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1977-78 Canadiens
1977–78 Montreal Canadiens
Division 1st Norris
Conference 1st Prince of Wales
1977–78 record 59–10–11
Goals for 359
Goals against 183
Team information
General manager Sam Pollock
Coach Scotty Bowman
Captain Yvan Cournoyer
Alternate captains None
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Guy Lafleur (60)
Assists Guy Lafleur (72)
Points Guy Lafleur (132)
Penalty minutes Gilles Lupien (108)
Wins Ken Dryden (37)
Goals against average Ken Dryden (2.05)

The 1977–78 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 69th season. The Canadiens won their 21st Stanley Cup defeating the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 in the 1978 Stanley Cup Finals.

Off-season[]

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

Norris Division
  GP W L T GF GA PTS
Montreal Canadiens 80 59 10 11 359 183 129
Detroit Red Wings 80 32 34 14 252 266 78
Los Angeles Kings 80 31 34 15 243 245 77
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 25 37 18 254 321 68
Washington Capitals 80 17 49 14 195 321 48

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.


Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 12, 1977 7–3 Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 1–0–0
2 W October 15, 1977 5–0 New York Rangers (1977–78) 2–0–0
3 W October 16, 1977 2–0 @ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 3–0–0
4 W October 19, 1977 5–3 @ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 4–0–0
5 T October 20, 1977 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 4–0–1
6 W October 23, 1977 6–2 @ New York Rangers (1977–78) 5–0–1
7 W October 24, 1977 5–1 Washington Capitals (1977–78) 6–0–1
8 T October 26, 1977 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 6–0–2
9 L October 29, 1977 3–5 Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 6–1–2
10 L October 30, 1977 0–4 Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 6–2–2
11 T November 2, 1977 2–2 Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 6–2–3
12 W November 5, 1977 5–2 Boston Bruins (1977–78) 7–2–3
13 L November 7, 1977 3–5 Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 7–3–3
14 W November 10, 1977 5–1 @ New York Islanders (1977–78) 8–3–3
15 W November 12, 1977 5–0 Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 9–3–3
16 W November 13, 1977 3–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 10–3–3
17 W November 16, 1977 4–1 @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 11–3–3
18 W November 19, 1977 4–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 12–3–3
19 L November 23, 1977 1–2 @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 12–4–3
20 W November 24, 1977 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 13–4–3
21 W November 26, 1977 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 14–4–3
22 W November 29, 1977 9–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 15–4–3
23 L December 1, 1977 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 15–5–3
24 W December 3, 1977 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 16–5–3
25 T December 5, 1977 2–2 Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 16–5–4
26 W December 8, 1977 8–1 St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 17–5–4
27 W December 10, 1977 7–2 Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 18–5–4
28 W December 12, 1977 5–1 @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 19–5–4
29 L December 14, 1977 2–3 @ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 19–6–4
30 L December 17, 1977 3–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 19–7–4
31 W December 18, 1977 2–0 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 20–7–4
32 W December 21, 1977 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 21–7–4
33 W December 23, 1977 7–5 New York Islanders (1977–78) 22–7–4
34 W December 27, 1977 5–3 Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 23–7–4
35 W December 29, 1977 4–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 24–7–4
36 W December 31, 1977 4–2 @ New York Islanders (1977–78) 25–7–4
37 W January 3, 1978 2–0 @ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 26–7–4
38 W January 4, 1978 4–1 @ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 27–7–4
39 T January 9, 1978 3–3 Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 27–7–5
40 W January 11, 1978 8–6 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 28–7–5
41 W January 12, 1978 6–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 29–7–5
42 W January 14, 1978 5–3 Boston Bruins (1977–78) 30–7–5
43 W January 18, 1978 7–4 @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 31–7–5
44 T January 19, 1978 1–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 31–7–6
45 W January 21, 1978 8–1 Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 32–7–6
46 W January 26, 1978 5–2 @ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) 33–7–6
47 W January 28, 1978 6–3 Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 34–7–6
48 W January 31, 1978 5–3 @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 35–7–6
49 T February 2, 1978 4–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 35–7–7
50 T February 4, 1978 5–5 @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 35–7–8
51 T February 9, 1978 3–3 Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 35–7–9
52 W February 11, 1978 7–3 St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 36–7–9
53 W February 12, 1978 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1977–78) 37–7–9
54 W February 15, 1978 6–2 @ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) 38–7–9
55 W February 17, 1978 8–2 @ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 39–7–9
56 W February 18, 1978 9–4 Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 40–7–9
57 W February 20, 1978 4–2 Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 41–7–9
58 W February 23, 1978 5–1 Cleveland Barons (1977–78) 42–7–9
59 L February 25, 1978 3–6 New York Rangers (1977–78) 42–8–9
60 W February 26, 1978 2–1 New York Islanders (1977–78) 43–8–9
61 W February 28, 1978 9–3 Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 44–8–9
62 W March 1, 1978 5–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 45–8–9
63 W March 4, 1978 7–1 Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) 46–8–9
64 L March 6, 1978 1–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) 46–9–9
65 W March 8, 1978 4–3 Washington Capitals (1977–78) 47–9–9
66 W March 9, 1978 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 48–9–9
67 W March 11, 1978 5–3 Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 49–9–9
68 W March 13, 1978 5–2 @ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) 50–9–9
69 W March 15, 1978 6–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) 51–9–9
70 W March 18, 1978 6–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) 52–9–9
71 W March 20, 1978 5–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) 53–9–9
72 W March 23, 1978 5–3 Colorado Rockies (1977–78) 54–9–9
73 W March 25, 1978 5–0 Washington Capitals (1977–78) 55–9–9
74 T March 26, 1978 2–2 @ Boston Bruins (1977–78) 55–9–10
75 W March 29, 1978 6–2 Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) 56–9–10
76 W April 1, 1978 7–1 Boston Bruins (1977–78) 57–9–10
77 T April 2, 1978 4–4 @ Washington Capitals (1977–78) 57–9–11
78 W April 5, 1978 6–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) 58–9–11
79 W April 8, 1978 5–1 Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 59–9–11
80 L April 9, 1978 0–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) 59–10–11

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Playoffs[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, Detroit Red Wings 1[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 0[]

Montreal Canadiens 4, Boston Bruins 2[]

Date Visitors Score Home Score Notes
May 13 Boston 1 Montreal 4
May 16 Boston 2 Montreal 3 OT
May 18 Montreal 0 Boston 4
May 21 Montreal 3 Boston 4 OT
May 23 Boston 1 Montreal 4
May 25 Montreal 4 Boston 1

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur RW 78 60 72 132 26 73 15 0 12
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire C 76 36 61 97 14 54 6 0 5
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt LW 80 49 37 86 24 56 16 0 7
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson D 80 13 52 65 39 71 3 2 5
Houle, RejeanRejean Houle W 76 30 28 58 50 39 3 0 5
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer RW 68 24 29 53 12 39 4 0 6
Mondou, PierrePierre Mondou C 71 19 30 49 8 32 4 0 3
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche C 44 17 32 49 11 32 3 0 1
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe D 49 13 29 42 19 46 4 0 2
Savard, SergeSerge Savard D 77 8 34 42 24 62 4 0 1
Risebrough, DougDoug Risebrough C 72 18 23 41 97 30 1 0 3
Lambert, YvonYvon Lambert LW 77 18 22 40 20 10 7 0 3
Jarvis, DougDoug Jarvis C 80 11 28 39 23 12 2 2 1
Gainey, BobBob Gainey LW 66 15 16 31 57 11 0 2 1
Nyrop, BillBill Nyrop D 72 5 21 26 37 56 1 2 1
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay RW 56 10 14 24 44 6 0 1 0
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw D/RW 68 4 12 16 64 16 0 0 1
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard D 59 4 6 10 29 27 0 0 1
Mahovlich, PetePete Mahovlich C 17 3 5 8 4 6 0 0 1
Lupien, GillesGilles Lupien D 46 1 3 4 108 19 0 0 0
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque G 30 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Engblom, BrianBrian Engblom D 28 1 2 3 23 9 0 0 0
Dryden, KenKen Dryden G 52 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson, MurrayMurray Wilson LW 12 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Polich, MikeMike Polich C/LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schutt, RodRod Schutt LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hughes, PatPat Hughes RW 3 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Dryden, KenKen Dryden 3071 52 37 7 7 105 2.05 5
Larocque, MichelMichel Larocque 1729 30 22 3 4 77 2.67 1
Team: 4800 80 59 10 11 182 2.27 6

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Lafleur, GuyGuy Lafleur RW 15 10 11 21 16 3 0 2
Robinson, LarryLarry Robinson D 15 4 17 21 6 2 0 0
Shutt, SteveSteve Shutt LW 15 9 8 17 20 3 0 0
Lemaire, JacquesJacques Lemaire C 15 6 8 14 10 0 0 1
Cournoyer, YvanYvan Cournoyer RW 15 7 4 11 10 0 0 2
Houle, RejeanRejean Houle W 15 3 8 11 14 0 0 0
Mondou, PierrePierre Mondou C 15 3 7 10 4 2 0 1
Gainey, BobBob Gainey LW 15 2 7 9 14 0 1 0
Jarvis, DougDoug Jarvis C 15 3 5 8 12 1 0 1
Savard, SergeSerge Savard D 15 1 7 8 8 0 0 0
Lapointe, GuyGuy Lapointe D 14 1 6 7 16 1 0 0
Lambert, YvonYvon Lambert LW 15 2 4 6 6 1 0 1
Risebrough, DougDoug Risebrough C 15 2 2 4 17 0 1 1
Nyrop, BillBill Nyrop D 12 0 4 4 6 0 0 0
Larouche, PierrePierre Larouche C 5 2 1 3 4 1 0 1
Tremblay, MarioMario Tremblay RW 5 2 1 3 16 0 0 1
Chartraw, RickRick Chartraw D/RW 10 1 0 1 10 0 0 1
Bouchard, PierrePierre Bouchard D 10 0 1 1 5 0 0 0
Engblom, BrianBrian Engblom D 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lupien, GillesGilles Lupien D 8 0 0 0 17 0 0 0
Dryden, KenKen Dryden G 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Dryden, KenKen Dryden 919 15 12 3 29 1.89 2
Team: 919 15 12 3 29 1.89 2

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

1978 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions[]

Ken Dryden, Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe, Larry Robinson, Bill Nyrop, Pierre Bouchard, Jimmy Roberts, Rick Chartraw, Brian Engblom, Gilles Lupien, Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt, Pierre Larouche, Yvan Cournoyer, Jacques Lemaire, Yvon Lambert, Bob Gainey, Doug Jarvis, Doug Risebrough, Murray Wilson, Mario Tremblay, Rejean Houle, Pierre Mondou, Mike Polich, Michel Larocque, Scotty Bowman (coach), Sam Pollock (general manager), Eddy Palchak, Pierre Meilleur (trainers)

Draft Picks[]

See also: 1977 NHL Amateur Draft
Round # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team (League)
1 10 Mark Napier (RW) Flag of Canada Canada Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
1 18 Norm Dupont (LW) Flag of Canada Canada Montreal Jr. Canadiens
2 36 Rod Langway (D) Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei New Hampshire
3 43 Alain Cote (D) Flag of Canada Canada Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
3 54 Gordie Roberts (D) Flag of Canada Canada Victoria
9 162 Craig Laughlin (RW) Flag of Canada Canada Clarkson University

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Farm Teams[]

See Also[]

References[]

  1. 1977–78 Montreal Canadiens Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-14.
  2. 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
  3. National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 234, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
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