1978-79 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
Team Record: 52-17-11 - 115 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Scotty Bowman (52-17-11)
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 in the NHL's Norris Division.
The team surrendered 204 goals, fewest in the league. The team netted 337 goals. Guy Lafleur scored 52 goals for the team, while Steve Shutt, Pierre Mondou and Mario Tremblay 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 2.3 goals against average, topping goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1978-79 Montreal Canadiens won the League Championship.
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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 |
| Ken Dryden | G | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michel Larocque | G | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 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 | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Dryden | 47 | 2814 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 108 | 2.30 | |||
| Michel Larocque | 34 | 1986 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 2.84 | |||
| Totals | 81 | 4800 | 52 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 202 | 2.53 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Lafleur | R | 16 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve Shutt | L | 11 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Mondou | C | 16 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yvon Lambert | L | 16 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Robinson | D | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mario Tremblay | R | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Lemaire | C | 16 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Guy Lapointe | D | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rejean Houle | L | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gainey | L | 16 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Serge Savard | D | 16 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Napier | R | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Risebrough | C | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Jarvis | C | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Larouche | C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Hughes | R | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Chartraw | D | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Engblom | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Lupien | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Langway | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cam Connor | R | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ken Dryden | G | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michel Larocque | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 284 | 63 | 106 | 169 | 178 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Dryden | 16 | 990 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.48 | 449 | 408 | .909 |
| Michel Larocque | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 17 | 1010 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2.44 | 458 | 417 | .910 |
