1979-80 Montreal Canadiens Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 47-20-13 - 107 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Norris Division
Postseason: 6-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Hartford Whalers 3-0
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Minnesota North Stars 4-3
Coach: Bernie Geoffrion (15-9-6)
Coach: Claude Ruel (32-11-7)
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

1979-80 Montreal Canadiens Roster
1979-80 Montreal Canadiens Results

The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 47 wins and 20 losses and 13 ties for 107 points, finishing first in the NHL's Norris Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-4.

The Canadiens paced the circuit with 328 goals. Montreal allowed 240 goals. Pierre Larouche and Guy Lafleur scored 50 goals for the squad each, while Steve Shutt and Pierre Mondou netted 30 or more as well. Guy Lafleur contributed 75 assists. Denis Herron earned 25 wins in front of the net for the team, and Michel Larocque added 15 or more victories also. Denis Herron recorded a 2.51 goals against average, topping regular goalies.

Bernie Geoffrion and Claude Ruel coached the team. The 1979-80 Montreal Canadiens lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Guy Lafleur	R	74	50	75	125	12	40	15	0	7	1	323	15.5
Pierre Larouche	C	73	50	41	91	16	36	12	0	7	1	220	22.7
Steve Shutt	L	77	47	42	89	34	45	17	0	4	1	224	21.0
Larry Robinson	D	72	14	61	75	39	38	6	0	3	0	133	10.5
Pierre Mondou	C	75	30	36	66	12	26	8	0	3	4	152	19.7
Yvon Lambert	L	77	21	32	53	23	3	7	0	7	1	104	20.2
Mark Napier	R	76	16	33	49	7	11	4	0	1	0	123	13.0
Rejean Houle	L	60	18	27	45	68	3	2	0	3	2	115	15.7
Mario Tremblay	R	77	16	26	42	105	6	0	0	2	0	192	8.3
Rod Langway	D	77	7	29	36	81	36	0	0	1	0	112	6.3
Bob Gainey	L	64	14	19	33	32	-2	4	1	3	0	153	9.2
Guy Lapointe	D	45	6	20	26	29	-2	0	0	0	1	124	4.8
Doug Jarvis	C	80	13	11	24	28	-5	0	1	3	0	130	10.0
Brian Engblom	D	70	3	20	23	43	22	0	0	0	1	86	3.5
Doug Risebrough	C	44	8	10	18	81	-2	0	0	0	0	82	9.8
Serge Savard	D	46	5	8	13	18	-2	0	0	1	1	45	11.1
Rick Chartraw	D	66	5	7	12	35	6	0	0	0	0	65	7.7
Gaston Gingras	D	34	3	7	10	18	11	2	0	1	0	60	5.0
Gilles Lupien	D	56	1	7	8	109	13	0	0	1	0	42	2.4
Danny Geoffrion	R	32	0	6	6	12	1	0	0	0	0	19	0.0
Norm Dupont	L	35	1	3	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	18	5.6
Chris Nilan	R	15	0	2	2	50	-1	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Michel Larocque	G	39	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Acton	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Moe Robinson	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Sevigny	G	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denis Herron	G	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Meagher	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		1414	328	525	853	864	285	77	2	47	13	2531	13.0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Denis Herron	34	1909	25	3	3	1	0	80	2.51	0
Michel Larocque	39	2259	17	13	8	0	3	125	3.32	0
Richard Sevigny	11	632	5	4	2	3	0	31	2.94	0
Totals	84	4800	47	20	13	4	3	236	2.95		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Guy Lafleur	R	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	0
Pierre Larouche	C	9	1	7	8	2	0	0	0
Steve Shutt	L	10	6	3	9	6	2	0	2
Larry Robinson	D	10	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Pierre Mondou	C	4	1	4	5	4	0	0	0
Yvon Lambert	L	10	8	4	12	4	1	0	1
Mark Napier	R	10	2	6	8	0	1	0	0
Rejean Houle	L	10	4	5	9	12	1	0	0
Mario Tremblay	R	10	0	11	11	14	0	0	0
Rod Langway	D	10	3	3	6	2	1	0	0
Bob Gainey	L	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	1
Guy Lapointe	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Jarvis	C	10	4	4	8	2	0	1	0
Brian Engblom	D	10	2	4	6	6	1	0	1
Serge Savard	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Chartraw	D	10	2	2	4	0	0	0	0
Gaston Gingras	D	10	1	6	7	8	0	0	0
Gilles Lupien	D	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Danny Geoffrion	R	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
Norm Dupont	L	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	1
Chris Nilan	R	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Michel Larocque	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yvan Joly	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denis Herron	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		170	39	66	105	77	7	1	6

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Denis Herron	5	300	2	3	0	15	3.00	0
Michel Larocque	5	300	4	1	1	11	2.20	0
Totals	10	600	6	4	1	26	2.60		0