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1979-80 Montréal Canadiens Roster

28 players used · 57-23-0 record

The Montréal Canadiens used 28 players in the 1979-80 season, with a 57-23-0 record. Guy Lafleur led the team with 125 points (50 goals, 75 assists) in 74 games. Michel Larocque played the most games in goal (39).

Points leader
125 PTS
50 G · 75 A in 74 games
Goals leader
50 G
15 on the power play
Assists leader
75 A
125 points overall
Goalie wins leader
29 W
2.35 GAA · 0.000 SV%
25
Skaters
16 forwards · 9 defence
3
Goalies
Michel Larocque started most
328
Goals scored
in 80 games
25.3
Average age
21 to 34 years
4
Birth countries
Part of the season
Position
🏒 Skaters 25 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 GL Guy Lafleur 🇨🇦 RW 28 74 🔥 3 50 75 125 1.69 15 323 0 0 12
2 PL Pierre Larouche 🇨🇦 C 24 73 🔥 3 50 41 91 1.25 12 220 0 0 16
3 SS Steve Shutt 🇨🇦 LW 27 77 🧊 1 47 42 89 1.16 17 224 0 0 34
4 LR Larry Robinson 🇨🇦 D 28 72 🔥 3 14 61 75 1.04 6 133 0 0 39
5 PM Pierre Mondou 🇨🇦 C 24 75 🔥 2 30 36 66 0.88 8 152 0 0 12
6 YL Yvon Lambert 🇨🇦 LW 29 77 🔥 1 21 32 53 0.69 7 104 0 0 23
7 MN Mark Napier 🇨🇦 RW 23 76 🔥 3 16 33 49 0.64 4 123 0 0 7
8 RH Rejean Houle 🇨🇦 LW 30 60 🧊 1 18 27 45 0.75 2 115 0 0 68
9 MT Mario Tremblay 🇨🇦 RW 23 77 🧊 2 16 26 42 0.55 0 192 0 0 105
10 RL Rod Langway 🇹🇼 D 22 78 🧊 3 7 29 36 0.46 0 112 0 0 81
11 BG Bob Gainey 🇨🇦 LW 26 64 🔥 3 14 19 33 0.52 4 153 0 0 32
12 GL Guy Lapointe 🇨🇦 D 32 45 🔥 1 6 20 26 0.58 0 124 0 0 29
13 DJ Doug Jarvis 🇨🇦 C 25 80 🔥 2 13 11 24 0.30 0 130 0 0 28
14 BE Brian Engblom 🇨🇦 D 25 70 🔥 3 3 20 23 0.33 0 86 0 0 43
15 DR Doug Risebrough 🇨🇦 C 26 44 🧊 3 8 10 18 0.41 0 82 0 0 81
16 SS Serge Savard 🇨🇦 D 34 46 🧊 8 5 8 13 0.28 0 45 0 0 18
17 RC Rick Chartraw 🇻🇪 D 25 67 🧊 8 5 7 12 0.18 0 65 0 0 35
18 GG Gaston Gingras 🇨🇦 D 21 35 🔥 2 3 7 10 0.29 2 60 0 0 18
19 GL Gilles Lupien 🇨🇦 D 25 64 🧊 3 1 7 8 0.12 0 42 0 0 109
20 DG Danny Geoffrion 🇨🇦 RW 22 38 🧊 12 0 6 6 0.16 0 19 0 0 12
21 ND Norm Dupont 🇨🇦 LW 23 45 🧊 25 1 3 4 0.09 0 18 0 0 4
22 CN Chris Nilan 🇺🇸 RW 22 16 🧊 6 0 2 2 0.12 0 8 0 0 50
23 KA Keith Acton 🇨🇦 C 21 2 🧊 1 0 1 1 0.50 0 1 0 0 0
24 RM Rick Meagher 🇨🇦 C 26 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
25 MR Morris Robinson 🇨🇦 D 22 2 🧊 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
Team totals · 25 skaters 80 328 523 851 10.64 77 2531 0 0 856
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 3 goalies · sorted by games played
# Goalie — sort by name GP — sort by games played W — sort by wins GAA — sort by goals against average SV% — sort by save percentage SV — sort by saves GA — sort by goals against TOI
1 ML Michel Larocque 🇨🇦 G 27 39 25 3.21 0.000 0 125 57:48
2 DH Denis Herron 🇨🇦 G 27 34 29 2.35 0.000 0 80 56:06
3 RS Richard Sevigny 🇨🇦 G 22 11 6 2.82 0.000 0 31 57:19
🌍 Where the roster was born 4 countries · against the whole NHL in 1979-80

89% of this roster was born in Canada, against 84% across the league. The team leans on Taiwan: 4% of its players, against 0% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 94% of the team's points.

Share of this roster Share of all NHL players
Country Players Share of roster vs NHL Points Who
Canada 25
89%
+5 801 (94%) Lafleur, Larouche, Shutt, Robinson +21
Taiwan 1
4%
+4 36 (4%) Langway
United States 1
4%
-6 2 (0%) Nilan
Venezuela 1
4%
+4 12 (1%) 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 1979-80?

Guy Lafleur led the Montréal Canadiens in scoring in 1979-80 with 125 points — 50 goals and 75 assists in 74 games. Next came Pierre Larouche (91) and Steve Shutt (89).

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

Guy Lafleur scored 50 goals for the Montréal Canadiens in 1979-80, 15 of them on the power play.

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

The Montréal Canadiens dressed 28 players in 1979-80: 25 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 328 goals.

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

Michel Larocque played the most games in goal for the Montréal Canadiens in 1979-80: 39 games, 25 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.21 goals against average. Denis Herron was the backup, in 34 games.

How old was the 1979-80 Montréal Canadiens roster?

The average age was 25.3 years. Gaston Gingras was the youngest at 21, and Serge Savard the oldest at 34.

Where were the 1979-80 Montréal Canadiens players born?

The Montréal Canadiens used 28 players in 1979-80 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 25 in Canada, 1 in Taiwan and 1 in the United States. The other 1 came from Venezuela. League-wide that season, 84% of players were born in Canada, against 89% on this roster.