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Montréal Canadiens, 1978-79

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

1978-79 record

League rank	GP	Record	Points	Points %	Goals for	Goals against	Diff	Home	Away
2	80	52-17-11	115	0.719	337	204	+133	29-6-5	23-11-6

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round	Opponent	Result
Quarterfinals	Toronto Maple Leafs	Won 4-0
Semifinals	Boston Bruins	Won 4-3
Stanley Cup Final	New York Rangers	Won 4-1

Roster

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

Skater	Pos	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots
Guy Lafleur	R	80	52	77	129	55	28	342
Steve Shutt	L	72	37	40	77	38	31	190
Pierre Mondou	C	77	31	41	72	58	26	163
Yvon Lambert	L	79	26	40	66	30	26	133
Larry Robinson	D	67	16	45	61	49	33	146
Mario Tremblay	R	76	30	29	59	23	74	163
Guy Lapointe	D	69	13	42	55	27	43	204
Jacques Lemaire	C	51	24	31	55	9	10	204
Rejean Houle	L	66	17	34	51	17	43	105
Bob Gainey	L	79	20	18	38	12	44	153
Serge Savard	D	80	7	26	33	47	30	82
Mark Napier	R	54	11	20	31	16	11	73
Doug Risebrough	C	48	10	15	25	22	62	83
Doug Jarvis	C	80	10	13	23	6	16	119
Pierre Larouche	C	37	9	13	22	3	4	64
Pat Hughes	R	41	9	8	17	7	22	51
Rick Chartraw	D	62	5	11	16	14	29	81
Brian Engblom	D	62	3	11	14	21	60	60
Gilles Lupien	D	76	1	9	10	31	124	58
Rod Langway	D	46	3	4	7	6	30	48
Yvan Cournoyer	R	15	2	5	7	5	2	23
Cam Connor	R	24	1	3	4	2	39	12
Dan Newman	R	16	0	2	2	-1	4	9
Dave Lumley	R	3	0	0	0	0	0	2

Goalie	GP	W	L	T	OTL	SO	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	GAA	Save %
Ken Dryden	47	30	10	7	0	5	1190	1082	108	2.30	0.909
Michel Larocque	34	22	7	4	0	3	841	747	94	2.84	0.888

Results

Date	Opponent	Result	Shots for	Shots against
Apr 8, 1979	@ DET	L 0-1	22	24
Apr 7, 1979	vs WSH	W 10-3	41	18
Apr 4, 1979	vs DET	W 4-1	37	21
Apr 1, 1979	@ BOS	T 3-3	28	21
Mar 31, 1979	vs PIT	W 5-3	31	32
Mar 29, 1979	vs STL	W 5-2	44	20
Mar 27, 1979	@ AFM	W 6-4	27	22
Mar 25, 1979	@ NYR	W 1-0	30	25
Mar 24, 1979	vs WSH	W 3-1	41	21
Mar 22, 1979	vs NYI	L 3-5	33	30
Mar 18, 1979	@ CLR	W 3-1	25	24
Mar 17, 1979	@ LAK	L 1-3	28	32
Mar 14, 1979	@ MNS	L 3-4	33	34
Mar 12, 1979	vs DET	T 3-3	41	25
Mar 10, 1979	vs NYR	L 3-6	30	30
Mar 8, 1979	vs VAN	W 11-1	46	26
Mar 5, 1979	@ WSH	T 2-2	27	17
Mar 3, 1979	vs DET	L 3-5	32	29
Mar 1, 1979	vs TOR	W 2-1	34	26
Feb 27, 1979	@ NYI	L 3-7	41	35
Feb 25, 1979	@ WSH	W 8-5	33	31
Feb 24, 1979	vs STL	W 6-4	31	27
Feb 22, 1979	vs PIT	W 12-0	37	25
Feb 21, 1979	@ PIT	L 1-3	36	33
Feb 18, 1979	@ BUF	W 5-2	38	35
Feb 17, 1979	vs WSH	W 2-0	28	31
Feb 15, 1979	vs LAK	T 2-2	24	30
Feb 4, 1979	@ WSH	W 8-4	32	23
Feb 3, 1979	@ TOR	W 6-3	31	30
Jan 31, 1979	@ PIT	W 4-1	31	24
Jan 29, 1979	@ PHI	W 7-3	30	33
Jan 27, 1979	vs BOS	W 3-1	27	22
Jan 25, 1979	vs AFM	W 6-0	35	14
Jan 23, 1979	@ STL	W 6-3	30	31
Jan 20, 1979	vs PHI	T 5-5	31	34
Jan 17, 1979	@ LAK	W 7-3	44	26
Jan 16, 1979	@ VAN	T 2-2	37	20
Jan 13, 1979	vs BUF	W 5-2	27	29
Jan 10, 1979	@ PIT	L 2-3	31	21
Jan 8, 1979	vs MNS	W 3-1	23	18
Jan 6, 1979	vs VAN	W 2-0	33	24
Jan 4, 1979	vs LAK	L 4-5	30	26
Jan 3, 1979	@ NYR	L 2-6	27	26
Dec 30, 1978	vs BOS	W 6-1	30	26
Dec 28, 1978	vs LAK	T 3-3	31	26
Dec 27, 1978	@ DET	W 5-2	32	20
Dec 23, 1978	vs CLR	W 3-2	31	16
Dec 21, 1978	vs CHI	W 5-1	33	24
Dec 20, 1978	@ CHI	W 5-3	33	33
Dec 16, 1978	@ LAK	W 5-2	25	28
Dec 13, 1978	@ MNS	W 3-2	25	29
Dec 12, 1978	@ STL	W 6-0	31	19
Dec 10, 1978	vs NYI	W 4-3	34	21
Dec 8, 1978	vs PIT	T 3-3	30	25
Dec 6, 1978	@ DET	T 2-2	16	23
Dec 3, 1978	@ BUF	W 4-1	31	25
Dec 2, 1978	vs BUF	W 8-1	37	19
Nov 28, 1978	vs PHI	W 3-0	27	21
Nov 25, 1978	vs CHI	L 3-8	34	31
Nov 23, 1978	vs PIT	W 8-4	26	31
Nov 22, 1978	@ PIT	W 3-2	40	30
Nov 18, 1978	@ VAN	W 4-2	33	22
Nov 16, 1978	@ LAK	L 3-6	34	22
Nov 15, 1978	@ CLR	W 6-1	43	21
Nov 11, 1978	vs TOR	W 3-2	30	29
Nov 9, 1978	vs DET	W 8-3	36	22
Nov 8, 1978	@ WSH	W 6-0	29	20
Nov 5, 1978	@ BOS	T 1-1	23	17
Nov 4, 1978	vs AFM	W 4-2	30	25
Nov 2, 1978	vs WSH	W 4-2	43	18
Nov 1, 1978	@ DET	W 4-1	34	21
Oct 29, 1978	@ CHI	L 1-4	36	21
Oct 28, 1978	vs NYR	L 1-2	31	28
Oct 25, 1978	@ TOR	T 4-4	41	30
Oct 22, 1978	vs LAK	W 8-4	42	20
Oct 20, 1978	@ AFM	L 5-7	37	38
Oct 17, 1978	@ NYI	L 1-3	25	24
Oct 15, 1978	@ PHI	W 3-2	24	37
Oct 14, 1978	vs CLR	W 5-2	27	20
Oct 11, 1978	vs MNS	W 5-2	32	24