18:59		First period			15:15 – Jean Ratelle (5)
Guy Lafleur (5) – 07:58		Second period			13:21 – Jean Ratelle (6)
Guy Lapointe (1) – 17:54		Third period			16:18 – Peter McNab (5)
No scoring		First overtime period			03:46 – Jean Ratelle (7)
Ken Dryden 28 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Gilles Gilbert 21 saves / 24 shots

May 5	Boston Bruins		1–5	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period		08:35 – Guy Lafleur (6) 09:00 – Guy Lafleur (7) 19:02 – Larry Robinson (5)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Wayne Cashman (1) – pp – 18:32		Third period		10:03 – pp – Serge Savard (1) 12:00 – Mario Tremblay (2)
Gilles Gilbert 35 saves / 40 shots		Goalie stats		Ken Dryden 21 saves / 22 shots

May 8	Montreal Canadiens		2–5	Boston Bruins	Boston Garden	Recap
Larry Robinson (6) – 08:05 Pierre Mondou (3) – 12:48		First period		10:02 – Stan Jonathan (2) 12:21 – Don Marcotte (5)
No scoring		Second period		16:30 – Wayne Cashman (2)
No scoring		Third period		07:23 – Stan Jonathan (3) 15:24 – Stan Jonathan (4)
Ken Dryden 18 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats		Gilles Gilbert 25 saves / 27 shots

May 10	Boston Bruins		4–5	OT	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Rick Middleton (3) – pp – 10:09		First period			14:19 – pp – Jacques Lemaire (7)
Wayne Cashman (3) – 00:27 Wayne Cashman (4) – 16:12		Second period			No scoring
Rick Middleton (4) – 16:01		Third period			06:10 – Mark Napier (2) 08:16 – pp – Guy Lapointe (2) 18:46 – pp – Guy Lafleur (8)
No scoring		First overtime period			09:33 – Yvon Lambert (3)
Gilles Gilbert 47 saves / 52 shots		Goalie stats			Ken Dryden 26 saves / 30 shots

Montreal won series 4–3

Stanley Cup Finals

Prior to 2013, this was the last time two Original Six clubs met in the finals. Both teams would next appear in the Stanley Cup Finals: Canadiens winning in 1986, Rangers winning in 1994.

May 13	New York Rangers		4–1	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Steve Vickers (5) – pp – 06:28 Ron Greschner (7) – 14:27		First period		No scoring
Phil Esposito (7) – pp – 09:30 Dave Maloney (3) – sh – 12:32		Second period		07:07 – Guy Lafleur (9)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
John Davidson 31 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats		Ken Dryden 9 saves / 13 shots Michel Larocque 9 saves / 9 shots

May 15	New York Rangers		2–6	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Anders Hedberg (4) – 01:02 Ron Duguay (4) – 06:21		First period		08:34 – Yvon Lambert (4) 12:24 – Guy Lafleur (10) 16:27 – Bob Gainey (4)
No scoring		Second period		06:51 – Steve Shutt (3) 17:35 – pp – Jacques Lemaire (8)
No scoring		Third period		04:38 – Mark Napier (3)
John Davidson 27 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats		Ken Dryden 23 saves / 25 shots

May 17	Montreal Canadiens		4–1	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Steve Shutt (4) – pp – 07:27 Doug Risebrough (1) – 15:44		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Mario Tremblay (3) – 14:48 Jacques Lemaire (9) – 17:10		Third period		06:06 – Ron Duguay (5)
Ken Dryden 19 saves / 20 shots		Goalie stats		John Davidson 19 saves / 23 shots

May 19	Montreal Canadiens		4–3	OT	New York Rangers	Madison Square Garden	Recap
Rejean Houle (1) – 02:39		First period			01:19 – Pat Hickey (1) 17:03 – Don Murdoch (7)
Yvon Lambert (5) – 18:05		Second period			No scoring
Bob Gainey (5) – 06:27		Third period			04:26 – Phil Esposito (8)
Serge Savard (2) – 07:25		First overtime period			No scoring
Ken Dryden 18 saves / 21 shots		Goalie stats			John Davidson 38 saves / 42 shots

May 21	New York Rangers		1–4	Montreal Canadiens	Montreal Forum	Recap
Carol Vadnais (2) – 16:52		First period		10:36 – Rick Chartraw (2)
No scoring		Second period		01:02 – pp – Jacques Lemaire (10) 11:01 – Bob Gainey (6) 18:49 – Jacques Lemaire (11)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
John Davidson 27 saves / 31 shots		Goalie stats		Ken Dryden 14 saves / 15 shots

Montreal won series 4–1

References

Bibliography

Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Stanley Cup. Total Sports Canada. ISBN 1-892129-07-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Preceded by 1978 Stanley Cup playoffs	Stanley Cup playoffs	Succeeded by 1980 Stanley Cup playoffs

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