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1977–78 Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup Champions
Prince of Wales Conference Champions
Norris Division Champions
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)
Penalties in minutes	Gilles Lupien (108)
Wins	Ken Dryden (37)
Goals against average	Ken Dryden (2.05)

<1976–77	1978–79>

The 1977–78 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 69th season. The Canadiens won their third straight Stanley Cup, and 21st overall.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Season standings
- 2.2 Game log
3 Playoffs
- 3.1 Stanley Cup
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Regular season
- 4.2 Playoffs
5 Awards and records
6 Transactions
- 6.1 1978 Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Champions
7 Draft picks
8 Farm teams
9 See also
10 References

Offseason

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Regular season

Season 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

^[1]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season schedule
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

^[2]

Playoffs

Stanley Cup

Main article: 1978 Stanley Cup Finals

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

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

Montreal wins the series 4–2.

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
Hughes, PatPat Hughes	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-2	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

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
Dryden, KenKen Dryden	G	15	0	0	0	0	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

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

^[3]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Prince of Wales Trophy
Ken Dryden and Michel Larocque, Vezina Trophy
Bob Gainey, Selke Trophy
Guy Lafleur, Art Ross Trophy
Guy Lafleur, Hart Trophy
Larry Robinson, Conn Smythe Trophy

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

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

Farm teams

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References

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 151. ISBN 9781894801225.
^ "1977–78 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1978_games.html. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
^ "1977-78 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MTL/1978.html. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
^ 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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Smythe	Chicago · Colorado · Minnesota · St. Louis · Vancouver

See also	1977 NHL Amateur Draft · All-Star Game · 1978 Stanley Cup Finals · Transactions

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