1977–78 Montreal Canadiens season

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===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	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
==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
 	RW 	78	60	72	132	26 	73 	15 	0 	12
 	C 	76	36	61	97 	14 	54 	6 	0 	5
 	LW 	80	49	37	86 	24 	56 	16 	0 	7
 	D 	80	13	52	65 	39 	71 	3 	2 	5
 	W 	76	30	28	58 	50 	39 	3 	0 	5
 	RW 	68	24	29	53 	12 	39 	4 	0 	6
 	C 	71	19	30	49 	8 	32 	4 	0 	3
 	C 	44	17	32	49 	11 	32 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	49	13	29	42 	19 	46 	4 	0 	2
 	D 	77	8 	34	42 	24 	62 	4 	0 	1
 	C 	72	18	23	41 	97 	30 	1 	0 	3
 	LW 	77	18	22	40 	20 	10 	7 	0 	3
 	C 	80	11	28	39 	23 	12 	2 	2 	1
 	LW 	66	15	16	31 	57 	11 	0 	2 	1
 	D 	72	5 	21	26 	37 	56 	1 	2 	1
 	RW 	56	10	14	24 	44 	6 	0 	1 	0
 	D/RW	68	4 	12	16 	64 	16 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	59	4 	6 	10 	29 	27 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	17	3 	5 	8 	4 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	46	1 	3 	4 	108	19 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	4 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	28	1 	2 	3 	23 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	52	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	12	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	3071	52	37	7 	7 	105	2.05	5
 	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
 	RW 	15	10	11	21 	16 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	15	4 	17	21 	6 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	9 	8 	17 	20 	3 	0 	0
 	C 	15	6 	8 	14 	10 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	15	7 	4 	11 	10 	0 	0 	2
 	W 	15	3 	8 	11 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	3 	7 	10 	4 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	15	2 	7 	9 	14 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	15	3 	5 	8 	12 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	15	1 	7 	8 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	1 	6 	7 	16 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	2 	4 	6 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	15	2 	2 	4 	17 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	12	0 	4 	4 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	2 	1 	3 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	5 	2 	1 	3 	16 	0 	0 	1
 	D/RW	10	1 	0 	1 	10 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	10	0 	1 	1 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	17 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	15	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W 	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	919	15	12	3	29	1.89	2
Team: 	919	15	12	3	29	1.89	2
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==
*Prince of Wales Trophy: Montreal Canadiens
*Hart Trophy: Guy Lafleur
*Art Ross Trophy: Guy Lafleur
*NHL Goal Scoring Leader: Guy Lafleur
*Selke Trophy: Bob Gainey
*Vezina Trophy: Ken Dryden & Michel Larocque
*Conn Smythe Trophy: Larry Robinson
*Guy Lafleur, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Ken Dryden, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
*Steve Shutt, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Larry Robinson, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
*Guy Lapointe, Defence, NHL Second Team All-Star
==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) 	 	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
1 	18 	Norm Dupont 	(LW) 	 	Montreal Jr. Canadiens
2 	36 	Rod Langway 	(D) 	 	New Hampshire
3 	43 	Alain Cote 	(D) 	 	Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
3 	54 	Gordie Roberts	(D) 	 	Victoria
9 	162	Craig Laughlin	(RW) 	 	Clarkson University
National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 234, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
* 1977–78 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
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