1978-79 Montreal Canadiens Schedule and Results

Record: 52-17-11 (115 points), Finished 1st in NHL Norris Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Scotty Bowman (52-17-11)

1978-79 Stanley Cup Champions

Goals For: 337 (2nd of 17), Goals Against: 204 (1st of 17)
SRS: 1.53 (2nd of 17), SOS: -0.13 (17th of 17)

Playoffs:
Won Stanley Cup Final (4-1) over New York Rangers
Won Semi-Finals (4-3) over Boston Bruins
Won Quarter-Finals (4-0) over Toronto Maple Leafs

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA		W	L	T	Streak
1	1978-10-11		Minnesota North Stars	5	2	W	1	0	0	W 1
2	1978-10-14		Colorado Rockies	5	2	W	2	0	0	W 2
3	1978-10-15	@	Philadelphia Flyers	3	2	W	3	0	0	W 3
4	1978-10-17	@	New York Islanders	1	3	L	3	1	0	L 1
5	1978-10-20	@	Atlanta Flames	5	7	L	3	2	0	L 2
6	1978-10-22		Los Angeles Kings	8	4	W	4	2	0	W 1
7	1978-10-25	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	4	T	4	2	1	T 1
8	1978-10-28		New York Rangers	1	2	L	4	3	1	L 1
9	1978-10-29	@	Chicago Black Hawks	1	4	L	4	4	1	L 2
10	1978-11-01	@	Detroit Red Wings	4	1	W	5	4	1	W 1
11	1978-11-02		Washington Capitals	4	2	W	6	4	1	W 2
12	1978-11-04		Atlanta Flames	4	2	W	7	4	1	W 3
13	1978-11-05	@	Boston Bruins	1	1	T	7	4	2	T 1
14	1978-11-08	@	Washington Capitals	6	0	W	8	4	2	W 1
15	1978-11-09		Detroit Red Wings	8	3	W	9	4	2	W 2
16	1978-11-11		Toronto Maple Leafs	3	2	W	10	4	2	W 3
17	1978-11-15	@	Colorado Rockies	6	1	W	11	4	2	W 4
18	1978-11-16	@	Los Angeles Kings	3	6	L	11	5	2	L 1
19	1978-11-18	@	Vancouver Canucks	4	2	W	12	5	2	W 1
20	1978-11-22	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	2	W	13	5	2	W 2
21	1978-11-23		Pittsburgh Penguins	8	4	W	14	5	2	W 3
22	1978-11-25		Chicago Black Hawks	3	8	L	14	6	2	L 1
23	1978-11-28		Philadelphia Flyers	3	0	W	15	6	2	W 1
24	1978-12-02		Buffalo Sabres	8	1	W	16	6	2	W 2
25	1978-12-03	@	Buffalo Sabres	4	1	W	17	6	2	W 3
26	1978-12-06	@	Detroit Red Wings	2	2	T	17	6	3	T 1
27	1978-12-08		Pittsburgh Penguins	3	3	T	17	6	4	T 2
28	1978-12-10		New York Islanders	4	3	W	18	6	4	W 1
29	1978-12-12	@	St. Louis Blues	6	0	W	19	6	4	W 2
30	1978-12-13	@	Minnesota North Stars	3	2	W	20	6	4	W 3
31	1978-12-16	@	Los Angeles Kings	5	2	W	21	6	4	W 4
32	1978-12-20	@	Chicago Black Hawks	5	3	W	22	6	4	W 5
33	1978-12-21		Chicago Black Hawks	5	1	W	23	6	4	W 6
34	1978-12-23		Colorado Rockies	3	2	W	24	6	4	W 7
35	1978-12-27	@	Detroit Red Wings	5	2	W	25	6	4	W 8
36	1978-12-28		Los Angeles Kings	3	3	T	25	6	5	T 1
37	1978-12-30		Boston Bruins	6	1	W	26	6	5	W 1
38	1979-01-03	@	New York Rangers	2	6	L	26	7	5	L 1
39	1979-01-04		Los Angeles Kings	4	5	L	26	8	5	L 2
40	1979-01-06		Vancouver Canucks	2	0	W	27	8	5	W 1
41	1979-01-08		Minnesota North Stars	3	1	W	28	8	5	W 2
42	1979-01-10	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	2	3	L	28	9	5	L 1
43	1979-01-13		Buffalo Sabres	5	2	W	29	9	5	W 1
44	1979-01-16	@	Vancouver Canucks	2	2	T	29	9	6	T 1
45	1979-01-17	@	Los Angeles Kings	7	3	W	30	9	6	W 1
46	1979-01-20		Philadelphia Flyers	5	5	T	30	9	7	T 1
47	1979-01-23	@	St. Louis Blues	6	3	W	31	9	7	W 1
48	1979-01-25		Atlanta Flames	6	0	W	32	9	7	W 2
49	1979-01-27		Boston Bruins	3	1	W	33	9	7	W 3
50	1979-01-29	@	Philadelphia Flyers	7	3	W	34	9	7	W 4
51	1979-01-31	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	1	W	35	9	7	W 5
52	1979-02-03	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	6	3	W	36	9	7	W 6
53	1979-02-04	@	Washington Capitals	8	4	W	37	9	7	W 7
54	1979-02-15		Los Angeles Kings	2	2	T	37	9	8	T 1
55	1979-02-17		Washington Capitals	2	0	W	38	9	8	W 1
56	1979-02-18	@	Buffalo Sabres	5	2	W	39	9	8	W 2
57	1979-02-21	@	Pittsburgh Penguins	1	3	L	39	10	8	L 1
58	1979-02-22		Pittsburgh Penguins	12	0	W	40	10	8	W 1
59	1979-02-24		St. Louis Blues	6	4	W	41	10	8	W 2
60	1979-02-25	@	Washington Capitals	8	5	W	42	10	8	W 3
61	1979-02-27	@	New York Islanders	3	7	L	42	11	8	L 1
62	1979-03-01		Toronto Maple Leafs	2	1	W	43	11	8	W 1
63	1979-03-03		Detroit Red Wings	3	5	L	43	12	8	L 1
64	1979-03-05	@	Washington Capitals	2	2	T	43	12	9	T 1
65	1979-03-08		Vancouver Canucks	11	1	W	44	12	9	W 1
66	1979-03-10		New York Rangers	3	6	L	44	13	9	L 1
67	1979-03-12		Detroit Red Wings	3	3	T	44	13	10	T 1
68	1979-03-14	@	Minnesota North Stars	3	4	L	44	14	10	L 1
69	1979-03-17	@	Los Angeles Kings	1	3	L	44	15	10	L 2
70	1979-03-18	@	Colorado Rockies	3	1	W	45	15	10	W 1
71	1979-03-22		New York Islanders	3	5	L	45	16	10	L 1
72	1979-03-24		Washington Capitals	3	1	W	46	16	10	W 1
73	1979-03-25	@	New York Rangers	1	0	W	47	16	10	W 2
74	1979-03-27	@	Atlanta Flames	6	4	W	48	16	10	W 3
75	1979-03-29		St. Louis Blues	5	2	W	49	16	10	W 4
76	1979-03-31		Pittsburgh Penguins	5	3	W	50	16	10	W 5
77	1979-04-01	@	Boston Bruins	3	3	T	50	16	11	T 1
78	1979-04-04		Detroit Red Wings	4	1	W	51	16	11	W 1
79	1979-04-07		Washington Capitals	10	3	W	52	16	11	W 2
80	1979-04-08	@	Detroit Red Wings	0	1	L	52	17	11	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
GP	Date		Opponent	GF	GA			W	L	Streak
1	1979-04-16		Toronto Maple Leafs	5	2	W		1	0	W 1
2	1979-04-18		Toronto Maple Leafs	5	1	W		2	0	W 2
3	1979-04-21	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	3	W	2OT	3	0	W 3
4	1979-04-22	@	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	4	W	OT	4	0	W 4
5	1979-04-26		Boston Bruins	4	2	W		5	0	W 5
6	1979-04-28		Boston Bruins	5	2	W		6	0	W 6
7	1979-05-01	@	Boston Bruins	1	2	L		6	1	L 1
8	1979-05-03	@	Boston Bruins	3	4	L	OT	6	2	L 2
9	1979-05-05		Boston Bruins	5	1	W		7	2	W 1
10	1979-05-08	@	Boston Bruins	2	5	L		7	3	L 1
11	1979-05-10		Boston Bruins	5	4	W	OT	8	3	W 1
12	1979-05-13		New York Rangers	1	4	L		8	4	L 1
13	1979-05-15		New York Rangers	6	2	W		9	4	W 1
14	1979-05-17	@	New York Rangers	4	1	W		10	4	W 2
15	1979-05-19	@	New York Rangers	4	3	W	OT	11	4	W 3
16	1979-05-21		New York Rangers	4	1	W		12	4	W 4

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