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Montréal Canadiens, 1979-80

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Norris Division, Prince of Wales Conference Won the Norris Division Made the playoffs

1979-80 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
3 80 47-20-13 107 0.669 328 240 +88 30-7-3 17-13-10

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Preliminary Round Hartford Whalers Won 3-0
Quarterfinals Minnesota North Stars Lost 3-4

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 74 50 75 125 40 12 323 0
Pierre Larouche C 73 50 41 91 35 16 220 0
Steve Shutt L 77 47 42 89 45 34 224 0
Larry Robinson D 72 14 61 75 38 39 133 0
Pierre Mondou C 75 30 36 66 26 12 152 0
Yvon Lambert L 77 21 32 53 3 23 104 0
Mark Napier R 76 16 33 49 11 7 123 0
Rejean Houle L 60 18 27 45 2 68 115 0
Mario Tremblay R 77 16 26 42 5 105 192 0
Rod Langway D 78 7 29 36 36 81 112 0
Bob Gainey L 64 14 19 33 -1 32 153 0
Guy Lapointe D 45 6 20 26 -2 29 124 0
Doug Jarvis C 80 13 11 24 -4 28 130 0
Brian Engblom D 70 3 20 23 21 43 86 0
Doug Risebrough C 44 8 10 18 -2 81 82 0
Serge Savard D 46 5 8 13 -2 18 45 0
Rick Chartraw D 67 5 7 12 7 35 65 0
Gaston Gingras D 35 3 7 10 10 18 60 0
Gilles Lupien D 64 1 7 8 13 109 42 0
Danny Geoffrion R 38 0 6 6 1 12 19 0
Norm Dupont L 45 1 3 4 2 4 18 0
Chris Nilan R 16 0 2 2 -1 50 8 0
Keith Acton C 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
Morris Robinson D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Meagher C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Michel Larocque 39 1713803 1042 917 125 3.33 0.880
Denis Herron 34 253300 858 778 80 2.52 0.907
Richard Sevigny 11 54200 312 281 31 2.95 0.901

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 6, 1980 @ QUE T 4-4 37 32
Apr 5, 1980 vs BOS W 6-1 22 27
Apr 2, 1980 @ DET W 7-2 34 28
Mar 30, 1980 @ BUF T 1-1 14 31
Mar 28, 1980 vs NYI T 2-2 27 19
Mar 25, 1980 vs CHI W 8-4 33 29
Mar 23, 1980 @ NYR W 6-1 43 24
Mar 22, 1980 vs HFD T 5-5 40 22
Mar 19, 1980 @ HFD T 5-5 31 31
Mar 15, 1980 @ EDM W 7-3 27 32
Mar 14, 1980 @ WIN W 4-3 40 29
Mar 12, 1980 @ MNS W 4-3 30 31
Mar 10, 1980 vs LAK W 6-3 32 34
Mar 8, 1980 vs NYR W 5-2 37 34
Mar 6, 1980 vs EDM W 5-4 29 32
Mar 2, 1980 @ PHI W 5-1 33 37
Mar 1, 1980 vs WSH W 6-3 41 25
Feb 28, 1980 vs MNS W 6-3 30 29
Feb 26, 1980 @ AFM T 3-3 39 28
Feb 23, 1980 vs DET W 5-1 32 26
Feb 21, 1980 vs WIN W 3-0 37 21
Feb 19, 1980 @ WSH L 1-3 32 16
Feb 17, 1980 @ BUF T 2-2 20 20
Feb 16, 1980 vs PIT W 8-1 42 22
Feb 14, 1980 vs QUE W 5-1 35 26
Feb 10, 1980 @ BOS W 3-2 21 28
Feb 9, 1980 vs VAN L 3-4 27 28
Feb 7, 1980 vs CLR W 4-3 32 28
Feb 2, 1980 @ LAK W 5-4 31 31
Jan 30, 1980 @ CLR W 3-2 24 35
Jan 29, 1980 @ VAN W 4-3 34 26
Jan 26, 1980 vs BUF L 2-7 25 28
Jan 24, 1980 @ HFD W 7-2 35 20
Jan 22, 1980 @ NYI L 1-2 25 24
Jan 19, 1980 vs TOR W 7-2 31 23
Jan 16, 1980 @ CHI W 6-1 30 17
Jan 14, 1980 vs AFM W 3-2 37 17
Jan 12, 1980 vs PHI W 4-3 27 22
Jan 9, 1980 @ TOR W 5-3 32 31
Jan 7, 1980 vs EDM W 4-3 32 22
Jan 5, 1980 vs CHI L 3-4 39 23
Jan 2, 1980 @ PIT L 3-5 39 32
Dec 29, 1979 vs BUF W 6-3 29 22
Dec 27, 1979 vs NYI L 3-7 46 24
Dec 23, 1979 vs TOR W 8-4 34 27
Dec 22, 1979 vs VAN W 4-2 36 29
Dec 19, 1979 @ MNS L 2-5 36 27
Dec 18, 1979 @ STL L 3-5 31 27
Dec 15, 1979 @ WIN L 2-6 19 48
Dec 14, 1979 @ EDM L 3-5 32 27
Dec 11, 1979 @ NYI L 1-4 31 32
Dec 9, 1979 vs CLR L 5-7 41 32
Dec 7, 1979 vs LAK W 5-2 32 33
Dec 5, 1979 @ TOR L 2-3 31 29
Dec 3, 1979 @ NYR T 3-3 29 30
Dec 1, 1979 vs HFD T 4-4 29 27
Nov 29, 1979 vs STL W 3-2 29 24
Nov 27, 1979 @ DET T 5-5 31 28
Nov 25, 1979 @ BOS L 2-4 22 32
Nov 24, 1979 vs BOS W 3-1 28 29
Nov 22, 1979 vs WIN W 7-0 43 26
Nov 18, 1979 @ VAN L 2-5 36 27
Nov 17, 1979 @ LAK W 3-1 29 29
Nov 15, 1979 @ CLR W 4-1 23 34
Nov 13, 1979 @ STL W 5-2 40 29
Nov 10, 1979 vs STL L 3-5 32 31
Nov 7, 1979 @ PIT T 3-3 30 34
Nov 5, 1979 vs WSH W 2-0 25 32
Nov 3, 1979 vs PHI L 3-5 27 40
Nov 1, 1979 vs MNS W 5-1 28 23
Oct 30, 1979 @ WSH T 2-2 29 26
Oct 28, 1979 @ QUE L 4-5 25 25
Oct 27, 1979 vs DET W 3-2 26 26
Oct 25, 1979 vs PIT W 8-5 38 29
Oct 23, 1979 @ AFM W 5-3 36 31
Oct 21, 1979 @ PHI T 6-6 28 23
Oct 20, 1979 vs NYR W 5-4 32 27
Oct 17, 1979 @ CHI L 2-3 30 39
Oct 13, 1979 vs QUE W 3-1 34 22
Oct 11, 1979 vs AFM W 3-1 36 15