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Bob Gainey

#23 · Left wing · Montréal Canadiens · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Dec 13, 1953 in Peterborough, Ontario, CAN · 6'2", 200 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 8th overall in 1973 by MTL (round 1)

Trophy case

×5 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1985-86, 1978-79, 1977-78, 1976-77, 1975-76
×4 Frank J. Selke Trophy Top Defensive Forward 1980-81, 1979-80, 1978-79, 1977-78
Conn Smythe Trophy MVP of Stanley Cup Playoffs 1978-79

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1978-79. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bob Kelly PHI · 38 P in 78 GP Dan Labraaten DET · 38 P in 78 GP Stan Smyl VAN · 38 P in 62 GP Bobby Nystrom NYI · 39 P in 78 GP Paul Woods DET · 37 P in 80 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401973-74: 10 points1073-741974-75: 37 points371975-76: 28 points2875-761976-77: 33 points331977-78: 31 points3177-781978-79: 38 points381979-80: 33 points3379-801980-81: 47 points471981-82: 45 points4581-821982-83: 30 points301983-84: 39 points3983-841984-85: 32 points321985-86: 43 points4385-861986-87: 16 points161987-88: 22 points2287-881988-89: 17 points17

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 MTL 70 3 7 10 -9 34 55 0 0.14
1974-75 MTL 80 17 20 37 25 49 132 0 0.46
1975-76 MTL 78 15 13 28 20 57 155 0 0.36
1976-77 MTL 80 14 19 33 31 41 143 0 0.41
1977-78 MTL 66 15 16 31 11 57 140 0 0.47
1978-79 MTL 79 20 18 38 12 44 153 0 0.48
1979-80 MTL 64 14 19 33 -1 32 153 0 0.52
1980-81 MTL 78 23 24 47 13 36 181 0 0.60
1981-82 MTL 79 21 24 45 36 24 172 0 0.57
1982-83 MTL 80 12 18 30 6 43 149 0 0.38
1983-84 MTL 77 17 22 39 11 41 125 0 0.51
1984-85 MTL 79 19 13 32 14 40 164 0 0.41
1985-86 MTL 80 20 23 43 11 20 133 0 0.54
1986-87 MTL 47 8 8 16 0 19 73 0 0.34
1987-88 MTL 78 11 11 22 8 14 101 0 0.28
1988-89 MTL 49 10 7 17 13 34 65 0 0.35
16 seasons Career 1164 239 262 501 201 585 2094 0 0.43

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 MTL 6 0 0 0 -1 6 5 0 0.00
1974-75 MTL 11 2 4 6 7 4 21 0 0.55
1975-76 MTL 13 1 3 4 4 20 34 0 0.31
1976-77 MTL 14 4 1 5 2 25 28 0 0.36
1977-78 MTL 15 2 7 9 4 14 45 0 0.60
1978-79 MTL 16 6 10 16 4 10 38 0 1.00
1979-80 MTL 10 1 1 2 2 4 23 0 0.20
1980-81 MTL 3 0 0 0 -5 2 9 0 0.00
1981-82 MTL 5 0 1 1 -1 8 10 0 0.20
1982-83 MTL 3 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 0.00
1983-84 MTL 15 1 5 6 6 9 10 0 0.40
1984-85 MTL 12 1 3 4 -7 13 15 0 0.33
1985-86 MTL 20 5 5 10 3 12 36 0 0.50
1986-87 MTL 17 1 3 4 -7 6 26 0 0.24
1987-88 MTL 6 0 1 1 -4 6 5 0 0.17
1988-89 MTL 16 1 4 5 0 8 14 0 0.31
16 seasons Playoffs 182 25 48 73 5 151 321 0 0.40

1978-79 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
79 20 18 38 12 44 153 0 0.48 13.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1979 @ DET L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Apr 7, 1979 vs WSH W 10-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1979 vs DET W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1979 @ BOS T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1979 vs PIT W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1979 vs STL W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1979 @ AFM W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1979 @ NYR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1979 vs WSH W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1979 vs NYI L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1979 @ CLR W 3-1 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1979 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1979 @ MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 4 6 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1979 vs DET T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1979 vs NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1979 vs VAN W 11-1 1 1 2 5 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1979 @ WSH T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1979 vs DET L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1979 vs TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1979 @ NYI L 3-7 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1979 @ WSH W 8-5 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1979 vs STL W 6-4 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1979 vs PIT W 12-0 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1979 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1979 @ BUF W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1979 vs WSH W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1979 vs LAK T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1979 @ TOR W 6-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1979 @ PIT W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1979 @ PHI W 7-3 1 1 2 3 2 5 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1979 vs BOS W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1979 vs AFM W 6-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1979 @ STL W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1979 vs PHI T 5-5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1979 @ LAK W 7-3 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1979 @ VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1979 vs BUF W 5-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1979 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1979 vs MNS W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1979 vs VAN W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1979 vs LAK L 4-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1979 @ NYR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1978 vs BOS W 6-1 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1978 vs LAK T 3-3 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1978 @ DET W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1978 vs CLR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1978 vs CHI W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1978 @ CHI W 5-3 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1978 @ LAK W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1978 @ MNS W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1978 @ STL W 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1978 vs NYI W 4-3 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1978 vs PIT T 3-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1978 @ DET T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1978 @ BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1978 vs BUF W 8-1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1978 vs PHI W 3-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1978 vs CHI L 3-8 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1978 vs PIT W 8-4 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1978 @ PIT W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1978 @ VAN W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1978 @ LAK L 3-6 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1978 @ CLR W 6-1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1978 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1978 vs DET W 8-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1978 @ WSH W 6-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1978 @ BOS T 1-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1978 vs AFM W 4-2 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1978 vs WSH W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1978 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1978 @ CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1978 vs NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1978 @ TOR T 4-4 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1978 vs LAK W 8-4 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1978 @ AFM L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1978 @ NYI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1978 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1978 vs CLR W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1978 vs MNS W 5-2 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 00:00