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1979-80 Montréal Canadiens Roster

25 players used · 6-4-0 record · playoffs

The Montréal Canadiens used 25 players in the 1979-80 playoffs, with a 6-4-0 record. Yvon Lambert led the team with 12 points (8 goals, 4 assists) in 10 games. Michel Larocque played the most games in goal (5).

Points leader
12 PTS
8 G · 4 A in 10 games
Goals leader
8 G
1 on the power play
Assists leader
11 A
11 points overall
Goalie wins leader
4 W
2.20 GAA · 0.000 SV%
23
Skaters
15 forwards · 8 defence
2
Goalies
Michel Larocque started most
39
Goals scored
in 10 games
25.5
Average age
20 to 34 years
4
Birth countries
Part of the season
Position
🏒 Skaters 23 players · sorted by points
# Player — sort by name GP — sort by games played Streak G — sort by goals A — sort by assists PTS — sort by points P/GP — sort by points per game PPG — sort by power-play goals SOG — sort by shots on goal HIT — sort by hits BLK — sort by blocked shots PIM — sort by penalty minutes TOI — sort by average ice time
1 YL Yvon Lambert 🇨🇦 LW 29 10 🔥 2 8 4 12 1.20 1 23 0 0 4
2 MT Mario Tremblay 🇨🇦 RW 23 10 🔥 1 0 11 11 1.10 0 28 0 0 14
3 SS Steve Shutt 🇨🇦 LW 27 10 🧊 1 6 3 9 0.90 2 28 0 0 6
4 RH Rejean Houle 🇨🇦 LW 30 10 🧊 2 4 5 9 0.90 1 20 0 0 12
5 DJ Doug Jarvis 🇨🇦 C 25 10 🧊 2 4 4 8 0.80 0 21 0 0 2
6 MN Mark Napier 🇨🇦 RW 23 10 🔥 3 2 6 8 0.80 1 19 0 0 0
7 PL Pierre Larouche 🇨🇦 C 24 9 🧊 1 1 7 8 0.89 0 27 0 0 2
8 GG Gaston Gingras 🇨🇦 D 21 10 🔥 1 1 6 7 0.70 0 30 0 0 8
9 RL Rod Langway 🇹🇼 D 22 10 🔥 1 3 3 6 0.60 1 26 0 0 2
10 BE Brian Engblom 🇨🇦 D 25 10 🧊 1 2 4 6 0.60 1 21 0 0 6
11 PM Pierre Mondou 🇨🇦 C 24 4 🔥 1 1 4 5 1.25 0 9 0 0 4
12 GL Guy Lafleur 🇨🇦 RW 28 3 🔥 3 3 1 4 1.33 0 7 0 0 0
13 RC Rick Chartraw 🇻🇪 D 25 10 🧊 1 2 2 4 0.40 0 11 0 0 0
14 LR Larry Robinson 🇨🇦 D 28 10 🧊 3 0 4 4 0.40 0 27 0 0 2
15 BG Bob Gainey 🇨🇦 LW 26 10 🧊 4 1 1 2 0.20 0 23 0 0 4
16 ND Norm Dupont 🇨🇦 LW 23 9 🧊 1 1 1 2 0.22 0 5 0 0 0
17 CN Chris Nilan 🇺🇸 RW 22 7 🧊 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 0 0 2
18 SS Serge Savard 🇨🇦 D 34 4 🧊 4 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
19 DR Doug Risebrough 🇨🇦 C 26 1 🧊 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
20 GL Guy Lapointe 🇨🇦 D 32 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0
21 GL Gilles Lupien 🇨🇦 D 25 7 🧊 7 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 2
22 YJ Yvan Joly 🇨🇦 RW 20 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
23 DG Danny Geoffrion 🇨🇦 RW 22 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 7
Team totals · 23 skaters 10 39 66 105 10.50 7 330 0 0 77
Click a column to sort. Ages are as of the end of the season. Totals cover the skaters shown, and the games column is the team's games played.
🧤 Goalies 2 goalies · sorted by wins
🌍 Where the roster was born 4 countries · against the whole NHL in 1979-80

88% of this roster was born in Canada, against 83% across the league. The team leans on Taiwan: 4% of its players, against 0% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 90% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 22
88%
+5 95 (90%) Lambert, Tremblay, Houle, Shutt +18
Taiwan 1
4%
+4 6 (6%) Langway
United States 1
4%
-6 0 Nilan
Venezuela 1
4%
+4 4 (4%) Chartraw
By country of birth, from the NHL's player records. "vs NHL" is the gap in percentage points.

1979-80 Montréal Canadiens roster questions

Who led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in the 1979-80 playoffs?

Yvon Lambert led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in the 1979-80 playoffs with 12 points — 8 goals and 4 assists in 10 games. Next came Mario Tremblay (11) and Steve Shutt (9).

Who scored the most goals for the Montréal Canadiens in the 1979-80 playoffs?

Yvon Lambert scored 8 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in the 1979-80 playoffs, 1 of them on the power play.

How many players did the Montréal Canadiens use in the 1979-80 playoffs?

The Montréal Canadiens dressed 25 players in the 1979-80 playoffs: 23 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 39 goals.

Who was the Montréal Canadiens starting goalie in the 1979-80 playoffs?

Michel Larocque played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in the 1979-80 playoffs: 5 games, 4 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.20 goals against average. Denis Herron was the backup, in 5 games.

How old was the 1979-80 Montréal Canadiens roster?

The average age was 25.5 years. Yvan Joly was the youngest at 20, and Serge Savard the oldest at 34.

Where were the 1979-80 Montréal Canadiens players born?

The Montréal Canadiens used 25 players in the 1979-80 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 22 in Canada, 1 in Taiwan and 1 in the United States. The other 1 came from Venezuela. League-wide that season, 83% of players were born in Canada, against 88% on this roster.