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1978–79 Montreal Canadiens season

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Division
  
1st Norris

1978–79 record
  
52–17–11

Road record
  
23–11–6

Conference
  
1st Wales

Home record
  
29–6–5

Goals for
  
337

The 1978–79 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 70th season. The franchise won 52 games and had 11 ties, but finished second overall in the league. The New York Islanders finished first overall by one point over the Canadiens. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup for the fourth consecutive time, the fifteenth time in the past twenty-four seasons, and their twenty-second overall. The Canadiens would win the Stanley Cup on home ice for the first time since 1968.

Contents

Season standings

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points


       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Regular season

Scoring
Goaltending

Playoffs

Scoring
Goaltending

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
 Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

  • Prince of Wales Trophy
  • Ken Dryden and Michel Larocque, Vezina Trophy
  • Bob Gainey, Conn Smythe Trophy
  • Bob Gainey, Selke Trophy
  • Guy Lafleur, Runner-Up, Hart Trophy
  • Serge Savard, Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

    • References

    1978–79 Montreal Canadiens season Wikipedia
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