1977-78 Montreal Canadiens Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 59-10-11 - 129 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Scotty Bowman (59-10-11)
1977-78 Montreal Canadiens RosterTeam Record: 59-10-11 - 129 points
in the NHL's Norris Division
Won League Championship
Coach: Scotty Bowman (59-10-11)
The Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ended the 1977-78 season with a record of 59 wins and 10 losses and 11 ties for 129 points in the NHL's Norris Division.
The team topped the circuit with 359 goals. The team surrendered 183 goals, least in the league. Guy Lafleur scored 60 goals for the squad, while Jacques Lemaire, Steve Shutt and Rejean Houle each netted 30 or more also. Guy Lafleur contributed 72 assists. Ken Dryden recorded 37 wins for the team, and Michel Larocque added 15 or more victories also. Ken Dryden recorded a 2.05 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Scotty Bowman coached the team. The 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens won the League Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Lafleur | R | 78 | 60 | 72 | 132 | 26 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 307 | 19.5 |
| Jacques Lemaire | C | 76 | 36 | 61 | 97 | 14 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 310 | 11.6 |
| Steve Shutt | L | 80 | 49 | 37 | 86 | 24 | 56 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 243 | 20.2 |
| Larry Robinson | D | 80 | 13 | 52 | 65 | 39 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 154 | 8.4 |
| Rejean Houle | L | 76 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 50 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 143 | 21.0 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | R | 68 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 12 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 125 | 19.2 |
| Pierre Mondou | C | 71 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 8 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 132 | 14.4 |
| Pierre Larouche | C | 44 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 19.5 |
| Guy Lapointe | D | 49 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 19 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 8.8 |
| Serge Savard | D | 77 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 24 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 7.8 |
| Doug Risebrough | C | 72 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 97 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 15.7 |
| Yvon Lambert | L | 77 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 107 | 16.8 |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 80 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 8.5 |
| Bob Gainey | L | 66 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 10.7 |
| Bill Nyrop | D | 72 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 37 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 7.2 |
| Mario Tremblay | R | 56 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 11.2 |
| Rick Chartraw | D | 68 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 5.3 |
| Pierre Bouchard | D | 59 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 7.3 |
| Pete Mahovlich | C | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 |
| Gilles Lupien | D | 46 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 108 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Michel Larocque | G | 30 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Engblom | D | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.6 |
| Ken Dryden | G | 52 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Murray Wilson | L | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Pat Hughes | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Rod Schutt | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Polich | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1520 | 359 | 563 | 922 | 745 | 703 | 73 | 9 | 59 | 11 | 2621 | 13.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Dryden | 52 | 3071 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 105 | 2.05 | |||
| Michel Larocque | 30 | 1729 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 2.67 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 4800 | 59 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 182 | 2.28 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Lafleur | R | 15 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jacques Lemaire | C | 15 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Shutt | L | 15 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Robinson | D | 15 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rejean Houle | L | 15 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yvan Cournoyer | R | 15 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Mondou | C | 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Larouche | C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Guy Lapointe | D | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Serge Savard | D | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Risebrough | C | 15 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Yvon Lambert | L | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Jarvis | C | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gainey | L | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Nyrop | D | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mario Tremblay | R | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Chartraw | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pierre Bouchard | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilles Lupien | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Engblom | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Dryden | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bench | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 279 | 58 | 101 | 159 | 215 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Dryden | 15 | 919 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 1.89 | 390 | 361 | .926 |
| Totals | 15 | 919 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 1.89 | 390 | 361 | .926 |
