1979–80 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1979–80 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 71st season. The Canadiens finished 1st in the Norris Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Minnesota North Stars 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
The Canadiens did not have a first-round pick in the Amateur Draft. The club picked Mats Naslund with its second-round choice, 37th overall. The team picked Guy Carbonneau in the third-round, 44th overall.
==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 11, 1979 	3–1 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 13, 1979 	3–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 17, 1979 	2–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 20, 1979 	5–4 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	3–1–0
5 	T 	October 21, 1979 	6–6 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	3–1–1
6 	W 	October 23, 1979 	5–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	4–1–1
7 	W 	October 25, 1979 	8–5 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	5–1–1
8 	W 	October 27, 1979 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	6–1–1
9 	L 	October 28, 1979 	4–5 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	6–2–1
10 	T 	October 30, 1979 	2–2 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	6–2–2
11 	W 	November 1, 1979 	5–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	7–2–2
12 	L 	November 3, 1979 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	7–3–2
13 	W 	November 5, 1979 	2–0 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	8–3–2
14 	T 	November 7, 1979 	3–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	8–3–3
15 	L 	November 10, 1979 	3–5 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	8–4–3
16 	W 	November 13, 1979 	5–2 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	9–4–3
17 	W 	November 15, 1979 	4–1 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	10–4–3
18 	W 	November 17, 1979 	3–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	11–4–3
19 	L 	November 18, 1979 	2–5 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	11–5–3
20 	W 	November 22, 1979 	7–0 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	12–5–3
21 	W 	November 24, 1979 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	13–5–3
22 	L 	November 25, 1979 	2–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	13–6–3
23 	T 	November 27, 1979 	5–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	13–6–4
24 	W 	November 29, 1979 	3–2 	St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	14–6–4
25 	T 	December 1, 1979 	4–4 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	14–6–5
26 	T 	December 3, 1979 	3–3 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	14–6–6
27 	L 	December 5, 1979 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	14–7–6
28 	W 	December 7, 1979 	5–2 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	15–7–6
29 	L 	December 9, 1979 	5–7 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	15–8–6
30 	L 	December 11, 1979 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	15–9–6
31 	L 	December 14, 1979 	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	15–10–6
32 	L 	December 15, 1979 	2–6 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	15–11–6
33 	L 	December 18, 1979 	3–5 	@ St. Louis Blues (1979–80) 	15–12–6
34 	L 	December 19, 1979 	2–5 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	15–13–6
35 	W 	December 22, 1979 	4–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	16–13–6
36 	W 	December 23, 1979 	8–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	17–13–6
37 	L 	December 27, 1979 	3–7 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	17–14–6
38 	W 	December 29, 1979 	6–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	18–14–6
39 	L 	January 2, 1980 	3–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	18–15–6
40 	L 	January 5, 1980 	3–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	18–16–6
41 	W 	January 7, 1980 	4–3 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	19–16–6
42 	W 	January 9, 1980 	5–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	20–16–6
43 	W 	January 12, 1980 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	21–16–6
44 	W 	January 14, 1980 	3–2 	Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	22–16–6
45 	W 	January 16, 1980 	6–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	23–16–6
46 	W 	January 19, 1980 	7–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1979–80) 	24–16–6
47 	L 	January 22, 1980 	1–2 	@ New York Islanders (1979–80) 	24–17–6
48 	W 	January 24, 1980 	7–2 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	25–17–6
49 	L 	January 26, 1980 	2–7 	Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	25–18–6
50 	W 	January 29, 1980 	4–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	26–18–6
51 	W 	January 30, 1980 	3–2 	@ Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	27–18–6
52 	W 	February 2, 1980 	5–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	28–18–6
53 	W 	February 7, 1980 	4–3 	Colorado Rockies (1979–80) 	29–18–6
54 	L 	February 9, 1980 	3–4 	Vancouver Canucks (1979–80) 	29–19–6
55 	W 	February 10, 1980 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	30–19–6
56 	W 	February 14, 1980 	5–1 	Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	31–19–6
57 	W 	February 16, 1980 	8–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–80) 	32–19–6
58 	T 	February 17, 1980 	2–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	32–19–7
59 	L 	February 19, 1980 	1–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	32–20–7
60 	W 	February 21, 1980 	3–0 	Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	33–20–7
61 	W 	February 23, 1980 	5–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	34–20–7
62 	T 	February 26, 1980 	3–3 	@ Atlanta Flames (1979–80) 	34–20–8
63 	W 	February 28, 1980 	6–3 	Minnesota North Stars (1979–80) 	35–20–8
64 	W 	March 1, 1980 	6–3 	Washington Capitals (1979–80) 	36–20–8
65 	W 	March 2, 1980 	5–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1979–80) 	37–20–8
66 	W 	March 6, 1980 	5–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	38–20–8
67 	W 	March 8, 1980 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1979–80) 	39–20–8
68 	W 	March 10, 1980 	6–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1979–80) 	40–20–8
69 	W 	March 12, 1980 	4–3 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1979–80)	41–20–8
70 	W 	March 14, 1980 	4–3 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1979–80) 	42–20–8
71 	W 	March 15, 1980 	7–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1979–80) 	43–20–8
72 	T 	March 19, 1980 	5–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	43–20–9
73 	T 	March 22, 1980 	5–5 	Hartford Whalers (1979–80) 	43–20–10
74 	W 	March 23, 1980 	6–1 	@ New York Rangers (1979–80) 	44–20–10
75 	W 	March 25, 1980 	8–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1979–80) 	45–20–10
76 	T 	March 28, 1980 	2–2 	New York Islanders (1979–80) 	45–20–11
77 	T 	March 30, 1980 	1–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1979–80) 	45–20–12
78 	W 	April 2, 1980 	7–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1979–80) 	46–20–12
79 	W 	April 5, 1980 	6–1 	Boston Bruins (1979–80) 	47–20–12
80 	T 	April 6, 1980 	4–4 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1979–80) 	47–20–13
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Canadiens 3, Hartford Whalers 0===
The Canadiens swept the Hartford Whalers in the Preliminary round 3–0 in games.
===Minnesota North Stars 4, Montreal Canadiens 3===
The Canadiens then faced the Minnesota North Stars in the Quarter-finals and lost a seven-game series four games to three.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	74	50	75	125	12 	40 	15 	0 	7
 	C 	73	50	41	91 	16 	36 	12 	0 	7
 	LW 	77	47	42	89 	34 	45 	17 	0 	4
 	D 	72	14	61	75 	39 	38 	6 	0 	3
 	C 	75	30	36	66 	12 	26 	8 	0 	3
 	LW 	77	21	32	53 	23 	3 	7 	0 	7
 	RW 	76	16	33	49 	7 	11 	4 	0 	1
 	W 	60	18	27	45 	68 	3 	2 	0 	3
 	RW 	77	16	26	42 	105	6 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	77	7 	29	36 	81 	36 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	64	14	19	33 	32 	-2 	4 	1 	3
 	D 	45	6 	20	26 	29 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	80	13	11	24 	28 	-5 	0 	1 	3
 	D 	70	3 	20	23 	43 	22 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	44	8 	10	18 	81 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	46	5 	8 	13 	18 	-2 	0 	0 	1
 	D/RW	66	5 	7 	12 	35 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	34	3 	7 	10 	18 	11 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	56	1 	7 	8 	109	13 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	32	0 	6 	6 	12 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	35	1 	3 	4 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	0 	2 	2 	50 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	39	0 	2 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	34	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	1909	34	25	3 	3 	80 	2.51	0
 	2259	39	17	13	8 	125	3.32	3
 	632 	11	5 	4 	2 	31 	2.94	0
Team: 	4800	80	47	20	13	236	2.95	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	10	8	4 	12 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	10	0	11	11 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	10	6	3 	9 	6 	2 	0 	2
 	W 	10	4	5 	9 	12 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	10	4	4 	8 	2 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	10	2	6 	8 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	1	7 	8 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	1	6 	7 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	3	3 	6 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	10	2	4 	6 	6 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	4 	1	4 	5 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	3	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D/RW	10	2	2 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	4 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	8 	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	10	1	1 	2 	4 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	300	5 	4	1	11	2.20	1
 	300	5 	2	3	15	3.00	0
Team: 	600	10	6	4	26	2.60	1
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==
*Norris Trophy: Larry Robinson National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
*Selke Trophy: Bob Gainey
*Guy Lafleur, Right Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Larry Robinson, Defence, NHL First Team All-Star
*Steve Shutt, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (League)
2 	37	Mats Naslund 	(LW) 	 	
3 	44	Guy Carbonneau	(C) 	 	
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==
*1979–80 NHL season
==References==
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