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Montréal Canadiens, 1977-78

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Norris Division, Prince of Wales Conference Stanley Cup champions Stanley Cup champions Best record in the Prince of Wales Conference Won the Norris Division Made the playoffs

1977-78 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
1 80 59-10-11 129 0.806 359 183 +176 32-4-4 27-6-7

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Quarterfinals Detroit Red Wings Won 4-1
Semifinals Toronto Maple Leafs Won 4-0
Stanley Cup Final Boston Bruins Won 4-2

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Guy Lafleur R 78 60 72 132 73 26 305 0
Jacques Lemaire C 76 36 61 97 54 14 310 0
Steve Shutt L 80 49 37 86 56 24 243 0
Larry Robinson D 80 13 52 65 71 39 154 0
Rejean Houle L 76 30 28 58 39 50 143 0
Yvan Cournoyer R 68 24 29 53 39 12 125 0
Pierre Larouche C 44 17 32 49 32 11 87 0
Pierre Mondou C 71 19 30 49 31 8 132 0
Guy Lapointe D 49 13 29 42 46 19 147 0
Serge Savard D 77 8 34 42 62 24 102 0
Doug Risebrough C 72 18 23 41 31 97 116 0
Yvon Lambert L 77 18 22 40 10 20 107 0
Doug Jarvis C 80 11 28 39 12 23 129 0
Bob Gainey L 66 15 16 31 11 57 140 0
Bill Nyrop D 72 5 21 26 56 37 71 0
Mario Tremblay R 56 10 14 24 6 44 89 0
Rick Chartraw D 68 4 12 16 16 64 75 0
Pierre Bouchard D 59 4 6 10 27 29 55 0
Peter Mahovlich C 17 3 5 8 6 4 28 0
Gilles Lupien D 48 1 3 4 19 108 20 0
Brian Engblom D 28 1 2 3 9 23 28 0
Murray Wilson L 12 0 1 1 -1 0 10 0
Mike Polich C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Hughes R 3 0 0 0 -2 2 5 0
Rod Schutt L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Ken Dryden 52 377705 1338 1233 105 2.05 0.922
Michel Larocque 30 223401 736 659 77 2.67 0.895

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 9, 1978 @ DET L 0-4 28 29
Apr 8, 1978 vs DET W 5-1 42 18
Apr 5, 1978 @ TOR W 6-3 47 32
Apr 2, 1978 @ WSH T 4-4 21 23
Apr 1, 1978 vs BOS W 7-1 31 22
Mar 29, 1978 vs PIT W 6-2 40 18
Mar 26, 1978 @ BOS T 2-2 20 24
Mar 25, 1978 vs WSH W 5-0 33 28
Mar 23, 1978 vs CLR W 5-3 35 32
Mar 20, 1978 @ VAN W 5-1 30 15
Mar 18, 1978 @ LAK W 6-3 34 26
Mar 15, 1978 @ CHI W 6-2 29 30
Mar 13, 1978 @ MNS W 5-2 35 43
Mar 11, 1978 vs LAK W 5-3 36 35
Mar 9, 1978 vs TOR W 4-1 39 26
Mar 8, 1978 vs WSH W 4-3 36 28
Mar 6, 1978 @ BUF L 1-2 33 33
Mar 4, 1978 vs PHI W 7-1 35 28
Mar 1, 1978 @ PIT W 5-2 39 32
Feb 28, 1978 vs DET W 9-3 45 28
Feb 26, 1978 vs NYI W 2-1 24 15
Feb 25, 1978 vs NYR L 3-6 32 32
Feb 23, 1978 vs CLE W 5-1 45 23
Feb 20, 1978 vs BUF W 4-2 32 19
Feb 18, 1978 vs CLR W 9-4 43 19
Feb 17, 1978 @ WSH W 8-2 40 21
Feb 15, 1978 @ STL W 6-2 39 21
Feb 12, 1978 @ NYR W 5-3 33 25
Feb 11, 1978 vs STL W 7-3 41 27
Feb 9, 1978 vs CHI T 3-3 38 24
Feb 4, 1978 @ LAK T 5-5 32 35
Feb 2, 1978 @ VAN T 4-4 34 26
Jan 31, 1978 @ CLR W 5-3 24 29
Jan 28, 1978 vs LAK W 6-3 32 32
Jan 26, 1978 @ AFM W 5-2 25 32
Jan 21, 1978 vs VAN W 8-1 51 26
Jan 19, 1978 @ PHI T 1-1 27 29
Jan 18, 1978 @ CLE W 7-4 35 24
Jan 14, 1978 vs BOS W 5-3 18 29
Jan 12, 1978 @ DET W 6-1 28 28
Jan 11, 1978 @ PIT W 8-6 44 32
Jan 9, 1978 vs PHI T 3-3 23 23
Jan 4, 1978 @ AFM W 4-1 22 28
Jan 3, 1978 @ STL W 2-0 31 22
Dec 31, 1977 @ NYI W 4-2 19 29
Dec 29, 1977 vs PIT W 4-3 41 14
Dec 27, 1977 vs CLE W 5-3 36 19
Dec 23, 1977 vs NYI W 7-5 35 27
Dec 21, 1977 @ TOR W 3-2 27 38
Dec 18, 1977 @ PHI W 2-0 21 22
Dec 17, 1977 @ PIT L 3-5 25 34
Dec 14, 1977 @ MNS L 2-3 35 32
Dec 12, 1977 @ CLE W 5-1 45 26
Dec 10, 1977 vs VAN W 7-2 26 26
Dec 8, 1977 vs STL W 8-1 33 29
Dec 5, 1977 vs AFM T 2-2 25 22
Dec 3, 1977 vs CHI W 3-2 34 24
Dec 1, 1977 @ BUF L 1-3 35 30
Nov 29, 1977 vs PIT W 9-1 39 29
Nov 26, 1977 vs DET W 3-1 29 28
Nov 24, 1977 vs BUF W 4-1 33 22
Nov 23, 1977 @ CLE L 1-2 28 23
Nov 19, 1977 @ LAK W 4-2 27 25
Nov 16, 1977 @ CLR W 4-1 33 19
Nov 13, 1977 @ CHI W 3-2 31 27
Nov 12, 1977 vs TOR W 5-0 20 32
Nov 10, 1977 @ NYI W 5-1 36 22
Nov 7, 1977 vs MNS L 3-5 36 20
Nov 5, 1977 vs BOS W 5-2 27 23
Nov 2, 1977 vs AFM T 2-2 36 21
Oct 30, 1977 vs BUF L 0-4 34 29
Oct 29, 1977 vs LAK L 3-5 32 27
Oct 26, 1977 @ TOR T 2-2 36 28
Oct 24, 1977 vs WSH W 5-1 46 21
Oct 23, 1977 @ NYR W 6-2 35 25
Oct 20, 1977 @ DET T 2-2 27 24
Oct 19, 1977 @ WSH W 5-3 32 27
Oct 16, 1977 @ BOS W 2-0 19 22
Oct 15, 1977 vs NYR W 5-0 33 19
Oct 12, 1977 vs MNS W 7-3 34 19