1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 34-33-13 - 81 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Adams Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL quarter-finals
Preliminary - Defeated Atlanta Flames 2-0
Quarter-Finals - Lost to Montreal Canadiens 4-0
Coach: Roger Neilson (34-33-13)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster
1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs Results

The Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League ended the 1978-79 season with a record of 34 wins and 33 losses and 13 ties for 81 points, finishing third in the NHL's Adams Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Maple Leafs netted 267 goals and allowed 252. Lanny McDonald scored 43 goals for Toronto, while Darryl Sittler tallied 30 or more also. Borje Salming contributed 56 assists. Mike Palmateer earned 26 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.95 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.

Roger Neilson coached the team. The 1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs lost in the NHL quarter-finals.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	SOG	SG%
Darryl Sittler	C	70	36	51	87	69	9	12	0	4	0	290	12.4
Lanny McDonald	R	79	43	42	85	32	12	16	0	2	2	314	13.7
Borje Salming	D	78	17	56	73	76	36	4	0	2	0	230	7.4
Ian Turnbull	D	80	12	51	63	80	-7	4	0	0	0	239	5.0
Walt McKechnie	C	79	25	36	61	18	21	7	1	6	1	123	20.3
Dan Maloney	L	77	17	36	53	157	19	0	0	5	1	141	12.1
Tiger Williams	L	77	19	20	39	298	-7	6	0	4	1	157	12.1
Pat Boutette	R	80	14	19	33	136	3	0	0	2	1	89	15.7
Ron Ellis	R	63	16	12	28	10	7	4	0	1	0	97	16.5
John Anderson	L	71	15	11	26	10	2	0	0	2	3	123	12.2
Dave Hutchison	D	79	4	15	19	235	36	0	0	0	0	117	3.4
Jimmy Jones	R	69	9	9	18	45	2	0	0	0	1	63	14.3
Ron Wilson	D	46	5	12	17	4	-10	4	0	0	1	58	8.6
Jerry Butler	R	76	8	7	15	52	-2	0	2	2	0	77	10.4
Dave Burrows	D	65	2	11	13	28	-10	0	0	0	0	70	2.9
Garry Monahan	L	62	4	7	11	25	4	0	2	0	0	55	7.3
Joel Quenneville	D	61	2	9	11	60	7	0	0	1	0	56	3.6
Paul Gardner	C	11	7	2	9	0	0	2	0	1	0	20	35.0
Rocky Saganiuk	R	16	3	5	8	9	1	1	0	1	0	30	10.0
Lorne Stamler	L	45	4	3	7	2	-6	0	0	1	1	31	12.9
Bruce Boudreau	C	26	4	3	7	2	-3	0	0	0	1	30	13.3
Trevor Johansen	D	40	1	4	5	48	1	0	0	0	0	31	3.2
Mike Palmateer	G	58	0	5	5	24	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pierre Hamel	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Harrison	G	25	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Ashby	C	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Totals		1437	267	426	693	1430	112	60	5	34	13	2443	10.9

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Mike Palmateer	58	3396	26	21	10	3	4	167	2.95	0
Paul Harrison	25	1403	8	12	3	0	1	82	3.51	0
Pierre Hamel	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Totals	84	4800	34	33	13	3	5	249	3.11		0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Darryl Sittler	C	6	5	4	9	17	2	0	0
Lanny McDonald	R	6	3	2	5	0	0	0	0
Borje Salming	D	6	0	1	1	8	0	0	0
Ian Turnbull	D	6	0	4	4	27	0	0	0
Walt McKechnie	C	6	4	3	7	9	0	1	1
Dan Maloney	L	6	3	3	6	2	1	0	1
Tiger Williams	L	6	0	0	0	48	0	0	0
Pat Boutette	R	6	2	2	4	22	0	0	0
Ron Ellis	R	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0
John Anderson	L	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Hutchison	D	6	0	3	3	23	0	0	0
Jimmy Jones	R	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Ron Wilson	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jerry Butler	R	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Dave Burrows	D	6	0	1	1	7	0	0	0
Joel Quenneville	D	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Paul Gardner	C	6	0	1	1	4	0	0	0
Rocky Saganiuk	R	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	0
Mike Palmateer	G	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Paul Harrison	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		109	19	29	48	192	3	1	2

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS
Mike Palmateer	5	298	2	3	17	3.42	0
Paul Harrison	2	91	0	1	7	4.62	0
Totals	7	389	2	4	24	3.70		0