1977-78 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 59-10-11 - 129 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 12-3
Won Stanley Cup
Quarter-Finals - Defeated Detroit Red Wings 4-1
Semi-Finals - Defeated Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0
Stanley Cup Finals - Defeated Boston Bruins 4-2
Coach: Scotty Bowman (59-10-11)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1977-78 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1977-78 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 59 wins and 10 losses and 11 ties for 129 points, finishing first in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 12-3.

The Canadiens topped the circuit with 359 goals. Montreal surrendered 183 goals, least in the league. Guy Lafleur scored 60 goals for the squad, while Steve Shutt, Rejean Houle and Jacques Lemaire each netted 30 or more also. Guy Lafleur contributed 72 assists. Ken Dryden recorded 37 wins for the team, and Michel Larocque added 15 or more victories also. Ken Dryden recorded a 2.05 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.

Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1977-78 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	78	60	72	132	26	73	15	0	12	2	307	19.5
Jacques Lemaire	C	76	36	61	97	14	54	6	0	5	2	310	11.6
Steve Shutt	L	80	49	37	86	24	56	16	0	6	2	243	20.2
Larry Robinson	D	80	13	52	65	39	71	3	2	5	1	154	8.4
Rejean Houle	L	76	30	28	58	50	39	3	0	5	2	143	21.0
Yvan Cournoyer	R	68	24	29	53	12	39	4	0	6	0	125	19.2
Pierre Mondou	C	71	19	30	49	8	32	4	0	4	0	132	14.4
Pierre Larouche	C	44	17	32	49	11	32	3	0	1	0	87	19.5
Guy Lapointe	D	49	13	29	42	19	46	4	0	2	0	148	8.8
Serge Savard	D	77	8	34	42	24	62	4	0	1	0	103	7.8
Doug Risebrough	C	72	18	23	41	97	30	1	0	3	0	115	15.7
Yvon Lambert	L	77	18	22	40	20	10	7	0	3	1	107	16.8
Doug Jarvis	C	80	11	28	39	23	12	2	2	1	0	129	8.5
Bob Gainey	L	66	15	16	31	57	11	0	2	1	0	140	10.7
Bill Nyrop	D	72	5	21	26	37	56	1	2	1	0	69	7.2
Mario Tremblay	R	56	10	14	24	44	6	0	1	0	0	89	11.2
Rick Chartraw	D	68	4	12	16	64	16	0	0	1	0	75	5.3
Pierre Bouchard	D	59	4	6	10	29	27	0	0	1	1	55	7.3
Pete Mahovlich	C	17	3	5	8	4	6	0	0	1	0	28	10.7
Gilles Lupien	D	46	1	3	4	108	19	0	0	0	0	20	5.0
Michel Larocque	G	30	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Engblom	D	28	1	2	3	23	9	0	0	0	0	28	3.6
Ken Dryden	G	52	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Murray Wilson	L	12	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
Pat Hughes	R	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Mike Polich	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rod Schutt	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1440	359	563	922	735	703	73	9	59	11	2621	13.7

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Ken Dryden	52	3071	37	7	7	1	5	105	2.05	0
Michel Larocque	30	1729	22	3	4	0	1	77	2.67	0
Totals	82	4800	59	10	11	1	6	182	2.28		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Guy Lafleur	R	15	10	11	21	16	3	0	2
Jacques Lemaire	C	15	6	8	14	10	0	0	1
Steve Shutt	L	15	9	8	17	20	3	0	0
Larry Robinson	D	15	4	17	21	6	2	0	0
Rejean Houle	L	15	3	8	11	14	0	0	0
Yvan Cournoyer	R	15	7	4	11	10	0	0	2
Pierre Mondou	C	15	3	7	10	4	2	0	1
Pierre Larouche	C	5	2	1	3	4	1	0	1
Guy Lapointe	D	14	1	6	7	16	1	0	0
Serge Savard	D	15	1	7	8	8	0	0	0
Doug Risebrough	C	15	2	2	4	17	0	1	1
Yvon Lambert	L	15	2	4	6	6	1	0	1
Doug Jarvis	C	15	3	5	8	12	1	0	1
Bob Gainey	L	15	2	7	9	14	0	1	0
Bill Nyrop	D	12	0	4	4	6	0	0	0
Mario Tremblay	R	5	2	1	3	16	0	0	1
Rick Chartraw	D	10	1	0	1	10	0	0	1
Pierre Bouchard	D	10	0	1	1	5	0	0	0
Gilles Lupien	D	8	0	0	0	17	0	0	0
Brian Engblom	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Ken Dryden	G	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		264	58	101	159	213	14	2	12

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Ken Dryden	15	919	12	3	0	0	2	29	1.89	0
Totals	15	919	12	3	0	0	2	29	1.89		0