1977–78 Montreal Canadiens season

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

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|1||W||October 12, 1977||7–3 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) ||1–0–0

|2||W||October 15, 1977||5–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1977–78) ||2–0–0

|3||W||October 16, 1977||2–0 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||3–0–0

|4||W||October 19, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||4–0–0

|5||T||October 20, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) ||4–0–1

|6||W||October 23, 1977||6–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1977–78) ||5–0–1

|7||W||October 24, 1977||5–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||6–0–1

|8||T||October 26, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||6–0–2

|9||L||October 29, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||6–1–2

|10||L||October 30, 1977||0–4 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||6–2–2

|11||T||November 2, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1977–78) ||6–2–3

|12||W||November 5, 1977||5–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||7–2–3

|13||L||November 7, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) ||7–3–3

|14||W||November 10, 1977||5–1 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1977–78) ||8–3–3

|15||W||November 12, 1977||5–0 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||9–3–3

|16||W||November 13, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||10–3–3

|17||W||November 16, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) ||11–3–3

|18||W||November 19, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||12–3–3

|19||L||November 23, 1977||1–2 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||12–4–3

|20||W||November 24, 1977||4–1 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||13–4–3

|21||W||November 26, 1977||3–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) ||14–4–3

|22||W||November 29, 1977||9–1 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||15–4–3

|23||L||December 1, 1977||1–3 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||15–5–3

|24||W||December 3, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||16–5–3

|25||T||December 5, 1977||2–2 || align="left"| Atlanta Flames (1977–78) ||16–5–4

|26||W||December 8, 1977||8–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1977–78) ||17–5–4

|27||W||December 10, 1977||7–2 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||18–5–4

|28||W||December 12, 1977||5–1 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||19–5–4

|29||L||December 14, 1977||2–3 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) ||19–6–4

|30||L||December 17, 1977||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||19–7–4

|31||W||December 18, 1977||2–0 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||20–7–4

|32||W||December 21, 1977||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||21–7–4

|33||W||December 23, 1977||7–5 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1977–78) ||22–7–4

|34||W||December 27, 1977||5–3 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||23–7–4

|35||W||December 29, 1977||4–3 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||24–7–4

|36||W||December 31, 1977||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (1977–78) ||25–7–4

|37||W||January 3, 1978||2–0 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) ||26–7–4

|38||W||January 4, 1978||4–1 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) ||27–7–4

|39||T||January 9, 1978||3–3 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||27–7–5

|40||W||January 11, 1978||8–6 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||28–7–5

|41||W||January 12, 1978||6–1 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) ||29–7–5

|42||W||January 14, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||30–7–5

|43||W||January 18, 1978||7–4 || align="left"| @ Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||31–7–5

|44||T||January 19, 1978||1–1 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||31–7–6

|45||W||January 21, 1978||8–1 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||32–7–6

|46||W||January 26, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Flames (1977–78) ||33–7–6

|47||W||January 28, 1978||6–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||34–7–6

|48||W||January 31, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| @ Colorado Rockies (1977–78) ||35–7–6

|49||T||February 2, 1978||4–4 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||35–7–7

|50||T||February 4, 1978||5–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||35–7–8

|51||T||February 9, 1978||3–3 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||35–7–9

|52||W||February 11, 1978||7–3 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (1977–78) ||36–7–9

|53||W||February 12, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1977–78) ||37–7–9

|54||W||February 15, 1978||6–2 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (1977–78) ||38–7–9

|55||W||February 17, 1978||8–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||39–7–9

|56||W||February 18, 1978||9–4 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1977–78) ||40–7–9

|57||W||February 20, 1978||4–2 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||41–7–9

|58||W||February 23, 1978||5–1 || align="left"| Cleveland Barons (1977–78) ||42–7–9

|59||L||February 25, 1978||3–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1977–78) ||42–8–9

|60||W||February 26, 1978||2–1 || align="left"| New York Islanders (1977–78) ||43–8–9

|61||W||February 28, 1978||9–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) ||44–8–9

|62||W||March 1, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||45–8–9

|63||W||March 4, 1978||7–1 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (1977–78) ||46–8–9

|64||L||March 6, 1978||1–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (1977–78) ||46–9–9

|65||W||March 8, 1978||4–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||47–9–9

|66||W||March 9, 1978||4–1 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||48–9–9

|67||W||March 11, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||49–9–9

|68||W||March 13, 1978||5–2 || align="left"| @ Minnesota North Stars (1977–78) ||50–9–9

|69||W||March 15, 1978||6–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1977–78) ||51–9–9

|70||W||March 18, 1978||6–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (1977–78) ||52–9–9

|71||W||March 20, 1978||5–1 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (1977–78) ||53–9–9

|72||W||March 23, 1978||5–3 || align="left"| Colorado Rockies (1977–78) ||54–9–9

|73||W||March 25, 1978||5–0 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||55–9–9

|74||T||March 26, 1978||2–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||55–9–10

|75||W||March 29, 1978||6–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (1977–78) ||56–9–10

|76||W||April 1, 1978||7–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1977–78) ||57–9–10

|77||T||April 2, 1978||4–4 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (1977–78) ||57–9–11

|78||W||April 5, 1978||6–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1977–78) ||58–9–11

|79||W||April 8, 1978||5–1 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) ||59–9–11

|80||L||April 9, 1978||0–4 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (1977–78) ||59–10–11

Legend:

Playoffs

Stanley Cup

Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens

Date Visitors Score Home Score NotesMay 13 Boston 1 Montreal 4 May 16 Boston 2 Montreal 3 OTMay 18 Montreal0Boston 4 May 21 Montreal3 Boston 4 OTMay 23 Boston 1 Montreal 4 May 25 Montreal 4Boston 1

Montreal wins the series 4–2.

Player statistics

Regular season Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG RW 78 60 72 132 267315012 C 76 36 61 97 1454605 LW 80 49 37 86 24561607 D 80 13 52 65 3971325 W 76 30 28 58 5039305 RW 68 24 29 53 1239406 C 71 19 30 49 832403 C 44 17 32 49 1132301 D 49 13 29 42 1946402 D 77 8 34 42 2462401 C 72 18 23 41 9730103 LW 77 18 22 40 2010703 C 80 11 28 39 2312221 LW 66 15 16 31 5711021 D 72 5 21 26 3756121 RW 56 10 14 24 446010 D/RW 68 4 12 16 6416001 D 59 4 6 10 2927001 C 17 3 5 8 46001 D 46 1 3 4 10819000 G 30 0 4 4 00000 D 28 1 2 3 239000 G 52 0 2 2 00000 LW 12 0 1 1 0−1000 RW 3 0 0 0 2−2000 C/LW 1 0 0 0 00000 LW 2 0 0 0 00000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LTGAGAA 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 16302 D 15 4 17 21 6200 LW 15 9 8 17 20300 C 15 6 8 14 10001 RW 15 7 4 11 10002 W 15 3 8 11 14000 C 15 3 7 10 4201 LW 15 2 7 9 14010 C 15 3 5 8 12101 D 15 1 7 8 8000 D 14 1 6 7 16100 LW 15 2 4 6 6101 C 15 2 2 4 17011 D 12 0 4 4 6000 C 5 2 1 3 4101 RW 5 2 1 3 16001 D/RW 10 1 0 1 10001 D 10 0 1 1 5000 G 15 0 0 0 0000 D 5 0 0 0 2000 D 8 0 0 0 17000 Goaltending PlayerMINGPW LGAGAA SO 919 15 12 3 29 1.89 2 Team: 919 15 12 3 29 1.89 2

Awards and records Prince of Wales Trophy Ken Dryden and Michel Larocque, Vezina Trophy Bob Gainey, Frank J. Selke Trophy Guy Lafleur, Art Ross Trophy Guy Lafleur, Hart Memorial Trophy Larry Robinson, Conn Smythe Trophy

Draft picks

Round # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team (League) 1 10 Mark Napier Right wing Birmingham Bulls (WHA) 1 18 Norm Dupont Left wing Montreal Jr. Canadiens (QMJHL) 2 36 Rod Langway Defence University of New Hampshire (ECAC) 3 43 Alain Cote Defence Chicoutimi (QMJHL)346Pierre LagaceLeft wingQuebec Remparts (QMJHL)349Moe RobinsonDefenceKingston Canadians (OMJHL) 3 54 Gordie Roberts Defence New England Whalers (WHA)464Robert HollandGoaltenderMontreal Juniors (QMJHL)590Gaetan RochetteLeft wingShawinigan Dynamos (QMJHL)6108Bill HimmelrightDefenceUniversity of North Dakota (WCHA)7124Richard SevignyGoaltenderSherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)8137Keith HendricksonDefenceUniversity of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)8140Morgan ReillyRight wingColorado College (WCHA)9152Barry BorrettGoaltenderCornwall Royals (QMJHL)9154Sid TanchakCentreClarkson University (ECAC)10160Mark HoldenGoaltenderBrown University (ECAC)10 162 Craig Laughlin Right wing Clarkson University (ECAC)11167Dan PoulinDefenceChicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)11169Tom McDonellCentreOttawa 67's (OMJHL)12173Cary FarelliRight wingToronto Marlboros (OMJHL)12174Carey WalkerGoaltenderNew Westminster Bruins (WCHL)13176Mark WellsCentreBowling Green University (CCHA)13177Stan PalmerDefenceUniversity of Minnesota-Duluth (WCHA)14179Jean BelisleGoaltenderChicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)14180Bob DalyGoaltenderOttawa 67's (OMJHL)15182Bob BoileauRight wingBoston University (ECAC)15183John CostelloCentreUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell (ECAC)National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 234, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario,

See also 1977–78 NHL season

References Canadiens on Hockey Database Canadiens on NHL Reference