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1 Offseason  





2 Regular season  



2.1  Final standings  





2.2  Record vs. opponents  



2.2.1  Vs. Wales Conference  





2.2.2  Vs. Campbell Conference  









3 Schedule and results  





4 Playoffs  





5 Player statistics  



5.1  Regular season  



5.1.1  Scoring  





5.1.2  Goaltending  







5.2  Playoffs  



5.2.1  Scoring  





5.2.2  Goaltending  









6 Awards and records  





7 Transactions  





8 Draft picks  





9 Farm teams  





10 See also  





11 References  














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1979–80 Montreal Canadiens

Norris Division champions

Division1st Norris
Conference2nd Wales
1979–80 record47–20–13
Home record30–7–3
Road record17–13–10
Goals for328
Goals against240
Team information
General managerIrving Grundman
CoachBernie Geoffrion (Oct–Dec)
Claude Ruel (Dec–Apr)
CaptainSerge Savard
Alternate captainsNone
ArenaMontreal Forum
Team leaders
GoalsGuy Lafleur and Pierre Larouche (50)
AssistsGuy Lafleur (75)
PointsGuy Lafleur (125)
Penalty minutesGilles Lupien (109)
Plus/minusLarry Robinson (+38)
WinsDenis Herron (25)
Goals against averageDenis Herron (2.51)
← 1978–79
1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 71st season. The Canadiens ended the season with a twenty-game unbeaten streak at the Montreal Forum. By season's end, the franchise was third overall in NHL standings.[1] The season involved being eliminated in the NHL Quarter-finals vs the Minnesota North Stars 4 games to 3.

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Despite a record of fifteen wins, nine losses and six ties, Geoffrion stepped down as head coach.[4]

Final standings[edit]

Norris Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens 80 47 20 13 328 240 107
Los Angeles Kings 80 30 36 14 290 313 74
Pittsburgh Penguins 80 30 37 13 251 303 73
Hartford Whalers 80 27 34 19 303 312 73
Detroit Red Wings 80 26 43 11 268 306 63

[5]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.

Record vs. opponents[edit]

Norris Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference[edit]

Vs. Campbell Conference[edit]


Schedule and results[edit]

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

[7]

Playoffs[edit]

The Canadiens swept the Hartford Whalers in the preliminary round 3–0 in games. The Canadiens then faced the Minnesota North Stars in the quarter-final and lost a seven-game series four games to three.

Player statistics[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Guy Lafleur RW 74 50 75 125 12 40 15 0 7
Pierre Larouche C 73 50 41 91 16 36 12 0 7
Steve Shutt LW 77 47 42 89 34 45 17 0 4
Larry Robinson D 72 14 61 75 39 38 6 0 3
Pierre Mondou C 75 30 36 66 12 26 8 0 3
Yvon Lambert LW 77 21 32 53 23 3 7 0 7
Mark Napier RW 76 16 33 49 7 11 4 0 1
Rejean Houle W 60 18 27 45 68 3 2 0 3
Mario Tremblay RW 77 16 26 42 105 6 0 0 2
Rod Langway D 77 7 29 36 81 36 0 0 1
Bob Gainey LW 64 14 19 33 32 -2 4 1 3
Guy Lapointe D 45 6 20 26 29 -2 0 0 0
Doug Jarvis C 80 13 11 24 28 -5 0 1 3
Brian Engblom D 70 3 20 23 43 22 0 0 0
Doug Risebrough C 44 8 10 18 81 -2 0 0 0
Serge Savard D 46 5 8 13 18 -2 0 0 1
Rick Chartraw D/RW 66 5 7 12 35 6 0 0 0
Gaston Gingras D 34 3 7 10 18 11 2 0 1
Gilles Lupien D 56 1 7 8 109 13 0 0 1
Danny Geoffrion RW 32 0 6 6 12 1 0 0 0
Norm Dupont LW 35 1 3 4 4 2 0 0 0
Michel Larocque G 39 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Chris Nilan RW 15 0 2 2 50 -1 0 0 0
Keith Acton C 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Denis Herron G 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Meagher C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moe Robinson D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Sevigny G 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0

Goaltending[edit]

Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Denis Herron 1909 34 25 3 3 80 2.51 0
Michel Larocque 2259 39 17 13 8 125 3.32 3
Richard Sevigny 632 11 5 4 2 31 2.94 0
Team: 4800 80 47 20 13 236 2.95 3

Playoffs[edit]

Scoring[edit]

Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Yvon Lambert LW 10 8 4 12 4 1 0 1
Mario Tremblay RW 10 0 11 11 14 0 0 0
Steve Shutt LW 10 6 3 9 6 2 0 2
Rejean Houle W 10 4 5 9 12 1 0 0
Doug Jarvis C 10 4 4 8 2 0 1 0
Mark Napier RW 10 2 6 8 0 1 0 0
Pierre Larouche C 9 1 7 8 2 0 0 0
Gaston Gingras D 10 1 6 7 8 0 0 0
Rod Langway D 10 3 3 6 2 1 0 0
Brian Engblom D 10 2 4 6 6 1 0 1
Pierre Mondou C 4 1 4 5 4 0 0 0
Guy Lafleur RW 3 3 1 4 0 0 0 0
Rick Chartraw D/RW 10 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Larry Robinson D 10 0 4 4 2 0 0 0
Norm Dupont LW 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1
Bob Gainey LW 10 1 1 2 4 0 0 1
Danny Geoffrion RW 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
Denis Herron G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yvan Joly RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guy Lapointe D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michel Larocque G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gilles Lupien D 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Chris Nilan RW 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Serge Savard D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending[edit]

Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Michel Larocque 300 5 4 1 11 2.20 1
Denis Herron 300 5 2 3 15 3.00 0
Team: 600 10 6 4 26 2.60 1

[8]

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[edit]

Larry Robinson, Norris Trophy[9]

Transactions[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team (League)
2 27 Gaston Gingras Defence  Canada Birmingham Bulls (WHA)
2 37 Mats Naslund Left Wing  Sweden Brynas IF (Sweden)
3 43 Craig Levie Defence  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
3 44 Guy Carbonneau Centre  Canada Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL)
3 58 Rick Wamsley Goaltender  Canada Brantford Alexanders (OMJHL)
4 79 Dave Orleski Left Wing  Canada New Westminster Bruins (WHL)
5 100 Yvan Joly Right Wing  Canada Ottawa 67's (OMJHL)
6 121 Greg Moffett Goaltender  United States University of New Hampshire (ECAC)

[10]

Farm teams[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.240, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
  • ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.236, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
  • ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.237, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
  • ^ The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D'Arcy Jenish, p.239, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, ISBN 978-0-385-66325-0
  • ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 152. ISBN 9781894801225.
  • ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  • ^ "1979–80 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  • ^ "1979-80 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  • ^ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 222, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
  • ^ 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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