1977-1978 Montreal Canadiens team stats

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1977-1978 Montreal Canadiens: 59-10-11
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 32-4-4 (199 goals scored, 91 allowed) Road record: 27-6-7 (160 goals scored, 92 allowed) Head Coach: Scotty Bowman Power Play: 73/229 (31.9%) Penalty Killing: 171/211 (81.0%) Shorthanded Goals For-Against: 9-1 Even Strength Goals For-Against: 277-142 359 goals scored (1st of 18 teams), 183 goals allowed (1st), 745 PIM (18th) NHL Averages: 3.30 goals/game (263.7 goals/team), 1099.7 PIM/team



Pos    #  Player               Hgt   Wgt  Age   GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  PP  SH  TGF  PGF  TGA  PGA   S    S%   +/-
RW    10  Guy Lafleur          6'0   185   26   78   60   72  132   26  15   0  186   57   57    1  307  19.5  +73
C     25  Jacques Lemaire      5'10  180   32   76   36   61   97   14   6   0  143   41   60   12  310  11.6  +54
LW    22  Steve Shutt          5'11  185   25   80   49   37   86   24  16   0  145   42   47    0  243  20.2  +56
D     19  Larry Robinson       6'4   225   26   80   13   52   65   39   3   2  196   45  107   27  154   8.4  +71
LW/RW 15  Rejean Houle         5'11  170   28   76   30   28   58   50   3   0   96   23   41    7  143  21.0  +39
RW    12  Yvan Cournoyer       5'7   178   34   68   24   29   53   12   4   0   75   16   20    0  125  19.2  +39
C      6  Pierre Mondou        5'10  185   22   71   19   30   49    8   4   0   71   15   24    0  132  14.4  +32
C     28  Pierre Larouche      5'11  175   22   44   17   32   49   11   3   0   70   17   21    0   87  19.5  +32
D      5  Guy Lapointe         6'0   205   29   49   13   29   42   19   4   0  115   31   52   14  148   8.8  +46
D     18  Serge Savard         6'3   210   31   77    8   34   42   24   4   0  155   33   88   28  103   7.8  +62
C      8  Doug Risebrough      5'11  180   23   72   18   23   41   97   1   0   66    6   34    4  115  15.7  +30
LW    11  Yvon Lambert         6'2   200   27   77   18   22   40   20   7   0   64   19   39    4  107  16.8  +10
C     21  Doug Jarvis          5'9   170   22   80   11   28   39   23   2   2   52    6   59   25  129   8.5  +12
LW    23  Bob Gainey           6'2   200   24   66   15   16   31   57   0   2   50    8   49   18  140  10.7  +11
D      2  Bill Nyrop           6'2   205   25   72    5   21   26   37   1   2  108    1   62   11   69   7.2  +56
RW    14  Mario Tremblay       6'0   185   21   56   10   14   24   44   0   1   34    1   29    2   89  11.2   +6
D/RW  27  Rick Chartraw        6'2   210   23   68    4   12   16   64   0   0   43    0   28    1   75   5.3  +16
D     26  Pierre Bouchard      6'2   205   29   59    4    6   10   29   0   0   42    0   17    2   55   7.3  +27
C     20  Pete Mahovlich       6'5   210   31   17    3    5    8    4   0   0   15    3    7    1   28  10.7   +6
D     24  Gilles Lupien        6'6   210   23   46    1    3    4  108   0   0   28    1    8    0   20   5.0  +19
G      1  Michel Larocque      5'10  185   25   30    0    4    4    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
D      3  Brian Engblom        6'2   200   20   28    1    2    3   23   0   0   24    0   16    1   28   3.6   +9
G     29  Ken Dryden           6'4   205   30   52    0    2    2    0  --  --   --   --   --   --   --   ---   --
LW    17  Murray Wilson        6'1   185   26   12    0    1    1    0   0   0    4    0    6    1    9   0.0   -1
C/LW  17  Mike Polich          5'8   170   25    1    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
LW    30  Rod Schutt           5'10  185   21    2    0    0    0    0   0   0    0    0    0    0    0   ---    0
RW    31  Pat Hughes           6'1   180   22    3    0    0    0    2   0   0    0    0    2    0    5   0.0   -2

Skater data: GP: Games played; G: Goals scored; A: Assists; Pts: Total points; PIM: Penalties in minutes; PP: Power play goals; SH: Shorthanded goals; TGF: Total goals on ice for; PGF: Power play goals on ice for; TGA: Total goals on ice against; PGA: Power play goals on ice against; S: Shots taken; S%: Shooting percentage


Pos  #  Goalie              Age   GP   Min   GA   GAA   W   L   T  Sht    Pct  EN  SO
G   29  Ken Dryden           30   52  3071  105  2.05  37   7   7 1336   .921   1   5
G    1  Michel Larocque      25   30  1729   77  2.67  22   3   4  737   .896   0   1

Goalie data: GP: Games played; Min: Minutes played; GA: Goals allowed; GAA: Goals allowed per 60 minutes; W: Wins; L: Losses; T: Ties; Sht: Shots faced; Pct: Save percentage; EN: Empty net goals allowed; SO: Shutouts

1977 Draft:

                                        NHL    WHA
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games  Games  Team
  1   10  RW   Mark Napier              767    237   Birmingham Bulls (WHA)               [pick acquired from ATL]
  1   18  LW   Norm Dupont              256          Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)           
  2   36  D    Rod Langway              994     59   University of New Hampshire (NCAA)  
  3   43  LW   Alain Cote               696    106   Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)        [pick acquired from MIN]
  3   46  LW   Pierre Lagace                    38   Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)              [pick acquired from ATL]
  3   49  D    Moe Robinson               1          Kingston Canadians (OHA)             [pick acquired from LA]
  3   54  D    Gordie Roberts          1097    311   New England Whalers (WHA)          
  4   64  G    Rob Holland               44          Montreal Juniors (QMJHL)             [pick acquired from ATL]
  5   90  LW   Gaetan Rochette                       Shawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)         
  6  108  D    Bill Himmelright                      University of North Dakota (NCAA)  
  7  124  G    Richard Sevigny          176          Sherbrooke Beavers (QMJHL)         
  8  137  D    Keith Hendrickson                     University of Minnesota-Duluth (NCAA)    [pick acquired from NYI]
  8  140  RW   Mike Reilly                           Colorado College (NCAA)            
  9  152  G    Barry Borrett                         Cornwall Royals (QMJHL)              [pick acquired from NYI]
  9  154  C    Sid Tanchak                           Clarkson University (NCAA)         
 10  160  G    Mark Holden                8          Brown University (NCAA)              [pick acquired from NYI]
 10  162  RW   Craig Laughlin           549          Clarkson University (NCAA)         
 11  167  D    Dan Poulin                 3          Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)        [pick acquired from NYI]
 11  169  C    Tom McDonell                          Ottawa 67's (OHA)                  
 12  173  RW   Cary Farelli                          Toronto Marlboros (OHA)              [pick acquired from NYI]
 12  174  G    Carey Walker                          New Westminster Bruins (WCHL)      
 13  176  C    Mark Wells                            Bowling Green State Univ. (NCAA)     [pick acquired from NYI]
 13  177  D    Stan Palmer                           University of Minnesota-Duluth (NCAA)  
 14  179  G    Jean Belisle                          Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)        [pick acquired from NYI]
 14  180  G    Bob Daly                              Ottawa 67's (OHA)                  
 15  182  RW   Bob Boileau                           Boston University (NCAA)             [pick acquired from NYI]
 15  183  C    John Costello                         University of Lowell (NCAA)        

Traded draft picks:

#4 to ATL (Jim Craig)


Transactions

06-27-1977	signed Rick Meagher as a free agent
08-18-1977	traded Jim Roberts to Blues for St. Louis' #3 pick in the 1979 draft
10-10-1977	Red Wings claimed Paul Woods in waiver draft
11-29-1977	traded Pete Mahovlich and Peter Lee to Penguins for Pierre Larouche and the rights to Peter Marsh (acq. 12/15/77)
09-06-1978	received Jerome Engle from North Stars as compensation for their signing of Mike Polich as a free agent
10-05-1978	traded Murray Wilson and Montreal's #1 pick in the 1979 draft to Kings for Los Angeles' #1 pick in the 1981 draft
10-07-1978	traded Gord McTavish to Blues for Mike Korney

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

   Date          Opponent                  Result
Round 2
04/17/1978   vs Detroit Red Wings         W   6-2 
04/19/1978   vs Detroit Red Wings         L   2-4 
04/21/1978   at Detroit Red Wings         W   4-2 
04/23/1978   at Detroit Red Wings         W   8-0 
04/25/1978   vs Detroit Red Wings         W   4-2 
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Semifinals
05/02/1978   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       W   5-3 
05/04/1978   vs Toronto Maple Leafs       W   3-2 
05/06/1978   at Toronto Maple Leafs       W   6-1 
05/09/1978   at Toronto Maple Leafs       W   2-0 
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Stanley Cup Finals
05/13/1978   vs Boston Bruins             W   4-1 
05/16/1978   vs Boston Bruins             W   3-2 (OT)
05/18/1978   at Boston Bruins             L   0-4 
05/21/1978   at Boston Bruins             L   3-4 (OT)
05/23/1978   vs Boston Bruins             W   4-1 
05/25/1978   at Boston Bruins             W   4-1

Playoff Stats: Pos # Player Hgt Wgt Age GP G A Pts PIM PP SH TGF PGF TGA PGA S S% +/- RW 10 Guy Lafleur 6'0 185 26 15 10 11 21 16 3 0 D 19 Larry Robinson 6'4 225 26 15 4 17 21 6 2 0 LW 22 Steve Shutt 5'11 185 25 15 9 8 17 20 3 0 C 25 Jacques Lemaire 5'10 180 32 15 6 8 14 10 0 0 RW 12 Yvan Cournoyer 5'7 178 34 15 7 4 11 10 0 0 LW/RW 15 Rejean Houle 5'11 170 28 15 3 8 11 14 0 0 C 6 Pierre Mondou 5'10 185 22 15 3 7 10 4 2 0 LW 23 Bob Gainey 6'2 200 24 15 2 7 9 14 0 1 C 21 Doug Jarvis 5'9 170 22 15 3 5 8 12 1 0 D 18 Serge Savard 6'3 210 31 15 1 7 8 8 0 0 D 5 Guy Lapointe 6'0 205 29 14 1 6 7 16 1 0 LW 11 Yvon Lambert 6'2 200 27 15 2 4 6 6 1 0 D 2 Bill Nyrop 6'2 205 25 12 0 4 4 6 0 0 C 8 Doug Risebrough 5'11 180 23 15 2 2 4 17 0 1 C 28 Pierre Larouche 5'11 175 22 5 2 1 3 4 1 0 RW 14 Mario Tremblay 6'0 185 21 5 2 1 3 16 0 0 D 26 Pierre Bouchard 6'2 205 29 10 0 1 1 5 0 0 D/RW 27 Rick Chartraw 6'2 210 23 10 1 0 1 10 0 0 D 3 Brian Engblom 6'2 200 20 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 D 24 Gilles Lupien 6'6 210 23 8 0 0 0 17 0 0 G 29 Ken Dryden 6'4 205 30 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 RW 31 Pat Hughes 6'1 180 22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- G 1 Michel Larocque 5'10 185 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C 20 Pete Mahovlich 6'5 210 31 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- C/LW 17 Mike Polich 5'8 170 25 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 30 Rod Schutt 5'10 185 21 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LW 17 Murray Wilson 6'1 185 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pos # Goalie Age GP Min GA GAA W L T Sht Pct EN SO G 29 Ken Dryden 30 15 919 29 1.89 12 3 361 .920 0 2

Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1977 vs Minnesota North Stars W 7-3 1-0-0 10/15/1977 vs New York Rangers W 5-0 2-0-0 10/16/1977 at Boston Bruins W 2-0 3-0-0 10/19/1977 at Washington Capitals W 5-3 4-0-0 10/20/1977 at Detroit Red Wings T 2-2 4-0-1 10/23/1977 at New York Rangers W 6-2 5-0-1 10/24/1977 vs Washington Capitals W 5-1 6-0-1 10/26/1977 at Toronto Maple Leafs T 2-2 6-0-2 10/29/1977 vs Los Angeles Kings L 3-5 6-1-2 10/30/1977 vs Buffalo Sabres L 0-4 6-2-2 11/02/1977 vs Atlanta Flames T 2-2 6-2-3 11/05/1977 vs Boston Bruins W 5-2 7-2-3 11/07/1977 vs Minnesota North Stars L 3-5 7-3-3 11/10/1977 at New York Islanders W 5-1 8-3-3 11/12/1977 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 5-0 9-3-3 11/13/1977 at Chicago Black Hawks W 3-2 10-3-3 11/16/1977 at Colorado Rockies W 4-1 11-3-3 11/19/1977 at Los Angeles Kings W 4-2 12-3-3 11/23/1977 at Cleveland Barons L 1-2 12-4-3 11/24/1977 vs Buffalo Sabres W 4-1 13-4-3 11/26/1977 vs Detroit Red Wings W 3-1 14-4-3 11/29/1977 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 9-1 15-4-3 12/01/1977 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-3 15-5-3 12/03/1977 vs Chicago Black Hawks W 3-2 16-5-3 12/05/1977 vs Atlanta Flames T 2-2 16-5-4 12/08/1977 vs St. Louis Blues W 8-1 17-5-4 12/10/1977 vs Vancouver Canucks W 7-2 18-5-4 12/12/1977 at Cleveland Barons W 5-1 19-5-4 12/14/1977 at Minnesota North Stars L 2-3 19-6-4 12/17/1977 at Pittsburgh Penguins L 3-5 19-7-4 12/18/1977 at Philadelphia Flyers W 2-0 20-7-4 12/21/1977 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 3-2 21-7-4 12/23/1977 vs New York Islanders W 7-5 22-7-4 12/27/1977 vs Cleveland Barons W 5-3 23-7-4 12/29/1977 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 4-3 24-7-4 12/31/1977 at New York Islanders W 4-2 25-7-4 01/03/1978 at St. Louis Blues W 2-0 26-7-4 01/04/1978 at Atlanta Flames W 4-1 27-7-4 01/09/1978 vs Philadelphia Flyers T 3-3 27-7-5 01/11/1978 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 8-6 28-7-5

Date Opponent Result Record 01/12/1978 at Detroit Red Wings W 6-1 29-7-5 01/14/1978 vs Boston Bruins W 5-3 30-7-5 01/18/1978 at Cleveland Barons W 7-4 31-7-5 01/19/1978 at Philadelphia Flyers T 1-1 31-7-6 01/21/1978 vs Vancouver Canucks W 8-1 32-7-6 01/26/1978 at Atlanta Flames W 5-2 33-7-6 01/28/1978 vs Los Angeles Kings W 6-3 34-7-6 01/31/1978 at Colorado Rockies W 5-3 35-7-6 02/02/1978 at Vancouver Canucks T 4-4 35-7-7 02/04/1978 at Los Angeles Kings T 5-5 35-7-8 02/09/1978 vs Chicago Black Hawks T 3-3 35-7-9 02/11/1978 vs St. Louis Blues W 7-3 36-7-9 02/12/1978 at New York Rangers W 5-3 37-7-9 02/15/1978 at St. Louis Blues W 6-2 38-7-9 02/17/1978 at Washington Capitals W 8-2 39-7-9 02/18/1978 vs Colorado Rockies W 9-4 40-7-9 02/20/1978 vs Buffalo Sabres W 4-2 41-7-9 02/23/1978 vs Cleveland Barons W 5-1 42-7-9 02/25/1978 vs New York Rangers L 3-6 42-8-9 02/26/1978 vs New York Islanders W 2-1 43-8-9 02/28/1978 vs Detroit Red Wings W 9-3 44-8-9 03/01/1978 at Pittsburgh Penguins W 5-2 45-8-9 03/04/1978 vs Philadelphia Flyers W 7-1 46-8-9 03/06/1978 at Buffalo Sabres L 1-2 46-9-9 03/08/1978 vs Washington Capitals W 4-3 47-9-9 03/09/1978 vs Toronto Maple Leafs W 4-1 48-9-9 03/11/1978 vs Los Angeles Kings W 5-3 49-9-9 03/13/1978 at Minnesota North Stars W 5-2 50-9-9 03/15/1978 at Chicago Black Hawks W 6-2 51-9-9 03/18/1978 at Los Angeles Kings W 6-3 52-9-9 03/20/1978 at Vancouver Canucks W 5-1 53-9-9 03/23/1978 vs Colorado Rockies W 5-3 54-9-9 03/25/1978 vs Washington Capitals W 5-0 55-9-9 03/26/1978 at Boston Bruins T 2-2 55-9-10 03/29/1978 vs Pittsburgh Penguins W 6-2 56-9-10 04/01/1978 vs Boston Bruins W 7-1 57-9-10 04/02/1978 at Washington Capitals T 4-4 57-9-11 04/05/1978 at Toronto Maple Leafs W 6-3 58-9-11 04/08/1978 vs Detroit Red Wings W 5-1 59-9-11 04/09/1978 at Detroit Red Wings L 0-4 59-10-11

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