1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 34-33-13 - 81 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Roger Neilson (24-27-11)
Coach: John McLellan (0-0)
1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs RosterTeam Record: 34-33-13 - 81 points
in the NHL's Adams Division
Lost in 2nd Round
Coach: Roger Neilson (24-27-11)
Coach: John McLellan (0-0)
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 in the NHL's Adams Division.
The club netted 267 goals and allowed 252. Lanny McDonald scored 43 goals for the squad, 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 team and a team-best 2.95 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Roger Neilson and John McLellan coached the team. The 1978-79 Toronto Maple Leafs lost in the in 2nd Round of the playoffs.
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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 | |
| Don Ashby | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 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 | |
| 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 | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Harrison | 25 | 1403 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 3.51 | |||
| Mike Palmateer | 58 | 3396 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 167 | 2.95 | |||
| Pierre Hamel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Sittler | C | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lanny McDonald | R | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Borje Salming | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ian Turnbull | D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt McKechnie | C | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Maloney | L | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tiger Williams | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Boutette | R | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ellis | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Anderson | L | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hutchison | D | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Jones | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Wilson | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Butler | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Burrows | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel Quenneville | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Gardner | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rocky Saganiuk | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Palmateer | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Harrison | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 109 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 192 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Harrison | 2 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4.62 | 62 | 55 | .887 |
| Mike Palmateer | 5 | 298 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3.42 | 170 | 153 | .900 |
| Totals | 7 | 389 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.70 | 232 | 208 | .897 |
